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A Pakistani man selling car parts waits for customers on May 4, 2013 in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan's parliamentary elections are due to be held on May 11. Imran Khan of Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf (PTI) and Nawaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PMLN) have been campaigning hard in the last weeks before polling.
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Department Store: Stylist Stephen Marr and fashion designers Karen Walker and Dan Gosling are the brains behind Auckland's version of Colette, in Paris, or Dover Street Market, in London: independent labels such as Lemlem and 3.1 Phillip Lim mix with Walker's own line and those of other Australasians. Home accessories by the ceramicist Simon James are also on offer, as is a small edit of TopShop pieces each season.
Zambesi: A Ponsonby Road classic, designer Elizabeth Findlay's one-room boutique stocks clean-lined, deconstructed pieces for men and women that recall Helmut Lang or Rick Owens: draped cottons and linens in greige and shades of ebony. A well-curated collection of shoes and boots rounds out the picture.
Flotsam & Jetsam: Cameron Woodcock's funky merchandising style belies the blue-chip quality of many of the goods at this antiques and ephemera emporium. You'll find vintage gardening books and eclectic furniture, Fiesta Dinnerware and photographs with serious provenance, and much more in the multiroom space.
Father Rabbit: Devotees of Restoration Hardware won't want to miss the impeccably ordered housewares here, including vintage wooden cutting boards, southern-French crockery, and white enamel cookware.
World: This hodgepodge of own-brand clothing for both sexes (think a little Paul & Joe, a little Theory), jewelry, and, um, taxidermy (a fetish of the owners) is a longtime Auckland favorite.

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252 Department of External Affairs to Officer, Embassy in Washington and High Commission in London
Cablegrams 92, 823, 3676 CANBERRA, 23 September 1948, 11.10 a.m.
My immediately following telegram [1] comprises latest report from Critchley on Indonesian situation, which, as will be seen, is extremely precarious. One of the principal dangers is that of precipitate Dutch action to intervene with force inside the Republic on the excuse of suppressing Communists. It is clearly most important that Dutch should show forbearance and allow Hatta every chance to crush insurgents in his own way, and with his own forces. The best course which the Dutch can take is to indicate prompt and genuine acceptance of American proposals, and to lend Hatta encouragement along the lines of paragraph 4 of Critchley's telegram.
2. If they do not sustain Hatta during next vital few weeks, they will invite chaos and will have missed opportunity of a reasonable settlement which still offers some prospect of permanence.
Alternative of Dutch military action will lose all.
3. For The Hague only. You should take first opportunity to press these arguments with The Hague authorities.
For Washington only. We understand that Unites States Government, in discussions with Stikker, has stood firm against substantial modifications of United States proposals. This will encourage United States representatives at Batavia, and you should impress upon State Department our view that a great deal depends on continued American firmness.
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On Monday, Houston Dynamo players and coaches participated in the eighth annual Tommy Bahama Island Cowboy Classic at The Woodlands Country Club. More than 30 teams participated in the event which included Dynamo forwards Brian Ching and Will Bruin, midfielder Andrew Driver, defenders Bobby Boswell and Mike Chabala and coaches Dominic Kinnear and Steve Ralston.
Proceeds from the event benefitted the Woodlands Shooting Stars Special Olympics and Dynamo Charities, presented by The Halliburton Charitable Foundation.
This past week, Dynamo Charities and Dynamo Sidekicks offered fans the opportunity to have dinner and hang out with their favorite Dynamo players at their annual Dine with the Dynamo event.
It was a great chance for fans to play games, get autographs and personally interact with Dynamo players and their families.
The proceeds for the event, which included a silent auction with items donated by the players, are going toward a soccer field in the East End of Houston.
What a fantastic start to 2013 for Dynamo Charities! The annual Fire Sale was a great success and with the support of Dynamo season ticket holders, we were able to raise more than $40,000 for Dynamo Charities initiatives throughout the year. A huge thanks to everyone who made the event a success, from the BBVA Compass Stadium staff to the volunteers to Kroger for donating the bags and all of our sponsors. More than 700 season ticket holders purchased Dynamo gear, but the event went smoothly and I could not be more happy. A big thank you to Dynamo Charities board member Rob Denton for getting us "squared" away on credit card readers.
At the Fire Sale, we also sold 50 seats for Dine with the Dynamo (or Picnic with the Players as I call it) set for April 16 at the stadium. Limited tickets remain, so I encourage everyone to act quickly. Seats can be purchased at www.houstondynamo.com/sidekicks. Proceeds from the event, along with funds from Rotary Club of Houston Skyline, will help fund a youth soccer field on the east side of downtown.
This week, we honored Calen Carr and the Dynamo staff for their work with Big Brothers Big Sisters. Many of the Dynamo front office have "littles" now at Rusk Elementary, and we all know it takes more than a knee injury to keep Calen from hanging out with his "little".
Our sponsor, Halliburton Charitable Foundation, is offering an easy way for fans to raise money for Dynamo Charities. Halliburton will donate $5 for every "like" or "share" that we receive on this post. Please take two seconds to hit the button, so we can continue to put on great events in the Houston community.
We will soon announce details for your chance to golf at the TPC with some of the Dynamo players – hold your calendar for Monday, April 22 and look for information on how to register for the Tommy Bahama Golf Tournament.
Also, don't forget Houston Tour de Cure on Saturday, September 21. You can sign up today and start raising money at: www.diabetes.org/houstontourdecure. Please contact Marc Vasquez if your company would like to sponsor us and have their logo be part of the coolest bike jersey in town.
In future blogs I'll share details on more great events including: Go for Goal 5K and Diesel Fun Run, when you can get a really good haircut (think just in time for school) and a new event where we will have a toy drive at the stadium.
Please check back for my next blog or follow me on Twitter (@dynamochrtytony) for more regular updates.
