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I love sheer shimmery lip glosses, and I find that I keep going back to this one. It's a sheer, pale pink with mostly silver shimmer. If you're looking for a really pigmented gloss this isn't it, but it adds some shimmer and shine. It looks really pretty over MAC's Creme Cup. These glosses are non sticky, moisturizing, and I've been very impressed by them. They're the best drug store lip glosses I've tried! I have several of them, and I'll continue to buy more.
This was a total impulse buy, but I find myself reaching for this a lot. It looks bubblegum pink in the tube, but applies to a very sheer nude. (NC10-15). I usually layer this over a pale pink lipstick just to add some dimension. Being a glass this staying power isnt that great, but I wouldn't expect it to be. I usually pair this with a darker eye look and it makes a great combo.
I was going to a wedding in June and couldn't find my usual lipgloss at any drugstore so I bought this. I like it, but admittedly I was not looking for a heavily pigmented gloss. There is a fair amount of sparkle, but not too much to make it look tacky or immature. It is definitely a sheer gloss, so if you're looking for something heavier this is not the gloss for you. It doesn't last too long, but no shorter than a typical drugstore gloss. I have been using it since the wedding and in a pinch would buy it again.
Shade description: sheer shimmery pink
- not sticky
- moisturizing
- no color payoff
Comments: I should've listened. This is a clear gloss and for the price, it's not worth if. I love the formula and the finish is pretty, but there's no color payoff.
Will not repurchase.
Although this one doesn't really have a whole lot of pigment, I really do like this gloss.
I got this for 30% off at my local grocery store, and since Sunbaked is my go-to shade, I thought this one might be a good gloss for those days when I don't want a ton of lipcolor but clear gloss won't cut it. It fits the bill perfectly.
As with all the glosses from the Colorburst line, it has a thicker texture with a glossy finish and a doe-foot applicator. This one is a milky nude-toned sheer pink with silver glitter. This is a really nice gloss for a smoky eye, IMO, if you have similar skintone as mine. It doesn't deposit much color, but enough tone and gloss to make your face looked finished.
Stays put pretty well for a gloss, and doesn't leave a ring around my lips. I could do without the glitter, but it doesn't bother me too much.
I will repurchase.
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You'd think a product named "Colorburst" would be a blast of pigment, but the Pink Ice shade proves that wrong. In the tube it's a gorgeous pale pink with tiny silver glitter, but shows up as sheer shimmer on the lips. I don't have a problem with the formula: it's gloss, and gloss is gloss, which is to say shiny and disappears an hour later. Nothing special about it, but nothing very wrong with it. I'm sure it would look great layered over other lipcolors but then I could pay $1.00 for a WnW gloss that does that. But for the price of $7.49, I demand more actual color. This is going back to Ulta.
Revlon Colorburst lipgloss in Pink Ice is a very muted (almost to the point of looking gray) milky cool pink with loads of silver shimmer. The color is well-nigh invisible on my pigmented lips, so if you're looking for a gloss that's anything more than seriously sheer, you'll be as disappointed as I was. The texture is creamy, not too thin, and non-sticky. The shimmer feels a little bit gritty, but it's not terribly awful. I wouldn't repurchase because I'd expect something named "colorburst" to have, well, actual color. I knew it wouldn't be completely opaque, of course, but I was disappointed that it practically disappeared.
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At first, I didn't really love the Colorburst lipgloss because I found that they weren't as pigmented as I thought they were going to be. As the name was "Colorburst". But now, I LOVE these glosses. The texture is very smooth and not at all sticky. Pink Ice is a lavender toned baby pink with a silver shimmer. It perfectly mutes my lips to a soft pink with a beautiful silver shimmer look. The glitter is actually not that gritty. The applicator is a flat doefoot which takes a while to get use to applying. The scent is a very light vanilla sweet scent which isn't noticeable on the lips. The packaging is sleek and it comes with a reasonable amount of product. The gloss retails for $7.49 where I am which is a bit higher than I want it to be but isn't the most expensive lipgloss I have purchased. The lasting time is pretty much average. (1-2 hours) I recommend this to anyone looking for a nice sheer wash of color with shimmer. It is great over lipstick too. However, if you want something totally opaque or more tinted, this wouldn't be your kind of product.
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Ugh I really wanted to love this, but I just hate hate hate how sheer and shiny it is. The shimmer for me lasted even after the gloss was gone on my lips leaving a gritty feeling on my lips. My lips actually got irritated by the glitter, and it doesn't help that this gloss has basically no color pay off. The pros are the price and the amount you get. Overall I will be sticking to glosses with no sparkles from now on.
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Thank you bunches and gobbles for writing this--I love a huge plate of spaghetti and a bottle of cheap kee-an-tee. Have fork, will visit.
A handwritten sign in the front alcove at Mama Sanninos asks diners to wait to be seated, and since just two servers were tending to a large, lingering lunch crowd, wait I did. While I waited, I studied my surroundings — and there was a lot to look at. Family portraits lined the front walls by the entrance, sharing space with wall hangings, photos and other homey tchotchkes. In the dining room beyond, vintage alcohol posters along with more photos of Italy were tacked to the wood-paneled walls, and strands of fake leaves and glittering Christmas lights hung from low-hanging beams above the booths and tables. Through a set of arched windows in the back, I could see a lone cook in the kitchen, busy turning out lunches. And lingering above it all was the scent of garlic.
After a few minutes, one of the two servers led me to a booth, gave me a broad grin and asked for my drink order before I'd even sat down. Forgoing a look at the wine list or even a cheap beer, I went with a Coke, then grabbed a seat and started perusing the lengthy menu, which featured a number of red-sauce Italian dishes, a big list of pizzas and a dozen or so Italian sandwiches. Slightly overwhelmed, I asked the second server for help when she arrived with my Coke. She raved about the Cara Mia, a sandwich stuffed with sausage and peppers, with an optional topping of provolone; she recommended I get it with a side of spaghetti rather than the bagged potato chips. And while the cook got to work on my lunch, I turned my attention to my fellow diners, since I'd already inventoried the grandma-worthy decor.
