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Great tour, appreciation of Bulgaria
11/14 Nessebur, Bulgaria
We met Bruce and Gail Grossetta, and Christine and Campbell Johnson (Scottish) for a private excursion of Nessebur. We were chatting amiably when the Captain came on and announced that the wind was too strong and the sea to high to tender into the port, so we were heading into a commercial port 30 km away to the south. Bruce called Hristina and fortunately she said it is no problem to pick us up at Burgas. We are all relieved ...
... several very old churches with frescoes and
icons. Our guide talked about the history along the way (no headsets
but it was quiet) and as usual, the Greeks, Romans, Ottomans,
Byzantines etc had been through here over the centuries and left
their marks. The cobbled/flagstoned streets are narrow and some of
the old ...
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... parted company after she had checked in as ours was not yet open and given the melee of peoples at the airport it was no use looking for her once I was through! I caught up with some others flying to London and we managed to pas the time til boarding quite comfortably. Only a small BA plane absolutely chockers but I am in a window seat and enjoying the patchwork of fields, valleys and mountains passing below. Safely tucked up in hotel for night - Natland ...
The Tourists Prayer
... of hotels. We pray that the phones work, and that the operators speak our tongue, that there is no mail waiting from our children that would force us to cancel the rest of our trip. Lead us to good inexpensive restaurants where the wine is included in the price of the meal. Give us the wisdom to tip correctly in currencies we do not understand Make the natives love us for what we are and not for what ...
Nessebur - Bulgaria
... the Old Town was great - we saw many of the churches for which the town is famous as well as the interior of the Church of St Stephanie with its splendid frescoes. We also visited the Archeological Museum which houses a fascinating collection of some 5000 relics including Greek, Roman vases and sculptures, Byzantine coins and much ...


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International students seeking admission to Kirtland Community College should apply as early as possible before the semester they wish to attend, since time is needed to accurately evaluate academic records and to issue the necessary student visa forms.
The following steps must be completed by all international student applicants:
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Apply online now! Click on International Student Application link.
Submit all other completed required documents to:
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Academic Requirements
Submit original or certified true copies of all certificates and grade reports received upon completion of secondary and post-secondary work. These credentials must include a list of the subjects which were studied, the minimum passing grade and maximum possible grade in each subject, and the grade which was earned in each subject on each examination. If these credentials are not in English, they must be accompanied by English translations.
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Proficiency in the English language is required. Students whose native language is an English dialect may still be required to provide TOEFL scores. The applicant for admission whose native language is not English must submit proof of the following:
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Before admission, applicants must arrange to have at least $18,136 in U.S. dollars for each year to cover expenses. The applicant is required to submit an up-to-date financial support statement from a sponsor and a bank, which testifies to the sponsor's willingness and capability of supporting the student while attending Kirtland Community College. An Affidavit of Support form is recommended.
The costs* for attending Kirtland Community College are divided into the following categories:
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Missy is back in the studio working on her next album. Be sure to stay tuned as we fill you in on who she is collaborating with and when to expect the first listen to her new single.
Congratulations to Missy Elliott for picking up the Best Rap Solo Performance - "We Run This" at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards!
Congratulations to Missy Elliott for picking up a 2006 Hip-Hop Award nomination for Best Live Performance. Be sure to tune into the 2006 Hip-Hop Awards on BET November 15th and see if Missy wins!
Missy Elliott has received a nomination at MTV's Europe Music Awards 2006! She's nominated for Best Hip Hop Video! This year the show will take place in Copenhagen on November 2nd, and as always, the winners for each category are chosen by you! Make sure you get your votes in for Missy so she can take home the award on November 2nd! Click the link below to place your votes in now.
MTVEuropeMusicAwards.comMissy Elliott's 'We Run This' video is up for Best Special Effects In A Video at the 2006 VMA's! Vote for Missy now at MTV.com! Get your votes in now, the polls close on Monday, 8/21. Tune into the VMA's on August 31st to see if Missy walks home with a moonman!
Congrats to Missy Elliott for bringing home the award for Best Female Hip Hop Artist at the 2006 BET Awards last night in L.A.!
Congratulations to Missy Elliott for picking up TWO nominations at this year's BET Awards! Missy is up for Best Female Hip Hop Artist and Video of the Year for 'Lose Control' featuring Ciara. Tune in to see if Missy wins, catch all the action LIVE from Los Angeles on June 27th!
Missy Elliott took home a Grammy award last night for 'Best Short Form Music Video' for her hit single 'Lose Control' ft. Ciara & Fatman Scoop. The track is off Missy's latest album THE COOKBOOK in stores now!
Missy won the Favorite Female Artist: Rap/Hip-Hop award for the second year in a row at this year's American Music Awards! Her new album THE COOKBOOK is in stores NOW!
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Los Angeles, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/19/2012 -- According to a newly published review on the best dollhouse several models from KidKraft and Barbie doll houses have been named as the top 5 doll houses. In addition to KidKraft and Barbie, this list also contains dollhouses from other popular brands like Melissa & Doug and Fisher Price.
The KidKraft doll houses reviewed by http://dollsandhouses.com/5-best-doll-houses/ include the KidKraft Majestic Mansion Dollhouse KidKraft My Modern Mansion Dollhouse, KidKraft So Chic Dollhouse, Savannah Dollhouse, Kidkraft Designer Dollhouse, KidKraft Chelsea Doll Cottage and Kidkraft Wooden Modern Dream Glitter Dollhouse. It is one of these dollhouses that win the top spot for the best Doll house. The KidKraft Majestic Mansion deserves special mention given its mammoth size, popularity and decent price tag. It also comes with 35 pieces of furniture included further complementing its popularity among parents and kids. Purchasing dollhouse furniture separately is not an additional cost most parents want to bear after spending 100s of dollars or more on a dollhouse.
There are also a wide variety of Barbie doll houses even though many shoppers think that the relatively expensive Barbie 3 story town house is the only dollhouse by Mattel, Barbie. Examples for some of the other dollhouses available from Barbie include the Barbie 2-Story Beach House, Barbie Malibu Dreamhouse, Barbie Glam Vacation House, Barbie Princess Charm School Princess Playset and Barbie The Princess and The Popstar Musical Light Up Castle Playset. Of these, undoubtedly the most popular is the Barbie Pink 3 story dream townhouse. This is one of the relatively larger dollhouses with 3 floors and over 3 feet in height.
Melissa & Doug, also has a wide range of doll houses under their brand. The Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden Folding Princess Castle is one of the more popular models given its very reasonable price tag. Other examples include the Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden Furnished Dollhouse, Melissa & Doug Classic Heirloom Victorian Doll House, Melissa & Doug Multi-Level Solid Wood Dollhouse w/ Family of 5 Dolls, and Melissa & Doug Fold & Go collection. One of the very customer friendly features of Melissa & Doug doll houses is that some of them are made of wooden. This is a particularly attractive feature for parents that are inclined towards environmentally friendly toys for girls.
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Advan Vandroid S5H
Advan ambition to flood gadget market with phablet continues. After Advan Vandroid S5G and Advan Vandroid S5K, now turn Advan Vandroid S5H that will be launched.
Advan Vandroid S5H will be supported by Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, 1.2 GHz Cortex A7 Quad Core processor, 4GB of storage space and micro SD slot that can add up to 32 GB of memory.
In addition to supporting the activities of photography, already embedded 8 MP rear camera and 2 MP front camera .
" The presence of this phablet will add variant of existing type. We expect this device will more success than previous products , " said Lianto Tjandra , Marketing Director of Advan.
