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Nexstar's John Kucko says the U. of Phoenix Stadium is in his top five Super Bowl venues.
We are a little bit more than a week away from the start of the 2015 softball season for the Midwestern State Mustangs.
Here are all the highlights from Tuesday Night's High School Basketball and Soccer games.
John Kucko joins Jermaine Ferrell from Arizona to talk about Super Bowl Media Day.
Tobin McDuff found the scoring column, but....
John Kucko reports live from Glendale, Arizona leading up to the Super Bowl.
Prior to the Harlem Globetrotters...
Top plays of the week!
Review of the Week for the Wichita Falls Wildcats!
Week in Review for MSU Athletics
KFDX Weekend Anchor/ Reporter Melissa Foy and Ron Moses joined Sports Sunday Host Jermaine Ferrell to talk about their participation with "Dancing For The Stars"
Midwestern State placed three players in double figures on the way to a 66-53 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville Saturday night at Steinke Center.
Highlights of Day 3 of the Wichita Falls Winter Cup, Rider-Abilene & Wichita Falls-Midland
Highlights from Lubbock Christ The King-Notre Dame(boys & girls), Seymour-Archer City(boys & girls) & Petrolia-Olney(girls)
Senior guard Bretson McNeal drilled two 3-pointers and finished off a layup in transition as Midwestern State stormed back for a 75-71 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville.
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Kevin Charyszyn notched his first-career three-point game, but it was not enough to prevent the Wichita Falls Wildcats from falling to the Corpus Christi IceRays, 5-4, on Friday night at the Kay Yeager Coliseum.
Highlights from Rider-Wichita Falls, Bowie-Henrietta, Wichita Christian-Christ Academy
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Colin Staub picked up his 100th career point, and...
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Rider boys head basketball coach Cliff McGuire has turned the Raiders into instant winners.
Mitchell Morris is making the switch to pitcher.
Angelo State takes over sole possession of first place...
Andrea Carter posted a double-double on Wednesday night...
When it comes to the sport of amateur wrestling, the teams in our area are few and far between. The Vernon Lions carry the banner as the only team to field a wrestling squad..
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The Duck Dynasty guys have nothing on this man. At the big championship game, Tobin McDuff found an extreme Oregon fan, with a strange way of showing his school colors.
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Full body relaxation massage using several types of manipulation: long strokes, kneading, deep circular movement, tapping and vibration to promote relaxation, improve circulation, relieve tension, and expand the range of motion.
A deep, penetrating form of massage sometimes referred to as "Sports Massage" designed to unstick the fibers of the muscles and release both toxins and deeply held patterns of tension.
A massage technique using as many as 25 heated, smooth stones of varying sizes gently placed on or under the body at precise trigger points. The stones are also incorporated throughout the massage to melt away tension in the muscles. Hot Stone massage is a great treatment for relieving stress, and has a profoundly relaxing effect on the mind and body.
More than a thousand years of history brings us this combination of yoga stretches, muscle massage, stimulation of the body's meridians with acupressure and joint manipulation. You will want to wear loose fitting, comfortable or yoga-style clothing for this treatment.
This trigger-point style of massage is the practice of applying pressure to the feet and hands utilizing specific thumb, finger and hand techniques with the use of oil or lotion and focuses on the points in the feet and hands believed to corresponds to each gland, organ and structure of the body.


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BSCTC operates one of the most successful Community Transport Schemes in Scotland, with the assistance of volunteer drivers and telephonists. The scheme meets the individual needs of people who cannot get out and about and fills gaps in existing public transport. Clients of the Car Scheme are able to travel anywhere within Badenoch & Strathspey, including Tomatin, for a small charge. Currently in Aviemore, the scheme offers door-to-door transport in the form of an assisted Shopping Project; it is also running a project using the 7-seater vehicle and a paid driver providing transport within Aviemore on a Monday and Friday.
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Guitarist Smokey Hormel can be heard on albums by Johnny Cash, Adele, Beck, Tom Waits, Neil Diamond, Norah Jones, John Doe, Joe Strummer, Justin Timberlake, and more.