I spent a few minutes listening to three generations of men talking business, but when their topics turned to trucks and golf, I shifted my focus to a pair of retired women trading tips for hosting big family gatherings. And then I watched as an older couple trudged across the dining room, stopping by almost every table to say hello to old friends and neighbors.It looked like Mama Sanninos had always been an integral part of the neighborhood — but it's actually been in this Arvada strip mall for just six years.
5800 W. 38th Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80002
Category: Restaurant > Italian
Region: Northwest Denver Suburbs
Even so, when Jimmy Sannino opened Mama Sanninos, he did it with decades of experience behind him; he jokes that he's been in the restaurant business since he was six years old. Jimmy's father, Jim Sanno, immigrated to the United States in the late 1940s, bringing with him a cache of recipes from his mother in Naples. He met his future wife, Caroline, in New York City — he fell in love with her instantly, Sannino says, because she was speaking Italian — and they decided to move to Denver when he randomly pointed out the city on a map in her mother's kitchen.
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After they arrived here in the mid-1950s, Sanno opened a series of now-defunct pizzerias, including Jim's Pizzeria on Tejon, Paisan's Pizzeria on Colfax and Jim Sanno's Pizzeria on University. Young Jimmy got his first taste of the restaurant business at Jim Sanno's, but his father soon sold the spot in order to start another venture. In 1964, the Sanno family opened 3 Sons, an Italian restaurant in north Denver that was named for Jimmy and his two brothers, Tony and John, who also use the last name Sannino.
The family ran that restaurant for forty years, then finally sold the by-now-iconic 3 Sons in 2004. 3 Sons didn't last long under the new owners in its original location, which today is home to Ernie's; instead, they moved both the 3 Sons name and concept to Arvada. Meanwhile, Tony and John got out of the business for good, pursuing careers in real estate and antiques.
But Jimmy Sannino decided to keep the legacy alive, taking the original Sanno family recipes — "my brothers tweaked them in the later years at 3 Sons," he explains — and using them when he opened his own restaurant with his wife, Karen. From the start, they set out to create a neighborhood restaurant. "We've become a community gathering place," he says. "I like to call it an Italian Cheers!"
It certainly qualified the first day I stopped in. Soon Jimmy and Karen Sannino themselves appeared, and I would have followed their progress around the dining room, but I was too distracted by the arrival of my meal. I forked into the satisfying tangle of noodles, doused with a thick red sauce spiked with garlic and just a smattering of red chiles for extra kick, then turned my attention to the massive sandwich. Fat, fennel-flecked sausages had been loaded onto both sides of a split Italian roll, then topped by slick, sautéed peppers, a thin layer of melted provolone, and some of the spaghetti's spicy-tangy tomato sauce. A cup of that same marinara came on the side, ideal for dipping and, finally, slurping.
By the time I cleaned my plate, it was mid-afternoon and I was ready for a siesta. The dining room was still packed — I wondered if my fellow diners had so stuffed themselves that they simply couldn't move. Or perhaps they planned to hang out, Cheers-style, until the dinner hour arrived and they could just start again.
Thank you bunches and gobbles for writing this--I love a huge plate of spaghetti and a bottle of cheap kee-an-tee. Have fork, will visit.
Such an interesting review.....how well I remember Jim's Pizzeria on Tejon and Paisan's Pizzeria on Colfax, (such wonderful food) we ate at both locations for years and loved every bite. As a very young child I remember a smiling man tossing the pizza crust at Jim's Pizzeria, they had a window where you could watch. We would go there, and then off to Lakeside and play in the Fun House....long days gone by. I did not know about this restaurant, and I certainly will be visiting soon. Thank you for history on this family, of great interest to those of us that have been around for a long time.


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US, Pakistan struck bin Laden search deal
US forces were given permission to conduct unilateral raid inside Pakistan
if they knew where bin Laden was hiding, writes Declan Walsh in Islamabad.
The US and Pakistan struck a secret deal almost a decade ago permitting a
US operation against Osama bin Laden on Pakistani soil similar to last
weeka**s raid that killed the al-Qaeda leader, the Guardian has learned.
The deal was struck between Pakistan's military leader, General Pervez
Musharraf, and President George Bush after bin Laden escaped US forces in
the mountains of Tora Bora in late 2001, according to serving and retired
Pakistani and US officials.
Under its terms, Pakistan would allow US forces to conduct a unilateral
raid inside its borders in search of bin Laden, his deputy, Ayman
al-Zawahiri; and the al-Qaeda No.3. Afterwards, both sides agreed,
Pakistan would vociferously protest against the incursion.
"There was an agreement between Bush and Musharraf that if we knew where
Osama was, we were going to come and get him," a former senior US official
with knowledge of counter-terrorism operations said.
"The Pakistanis would put up a hue and cry, but they wouldna**t stop us."
The deal puts a new complexion on the storm triggered by bin Laden's death
when a team of US Navy SEALs assaulted his safe house in the early hours
last week.
Pakistani officials have insisted they knew nothing of the raid, and
Pakistan issued a strong rebuke to the US.
If the US conducted another such assault, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza
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Days earlier, Musharraf, now running an opposition party from exile in
London, emerged as one of the most vocal critics of the raid, terming it a
"violation of the sovereignty of Pakistan".
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But under the terms of the deal, while Pakistan may not have been informed
of the assault, it had agreed to it in principle. A senior Pakistani
official said it had been struck under Musharraf and renewed by the army
in the "transition to democracy" - a six-month period from February 2008
when Musharraf was still president but a civilian government had been
Referring to the assault on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, the
official added: "As far as our American friends are concerned, they have
just implemented the agreement."
The former US official said the Pakistani protests of the past week were
the "public face" of the deal. "We knew they would deny this stuff."
