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Reebok Skyscape at Kohl's
"I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting (#MC) for Reebok. I received a product sample to facilitate my review and a promotional item as a thank you for participating."
I've seen quite a few bloggers review the Reebok Skyscape, so I was really excited to get the opportunity to try out a pair! I received a Kohl's giftcard so that I could order them online. Kohl's only had pink and black left in my size, so I went with the black – they come in a bunch of different colors though!
Since starting my part-time job at Equinox in March, I've had a little bit of trouble getting used to be being on my feet for extended periods – my shift is usually 6 hours. I've worn my Reeboks for a couple of shifts now, and can say that they are super comfy and my feet felt happy at the end of the day! The reason the shoes are so unique is because they are made of a seamless, two-way stretch foam material. The foam is really flexible and lightweight, so it moves with your foot and kinda feels like you aren't wearing shoes (although they were a little tight when I first put them on). These are probably the lightest shoes I've even worn (5 ounces!), so I bet they'd be great for travel.
Because the foam is breathable and seamless, you can also wear them without socks! I tried them without socks at work and found that my feet still felt a little sweaty – they are machine washable though, so even if you do sweat and they start to smell, you can just wash them!
I'm lucky that I have the option to wear active wear to work at Equinox. I usually wear black or patterned leggings and thus my Reebok's matched perfectly and I think any of the others would have added a nice pop of color. However, I just can't see myself wearing these with anything other than work out attire – they are still just a bit too sporty to wear with skinny jeans, and since they don't have a ton of extra arch support, I'd probably just choose flats over these.
I'm glad to have a new option for work though, so I don't have to wear my giant clunkers or have aching feet! You can read my review at Kohl's – looks like everyone else likes the Skycapes too!
Read MoreThoughts From a Tuesday
An apple crisp just came out of the oven!!!
I'm thinking about skipping the Christmas tree this year:( Matt's always at school and I just don't feel the need to put one up for myself when we are spending Christmas at my parents house. Is that Grinch-like and too un-festive? What about you?
The senior [business school] prom is this weekend! We're hosting a pre-party and I couldn't resist buying this giant bottle of wine from TJ's.
I'm obsessed with dill harvarti, horseradish hummus, and pickle sandwiches right now
I'm going to my very first clothing swap tonight and I'm excited! Too bad I got rid of a ton of items at the start of fall.
Happy happy Tuesday!
Read MoreWhat I've Been Up To
After sittin around in Atlanta and not being able to get anything done around the house, I've been a machine this week. I completely reorganized my kitchen cabinets, scrubbed the bathtub on my hands and knees, and got rid of some old clothes while improving some of the cheap hangers in my closet.
And I put every CD I've ever owned into iTunes. This.took.forever. But it was a fun project because I got to listen to some classics.
I've also been shopping! For secret wedding things…
And plants!
I had an empty pot from my grandmother, so I filled it with this guy!
Oh, and I've also been enjoying having TV again. House Hunters has been on continuously:)
What have you guys been up to?
Read MoreHome
Another long day of babysitting, though this time I'm not pooped. The little guy def. pooped though – a ton and then bounced around in the exer-saucer. TMI? Not pretty.
I'm headed back to the airport tomorrow. Living in Atlanta is starting to get pretty weird because I never see Matt and then I travel on the weekends. I'm so confused about where home is. I've also had some issues with a large spider in the shower (three encounters – he essentially rose from the dead, which was a traumatizing experience). I've tried to use the cognitive-behavioral techniques I learned in grad school on myself, but when I see him, my body just takes over and starts trembling. So, I'm pretty much ready to pack up and head back to Durham ASAP. Speaking of home though, tomorrow I'm going to my childhood home (as in Hillsborough, NC) for my sister's baby shower. Should be a good time and my fingers are crossed that there's cake:)
We all know I'm in a cooking slump because I'm not in my own kitchen and because Matt's never home for dinner. I've been making really quick meals for myself. This one was a major winner. I picked up a jalapeno cheddar salmon burger from whole foods, browned it in a pan, and put it over a salad of black beans, corn relish, avocado, and salsa verde. The burger was soooo good!!! It didn't even taste like salmon (sometimes a good thing), and I actually had to go check the package to see if I'd bought a chicken burger.
Sorry I forgot to hit publish on this last night. My brain has been a bit foggy and I fell asleep with my computer open and Expedia honeymoons on the screen:)
Read MoreWeekend With Gram
Hi from Baltimore! I've been having lots of fun hanging out with my grandma and doing some relaxing with my mom and sister!
Obviously, good food has been involved. Some highlights have been the authentic Maryland crab cakes, whiskey sours at the retirement center's bar, and an enormous bread pudding that I shared with Kath.
And the Loehmann's shopping was fabulous! Though I didn't find a striped clutch, I found another cute handbag and four dresses!
I also found my nude heels when my mom and I peeked in Nordstrom rack today!! SOOOOO excited to wear warm-weather clothes, and the forecast looks awesome for the coming week.
I'm here for one more night and then I'm heading home tomorrow. It's been great to get outta town and spend time with family.
Enjoy what's left of the weekend. Ciao.
Read MoreBrainstorming for Spring
No trip to Baltimore is complete without stopping into the Towson Loehmann's. My grandmother has been shopping there for like 50 years! Spring is here, so I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for the following:
- A white blazer. I just gave away my old one away because it was too small and had stains on it. I'd love to find a longish one that's also soft!
- Colored flats to add a pop to jeans days.
- A striped clutch for a nautical touch.
- A pure white shirt to make me feel clean and fresh.
- A silky blouse in a bright color or unique print.
- Nude pumps – they were on the list last year and didn't happen.
- And a classic summer sundress. Because I live in them once we hit 80*
And, the inevitable question – what's on your spring list?
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Beyonce's ex-boyfriend, who is currently working as a chef in Houston.His name is Lyndell Locke and he's 29. He was asked various question about, his relationship with beyonce whether they had a sexual relationship and if the rumors are true that she was pregnant and had a abortion. Check the interview below:
SG: Now, we have heard many rumors surrounding your relationship with Beyonce and Im hoping you can clear some of them up for us. Firstly, what are you doing with yourself at the moment?
LL: Well, I am currently still living in Houston and working as a Chef. I am extremely passionate about my job and I love what I do. I have a good family and good friends so I couldnt ask for anything more than that. Life is good!
SG: Glad to hear that. How did you meet Beyonce?
LL: We were very young in our teens. From the same area in Houston. We knew each other a long time. We were very close and very good friends. (silence)
SG: Ok, Define friends.
LL: (laughs) We would go out together, I would take her to the movies or we would eat out. Normal things teenage kids do. It was "puppy" love.
SG: So you were in love with Beyonce?
LL: Love is a strong word for a teenage relationship but we were very close and I cared ALOT about her. I still do.
SG: Are the rumors true that you got Beyonce pregnant and she had to have an abortion?
LL: You know, when I heard this rumor I was really upset by it. Unfortunately, at the time I was not able to speak on it and people were allowing the speculation to go around. Beyonce as far as I know did not have an abortion.
SG: So you and Beyonce did have a sexual relationship?
LL: No comment
SG: (laughs) Ok I think you answered that already. When you say you were not able to speak on things, what do you mean by that?
LL: I watched Destiny's Child grow, I knew all the girls and I saw them progress. I was there when they got their first deal, when they rehearsed. I was a close member to the family even though some people didnt approve of me being there. The DC Empire looking back now was very cleverly orchestrated and every member of the team was under a microscope. Whether that was on a personal or working relationship. Anyone close to those girls, espeically Beyonce at that influencial time in her life was a threat. It was all about Focus, Focus, Focus. Apparently, boys don't equal focus which I kind of understand.
SG: Who were some people?
LL: Im still not allowed to say. But trust me there was and still is.
SG: You sound slightly bitter about the situation.
LL: I am slightly. I am sure if other people do not get involved Beyonce and I would still probably be together. At least be in contact.SG: So you dont speak to Beyonce anymore?