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Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, EH9 1QH
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We launched our 2012 programme of events by hosting our first ever Talkaoke at Summerhall. The innovative event enticed a lively debate around the theme of workspaces and working practices that exist within the creative industries. Our fantastic panel, representing a spectrum of sectors within the creative industries, were able to feed in their thoughts and pose questions which the audience fed in with ideas.
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The first is documented at www.vmwareprofessional.com and uses multiple VMs and MS diskpart tools, which are available inherently in Windows 2003 and from the Resource Kit in Windows 2000. It's a bit of a "clunky" method, but it does work.
Dominic's site is also good for those wishing to study for the VCP exam.
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Title: | Changing circumstances : implications for trophic dynamics and species conservation in the Fennoscandian tundra |
Author: | Henden, John-André |
Date: | 16-Mar-2009 |
Type: | Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling |
Abstract: | A special case of population fluctuation is multi-annual population cycles. While such population cycles exist in several ecosystems, they are more prominent in northern (e.g.tundra) ecosystems, especially among key stone herbivore species. These herbivores providean important ecosystem function in the sense of pulsed flows of resources (i.e. for predators) and disturbances (i.e. for vegetation) throughout the ecosystem. However, the circumstances on the tundra are changing. For instance, large scale collapse of population cycles of many herbivors has been reported, as well as northward expansion of novel predators (e.g. red fox). These changes, heavily connected to climate changes, are capable of disrupting the function and structure of such systems. Overall this thesis aims to outline and evaluate the recent dramatic changes in multi-annual population cycles of many herbivores and the possible implications of such changes on the trophic dynamics and species conservation in the Fennoscandinavian tundra ecosystem. First I show that the recent collapse of multi-annual population cyclles are now a widespread phenomenon, extending several species and ecosystem barriers. Next I show, based on long time series of fox bounty data, that these recent changes have some historical analogies. Specifically, I show that the highly publicized patterns (e.g. geographic gradients, large scale synchrony) in Fennoscandian small rodent cycle have been buject to large spatio-temporal trensitions in their patterns, being highly non-stationary. I also demonstrate that collapse of cycles similar to the recent events, though on a smaller spatial extent, have occurred earlier and that these incidents seem to concur with shifts between cold and warm climatic periods. Then I demonstrate wich aspects of the recent changes in the dynamics of key prey species is likely to heavily affect the viability and existence of tundra predatirs strongly adapted to the pulsed flow of resources provided bycyclically fluctuating prey populations. Furthermore, the effect of recent and future projections of climate change may facilitate the establishment of novel predator species, which may act as dominant competitors for native species for habitat and prey. I here show that increased competition with red fox may be detrimental to arctic fox viability, especially if subsidies (e.g. reindeer carcasses) are available to the dominant competitor. Finally, I show that attempts to conserve native predators, such as the arctic fox, should take into account the factors that govern their demography and thus population dynamics. I show thet the effect of management action is highly dependent onthe phase of the demographic cycle of arctic fox. This means that management intervantion should be continous, but most focused to moments in time where the effect is expected to be most pronounced. |
Description: | Papers number 1,2 and 3 of the thesis are not available in Munin due to publishers' restrictions. 1.Rolf A. Ims, John-André Henden, Siw T. Killengreen.: "Collapsing population cycles." Trends in Ecology & Evolution; 23(2): 79-86 (Science Direct). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2007.10.010 2.John-André Henden, Rolf A. Ims, Nigel G. Yoccoz.: "Nonstationary spatio-temporal small rodent dynamics: evidence from long-term Norwegian fox bounty data." Journal of Animal Ecology; 78(3): 636-645 (Wiley). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01510.x 3.John-André Henden , Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen, Nigel G. Yoccoz, Rolf A. Ims.: " Impacts of differential prey dynamics on the potential recovery of endangered arctic fox populations." Journal of Applied Ecology Journal of Applied Ecology; 45(4): 1086-1093 (Wiley). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01515.x |
Publisher: | Universitetet i Tromsø; University of Tromsø |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2585 |
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Henden, John-André; Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles; Ims, Rolf Anker; Bårdsen, Bård-Jørgen; Angerbjörn, Anders. 'Phase-dependent effect of conservation efforts in cyclically fluctuating populations of arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)', accepted manuscript. Published version: Biological Conservation (2009), 142(11) 2586-2592 doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.06.005 |
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fabulous idea!!!! I like it!!!One of the best Disney scavenger hunts we've ever been involved in was back in the old DIS-CON days. What made it challenging and fun was including the cast members, or in this case, the crew members! As it turns out, it's a very simple concept; you don't have to just collect pictures, you collect signatures!