The agreement is consistent with Pakistan's unspoken policy towards CIA
drone strikes in the tribal belt, which was revealed by the WikiLeaks US
embassy cables last November.
In August 2008, Gilani reportedly told a US official: "I dona**t care if
they do it, as long as they get the right people. Wea**ll protest in the
national assembly and then ignore it."
As drone strikes have escalated in the tribal belt over the past year,
officials issued pro forma denunciations even as it became clear the
Pakistani military was co-operating with the covert program.
The former US official said the impetus for co-operation, much like the
bin Laden deal, was driven by the US.
"It didna**t come from Musharrafa**s desire. On the Predators, we made it
very clear to them that if they weren't going to prosecute these targets,
we were, and there was nothing they could do to stop us taking unilateral
action. We told them, over and again: 'Wea**ll stop the Predators if you
take these targets out yourselves.'"
Despite several attempts to contact his London office, the Guardian has
been unable to obtain comment from Musharraf.
Since bin Laden's death, Pakistan has come under intense US scrutiny and
faced accusations that elements within Pakistana**s Inter-Services
Intelligence helped to hide the al-Qaeda leader.
President Barack Obama has said bin Laden must have had "some sort of
support network" inside Pakistan.
"We dona**t know whether there might have been some people inside of
government, outside of government, and that's something we have to
investigate," Obama said.
Gilani said he stood firmly by the ISI, describing it as a "national
asset", and added: "Allegations of complicity or incompetence are absurd.
We didn't invite Osama bin Laden to Pakistan."
Gilani said the army had launched an investigation into how bin Laden
managed to hide inside Pakistan.
Gilani also welcomed a forthcoming visit from US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton, but pointedly paid tribute to help from China, which he
described as a**a**a source of inspirationa**a** for Pakistan.
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National Tequila Day falls on a Wednesday this year. Will it be a sign to maybe not celebrate as hard so as to continue the work week unscathed on Thursday morning? Nah. We didn't think so.
SolToro Tequila Grill at Mohegan Sun has whipped up a special menu of fancy tacos paired with a different tequila in celebration. The TnT, or Tacos & Tequila, grants you a choice of three of these pairings for $29: Fish taco (with lime-spiked cabbage, pico de gallo and pickeled red onion) paired with El Tesoro Blanco; Grilled shrimp taco (with chayote slaw, guacamole and piquillo salso) paired with Maestro Dobel; grilled chicken taco (with roasted corn pico de gallo, sour cream and chipotle lime salsa) paired with Sauza Hornitos Anejo; crispy pork belly taco (with pineapple and guaca salsa, cilantro and onion) paired with Lunazul Anejo; filet mignon taco (with portobello mushroom, cilantro and SolToro salsa) paired with Herradura Reposado. Bring a friend and order the TnT², a taco platter made for two and two tequila flights for $55. Don't want to eat and waste all that stomach space on food? The Megarita, $39, is for you. I mean, it comes with five straws, so you should order it with four friends, but we're not here to boss you around.
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Early adolescence sometimes marks a period of diminishing communication between youth and their caregivers. At the same time, adolescents are considering their identity: who they are and who they wish to become. The process of identity development is intimately tied to youths' families. Although family relationships define young children's identities, adolescents embark on the journey of navigating independent, relational identities. Tensions from change—both internal developmental changes and external changes, such as death, divorce, remarriage, and inclusion of new family members—often arise. While adolescents may rebel against or even rebuke families, they need and depend on them. Belonging to a wider shared community, such as a faith community, can support adolescents and their families.
This curriculum is designed to provide space for youth to begin to look at their families. Understanding begins with attending and listening to each other's descriptions of their own realities. This program offers opportunities for those processes to occur. By understanding their own families, learning more broadly about families, and representing a range of healthy families, youth will gain a greater sense of family functionality and their own efficacy in contributing to it. Thinking about who serves the functions of family in their own lives may broaden youths' visions and move them toward broader notions of family health and identity.
By participating in the curriculum, and especially the photo-documentary project, youth are able to be congregational leaders. This shifts adolescents from the margins to the center of congregational life. Young adolescents are capable of profoundly abstract thought, but are sometimes uninterested in activities that are primarily verbal and/or intellectual. They need outlets that allow them to move about and to learn through experience rather than through a talking heads approach.
Developmentally, adolescents are ready to have some authority and autonomy. Creating and sharing artistic representations of families in the photo-documentary project, youth influence the congregation and act as leaders. In their work, youth may identify themselves as artists, and that enriches their emerging self-concepts and identities. The congregation also sees itself differently. The photo-documentary project serves as an interpretive mirror. Youth and the greater congregation are mutually served.
Some characteristics of the young adolescent include:
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The Families program offers ways to support the younger/older adolescent:
By adapting activities or using alternate activities, you can help ensure that every session is inclusive of participants with a range of physical and cognitive abilities and learning styles, food allergies, and other sensitivities or limitations. Below, you will find general guidance on adapting the activities along with some resources for implementing inclusion.
As you plan your sessions, be aware of activities that might pose difficulties for youth who are differently abled. All spaces, indoor and outdoor, need to be accessible to anyone who might be in the group. Check the width of doorways and aisles, the height of tables, and the terrain of outdoor landscapes.
Find out about participants' medical conditions and their allergies, particularly to food, if you plan to serve snacks.
Each session mixes active and quiet, expressive and listening, and whole-group and individual activities, along with alternate activities that you can substitute for core activities if you feel they better suit a group. As you begin to recognize different learning styles among the participants, let this information guide your selection of activities for each session.
Some activity descriptions mention specific concerns or suggest adaptations under the heading "Including All Participants." Feel free to devise your own adaptations to meet any special needs you perceive. As the leader, you will know best how to provide a fully inclusive learning experience for the group.
In the Teacher Development section of the UUA website, you will find descriptions of a helpful resource Sally Patton's Welcoming Children with Special Needs.