LL: No, we have not spoken in a long time. I see her family sometimes around Houston but it isn't what it was.
SG: I get the feeling you were warned off.
LL: I dont really want to make any further comment on it.
SG: Ok. When you see Beyonce and how popular she has become how does it make you feel?
LL: Well obviously I am pleased for her. I think she has done amazingly well, just as much as the other girls. I knew LaTavia, LeToya and Kelly. They have all done so great. I wish them nothing but success. They are doing what they thrive off and so am I. I wish them nothing but good health and happiness.
SG: So you dont look at Jay-Z and be like "Oh that could have been me"
LL: (laughs) Not at all. I am in a very happy place in my life.

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Having your house broken into is hardly what anyone would consider a "fairytale," but when the burglar in question falls asleep on your couch after taking a shower, changing into your clothes and eating your food, it sounds an awful lot like one fairytale in particular. Meet Chancy Layton, 19, Florida's (where else?) own real-life Goldilocks! Layton broke into a home in St. Augustine late last week, after being told by a friend that the house would be empty, and set about making herself comfortable.
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Kidsday meets cast members of the Broadway show 'Matilda'
Kidsday reporters from Raynor Country Day School in Remsenburg-Speonk interviewed Gabriel Ebert and Lesli Margherita, who play Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood in the new Broadway musical "Matilda". Videojournalist: Pat Mullooly (April 16, 2013)
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Originally published Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 6:02 AM
NYC food trucks take the elevator
New York, the most vertical of cities, has become a tad blasé about its skyscrapers, high-rise malls and multistory restaurant collections. At last, though, it has a fresh take on the perpendicular: the vertical food-truck court.
The New York Times
NEW YORK — New York, the most vertical of cities, has become a tad blasé about its skyscrapers, high-rise malls and multistory restaurant collections. At last, though, it has a fresh take on the perpendicular: the vertical food-truck court.
Every weekday in recent months, fancy-food trucks have been rumbling into the gigantic freight elevator of the Starrett-Lehigh Building in West Chelsea. After being hoisted aloft, they roll out into the concrete truck bays on the upper floors of the 81-year-old, 19-story commercial building. There, they post menus and proceed to sell inventive meals to office workers and their guests.
The result is something like an elevator ride in a department store imagined by Willie Wonka. The other day on the 12th floor, Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream was hawking its Michel Cluizel chocolate cones ($4). On Floor 15, the Treats Truck was dispensing its Chocolate Trucker Sandwich Cookies ($1.75) and the occasional Kitchen Sink Crispy ($3). On 17, Coolhaus Ice Cream Sandwiches was selling its decidedly vertical Three-Story concoctions — two scoops of ice cream served between two cookies ($9).
Downstairs, in front of the entrance, Valducci's Original Pizza offered thin-crust Sicilian pizza with fresh basil ($4 a slice). On the street, a Rickshaw Dumpling Truck did a brisk trade in chicken-Thai-basil dumplings with peanut satay dip ($6 for three).
"This is the first indoor vertical food-truck court in the city, and as far as I know, the country," said David Weber, president of the New York City Food Truck Association, which was asked three months ago by the building's owner, RXR Realty, to bring in a rotating roster of a dozen food trucks, including Mexicue, Red Hook Lobster Pound Truck and the Gorilla Cheese Truck.
The problem, according to RXR, was a paucity of lunchtime choices in the neighborhood, an industrial-looking stretch west of the High Line.
"This area is up and coming, but retail food options here are in their infancy," said William S. Elder, an executive vice president at the firm. "We invited the food trucks in to increase diversity, and it's changed the dynamic of the building."
Although lone food trucks have occasionally ascended freight elevators in Manhattan buildings to cater special events, Weber said the Starrett-Lehigh Building was the only high-rise in New York where multiple trucks converged five days a week.
Indeed, the building has now become the city's third food-truck court, as truck owners search for places to park without receiving a ticket or being ordered to move by the police. The food-truck association opened its first last year in Long Island City, Queens, on a lot owned by Rockrose Development Corp. In February, the association established a second, overlooking the Hudson River near 4 World Financial Center, under the auspices of the Battery Park City Authority and Brookfield Office Properties, owner of the center.
In the Chelsea building, vendors on the upper floors can be visited only by the roughly 5,000 people who work in the building and visitors approved by the security desk, who average about 1,000 a day.
For many workers, the trucks are a welcome presence — even if (or perhaps because) so many are selling sweets.
"So far, it hasn't hurt my waistline," said Carl Auge, an exhibition coordinator at the School of Visual Arts Gallery, who was sampling a $1 oatmeal cookie from the Treats Truck.
Christopher Gelarden, an advertising writer, was waiting outside for a slice of Sicilian pizza. "It was weird the first time, seeing food trucks on your floor, but now we're used to it," he said. "It's awesome that the food has come to us."
In the passenger elevators, placards titled "Truck Bay Gourmet" announce the "Savory and Sweet Truck Schedule" — a guide to each day's fleet.
The fortresslike building, with its robust floor plates and concrete bays, was designed to bring supply trucks directly up to production, storage and repackaging companies, for deliveries and exports. Now, most of the industrial tenants have departed in favor of advertising and design firms, as well as Martha Stewart Living, Hugo Boss and Tommy Hilfiger.
Denise Rodriguez, a vice president at RXR, said that for those kinds of tenants, "We had to be sure of the quality of the food."
Years ago, she added, "People didn't want to eat at 'roach coaches' " — traditional lunch trucks, of dubious cleanliness. "But now there is a whole new generation of trucks with high-end food, so we brought in the food-truck association," she said. "This is a building full of Brooklyn hipsters. Now they have a place to eat."


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I am already neutered, up to date with shots, good with kids, and good with dogs.
Hey guys. My name is Payton and I am a very fun loving tiny party poodle. I am a whopping 6 pounds and am adorable with my soft black and white curly fur. I am only one year old and am full of energy so I will need a family that loves to play with me and keep me entertained, a fenced yard is also a must. Since I am still very young I sleep very well after we play. I have played with the dogs at my foster house as well as a very large breed dog at my foster grandmas house so I pretty much think every kind of dog is pretty cool. I absolutely love the kids at my foster house and I also think that snuggling with anyone that will snuggle with me is pretty awesome. I sure hope you will consider adding me to your family so I can find my fur-ever home. Payton is up to date on all shots, on heart worm preventative, heart worm negative, microchiped, and neutered. Payton's adoption fee is $300.00.WE DO NOT ACCEPT PERSONAL CHECKS. Out of state adopters are responsible for arranging transport, WE DO NOT SHIP DOGS. For events calendar and adoption application please go to our website at aaprescue.org
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Payton, a Bridgeton Poodle (Toy or Tea Cup) dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Poodle (Toy or Tea Cup) for sale in Bridgeton, or seeking a Poodle (Toy or Tea Cup) dog from a breeder in Bridgeton.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Bridgeton already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Bridgeton breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
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Oct 31, 2013 5:59 PM by Lindsay MacLeod, KSBY News
The City of Santa Maria plans to close the shelter set up for the people displaced by the Town Center Inn fire.
The City says the shelter at the Minami Center will close Friday evening.
City officials say a lot of the people who were using the shelter will be able to return back to their homes Friday because the north tower of the inn is reopening. The south tower of the inn is still too dangerous to live in.
The City is partnering with the Good Samaritan Shelter to provide another short-term temporary shelter at the City-owned Newlove Community Center for those who aren't able to move back into the inn. It will act as a warming center, and it will be open from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m.
Santa Barbara County will continue to provide behavioral health and social services to the people who were living in the inn.
The City extended the use of the Minami Center three times in order to give displaced residents more time to find long-term housing.
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Making Your Own Digital Scrapbooking Paper with ScrapSimple Paper Templates
Let me show you how easy it is to use ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Gingham to make your own digital scrapbooking gingham papers.
First we'll open a new document and one of the Gingham Templates.