We made so many cast member's day, by just asking them for their autograph. Most of them had never been asked before. What makes it interesting is the category of the people your getting to sign. You could have a whole series of categories, such as:
Crew members with the first name of Walt or Lillian.
Married or related crew members (both on board.)
A crew member with more than 10 years with the company.
A crew member from ______ (insert country here.)
One of the bridge officers.
A crew member from your home-state.
A member of the entertainment staff.
One of the bartenders (it would help if they could make a wicked martini!)
A rookie crew member (first cruise job.)
One of the photographer, lifeguard, guest relations, child care, cabin stewards, waiters, etc. crew members.
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Chicken Broth
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YUM! You know I was just getting annoyed with having to buy chicken broth all the time. I looked bouillon cubes and ALL had msg. I might have to try this. I like to use rotisserie chicken for cooking. Thanks!
- March 1, 2011 at 6:08 PM
- Jenny said...
I make my own chicken broth all the time. It is sooooo much better than the canned stuff - more flavor, less salt, etc. I am currently out, thanks for reminding me I need to make some more this weekend.
- March 3, 2011 at 7:30 AM
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A really good Chicken Broth is a staple for a good stocked pantry. I don't think I can cook without it. Your recipe in the Slow Cooker makes it real easy. Thank you for sharing this recipe with us at Full Plate Thursday and please come back!
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I would like to invite you to share your favorite recipes (every Thursday) at the Link Up Lounge! =)
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i make chicken broth all the time, but have never thought to use my slow cooker for it. thanks for the great tip...and for sharing it with tuesday night supper club!
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100 Ideas for 100 Days 2011
Posted on November 23, 2010 | Type: Policy ReportUnder the state constitution, Arizona's elected officials have the responsibility to protect individual rights and promote limited government. The Goldwater Institute presents 100 Ideas for 100 Days so policymakers at every level of government can enter 2011 with a bundle of suggestions to increase the state's prosperity and expand freedom.
Learning from Experience: How the States Used Article V Applications in America's First Century (Part 2 in a Series)
Posted on November 04, 2010 | Type: Policy Report | Author: Robert G. NatelsonIn the face of growing federal power and mounting deficits, some want states to call for a convention for proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution that would rein in the federal government. Article V of the Constitution authorizes states to initiate amendments with a convention. Critics claim no one really knows how the process works and calling a convention would open the door to mischief by Congress, the courts, and convention delegates. But states frequently applied for an amendments convention between 1789 and 1913. A study of that history reveals much about how states can - and cannot - use the Article V process today.
Amending the Constitution by Convention: A Complete View of the Founders Plan (Part 1 in a Series)
Posted on September 16, 2010 | Type: Policy Report | Author: Robert G. NatelsonAmericans are increasingly questioning - and resisting - the endless growth of the federal government. Part of this resistance finds voice in efforts to enforce state sovereignty through litigation and legislation such as the Health Care Freedom Act and the Firearms Freedom Act. Measures such as these protect existing, fundamental rights from erosion at the federal level. But the growing discontent has also reignited interest in an even more direct route for the people and the states to regain control over the federal government - the Article V constitutional amendment process.
2010 Legislative Report Card for Arizona's Forty-Ninth Legislature, Second Regular Session
Posted on August 19, 2010 | Type: Policy Report | Author: Nick DraniasThe annual Goldwater Institute Legislative Report Card scores Arizona lawmakers on their support of principles of limited constitutional government. Each piece of legislation is assessed in four categories for whether it expands or contracts liberty
Administrative Bloat at American Universities: The Real Reason for High Costs in Higher Education
Posted on August 17, 2010 | Type: Policy Report | Author: Jay P. GreeneEnrollment at America's leading universities has been increasing dramatically, rising nearly 15 percent between 1993 and 2007. But unlike almost every other growing industry, higher education has not become more efficient. Instead, universities now have more administrative employees and spend more on administration to educate each student. In short, universities are suffering from "administrative bloat," expanding the resources devoted to administration significantly faster than spending on instruction, research and service.