On Tuesday, the Dynamo and Dynamo Charities, presented by Halliburton, kicked off the Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring program at Rusk Elementary School in Houston's East End.
The program was funded through fan donations as well as through Calen Carr's "Big Play" campaign, which included a celebrity bowling event last October. The initiatives combined to raised more than $5,000 to jump-start the mentoring program. Mentors included Dynamo forward Calen Carr, team president Chris Canetti as well as 15 members of the Dynamo front office.
"We've got a lot of people from the Dynamo front office who have really gotten behind (this initiative), and we're looking to keep the momentum going at this point," Carr said. "The impact we've been able to have on Rusk Elementary has been huge just in the short time that we've been here. It has been a fun and rewarding experience coming in here every week. I have a good time with my little brother. We hang out, play board games...he usually destroys me at "Connect 4", but I'm working on it. I think this is a good imprint for the Dynamo and really good for the community as well."
As a result of these efforts, Big Brothers Big Sisters named the Houston Dynamo its 2013 Community Partner of the Year.
What a bittersweet week for Dynamo Charities. Sweet in the sense we had a great board meeting finishing up the plans for our wonderful events and programs for 2013. Bitter in that this week includes the last day for our executive director, Lori Ginsburg. Lori has been with us since day one, and has been the energy, commitment and drive behind Dynamo Charities growth since 2008. While we understand her decision, we will miss her spirit and can do attitude. Best wishes to you Lori!
On to our 2013 events. We are about a week away from the annual Fire Sale, part of the Meet the Team day at BBVA Compass Stadium on March 9. We will have lots of reasonably priced Dynamo and adidas merchandise available. This is a private season ticket holder event only, another great reason to join me as a Dynamo Season Ticket Holder. (With Opening Day this Saturday, get your tickets now.) For those veterans of the Fire Sale, note that we will have bags this year generously donated by Kroger's.
At the Fire Sale we will be providing information on our upcoming event with Dynamo Sidekicks – a picnic style Dine with the Dynamo set for April 16. More information will also be on the website soon, but mark your calendars now.
The annual American Diabetes Association Houston Tour de Cure bike ride will be held Saturday, September 21. Dynamo Charities and Houston Dynamo are again sponsoring a ride team. You can bike as little as 10 miles or an amazing 100 miles, or somewhere in between – and if you join our team and raise at least $150, you get, by far, the coolest bike jersey in town. Our goal is 200 riders and $75,000 raised. You can sign up today and start raising money at: www.diabetes.org/houstontourdecure. From the site you can register to ride with us, or I would appreciate your support if you would consider a donation. Dynamo senior director of corporate development Bryan Kraham is the lead for the Dynamo bike team. Please contact him if you would like to sponsor us and be part of the coolest bike jersey around.
If you have questions on Dynamo Charities, all board members wear the Space City blue polos to games (as I am modelling above), so find us and ask. A list of current board members can be found at http://www.houstondynamo.com/charities/board. Look forward to seeing you on Opening Day.
As the year goes on, I will use this blog to give you a heads up for our events. Please check back on a regular basis and follow me on Twitter @DynamoChrtyTony.
Welcome to my new blog on all things Dynamo Charities. Throughout the year, I will provide updates and information on Dynamo Charities events and happenings.
Before I talk about our 2013 program, let me take a minute to wrap up 2012. We ended the year with the annual Dynamo Celebration, and what a perfect end it was to a near perfect season. Held at the Hotel Zaza, the event was simply fantastic. Glenn Davis did a marvelous job as emcee, the auction went well and everyone had a great time. It was THE event to cap the year for Dynamo Charities.
Other notable events last year included Calen Carr's bowling event at 300 Houston, Will Bruin's Bald is Beautiful head-shaving event, fighting breast cancer with Bobby Boswell, the Kroger shopping spree with Brian and the Ching's Champions and our annual salute to the military with Brad's Brigade. I want to thank all the players for their work in 2012, as well as each of you that supported one or more of our events. 2012 was our most successful year yet, and the Dynamo Charities Board of Directors along with Executive Director Lori Ginsburg are excited for 2013.
We will have all of the fan favorite events back in 2013. Our first event for the year will again be the Fire Sale, where lots of Dynamo gear from last season will be available generally at discounted prices. The sale will be held the same day as our annual Meet the Team Day, and is open only to season ticket holders. So if the play on the field or the fantastic stadium is not reason enough to be a season ticket holder, then Meet the Team Day and the Fire Sale should be!
As we move into the season, we will announce specific information for initiatives such as Brad's Brigade, Bald is Beautiful and Bobby Boots Cancer. We are also hoping to have a few new initiatives this year and we hope to release full details soon
In September, we will again form a team to ride in the ADA Tour de Cure (with the coolest bike jersey you'll find) and we will of course end the year with Dynamo Celebration
Thanks for taking the time to read my first blog. I hope to provide regular community updates throughout the year. You can also follow me on Twitter @dynamochrtytony for up-to-date information on Dynamo Charities initiatives.
We look forward to taking another step forward in 2013, and with your support, we can make a big impact in the Houston community.
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In July, the water the trees take up expands the size of the nuts. If there's not enough water, the size will be small. In August, the water intake is devoted to expanding the size of the kernel inside the expanded nut.
During the growing season, the overall size of the nut, including the shuck, expands first. Early in the development of the pecan clusters, the green shucks are filled with a watery substance. During August, that watery substance gradually begins to solidify and become the pecan kernel. Then the shell hardens.
In Texas, the hot days and nights usually reach their peak in August. What little rain falls evaporates quickly or is rapidly taken up by the trees. We'll continue to irrigate as needed.
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Children who live near fast food restaurants are more likely to be obese.
A new study out of the U.K. looked at more than one million children and how close they lived to unhealthy food places, like pizza parlors and burger bars.
