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Hi, all. I am writing this basically for information for anyone interested in this bulb, since there is very little available, even on the internet. Since these forums regularly show up on Google, this seems like a good way to make it available.
Atamascos are in the Zephyranthes family. They are wonderful native bulbs and evidently impossible to obtain commercially. I got my first ones from an older woman here in town who said they were growing in the lawn of her antebellum home 60 years ago when she moved there. Can't ask for tougher than that! They bloom very reliably at Easter each year. The blooms look very like Easter lilies but with a green throat in their large lovely white blooms. The foliage emerges each fall and looks rather like a broad bladed grass. After the bulbs bloom, the foliage lasts only about a month and then it neatly dies away and goes dormant. In nature, the plants grow in damp places like ditches and along creek beds. Mine grow well with morning sun and afternoon shade, but hers were in the middle of her lawn getting full hot Mississippi sun. This past year, our church built a new sanctuary. The front of it is graced with a stunning stained glass window showing Christ emerging from the tomb. The windows on either side are filled with the brilliant colors of the sky and the bottoms are full of daffodils and Easter lilies. As chairman of the gardening committee, I wanted us to plant the lawn under the windows with daffodils and lilies. The trouble with Easter lilies is they don't bloom until June around here and then you have their ugly foliage standing for most of the summer. Then I remembered my Atamasco lilies: neat, easy, and reliable to bloom at Easter. But where to find bulbs? Evidently nowhere. This spring, for the first time (that I have noted) my bulbs here at home made seed. I collected every pod I could and ended up with quite a good bit of it. I know from past experience that zephyr seeds do best if sowed when they are fresh. So, I sowed it thickly into seed trays of Mircle Grow Potting Mix on my back deck and covered it with about 1/8 to 1/4 inch of soil. Then I began to water the tray every day. (Simple because I put the tray where the majority of my pots live.) It took nearly a month for the seed to germinate, but it did! The seedlings look very like onion seedlings. They are hair thin little leaves and they aren't growing very quickly, but they are growing. When the leaves got about 3 to 4 inches high, I pricked them out into individual cell packs. I got 5 flats of seedlings! And, virtually all of them survived the transplanting stage. They are still out on my deck and get water daily. I hope this post might be helpful to anyone interested in these bulbs. If you have experience with them, please feel free to chime in. |
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- Posted by sun_worshiper FL 9b (My Page) on Thu, Jul 19, 12 at 9:30
I think you've added a new plant to my wishlist=) Found a bit more info on them in the link below. Any chance you'd be willing to trade a seedling? I have Zephyranthes citrina (small yellow flowers) and Zephyranthes candida (white flowers, blooms after thunderstorms). Send me an email if interested. Thanks for the great informative post! Angela |
Here is a link that might be useful: Zephyranthes atamasca
- Posted by donnabaskets (My Page) on Sun, Aug 12, 12 at 20:04
Hi, all As it happens, today I received an e-mail from an E-bay seller of bulbs in Florida. I have bought from him before and been very pleased. He has Atamasco Lily bulbs listed right now. Link below. |
Here is a link that might be useful: E-Bay seller
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Re: Anonymous
Released on 2012-03-06 00:00 GMT
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Date | 2011-10-24 21:16:31 |
From | firstname.lastname@example.com |
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customers somehow. If that happens, it would bury us. Not a lot of people
look at our website in hits.
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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:03:02 -0500 (CDT)
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Cc: <email@example.com>; Colby Martin<firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Re: Anonymous
I'm not sure anonymous would ever give a shit about us. But if they did,
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To: Fred Burton {6}
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Sent: Oct 24, 2011 1:53 PM
We have not deployed the new countermeasures at the co-lo. In short,
we're no better prepared today than a month ago.
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Frank, Folks are putting together a piece of analysis on the Anonymous
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Does anyone know the difference between the two paints? I have used both household acrylic latex paint and acrylic craft paint on clay pots. The household one is thicker. I have researched this and cannot find an answer that makes sense to me. Thanks! |
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They are essentually the same thing.-Sandy |
Hello...I just read in one of my artist books that the difference is that craft acrylics are made to last for years and house paints aren't. Hope this helps. |
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The Queens Botanical Garden presents the Jamaica Estates Association Art Show "The Artist Within: The Urge to Create" on view through Sept. 30, Tuesday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Gallery of the Visitor Center and Administration Building, 43-50 Main St., Flushing.
The AARP Queens Chorus performs at Queens nursing homes and rehab/senior centers. If interested in joining call (718) 523-1330 for audition dates.
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"A Score of Pop Tunes" will be performed by George Masone (vocals and guitar), Stephen Josephs (flute and keys), Rob Davies (electric bass) and Michael Vaccerella (drums) on Sunday, Aug. 26 at 6 p.m. on the Oak Allee at Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with garden admission.
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Free public speaking/effective communication meetings are held on the first, third and fourth Saturdays of the month at 10 a.m. Learn to be comfortable speaking before an audience. Meetings are held at the Elmhurst Hospital Center, Conference room A-1-15, 79-01 Broadway. Contact club vice president membership at (646) 748-8290.
The Sisterhood of Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209 St., Bayside, presents Zumba Fitness classes on Wednesday evenings from 7:30-8:30 p.m. starting on Sept. 5. Rates are $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers. For more information call Janet Wolf at (718) 631-5468.
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The Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing, is offering a jewelry-making workshop on Friday, Aug. 24 from 1-2:30 p.m. Instructor Lynn Hanousek will cover basic jewelry-making techniques for working with memory wire and beads. Participants will be able to create something to wear for fall wear or for their gift collection. Workshop fee is $4 and $3 for members. All supplies are provided.
Suran Song offers a free yoga class every Wednesday from 8-9 a.m. at JH Laundromat, 85-15 37 Ave., Jackson Heights.
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Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, teaches ballroom dancing every Monday and Friday night from 7:15 to 8 p.m. followed by a social dance. Cost is $10.
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The FDNY Bravest Boxing Team will host its first boxing event ever held in a NYC casino on Friday, Sept. 14. They will take on the always tough New England Law Enforcement Team for charities at the new Resorts World Casino in Ozone Park. There are 12 bouts with doors opening at 7 p.m. and the first bout scheduled for 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $50 for VIP ringside. Tickets are on sale now at fdnyboxing.eventbrite.com
On Sunday, Aug. 26, the 31st Street Festival, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Astoria, will be held, on 31st Street between Ditmars Boulevard and 21st Avenue, from noon to 6 p.m. Food vendors, craft vendors, games rides, North Shore Animal League mobile pet adoption and general vendors. Fun for the whole family. Call (718) 444-6028 for more information.
Co-Dependents Anonymous (women only) meetings are held every Friday from 10 to 11:45 a.m. at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center, Fr. Freely Hall, 85-18 61 Rd., Rego Park.
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A bereavement group will meet this summer at the Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy. Pre-registration is a must. Call (718) 225-1144.
Nar-Anon is a self-help support group or anyone affected by a loved one's use/abuse of drugs. The group meets every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the basement lounge at the Church in the Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. For information, call 1(800) 984-0066, or go to nar-anon.org.
Drug problem? Call Narcotics Anonymous Helpline at (718) 962-6244 or visit westernqueensna.com. Meetings are held seven days a week.
Free caregiver support groups at Queens Community House, Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Call (718) 226-5960 Ext. 226 for details.
Problem with cocaine or other mind-altering substances? For local Cocaine Anonymous meetings call: 1-(212) COCAINE.
The Queens Counseling services and LISUN of the Foundation of Religion and Mental Health announces a new mourning and bereavement group to be held on Saturdays form 1-2 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 14-15 Clintonville St., Whitestone. For further information call (718) 461-6393.
The Queens Counseling Services of the Foundation for Religion and Mental Health announces a free Women's Support Group on alternate Thursday mornings at 10 a.m. at the Kissena Jewish Center, 43-43 Bowne St., Flushing. If you are experiencing anxiety, fear or stress and are searching for a venue that can provide understanding, compassion and respect, call to register at (718) 461-6393.
Co-dependents Anonymous (women only) meets every Friday at 10 a.m. at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center, 85-18 61st Road, Rego Park.
Schizophrenics Anonymous meets on Sundays at 10 a.m. at L.I. Consultation Center, 97-29 64th Road, Rego Park.
The Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center, 123-10 143 St., South Ozone Park, offers service programs Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. lunch is at noon with a suggested donation of $1.50. Exercise programs include: tai chi stretch, dance groups, choral group, ceramic, camera class, computer classes, trips, birthday parties and more. For more information, call (718) 657-6752.
A leisure group meets every Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing, for area seniors.
An exercise class for seniors. meets Saturdays at 9 a.m. at the SNAP of Eastern Queens Senior Center, 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Bldg. 4 on the Creedmoor Community Campus, Queens Village. For more information call Kathleen at (718) 454-2100.
The Woodhaven Senior Center, 78-15 Jamaica Ave., announces free exercise classes at the center. Stay Well on Monday includes stress reduction; yoga on Thursday includes meditation time. The center is open five days a week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The center offers a variety of activities and exercise classes including Wii sports, billiards, bingo, computer classes and monthly bus trips. For information, call Karen at (718) 456-2000.
Activities at the Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26th Ave., Bayside, are held Monday-Friday. For more information, call (718) 224-7888.
United Hindu Senior Center, 118-09 Sutter Ave., South Ozone Park, offers free vegetarian lunch, health promotion, nutrition education, cards and games, mammograms and blood pressure screenings. In addition, we provide transportation for many seniors via bus. For more information, call (718) 323-8900.
The Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center, 68-52 Fresh Pond Road, Ridgewood, welcomes all seniors age 60 or above. Enjoy a daily healthy meal at noon. On Fridays there is a free lunch. They offer an array of activities such as bingo, movies, exercise, oil painting, yoga, line dancing classes, dancing to a live band, sing-a-longs, health presentations, blood pressure checks, and monthly birthday celebration and theme parties. Suggested contribution is $1.25. Meals-on-Wheels program is offered also. Call (718) 497-2908.
The Howard Beach Senior Center invites seniors aged 60 and older to become members. The center offers exercise, yoga and tai chi classes, billiards, creative writing, crafts, weekly dances with a DJ, painting and sketching classes, bingo, ballroom and line dancing, Wii bowling and computer classes. The center also takes many trips, including a monthly excursion to Atlantic City. It is located at 156-45 84th St., use the 85th St. entrance, open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch is served at noon. For more information, call (718) 738-8100, or visit their new website at howardbeachseniorcenter.org.
The Louis Armstrong House, the longtime home of the great musician Louis Armstrong, is a national historic landmark located on 107 St. in Corona. It is open to the public as a historic house museum and needs volunteers to assist in the Welcome Center. For information, contact Deslyn Dyer at (718) 478-8274 or on the web: satchmo.net.
The Samuel Field YWHA, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy., Little Neck, is seeking individuals who would like to volunteer their time to teach a class in the older adult services or computer department. Applicants should have some experience either teaching or working in their field of interest, but those with a specific hobby they would like to share are welcome to apply. To volunteer, call (718) 225-6750, ext. 233.