Next I put the Gingham on top of my white background. Of course, I could have had any color in the background that I wanted.
Now I am going to my color balancing adjuster. In Photoshop, I get there by going to Image> Color Balance. All software has something similar to this where you can adjust the colors, so just click around in your particular software until you find it.
Notice that I have moved the top slider clear over to the red end as far as it will go. I do that for all of the lighting settings (shadows, midtones, and highlights).
And here is my red gingham digital scrapbooking paper! Pretty easy, wouldn't you say? I can experiment with the sliders to get the exact tone I want to end up with.
Okay, now let's try this another way. Some people who are running different kinds of software may have an easier time doing it like this. You'll just have to experiment in your software to see what works best for you!
This time I have created a third layer which I have colored red. I have lowered the transparency level so that I can see the Gingham peeking through it.
Now I have merged the pattern layer and the red layer.
Next, I used the Magic Wand Tool to select the lighter color (it looks kind of pink).
Then I hit my Delete key and guess what happens? Yep. The red goes away and my red gingham appears.
Want to make your gingham paper a little bit more interesting? Look what happens if I drop another paper template on it (one of the Touch Templates), lower the transparency, mix up the colors and change the lighting settings.
Now let's change it up even more by introducing some crinkle to it with a ScrapSimple Photo Template: Crinkle Template (retired).
Here's what I end up with once I lower the transparency, change the lightings to what I liked, and then bent the color of the photo overlay to red. See how it makes it look like there are loose threads running around on my gingham? And the gingham almost looks like it has been sitting in a trunk for years and years. Kind of cool, eh?
So you can see, it's perfectly endless what you can do by mixing up the templates and playing around in your software.
Digital scrapbooking, you must admit, allows you to be as creative as you want!
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by Tereas April 18, 2012
I got these for work pants, but they are pretty awful. To start, they are much thinner than I was expecting. I got 31 to be safe, even though I can normally wear a men's 30. I could barely get them over my hips and then had trouble getting them closed, even though my actual waist is about 28 inches. I had my boyfriend try them on, thinking they may just not fit right on women. They were too small for him too and 30s are usually roomy on him.
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by simon April 14, 2010
Had to hem a little, but in general, I think 32" inseam is a pretty good target for the average guy
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by Allee October 7, 2009
Pants were totally awesome I added Tulip One-Step Dye to them and they rocked!!!!!
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Great pant if you're tall. I got them in 29" but they're extremely long. If I get them hemmed a bit they would be such a great fit!


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The Chosen Few
Announcing a Contest for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game |
A Game of Thrones LCG | Published 17 February 2011 |
Hello and Welcome Back, Loyal A Game of Thrones Fans!
This week we are doing something special. Instead of spoiling a new card from the Secrets of Oldtown cycle, we have decided to take a break and instead announce a contest.
This contest is open to all players of A Game of Thrones LCG, worldwide, so read on for details.
The Chosen Few
Now that Dreadfort Betrayal has hit the streets, the Brotherhood Without Banners cycle has officially concluded. To celebrate the close of this cycle and the dawn of a new cycle, we are holding a deckbuilding competition.
The rules are simple:
Build a tournament legal A Game of Thrones LCG deck: it must have at least 60 cards in the House deck, exactly 7 cards in the plot deck, and no banned cards. You may use an Agenda.
Beyond the standard deckbuilding requirements, the card pool from which you must build your deck is restricted to:
* The Core Set
* Kings of the Sea
* Princes of the Sun
* Cards from any of the Chapter Packs from a single expansion cycle: A Clash of Arms, A Time For Ravens, King's Landing, Defenders of the North, or Brotherhood Without Banners.*
Once You Have Built Your Deck
Once you have constructed your deck to your satisfaction, type up the list of its contents, along with any comments or strategy notes you might have on it, and email it to [email protected] before April 1st, 2011.
Be sure to include your Name, Contact Information, and your Chosen Chapter Pack cycle, along with your decklist.
Eight staff members of Fantasy Flight Games, rabid A Game of Thrones players all, will choose from among the submissions one deck from each House, plus two Neutral House card decks. Of the submissions we receive, we will be looking for the 8 most interesting decks, not necessarily the best on paper.** Surprise us! Show us the range and diversity of the A Game of Thrones metagame by showing off your wicked and unexpected combos, your three-turn power rush powerhouses, your high-claim board clearers!
Once the Eight are chosen, we will host a "proxy" tournament at the Fantasy Flight Games Event Center on Sunday, April 17th, 2011, wherein FFG staffers, playing on behalf of each of the eight decks' creators, will battle it out in a three-round Swiss tournament, cutting to Single Elimination with the Top Four. This tournament will be part of a larger event which we will announce more details for in a future update.
The Proxies
These FFG staffers will be playing for the honor of the creators of the 8 chosen decks:
Jaffer Batica, Event Coordinator
Andrew Baussan, Marketing Graphic Designer
Nate French, Senior Game Designer
Michael Hurley, VP of Product Development
Jay Little, Managing Senior Designer
Lukas Litzsinger, Associate LCG Designer
Damon Stone, Associate LCG Designer
Robb Kouba, Young Wolf
The Prizes
All of the creators of the eight decks chosen for the competition will have their deck lists and design notes, plus commentary by the FFG staffer that chose it, posted in a future front page feature on our website.
The Top Four players will receive a set of six Days of Ice and Fire House cards.
The winner and finalist will also receive custom deck boxes from Days of Ice and Fire.
Finally, the winner will receive one free copy of the Gates of the Citadel Chapter Pack and a full-length, front page feature on their deck, design goals, and strategy.
Good Luck!
Celebrate with us the conclusion of one Chapter Pack cycle and the dawn of a new Oldtown-themed era, with this A Game of Thrones proxy tournament!
To discuss this contest further, head on over to the A Game of Thrones forums.
* For more detailed deckbuilding rules and the banned list, you can refer to our tournament rules and FAQ. You may use up to three copies of each card in your House deck, so if you have multiple copies of the Core Set or deluxe expansions, you may feel free to use multiple copies of cards from those sets. Decks that contain cards from more than one Chapter Pack expansion will be automatically disqualified.
** You may submit multiple decklists to the contest, however, only one deck per person will be eligible to compete in the tournament.
Based on George R.R. Martin's bestselling fantasy epic A Song of Ice and Fire, A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, playable by 2-4 players, brings the beloved heroes, villains, locations, and events of the world of Westeros to life through innovative game mechanics and the highly strategic game play. The Living Card Game format allows players to customize their gaming experience with monthly Chapter Pack expansions to the core game.
Hello Chosen Few Participants and Spectators!
Our Staff Proxies drew straws today to determine who will be playing which House, and these are the results:
Jaffer Batica: Targaryen
Andrew Baussan: Neutral
Nate French: Stark
Michael Hurley: Baratheon
Jay Little: Greyjoy
Lukas Litzsinger: Neutral
Damon Stone: Lannister
Robb Kouba: Martell
We will announce the Chosen Few on April 7th and the winner after we hold our Hand of the King tournament on April 17th.
For those of you who haven't submitted your decks yet, hurry! You still have a few hours left!
Good luck to all participants and thanks to everyone for playing.
I absolutely love this contest. I'm not a very good deckbuilder when it comes to the FFG games, so seeing the entries and understanding how 'good' players build decks is going to be very instructional.
Please do this for ALL of your LCG games!
@ jmccarthy: Great question about the House card. The answer is: your House card should not dictate which expansion series is being used for your deck, so the Neutral House can be used alongside any 1 Chapter Pack expansion. Therefore, you may build a Neutral Wildlings deck, although the Neutral House card would be the only card you could use from Brotherhood Without Banners.
Regarding Agendas: If you use an agenda, your House deck is restricted to cards from the expansion cycle that the agenda came from, e.g. if you use "The Free Folk", you are restricted to using only cards from the Core Set, KotSea, PotS, and Defenders of the North.