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Can I delete this branch?
End-of-the-year housecleaning time: Our team's project has accumulated a few* git branches that are almost certainly stale. Some of them were last worked on by people who aren't even on the project anymore. Still, I wanted to reassure myself before … Continue reading
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How transistors work: Illustrated
After fruitless searches in electronics books, electrical engineering textbooks, even physics, trying to find a way to understand transistors (not just where to put one in a circuit), I stumbled upon the answer when I wasn't looking for it. Chemistry. … Continue reading
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Reviewing Git feature branches when you don't have pull requests
I'm not always using Git in an environment that supports pull requests. My preferred Git workflow, even within a team of co-workers who sit together, is to have features developed and tested within a feature branch, then reviewed and merged … Continue reading
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Kids, electronics, play dough, summer camp!
We had too much fun and a half at the Circuits in Play Dough session at That Conference. Here are resources from the workshop.
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Caffeinated Usability
We have the neediest coffee maker. It's great having free, freshly ground espresso at the office, but that machine is constantly yalping for one thing or another. Waiting for your espresso to brew gives you time to think about usability. … Continue reading
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Your nerd is showing
My pharmacy upgraded their computer system. I can tell by the label on my most recent medicine bottle: the QR code is in a different spot, and the prescription identifier now sports a leading zero. (Only programmers think numbers can … Continue reading
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What I learned by coding with kids on my summer vacation at That Conference, an essay by Sharon
It was a perfect moment. I'm at last year's That Conference, sitting in the big dining hall, while people step up to a microphone at the other end of the room and announce the Open Spaces session they will convene … Continue reading
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Maybe that shouldn't be settable
I think this is pretty, and I wanted to share. I like classes where the compiler ensures they are always in a valid state—you can't help but use them correctly. I was writing a class that needed to call a … Continue reading
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Arduino Show and Tell at Pablo's Fiesta
My favorite conference is coming up! (Shh, you're all my favorites; now hush.) Pablo's Fiesta has the most engaging density of relevant content because we make the content. You and me (and some other folks), on Friday evening, propose Saturday's … Continue reading
Coding for Charity
I'm definitely getting away with something here. I code for fun. (I also code for work; it's a good life.) On any given weekend, I'm likely to be developing software, pushing on some new technology, plugging bits into breadboards, you … Continue reading
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The Gene Autry Show Seasons Three & Four DVD Box Set
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Flying A Pictures Production #76 Original Air Date: Saturday, October 2, 1954 Network: CBS Season 4, Episode 13 (4-13) Running Time: 30 minutes Black and White
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Brief Synopsis: A killer, convicted on evidence given by Pat, swears revenge on both Pat and the presiding judge.
Detailed Synopsis: Pat Buttrams damning testimony convicts Corey Fordham of killing Duane Simmons. Judge Lockwood sentences Fordham to jail, but he escapes, swearing vengeance on both Pat and the judge. Terrified, Pat telegraphs Gene Autry for protection. Gene finds Pat barricaded in a veritable fortress, with bear traps, rope slings, alarm signals, and threatening signs surrounding Pats small ranch house. In addition, Pat wears a suit of armor and a bulletproof vest. Meanwhile, Simmons widow, Louise, and children, Billy and Betsy, prepare to move because they can no longer afford their ranch. Gene convinces Pat to give the family his $5,000 reward money so that they can stay. Despite Genes watchful eye, Fordhams henchmen capture Judge Lockwood, Pat, and Billy, who had gone to collect the money from Pat. Fordham makes the judge and Pat the defendants of a mock trial and sentences them to death. Following a trail of hundred dollar bills, which Pat and Billy dropped on the way to Fordhams, Gene arrives in time to stop the execution and capture the vengeful killer and his men.
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FoodProductionDaily.com reported on the latest developments that emerged from Anuga FoodTec 2009 for the food processing and packaging industries.
Robotic technology, which featured largely at the recent Anuga FoodTec trade show, has untapped potential to improve productivity, increase product yield and bring greater flexibility to the food manufacturing production line, claims TM Robotics.