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A Catered St. Patrick's DayWhen Mike Sweeney is found floating in a vat of green beer and the nephew of one of their best customers is accused of the crime, Bernie and Libby Simmons, the owners of A Little Taste of Heaven, must find the real killer before the luck o' the Irish runs out. Original. |
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Extra Frame: Kevin McCune almost following in family's footsteps
By Anthony Nasella Post-Tribune correspondent January 7, 2014 8:24PM
Updated: February 9, 2014 6:37AM
If you ask Andrean High School freshman Kevin McCune where he feels the most enjoyment in sports, he'll tell you it's wearing a catcher's mask behind home plate on a baseball diamond and calling a game for one of the 59ers' talented pitchers.
But when you're the grandson of Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame member Don McCune and the son of a three-time PBA champion Eugene McCune, bowling is just a part of life. And to nobody's surprise, the youngest McCune is natural on the lanes.
But that doesn't mean that he's entirely thrilled about it, either.
"Unfortunately, I have success at bowling," said Kevin, who will be competing with his dad at this Sunday's Post-Tribune Winter Sports Shot Classic at Stardust III in Dyer. "It's a blessing and a curse. My first love is baseball; I love the catcher position."
Yet, McCune's success in bowling for Andrean and in general has been noteworthy. He recently shot his first 800 series (848) with added motivation.
"I had to make sure I beat my dad," Kevin said. "Yet, that's not the most comfortable I've ever felt on the lanes."
But it is that competitive fire that first burns in Don and Eugene that is very evident in Kevin — whether he's on bowling lanes or a baseball diamond.
"Kevin has the fire in baseball as much as he has it in bowling," Eugene said. "He likes winning. There's one thing sadly that's being told to kids today: As long as you try it doesn't matter. It's why so many kids are falling by the wayside because nobody pushes them to get better.
"Some people want to jump on us (his parents) for pushing Kevin, but we don't want him out there goofing off, either. You have to have goals that you can reach for. I call them improvement goals; Kevin has those. He's been doing really well. Once in a while he throws a couple of bad shots, but that's expected."
Kevin, who has four 300 games to his credit and said he was most impacted by grandfather Don, started playing in a nine-year old baseball travel league at seven.
"When I'm bowing, I definitely like competing on sport shots," he said. "They challenge me the most. I do what I can in helping my teammates line up better. I like having the competitive fire, but I'd rather have baseball.
"I don't have any plans of bowling after high school, but you never know."
Eugene, who is also the head coach for Andrean, said the team is not primarily a strong team, but he said he is seeing improvement.
"Kevin can show by example, but it also comes down to be able to bowl," Eugene said. "You can only do so much and not everybody can bowl the same way. You can help them to a point and show them, but then they have to go out and do it themselves.
"A couple guys are definitely doing better. We're definitely seeing more consistency and that's all you can hope for. Joey Mucha is doing better; he has more of an understanding of the game."


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EVS is short for 'European voluntary service'. It is a free programme funded by the European Union which sends volunteers from one European country to spend time working in a not-for-profit organisation in another country.
It is open to young people between the ages of 18-30 and living legally in the EU. It doesn't cost anything to take part – so you don't need to have loads of money!
You can basically end up anywhere in the world and your travel costs are paid for. You could end up working with school children in Greece or on a building project in Kenya, or maintaining forests, or in a YMCA somewhere in the world – there are so many projects!
You will be expected to work for about 30 hours a week on your chosen project. You agree specific tasks and terms in advance with your host organisation. It usually lasts from anywhere between 2 and 12 months – but you can only take part once so most people opt for a longer stay.
To take part you need to find a Sending Organisation and a Project to go to. The best way to do this in going on the internet. We have listed some links that may be of interest to you below.
At YMCA Bath Group we host approximately 3 EVS volunteers every year, usually for 12 months. The main focus of the work we can offer them is with children and young people, working in our nurseries, extended school activities and community programmes.
Volunteers receive accommodation at our main site in the centre of Bath and they also receive pocket money.
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I've read some wildly different things about sizes of the Aconitifolium Japanese Maple, was curious from those who planted them when they were smaller and have had them for many years what type of growth rate they've seen (e.g., bought in 2004 2' tall and now in 2009 is x feet tall). Thanks! |
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I purchased what was labeled as 'Aconitifolium' aka 'Maiku Jaku' as a tiny plant in a 4" pot at the NW Flower and Garden Show perhaps 10 years ago. It was only about 8-10" tall at that time. I grew it on and repotted it as necessary, contemplating that I would move it into a permanent location in my garden once it achieved enough size to be self-sufficient. Before that happened, it became very obvious that the tree was not 'Aconitifolium' at all but 'Green Cascade' - very similar in foliage attributes to Aconitifolium but with a very pronounced weeping habit. Long story short, the tree 10 years or so later is 3' tall and about 6' across. However, since it was a very low graft and with the confusion on the labeling, never staked to develop a more upright habit. Consequently it remained in a raised container, as the branches extended well below the height of the trunk. Lots of lateral growth as opposed to upright growth :-) Not sure what you can get out of this tale except to say that when young, these trees will grow at a much faster rate than they will as they age. 'Aconitifolium' can be considered to have a moderate growth rate in our climate - I'd expect it to reach 10' in as many years and ultimately older specimens can reach 20-25' easily. Because of their delicate, lacy leaf form and drop-dead gorgeous fall color, both remain two of my favorites of any of the Asian maples. And with significant cold hardiness to boot. |
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Early on in life not too much vertical growth. Later(15+ years), you can see a foot a year growth, both up and out. |
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Thank goodness for Gardenweb and all of the knowledge here. This is not a rah-rah post for any particular appliance but I thought I'd share what the "common folk" know.