Since Lords of Winter and Kings of the Storm are not included in this contest, you may not build your deck with the Agendas from these sets: Siege of Winterfell, Treaty with the North, or Knights of the Realm.
Thanks for all the great questions. Keep the decks coming in!
@ Saturnine: is your House card considered to be part of the "cards" in your deck? The restrictions, as posted, seem to apply to your 60 cards, plot, and agenda...
*I meant "As FATMOUSE said", of course. Sorry.
@jmcarthy: As JJ said, if you want to use an agenda, you have to pick the corresponding CP cycle. There's no other way to interpret the deckbuilding restrictions they give in this article.
And a neutral house card deck could still be something else than a Brotherhood deck. But not Wildlings, obviously.
So.. any thoughts on whether we can use the neutral House without having to pick the Brotherhood chapter pack series? If not, both neutral decks are going to end up being Brotherhood...
Thanks for the clarification! (I'm not familiar with "tourney-speak"...)
If you use an Agenda, you must be using its expansion. We can't use the Agendas from the Stark or Baratheon expansions since those sets are not allowed.
Design the decks for joust. "Single Elimination with the Top Four" implies that they will be playing Joust and not Melee.
So we have to assume that the Agenda we use limits us to that expansion cycle? And if Storm and Winter are not allowed, we don't get to build with those Agendas?
Did anyone catch the alternate art for "The Rangers" agenda that was posted earlier. Spooooky.
I'm really excited about this. Also, it provides you with a lot of incentive to make a "different" deck, so as to distinguish yourself from the pack of Stark Wildlings.
OK - noob/rookie question: Are we talking about "melee" format? Sounds like it, but I wanted to make sure.


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The death of fellow Texan Patrick Swayze this past Monday after a brave 20-month battle with pancreatic cancer marked a sad day for movie loving Gen Xrs and Yrs like myself.
Some of the most iconic cinematic moments of the 1980s and early 1990s came courtesy of Swayzes films. As a young male coming of age in those days, some of Swayzes films (the ones with more testosterone) made you want to go out and take on the world after you saw them.
While you wont hear his name mentioned alongside Brando, Pacino or Olivier as greatest actors ever and you wont see his films on any film critics lists of greatest movies of all time, you will almost always find them on men and womens lists of guiltiest, most enjoyable cinematic pleasures of all time.
By all accounts, he was a humble superstar and good man who never forgot the fans that made his films so successful and never took himself seriously. For those that dont remember, go on You Tube and watch the infamous and still hilarious Saturday Night Live that Swayze hosted in 1990, fresh off the monumental success of Ghost, where he mocked himself and his mullet in the Chippendales audition sketch alongside Chris Farley with Loverboys Working for the Weekend playing in the background.
Swayze had grown up studying dance (his mother was a choreographer who had worked with John Travolta on Urban Cowboy) and martial arts. Both dancing and martial arts would have lasting effects on his superstardom later on in his life. He started with the martial arts because, as a young male dancer in Houston, Texas, he was picked on and bullied mercilessly.
Like all of us, there was a fight in him that wouldnt quit. Like all of us, he had his demons which he fought including alcoholism and the suicide of his sister Vicky in 1994. He never stopped fighting, however, no matter the battle and always stayed true to who he was.
In honor of the Swayze, I have compiled a list of his five most iconic films that made women want him and guys want to be him.
Red Dawn 1984
Although Swayze had appeared in The Outsiders in 1983 alongside future 80s heartthrobs like C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez and Tom Cruise, he didnt separate himself from the Brat Pack, so to speak, until Red Dawn.
Swayze would act again with Howell along with Charlie Sheen, Lea Thompson and Jennifer Grey - who would later act with Swayze in that little film called Dirty Dancing later in the decade.
The film would tell the story of a group of American high school students who become guerilla fighters after the Soviet Union and its Central American allies invade the United States and start World War III.
Swayzes Jed Eckert would be the undisputed leader of The Wolverines as they would later call themselves after their high school mascot. Having been given a lifetime of military and survival training by their father (hauntingly played by the great Harry Dean Stanton), Jed and his brother Matt (Sheen) taught the others in their group how to survive and fight.
Swayze firmly established himself here as bad-ass that was a natural leader and protector. His standout moments include when he and his brother see their father for the last time in a concentration camp, a frightening scene where he arranges the assassination of one of his friends and fellow Wolverine members after being betrayed by him and his final scene where Jed, mortally wounded, carries his dead brothers body to the playground where their father took them to play when they were kids.
Red Dawn was one of the ultimate love-it or hate-it films from the 80s particularly since it was and still is considered the most blatant cinematic example of stereotypical U.S. radical feelings and fears in the 80's.
Soviet soldiers (the go-to villains in the 80's) invade the U.S. caught off-guard (the ultimate fear in the 80's) and the film was directed and co-written by the notoriously gung-ho/pro-American/gun loving John Milius - who, incidentally, was the inspiration for John Goodmans Walter Sobchak in The Coen Brothers The Big Lebowski.
Needless to say, Red Dawn was an early childhood favorite of mine as well as all of my guy friends and, despite its shortcomings and 80s cheese still remains immensely watchable.
The acting isnt always spot-on but its an adrenaline booster, a term that many of Swayzes films would also define. Basil Poledouris' score still gives me chills. At the time, the fears and angst that the film exploited worked. With Reagan in The White House at the time its wasnt too difficult to see why.
Red Dawn touched something in young people of the mid-80s. I remember genuinely being afraid that if World War III came, it would be because of a Russian communist attack. That was how great a job Reagan did in scaring all of us. Red Dawn said, like so many films of that era did, that if it did happen that we would not lie down but rather we would fight back and win.
However, many of the films detractors seemed to miss one of the morals that the movie tries to show with BOTH the American teenage guerillas AND the Soviet and Cuban/Nicaraguan soldiers which is just how gruesome and de-humanizing a war is. Both sides in the film reiterate what Nietzsche meant when he said Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.
All of my friends and I thought that it was actually possible that the Soviets would invade the country so during playground time we would re-enact Red Dawn scenes to prepare ourselves for the attack. Looking back on it now after so many years it does seem like a lot of paranoid American propaganda but then again I wasnt the only kid that got sucked in by it.
The film was so violent that it became the first movie in film history to receive the newly created PG-13 rating after Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom and Gremlins frightened and upset McDonalds moms and dads that thought their sweet babies shouldnt be seeing hearts ripped out of chests and furry little animals killing people. The Guinness Book of Records has the Red Dawns violence rate at 134 acts of violence per hour, or 2.23 per minute.
Always at a loss these days for original ideas, Hollywood has already started production on a remake of the film that will be released next September.
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Though Swayze was superb in the ABC miniseries North and South in 1985, Dirty Dancing would prove to be his breakthrough role that took him to international stardom. Keep in mind this was an INDEPENDENT film that no one wanted to release and, at one point was headed straight to video.
It ended up not just being a theatrical success but one of the biggest home video successes ever. And back in 1988 when it came out on VHS, there were many girls that I knew that had their parents buy them the $100 VHS tape (thats how much they were back then people) as birthday and Christmas presents only to have them warped within 6 months.
It was the first film to sell one million copies on VHS. This was the first huge teenage female film I can think have that had EVERY girl going to see it 4 or 5 times in the theater. And every one of those girls, now women today, owns the DVD guaranteed.
You could almost call this a female Star Wars, in a sense, because just about every woman you meet will know the dialogue, music and characters by heart as well as the production history.
I like to refer to this film as The one that I had to inevitably watch at EVERY girls house back in sixth grade that I wanted to make out with. And if the film wasnt on, then one of the TWO multi-platinum soundtracks would be on a tape deck.
Even Swayze had a hit on the soundtrack with Shes Like the Wind which was inspired by his longtime wife Lisa Niemi. I was more of a Hungry Eyes guy myself if were being honest here. I sang it once to a girl to impress her and it worked so itll hold a nostalgic place in my heart.