Previously, Advan gadgets have flooded the market with phablet series. Start of Vandroid S5F, S5K and S5E . Especially for S5E managed to carve out sales to 1 million units in 2013 .


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Challenging Chilton on old world PvP nostalgia {WoW}
Apr 15th 2008 10:42PM world pvp is still alive, i say after leading a massive raid to ironforge and whooping some magni ass. allies need to learn to defend
Breakfast Topic: How's 2.2 treating you? {WoW}
Sep 28th 2007 11:20AM I'm now waiting for 2.3 which looks kick ass.
Battleground and Arena instability across all realms {WoW}
Sep 27th 2007 8:05PM If you are stuck, just type /afk
Breakfast Topic: AFK debuff {WoW}
Sep 27th 2007 8:09AM I have a feeling that when I look and see no one in the peace cave, they have merely moved closer to the rest of us so are harder to catch out tbh.
Patch 2.3 and you: Druid Edition {WoW}
Sep 26th 2007 8:19PM As I expected and I'm glad for tbh as a feral druid. The feral try is working really well at the moment, about time the balance and restoration trees got some love.
If the itemisation in ZA is good enough it might even turn me over to moonkin :o
Things to know about Patch 2.2 {WoW}
Sep 26th 2007 8:48AM This windowed mode change is the biggest bag of crap ever.
Last-minute 2.2 tweaks {WoW}
Sep 25th 2007 5:39AM Cast sequence macros no longer get stuck at feral druid abilities.
Does this mean direct shifting macros???
Guide to the Shartuul event in Blade's Edge {WoW}
Sep 24th 2007 8:43PM Bloody should be, can't count how many times its prevented my groups from wiping by a matter of hundreds of hp
Azeroth Interrupted: It really is ok to play WoW {WoW}
Sep 24th 2007 7:36AM I don't like it when people say "It's less money than buying drinks in a bar and playing pool," because at the end of the day, doing that is the more socially healthy activity.
Wow can't replace going outside and then having the justification that it is greener or cheaper; some of the better activities cost more money and anyway, have you researched how much crap is expelled when computers are made?
Reader WoWspace of the Week: Rizznay {WoW}
Sep 24th 2007 7:32AM I spy with my little eye, a nearly empty tub of Vaseline on the shelf, handily by the computer.


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Catherine Painvin exited the notary's office in dark glasses. Her head was bowed and her lips were quivering. Though we had met just 36 hours before, she collapsed in my arms in a flood of tears.
"Oh, Christopher..." she wailed.
I was on what should have been a boilerplate mission, to briefly meet Painvin and languorously test-drive her new inn, an audacious venture that has brought the French design press to its knees, and whose undercover clients include the mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë; Isabelle Adjani; and French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin. But there is no coming into even casual contact with Painvin's tumultuous universe, here in the Aubrac region of south-central France, without being sucked into it.
"People in the Aubrac are a little crazy," says Painvin, "so it's natural I wound up here."
Although her meeting with the notary had involved signing yet another piece of property over to her ex, Painvin—the firebrand founder of Tartine et Chocolat, the French luxury children's wear company—tried to see the bright side: it was one more step toward closure after an unusually anguished divorce. And the inn, known with the plainspokenness of its owner as Chambres d'Hôtes Catherine Painvin, was helping.
A 56-year-old grandmother whose Ralph Lauren blazer is threaded with the Legion of Honor ribbon, Painvin says she created the inn as an instrument of rehabilitation, as something that would light the way during the long dark crawl back from rejection. She was the one who was dumped—after 23 years. As if that weren't enough, the breakup coincided with her being diagnosed with cancer.
"I had it all," says Painvin. "Château, boat, beautiful children all dressed up in matching blue-and-white outfits at Easter, a husband who looked like Brad Pitt. Then one day he ran off—with one of my friends, of course. It's the only banal thing that ever happened to me."
You've heard of color therapy and transpersonal therapy, not to mention hypno-suggestive therapy, isolation therapy, and group therapy. To get over her loss, Painvin prescribed herself inn therapy.
The birthing of hotels can be wrapped up in all kinds of weirdness and neurosis, but Painvin's property may be the first to have shouldered the burden of convincing its creator that suicide, which she pondered, was not the way to go. Painvin is melodramatic when she's not being merely dramatic, but somehow you believe her.
Her hulking four-story chambre d'hôte was built as a hotel in 1862 for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. The route passes in front of the inn and still sees pilgrim traffic, some of it pious, most of it secular. The façade is of basalt, the roof of scalloped tiles in a native stone, lauze, similar to slate. Warm yellow light beams through dormers over the surrounding cow pastures at night, but the overall effect is forbidding, and gray.
With five guest rooms and a vast eccentric boutique selling everything from smudge sticks and powdered soup to Painvin-designed Mongolian del coats and cheongsams, the inn faces the broad square of a lovely, if austere, medieval village, also called Aubrac. (A sixth accommodation is in Painvin's own house across the square.) Claiming just two year-round residents, the village could fit on the head of a pin, with room to spare.
Painvin undertook the decoration of the inn herself, as part of her healing process. Rejecting all received notions of how a room is put together, she subscribes to that seat-of-the-pants school of design that does not require a six-page rationale for the placement of every candy dish. As a guest, I have to say, I found this approach very liberating, very relaxing.
The theatrical style Painvin evolved makes lawless use of raw materials plucked from nature, chunky furnishings from Tibet and Nepal, architectural salvage, and a host of oddments most people would never think of bringing indoors, like the picket-and-wire snow fencing that separates road from heath in the Aubrac. Because of the coarse textures and worn surfaces she favors, the inn has an elemental quality, cunningly leavened by lush silk taffeta curtains, bedcovers that dare to mix wool and cashmere with satin and fake fur, and such throwaway niceties as bath mats fashioned from thick vintage linen sheets. Painvin's chambre d'hôte feels like many things—a fantasy Sherpa dwelling in the Himalayas, a Peter Beard-style encampment in the African bush, a hunting lodge in the Wisconsin woods, the main floor of ABC Carpet & Home—but never once like a guest house in France. One definition of genius is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas at the same time. Like Painvin, the inn is a compelling combination of rough and smooth, tough and tender, plain and fancy.
How successful has the inn been in getting Painvin her life back?Once the question formed itself, I abandoned my original plan—which was to spend the entire time exploring the beanbag contours of my buckwheat mattress—and passed my stay instead with Painvin, hoping to find an answer.
During three breakneck days I stood safely to the side as pilgrims, paysans, shopkeepers, friends, paying guests, family, employees, tourism officials, and starstruck strangers who'd seen Painvin on television bounced in and out of her orbit. For Painvin, it was business as usual. The tourism people made it clear they are thrilled to have her, for the Aubrac, however beautiful, can be a difficult sell.


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New Department of Education Rules Clarify Students Must Attend Kindergarten the Year they Turn Five
New York's Department of Education recently passed regulations clarifying that students must begin kindergarten in the year that they turn five years old. The Child Study Center's Dr. Kirsten Cullen Sharma spoke with NY1 about this change. See the piece here. (July 23, 2013)


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Vietnam has made progress by leaps and bounds in the past decade, improving economic growth, boosting newborn and child survival rates and getting more kids in school. As I traveled throughout the country last week, I could see that this progress was rooted in the determination and industriousness of the Vietnamese people. They have worked so hard to make a better life for themselves and their children, and their hard work has paid off in an increased per capita income and an active economy.