Bob Hogan, director of international sales and marketing at flexible packaging suppliers, Zip-Pak, spoke to FoodProductionDaily.com about some of the misperceptions surrounding the concept of sustainability and food and beverage packaging.
FoodProductionDaily.com caught up with Foss Product Manger Jens Borg to ask him how the company's analytical tool, MeatMaster, could optimise meat production.
FoodProductionDaily.com travelled to Germany to discuss the constraints involved in sealing equipment manufacture with Mecaplastic.
A new way of sterilizing packaged foods that offers rapid results and less energy consumption has been the focus of a recent project undertaken by the German research group, the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging.
FoodProductionDaily.com caught up with Sweden-based manufacturer Ecolean as it unveiled its new lightweight aseptic packaging system for liquid food products in Cologne.
FoodProductionDaily.com walked the floor at the recent Anuga FoodTec trade show to ascertain how the current economic climate is impacting on the food and beverage processing and packaging equipment manufacture sector.
A technique to improve the drying process of dairy and other liquid products can lead to product innovation and a better bottom line for food manufacturers, claims GEA Niro.
A project is underway which aims to integrate a plasma technology-based system into existing machinery to enable fast continuous decontamination of flat packaging materials such as foils, films or lids.
A case packer has been designed to pack sensitive products and can incorporate a range of case formats including hood, tray and wraparound, claims the manufacturer.
Stephan Machinery claims that factors such as sustainable food production and energy efficiency are driving equipment development at the Germany based company.
A new feeder can cut cleaning and inspection time, enables high accuracy of dosing of powders to ensure recipe reliability, and is applicable to food manufacturers with frequent product changes, claims the Swiss manufacturer.
Serac says that simplifying the often-costly process of aseptic production for dairy goods by providing reliability and safety along with improved cost effectiveness remains key to its product development.
More needs to be done to fully optimise production equipment and processes to guarantee the hygienic production of food as well as greater cost efficiencies, claims a food technology expert.
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is generally succeeding in meeting German concerns regarding sustainable consumer packaging and should continue to increase in use until 2025, claim a group supplying the material.
Nearly 60 per cent of consumers pay attention to the environmental friendliness of food and drink packaging material during their grocery shopping, claims a new survey released today at Anuga FoodTec in Cologne.
A new rotary stand up pouch filling system is targeted at small to medium sized companies seeking higher yield with minimum capital expenditure, says its UK developer.
S+S Separation and Sorting Technology has announced that it has further developed the design of its GLS tunnel metal detectors to ensure greater compliance with hygiene standards.
Dutch equipment supplier CFS has designed a new labelling concept that the company claims can mitigate the need for downtime when changing label reels or torn packing material.
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LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Dominion Resources is suing more landowners in Nelson County to gain access to their properties for a pipeline survey. The News & Advance (http://bit.ly/1G1ga3K ) reports that the company filed lawsuits…
WASHINGTON – Some Prince William County residents are upset that high-voltage power lines needed for a new data center could impact their neighborhoods and historic land. They are holding a town hall meeting Monday night…
STAUNTON, Va. (AP) — Dominion Resources is suing more than 40 landowners in Virginia who won't allow the company to survey their properties for a proposed natural gas pipeline. Dominion filed lawsuits earlier this week…
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Energy provider Dominion says changes to its website are making it easier for visitors to find information and conduct business with the company online. Officials say the dom.com website that launched…
About 7.300 Dominion customers were without electricity in Fairfax County early Thursday morning.
The Alexandria City Council was less than enthused when it met with Dominion and Pepco officials to learn more about a plan to bury a 230-kilovolt transmission line in the northern portion of Old Town.
With severe storms threatening to roll into the area Wednesday, weather forecasters are playing key roles at area utility companies.
Baltimore Gas and Electric\'s request for a rate hike would add 4 percent to electric bills and 4 percent to natural gas bills.
Almost two months after the derecho ripped
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After every major power outage, there\'s a call to
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A large power outage this evening in Northern Virginia.
Just before midnight Friday, Dominion\'s website said nearly all of the 5,000 customers who lost power had their electricity restored.


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My Little Dollhouse's team of playtime experts creates a pastel-hued paradise for kids. A hand-painted stage is the focal point of the playroom and provides a spot for kids to model princess costumes as music plays and a disco ball glints and shimmers. Little ones can also play in and out of playhouses or receive manicures at the nail-painting station.