If you read my SZ post about the temperature, you will understand that I had to have a service call and we haven't even moved in yet. But that's another story. So, a repairman from a dealer came out. We didn't buy any appliances from them, this was a warranty repair and they were the closest and recommended by SZ. Anyway After he's done declaring my SZ needs all new guts, he looks at the range hood, that is still sitting on the floor waiting to be installed. (The range is in, the counters are in, it really is a nightmare waiting to happen for the builder) and he asks "what kind is that?" It's an Independent with a 1200 cfm fan I said. "Never heard of them", Told him how they went out of business, yadayadayada..."hope you don't need parts", I told him I had a spare motor and I can use any motor in it. "Smart lady" he says. Then he looks at my 36" BS rangetop, covered with a piece of cardboard. "What's that?" I told him. "Never heard of them", (we are 1 hour from Reading, btw). I explained a little bit to him. His response was "Thermador can do that". I just agreed and said see you soon to completely replace the guts to my fridge. I'm just so thankful for everything I've learned here. thanks for keeping my eyes open to more than just what one appliance dealer has to offer. They must sell Mieles because he didn't stare at them. And I have the dishdrawers hidden so he missed them. Bee |
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I am the coordinator of a garden project in Central Saskatchewan. This is our second year. Last year we recruited a couple from our community to act as garden mentors and paid them an honorarium for their services. Feedback from our garden participants indicates that they liked the information that the mentors provided but that they felt that the mentors acted as "bosses" rather than sources of information. I would like to use the same mentors this year for a couple of reasons - they are a wonderful source of information and expertise and they could really use the money we pay them. However, I am looking for a contract or list of guidelines that I can give them when they start the project this year so that they have a clearer understanding of what a garden mentor does and doesn't do. Can anyone help me or point me to a website that has information of this kind on it? Thanks in advance. |
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You may get some ideas in a great new publication from the American Community Gardening Association (ACGA)called Growing Communities: growing community through community gardening. This 300 page publication covers many aspects of community garden organizing & support including leadership development, fundraising, asset based community development, etc. The book is available on the website: www.communitygarden.org |
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We've gotten back into gardening after many years. Long ago we had a Troy Bilt horse model, which we now regret selling. This year's garden we put in with a used Craftsman rear tine tiller, whose transmission hopelessly siezed just minutes after completing our garden plot. The repair effort turned into a failure autopsy, and I now conclude the pressed sheet metal chain drive transmissions of the Craftsman type and its clones are basically non-repairable after a major failure.
So I'm looking for something with a gear type transmission like a Troy Bilt Pony. I saw that Home Depot is selling a Yard Machines 21AA40M1029 model with gear drive for $650. Looking at it I see what appears to be the petite gear drive transmission of a TroyBilt Bronco model. (apparently MTD borrowed this from the Troy Bilt line since they make both) Does anybody have any experience with one of these (good or bad)? It's a good looking machine but there are a few things that bug me. 1)no protective guards over the tine shaft seals, 2)flimsy looking sheet metal tine blades, and 3) the dainty looking transmission (compared to the Pony model). Will one of these stand up to years of use, or should I be spending the $400 more for a Pony model? We don't have a real big garden (1200 sg ft) right now, but we're having so much fun growing and eating the fresh organic produce, I got the feeling its going to be expanding! Thanks for any experience or advice you can offer. |
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I was hoping somebody on the forum had some experience with the TB Pony or other similar rear tine tiller. After looking at a lot of used machines, most have been beaten like the proverbial rented mule. I'm spending too much time and gas in the quest and I'm at the point of biting the bullet and going for a new one I guess. Other users opinions and experience are very helpful on the decision, since I will have no chance to try it out first. Thanks much! |
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Will ''Chicago'' dance away with the Oscar for Best Picture? Will Jack Nicholson scoop up his third Best Actor trophy? And, more importantly, will Nicole Kidman dare the sort of fashion chutzpah that had her pairing a lavender gown with (gasp!) ebony stilettos? Ah yes, the Golden Globe Awards -- not only do they foreshadow likely Oscar nominees, they are the best indicator of red-carpet trends come March 23. And if the Jan. 19 Globes were any indication, stars (Lara Flynn Boyle notwithstanding) will be playing it safer than Tom Hanks' straightlaced FBI man in ''Catch Me if You Can.''
''You have to take into [consideration] who's nominated,'' says stylist Deborah Waknin, whose clients include Jennifer Garner and Marg Helgenberger. ''It might be a little conservative this year -- for one thing you've got a very pregnant woman [Catherine Zeta-Jones] and a couple of veterans [Meryl Streep and Kathy Bates].''
Conservative, but not boring, says Elie Saab, the designer behind Halle Berry's showstopping frock at last year's Academy Awards: ''This year's Oscars will be...very feminine, like old-time movies.'' Adds hairstylist Charles Worthington: ''Demonstrating the essence of simple Hollywood glamour, we didn't see a lot of loose, flowing hair.''
We did see very classic, elegant gowns paired with sleek hair and statement accessories. What other Oscar predictions can we glean from the Golden Globes? We polled some of fashion's tastemakers.
SHORT Bucking black-tie traditions, a couple of fashion mavericks opted for the season's hottest trend, the mini. Cameron Diaz sported a daringly short, sleeveless Chanel, ''24'''s Elisha Cuthbert wore a frothy, '80s-flavored creation by Collette Dinnigan, and Maggie Gyllenhaal channeled her inner girl in a lacy white Chanel frock (smartly accessorized with grown-up pumps and a chic updo). Granted, the Oscars tend to be more formal, but ''based on what the New York designers are producing, there might be one or two who go short,'' says Waknin. Fingers crossed, tutus will not be included.
COLOR One surprise -- given haute couture's current emphasis on color -- was how many women opted for black, making the bolder choices of Helgenberger (in chartreuse John Galliano), Salma Hayek (in crimson Narciso Rodriguez), Queen Latifah (in ice-blue Escada), and Kate Hudson and Cate Blanchett (both in multicolored Valentino) even more eye-catching. ''There will be more color [at the Oscars],'' predicts Saab. That said, black can still be stunning, as in Reneé Zellweger's vintage Valentino.