Yet Vietnam, like so much of the developing world, continues to be a study in contrasts—and these contrasts are stark in the lives and experiences of Vietnam's children. In the capital city of Hanoi, a young girl arrives at school on the back of a motorbike. But in the Hmong highlands,
in the northwest part of the country, a girl of the same age walks for several miles through the mud in her bare feet to get to the classroom.
I found in Vietnam—just as I do in all of my travels—that children are fundamentally the same, regardless of their background or economic circumstances. Give them a chance to learn and a passionate teacher and they will astound you with their eagerness and excitement. I met a little girl in a first grade class high in the mountains, where the largest minority population and poorest people, the Hmong, have lived for thousands of years. Since most of the local community does not speak Vietnamese at home, we are using modified tools from our Literacy Boost program to help children learn the national language. This little girl was just learning the sounds of her new alphabet and she waved her hand wildly when the teacher asked for a volunteer. When the teacher called on her, her face broke out into a huge smile and she got herself ready to practice the funny new sounds in front of her friends. For this little girl, learning is pure joy—and it was a joy for me to see, too.
As much progress as there is to celebrate in Vietnam, the country still has a long way to go. Despite huge drops in child mortality, malnutrition rates are still very high. One out of every three children living in rural areas is malnourished and signs of stunting—reduced growth and development due to malnutrition—are everywhere.
But if I've learned anything from my visit, it's that Vietnam is poised to overcome the challenges to its development with the right investment and the industriousness of its people. Their kids will be the beneficiaries of a healthier, more educated society and—hopefully—the joy of an even better future for their own children.
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The "I" in Pompeii and the "Us" in Vesuvius
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Dr. Steve Nash, Curator of Anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science , will compare art, architecture, institutions, games, sacrifices, subsistence, in Pompeii and Tikal, Guatemala, which was occupied at the same time, with an eye towards commonalities and differences. This lecture will provide a sneak peek into A Day in Pompeii exhibition, opening at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on September 14, 2012.


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Hey Folks, First time for me growing vegs. I have 4 pepper plants growing in containers, so far they seem to be doing pretty good. I used epsom salt on my tomato plants with positive results. Is it advisable to use on pepper plants as well, or is that a no no ? Thanks AL |
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You can use diluted in water any time on any vegetable you want each time you watering the plants, plants like it also your plants leafs will be dark green & very healthy. Use all the time. Wally |
- Posted by cherokeelady88 8 (My Page) on Sat, Jun 28, 08 at 2:01
My pepper plants started to turn yellow and a elderly gentlman man told me they had a magnesium deficiency and to sprinkle epsom salt around the plants. Two days later my peppers were bright green and beautiful. So, no it won't hurt them. |
- Posted by chillilover ON (My Page) on Sat, Jun 28, 08 at 11:27
Will the salt get into the peppers causing them to be salty or increase your daily salt intake? |
The word "salt" has more than one meaning. Salt as in "daily salt intake" refers to table salt, which is NaCl, sodium chloride. Salt as in "epsom salts" is any chemical compound which results from the reaction between an acid and a base. Epsom salts are MgSO4, magnesium sulfate, which is not the same as sodium chloride. Jim |
- Posted by chillilover ON (My Page) on Thu, Jul 3, 08 at 0:56
I have some questions. How often? How much salt per gallon? And spray the leaves or feed the roots? Does it help to spray the inside of the flower to get better fruit set? I've heard tons of different answers. |
- Posted by planetsagainstus Florida (My Page) on Thu, Jul 3, 08 at 10:16
I'm not sure if I'm doing it correctly, but so far I have been mixing a tablespoon of epsom salt with a gallon of warm water. I let it disolve for about 3-5 minutes and then spray down the leaves and everything. I don't spray the insides of the flowers for fear of washing away the pollen (not sure if that even matters) and then with the leftover I dumped it to the roots. So far it's been working great. I suppose maybe since the plant is way bigger now and in an 8 gallon pot I could get away with mixing even more to dump to the roots. So far I've been happy with the results I've been getting and I could never find in detail the info on "what's best to do", so I'm sticking with this method for now. |
- Posted by datilman007 (My Page) on Thu, Jul 3, 08 at 12:21
planetsagainstus, you're doing just fine. The foliar feeding isn't necessary with healthy plants. They'll get all they need from a root feeding now. As long as the plants are getting plenty of rain to flush them, you can use that mix to water with each time you need to water them. They'll love you for it. Never spray inside the flowers. They're too delicate. The water should be just above cool. Not warm. If it feels warm to you, it means that it's warmer than your body. That's too hot for plants. If you put your finger into a container of rain water during a storm, THAT'S the temp you want to go for. Be careful to NOT over water. |
- Posted by chillilover (My Page) on Sat, Jul 12, 08 at 15:30
Is it okay to get the diluted epsom salt on the peppers as you water? Because It says do not ingest on the box. |
It says "do not ingest"? That's odd because epsom salts are used as a laxative. Jim |
I have sandy loam and good drainage. Yet my soil tests for the last two years have shown an above optimum level of magnesium. The state University suggested I don't use dolomitic limestone to increase the pH because of the magnesium in it (calcitic limestone was recomended). As high levels of magnesium can block calcium uptake, I don't see how putting Epsom Salt on without knowing what is in the soil is a good idea. Yet the Epsom Salt Industry Council says on its website to use it regularly and you can't overuse Epsom Salts. I've written to the Council but so far no reply. |
- Posted by smokemaster_2007 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 13, 08 at 1:53
It says "do not ingest"? That's odd because epsom salts are used as a laxative. You just made the point of why you shouldn't injest it... |
- Posted by smokemaster_2007 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 13, 08 at 2:08
I'm a constant user of Dolomite Lime. I mix a handfull in my potting mixes. It's slow reacting and a lot of pepper plants like extra calcium when they fruit-especially habaneros from what I've read and seen with my plants. I use Bone meal(root growth) and lime added to all my planting mixes and it really seems to help out my plants. Both are slow release nutrients in that form. I keep an eye on the PH of my pots and usually they want to go acid so I add lime before I water every so often.It takes a while to get results but it works for me. I use Epsom salts but only once in a while.I think you only need it in small amounts. I water my plants heavily and use faster soil mixes so I don't have much of a problem with salt buildup or overwatering this year so far. All my plants are in containers. |
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Makeover a Closet While Elfa Shelving Is on 30 Percent Discount
My house has three closets — one in each bedroom and an itty, bitty, tiny one under the stairs on our first floor. Obviously, we use the one in our bedroom for clothes storage. My husband, my 19-month-old son, and I share this closet. The closet under the stairs holds digital media that needs to be climate controlled for my husband's business. This leaves our second bedroom closet as the primary storage for our entire house.
Since both my husband and I work from home, our second bedroom is our current office. Without any other built-in storage in the house, we had to find a way to make it meet our needs — and Elfa came to our rescue:
We call it our "Mary Poppins" closet, seeing as so much stuff fits into the space. This picture is a little old (I've since destashed my entire yarn collection and replaced it with toy storage for my son), but for the most part it's a current representation of how we utilize the storage. I'm impressed by how much we can fit into it, and how organized all of it can be.
I'm a huge fan of the Elfa shelving systems — my desk setup is also Elfa — and always recommend them. That is why I want to let you know that between now and Tuesday, February 15, the Container Store is having its annual Elfa sale.
All Elfa shelving is 30 percent off, and installation is also at a 30 percent discount. Now is a great time to redo a closet in your home to increase and/or improve its storage while prices on Elfa are low and temperatures outside are frightful.