One of the main reasons the film connected so well to girls and women is that Dirty Dancing is every young girls ultimate fantasy. What girl wouldnt want to lose their virginity to some gorgeous rebel who could dance better than everybody else? Every girl fell in love with Swayzes bad boy dance instructor Johnny Castle and fantasized that they were sweet daddys girl Frances Baby Houseman, played by Jennifer Grey (pre-nose job) being lifted in the air by him in the iconic finale as (I've Had) The Time of My Life - co-sung by Righteous Brother Bill Medley plays in the background.
Needless to say it wouldnt be the only iconic Swayze moment accompanied by a Righteous Brother singing on the soundtrack that made many a female horny.
Swayzes extensive background in dancing was never more suited for him then in this film where he had the grace of Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire rolled up into one. Much like John Travolta did in Saturday Night Fever, he inspired countless men to try and take up dancing in order to impress women.
The dialogue in the film is every womans wet dream with such winners as when Jennifer Grey tells Swayze; Im scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when Im with you.
Most women would probably say that the immortal Nobody puts Baby in a corner is the greatest Swayze line ever. Since I was never that crazy about the film unless it helped to temporarily pacify girls, I cant really admit to being part of that camp, but it is probably his most recognized line for females next to Ditto.
Road House (1989)
After the breakout success of Dirty Dancing, Swayze couldve easily accepted the typecast of dancing pretty boy that made women of all ages swoon and done dozens more sappy romantic films. But (and this is why guys like me loved him), he used his success to do hard-core action films so that he could indulge his inner adrenaline junkie.
Road House has to be the considered the 1A of definitive Swayze action films with Point Break being 1B. Even though Id say that Point Break is my favorite Swayze movie of all time, Roadhouse is THE definitive Swayze movie for most males.
Somewhere on TBS or Spike TV, its playing right now guaranteed. Released in 1989, at the height of Swayzes post-Dirty Dancing fame, the film bombed - earning only $30 million at the box office and nearly cost Swayze the role in Ghost.
However, Road House has become a modern-day cult sensation in the years following its release on video, and has steadily built up steam as the guiltiest of guilty pleasures. The film is a true testament to cheesy, over-the-top 80s cinema.
The plot goes like this: Patrick Swayze and his mullet star as Dalton, the best cooler in the bar business. For those of you not up on bar terminology, a cooler is the head of the bouncers; the one who watches over the bar and makes the call on when a situation must be dealt with.
Dalton is obviously different from your usual bouncer: he owns a Mercedes; he has a Ph.D. in philosophy from New York University; is a martial artist; practices Tai Chi; stitches up his own wounds; reads Jim Harrison on nice quiet evenings; chain smokes; likes his coffee black; and sleeps in the nude so that everyone (including female stalkers) can have early morning access to his ass.
He also hears someone say every five minutes that they thought hed be bigger. Dalton, no first name just Dalton, is hired by a bar owner (Kevin Tighe) to clean up his bar the Double Deuce in Jasper, Missouri. This is no easy task, mind you for the Deuce is the type of place where they sweep up the eyeballs after closing.
After waltzing in the Deuce and observing the chaos firsthand, Dalton gets to work. He weeds out the overly aggressive bouncers and drug dealing waitresses that he doesnt want and lays down his law.
Dalton rents a room at a farm that just happens to overlook the estate of the main villain - that being one Brad Wesley (Ben Gazarra.) Wesley is a corrupt local businessman who runs the town and shakes down the local businesses. Those businesses, and for that matter the Jasper economy, seem to consist of the Double Deuce, an auto parts store, and 2 auto dealerships.
Coincidentally, Wesley seems to have the only mansion in town. He also has really cool late night sex parties, is fond of monster trucks, beating up his own henchmen, and has a trophy room filled with hundreds of animals, including polar bears, that could be found in National Geographic and your local tropical forest.
In no time at all, Dalton is ruffling Wesleys feathers by firing his boys from the Deuce, going to outside liquor suppliers, continually beating the crap out of his incompetent men, and having eyes for Wesleys love, Doc (a HOT Kelly Lynch). Doc, by the way, just happens to be a doctor. Shes into getting her back slammed against a brick wall during sex, having sex on balconies and in lakes, not getting any sleep before going into work, and generally looking good enough to eat at ALL TIMES. Her name is supposedly Elizabeth but she goes by Doc.
After receiving a knife wound at the Deuce, Dalton goes to the hospital and meets Doc who staples his wound. Dalton is so polite he even brings his own medical file with him so as to cut down on time. He woos Doc with such deep musings as Nobody wins a fight and Pain dont hurt - which he delivers with all 80s seriousness after he turns down a local anesthetic.
What chick wouldnt be drawn to a guy like this? After one coffee date, they are screwing to Otis Redding and doing it on the roof of Daltons pad, all under the watchful eye of Wesley. If all women were this easy, there would be no war in this world and no poverty. But, I digress. The stakes are raised as Dalton clearly represents a threat to Wesley and his rule over Jasper.
Nothing needs to be said about the merits and Oscar worthiness of the writing, directing and acting. There are bar fights, hot chicks, rock and roll, and explosions at every turn. You wont be bored, thats for sure. The fight scenes (and there are plenty of them) are in a class of their own in terms of authenticity and enjoyment. Swayze and his mullet ARE Dalton. Its not the same as saying you cant picture anyone else but Brando playing Don Vito Corleone, but theres no one else who couldve played Dalton.
In true Swayze fashion, he establishes Dalton, much like his Bodhi in Point Break (more on that later) as an iconic presence and a mans man, capable of, as the movies tagline says bustin heads and breakin hearts.
For all of you women, dont worry about the old Hollywood standard of gratuitous female nudity in a film like this. Yes, thank God there is some T & A, BUT you get even more gratuitous shots of Swayzes greased up ass and chest.
For a tough, macho film like this, there is a small, subtle hint of homoeroticism that runs throughout. I still cant believe this wasnt a bigger hit with women considering the amount of Swayze flesh on display there is here.
This is an unashamedly stupid, logic defying, testosterone driven, yet hilarious B-movie that presents itself as a modern day western. Road House is a movie that, early on, leaves all common sense and believability so far in the rearview mirror that it is impossible to take seriously. Youll laugh more in this film than in most comedies.
It doesnt make many demands mentally and can easily be filtered out as you watch it. It does, however remain immensely watchable and is one of the more popular guilty pleasures of the 80s for males.
The script is one of the most quotable of all time and were not talking because of its great, witty dialogue. I could name off countless lines but Ill leave you with possibly the best dialogue of the film and true Swayze greatness. This comes near the beginning of the film as Dalton is instructing his new bouncers at the Deuce how to deal with the customers.
Dalton: Don't worry about it; all you have to do is follow 3 simple rules: One, never underestimate your opponent expect the unexpected; Two, take it outside, never start anything inside the bar unless it's absolutely necessary; and Three...be nice. If somebody gets in your face and calls you a cocksucker I want you to be nice. Ask him to walk, be nice, if he won't walk, walk him, but be nice, If you can't walk him, one of the others will help you and you will both be nice...I want you to remember, that it's the job, it's nothing personal I want you to be nice.. until it's time to not be nice.
Ghost (1990)
This film would also be known as the other Swayze film that women swooned to in droves. When you consider that Dirty Dancing and Ghost were Swayzes two biggest box office hits, you realize why Hollywood gears its films towards the teenage girl. Why?
Because if the film involves star-crossed lovers and is sappy and sentimental enough; theyll go see the film 4 or 5 times. See the success of Titanic if you dont believe me. At least Ghost was a suspense thriller so I didnt mind it as much as I did Dirty Dancing. I guess its no wonder that the male-driven Swayze films like Roadhouse and Point Break werent box office hits but as the years have gone by have become cult-classics that most guys like myself know each and every stitch of dialogue to.
Sam (Swayze) and Molly (Demi Moore) are the happiest couple you ever did see despite the fact that Sam has a problem with a certain three-word phrase meant to express affection. Walking back to their new apartment after a night out at the theatre, they encounter a thief in a dark alley, and Sam is murdered. He finds himself trapped as a ghost and realizes that his death was no accident.