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Sometimes you don't realize your behavior is actually compensating for a design flaw. That is, until you see the solution. When borrowing a car and carrying anything heavy or delicate—a full toolbox, a few bottles of booze, a birthday cake—I always place it in the rear seat footwell. It would be much more convenient to load into the hatch, but I don't want those things sliding around because I took the corner too hard after watching Fast & Furious 6.
That's where the Stayhold comes in. The Velcro strip on the bottom adheres it firmly to the carpeting inside your car, allowing you to wall things off against the edges or build your own little fort.
As humble as this device is, to me it represents the ideal of what industrial design has to offer: It's simple, largely monomaterial, addresses a valid need, and is relatively inexpensive. Sure it's not going to wind up in the MoMA, but then again, neither is anything in the trunk of my car.
The Stayhold comes to you from Ireland, from "a little industrial design studio in Dublin," and runs $12.99 a pop.


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Eight ace tracks including music by Caribou, Twin Sister and How to Dress Well.
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Nine tracks including music by Baths, Soft Circle, Former Ghosts and Zola Jesus.
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Nine tracks including music by Avey Tare, BDRMPPL and Warpaint.
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Ten tracks including music by Das Racist, Teengirl Fantasy and El Guincho.
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Dreaming of a fun, modern living room
I enjoyed making the inspiration board for my mini-office so much that I wanted to make one for the living room and bedroom as well. Up next: The living room!
Sofa. Rug. Painting. Lamp Shade. Paint Color.
This living room is based around two key features – the dark grey sofa with chaise lounge (I've been looking at various versions of it for two years now) and the gorgeous original oil painting. We won't be spending $100 on the amazing piece featured in the mood board because we actually purchased an oil painting that is an abstract city in the same color palette at a yard sale for $10 in April. It's one of the first pieces of art that Adam and I have purchased together and one of the only original pieces we own.
Another key element in the design is that blue column lamp. The version in the collage is crystal and is selling at auction for $300(!). I fell in love with a metal version that is very similar at an Estate Sale two years ago, snagged it for $8 and rewired it to make it safe.
We had very light blue walls in our last living room and I really liked them, but I want something different for this space. The current wall-color is a little suffocating (perhaps because the ceiling is also pea/lime green) so we are hoping to lighten up the room with Benjamin Moore's Moonshine (the same color favored by Sherry and John of Young House Love).
The green doesn't come through very well in the photo above - it is much more acidic in real life.
In addition to versions of the items in the mood board, we'll also incorporate two Verona book shelves and a matching television stand that we purchased with wedding money from World Market. My aspiring professor has a lot of literature – it doesn't even all fit on these giant shelves!
There's a lot of hard angles in our existing furniture and the modern sofa, so I think that a round side table in white or a bright color could bring some fun contrast – we'll see what this year's yard sales turn up. I'm loving the ceramic garden stools that have popped up all over the web, but don't love the price tags on most of them.
I hope to DIY a few projects in this room and am especially excited to try my hand at the gold chevron lamp shade (originally from Target, no longer available). I will probably also make the throw pillows myself - I have the hardest time shelling out $30+ each for pillows.
Adam, the furbabies and I are seriously missing having a sofa (we left ours with a friend down south), so here's hoping this room starts to come together soon!


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Jameson and TJ & Murphy at The Baltic Social – Sunday 15th June 2014
Posted by Liverpool Acoustic in news, news and reviews
Those of you who came along to Liverpool Acoustic Live in January for the Merry Hell gig will remember one of the support acts was a very talented young American singer-songwriter called Jameson Burt.
The good news is that Jameson is returning to Liverpool this Sunday 15th June 2014 for a hastily arranged gig at The Baltic Social. And the good news continues because it's an afternoon gig starting at 2.30pm, it's free to enter, and support is provided by local acoustic favourites TJ & Murphy.
You can find out more details at the facebook event facebook.com/events/317843605032180
And check out Jameson's music on his website jamesonmakesmusic.com
Jameson and TJ & Murphy at The Baltic Social – Sunday 15th June 2014
About Liverpool Acoustic
Liverpool Acoustic is the only website of its kind in the UK. It was created by Graham Holland in April 2008 as a central resource for the vibrant and exciting acoustic music scene in Liverpool and the Greater Merseyside area. It contains an extensive diary of acoustic events, from festivals, theatre concerts and folk clubs to showcases and open mic nights. The News and Reviews service is available as a free email subscription and carries news about upcoming events, reviews of cds and gigs, interviews with local musicians, and a newsletter on the first of each month.