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Bon Appétit | November 2010
by Jeanne Kelley
Easy and impressive. But we would use smaller portions, so the recipe could serve 16 rather than just 8. Next time, I will experiment with folding one sheet of phyllo pastry in a muffin cup and using this filling.
28 reasons why doughnuts (and doughnut holes)baked or fried, glazed or dustedare perfect morning, noon, and night
plus: everything you need to know about making doughnuts at home ›
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E By Design Zebra Stripe Decorative Pillow
Decorate and personalize your home with pillows that embody color and style, from E By Design.
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Victor Ballesteros is the third fastest man to finish the 165 mile Tahoe Rim Trail. He is also the founder and lead designer at Victory Sportdesign. Having run his first 100 mile race in 2009, the Western States 100, Victor has raced, run, and paced a wide range of ultras in the years since.
How did this amazing journey begin? That's what I wanted to find out. Here we go…
TB: I like to start here. Fastest Known Times, or racing against others – which gets you more hyped?
Mixed… This may sound weird, but I usually don't get hyped about anything. I'll say this though… Racing against others is definitely exciting, but it can also be a bit nerve-racking, if you let the rush of fellow racers take you away from your own game plan.
An FKT (Fastest Known Time event) can be a bit more chill, as you're mostly running after the ghost of someone else's accomplishment. It really becomes more about racing yourself and being in your own moment, which brings me back to the excitement of racing others. Even though, you have the "electric" push and pull of others on the course influencing you, you still have to stay within that focus of racing and listening to yourself. That being said, not to sound like a lone wolf, but I guess I lean more towards FKTs, since the experience seems to focus less on who's the best amongst my peers, and more about being the best within myself. FKT's also tend to take a ridiculously long time to accomplish. I tend to learn things during that time that I can't seem to do anywhere else.
Always smiling
What was your entry into the Ultrarunning scene?
Honestly, before 2006, the thought of running anything longer than 10k seemed horrendous to me. In 1996 I was introduced to trail running by participating in the historic Dipsea race, the second oldest footrace in the US, next to Boston, which runs 7.1 miles from Mill Valley to Stinson Beach CA. Entry into this race is so stringent that one must either consistently place every year to re-qualify, or face the boot and have to re-apply with no guarantee of entry. After skipping a year of running the race, I found myself facing the latter dilemma. Being shut out, I realized there was a Double Dipsea, and quickly entered the race. Despite the fact that it was past my desired quota of running mileage, I found myself surprised and intrigued by my better than expected finish. I then noticed that four months later, there was an even crazier-looking event called the Quad Dipsea! Not knowing any better, I found a random blog report about pacing oneself for the specific event, and started training. A week before the race, I read somewhere that I would need to carry water bottles and consume something called GU, so I reluctantly practiced using these things four days before the race, and lo and behold, I finished the thing in 2nd place! A few weeks later, just to make sure it wasn't a fluke, I ran my first 50k, where I placed 2nd again… and that's where my entry upon the Ultra scene of placing 2nd began.
Can you share the story of how Victory Sportdesign came to be. What inspired you to develop a dropbag?
Since I've already "eloquently" put this story into words before…I'll just lift it from the Victory Sportdesign website:
In 2009 I ran my first 100 mile race: Western States 100. Not wanting to use wasteful plastic sacks for drop bags, my good friend and pacer, Mark Gilligan (of Ultrasignup fame), gave me some small canvas bags to use. To my dismay, it was such an ordeal trying to find things in a hurry (or even if I wasn't in a hurry for that matter) because the bag was basically a black hole and all its contents a jumbled mess. Afterwards, wanting to invest in something organized and durable that I could use for future events, I looked at the market and to my surprise found that there was nothing specific that was simple, yet, all encompassing for the needs of a super-organized, durable drop bag. I decided that with my underutilized background in art/product design, I would create something that I would want, with all these elements in mind.
What was the process of concept, to prototype, to final product? Who helped you along the way and what were some of the iterations you experimented with?
I started with Western State's drop bag size requirements, which wasn't all that big at 6"x8"x16", yet made a lot of sense if you think about how much one should really pack in a drop bag. From there, I focused on how much organization I could apply to the bag's design, while still keeping the function simple. Having the extreme fortune of an "Angel" silent partner, who could help me put an actual bag together, was a huge plus. I started teaching myself more than I thought I'd ever know about fabrics and sewing, while experimenting with different materials, and ended up designing three different sized bags… just to give myself options for different distances and uses. Once I started using them, I was really surprised to see how many folks were interested in having one for themselves. After a year of toting the bags around, and gathering valuable feedback from fellow runners, particularly Brett and Larissa Rivers and Rick Gaston, I took the leap into creating a business with the support of my amazing wife Jena, and our "Angel" investor, by forging Victory Sportdesign and dubbing the bags: Victory Bags.
You're part of the SF Running Company crew, a recently opened retail store in SF. What are some of the trends you're seeing in the products coming into the industry?
Brett Rivers is the owner, Jorge Maravilla is the General Manager and I'm the lovable grunt. Together we are the three amigos. The store opened in January, and I joined the crew as a means to work with good friends and help bring something important to our local running community. It ended up being a shrewd move, since we'll also be carrying the bags at the store, and the job has proven to be less like work and more like play. Although the name is San Francisco Running Co., our actual location is north of the Golden Gate Bridge in Mill Valley. The original intention was to open the store in the city, followed by another location in Marin. Things just worked out for the best with our current location less than a half mile from some of the best trail systems California has to offer. Although we cater to both road and trail runners, our focus is a bit more on the trail and Ultra side of things. With the wealth of running experience between the three of us, we're pretty selective with what we use ourselves, and offer that same selectivity with what we carry in the store. As trends tend to come and go, we try not to follow them, and rather, focus on what makes sense. We utilize brands that, we think, complement our sport like: Hoka, Newton, Altra, Montrial, Hydrapak, Salomon, 110%, Ultimate Direction, and of course, Victory Bags, to name a few, and put these products to the test. In the recent past, before trail running gained such popularity, products either lacked the sophisticated utility we see today, or didn't even exist. Now we see a slew of products following new and constantly evolving trends: minimalism without the sacrifice of cushion and protection, recovery in the form of compression wear, unique shoe constructions and nutritional supplements, performance-aid personified by streamlined hydration systems, body temperature-sensitive clothing design, and again through nutritional supplements. Even the need to store our products on the go is a growing trend in the form of lightweight hydration packs, waist belts, and gear bags which provide time saving organization and performance peace of mind (see where I'm going with this?) Companies are starting to raise the industry bar with higher quality, function, and simplicity, coupled with design innovations that, we believe, allow athletes to take their game to another level. As our sport continues to grow exponentially, it'll be interesting to see what new products and permutations come to light.
Can you share one of your future adventures, either locked in or in development stage?
As far as Victory Sportdesign goes… it's top secret. As for myself, I have plans on going back out and navigating the Tahoe Rim Trail 165. As some folks already know, this was an adventure I took part in last August http://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/victor-ballesteros-interview/, where I actually ran 176 miles. This September I plan on getting back there and chopping off about ten hours from my last attempt time of 53 Hours. If I could get the 2nd fastest time next to the FKT leader Killian Jornet (and you know how I am about being 2nd) that would be pretty sweet!
What's one of the top running destinations we don't know about, but should?
Hmmmm… probably, someplace that I don't know about either. Although… I do know that… I'm very lucky to have here in my own back yard, some of the nicest running around. Marin is a runner's paradise, littered with untold miles of trail systems that, in my lifetime, I could never imagine completing. Perhaps that should be my next FKT! Although, we might not have Appellation, or Rocky Mountain peaks and valleys, we make up for that with some of the most varied, scenic, and challenging terrain imaginable. Just don't tell anyone I told you, cause we like having our trails all to ourselves!