ACCESSORIES Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore (both wearing Fred Leighton), and Kim Cattrall (in Lorraine Schwartz) were among the ladies modeling lobe-stretching ear candy. ''They really light up the face,'' says Andrea Hansen, marketing director for H. Stern jewelry. Queen Latifah was living large as well, with a diamond choker by DeBeers. ''I thought people were going to get tired of the largesse of the style,'' says Hansen, ''[but] I'm inclined to believe that it's here to stay.''


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Albums to Look For: April 1 Releases
Today seems to be the jackpot for album releases! I personally will be adding the first two to my collection...
Today seems to be the jackpot for album releases! I personally will be adding the first two to my collection...
With apologies to Shim Moore and Andrea Ferro, it's pretty clear where the focus will be on the upcoming "Revolver Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock Tour." The Sick Puppies and Lacuna Coil vocalists' respective bandmates -- bassist Emma Anzai and co-singer Cristina Scabbia -- have inspired the trek's moniker.
Lacuna Coil have just announced that they have begun work on their seventh studio album. The upcoming record will act as the follow-up to Lacuna Coil's 2012 full-length, 'Dark Adrenaline.'
Remember I was telling you that you could pick the name for this upcoming tour?
Cristina Scabbia, my little Italian goddess, and Lacuna Coil are the topic of todays Vidiot pick. From the country that is shaped like a boot and the birthplace of Lasagna, Milan Italy. The band is releasing their new album "Dark Adrenaline" on Tuesday (1/24)
We have had the chance to see Christina Scabbia's fine ass on stage here in the Zoo. She is one spicy meatball. Christina and the rest of the crew of Lacuna Coil are set to release a new studio album here on Jan


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Chris Holmes joins Fifi LaRue in "Welcome To My Flyin' Circus" video
Fifi LaRue & Chris Holmes – who is in the costume?
Well it's that time of year again folks and we're fast approaching October. Soon enough goblins, ghosts and ghouls will be everywhere. So it's no shock that the year round Gothic Killer Clown has emerged just in time for Trick or Treat.
Fifi LaRue has appeared on America's Got Talent and now it appears he is ready to Fuck Like A Beast. Or at least jam with one. Fifi has landed the former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes as special guest in his new "Welcome to my Flyin' Circus" video.
The creepy clip just hit YouTube today, go check it out right HERE
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Again on the subject of Nurseries and Fuji Apples, What do you-a;; think of stark Bro's? Don't hold back now. They have a Super red Fuji tree. Don't know of the root stock? I know Avoid,m111 and m7. |
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why avoid M111 ? |
- Posted by loneranger_grow (My Page) on Wed, Jan 29, 14 at 10:36
From reading on here about Fuji on M111. They do not do well. Grow too much wood I read. |
LR, Last year I got 8 trees from them, on sale, and they were very nice. I wouldn't hesitate to buy from them. |
- Posted by loneranger_grow (My Page) on Thu, Jan 30, 14 at 8:04
I have had good luck with them but you never know? Companies change. so many Fuji varieties, and root stocks, it is confusing as to which to buy??? |
If rootstock is important to you, avoid Starks. |
- Posted by loneranger_grow (My Page) on Thu, Jan 30, 14 at 15:05
With that comment about Starks,,,WHY? |
Because Starks won't tell you what rootstocks you're getting when you buy from them. If "dwarf" or "semi-dwarf" is all you want to know, they're fine. But if you want to use or avoid a specific rootstock, it's a problem. Several threads around here on this issue. |
Stark Bros is also stingy about telling chill hours. I've seen some varieties of fruit trees being recommended for my 8B area with 800-1000 chill hours. No thanks. As a new fruit tree guy I just bought three dwarf plums. Since then I realized I have no idea of the rootstock I got. They also screwed up the order. I paid for three dwarfs (larger caliper) but got regular. I had no problems with a refund though. Ymmv. |
Chill hours sometimes is just a number thrown out there when they really don't know. look up Kuffle Creek and Dave Wilson Nursery on you tube and hear what they have to say, he is growing apples with a 800-1000 chill hour in Southern California with low chill hours and 113 temps. |
- Posted by hairmetal4ever Z7 MD (My Page) on Fri, Mar 28, 14 at 16:57
From what I've read, it seems like many varieties get by on much lower chill out West than they can thrive on here in the East. I'm not sure why this is. |
The apple trees may get by on less chill hours in the southwest. The vigor is not the same though. They will not grow and produce at the same level as if they had proper chill. I have witnessed this first hand. My family has property in Julian, CA where there is plenty of chill usually 1000+ hours. I have compared some apple varieties grown in Julian to the same ones grown in my backyard, San Diego, where I get 300 hours. In Julian the trees are much more vigorous, mature faster, and bear fruit much earlier. |
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If you were an alien trying to parse American culture from the movies, you could be forgiven for figuring most people were either cops, criminals, victims, or innocent bystanders. It's a wonder the French have a word just for cop movies-they call them policiers and we don't, but no matter. American screenwriters definitely have the form down pat-too pat, in fact. Witness the herd of mismatched-cops-who-hate-each-other-on-sight-then-turn-out-to-be- best-friends stampeding the screen. And now that they've started making movies in which one of those buddy cops is from outer space, you know the limits of that idea have been pushed.
Blue Steel, directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Ron Silver, could be just another one of those mindless boys-in-blue movies. Instead, Bigelow grabs a fistful of predictable film genre conventions, turns them inside out and upside down, then slams them together, filtering the result through her hard-edged lens; the result is both relentlessly stylish and thematically ambitious.
Make no mistake, Blue Steel bites off a mouthful, almost more than it can get down. It's chock-full of ideas: about a woman gaining power and a man losing it, about the city as jungle, about the insanity of murder as religious epiphany, about madness and convention, order and chaos. In fact, Bigelow may have made one of those arty thrillers that border on having too much style for their own good.