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The technology being developed by Celtic Renewables is an innovation of the ABE Fermentation Process which was invented in the run-up to the First World War. The technology was then used for decades to produce solvents, and was one of the largest biological industries in the world until the 1960s when it declined significantly due to the inability to compete with the Petrochemical industry. Hence the process has been long established at industrial scale, and in instances of closed economies such as South Africa, Russia and China where sufficient supplies of crude oil were not available or subject to economic embargoes, the production of biofuel has continued as a viable industry up until recent times. The technology can be readily adapted for re-introduction in a modern biotechnology context and the rare expertise in the ABE process at Celtic Renewables gives the company a strategic position and competitive advantage in the field of biobutanol development.
The innovative process was researched over two years at the Biofuel Research Centre, which was established at Edinburgh Napier University in 2007 by Professor Martin Tangney, who is a world-authority in biobutanol production. Professor Tangney has being researching the ABE fermentation process for many years, but it only now that due to the environmental pressures around carbon emissions, the economic pressures of high oil prices, and the desire of countries for security of energy supply, that there is huge interest with the potential production of biofuels.
At present most biofuel, especially bioethanol, is made from fermenting food crops which are grown specifically for the purpose. However the economic viability and environmental advantages of this are questionable. Consequently the research at the Biofuel Research Centre concentrated specifically on organic residues or by-products which have little or no value, but have sufficient quantity of unused sugars, which can be fermented to produce biofuel. The Celtic Renewables technology uses 'bugs' which can convert both the complex sugars, such as xylose and arabinose, and simple glucose into biofuels. The initial primary source of the by-products is from the Scotch Whisky Industry.
This diagram shows the process by which the two by-products: draff and pot ale are mixed and then fermented to produce a "broth". During fermentation a number of gases, particularly Hydrogen is produced. The broth is then distilled to produce Butanol, Acetone and Ethanol, and the remainder is separated into solid material, which can be dried to produce a high-grade animal feed; and an effluent. It is anticipated that the latter can be further treated to produce other gases and water, which will provide additional value or energy for the enterprise.
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Harvard Swim Team Graduate Denis Sirringhaus Loves Rachel, an adorable bride
A Beach Wedding and Dramatic Twilight Evening at Whalehead Club Beach in Corolla NC. I was welcomed by an infusion of the entire Harvard Graduate Swim Team and a gorgeous, shy bride. This lovely evening was beautiful to watch, but not as much as this adorable couple loving each other. Congratulations Rachel and Denis
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Nikki and Adam's last minute bash
This adorable couple opted for an intimate beach wedding ceremony and reception at Kitty Hawk Pierhouse at the Hilton Garden in located in Kitty Hawk, NC. They invited just forty of their closest friends and family whom all helped create this couples dream beach wedding. I just wanted to take this amazing last minute wedding, bride, and groom and put them in my pocket to show everybody I know. Gorgeous and full of pep and vigor, I fell for them instantly , and they were married on a Tuesday, it's easy to see why that was my favorite day of the week that week. – Julie
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LOVE THE PICTURES! I can't wait to see the rest!
Nicki you look gorgeous! Adam you look good too! Love you both so much!
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Dr. "Kerry" marries Dr. "Kevin" on the OBX
June 4th 2011
The merging of these two extremely smart lovebirds for their Outer Banks Wedding was more than just a mere walk on the beach. This wedding took place in one of our favorite wedding houses, The Saltaire Wedding House and Bed and Breakfast. Every little detail in this house is cared for by it's fabulous owner Ron Forlano, from the gorgeous antique molded corners and staircase to the perfectly positioned bar and game rooms, they really do have all bases covered to make for a perfect Duck, NC wedding venue. So I'm dreaming these lovely thoughts on the way to the wedding, knowing all of the fabulous favorite locations at this house that we can snap some amazing photos at, then we arrive . . .just when I thought that it couldn't get any better I come into an amazing array of DIY touches, a welcome sign made by the bride and groom, balloons which you all know that I just love in every way, the Mr. and Mrs. signs on the back of their chairs, antique vases, and to top it off, the logo of their names which are now the same, both now have initials of KAM – made for each other or what?
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Natalie and Kawa
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This was not just any normal Outer Banks wedding that I have ever photographed, this couple was special. I have fallen head over heals in love with this hold-your-breath fabulous couple! Artistic . . .so artistic and so madly in love. They wanted to bring that art out in their beach wedding in Corolla, NC, so they hired Chris Bickford and I, Julie Dreelin, am a Team Event and let us at it! Chris and I edited the photos separately, I cannot wait to see his half of the images in the next month or so.
This DIY couple made their own logo for the wedding, beans and trees sprouting and went to the trouble of carting a huge honker of a tree onto the beach to portray that theme. It rocked! Not only did it provide shade, but it was another artistic masterpiece from this Doctor and Entrepreneur. And there's more! I literally couldn't stop smiling at the gorgeous flowers, great job Embellishers . . and the stained glass piece that they made together or the adorable little clay figures the groom made of them himself – ps . . .it looked exactly like them! The evening held the grooms traditional family dances that all joined into and of course, the now super popular DIY photo booth, a Beach Productions idea, that goes wild when the florists and brides and grooms get a hold of it! The rest of the evening held an emotional, truly memorable toast and dinner at candelight sunset. Can you say . . . perfect?
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Jessica and Brad
May 14th 2011
OK, I'm a destination wedding junkie, I live at the beach, cherish the beach, and get to photograph beach weddings, which is gorgeous especially since I am a color freak! Reds, Pinks and Oranges together like this wedding adds even more to my amazing job. – These colors were a perfect contrast to the sand on the beach at this Corolla wedding, and WOW! The color pop, as always shown when using the amazing Renee Landry Style for decorations and flowers just blew our socks off when we found all of the details to photograph on the beach. OK, and I must say my favorite color of the day came from the little girls cowboy boots hand dyed by the groom himself for his special girl! Converse shoes, a raging cocktail party, and a fabulous sunset, we enjoyed photographing this one! – J
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"I am speechless… The photos are amazing, fabulous and perfect!