We've all experienced negative self talk at some point in our training or racing. How do you stuff it back in the box during a low point or a training run or during a race?
It's never easy, but you just have to get out there and commit. If you're not bleeding from an artery, suffering from a terminal illness, or dealing with the zombie apocalypse, then there's no excuse for not putting your best foot forward and getting it done. There's so much suffering in the world. As long as I'm in a position to be able to do what I love… how can I possibly let a negative running moment affect my day?
If we were to look in the trunk of your car what would be the most surprising thing we'd find?
What's one piece of advice can you share to make our next run more enjoyable?
Be in the moment, listen to your breath, and acknowledge everyone you see… even if they don't reciprocate.
What's next to come from Victory Sportdesign?
It's still a secret, but I expect it will shock and titillate.
Trail Box sends a BIG thank you to Victor Ballesteros for sharing his time with us. You can learn more about Victory Bags at victorysportdesign.com. For more on Victor's adventures, listen to his recent podcast from our friends at Ultrarunner Podcast. You can also read a review of Victory Sportdesign's Bear II from Philosopher Runner.


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Warped Tour 2010 Review
Now in its 16th year, Warped Tour is now as old as the median age of its attendees. The tour exhibits a more eclectic variety of music (including metal, electronic and emo) than the punk roots concert series which began in 1994, showcasing bands such as Bad Religion, Pennywise and NOFX. Though the music has changed over time, Warped Tour still employs its time-honored style of performances, including multiples stages performing at the same time, forcing tour goers to pick and choose between their favorite bands. Still, like clockwork, many locals return to the same venue to catch the annual tour. In addition to the usuals who make a tradition out of the show is the new generation of music fans. As the bands will attest, a day at Warped is nothing short of chaos, but what else could be expected of the longest running punk tour?
All photos by Pamela Lin
Often coming under fire for its widespread, rampant commercialism, Warped consists of an assortment of advertising booths. Willy Wonka had their own covered canopy area, offering a boost of sugar to passer-bys and a free photo booth. Trojan condoms presented a large, inflatable tube, reminiscent of a condom, which housed several bands throughout the day as they signed autographs for their fans. The Monster energy drink truck was in attendance, giving out free samples of their newest model of beverages. In a very non-commercial display of kindness, an inflatable slip-n-slide existed in the center of the tour grounds, offering a refreshing drench to all who dared on the hot, summer day. A number of charities also exist, petitioning everything from halting animal cruelty (Elephants Never Forget) to preventing teen suicide (To Write Love on her Arm). Of course, each band present also has their own merch booth at the tour, including the bands Alkaline Trio, AM Taxi, Andrew WK, Anti-Flag, Attack Attack, Automatic Loveletter, Closure in Moscow, Dropkick Murphys, Fake Problems, Every Time I Die, Eyes Set to Kill, Green Jelly, iwrestledabearonce, Mayday Parade, Pretty Reckless, Parkway Drive, VersaEmerge, Reel Big Fish, The Cab, The Casualties and many other bands on Warped Tour 2010.
Bands' sets don't last any longer than 30 minutes. They use this time to crunch as many hit songs as they can into their set, leaving no room for idle banter. The Dillinger Escape Plan played on the main stage early in the day, beginning things with a heaping dose of metal. Their stand-in singer screamed the lyrics to the first song before handing the microphone to Greg Puciato, their vocalist. With powerful shredding guitar and throbbing drums, The Dillinger Escape Plan scream their way into a high energy performance. Though the lyrics may be inaudible, the band delivers a form of experimental metal that is unique to modern trends in the genre. At least they have that going for them.
Green Jelly take the stage after a dramatic entrance. The singer is dressed as a comical shogun, with shoulder pads, dreadlocks, light sabers on his back, giant skulls for shoes and a pig face as a codpiece. The entire get up lends to the image of a Power Rangers villain reject and makes it very difficult to take them seriously. The actual vocals aren't as bad as the singer's choice of wardrobe, sounding a little bit like Lemmy from Motorhead. The guitar player almost makes up for the awkwardness with original chords and riffs. Their set list includes several of their own songs and a cover of "The Bear Went Over the Mountain" in a similar comical fashion.
In front of a throng of middle aged punks sporting their leather jackets that survived the 80's, The Casualties played on a stage in the far corner of the tour. After denouncing the other bands on the tour, Jorge Herrera instructed everyone to stage dive, chicken fight, and circle pit, much to the chagrin of security. A few fans took their orders slightly too far when people in the crowd were trampled and bleeding, though no serious injuries occurred. Their performance of old-school-in-your-face punk was pumped with attitude and energy in their iconic Casualties style.
Bursting their way into the pop punk scene is VersaEmerge, who played a very well-executed set. Their melodic brand of pop rock, with the use of subtle vocal harmonies by the female vocalist Sierra Kusterbeck and the backup vocalist/guitarist Blake Harnage, gives them the sound of a heavier Paramore. This team of musicians quickly developed their own unique style of performance and delightful sound that should give them some momentum in the future.
Automatic Loveletter serve a set that is honed with a certain style of dissonance. With the use of poppy thrash rock, they develop a sound that isn't so dissimilar from Circa Survive. Their pulsing performance gets the audience on their feet and moving on one of the smaller side stages.
The beloved Andrew W.K. steps onto the main stage in the afternoon, giving out t-shirts and other swag in between his songs. His fast and hard party anthems whip the crowd into a fist pumping frenzy as he switches between keyboard and microphone multiple times during songs. With his charismatic attitude and affinity to partying, Andrew takes command of the crowd and bids them to live it up while they can. A brunette in a leotard joins him on stage (his wife Cherie Lily), raising the impossibly high liveliness through the roof by egging on the audience. Although many of his songs closely resemble one another, Andrew W.K. certainly developed his own brand of music that keeps fans coming back for more.
Warped Tour seniors Anti-Flag take the main stage as the audience expands to what is probably the largest of the day. After bidding everyone to disregard one another's race, age, and sexual orientation, singer Chris Barker instructs everyone to make new friends by engaging in the "Wall of Death." "You come to Warped Tour with 5 friends and leave with 5,000," Chris yells into the microphone. "I want to see the biggest mosh pit Warped Tour has ever seen!" While perhaps not the biggest in the history of the tour, it is certainly the largest that day. Youths charge one another in a full sprint only to be pushed face first into the dirt. After getting helped up by other moshers, they dive back into the pit again. Such is the nature of performance Anti-Flag commonly provides.
Taylor Momsen of Gossip Girl is pretty reckless, and also the singer for a band named The Pretty Reckless. With powerful pop-punk vocals, she is the Joan Jett for a new generation. They have the feel of a 70's rock band and a demeanor to boot; at one point she tells the audience to smoke pot during their performance. The reggae and dub influences are pronounced in their music, as is the catchy guitar riffs. This band may just be the next big thing.
Carving out their musical niche, Dropkick Murphys show us the power of Celtic influenced punk rock. While fans are stage diving, Al Barr screams out each song, holding nothing back. The eight-piece punk band sounds almost like heavy metal (if it weren't for the banjo and flute) with their heavy use of guitars and exclamation vocals. With an obviously large fan base at Warped, Dropkick Murphys rock the main stage with their older songs as the audience jumps and bobs along.