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Actress and star of the sitcom 'Gavin & Stacey' Joanna Page is promoting the Mr. Kipling Cake Dispenser, an experiential marketing campaign that sees the dispensing of a free angel slice from Mr. Kipling, a British sweets brand. The billboard, located in a bus shelter on London's Tottenham Court Road, is the first of an additional 18 that will pop up in England and Scotland on Monday, March 19.
The Mr Kipling Cake Dispenser will dispense up to 500 free cakes a day and includes a spray device so that the bus shelter maintains a sweet aroma of freshly baked cakes. The campaign is a product of London-based marketing company 101 and will be complemented by a "cakemobile" that will tour the United Kingdom from the end of March until the beginning of May.


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There's been a move towards using slots for "clever" things that don't fit the traditional way of how slots worked. Examples include the new gtk2 / gtk3 handling and Ruby gems virtuals. Aside from being abusive, this screws things up for Paludis users. Paludis tends to bring in newer versions when possible (so that users aren't stuck with an old GCC forever), and allows the user to select when new slots are brought in. When suddenly a few packages are using slots and versions to "mean" something other than what they used to, this makes the feature unusable. Thus, as a quick workaround, I'd like to suggest adding a PROPERTIES value called "funky-slots", which should be set on every version of any package that uses slots in an unconventional manner. This probably doesn't need EAPI control, since package manglers are free to ignore PROPERTIES tokens. It won't solve the abuse, but it will allow the impact upon users to be lessened. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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Pregame Playlist: Zach Johnson
Professional golfer Zach Johnson talks about his favorite rock bands from the 90's and the most embarrassing song he has on his iPad.
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The Card
The stand out to the whole card is the cooler that we mentioned in the introduction. It takes up just over two slots which is something that you will need to take note of as it will make your third motherboard slot almost useless as well.
Looking at the rest of the card, there's a single 6-Pin PCI-E connector at the back of the card, a single SLI connector across the top and connectivity is offered via two Dual-Link DVI connectors and a single mini HDMI port.
Out of the box the card carries with it an 850MHz clock which helps boost the Shader to 1700MHz. The memory has also been bumped to 4000MHz QDR; it's not the highest out of the box overclock, but it's fairly strong. It seems like a waste not to put that massive cooler to use, so as we mentioned in the introduction, we've taken the time to overclock it further ourselves.
What we ended up with was a very strong overclock. The core got to a massive 1000MHz; this pushed the Shader clock to 2000MHz and we got another 400MHz QDR out of the memory, pushing that to 4400MHz QDR.


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Thanks to a new curriculum developed in CSULB's Department of Social Work, new hires for the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) are gaining fresh insights into kinship care. That's the program where relatives take care of their youngest family members because of abuse, neglect, and other family challenges.
The six-hour curriculum, with additional modules for faculty to use for classroom teaching, is co-authored by Social Work's Eileen Mayers Pasztor, who joined the university in 1999, along with Social Work's Catherine C. Goodman and Marilyn Potts, who focus on older adults and senior issues.
Titled Kinship Caregivers and Social Workers: The Challenge of Collaboration, it helps to prepare 21st century social workers to better promote the care of young children by their relatives, typically grandparents.
"This is an excellent opportunity funded by the California Social Work Education Center (CalSWEC) to create 'research to practice' or 'evidence-based' curriculum," said Pasztor.
The Collaboration Practice Model suggests there are four phases in kinship care services assessing the kinship family, placing the child with kin, supervising the placement and closing the case; and that nine major issues that must be addressed during these four phases legal status, financial support, health care, school, child behavior, family relationships, support services, fair and equal treatment and satisfaction and recommendations.
There are five collaboration competencies that should be integrated throughout the four phases and while addressing the nine issues. These competencies are to respect knowledge and skill of others; build trust by meeting needs; facilitate open communication; respect cultural traditions, values and diversity; and use negotiation skills. Addressing the phases, issues, and competences is intended to help lead to the achievement of three federally mandated outcomes for children placed away from parents: child safety, well-being and permanency.
When children need protection and nurturing, instead of being placed with foster families, they are placed with relatives or kin, typically grandparents and most typically grandmothers. With more than 30,000 children in Los Angeles in the custody of DCFS, many are now living with relatives or extended family members instead of foster parents.
"This creates a whole set of dynamics involving financial and legal issues, health and mental health challenges, family relationships, school problems, etcetera, Pasztor explained. "In our research, our youngest grandmother was in her early 30s, the oldest in her 80s. We did focus groups of kinship caregivers and caseworkers resulting in 210 pages of narrative examples of challenges. From that, we developed a competency-based curriculum. In addition to training every brand-new caseworker (new hires), beginning this spring we will train every experienced caseworker in all of DCFS, as well." Pasztor is pleased to have an impact on tomorrow's social workers.
"We have completed one round of 'new hire' training here at our CSULB Child Welfare Training Center and at other centers around the county (sponsored by CSULA in Pasadena, UCLA in Torrance, and USC)," she explained. The evaluations are excellent and having a co-trainer who is a kinship caregiver herself lends extra credibility.
Pasztor has more than 30 years of experience in the child welfare field as a public agency caseworker, supervisor and administrator; as a curriculum developer and trainer working internationally; as an educator; and as a foster and adoptive parent for children with special needs.


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Lovely new home, close to town and freeway.
This is a unique experience where we shared a home with the owners. They and all of the dogs are very friendly and we were made to feel right at home. We weren't able to enjoy the full home due to time but there looks to be a great pool out back! We definitely recommend this property to folks looking for a place to put your head in the evenings or rest up before the big adventure.
Great place for Family Reunion!
Huge home, lots of room. Lots to do. Horseback riding was great. Did the canoeing, everyone enjoyed. Fishing, bring your own poles. Needed chairs for huge back porch, which luckily we brought. Had to bring own grill for the Reunion. Small gas grill on back porch. The Managers were awesome. My only complaint was the well water. Definitely need plenty of bottled water to drink and cook with. Horrible smell and also turned jewelry black. Next Year here we come!


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Kraft is launching a flatbread version of their best-selling DiGiorno pizza brand using the usual television and print outlets. In order to utilize the ever-increasing power of social media, however, they will also be delivering free pizza to tweetups.
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July 11, 2013
Carpenters' Hall
910 2nd
Avenue, Marina, CA
I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to
order by the Chair at 1:00 P.M.
The Pledge of Allegiance was
led by the Chair.
Roll call was conducted.
(Wes Morrill) – Quorum was present.
Roll Call:
James Bogan, Chair, United
Veterans Council. Ralph Villar, BOS
District 1. Lionardo Ortiz, BOS
District 3. Ralph Sirtak, BOS
District 4. Jack Stewart, Vice
Chair, United Veterans Council.
Ex officio:
Sid Williams, Monterey
County Military & Veterans' Affairs Advisory Commission. Sonja Arndt
(Congressman Sam Farr). Erica
Parker (Assemblymember Mark Stone).
Stephen Jorgensen, CDVA. Edith
Johnsen, Veterans' Families/Fundraising.
Tom Mancini, Ft. Ord Reuse Authority. Wes
Morrill, Monterey County Interim VSO.
Michael McFadden, Recorder
VSO Staff.
Rick Martin, BOS District 2.
Bill Nye, BOS District 5.
Nicole Charles (State Senator
Bill Monning).
Tim O'Halloran, City of Seaside.
Rich Garza, Central Coast Veterans
Cemetery Foundation.
II. Approval of June 13, 2013 Minutes:
The minutes of June 13, 2013
were unanimously approved (Stewart/Villar).
CAC Chairman Activity Report:
Both petitions regarding
development of parcels on Ft. Ord will be on the November 2013 ballot.
IV. Public Comments (Limited to 3 minutes
Mr. Steve Bloomer spoke
about a FORA meeting and about Inter-Garrison Road opening.
V. Update on pertinent Federal
legislative activities:
Sonja Arndt, representing
Congressman Sam Farr, reported the final pre-application for the Veterans
Cemetery is awaiting approval. The
budget set forth by CDVA (California Department of Veterans Affairs) to the
USDVA(United States Department of Veterans Affairs) for Phase #1 was $ 9.7
million. Presently about $7.2 million would be funded by USDVA leaving an
unfunded gap of approximately $2.5 million.
However, negotiations continue and the above numbers are subject to
change. It was noted all work on the
application to USDVA must be complete by August 15, 2013 to secure USDVA funding
in Fiscal Year 2013-14.
VI. Update on pending State Senate
No report.
VII. Update on State Assembly
Erica Parker, representing
Assemblymember Mark Stone, commented on the passage of AB 106 that clarifies
certain items relative to funding and reimbursement of monies to donors should
the cemetery project not move forward.
VIII. Update on Endowment Parcel/Seaside
No report.
IX. Update from FORA:
Jonathan Garcia reviewed the
FORA Board agenda for the FORA Board meeting scheduled for Friday, July 12, 2:00
Report from
No report.
XI. Update: Fundraising Liaison
Edith Johnsen reported that
the Heroes Open Golf Tournament fundraising committee met on June 20, and that
the letters and brochures for fundraising have been completed.
The next meeting will be on July 25.
New Business: CAC Revised By-Laws –
Action Item
Mr. Morrill reported the
matter of the Board of Supervisors becoming the "successor agency" is under
review by County Counsel. He
recommended a decision on the revised by-laws be continued pending the
"successor agency' matter becoming clarified as it relates to language in the
proposed revised by-laws. The
Committee concurred.
The meeting was adjourned
1:30 P.M. The next meeting will be
August 8, 2013.
Respectfully submitted,
Michael M. McFadden
VSO Recorder, for
Wes Morrill
Monterey County Interim VSO