Xo jessica"
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Truly perfect! The pictures are simply amazing! You guys didn't miss a thing! You captured every little detail. I love the energy and "fun" factor that you brought with you that day! Thank you for everything… You have left me with a HUGE smile on my face…
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Purp & Soul once more looks to one of their own to take the reigns on the next release.. Along with a new brand image and direction, the label is relaunching with 'Jungle Jakarta/You Don´t Love' from young rising star Real Connoisseur.
o Real Connoisseur (Conor Lloyd) is a 19 year old producer from Oxford who has been immersed in music his entire life. His father a garage DJ, his mother obsessed with 70s Soul and Disco, it´s easy to see where this young talent got his starting gun. His first release, a track on Purp005 VA, steadily rose the charts and gained him a busy gig diary as well as some high profile remix requests and support from all over UK and abroad.
o+ 'Jungle Jakarta' is an unmistakable piece. It´s already been road tested in clubs for months now by a select few. Finally getting a release with two fine remixes, the original starts with a looped vocal and chord, shudders down into a breakdown Real Connoisseur already is renowned for, only to drop into a subbass fuelled jungle sampled riot.
o+o Next up is 'You Don´t Love', stuttered vocals and lush synths once more to build, this time a bass that rises from the wash, Conor is really demonstrating his skill to create immaculate club tracks with a 21st century twist.
Chaos In The CBD (Hot NZ duo with releases on ClekClekBoom, Needwant, Younggunz Ent. and more) step up to plate with a raw house groove. Making use of the melodic elements of the track, dreamy synths wash in and out with a ride stepping the energy up towards the end of the track.
o+o+ Artifact comes off the back of the monster ´The Way It Do´ on SomeThinkSounds, the Bristol based producer has also released on Local Action, Deadplate and Rebirth. He takes the original chord and chops it into a tougher 4/4 beat, a pounding low end, vocal stabs and rough hats are his trademark sounds doing the business as always, look out for the last drop.
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We have all heard how dangerous it can be to drive while chatting on a cell phone, but what about walking while talking? A new study from Safe Kids Worldwide finds "distracted walking" injuries among teenagers jumped 25% from 2006 to 2010.
The organization says the rise in injuries can be blamed on teens paying more attention to electronics and handheld devices while walking. Researchers say drivers not paying attention can also be at fault.
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WoW Moviewatch: The Gods of Zul'Aman {WoW}
Nov 16th 2007 12:32PM ummmm.... yeah this isn't new bro it was linked like yesterday.
Around Azeroth: Improved sun {WoW}
Oct 29th 2007 10:08AM hmmmmm..... looks like bloom to me.
on second thought, maybe its HDR?
New Cooking Recipes! {WoW}
Jun 21st 2007 7:24PM Alton Brown FTW!
Sold to the highest bidder, or is it? {WoW}
Jun 19th 2007 10:11AM @3
Here's how you prevent that, you make it impossible to bid on things that have been put on the AH by your own account much as you cannot bid on your own items on ebay.
And as for the mention of AQ, that would be part of the natural fluctuation supply and demand.
The way I see it, the System Wide AH's benefits greatly outweigh any downsides.
Reminder: WoW Insider comes to the Xfire Debate Club tonight {WoW}
Jun 19th 2007 10:01AM I would like to see (or hear?) some discussion of the status of paladins as tanks. Considering the fact that Paladin's are one of the two classes that can wear plate, shouldn't we be able to tank at least as well as warriors?
Here's my personal idea of how to make the Paladin class oh-so-tankable.
Dump Avengers Shield and Holy shield (which is pretty much useless to a tank anyway) and give us these talents.
On tier 7-
Holy Defender-
All attacks against you have a chance to activate defenders aura which makes your Holy Light and Flash of light Spells take 10%/25%/50% shorter to cast.
And our 41 point talent would be-
Shield of Light-
Increases Armor by 30% of current armor for 5mins
(60min cooldown)
That would make me very happy.
Sold to the highest bidder, or is it? {WoW}
Jun 19th 2007 9:41AM I think that although the task of making the AH not just server wide but system wide would greatly benefit the community.
It would make servers that are old and things are selling inexpensively even out with the newer servers where things are selling at ridiculous rates.
Not only would it do this, but it would also provide a way for there to be more price competition in terms of things that are in high-demand such as stacks cloth and materials etc.
This would end the monopoly's that currently exist on many servers that result in one greedy player controlling the market.
All in all the only downside I could see to this is that perhaps some people would just make their prices so low that it would force others to sell their goods ludicrously low.
Well that's my opinion on the subject take it or leave it. : )
Caption This! [Updated] {WoW}
Jun 11th 2007 10:20AM Raid Leader: Ok I hear that Ony has -20 pirate resistance so who wants to pull?
Pirate: argh.....
Caption This! [Updated] {WoW}
May 28th 2007 12:09PM M'kay so who made dookey in the urinal? This not funny m'kay!


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The value of a landscape is hard to equate from the initial planning stage. Studies have shown that a "great landscaped yard" can increase a home's value by as much as 5 to 12 percent. That means landscaping can bring a "recovery value" between 100 to 200 percent when you decide to sell! In comparison, a poorly landscaped yard can actually decrease the value by as much as 10 percent.


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A police investigation showed that Braun's vehicle was located at the Motel 6 in Waite Park around 1:40 p.m. and he was believed to be staying in one of the rooms.
Due to the nature of the call, evacuation of the motel was conducted. Police also sent out a notice telling people to stay away from the area until the situation was all clear.
Through negotiation, Braun exited the motel peacefully and was taken into custody and taken to the St. Cloud Hospital.
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(05-01-2012 04:47 PM)superynaldo Wrote: And now Jacoby Jones was dumped... Big surprise there... The Texans tried to trade him, but NOONE wanted to pick him up... Crazy day today so far...