In addition to open playtime, My Little Dollhouses also hosts themed birthday parties during which guests have access to the center's cache of costumes and accessories in a private party room and can put on a fashion show or dance. Staff members take all the guesswork out of setting up and cleaning up, and they furnish partygoers with baked treats, balloons, and party favors.
Rays of sun pour in through the windows above, illuminating a cavernous, 30,000-square foot space. Players dart in and out of view as they seek shelter inside 20 different bunkers, beneath piles of pallets, or behind walls wreathed in green mesh. At Airsoft Tulsa & Outdoor Sports, gamers seek out their opponents as they work in teams in military-style combat situations. Competitors can stock up on new gear at the adjacent 6,000-square foot retail facility, or employ the services of the on-site technicians to repair and upgrade one's equipment.


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Anyone else notice that Days of Blood is listed as being distributed to retailers already (green status on upcoming page)? Glad to see this come out the gates right on the heels of the closing of Blood Quest Cycle. Much appreciated as the gap between Captial and Blood Quest (and Enemy and Morrslieb) was unbearably long in my opinion.
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Celebrity Summit Cruise Review by REEF Surfer: Holiday Cruise
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This was our second cruise on Celebrity and our tenth cruise overall. We expected to have excellent accommodations, food, service and entertainment, and we weren't disappointed. Celebrity remains our favorite cruise line.
Cabin. We were in an Aqua Class balcony cabin (9050-9060 range), which was nicely appointed and had sufficient storage and a comfortable bed. However, the stateroom was a bit narrow, and we found ourselves needing to choreograph our movements. An extra 6 – 12 inches in width would have made an enormous amount of difference1 The location was quiet, being nearly midway between the fore and mid stairwells. (On the starboard side, staterooms 9030, 9100 and 9134 are closest to the stairwells.) We heard very little noise from above despite the fact that the pool and buffet are both on deck 10. We were apparently forward of their noise footprint. When walking past staterooms in the More
9090 – 9100 range, we occasionally heard noise from the pool area above. We were provided with fresh fruit (apples and oranges), canapés, and iced tea on a daily basis. We received beautiful fresh-cut flowers at the beginning of the cruise, which we used to decorate Christmas gifts for the staff. Somewhat surprisingly, the flowers were never replaced. The ice bucket was mysteriously removed after three days. Tip: we brought a power strip to use for recharging our iEverythings; otherwise it would have been a challenge keeping all of the devices powered because there are few outlets in the stateroom. Tip: Deck 9 forward is a great location – easy access to the Aqua Spa, adult pools and buffet, but away from the noise.
Internet access. Forget using the ship's service - it's slower than dialup and outrageously expensive (75 cents/minute without a package, and, given the abysmal speed, the charges can mount up really fast!). It really is puzzling that cruise lines like Celebrity can do so many things brilliantly, but when it comes to Internet access, they're stuck in the Stone Age (or deliberately overcharging their passengers). One of these days a major cruise line will provide free or low cost high-speed Internet access, and they will have a huge competitive edge with the computer-savvy generations who want to stay connected. Tip: get an international data-roaming package for your cellular device. Tip: Be sure to turn off your wireless devices once you leave port or you will be gouged by the "Cellular-at-Sea" data download prices. We lost several hundred dollars because of this oversight, and we think that Celebrity is doing a disservice to their customers by not providing a caution. Celebrity may have made several hundred dollars in cellular fees, but they lost far more in customer relations!
Public Spaces. The Summit has a wide variety of appealing and comfortable common-use areas, ranging from sedentary (library-ish) to high-energy. Tip: The Sunset Bar is a great place to relax before/after the shows.
Fitness center. The facility is well equipped and well utilized, and the equipment was in good working order (I only saw one out-of-order treadmill among the dozens of systems). Attendants dutifully wiped down the devices between users. Tip: fitness center is much less crowded while the ship is in port.
Running track (deck 11). Uncrowded and in good shape, but it was a bit short.
Pools, hot tubs and Persian Garden. Clean, uncrowded, comfortable and well-maintained. Surprisingly, I was never asked for my Aqua Class key card when accessing the Persian Garden. Children were often found in adults-only pools and hot tubs, and crewmembers seemed reluctant to enforce the restrictions.