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National Ramah TIkvah Network
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Links: Online Program Directory | Online Program Brochure
More than 40 years ago, Ramah became a pioneer and visionary in Jewish camping and in the Jewish community by establishing the Tikvah program for campers with disabilities. Today, the National Ramah Tikvah Network of programs offers the exceptional Ramah camp experience to Jewish children, teens, and young adults with a wide range of learning, developmental, cognitive, and social disabilities.
The goal of our programs is to enhance Jewish identity and teach Jewish values in a supportive, inclusive, fun environment. At Ramah, campers with disabilities have many opportunities to connect and participate in activities with campers throughout the camp. These interactions provide an exceptional benefit to the entire Ramah community by fostering a heightened sensitivity toward individual differences.
Regardless of the camper's geographic location, families are directed to the regional Ramah camp that best suits their child's needs. Our exceptional programs are located across nine Ramah camps in the United States and Canada. Program offerings include:
Additional Information
Research on Ramah Special Needs Programs
Al Pi Darko: National Ramah Symposium on Special Needs Programs
Ramah Special Needs Programs in the News
Funders of the National Ramah Tikvah Network
National Ramah Tikvah Network Named as One of Eighteen Leading Jewish Organizations Committed to Fostering Inclusion of People with Disabilities
The National Ramah Tikvah Network is a powerful incubator for young Jewish professionals who are motivated and trained to work with individuals with disabilities in the Jewish community. The network builds upon summer camp, which has proven to be an innovative and effective platform for disabilities initiatives in the Jewish community, and coordinates its disabilities-focused activities in year-round and professionally enriching ways. Staff alumni benefit from year-round professional development training and opportunities to sustain connections with their campers through weekly Shabbat-themed videoconferencing programs.
Slingshot evaluators called the Ramah Tikvah Network "a trailblazer," and noted "only the Ramah Tikvah Network is creating a cohort of young Jewish leaders committed to promoting inclusion in their future careers."
The Disabilities and Inclusion Guide was produced in partnership with the Ruderman Family Foundation, one of the funders of the Ramah Tikvah Network.
During our time at Camp Yofi, all we have to focus on is having fun. There are no goals, no therapies, no standards to meet. There is simply acceptance of each individual for who they are, for the joy each brings and the creation of true chaverim (friends).
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(CNN) — Dog owners should be wary of what treats they're giving their furry companions. The FDA is issuing a new health warning about jerky pet treats imported from China. The agency reported some 1,800 new cases of pet illnesses since the last warning in October. The FDA said the majority of the jerky treats … Continue reading »
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Wondering about all the retired generals led Boston Globe's Bender to great story
In his daily beat coverage at the Pentagon, the Boston Globe's Bryan Bender noticed that retired generals didn't disappear to the golf course after hanging up their uniforms. Instead, they were sticking around, this time in the suits of businessmen.
Bender is a Loeb Award finalist this year for his story, "From the Pentagon to the Private Sector," and said just being observant of possible trends in your beat can lead to bigger ideas.
He analyzed 750 three- and four-star retired military generals in his story, which took eight months to finish, and ultimately revealed the Pentagon's own revolving door wherein retired generals were being hired by defense companies as consultants. And Bender said it all started with his own observations and curiosity.
"The idea generated from covering the Pentagon over recent years where I noticed what seemed to be more retired generals just kind of around, and almost all of them seemed to be working for one private company or another," Bender said. "It was anecdotal."
From Bender's From the Pentagon to the private sector
"An hour after the official ceremony marking the end of his 35-year career in the Air Force, General Gregory "Speedy'' Martin returned to his quarters to swap his dress uniform for golf attire. He was ready for his first tee time as a retired four-star general."
Bender pegged his idea on the 50th anniversary of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1961 farewell address. The five-star general warned of the powerful permanent arms industry unlike the country had ever seen, and he and his aides worried how generals retiring and working for private defense companies would impact democracy.
"His warning was, we need to be aware of this because there may be some power there that may be unchecked," Bender said. "This powerful industry has this political clout as well as spending power."
To determine if Bender's anecdotal observations of this trend were accurate, he, a researcher and a couple of editors who were involved with the story almost daily, needed numbers.
They requested from all four military branches lists of their three- and four-star generals who had retired since 1990, a time when military spending was at historical highs. They then created a database that showed where each went after retiring.
"We got this striking growth of them going from the military to the private industry," Bender said. "The defense industry has swallowed some of the most senior officers in the military."
The generals advise the companies on how to pitch their latest weapons or technology to the military for purchase, much the same as Congressional aides go to work for lobbying firms. In some cases they were still being called in by the Pentagon to advise on specialized areas, creating what Bender called, "the potential for insider trading."
They began to contact some of the retirees directly to put a face on the story rather than simply writing about the numbers, Bender said.
Some didn't want to talk at all, some would only verify information in their documents, and some who did want to talk left Bender with the impression that this was so common nobody thought twice about it.
The consulting companies doing the hiring were even more unwilling to talk, with no response to dozens of Bender's requests. Being private companies, they are not under the same obligation as public companies to file information about themselves, meaning he had to rely even more heavily on the generals to provide information.
"It became this accepted process and nobody asked if it was a good thing or a bad thing," Bender said. "One of the common responses (from generals) was, 'I've been doing this for 40 years, this is what I know.' "
Bender also looked at ethics guidelines, or any rules that were in place to dictate behavior of retired generals, and he found that many of these hadn't been updated in years to account for this new trend. Many generals said they were unprepared for the onslaught.
"The extent to which the military and defense industry had become intertwined and arguably even more of a complex is far greater and far tighter a connection that it was several decades ago," Bender said. "Some generals would describe retiring and feeling almost like it was an NFL draft from defense companies offering what their new career could be."
Most reporters will find it difficult to spend eight months on a story, and many newspapers no longer have the resources to provide a researcher who can help create this type of extensive database.
"I credit my editors for seeing this as something different and new and worth investing in me, a researcher, and a couple of editors," Bender said. "There was an understanding from the get-go that this would take some time and was worth a few months."
The techniques Bender used to gain information and create a peg for a historical idea can be applied to other types of stories, and finding that peg can be the life or death of a story.