He must warn Molly about the danger that she is in. But as a ghost he can not be seen or heard by the living, so he tries to communicate with Molly through Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg in her Oscar winning role), a phony psychic who didn't even realize that her powers were real until Sam communicates to her.
Because of his lack of box-office success since Dirty Dancing, Swayze wasnt the first, second, or 30th choice for Sam Wheat. Director Jerry Zucker refused to even see him audition because of his performance in Roadhouse and thought that hed blow the audition. Reportedly, within 30 minutes of reading for Zucker, Swayze had the part.
Consider for a moment that Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Kevin Bacon, Al Pacino, Bruce Willis, Harrison Ford, Nicolas Cage, Mickey Rourke, David Duchovny, Johnny Depp, Paul Hogan and Alec Baldwin ALL turned down the role because they thought that the film would never work. Some of those names do make you cringe dont they?
This was another one of Swayzes films, almost identical to Dirty Dancing; that I had to begrudgingly deal with, only this time it was in high school when it came to trying to impress a girl with how sensitive and caring I was.
The films iconic love scene with Swayze and Moore making out on her potters wheel with The Righteous Brothers Unchained Melody playing on the soundtrack would be parodied ad nauseum on T.V. and film for the rest of the decade. Much like the one-half Righteous Brothers song (I've Had) The Time of My Life; the full-on Righteous Brothers Unchained Melody quickly became one of the most hated songs I can remember after being played ENDLESSLY on the radio and much like The Time of My Life becoming a cliché first dance song for newly married couples.
I also refer to this film as The film that taught me that it was cool to respond with Ditto after a girl says I love you. Why? Because it meant that I was ENIGMATIC and COOL.
Real men dont have to say I love you. Unfortunately I learned rather quickly that it was only cool IF I looked like Patrick Swayze. Needless to say, I was shit out of luck when it came to that. Even HE got called on it before he dies. It goes to show you just how appealing he was when a simple word like Ditto could make womens heart flutter AND inspire dumb asses like me that hate saying I love you.
His last words to Demi Moore at the end of the film: Its amazing, Molly. The love inside, you take it with you, STILL make women ball their eyes out.
Point Break (1991)
Once again, after the huge success of Ghost, Swayze couldve again gone for typical pretty boy romance films but, thankfully, he again indulged his inner adrenaline junkie for, quite possibly, the ultimate adrenaline movie.
The tagline of the film and one of Swayzes lines in the film sums it up perfectly; 100% pure adrenaline. In my mind, no other Swayze film can come close to the cocaine-high type of sheer masculine enjoyment that Point Break revels in.
Released in the summer of 1991, Point Break came and went without much fanfare or box office. In the years since, it has become a beloved cult film and now stands as one of the best action films of the 1990s.
There are moments of stunning stupidity and ineptitude in terms of dialogue and plot, but the enthusiasm of the cast and the energy that Kathryn Bigelow provides behind the camera more than makes up for the suspension of disbelief.
Keanu Reeves plays the infamously named Johnny Utah. Johnny was once a star quarterback for Ohio State, leading them to a Rose Bowl victory over USC. But, in the process, he blew out his knee and subsequently joined the FBI. As the film opens, he has just graduated from Quantico and has been sent to Los Angeles. He is partnered with a grizzly FBI veteran, Angelo Pappas (played to a hilt by Gary Busey).
In many ways, Pappas in similar to Jimmy Malone in The Untouchables. They have both had their time in the line of fire and are somewhat content, in their later years, to play it safe. A series of bank robberies, 27 banks in 3 years to be exact, have the L.A. bureau chasing ghosts.
The group responsible for the robberies call themselves the Ex-Presidents because they wear rubber masks of former presidents LBJ, Nixon, Carter and Reagan. Pappas, whos been at this game for 22 years, can tell that they are solid professionals. In their robberies no one gets shot, the ex-presidents only stick to cash drawers, they never get greedy and go for the vault and they are in and out in 90 seconds.
Pappas does indeed have a theory as to who the Ex-Presidents might be but its not a popular one amongst the bureau. By examining what one would think is minor evidence, Pappas has concluded that the Ex-Presidents are surfers and are sticking to a summer schedule when it comes to robberies.
Utah is young, dumb and full of cum. He wants to nail the bank robbers and be a hero. After reviewing some evidence with Pappas along with some Corona and Jack Daniels, Utah is convinced.
Utah then goes undercover as a surfer to ferret out the robbers. This sets off a chain of events that leads him to Tyler (Lori Petty) and Tylers former lover, the Zen-like surfer and appropriately named Bodhi (Patrick Swayze). Utah becomes seduced by Tyler and then by Bodhi. Tyler is a spunky, headstrong, no BS type woman that Utah hasnt encountered before so that can be explained. However, Bodhi is a free-spirited, highly enlightened soul.
After a beach football game (where the two men feel each other out almost like dogs sniffing each other) Bodhi befriends Utah and teaches him what the real meaning of surfing is both physically and psychologically.
Utah is willing to do anything to break the case, but Bodhi opens him up to a side that he has never fully acknowledged but has always been simmering - that being the most masculine of all sides that exists in men pushing life to the limit and past it no matter the consequences. This realization along with his eventual discovery of the Ex-Presidents true identity leads Utah to have to come to terms with what he is willing to sacrifice in order to win and nail the bad guys.
Point Break is not the type of film where one spends time trying to figure out why the characters do what they do. Its a film that is based on and is driven by the characters expressing themselves through action. There are several instances where one could question the logistics and believability of what is happening.
You can go grow brain dead rather quickly if you ask such questions here. The plot strains credibility (a character jumps out of a plane without a parachute, air tackles another with a parachute and puts a gun to his head) as it progresses and the acting wont be honored in any acting studios. Neither of those factors matter in the end. Much like Road House, Point Break succeeds in spite of itself.
Despite the inadequacies of the plot you are willing to be taken over by the film it because of the energy of the story and the performers. Movies dont always have to be landmark works of art. Sometimes they can just be sheer energized entertainment for us to lose ourselves in. Point Break is the definition of the latter.
It is an exhilarating action thriller that constantly keeps you occupied and energized. James Cameron must be given kudos for executive-producing the film and helping to rescue it when it seemed as if the film might not be made.
Mark Ishams beautiful, soulful and haunting score provides another element to the film that provides the viewer with a strong emotional anchor. The rock/surf infused soundtrack perfectly complements what is happening on-screen. The haunting use of Ratts Nobody Rides For Free over the end credits essentially summarizes one of the films many lessons - that being that everything in life costs a price.
No one gets a free ride. Yes, you can get some of lifes lessons out of Point Break, as pathetic as it sounds. As Bodhi remarks early on, If you want the ultimate, youve got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. Its not tragic to die doing what you love.
Patrick Swayze, much like his Dalton in Road House, was born to play the enigmatic and seductive Bodhi. His inviting charisma contrasts well with his hidden dark side. Swayze was seldom better suited for a role than he was here and makes Bodhi a real entity that a weaker person can be easily seduced by.
Keanu Reevess performance is hilariously wooden here (I am an F.B.I. agent!) but Johnny Utah is still considered to be his most enjoyable performance. Still one does wonder how much better the film wouldve been had Johnny Depp, who was considered for the role of Utah before Reeves was brought on, had accepted.
Once again, much like Roadhouse, the film was a box office failure and the critics bagged on it but, just like Roadhouse, it now has a cult following. Again, I cant understand how this film didnt have more of a box office success considering that there were not one but two pretty boys that women could ogle.
Oh wait, now I remember. Its because this was an action driven film that had a love angle as a minor subplot and it didnt involve Swayze. The dialogue in the film, much like Roadhouse, has become iconic with many of the great lines going to Swayze.