(05-01-2012 08:54 PM)nthnoak Wrote: man, if i was one of those guys, i wouldnt care if i looked bad by bouncing from team to team. their still making more in a couple weeks than they would an some other job in a year so...... it is kinda sad though. jerry rice also did that, but he just loved to play the game.
(05-02-2012 12:17 AM)rgf17 Wrote: Thats my point. If its for the love of the game like Rice its fine by me. Its these guys that have nothing left that keep draining the pot and not giving the younger core a shot. I know there's more to it than that but perception is alot to fans and NFL hopefuls.
(05-02-2012 02:10 AM)Sajman01 Wrote: We had a nice 125-150 people protest outside of the Ralph last night threatening to boycott Bills games if they sign Young. My gut says no way.
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Is Social Media the New Adoption Agency?
Years ago, if you wanted to adopt a baby you usually went through the long, sometimes grueling process of working with an agency. Today, some families are finding that social media is quicker, less expensive, and much more successful.
For example, Tracey and Dan Citron created a social media blitz – letting pregnant women everywhere know that they were looking for a baby to adopt, legally of course.
They put up a Facebook page, got a Twitter account, and advertised on Craigslist. They got their baby and hopefully are living happily ever after.
I think social media is actually a pretty smart way to go when you want to get the word out about something, whether it is your desire to adopt or your desire to get a new job.
You reach thousands of people all over the world in a matter of minutes. Rather than just having a few hundred prospects in your immediate location you have immediate contact with someone who is looking for a family for her child.
Bring in the lawyers and get it done – no waiting two years to make the A list at an adoption agency or have a foreign government release a child to you.
I can also see where there are those that would look askance at this particular method. It would be difficult to monitor to ensure children weren't being sold, for one thing.
It would also be easy for the prospective adoptive parents to get scammed if they weren't careful.
Social media is good for a lot of things, but do you think that is beneficial as a way to find a child to adopt?
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The Associated Press didn't pick a soft target when it decided to examine potential safety risks associated with the aging of America's nuclear power plants.
Because of longstanding public anxiety about nuclear accident coupled with limited public knowledge of the science and technology underpinning safety, the nuclear power industry maintains a robust public relations operation, headquartered at the Nuclear Energy Institute, in Washington, DC. The mainstays are community meetings, mailings, lobbying and press interviews. But the PR team is equally adept at pouncing on critical stories with the potential to stoke private unease into public outcry.
The AP got a dose of both—reassuring interviews over the course of the investigation and outraged denunciations of critical findings via press and teleconferences, even a YouTube smackdown by the industry's chief safety officer.
The NEI's heavy-handed response was overkill. I suppose, in a way, we're part of that since the NEI asked us to look into it, and we agreed. Such is the life of the Arbiter.
But the AP series, while it tackles a critically important public policy issue, suffers from lapses in organization, narrative exposition, and basic material selection, what to leave in and what to leave out. Too much is left to rest on inconclusive he-said-she-said exchanges that end up more confusing than illuminating for readers. Great investigative reporting requires great investigative writing. The challenge in this case was to get past the rhetorical skirmishing between old antagonists—industry, government, watchdog and citizen groups— and provide readers with the context necessary to understand what's at stake for all of us as nuclear plants reach their shelf life. In this, the AP did not wholly succeed.
The series—four parts plus sidebars and graphics (not readily searchable online but a version is available via these MSNBC.com links)—ran in late June. It generated calls for investigations by three Democratic senators, Barbara Boxer of California, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and has been part of a spate of recent probes into U.S. nuclear-industry safety by other news organizations, particularly after the tsunami-related disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March.
Reading it was, for me, a hugely frustrating experience.
Yes, the series provides lots of examples of worrisome wear and tear at nuclear power plants, many of which have passed the forty-year lifespan for which they originally were designed. Reporter Jeff Donn, whose byline appears over the series, and the AP National Investigative team (which is referred to throughout the series) culled these examples from "tens of thousands of pages of government and industry studies .along with test results, inspection reports and regulatory policy statements filed over four decades," according to Part 1, "Safety Rules Loosened for Aging Nuclear Reactors."
This is laudable thoroughness. Yet, time and again, the cited leaks of radioactive material and instances of "failed cables, busted seals, broken nozzles, clogged screens, cracked concrete," etc. (from Part 1) lead nowhere conclusive.
As a citizen reader with no particular background in nuclear power generation but residing less than 50 miles (the preferred safety margin, according to the AP report) from one of these old clunkers, I felt throughout like I was clinging to a pendulum, swinging wildly between "Uh oh" and "Phew, false alarm."
For example, Part 2, "Radioactive Tritium Leaks Found at 48 US Nuke Sites," provides plenty of detail about specific leaks at some of the nation's 104 reactors, but little expository context by which to judge their significance. Meanwhile, the facts aren't always logically arrayed. The point is made in paragraph five, for instance, that no leaks from any nuclear plant were found to have reached public water supplies, but it isn't until paragraph sixteen that the reader learns that tritium's main risk is, in fact, through drinking water. Another paragraph seems to debunk tritium concerns entirely: "Tritium is relatively short-lived and penetrates the body weakly through the air compared to other radioactive contaminants. Each of the known releases has been less radioactive than a single x-ray."
The context I craved throughout this series would, in the above example, have played out this way: "Tritium is relatively short-lived [meaning what?] and penetrates the body weakly through the air [Does that mean the skin is an effective barrier? Or is the concern inhaling it?] compared to other radioactive contaminants [Such as? Do nuclear power plants emit them? How long do they last in the environment?] Each of the known releases has been less radioactive than a single x-ray. [So no harm, right?]