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The History of KWO
The award winning Kew Wind Orchestra ranks as one of Britain's top amateur wind ensembles.
Formed in 1984, it is renowned for its popular and challenging repertoire of jazz, classical and symphonic music.
In recent years, the band is proud to have won a succession of gold awards at the National Concert Band Festival finals, commissioned a number of world premieres and performed with some of the UK's leading musicians.
It has played in top concert venues around the country - including Newcastle's Sage hall and Westminster's St John's, Smith Square - and has performed in a number of major European capital cities.
KWO has won critical acclaim from the likes of world-famous trumpeter John Wallace OBE, who has remarked: "Now that's what I call a band."
The orchestra has also been honoured to commission and perform world premieres of works by acclaimed composers Derek Bourgeois, Michael Omer and Eddie Harvey.
In April 2008, KWO became the only wind orchestra in Britain to win gold for three years in a row in the open class of the NCBF finals with it's 'remarkable' performance of Dominic Muldowney's thrilling Dance Suite.
In 2005, the orchestra also won a silver award for its first performance at the highly-competitive World Music Competition in Kerkrade, Holland. In 2004, KWO was delighted to be invited to open the first ever London International Wind Festival as guest performers.
Guest soloists who have played with the orchestra include clarinetist Linda Merrick and London Philharmonic Orchestra trombonist Mark Templeton. In the autumn of 2005, KWO was thrilled to be joined by singer Louise Marshall - a member of Jools Holland's band - for a sell-out jazz showcase at the Hampton Hill playhouse.
With over 40 members, KWO enjoys a thriving diary of concerts, foreign tours and social events. The band, conducted by Spencer Down, is an entirely self-supporting community band and was awarded an Arts for All Lottery Grant in 2001.


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GI6 Greek Island Hopping
Guided Athens city tour; Scenic local ferries, more time on isles than a cruise; Spectacular Santorini; Beautiful beaches of Mykonos; Guided Knossos site tour; Guided Chania walking tour
Tour Map
Hotel List
The following is a list of sample hotels at some locations included on this tour. The hotels shown here are meant to provide a general sense of the standard of hotel we usually aim for; they are not necessarily confirmed for your chosen departure.
Hotel Atlantis
Location: Heraklion, Crete, Town Center, close to the archaeological museum.
Rating: 5-star
The well-known Atlantis Hotel is situated right in the town center and commands a spectacular view of the harbour. All rooms feature air conditioning, satellite TV, fridge, mini bar, spacious veranda, phone, and hairdryer.
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Hotel Petinos
Location: Platy (Beach) Yialos, Mykonos (20 minutes to town by bus)
Rating: 3-star
Hotel Petinos, built and painted in traditional Cycladic architecture and colours, offers its guests a warm, cozy, hospitable environment. The Hotel was renovated in January 2006. All rooms and common use areas are air conditioned. The hotel also provides a TV room, a large courtyard garden, bar and restaurant facilities and a swimming pool nearby. There is a mini market just across the street.
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Tonight, the Kings make the long, arduous 6-hour trek from Sacramento to Los Angeles hoping to reignite a rivalry that hasn't existed in quite some time. Considering the relative merits of both teams — one great, one the Kings — they've got a nearly impossible task on their hands. However, at least one King won't have to worry about rekindling the animosity that made games between the teams in the early 2000′s so much fun.
No, for Pooh Jeter, a Los Angeles native, there's already enough built-in hostility from just playing for the Kings that he doesn't even need his team to be good again to get people riled up. To wit, from the Sacramento Bee:
"Everybody's a Laker fan," Jeter said. "They say they don't boo me when we play against them. They say they boo my team because they're Laker fans."
That's right — Pooh Jeter's entire family is going to be rooting against the team he plays for. Not rooting against Pooh, duh, just his team. As they say, "Don't hate the player, hate the game." Seems applicable.
This is interesting. I've always wondered how fans deal with their kids playing sports. Like, Bill Walton is the biggest Celtics fan of all-time. He won a title with the Celtics and swears by their philosophy, history and general Celticness. There is no bigger Celtics fan, literally, than Bill Walton. But his son plays for the Lakers. He's won a few titles with the Lakers and it's the only team that's ever employed him. How does Bill Walton root for his favorite team's rival while still rooting for his son? I guess it's like Jeter's family is going to do — root against the team, root for the kid. That's great.
They say blood is thicker than water, which is true on a molecular level. But you never hear about whether or not blood is thicker than fandom, probably because they're not both liquids.