Swayze would say that the Bodhi character was the closest character to himself that he would ever play and it shows. He did many of his own surfing and skydiving scenes without a stunt double including the infamous Adios Amigo fall near the end of the film which is shot without a cut.
In the making-of documentary included on the Pure Adrenaline Special Edition DVD of the film released in 2006, Swayze admitted that he almost died several times doing his own stunts.
In fact, test audiences liked the Bodhi character so much that they hated the original ending where he dies a conventional movie-type death. Bigelow went back and reshot the ending which gives Bodhi a more dignified and iconic end.
These are just the films that were significant for me and for my generation when it came to Patrick Swayze.
I would be selling him short if I did not mention many of the gutsier, risk-taking roles he took later in his career such as the drag queen Vida in To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar in 1995, Gunnery Sergeant Jim Lance in the criminally underappreciated Green Dragon in 2001 and the motivational speaker/closet pedophile Jim Cunningham in Donnie Darko also in 2001.
As difficult as it is to accept his loss, the best goodbye I can think of for Patrick Swayze would have to be one of his immortal lines. As Swayze says to Keanu Reeves near the end of Point Break; I see you in the next life!


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Gratuitous Yet Winsome Photos
For comparison & contrast to Mesomorph's pre-prom picture previously posted, I tracked down these pix of the last time, prior to this past weekend, my younger child appeared clad in a tux . The occasion is the wedding of Da Boyz's ex-nanny. (Also pictured are the bride, groom, and th Prodigal.)


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A 1997 graduate of Rutgers University with a degree in Religion, Beres entwines the mythological with the modern, showing how digital music is the first true global folk music as artists everywhere employ computers in their sonic creations. As NPR stated, Global Beat Fusion "is not a book about music alone. It's about a growing worldwide community that's searching for shared experience without politics or corporate involvement. And it could fill many different slots on the bookshelf."


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After leaving Light Publicity in 1968, Shinoyama began a successful career photographing subjects which ranged from portraits of pop stars to travel photographs of the Silk Road, capturing them with a fine expressive technique.
His unique character and appearance made him a mass media star and he popularized the phrase gekisha ('agitated shot')-a series using amateur models.
Although working on various subjects, including travel and body tattoos, he is best known for his celebrity portraits and nudes.
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Tony might have a thing for his daddy's mistress
Therapy takes time. It must, judging by Tony's bizarre, Freudian interludes with his father's mistress Fran Felstein (Polly Bergen). The mama issues are old news, as are the daddy problems -- he's been dealing with those since season 1. But when you're Oedipal about your father's chick on the side, you need a damn sight more than once a week on a shrink's couch.
It all unspools like a twisted spin on a romantic comedy. Tony and Fran meet cute (over Johnny and Livia Soprano's dead bodies), start having coffee and talking about the old days. Next thing you know he's keeping her in $600 shoes and watching her geriatric version of Marilyn Monroe's ''Happy Birthday, Mr. President.'' At least he had the decency to look as sick as I felt.
And how deep does it go? When Tony's shtuping his own mistress, he glances at her Wegman dog print and makes the mental connection to the dog he's just so certain his mother made his father give away (and which ended up with Fran's son). Melfi may miss a lot of things, but about Tony's need to bang his own mother -- in both figurative senses -- she's dead on.
But it's not like Tony's the only one with a freakish worldview. Christopher's version of tough love with his drug program buddy JT (Tim Daly) is about as bipolar and chaotic as his relationship with Adriana. This is a man capable of kicking the crap out of the guy for owing him money and rationalizing it as not enabling him. Then he chastises the poor SOB for not calling him when he wants a fix. Can you blame JT for looking confused?
Screwed up as JT is, his value system, his world order are something close to normal. He can't function in Christopher's world not just because he doesn't know the rules, but because he doesn't even speak the language. How ironic that the man who makes up stories for a living, the TV writer, is trying to find some sense of normal while Tony's spinning wild tales of Mistress Fran in the White House.
And there's the opposite of confused: Uncle June. He ends up back in the doctor's office because he has a breakdown at the, like, millionth funeral he attends (after reading the obits every day looking for ANY funeral he can get permission to leave his house for). His MD thinks he might have had another stroke episode, but Junior knows different. He's starting to see his life clearly -- he's got no wife or kids, he's stuck in house arrest, and as he so succinctly puts it, his life is about death.
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Greetings from Washington, as our growing season winds down and we turn our attention to what we would like to grow new next year I find I am in need of a true red pompon that could go in bouquets with the likes of Zapf's Desert Storm. I purchased Stoneleigh Joyce from Connell's last year and it turned out to be a more towards the dark purple side. I have been to Connelle's, Swan Island and Mingus so far this year. I have also Purchased from numerous venders in the past, including Corralitos and have been to all those web sites. This one seems to be eluding me. Any suggestions?!? |
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Materials needed:
Simply Spray Upholstery paint I got black they have tons of colors.
1. Remove the seat completely from your car. Ahhh look at that sun fade on the shoulder bolsters.
2. Vacuum the hell out of the seat. Make sure you get every piece of hair out of the seat. If you have cats or dogs this is where your headache begins. I found that with a piece of tape wrapped around my finger with the adhesive side out, I was able to pull most of the dog hair out of my seat.
3. Keep Vacuuming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot stress how important it is to vacuum your seats till they look like new (minus the faded spots)
4. This is the point in time where you want to inspect your seat front and back make sure everything is in one piece. Also note where the faded spots are so when it comes paint time you know right where to start.
5. Place a huge ass piece of cardboard in the grass and put your seat on top. Make sure that you have a good spot out of the wind.
6. Before spraying its probably best to recline the seat which will provide a flat "canvas" for your painting.
7. Now start spraying just like you would car side to side nice even coats. Stay about 6 inches from the seat while you spray. Let this first coat dray for a while…I gave it about a half hour to 45 minutes. This is like your primer. It will bond to the seat fibers and promote adhesion for the rest of the coats. Do not be afraid to rub the paint with your hands. It won't stain your hands and by doing this you are helping the paint seep into the fibers better.
8. Reapply and wait 15 minutes then repeat till you get the desired color. Keep rubbing the paint into the fabric but do not rub too hard…message the seat. Don't concentrate on the good spots. Focus on the faded spots and try to blend them into the rest of the seat fabric.
Here's how I started to faded the paint. The wet spots are where I loaded the paint on and I slowly let off as I got to the darker areas:
9. If you are painting over embroidered emblems use a nice slow spray across it as the emblem will require a lot more paint then the rest of your seat. I had the red r in tenzo r to deal with. The best way I found was to flip the seat on its back and spray a pond of paint on top of the red thread and let it slowly soak in. Rub the hell out of the thread and push the paint into the gaps.
Now just let the seat cure for 3 days and you should be good to go. I fyour seats feel tacky that means you have too much paint till on them. Take a warm damp wash cloth and blotch it on the seat then take a dry towel and rub the hell out of the seats. Repeat until your seats are softer.
Took about 3 hours if you do it carefully plus the three days to dry.


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Primary discovered 2002 Feb 05 from Palomar Observatory, California, USA by NEAT. Alternate designation(s): 2002 CR46 . Linked to prediscovery observations from 1989 Dec 28. Permanent number assigned 2002 May 26.
Named 2006 Nov 09 for the Greek mythological monster [MPC57951].
Companion discovered 2006 Jan 20 by K. S. Noll, W. M. Grundy, D. C. Stephens, and H. F. Levison using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2006 Feb 15 [N06c]. Permanent designation I Echidna, assigned 2006 Nov 09; named for the Greek mythological monster [MPC57951].