And that's fine with her. Easygoing, no-brain entertainment isn't exactly what she has in mind. ''You need to deliver on the level of entertainment while maintaining an integrity,'' Bigelow says. ''A movie can give you an insight, share an observation. It's not just something to eat popcorn by.''
No problem there. Blue Steel is definitely not going to be confused with last week's buddy-cop picture. And that's not only because the cop is a she and the wannabe buddy is a yuppie psycho killer. ''It was important to me that (police officer) Megan Turner have an androgyny,'' says Bigelow, ''that she really be an everyman, not a Dirty Harry who comes equipped with a gun and shoots.''
For Blue Steel's female officer, Bigelow turned to Jamie Lee Curtis, who synthesizes all the roles she has ever played from gangly but resourceful babysitter in Halloween to aerobicized icon in Perfect and duplicitous sexpot in A Fish Called Wanda into a loner whose quick draw hides emotional Jell-O. When Turner's demon lover tells her she's the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, your heart aches for how badly she wants to believe him.
There won't be similar stirrings for Ron Silver as the creepy commodities trader who doesn't want to kill her, but kill for her, and with her. The designer-suited, verbal acrobat sinks into psychosis the moment he meets Turner under somewhat stressful circumstances and realizes that happiness really is a warm gun. ''The gun is the symbolic engine of the whole movie,'' Bigelow observes. ''It's emblematic of authority, death, power, the point at which two lives connect. It's the heartbeat.''
It's a different heartbeat than you'll find in most conventional movie thrillers, however. Bigelow is charting some feral territory here. We've all heard the one about how every cop is a criminal and all the sinners saints. Only Blue Steel isn't about a lawman who finds a killer and gets an ugly look at his own hidden desires. It's about what happens when a model citizen with a time bomb in his brain looks deep into Turner's eyes and glimpses a secret darkness there, a darkness that unleashes the killer inside his own soul. What follows are creepy mind games, heavy firepower, a few very bloody bits, an interminable chase scene, and a somewhat satisfactory solution all the standard elements of any cop movie. But whatever critics and audiences ultimately say about Blue Steel, standard probably won't be part of the vocabulary. ''You're always looking for the curve that will lift your story out of reality and out of the conventions of other movies,'' Bigelow observes. ''The things that work best are the things that are right in front of us the familiar from a twisted angle can be far more disturbing than the exotic or the fantastic: the real through an exotic eye.''
Bigelow, 38, is no stranger to taking expectations and turning them around, on-screen and off. She's a willowy beauty with a kick-ass sensibility that belies her fine arts background, a well-spoken smart woman fluent in the feverish language of exploitation movies. It's clear that she has a way with cinema's cliches, though she prefers to call it ''using genre, a common language, but refracting the conventions through a different prism.''


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Hello all,
I really don't know that TRUE OR FALSE with this calculation ? Attach File below.
Mathcad 14 says....
The answer is FALSE. Even Mathcad 11's symbolic processor shows: The same result comes from Mathcad 14's symbolic processor, which is from a different source, i.e., MuPad vs. Maple.
So, Mathcad's numeric processor, which is limited in its numerical precision winds up truncating the answer. The symbolic processor's floating point answer is
which, with careful digit counting shows that the numeric processor of almost any calculator and any normal spreadsheet program will truncate the answer to 151, but it's not. You may wish to find some aribtrary precision calculators, some of which can be downloaded from the web, to verify the results. Prime factorization in Mathcad shows the ratio to be composed of products of different primes.
Excel also says it's true.
The question that needs to be asked is what definition of equality is required.
strict mathematical: exactly equal - answer is unproven but probably not (see Alan's post)
Finding a calculator that has higher resolution / precision may give more trailing zeroes but the reality is that at some point there must(?) be some inequality.
scientific:e.g better than1 part in 10^12 - yes, its good enough.
engineering: +/- 1% (usual tolerances that can be expected ...)
Thanks all your help. Attach File below.
Loi Le.
Your question has been answered by Eden, Richard, more extensively by jmG
On my side: no need for more gyzma work sheet.
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Your question has been answered by Eden, Richard, more extensively by jmG
More wrongly, you mean. It has nothing to do with other programs interfering with the FPU. It's just a property of numeric math.
On my side: no need for more gyzma work sheet.
No need for rudeness either.
Your file contains only one of several possible ways that Mathcad can solve and display your particular examples. The particular method you've used is called "dead" symbolics, since any changes to the input equation will not be reflected in the answer.
The attached shows some of the other ways of seeing the answer, all using "live" symbolics.
>On my side: no need for more gyzma work sheet.<
You specified "Evaluation in Mathcad 12", thus gyzma version for lower than 12. In fact my Mathcad 11 did open. You can read more in the version 11 attached. Several points of interest [educative]: the fractional representation, PRN, some equivalent forms tough this last point does not apply directly in your examples
My English as Second Language is very little. I do Math just for recreation. I just only had Mathcad 12 and again I am beginner in using. I really still do not know any thing about Mathematica. ( Because I don't have it ). I was trying find the way to solve the Pell's Equation with N = 166, JUST WITH my calculator at home. When I input ( 3204668357^2 - 1 ) / 248730503^2 and the output is a INTEGER ! ( = 166 ). But after being helped from above, and now I do know I was failed with that root. Thanks again.
Loi Le.
Read more Pell, attached.
"151, outside Pell range"
Often I pass Mathemica as a referee. Your Mathcad "machine precision" is 16 Pentium IV Win XP. For other Win OS: don't know. I agree that Mathcad is missing the error message or warning message "result outside of machine precision". From the Mathcad help, it is however hinted that gross mistake(s) need more attention. Between you and me, calculate the error in microns or diameter of an atom an error of 10e-16 represents at the top of a tower 1 km height !
Thanks to all who replied.
Loi Le.


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The following Christian prayers are provided by the chaplains at Rhode Island Hospital.