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Exclusive first look: Old Major, Justin Brunson's "elevated farmhouse cuisine" restaurant, is now open in Highland
All photos by Lori Midson
On Saturday night, as I studied the menu at Old Major, I nearly burst into tears. At one point, some time later, I did exactly that, right after my first taste of foie gras; there would be more liberal shavings of that exquisite foie on the cassoulet, which hinted at a "foie surprise." And more sappy tears of joy that followed.
And, indeed, Old Major, the Highland restaurant that chef Justin Brunson has spent months putting together with an undisputed dream squad of cooks and chefs, bartenders and wine geeks and front-of-the-house professionals, is a restaurant that's striving to be a confluence of unassailable cooking (with gorgeous compositions to match) in a striking setting that's neither too pretentious nor too casual with service that's as refined and graceful as an orchestrated ballet -- but without the snoot.
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- Justin Brunson taps pastry queen Nadine Donovan to spearhead the dessert program at Old Major
- Masterpiece Delicatessen chef Justin Brunson on opening a new restaurant and his fetish for foie gras and lamb testicles
On Sunday, the public, for the first time, was privy to what I was: an exhaustive labor of love, an unbending reverence for blood, sweat and tears. Brunson's "elevated farmhouse" menu, which is executed in a show-stopping open kitchen that ballyhoos some of the most enviable equipment you've ever laid eyes on -- and could easily double as a Hollywood movie set -- is separated into five categories: Small plates, The Farmer, The Butcher, The Monger and Sides.
It's pointed, confident, and reads like a culinary geek-speak love letter, and when put into action, results in a royal procession of artistically astounding dishes that defy superlatives. Brunson's lobster pot pie? Ethereal. The dominoes of pan-seared foie gras splayed over an apple whiskey-infused pie crust, comprised of duck fat, and layered with apples and candied almonds? You'll fight over this like competitive wrestlers. The braised French lentils accompanying the wood-grilled sturgeon, with its milky-white flesh and fluttering pencil shavings of foie, should be bottled and sold for bundles of green, and that lobster pot pie, punctuated with fennel and bobbing with claw and tail meat, will assuredly put to rest the myth that Denver can't do justice to the sea. Even the pretzel bread, presented on Saturday with a real, honest-to-God mustard butter, is enough to send you soaring.
And so do the cocktails, fashioned by a bar team that's seemingly incapable of faltering, and given the bold names behind the schtick -- Brian Melton (TAG, ChoLon), Ryan Conklin (Euclid Hall), Michael McGill (Osteria Marco), Melissa Durant (Green Russell), Courtney Wilson (Williams & Graham) and Jonathan Greschler (Wild Catch, Fuel Cafe) -- it's no wonder. The cocktails, whether it's the Mustache Rye, with Averna, Montenegro and Leopold's apple whiskey, or the bartender's choice -- in my case, a whiskey smash made with Nardini, lemon, simple syrup, fresh mint and Johnny Drum bourbon, and chilled with hand-carved ice -- are poetic.
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The Thermals Release New Single "I Don't Believe You"
June 29th, 2010
The first single from power pop group The Thermals' new album, Personal Life, will be released August 10 on Kill Rock Stars. We have the single, "I Don't Believe You," available for download here.
Personal Life is due out September 7.
The Thermals' tour dates are as follows:
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7/5 – Chicago, IL – Jay Pritzker Pavillion – Millenium Park
9/6 – Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot Festival
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With its façade of battlements and its Gothic follies, Glin Castle appears somewhat daunting as it looms above the river Shannon in County Limerick. Inside, however, it's hard to imagine a more welcoming and intriguing place to stay. "We're very proud of our power showers," says Olda FitzGerald, basking in compliments about the efficiency of the 18th-century castle's plumbing as we tuck into a breakfast of scrambled eggs from the Gothic henhouse. "Quite right," adds her husband, Desmond, the 29th Knight of Glin. "None of those terrible dribbles you get elsewhere."
Beyond the castle gates in the village of Glin stands a fortress owned by the knight's ancestors, who gained their title in the 14th century. Now a gaping ruin, the fort was destroyed in 1600 and serves as a haunting reminder of the vagaries of the family's fortunes.
"We had no alternative," says the knight, explaining why he and his wife turned their stately castle into a B&B six years ago. Rather than abhorring the obligation to take in paying guests, the FitzGeralds seem curiously upbeat about strangers dining off the family silver and peering into closets. "Seeing the house full of people is marvelous, really," Desmond says.
Having two excellent chefs on hand to whip up delicacies is a luxury he'd clearly have to forgo were it not for the flow of guests. "I haven't had quails' eggs in aspic for days," he says in mock protest when Bob Duff, the manager, inquires what he'd like for lunch. "Such deprivation, Knight!" Bob replies, chuckling.
Growing up at Glin, Desmond was regaled with stories of his eccentric forebears. One, the so-called Cracked Knight, considered it fun to ride his horse up the stairs to bed; another, the energetic 24th Knight, is said to have kept a mistress in each of the estate's three Gothic follies. Known as the Knight of the Ladies, he was described in local verse as "this hoary old sinner, this profligate rare."
The current knight, considerably more respectable, is an expert on the history of Irish decorative arts and painting, about which he has written several books. He also serves as the representative for Christie's auction house in Dublin and as president of the Irish Georgian Society, a charity devoted to saving Ireland's architectural heritage—a subject he is passionate about.
Desmond claims not to be alarmed that there will be no 30th Knight of Glin (the FitzGeralds have three daughters, who cannot inherit the title). "It's the end of a rather ancient title," he says, "but it's not the end of a line." Besides, it's so confusing, being called the Knight. "When I phone restaurants to make a reservation, they always say, 'What?Nigel of Glin?' " he reports. "And my poor wife, being called Madam FitzGerald. People are always making the mistake of calling her Madam Olda, which sounds as if she's some sort of fortune-teller."