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Bring home authentic south-of-the-border fun and flavors by inviting friends over for the ultimate Mexican-style taco bar. It's easy with our time-saving trio of entrees, all slow-simmered in handcrafted sauces from Tacolicious—a popular San Francisco taqueria inspired by the world-class restaurants of Mexico City. Fork tender and fully cooked, the beef short ribs and chicken thighs arrive ready to heat and serve with tortillas and salsa. Just mix up a batch of margaritas, put on some mariachi music—and enjoy your fiesta!
Guajillo Chile Short Ribs: These fork-tender beef short ribs are enlivened with a signature blend of guajillo, morita and ancho chiles, highlighted by Texan bock beer, caramelized onions and spices.
Mole Rojo Chicken: Chiles, spices, nuts and seeds are blended with fire-roasted tomatoes, onions and a hint of Mexican chocolate, giving this savory chicken a rich, complex character all its own.
Shot & A Beer Chicken: A spirited combo of Texan beer and tequila with a touch of habanero pepper give this succulent chicken a bold, spicy kick.
- 3 lb. each of Guajillo Chile Short Ribs, Mole Rojo Chicken and Shot & A Beer Chicken (9 lb. total).
- Serves 12.
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The Guajillo Chile Short Ribs, Mole Rojo Chicken and Shot and a Beer Chicken were shipped in vacuum-sealed pouches frozen with dry ice, which may have evaporated during shipment. This is normal. Please take care not to touch any remaining dry ice with bare hands. Upon receipt, place the pouches, unopened, in the freezer, where they will keep for up to 1 year, or thaw and use within 14 days. Once opened, the ribs and chicken will keep 3 days, refrigerated.
Heating Instructions (from thawed)
- Fill large saucepot with 1 gallon of water and bring to boil.
- Turn heat down to a light simmer (water is simmering when small bubbles are forming; make sure the water is not boiling) and place unopened pouch of ribs or chicken and sauce into water.
- Maintain a low simmer and reheat for 30–35 minutes.
- Remove package from water and let it rest, unopened, for 3 minutes.
- Carefully cut open and place meat or chicken and sauce in serving dish.
Conventional Oven:
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Open ribs or chicken and sauce pouch, place in an oven-safe baking dish with juices. Cover with aluminum foil and reheat for 30–35 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, remove aluminum foil and return to oven for 8 minutes.
- After 8 minutes, remove from oven and let rest for 2 minutes.
- Place ribs or chicken and sauce pouch in the microwave safe tray and pierce 6–7 times. Place in the center of the microwave and heat on HIGH for 12–15 minutes.
- Allow package to rest for 3 minutes.
- Remove dish from microwave, open pouch and slide contents into a serving dish.
- Ingredients
- Short Ribs: Beef [Beef, Sea Salt, Canola Oil, Black Pepper, Sugar], Guajillo Chile Braising Sauce [Guajillo Chille Braising Sauce [Onion, Filtered Water, Bock Beer, Red Chile Blend (Ancho, Guajillo, Morita), Garlic, Expeller-Pressed Canola Oil, Salt, Spices (Cumin, Black Pepper, Mexican Oregano), Evaporated Cane Sugar, Citric Acid], Water, Stabilizer [Modified Food Starch (Corn), Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum, and Mono & Diglycerides].
- Mole Rojo Chicken: Chicken Thigh [Chicken Thigh, Canola Oil, Sea Salt, Sugar, Black Pepper], Mole Sauce [Mole Sauce [Filtered Water, Roasted Tomato, Red Chile Blend (Ancho, Pasilla, Guajillo, Mulato, Morita, Chipotle), Dark Brown Sugar (Sugar, Molasses), Mexican Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Liquor, Vegetable Fat, Soy Lecithin, Cinnamon Flavor), Roasted Onion, Natural White Bread (Enriched Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Filtered Water, Organic Sugar, Yeast, Sunflower Oil, Crystalline Corn Fructose, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Barley Malt Powder, Calcium Carbonate, Cultured Wheat Starch, Raisin Juice Concentrate, Vinegar, Enzyme Blend [Wheat Flour, Dextrose, Natural Enzymes], Ascorbic Acid), Natural Flavor (Water, Hydrolyzed Yeast, Natural Flavor, Lactic Acid), Toasted Almond, Salt, Peanut, Toasted Pumpkin Seed, Evaporated Cane Sugar, Roasted Garlic, Mexican Cinnamon, Allspice, Star Anise, Cloves], Water, Food Starch-Modified]
- Shot and a Beer Chicken: Chicken Thigh [Chicken Thigh, Canola Oil, Sea Salt, Sugar, Black Pepper], Shot and a Beer Braising Sauce [Shot and a Beer Braising Sauce [Tomato (Tomato, Tomato Juice, Calcium Chloride, Citric Acid), Filtered Water, Onion, Bock Beer, Ancho Chile, Garlic, Salt, Expeller-Pressed Canola Oil, Chipotle Chile (Chipotles, Water, Tomato Paste, Vinegar, Salt, Sugar, Garlic, Soybean Oil), Tequila, Spices (Cumin, Mexican Oregano), Habanero Chile, Distilled White Vinegar, Citric Acid], Water, Food Starch-Modified]
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VADODARA: ABVP swept the M S University's Students Union (MSUSU) elections on Tuesday as it won both the top two posts of union general secretary (GS) and vice-president (VP). ABVP candidates not only swept the union posts but they also won the posts of faculty general secretary (FGS) at majority of faculties.
ABVP candidates Dhruvdevsinh Gohil and Parul Giri won by a margin of over 1,000 votes against their rival NSUI candidates. With this, the student outfit not only retained the post of GS which it had won during the last MSUSU polls but it snatched away the VP's post from NSUI.
ABVP's VP candidate Parul Giri won by a difference of 1,082 votes as she garnered 5,896 votes in her support against NSUI's Bhumika Barot who got 4,814 votes. The third candidate Swati Panchal who was also contesting for the VP's post got 285 votes.
Similarly, ABVP's GS candidate Dhruvdevsinh Gohil got 5,530 votes in his favour against his rival candidate Gautam Naik from NSUI who received 4,491 votes. Gohil won by a difference of 1,039 votes. Two other GS candidates Bhavik Kosti and Ravi Agrawal bagged only 97 and 656 votes in their support.
Interestingly, ABVP was riding high on the Anna Hazare movement by taking out rallies in support of the anti corruption crusader while NSUI had remained silent over it. It was the Faculty of Commerce, which is considered to be a traditional stronghold of NSUI, which changed the game in favour of ABVP. This year, the coalition had ensured maximum mobilization of students through private vehicles.
At Faculty of Commerce, Nishant Shah was a candidate jointly supported by Happy Club-Sardar Patel Group and ABVP coalition for the post of FGS. Shah garnered 2,642 votes in his favour against NSUI's candidate Pramod More who bagged 1,493 votes - a clear margin of 1,149 votes.
Even at Faculty of Arts, Satish Rawal, a FGS candidate roped in by Yuva Shakti group and supported by ABVP got 460 votes against Jai Mataji group's Swetang Shashtri who bagged 224 votes.
It was only at Faculty of Science, where ABVP supported candidate could not taste victory for the post of FGS. Vinit Patel who was contesting under the banner of SP group-ABVP bagged 393 votes against Royal group's combine Shreyansh Trivedi who bagged 976 votes.
Much before the election results were declared, ABVP had already started celebrations by taking out a victory rally from the main campus to the union pavilion.
ABVP claimed that FGS candidates supported by it had won in nine faculties including that at commerce and arts. At Polytechnic College and Faculty of Technology and Engineering, ABVP supported candidates Mohit Patel and Jayesh Balai were already declared as won uncontested as FGS. At Faculty of Family and Community Science, Radhika Amin and at Faculty of Law Jignesh Patel won the FGS's posts. At Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shraddha Satta, at Faculty of Social Work, Chanki Bhatiya and at Faculty of Performing Arts, Ravi Bhoi emerged as winners of FGS' posts.
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Weather stations reported measure variances in rainfall across the county. According to Curtis Cline of Cleveland-Bradley County Emergency Management Agency, 4.17 inches of rain fell from Friday until this morning at 8.
The possibility of more significant measures of rainfall still exists this afternoon and spotty rainfall persisted this morning in some areas.
Several road closures due to flooding were reported to 911 officials.
Barricades were placed on Blythe Avenue and Candies Lane to keep motorists from traveling through high water. Localized flooding was also reported in the Chestuee area, Harris Creek Road, Blythewood and Old Harrison Pike as well as several other areas.
Saturday morning, a large tree fell across Georgetown Road near Vassey Lawn Equipment. Utility crews worked to repair and restore power in the area while the tree was cut away. Bradley County Sheriff's deputies provided traffic control as the work was done.
Rainfall amounts in the area were more than 4.5 inches in the Chestuee area, according to Cline.
Rain, which began Friday, became heavy at times Saturday and Sunday.
West Polk County Fire and Rescue Chief Steve Lofty said TVA officials reported flood boards located at the top of TVA Dam 1 broke away, but no other damage was evident.
Lofty said today that TVA officials reregulated the flow and all was expected to be OK as runoff from the mountain streams continued.
He reported only minor flooding in areas of Polk County.
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A sweet MUAer sent me a sample of this wedding cake cream, and upon opening it I feel so intoxicated by the sugar vanillary smell! However, on my skin the smell dries down to a plastic sweetness, with almost a stale cake underneath. It's not too awful, but not as divine as I hoped. Which is too bad, because this cream leaves my hands feeling aboslutely wonderful. I will probably purchase body cream from NE one day, but not in this scent.
I love the texture of this! It's the best. I'm not sure how I feel about the fragrance though. In the tub it smells heavenly, but the dry-down is a bit different. It's not bad...but I'm not sure if I really like it or not. I won't repurchase this scent only because I want to try others. EDIT: The scent has grown on me! I want to eat it off my hands now! LOL I'll buy this again.
I really like the new body whip formulation. The cream is just like marshmallow fluff and sinks in really fast. It leaves no residue, but I can tell my skin is really softened. It feels truly moisturized.
I love the Wedding Cake scent- it is a very subtle, soft but not cloying vanilla cake scent. I agree with the sugar cone analogy below.
I will repurchase this product, but I really wish the scent was stronger!
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This is my #1 HG fragrance, no doubt about it! I love the scent so much that I carry my jar of NE Wedding Cake everywhere I go. It's such a luscious vanilla cake scent, with almost a sugar-cone note to it. No plastic scent whatsoever! Pure, delicious, beautiful heaven. I will keep buying this stuff as long as Monique keeps making it. *Swoon!*
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I really wished I liked this scent but it just doesn't work for me. As popular as this scent is, I just don't get the appeal--it's got a plastic smell to me. The packaging is nice, however, and the texture is a fabulous melt-in-your-hands type.
I'm surprised at the negative reviews. I've searched high and low for a true vanilla/white cake scent with no almond/cherry in it and this is it! I adore it and have two tubs of it at home just in case. :)
This is one of my all time favorite vanilla scents! It's a comforting cakey smell that is neither too strong nor too faint. Just perfect.
It's not one of my favorite scents but it is nice. It smells like a creamy vanilla cake. I find that some vanillas work for me and some don't.
This smelled like an off vanilla cake to me - I am finding I don't wear vanillas well. This is not the first to not smell right on me and is another one I am glad I got a sample of first. I was hoping for a more white cake with frosting smell.
one dab on my arm and i came to a very important realization: this smells exactly like my beloved AZW vanilla cream cake roll-on. good news (!!) because my AZW vanilla cream cake body cream smells nowhere NEAR as tasty as the roll-on - a fact that has saddened me all this time. now i can layer the two and be the best smelling gal on the block. two thumbs up.
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The penchant for modernity at o-toro recently caught the eye and taste buds of County Lines magazine's staff, which named it one of Philly's Best New Ventures of 2013. The restaurant's track lighting illuminates a contemporary scene marked by wooden fixtures, vibrant splotches of red and orange, and plates of Japanese cuisine with Mexican, Korean, and American influences. Sushi, sashimi, and specialty rolls—such as the signature o-toro roll with fatty tuna tartar, spicy mayo, and jalapeño—are served alongside tapas-style plates of filet mignon dumplings, duck tacos, and skewers of Korean-style fried chicken. At the polished wooden bar, bartenders pour wine, sake, and craft beer.
Shangri-La Inn's chefs execute dexterous cooking maneuvers as they slice, sauté, and sear savory hibachi fare on a tabletop griddle right in front of diners' eyes. The eatery's extensive menu teems with myriad hibachi options from chicken and scallops ($18.95) to new york strip steak and shrimp ($18.95), all served with salad, vegetables, and fried rice. Other dishes include lobster tail ($24.95) and chilean sea bass with shrimp ($26.95), sizzled and then fired from a slingshot into awaiting mouths.
Sushiwa Japanese Restaurant's sushi rolls set tongues wagging with eclectic ingredients and expert craftsmanship. Signature dishes such as the california, spicy tuna, and cucumber rolls leave a scrawl of notarized flavor across patrons' tongues, whereas specialty rolls such as the hawaiian—spicy tuna topped with avocado, roe, almond, and wasabi sauce—delight taste buds. Non-sushi fare, such as chicken and steak, arrives doused in savory teriyaki sauce.
More than 40 house and specialty maki rolls star at Sima Sushi Cafe. They contain ingredients ranging from pickled radish to spicy salmon. The BYOB restaurant draws diners with fresh salads and pan-fried appetizers such as shrimp shumai. These soon make way for a parade of raw and tempura-battered rolls. Traditional nigiri selections are topped with seafood staples such as octopus, surf clam, and bottled messages.
While scanning the pages of Nooddi Thai Chef's eclectic and lengthy menu amid the eatery's oceanic murals, eyes are forced to stop at words that stand out against the traditional "dumpling," "curry," and "satay." The kitchen staff's specialties cause these double takes on a daily basis, as they introduce eccentric proteins such as wild boar in a garlic red curry sauce or saut?ed alligator in an aromatic herb sauce. In addition to their Thai classics, the cooks assemble flavors from across Asia, including those in Vietnamese pho, Japanese yakisoba, and Indonesian mee goreng.
Sakura Japanese Cuisine traffics in time-tested Japanese dishes. Sushi dinners highlight chef-selected sampler platters and old-fashioned hand rolls, some of which are crafted with ingredients that are rarely seen stateside, such as plum paste and a fermented-soybean delicacy known as natto. Chefs also whip up traditional entrees, including lightly fried vegetable tempura, shrimp teriyaki with miso soup, and hibachi-grilled steak. They even make authentic sukiyaki hot pots, which come accompanied by morsels of beef or chicken.