Celebrity Theater. Very well laid out; not a bad seat in the house! We were always able to find seats, even when arriving at the last minute.
Blu. The food was excellent, and the wait staff was attentive, uniformly pleasant, and completely focused on excellent customer service. By the second evening, the maitre-de not only knew us, but he also knew which table we preferred. By arriving early, we were always able to sit at a window table (although almost all tables had a nice view of the water). The food was great, and the soups were especially delicious. What I would change: The Blu schedule indicated that they stopped seating for breakfast at 9AM. Since our wakeups were precipitated by the first P.A. announcement - usually around 8:15 – (and who wants to set an alarm clock on vacation!), we could have used a bit more time to get to the restaurant. In reality, the maître-de graciously accepted latecomers until about 9:15. Tip: Try the Greyhounds at breakfast: they might be the best on the planet (made with fresh squeezed grapefruit juice). The fresh squeezed orange juice and Mango Madness smoothie were also delicious. Tip: Take care of the staff, and they will take care of you!
Normandie. Because we were in Aqua Class, upon boarding we were offered a 50% discount on first night dining at this pay-to-eat restaurant (it's normally $45pp). The food was good, the atmosphere inviting, but the service was slow. Specifically, it took an average of over 25 minutes between courses. We arrived at Normandie at 8:10PM, and we walked out at 9:40PM because our main course had not yet arrived. On the positive side, the maître-de called our stateroom within minutes of our disappointed departure from Normandie, and he asked why we had left. When we told him about the slow pace of the food service, he apologized and offered to make things right by inviting us back for a free "do-over". Our second dinner at Normandie took an hour and forty minutes (including the main course). This was much more reasonable, especially considering the fact that it was Christmas night, and the restaurant was very busy. Tip: If you dine at Normandie, expect to be there for 1 ½ to 2 hours minimum.
Cosmopolitan Restaurant. We ate Christmas brunch at the Cosmo, and the food was quite good. Brunch was served from 10AM – 1PM. Be prepared to wait for a considerable length of time unless you arrive early or towards the end of the brunch.
Qsine. We did not use this venue.
Aqua Spa Café. Advertised as light and healthy, we felt the café was too limited in their offerings. (Loose translation: This is a foo-foo restaurant, not for guys.)
Bistro on 5. Bo5 is an attractive and lightly utilized venue, featuring crepes, soups and salads. However, because it had few wheat-free offerings, we didn't partake.
Oceanview Café (Buffet). At times it was hard to find silverware, ice machines often didn't work, and coffee urns (especially regular coffee) needed to be refilled more frequently. At some food stations the selections were two deep, making it impossible to reach the aft selection without the help of a crewmember (and they weren't always nearby). Our sleep and shore excursion schedules seemed to be out of sync with the buffet hours, which occasionally limited the selection of foods available to us. However, the buffet food was excellent. Tip: there are several nice outdoor tables at the stern of the ship near the Sunset Bar.
Service on cruise ships is usually very good. Service on the Celebrity Summit ranged from very good to exceptional, often surpassing our expectations. This particular crew stood out because they seemed to really like each other, and so they clicked as a team. We appreciated the fact that crewmembers were often seen dining at the buffet and several of the other restaurants. That sent positive messages about the quality of the food and the accessibility of the crewmembers. We also appreciated that the staff was as friendly on d-day as they were when we embarked. Perhaps the best service we experienced was at the restaurant Blu, where the levels of courtesy, kindness, attentiveness and skill were exemplary. We appreciated that Blu and the Cosmopolitan were open for breakfast on disembarkation day; on several previous cruises, only the buffet was open on d-day.
The big shows, (especially iHollywood and comedian Buzz Southerland) were some of the best we've seen in our ten cruises. All of the other performers we watched (4-Sail, Will Foraker, Justin Wade, etc.) were talented and enjoyable.
Loved it! Originating in San Juan, we stopped at St. Croix, St. Kitts, Dominica, Tortola and St. Thomas. Because we had only one sea day, we had uncrowded access to the pool, lounge chairs, hot tubs, spa, etc. on most days. We shared the port with another cruise ship at only one of our six stops (including San Juan), which reduced the number of people using the port facilities.