The very last band to perform, just as the sun began to set, iwrestledabearonce play as many fans are leaving. This doesn't stop them from playing an over the top set with their unique brand on experimental metal. It does, however, stop them from taking themselves seriously. "Krysta Cameron [the singer] wanted me to tell you that she is shitting out of her vagina," says Steven Bradley the guitarist into the microphone to the amusement of the adolescent audience. With jazzy breaks and electronic interludes, this band's originality goes unmatched. Krysta's singing involves her yelling things inaudibly into the mic, yet still manages to provide certain vocal harmony, if very subtle. The band revels in the high emotional energy they produce on stage by jumping around and swinging instruments. Described by singer Krysta as "esoteric," iwrestledabearonce is not for everyone, but still a performance worth seeing.
As the day winds down, in the parking lot packed with tour buses, bands are either packing up their gear or sitting out front in collapsible chairs, anxiously awaiting their next venue on the tour and one day closer to going home. The band-only catering begins packing things up before the last few bands even begin playing. Under a canopy in the parking lot there is even a mobile barber shop, for band members only. Weary from their time on the road, bands like Sum 41 spend this time downing beer in anticipation to leave. Sum 41 was scheduled to perform at the show, but due to Deryck Whibley's slipped disc in his back, he is out in physical therapy and the band is on the bench, though they still grudgingly follow the tour in their bus.
"Everyone says Warped Tour is the hardest tour to do," Ryan Metcalf from Automatic Loveletter tells me. With sporadic scheduling, blistering heat and technical setbacks, it is in truth nothing short of chaotic. This, however, is one of its most enjoyable features. Seeing so many up and coming bands all in one place is unheard of with any other festival, and that's why Warped has always been so successful. For these same reasons (and a little luck), Warped Tour will continue to be around for years to come and hold its title as the longest running punk tour.
All photos by Pamela Lin
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1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron. | 1 Here are the stages in the journey of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. |
2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of Jehovah: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. | 2 At the LORD's command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey by stages: |
3 And they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians, | 3 The Israelites set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. They marched out boldly in full view of all the Egyptians, |
4 while the Egyptians were burying all their first-born, whom Jehovah had smitten among them: upon their gods also Jehovah executed judgments. | 4 who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had brought judgment on their gods. |
5 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth. | 5 The Israelites left Rameses and camped at Succoth. |
6 And they journeyed from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. | 6 They left Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the desert. |
7 And they journeyed from Etham, and turned back unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they encamped before Migdol. | 7 They left Etham, turned back to Pi Hahiroth, to the east of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol. |
8 And they journeyed from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah. | 8 They left Pi Hahiroth and passed through the sea into the desert, and when they had traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they camped at Marah. |
9 And they journeyed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there. | 9 They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there. |
10 And they journeyed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea. | 10 They left Elim and camped by the Red Sea. |
11 And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. | 11 They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin. |
12 And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. | 12 They left the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah. |
13 And they journeyed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. | 13 They left Dophkah and camped at Alush. |
14 And they journeyed from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. | 14 They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. |
15 And they journeyed from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai. | 15 They left Rephidim and camped in the Desert of Sinai. |
16 And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth-hattaavah. | 16 They left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah. |
17 And they journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth. | 17 They left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. |
18 And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah. | 18 They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah. |
19 And they journeyed from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon-perez. | 19 They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez. |
20 And they journeyed from Rimmon-perez, and encamped in Libnah. | 20 They left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah. |
21 And they journeyed from Libnah, and encamped in Rissah. | 21 They left Libnah and camped at Rissah. |
22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah. | 22 They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah. |
23 And they journeyed from Kehelathah, and encamped in mount Shepher. | 23 They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher. |
24 And they journeyed from mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah. | 24 They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah. |
25 And they journeyed from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth. | 25 They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth. |
26 And they journeyed from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath. | 26 They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath. |
27 And they journeyed from Tahath, and encamped in Terah. | 27 They left Tahath and camped at Terah. |
28 And they journeyed from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah. | 28 They left Terah and camped at Mithcah. |
29 And they journeyed from Mithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah. | 29 They left Mithcah and camped at Hashmonah. |
30 And they journeyed from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth. | 30 They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth. |
31 And they journeyed from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene-jaakan. | 31 They left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan. |
32 And they journeyed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped in Hor-haggidgad. | 32 They left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad. |
33 And they journeyed from Hor-haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah. | 33 They left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah. |
34 And they journeyed from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah. | 34 They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah. |
35 And they journeyed from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion-geber. | 35 They left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber. |
36 And they journeyed from Ezion-geber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin (the same is Kadesh). | 36 They left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin. |
37 And they journeyed from Kadesh, and encamped in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. | 37 They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the border of Edom. |
38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of Jehovah, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month. | 38 At the LORD's command Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor, where he died on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. |
39 And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. | 39 Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor. |
40 And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. | 40 The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming. |
41 And they journeyed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah. | 41 They left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. |
42 And they journeyed from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon. | 42 They left Zalmonah and camped at Punon. |
43 And they journeyed from Punon, and encamped in Oboth. | 43 They left Punon and camped at Oboth. |
44 And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped in Iye-abarim, in the border of Moab. | 44 They left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim, on the border of Moab. |
45 And they journeyed from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon-gad. | 45 They left Iyim and camped at Dibon Gad. |
46 And they journeyed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim. | 46 They left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim. |
47 And they journeyed from Almon-diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. | 47 They left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, near Nebo. |
48 And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. | 48 They left the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. |
49 And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. | 49 There on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim. |
50 And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, | 50 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho the LORD said to Moses, |
51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, | 51 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When you cross the Jordan into Canaan, |
52 then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured [stones], and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places: | 52 drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places. |
53 and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it. | 53 Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess. |
54 And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit. | 54 Distribute the land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes. |
55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those that ye let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. | 55 " 'But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live. |
56 And it shall come to pass, that, as I thought to do unto them, so will I do unto you. | 56 And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.' " |
The American Standard Version is in the public domain. (The American Standard Version Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
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Face your Destiny!
In Andergast, whose inhabitants are considered to be notoriously superstitious, King Efferdan awaits a state visit from high-ranking dignitaries. For centuries the kingdom has been at odds with neighboring Nostria, but now first steps are being undertaken toward a lasting peace. But a plague of crows troubles the king, for the birds are acting with unusual aggressiveness, even attacking humans. Moreover, there are those among the citizens of Andergast who swear that the crows are bringing them dark nightmares. As the belligerent creatures infiltrate even the castle itself, the king seeks a skilled bird catcher - an opportunity for young Geron to prove that the reputation for ill luck that has followed him since childhood is undeserved. Following an audience with the king, the prestigious task is assigned to him. However, not only does his task prove unexpectedly difficult, but it also turns out to be the first step of the greatest adventure of his life, which will lead him to the borders of the charted lands of Aventuria and beyond.
With a history of more than 25 years, The Dark Eye is one of Europe's best-known role-playing brands. In addition to the popular pen & paper adventures, TDE has also inspired a series of successful computer games. The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav immerses players deep in the world of Aventuria, where they experience an amazing story and explore lands never before featured in a TDE computer game.
Key Features:
An epic fantasy soundtrack, as well as high-quality voiceovers to provide an unparalleled gaming experience.
Dive into the fantastic world of Aventuria and experience an epic adventure, written by experienced authors of the popular pen and paper fantasy role-playing game The Dark Eye.
From the makers of A New Beginning and The Whispered World
Customer reviews
Interesting setting
AkiMatti | May 7, 2014 | See all AkiMatti's reviews »I've played my fair share of adventure game for the duration of my gaming career. Still, Chains of Satinav is something different. The art style and the way the game presents itself and the communication with characters are all somehow unique to this game.