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What that's Noize?
June 8, 2009 | Filed Under music | 4 Comments
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HOOOO. Caught a glimpse of the Boys Noize Starter EP on myspace a few days ago and let me tell you. Let, me, tell, you.
Everything you know and love from Boys Noize is there. The techno organ, the vague vocal, the wwaaaahhhh, and the wwwWWAAHHHHH. 'Jeffer' kicks you into a funky filter rhythm before dropping the shuffling organ riff which eventually builds into the wild-massive main melody. This song has just enough weird to let you completely cut the music and just as people start scratching their heads, start Jeffer by slowly fading in on the intro rhythm. The reaction won't be instant, but just make sure you bring the volume up to 'Party Level™' before the 50 second mark. Fire on the roof.
And, Yahtzee™.
…and what's that? oh yeah,
BONÜS Material!
The Twelves, what more can I say about them that I haven't already? Legendary techno-disco-pop born in Rio. This little gem was off of a 2009 Vectra GT promo disc featuring a few reworks of A-Ha's classic 'Take on Me'. Obviously, the only one worth beans was the Twelves track. Listen up.
A-Ha – Take on Me (the Twelves Remix)
PS: if you want to see any previous mentions, listen to any previously posted stuff from any of the above artists, just click the corresponding tag at the top or bottom of this post.
PPS: did you know I updated my decrepit splash page?
Getting so Siriusmo in this bitch with Dragonette (addendum)
May 28, 2009 | Filed Under music | 3 Comments
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So remember that last update featuring a gem track from Siriusmo? Remember how I promised a follow-up with tracks from his Diskoding album? Finally, the addendum to the aforementioned is upon us.
To start us off, here's a mellow, vague vocal, organ synth track. It starts out as an unbelievably vague amalgamation of ambiance….all lightly held together by a simple string of rhythm. Look out for the breakdown @ 1:20 –this is where things get interesting. The vague ambiance is now starting to take shape with a buildup in melody and Boys Noize throws a high pass filter on the drums right before it breaks chorus. Melody is lost as quickly as it took shape. The minimal approach and mid-verse mutation to this track shows how versatile 'Noize and Siriusmo can get but don't worry, that delicious melody that had its fleeting stint of fame comes back for an encore of church organ goodness right before the end.
fuck, did i just write that?
Siriusmo – Mein Menu Fahrrad (Boys Noize Edit)
Ok now that the deep stuff is out of the way, keyboard bass synth 4 life. Arpeggios 4 life. no thinking needed. GET YO' ZINZIN BITCH
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Dragonette. Remember that fun as hell Van She (Tech) (call me, bitches) remix of 'I Get Around"? They're back and this original single is so money. Overdrive Overdrive Overdrive Overdrive (Super Keyboards) Overdrive Overdrive Overdrive.
Here's the Van She Tech remix for those who haven't heard. Blog vintage! So mode….I could eat that van she tech synth for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Dragonette – I Get Around (Van She Vocal Mix)
Clearing the mind.
May 5, 2009 | Filed Under music | 3 Comments
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Hello mon amis~
I have the best and worst memory ever. It fails every time I need to recall something very necessary, remembers the most minute details of things that would never be of importance and most definitely always forgets the ugly girls.
In a story similar to last time's shenanigans, I was trying to figure out the name of a track that had been haunting me. Instead of letting it nag at me for months, I decided to call upon the powers of the iChat. Please refer to link up there or click here for the scoop.
Anyway, internet's one helluva drug. Thanks to all those who brainstormed with me, and to @doriandumont for pulling in the clutch victory.
Was it worth the effort?
FUCK YES. get ready for straight unadulterated techno. twice.
Boys Noize + Para One = WAAAHHHHHHHHHHH for dayyyys. get it? @ 2:30 this track will claim your soul as its own.
Boys Noize – My Head (Para One Remix)
In the recording from this, 'My Head' is being mixed with another track for the vocals. That other track is LFO's massive 'Freak'. Loving life right now.
EXTRA: Here's a little treat that has been proven to make any party go absolutely bonkers. nudge the bpm and use at your own risk.
YYY's - Zero (N.A.S.A. Bloody Lobo Remix)
it is imperative that you realize the danger
June 24, 2008 | Filed Under music, photography | Leave a Comment
You've all heard Danger before. Whether it be in someone's mixtape, your friends car space, TV space, movie space, radiospace, outer space, deep sea space, cyberspace, or myspace, you've heard it.
Aside from the awesome original productions (which hypem is overflowing with), Danger also dips his skinny fingers in the remix production game. I recently came across this track which made the A/C in my house explode with random, PBR-wielding dancing hipsters crawling out of the vents.
I can guarantee that you'll hear this coming from my and everyone else's car/headphones/house/parties ….starting last month.
Boys Noize – Ne.Oh!.Pen (Danger remix) (right click, save as)
get yo shine on
November 22, 2007 | Filed Under music | Leave a Comment
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Happy thanksgiving my American friends. I hope everyone eats hard and fills their bellies and then pops 10 pills of caffeine in order to hurry out to the gobs (pun intended) of thanksgiving parties going on in LA.
I got this remix from LA's local, BUL!M!ATRON! (Bulimiatron) yesterday, and it's amazing what some drum layering and especially……………HAND CLAPS (take note everyone) can do to an already impressive Boys Noize track.
Boys Noize – Shine Shine (BUL!M!X)