The knight and his family occupy the former servants' wing, keeping to themselves so their guests will feel at home. But the castle's grand reception rooms still seem very much lived-in. Dressed in a tweed jacket, black cashmere sweater, and charcoal-gray pants, Desmond cuts a dashing figure as he conducts a tour. In the front hall, he points to a portrait of Colonel John Bateman FitzGerald, the 23rd Knight of Glin. It was he who added the castle's battlements and follies. In the blue library, Desmond demonstrates how a bookcase swings open to reveal the back hall, with its famous "flying" staircase—two flanking stairways leading to a single sliver of stairs below the second floor—which is thought to be unique in Ireland.
Although the stairway and a third-floor bedroom are said to be haunted, apparitions are mercifully rare. When I ask Bob Duff if I'm likely to encounter the two reported ghosts, he laughs and assures me that his spookiest experience so far during five years at Glin was when a lady guest from Las Vegas marched into the dining room, pointed at a FitzGerald portrait, and declared, "I am that man."
Upstairs, the castle has 15 bedrooms, including a cheerful room with hand-printed shamrock wallpaper. Some rooms have splendid views of the Shannon, with the verdant hills of County Clare beyond; others overlook the estate's romantic woodlands and beautifully kept gardens, which Madam FitzGerald immortalized last year in her book Irish Gardens (Hearst Books).
During my three-night stay in January, I discover that there's something about the fresh air and sublime quietude of Glin that encourages slumber. Climbing into bed seems irresistible, possibly because I am lulled by the unfamiliar luxury of Egyptian cotton sheets pre-warmed by an electric blanket. As in a good hotel, my room is tidied twice a day, and fresh towels are plentiful. When someone neglects to turn down my bed one evening I am momentarily irked. Then I realize it's absurd to act like a spoiled traveler when everything else about the castle is so agreeable.
As a vegetarian, I don't give the French and Irish chefs—Christophe Servageant from Riom, Seamus Hogan from County Kerry—much opportunity to dazzle. But a soup of local wild mushrooms and a chocolate soufflé are among the best things I've ever tasted. Since I drink neither coffee nor tea, I am offered piping-hot infusions of verbena grown in the castle's greenhouse. My fellow guests, sensible omnivores, rave about the fresh salmon and trout from Killarney and the plentiful game.


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This lesson teaches you how to change Polar coordinates into rectangular coordinates.
Shows an example of converting a point in polar form to rectangular form.
Practice Polar to Rectangular Conversions questions
To activate prior knowledge, to generate questions about a given topic, and to organize knowledge using a KWL Chart.


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The show floor at RSA was buzzing with discussion of attacks against critical infrastructure and state-sponsored attacks – the words hactivist and A.P.T. were uttered frequently. But, while cyber-espionage was making headlines from the show, Symantec took the opportunity to survey information security pros on insider issues related to data access and mobility. The findings show that although 76 percent of businesses saw cyberattacks in the past year, increased use of mobile devices is making the insider threat more relevant than ever before.
It should come as no surprise that the top three motivators for the move to mobility are: business drivers, user demand and financial savings. And, the top risks for employee-owned devices aren't surprising either:
- Data leakage (i.e., data taken out of company by employees via mobile)
- Theft or accidental loss of valuable or sensitive information
- Preventing unauthorized network or applications access from mobile
Overall, security pros are pretty realistic about mobility, with nearly half saying the benefits outweigh the risks and challenges. No one would dispute that employees agree on this point.
Recent end-user research on these issues found that 62 percent of employees think it's okay to transfer work documents to personal devices (tablet, smartphone, laptop) and Internet file sharing services. They do this regularly. And, you can't really blame them because they're just looking to do their jobs efficiently. But, they also never clean up the data they transfer out, making it a prime candidate for data spills/leakage – the top risk according to information security teams.
The good news is that results from the survey at the 2013 RSA Conference indicate Infosec has high awareness of employees transferring work documents outside the business – a nearly equal 63 percent of Infosec respondents say employees think it's okay to do so.
But, are security pros putting too much trust in employees to do the right thing? Sixty percent of Infosec respondents say that most employees in their organization are cautious in the use and handling of sensitive or confidential information. Only 43 percent of employees say this is so. We also found a significant disconnect when it comes to consequences for taking sensitive information against policy. Fifty-three percent of employees say their organization takes NO action when employees remove sensitive information that is against policy. But, ask Infosec the same question and 74 percent say they do.
What it comes down to is not only are employees comfortable tossing corporate data onto personal devices and cloud services, but they also think their organizations don't care and aren't going to do anything about it.
When half of employees will happily take your corporate data when they quit their job, information security teams need to pay as much attention to the insider threat as much as they do outside attackers. When unmanaged, the productivity benefits of all those employee-owned mobile devices make it that much easier for insiders to walk out the door with your data, permanently.
Symantec recommends organizations consider these best practices to enable mobility, while mitigating the risks posed by insiders:
- Being cautious about mobility is okay; being resistant is not. Start embracing it. Organizations should take a proactive approach and carefully plan an effective mobile implementation strategy.
- Implement policies restricting how employees can access and share sensitive data. Developing and maintaining simple policies can be a powerful step to safeguard corporate data. Make sure employees are aware that policy violations will be enforced and that theft of company information will have negative consequences to them and their future employer.
- Understand that all data is not equal. For organizations looking for a route map to get them across the minefield that is the future of IT, understanding data, its importance and risks is a good a place to start.
- Educate employees. Organizations need to let their employees know that taking confidential information is wrong. IP theft awareness should be integral to security awareness training. By maintaining oversight, you can ensure employees know how and when to use mobile devices and cloud services efficiently and securely.
- Implement monitoring technology. Support education and policy initiatives by using monitoring technology to gain insight into what IP leaving your organization and how to prevent it from escaping your network. Deploy data loss prevention software to automatically notify managers and employees in real-time when sensitive information is inappropriately sent, copied or otherwise inappropriately exposed, which increases security awareness and deters theft.