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Welcome and OpeningChair: Abha Joshi-Ghani, Sector Manager, Urban Development, World Bank
Special Message by Video
Measuring the Impacts of Climate Change at the City LevelModerator: Warren Evans, Sector Director, Environment, World Bank
Economics of Climate Change: Finding a Fit with Existing Analytical FrameworksModerator: Yves Crozet, Laboratoire d'économie des Transports, CNRS, University Lyon 2, France
Urban Planning, Design and Architecture: Helping Cities Become Resilient to Climate EffectsModerator: Yunus Arikan (ICLEI, Local Governments for Sustainability)
Role of Institutions: Aligning IncentivesModerator: Corinne Hermant-de Callataÿ, Direction générale "Politique Régionale", European Commission
Towards Energy Efficient Cities: Gaining Traction on the GroundModerator: Pierre-Noel Giraud, Professor, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France
Adaptation of Cities to Climate Change: Case Studies of Local PlansModerator: Sylvy Jaglin, Professor, Ecole Nationale des Pont et Chaussées, France
Sustainable Development in Chinese Cities: Energy Efficiency in BuildingsSponsored by AFD (French Development Agency)Co-chaired by Mr Robert Peccoud, Head of the Research Department of AFDand Mrs Dominique Campana, Director of International Affairs, ADEME (French Environment and Energy Management Agency)
Monday, June 29, 2009
Cities and Climate Change in Public PolicyModerator: Daniel Hoornweg, Lead Urban Specialist, World Bank
A Working Partnership on Cities and Climate Change: UN-Habitat, UNEP, World BankModerator : Raf Tuts, Chief Urban Environmental Planning Branch, UN-Habitat
Social Aspects of Climate Change: Understanding and Reducing the Vulnerability of Urban PopulationsModerator: Dr Ian Goldin, Director, 21st Century School, University of Oxford
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Opportunities in the Built Environment Moderator: Jean-Michel Debrat, Deputy Director General, French Agency for Development (AFD)
Economics of Cities and Climate Change: Modeling and Analyzing Individual Behaviors and PreferencesModerator: Bernd Hansjurgens, Head of the Department of Economics, Helmoltz Center for Environmental Research, Germany
Urban Planning: Case Studies on Integrating Climate Change ConcernsModerator: Anne Querrien, Senior Researcher in Plan Urbanisme Construction Architecture, French Ministry for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Regional Planning
Managing Urban Climate Change: Role of InstitutionsModerator: Joelle Chassard, Manager, Carbon Finance Unit, World Bank
Energy Efficient Cities Initiative: Tools and AssessmentsModerator: Ranjan Bose, Senior Energy Specialist, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), World Bank, Washington, DC
Creating Sustainable Infrastructure: Opportunities and ChallengesModerator: Daniel Zimmer, Deputy Director, World Water Council
Integrated Approach to Climate Change and Urban Development: Contributions from Paris Est research and high education cluster on sustainable citiesModerator: Régine Brehier, Director of Research and Innovation, High Council for Sustainable Development, MEEDDAT
Panel of Mayors of Mediterranean Cities on the Challenges of AdaptationModerator: Anthony G. Bigio, The World Bank
Economics and Climate Change: Financing Mitigation and Adaptation in CitiesModerator: Marie-Alice Lallemand-Flucher. Head of International Public Relations, DEXIA
Urban Transport: Overcoming RoadblocksModerator: Chantal Duchene, Director, Groupement des Autorités Responsables de Transport (GART), France
Linking Urban Governance and Finance Moderator: Isabelle Laudier, CDC Institute for Research
Energy Efficient Cities Initiative: Promoting Energy EfficiencyModerator: Feng Liu, Senior Energy Specialist, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), World Bank, Washington, DC
Adaptation of Cities to Climate Change: Case Studies of Vulnerabilities and ImpactsModerator: Armando Carbonell, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, USA
Social Dimensions of Climate Change: Examples on the Vulnerability of Urban PoorModerator: Raf Tuts, Chief, Urban Environmental Planning Branch, UN-Habitat
Urban Agriculture: Effectively Utilizing the Urban SpaceModerator: Mark Redwood, Program Leader, International Development Research Centre, Canada
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Linking Urban Planning, Design, and Greenhouse Gas EmissionsModerator: Thomas Gueret, Project manager, Sustainable cities, DGALN. Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning
Role of Institutions, Governance, and Urban Planning: Improving Management and Planning of CitiesModerator: Elisabeth Gateau, Secretary General, United Cities and Local Governments
Urbanization and Local Climate: Observing the RelationshipModerator: Christopher Kennedy, University of Toronto, Canada
Social Dimensions of Climate Change in Cities: Strategies to Reduce Vulnerability of Urban PoorModerator: Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, Rockefeller Foundation
Governance of Climate Change in Cities: Conflicts and ConstraintsModerator: Anne Charreyron-Perchet, French Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning
Assessing Local Climate Vulnerability, Impacts, and Assessing Policy Options: Coastal Zones (presentation - pdf)Moderator: Dr. Jan Corfee-Morlot (OECD)
Discussant: Ms Lisbeth Strandmark, Ministry of Climate and Energy, Energy Agency, Denmark (presentation - pdf)
Adaptation of Cities to Climate Change: Overcoming ChallengesModerator: William Solecki, Hunter College, New York
Sustainable Urban Development in AsiaModerator: Keshav Varma , Urban Sector Director, East Asia Pacific Region, World Bank
Future Megacities – Energy - and Climate-efficient? Not a Contradiction!Moderator: Eckart Ehlers, Senior Fellow, The Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn, Germany
Carbon Footprints: The Impact of CitiesModerator: Stéphane Pouffary, Head of the International Expertise in Energy Management Unit, ADEME (French Environment and Energy Management Agency)
Urban Planning and Land Use: opportunities for Climate Change adaptation Moderator: Pablo Vaggione, Secretary General, International Society of City and Regional Planners
Urban Risks: Tools for Quantification and ModelingModerator: Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA-Goddard Institute for Space Studies/Columbia University, New York
The Path Towards Carbon Neutral CitiesModerator: Geneviève Ferone, Head of Sustainable Development, Veolia Environment
Adaptation of Cities to Climate Change: Coastal CitiesModerator: Konrad Von Ritter, Sector Manager, World Bank Institute
Green Buildings and Green LessonsModerator: Rajat Gupta, Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, UK
Empowering Cities: An Array of ToolsModerator: Abha Joshi Ghani, Sector Manager, Urban Development, World Bank
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Macarena is an extremely talented talker, however...and he talks all the time. He says "Macarena" and "Here kitty, kitty." He says "Hello" when the phone rings. He sings, he laughs, he even cries. He seems to use language appropriately.
One of his favorite things to do is chew up paper and cardboard. He also loves to play peek-a-boo.
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DIY Mercury Glass Candle holders
These diy mercury glass candle holders are very easy to make! Just make sure to apply very thin coats. I tried the method of spraying a mixture of equal parts vinegar + water in between coats, and dabbing with a paper towel to blotch a weathered look. I just applied two coats of paint, which seems enough to give the look while stretching the use of each spray can last for a few dozen votive holders (depending on how big your containers are).
Here are the results:
I used these glasses from Ikea that had a faux crystal look. A few things to note: this project has variations of all flavors and levels of complexity (there are methods using silver leaf to give a layered look, others suggest etching the glass with monogams and so on), so it really depends on what you will be using it for. Does it replace real mercury glass? No, but it's pretty darn close. If you're making these for a wedding or party, give fewer coats enough to achieve a mirrored look and use on cheap glassware at thrift stores or restaurant suppliers to help lower the cost of making them in bulk. You can also find real mercury glass votives for sale at Recycle Your Wedding first if the DIY route isn't your thing. I recommend investing more time and paint on larger statement pieces, like glass urns and shapely vases – these are much more expensive to buy the real deal and are more noticeable than just small votives. Hope this helps!
Updated August 2, 2013.
The Everyday Bride recreated vintage mercury glass votives by using a spray paint called Looking Glass, by Krylon. This spray paint can be found at any craft store, such as Michael's. Buying a few cans of spray paint is more cost effective than buying real vintage mercury glass pieces and the results are virtually the same. What a glamorous way to jazz up those ol' boring clear glass votives!
I've been looking for similar votives but have not wanted to pay that price…what a great idea! i'm going to try this!!!
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