The lore/story is a lot to take in and there are a lot of discussions in this game. That can be good or bad depending on your preference. In my eyes, Chains of Satinav offers a world worth delving into, if you have the time and the patience for it.
Interesting adventure
Demilisz | March 25, 2014 | See all Demilisz's reviews »Chains of Satinav are classic point and click adventure game with hand painted locations. And it is very good game with interesting characters, plot and, most important, well designed and logical puzzles. There is virtually no place in game where you feel like using solution is the only way, everything can be figured out. There is also no way to die or somehow "broke" the game, so player can experiment. Worth playing at least ones.
Very good game
britishlad | May 30, 2013 | See all britishlad's reviews »This game is another point and click adventure but it is well made and if you love these sort of games then it is definitely worth you're time. The game has great graphics and brilliant art style. The story is very good. The gameplay is simple but fun and satisfying though you must remember to left and right click on your mouse everything you find look at, read, or pick up in your inventory. Only thing I did not enjoy was the conversations, too long and sometimes not relevant. Spent hours playing it and enjoyed it immensely


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Visit York North Yorkshire and the surrounding villages and stay in b and b, hotel or holiday cottage accommodation provided by BedPosts members.
York is known as "The capital of the North", unique for the completeness of its walls and the preservation of antiquities from prehistoric times onwards, and situated at the junction of the three Ridings of Yorkshire, to none of which it belongs. "Winchester was, London is, York shall be, the finest of the three" is a prophecy of Mother Shipton. "Cair Ebrauc" to the British, "Eboracum" to the Romans, "Jorvik" to the Danes - the titles are an illustration of early history.
William the Conqueror built two castles here, facing each other across the Ouse. The most noteworthy survival on these sites is Clifford's Tower, built in the 13th cent. by Henry III in a quatrefoil plan high on a mound. It was saved centuries later from demolition when the citizens of York pleaded that it was exceeded only by the Minster as an adornment to their city. The rest of the castle has been mainly replaced by the Assize Courts and the Castle Museum, containing among its treasures a reconstruction of a York street in the 18th and 19th centuries.
York Minster is the largest cathedral built in England in the Middle Ages (60,952 sq. ft.). It grew on the site of four earlier churches, taking two and a half centuries to complete after a beginning in 1220; thus it combines the best of the Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular periods. By the orders of Sir Thomas Fairfax after the battle of Marston Moor, the fabric was spared destruction at the hands of the victorious Parliamentarians. The crypt incorporates a pillar of the Roman praetorium and parts of two earlier churches. Among the treasures of the chapter-house are Saxon gospels dating from 982, illuminated missals, and the Ivory Horn of Ulphus presented in 950 by a Saxon nobleman. Of the 125 windows, the E Window and the Five Sisters Window (restored in 1925 as a memorial to the women who died in the 1914 War) are perhaps the best known, but throughout the cathedral are superb examples of the local glassmakers' art in the three periods during which the Minster was built. This wealth of craftsmanship was removed for safety in the 1939 War. This has produced unrivalled opportunities for restoration, and the consequent cleaning, releading and assembly into their original form has brought the windows back to pristine perfection.
The city has many features of architectural interest, and deserves to be explored on foot and at leisure, taking in the great medieval walls and &ldqo;bars" or gates, the Assembly Rooms and the medieval Shambles, where shops lean precariously across a narrow street. But we must not forget that this is also a modern city, glorying in the past, yet living and thriving in the activities of our time. A good way to see the York city is to walk around the medieval walls that surround it.
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- Treasuerer's House www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-treasurershouseyork
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Wednesday, December 12 2012
The Best Jazz of 2012
Jazz today remains the music that stays alive through a remarkable alchemy. On this list, traditions that go back to the jazz roots co-exist with modern pop tunes, and the avant-garde edges of the music blend in fluid ease with tonal beauty.
Wednesday, March 14 2012
The Vijay Iyer Trio Takes Over
The finest jazz album of 2012—or of the whole millenium—has been delivered by the music's greatest band, The Vijay Iyer Trio.
Sunday, March 25 2012
Vijay Iyer Trio: Accelerando
Pianist Vijay Iyer gave us jazz masterpieces in 2009, 2010, and 2011. Looks like this will be his year yet again.


text: | Dáil Éireann - Volume 673 - 05 February, 2009 Other Questions. - Motor Taxation. Deputy P. J. Sheehan Deputy P. J. Sheehan Deputy P. J. Sheehan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on policy changes to motor taxation to help restore the motor market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3809/09] Deputy Ulick Burke Deputy Ulick Burke 712 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views regarding the collapsing motor trade here; the impact this will have on [712] local government and central Government finances; the measures he is considering to restore buoyant market conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3816/09] Deputy John Gormley Deputy John Gormley Deputy John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12 and 15 together. The changes I introduced last year to charge motor tax on new cars based on their CO 2 emissions, together with the linked changes to vehicle registration tax introduced by the Minister for Finance, provided significant financial incentives to purchase new low emission cars. The two lowest CO 2 bands for motor tax — bands A and B — are significantly lower than the minimum annual car tax rate of €172 charged under the engine size cc system. The motor tax rate for cars in band C is on par with the average tax rate charged under the old system. The VRT rate imposed on cars in these three bands is also lower than the previous minimum rate charged prior to July 2008. The lowest rate of VRT is now 14% compared to the old minimum of 22.5%. The system of vehicle registration tax is administered by the Revenue Commissioners and issues regarding it are a matter for the Minister for Finance. The incentives provided by the Government have been successful in ensuring a dramatic shift towards the purchase of more environmentally friendly cars. A total of 85% of all cars registered under the new system are in the lower bands A, B and C and are subject to a very favourable tax regime. The introduction of emissions based VRT and motor tax had a dual objective of encouraging a move to lower emission vehicles while protecting central and local government revenues. It is my intention to keep these dual objectives under review, in conjunction with the motor industry, in the light of experience of the new system. Global economic conditions have had a significant impact on the motor industry internationally, and Ireland is no different. The Society of the Irish Motor Industry, SIMI, has put forward a number of proposals to Government on the car market and my Department met a delegation yesterday to discuss issues relevant to my departmental brief. The core SIMI proposal related to a scrappage scheme, and that is a matter for the Minister for Finance. Unlike VRT, motor tax receipts depend on the total taxed vehicle fleet, and the motor tax rates charged, rather than the purchase of new vehicles. The economic slowdown is likely to impact on the total vehicle fleet. In 2008, the increase in the fleet was in the order of 2.3% compared to an annual average increase of 5% since 2000, and little growth may be evident in the fleet in 2009. Forecast motor tax receipts for 2009 are of the order of €1.08 billion. All motor tax receipts are paid directly into the local government fund for local government purposes. My Department will continue to keep the position regarding the motor tax receipts under review. Deputy Phil Hogan Deputy Phil Hogan Deputy Phil Hogan: There Minister will be aware there is a serious problem in the motor trade. Fine Gael advocates that the emissions bands should be backdated to 2001 — the Minister had the information available for new and second hand cars — to allow people make informed decisions regarding emissions. We support the new regime. People should have a choice of purchasing based on emissions. Is there any new initiative, particularly in the Border counties, that can be introduced to stop dealers going across the Border and coming back with a car having paid VRT in the other jurisdiction and making a few euro in terms of sustaining the trade? There is a big increase in the number of imported vehicles at the expense of new cars being sold in this jurisdiction. Deputy John Gormley Deputy John Gormley Deputy John Gormley: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle will appreciate that question is not within my own brief. It is for the Minister for Finance. An Leas-Cheann Comhairle An Leas-Cheann Comhairle 713 [713] An Leas-Cheann Comhairle: The Minister is answering broad questions. I hesitated to intervene. Deputy Charles Flanagan Deputy Charles Flanagan Deputy Charles Flanagan: I am sure the Minister has one prepared. Deputy John Gormley Deputy John Gormley Deputy John Gormley: The SIMI has been lobbying for the introduction of a scrappage scheme for cars over ten years, and that involves a reduction in vehicle registration tax. These are matters for the Minister for Finance. While a scrappage scheme could reduce CO 2 emissions it should be noted that Ireland now has a relatively modern vehicle fleet. There are already incentives in place, and people are availing of those incentives. When they are purchasing a car they are moving towards the lower bands, and 85% of the new car purchases are in those lower bands. We will have to examine what the SIMI is advocating but this problem is not unique to Ireland. We have had a global downturn and as we have seen, the motor industry in the United States is experiencing a serious problem, likewise in Britain and Germany where the car manufacturing industries are under real threat. It is a phenomenon whereby during an economic downturn people do not change their cars as often as they would in good times. That is the position, unfortunately. Written Answers follow Adjournment Debate. Dáil Éireann 673 Other Questions. Motor Taxation. Questions 20090205 | ||||||||||||||||||||||


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Across the Nation
October 2012KBA 81˝, Six-Color Sheetfed UV Press Claimed to Be the World's Largest Installation
SANTA ANA, CA—Large-format trade printer Foster Printing will be adding a new six-color, 81˝ KBA Rapida 205 large-format UV press later this month at its 46,000-square-foot facility based here. The new press, said to be the largest in the world, joins Foster's two existing 64˝ KBA large-format presses—a five-color conventional and a six-color UV. All of the presses will communicate to KBA's Logotronic management system.