To learn more about the findings from Symantec's survey at the 2013 RSA Conference, visit: http://bit.ly/Y94d0T


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Friday, May 6, 2011
To Dream
Work days normally start early, no matter what time I got of duty, and I will spring like a bow from that last hazy dream, into the light. Still, it's much better than those mornings that start at night, when I'm sound asleep and the phone rings. For there is a voice on the other end speaking with an impersonal dry cadence I know is more protection than uncaring. On such nights, I must quickly pull myself from bed, gathering my things, limbs wooden with regret.
But this day, I am off, not on call, no obligations. So I just lay there, not wishing to get up, snuggled face down, legs splayed, arms out, laid out on a small pillow top altar to the gods of sleep. I know that eventually I will have to get up, but for now I am not bound by some duty to leap out of bed. I'm simply hung up, trapped under a log in a current of time and environment, that has no direction, beneath a sullen sky that will continue to wane towards yet another evening, toying with me, until maybe I'm shot out into the current that had pulled me into sleep. In the meantime, it doesn't matter. Barkley just barely has an eye open, fighting between the urge to protect me from squirrels and that of more sleep.
Weekends are where I catch up on my sleep, but today there are things to do that I've neglected through the last week. A drive into the city for supplies in the truck, to get milk and bread, wine and cheese, some stuff at the hardware store to mount some shelves, the 50 pound bag of Barkley Chow. I pass through the small towns that make up a Midwest landscape, tenacious clusters of farms strung along a lonely river, old barns, listing and tumbling down, gone the way of the ancestors who built them long go, going West, to dust.
Once home there is food to store, laundry, a Labrador retriever to walk, bills to sort through and a friend or two to talk to. A firearm to be cleaned, a book to be read. Then later a bowl of stew and sleep with a soft goodnight to someone far away, invisible words on my lips. Barkley has gone out one last time, the doors are locked, the computer off. The outside is beyond quiet except for the wind. The neighbors all seem to be in for the night, the earth hanging suspending in space, cooling, wearing only a thin veil of smoke from a grill. Time for bed, the rustle of cotton, the panting whisper of breath, the prelation of the night assuming a hundred avatars of dreams.
The house, still and quiet, as if marooned in space by the dwindling of day. Sounds outside fallen to a low fragmentary pitch. Way off in the fields behind, a coyote's howl at the indignation of clouds that cover the moon, no other sound made; prey gone into hiding, insects silent with the dark, everything else assuming their own mantle of hibernation or predation. There are things I'd rather be doing then hunkering down here, but for tonight sleep is what I need. As Shakespeare said, sleep, perchance to dream.
A dream of a day alone in the woods, outlook and perception all contained within a small stand of trees, emotion and thought amplified within the narrow bench of a small tree blind. Dreaming dreams of a whitetail buck tip-toeing across fresh snow, the moon now peering out from beneath the clouds, that deer and myself in perfect isolation, flirting with each other, a dance of life and death, even as the air of our inhibition signals to the rest of the world what they can not possess.
Even as I dream of a brisk fall hunt, outside another season shifts and with it comes the knowing. Lethal winter storms so white on white, as we count the days and worry of a land soon heavy with thirst. Early summer and the death gray-green skies, new life and heavy blood, the silence before the wind. That wind beyond wind, wrapping its fury around us. Full summer harvest, wheat then corn and milo and sunflower. Growth and rendering, loss and life, trickling through the hands like grain.
The sheet gathers around my sleeping form as the images come unbidden, corn and land and a stand of trees. There in the distance, a whitetail, emerging suddenly from the trees as my thoughts coalesced. The winds wail a hymn of our mortality. Our remoteness stands guard over a vulnerability heightened by solitude.
The deer does not answer to me, nor I him, neither answering to one another and thereby maintaining their own sense of mystery, of self. I pull up my weapon to fire, but in my dream the deer just looks at me with eyes that look vaguely familiar and nods. I lower my weapon and let him pass, an invisible whisper on my lips remaining. This night, for now, he deserves the wilderness of his isolation, as do I, to wander windswept dreams.
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Re the birds:
"As I awoke one morning late,
The sun was shining brightly and I could hardly wait,
to ponder out my window and gaze at my estate.
"The breeze was blowing briskly it made the flowers sway,
my garden was enchanted on this inspiring day.
"My eyes fell upon a little bird with a beautiful yellow bill.
I beckoned him to come and sit upon my sill
"I smiled at him so cheerfully and gave him a crust of bread,
then quickly closed the window and smashed his f**cking head"
A little humor, but at my age, I did well to remember it!
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Ryan Richard Schrant
Ryan Richard Schrant, 20, WaKeeney, died Sunday, April 13, 2014, at Hays Medical Center.
Ryan Richard Schrant, 20, WaKeeney, died Sunday, April 13, 2014, at Hays Medical Center.
He was born Feb. 22, 1994, in Hays to Rick and Janene (Dreiling) Schrant. He was a 2012 graduate of Trego Community High School and earned an associate degree from North Central Kansas Technical College.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, working on his truck and spending time with his family, nephews and nieces.
Survivors include his parents, of the home; three sisters, Heather Fabrizius and husband, Lance, Independence, Megan Schrant, WaKeeney, and Kelsey Schrant, Victoria; three nephews, Bryant Schrant, Josiah Lopez and Knox Potter; three nieces, Bria Schrant, Addison Lopez and Braelyn Fabrizius; his grandmother, Bernita (Rohr) Schrant, Victoria; his grandfather, Francis Dreiling, Victoria; a number of uncles and aunts; and his two dogs, Sadie and Hutch.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Norman Schrant; and his grandmother, Louise (Brown) Dreiling.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Victoria; burial in St. Fidelis Cemetery, Victoria.
Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, both at Cline's Mortuary, 412 Main, Victoria, KS 67671.
A vigil will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the mortuary.
Memorials are suggested to St. Fidelis Catholic Church in care of the mortuary.
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