Jesus, during your life on earth you experienced pain. You prayed to your Father for help in your struggle. I am in pain now and pray to you for help. Allow me to know your presence in my life. Strengthen my faith and give me the assurance of your everlasting love for me. Amen.
Good and gracious God, you have given men and women the gifts of wisdom and knowledge to heal sickness and pain. As I prepare for surgery, I pray that you strengthen me with your grace. Bless all those entrusted with my care. Bless me with your peace and in your love and mercy grant me the grace to endure during this difficult time.
Lord Jesus Christ, I give you thanks for renewing my health; for relief from pain and worry. You never fail to bless me and bestow on me your grace and mercy. I pray that this healing may continue as I grow in strength and faith, I pray that I may return to the work you have given me to do for your. Amen.
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled or afraid." John 14:27
"Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand." Isaiah 41:10
"I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." Psalm 27:13
"Blessed by the Lord! For he has heard the voice of my supplications. The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts. So I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him." Psalm 28:6-7
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things that I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.


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The new owners of The Oaks Golf Club renovated the nine-hole Oaks course by expanding greens and adding dimension, resulting in 2,573 rolling yards with elevation variations as high as 50 feet. Take to the par 35 course with a fellow divot devotee and launch dimpled orbs through the air in spirited re-creations of the Apollo 12 moon landing. Each green on the course is now an average of 5,000 square feet in size, with recently built mounding around the holes adding nuance and difficulty to each putt and slice. A recently installed irrigation system helps playing surfaces stay fresh for birdies and impromptu company picnics.
Links-style golf on the mainland can be hard to find, but Falcon Lakes Golf Club's 18-hole course emulates the characteristics of the game's traditional Scottish tracks. From the tips, the 7,098-yard circuit proves quite formidable, with a quartet of long par-fives?topping out at 566 yards?and a few titanic par-fours, including the 481-yard 12th hole, the course's most difficult hole. Intimidating hole length isn't the course's only links characteristic. At the end of each zoysia grass fairway, golfers must contend with slick, bent-grass greens, most of which exceed 6,000 square feet in size to make two-putts very difficult but helicopter golf-cart landings a breeze. Ankle-high native grass sways in the breeze on certain holes, and hazardous mounds deny a level stance to those who stray from the fairways or greens. Before rounds, golfers can get a feel for the putting surfaces at a multi-tiered practice green, practice their swings at a zoysia grass driving range, or dig for ancient scorecards in the bunkers that surround the chipping green.
Course at a Glance: * 18-hole, par 72 course * Length of 7,098 yards from the tips * Four tee options * Scorecard
The fairways on Table Creek Golf Course's 18 holes bound across the rolling hills of southeast Nebraska for a challenging 6,253-yard pin-hunting exhibition. A relatively short course even when played from the tips, the truncated layout has slick, bent--grass greens, deceptive elevation changes, and flagsticks that covertly shift as players approach the greens. Rippling waters pool and flow throughout the picturesque par 71 course, adding a sense of tranquility and threatening to absorb ill-struck shots. To augment their birdie-garnering form, clubbers can fine-tune their swing at the driving range, recruit the latest course fashions at the pro shop, or learn to cut tender steaks using a divot tool at the cozy clubhouse.
Course at a Glance:
18-hole, par 71 course
Bent-grass greens
Length of 6,253 yards from the farthest tees
Course rating of 71.3 from the farthest tees
Slope rating of 122 from the farthest tees
Three tee options
Wildwood Golf Course's nine-hole layout spans 2,945 yards of relatively open, parkland terrain cleaved through the shadows of scenic trees. Clubbers can send balls somersaulting into the stratos with their driver or T-shirt cannon, as wide fairways provide generous margins for slightly inaccurate tee shots. The bulk of the course's difficulty awaits at the end of each hole, where large, undulating greens turn even routine two-putts into testy trials of steady-handed strokes. Golfers in need of new clubs, collared shirts, or other accessories can visit the pro shop, which is patrolled by resident aces who are available to schedule lessons or discuss the science behind recent, closed-door attempts at growing natural spikes out of their feet.
Course at a Glance:
9-hole, par-36 course
Length of 2,945 yards from the farthest tees
Course rating of 34.7 from the farthest tees
Slope rating of 122 from the farthest tees
Three tee options
Perched atop hills that overlook the Platte and Missouri River valleys, Bay Hills Golf Club's 18-hole course arches across 6,411 yards of undulating, tree-lined fairways. As carts crest the verdant banks, golfers can pause to take in views of the surrounding tree lines, which harbor wildlife such as deer, turkey, fox, and feral ball washers. An expansive driving range, putting green, and chipping area act as the diminutive sidekick to the par 72 course. The staff of PGA professionals roams the club's full-service pro shop, shoring up swings with individual and group lessons and mending clubs with repair services. To keep swing-weary muscles well nourished, Bay Hills Grill serves up a menu of savory, greenside fare.
Course at a Glance: * 18-hole, par 72 course * Total length of 6,411 yards from the back tees * Four sets of tees per hole
The emerald grounds at Excelsior Springs Golf Course are seeped in history, showcasing some features that date back much earlier than the course's founding in 1915. On hole No.15?called "Oasis"?players tee off next to a monument marking the site of the Battle of Fredricksburg, fought in 1862, and an original log cabin built in 1825 still stands to remind golfers of the hearty settlers who once crossed the Mississippi in horse-drawn golf carts. When the course first opened, it was a 36-hole complex, but yet another major American event, the Great Depression, saw its reduction to the 18 holes that exist today.
Today, players continue to fire upon Zoysia fairways and storm the small greens as they make their way around the 18-hole course. Par 5s in hole No. 9, "Fairacre," and the behemoth, 593-yard No. 18, "Sunset," close out each side, presenting high hurdles for golfers before they head into the clubhouse and give clubs time to nap.
Course at a Glance * 18-hole, par 72 course * Total length of 6,603 yards from the back tees * Course rating of 72.5 from the back tees * Course slope of 123 from the back tees * Four sets of tees per hole