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Durango Blues Train – Saturday, June 2
Jump aboard the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gage Railroad this weekend for the second annual Durango Blues Train. Experience the magic of the trek to Silverton with added bonus of blues, beer and dancing. Enjoy live entertainment—each coach hosts a different artist—while the coal-fired, steam-powered train winds it's way through the magnificent San Juan National Forest. The main car offers a host of hot and cold beverages and snacks.
The Blues Train has been deemed one of Durango's best new events. Add it to your calendar this year, and it's sure to become a tradition. Find a sitter for the kiddos – this event is for those 21 and over only.
The ride takes 3 hours and leaves from Durango at 6:20 pm, returning just before 10:00 pm. The tickets are $95/person and are limited because of the events growing popularity, so make sure and reserve them in advance!


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On Being Right or Wrong
"We should be slow to accuse another of discarding the authority of Scripture, and therefore denouncing them, just because they interpret Scripture differently than we do."
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"We should be slow to accuse another of discarding the authority of Scripture, and therefore denouncing them, just because they interpret Scripture differently than we do."
While I have known of many people who have been driven away from the Church by controversies related to evolution, I do not personally know of anyone who has embraced Christianity primarily because they were persuaded to reject evolution. While evolutionary theory can be used to support an atheistic explanation for how the world came to be, it does not require that perspective.
The great irony lies here: these partisans are actually leading good-hearted people to reject their faith, precisely because these partisans have convinced these good-hearted people that they must accept a false dichotomy.
As people came together for real conversations, they actually listened to one another, which is not always common in the kind of controversial topics we were exploring—topics about origins, evolution, and biblical interpretation.
"Being confronted with evolution may have been the catalyst for asking the difficult questions, but the real problem for me was not evolution – it was biblical literalism."
"All of a sudden, it was possible to grant a text deep authority (a 'high view of scripture' we say) while discounting neither our own experience, nor the historical experience of those writing, compiling, editing that same text. To put it differently, all of a sudden, history mattered—the history of the text itself, and the history of our interpretations of a text."


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Using Gmail Offline with Google Apps
If you're like me you have your domain names mapped to Gmail using Google Apps. This is a really cool thing to do if you've not done it btw. If you're like me two times over you've noticed that the "Offline" feature in Gmail has quit working as of late… or isn't working at all if you're just now trying to activate it.
Sure, you can go into "Labs" and enable it just fine, but the little offline link in the top right hand corner doesn't show up. I kept thinking, and searching for, "I don't see the offline link." Well, here's how to fix it…
NOTE: You'll need to be the administrator of the domain to do this. If you are not, point them here and let them do it for you.
- Login to your domain name Google Apps administration panel. ex: https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/YOURDOMAIN.com/
- Go to the "Domain Settings" tab.
- Scroll down until you see the "New Services and Pre-release Features" section.
- Check BOTH boxes in that section.
- Save your changes.
Now you just have to wait about 10 minutes, reload your Google Apps Gmail page, and you should see the little "Offline" link at the top!


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Court Orders Commission to Pay PETA $75K Over 'Opossum Drop' Case
A superior court judge has awarded PETA nearly $75,000 in attorneys' fees over a frivolous appeal filed by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) after a November 2012 ruling by the Office of Administrative Hearings that the annual "Opossum Drop" held in Brasstown was illegal and that the WRC had acted unlawfully when it issued a permit for the crude and cruel event.
After the WRC appealed the ruling to the North Carolina Superior Court, PETA filed a motion to dismiss the appeal as frivolous. Two days later, the WRC dropped its appeal, and PETA filed a motion to recover its attorneys' fees. Now the state's taxpayers are stuck with the bill for the agency's baseless and wrongheaded action.
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There's a moment in Final Fantasy XIII when everything clicks. After fumbling through a jumble of confusing terminology and a dozen-plus overly linear point-A-to-point-B dungeon maps, we found ourselves in a giant stadium flooded with hostile soldiers equipped with rocket launchers - all amid a backdrop of dizzying icy pathways.
We'd finally managed to rejoin characters who, up to this point, had been splintered into separate groups. And now it was payback time. After assembling a battle team capable of laying serious waste with damaging, meaty right hooks and lightning-quick elemental missiles, we were in it to win it.
But getting to that point had been more like slowly stumbling through a tunnel of overwhelming tutorials and convoluted plot foreshadowing than freely exploring a brave new world. L'Cie what? Fal'Cie who? Wait, what's Gran Pulse, and how does that differ from this place called Cocoon? And how do we work this nutty-paced battle system with all of its new-fangled Paradigms and Crystogen Points?
We'll say this: Final Fantasy XIII is one crazy-harsh mistress in its opening ten or so hours. It's like being dropped into the final season of Lost without having seen a single prior episode.
But there's a method behind all the madness. There's a real reason the epic story feels like a series of flashbacks and why the game grills you on learning all the nuances of its incredible battle system. And while your mileage will vary as to when you'll get hooked, once you do, it all comes together like a fantastic puzzle.
Role playing
Let's get something else out of the way: if you think you know what to expect in a Final Fantasy game, you don't. Square has scrapped nearly every convention in the series' usual bag of tricks. Final Fantasy XIII has no towns: all shopping for weapons and healing items is done at Save Points. You won't find an airship, so there's no backtracking through previous locations until much, much later in the story. This game is built for speed. It's made for you to move from one plot point to the next, with no looking back.
Between story breaks, you'll be doing a whole lot of fighting, and the battle system is fast - really fast. You're responsible for assigning 'roles' to each of three party members in battle, dictating what their abilities are in combat, in something called Paradigms.
For example, making the deliciously coiffed Lightning a commando means she gift-wraps enemies with some devastating attacks. But while she's a commando, Lightning isn't able to heal or spam the enemy with debuffing spells to lower their abilities, so you'll want to assign someone else as Medic and a third person as a Synergist.
You can also stack your Paradigms with up to six different combos (two healers and a defender, or a Synergist, an elemental blaster, and an attacker) that you can swap on the fly during battle. How you pick your team also affects how fast or effectively you'll 'Stagger' different enemies. Staggering bad guys leaves them open and more vulnerable to attack, but you'll need to chain attacks between fighters to reach the varying Stagger points.
All this may sound like algebra, but trust us - once you get the hang of FFXIII's tough-love combat, it's intoxicating. It gives fights a level of strategy and white-knuckle tension that's missing in most other RPGs. A brand-new scoring system adds yet another layer of complexity to the mix, but really it's all about how ridiculously smart the battle system makes you feel the minute you manage to ground a 30-story-tall monster with a well-timed stagger, or by swapping between the right Paradigms.


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True, though I'm pretty sure 99.9% of the population doesn't like random pop ups flying all over their screen. Opera and Mozilla have had a pop up blocker built in for years. Why hasn't IE followed suit? (rhetorical... please don't answer that... )
Pop ups have been a huge problem for users for YEARS and IE has NEVER addressed the issue... that's bad software development.