"We constantly had customers asking if we could print anything larger than our 64˝ capabilities," explains Kris Blackburn, vice president of sales.
"We plan to capitalize on the ability to print multiple forms for customers—some that may fit our 64˝ KBA presses and others that fit our 81˝ press.This will enable one project with many different forms to be printed under one roof."
New 40˝ Digital Press Addresses Short-Run, Multi-Substrate Needs
OLATHE, KS—Since installing its MGI Meteor DP8700 XL digital press, A.C. Printing is producing 40˝ fold-out brochures, full-color variable data printing and an assortment of applications printed on plastics. The firm is also moving into new markets such as retail signage, as well as niche markets like static clings, loyalty cards, vinyl labels and envelopes.
"We loved that it could print on sheets up to 13x40˝ long, and the huge range of substrates opens up a whole new range of applications for us," says Greg Russell, owner.
ODESSA—With the recent addition of XMPie uStore, ALLPRO Direct Marketing can now help businesses streamline their personalized printing and e-mail processes, all from a centralized portal.
SARASOTA—DKS - Digital Kopy Services, a digital wholesale to the trade printer, has installed a new Konica Minolta bizhub PRO 1051 printer and a 900DP digital envelope press from OKI Data Americas.
ALPHARETTA—New London Press has received an investment from Agilis Equity Partners and Valesco Industries. Operating under the new name New London Communications, the funding will allow the company to expand its sales force and marketing initiatives, as well as enhance its service offerings in targeted markets.


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Harrah's Resort welcomes the legendary King of Motown, Smokey Robinson, for an Atlantic City concert on Saturday, May 24.
Once pronounced by Bob Dylan as America's "greatest living poet," acclaimed singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson's career spans over 4 decades of hits. He has received numerous awards including the Grammy Living Legend Award, NARAS Lifetime Achievement Award, Honorary Doctorate (Howard University), Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts Award from the President of the United States. He has also been inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters' Hall of Fame.
Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Robinson founded The Miracles while still in high school. The group was Berry Gordy's first vocal group, and it was at Robinson's suggestion that Gordy started the Motown Record dynasty. Smokey Robinson's "Shop Around" became Motown's first #1 hit on the R&B singles chart and he continued to pen hits for the group including "You've Really Got a Hold on Me," "Ooo Baby Baby," "The Tracks of My Tears," "Tears of a Clown" (co-written with Stevie Wonder), and "I Second That Emotion."
In addition to writing hits for the Miracles, Robinson wrote and produced hits for other Motown greats including The Temptations, Mary Wells, Brenda Holloway and Marvin Gaye.
During his 50-year career in music, Smokey Robinson has accumulated more than 4,000 songs to his credit and continues to thrill sold-out audiences around the world with his high tenor voice, impeccable timing, and profound sense of lyric. Never resting on his laurels, Smokey Robinson remains a beloved icon in our musical heritage.


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The Toronto Marlies practiced Tuesday at Ricoh Coliseum as they get set to host Milwaukee Thursday in Game 3 of the Calder Cup playoffs. With one more win, the Marlies would sweep a first round series for the third straight season.
The CHL's top scorer, Connor Brown has joined the Marlies for the playoff run after his season with the Erie Otters came to an end over the weekend. Brown led the Canadian Hockey Leauge in scoring with 128 points in 68 games.
You can get tickets to the game at this link. The game will also air on Rogers TV at 7pm.
Check out Tuesday's practice video below.
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Customers 'Connect with MM Digital' in Muller Martini' Booth
October 5, 2011• Scalable SigmaLine. This digital book manufacturing solution's barcode intelligence is a groundbreaking technology which enables the efficient production of commercial quality one-off books with practically no makeready.
• Orbit Three-Knife Trimmer. This revolutionary crossover trimmer meets new market demand for printers integrating digital books into their traditional offset binding. Booth visitors experienced changeovers from an offset to digital job completed within three minutes.
• Primera Digital. Muller's saddled-stitching system accommodates both digital and conventional print finishing processes. Demonstrated on the show floor was the new and innovative processing folder with gathering station.
• SigmaTrimming Center. Making its worldwide debut at the show, this ultra-efficient digital book trimming system boasts zero makeready for optimal one-off book production.
• MMServices. Representatives from Muller Martini's operational improvement program were also available to inform customers about additional products and services which can help them get the most productivity from existing equipment.
Muller Martini was pleased to report two significant equipment purchases that took place on the show floor:
• Malloy Inc. a family-owned book printer located in Ann Arbor, MI, purchased the Orbit Three-Knife Trimmer
• Courier Digital Solutions (CDS), the third largest book manufacturer in the United States, purchased a Scalable SigmaLine, consisting of a SigmaBinder, SigmaTower and SigmaTrimmer.
Muller Martini Mailroom Systems was represented as well at GRAPH EXPO within a separate booth which included the equipment and workflow technology that's renowned within the industry, including:
• SLS3000, SLS2000, and SLS1000. The mailroom's recognized workhorse, this efficient and reliable inserting system is designed for the most demanding zoning needs as well as for the processing of a large number of inserts.
• SAM. This software planning and control system coordinates information and product flow from all areas of an operation.
• WinLincs. An innovative design structure provides the most advanced and sophisticated inserter control, communication and data management tool available to today's mailroom.
Two well-received, informative seminars rounded out Muller Martini's participation at this year's GRAPH EXPO. Muller once again hosted two dynamic sessions which educated participants to revenue-driving opportunities available in today's changing marketplace, "Photo-Rich Books: The Market Opportunities and How You Can Get Involved," and "Digital Book Manufacturing: How You Can Get Started."