Guest demographics
Our passenger group was very diverse in terms of age, race and nationality. Many different languages were spoken. There weren't as many children as one would normally expect on a holiday cruise, perhaps because of the added expense of flying to/from San Juan.
Favorite spaces
Blu, Michael's Club, outside tables at the buffet near the Sunset Bar, Mast Bar (between activities), the Thalassotherapy bubble beds, our balcony.
Getting to and from the ship
Celebrity offers pre-arranged transportation between the San Juan airport and the ship. Two catches: first, you are separated from your luggage (and lost luggage is not the responsibility of the cruise line), and second, you have to wait until the vehicle (large chartered bus) is full before you leave. We opted for a taxi, which cost $24 plus tip for two people and four bags. Less
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As many of you may know, I'm obsessed very interested in the weather. I'm stalking good friends with several meteorologists here in my area and my only Twitter list consists of fellow weather goobs SkyWatchers. I've posted here before about my adventures in weather , but this time was a doozy…
Five years ago this week James Spann saved my life. For realz.
It was a few days before Thanksgiving and I was still living in Mississippi at the time. Gregory and I were talking and he suggested I come up on Tuesday instead of Wednesday so that not only would we have an extra day to hang out but also the weather was supposed to get bad. So Tuesday morning I got up early, dropped Ted off at doggy camp and headed to the 205. G and I spent the day at one of our favorite hangouts and just chilled out. I then reluctantly went to my parents and he went to Cullman to be with his mother for the holiday.
My dad was coming in the next day from the shipyard so I spent a relatively quiet evening with my mom, helping her prep some dishes and watching TV, and in between stayed on the phone with G. Between the two of us I think we burned around 3000 minutes a month, LOL – if we weren't together we were ALWAYS on the phone. We watched the news and she went off to bed and I stayed on the phone with G some more and went to sleep around midnight.
Around 5am she came to my room and woke me up and told me I needed to come downstairs with her because her weather radio had gone off and there was bad weather around. The bottom of their house is all brick and built into the side of the hill, so that's the best place to be in severe weather. I grabbed my phone and sleepily padded downstairs in my pajamas and took up residence on the couch while my mom put the TV on Jame's live weather cast, all the while listening to me moan and groan about wanting to go back to sleep. In Alabama, James is a weather legend. When he is on TV, you better pay attention because some weather juju is going down somewhere, and if it's near you, you want to know. At the time I did not heed my own advice.
After about 30 minutes of listening to my sleepy bitching and thinking we were in the clear, she agreed to let me go back to my nice warm bed while she stayed up and watched the news. This was around 0540. I got back in bed and was just drifting back off to sleep when the power went out. I had enough time to think "oh great they'll never get it back on in time for us to cook." Then I started hearing thuds and things hitting the side of the house. Then I heard my mother screaming.
The next thing I know, the door is flying open, she's SHRIEKING, glass is shattering and we are headed down the stairs to the lower part of the house…with her pushing me all the way down….how we didn't roll down the stairs and break our necks I have no clue. We barely made it into a closet at the bottom of the steps, and as I was pulling the door shut I could feel the suction trying to pull it open. And I can't say it was scary because actually, it happened so fast. Afterward, I was terrified.
People always ask me what it sounded like. Some say it sounds like a train. To me it sounds like Betty Trimble screaming her head off in one ear with a side of raging wind and breaking glass in the other. When it was over we went upstairs and pretty much all of the front glass was blown out. And though we didn't know it, the house had shifted about half a foot off it's foundation. My brother was pounding on the door because when he looked down from his house he saw this…..
And I walked outside and saw this……
where there used to be this…..
Where my room used to be……
Good thing I wasn't in the shower….
My bed that I had been nestled in so comfortably moments before was on an island across the lake…… My clothes were all over the place…and they found my laptop, still in it's case, soaking wet about a mile away…..
And somewhere under there are three boats and a few jet skis…..
….but we were alive, and had the love and assistance of family and friends to help us get out, rebuild and start again.
And for that, I am forever thankful……
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WOW! It's a miracle that you and your mom weren't hurt!! James is the man!!
Your parent's house is gorgeous!
Robin :o)
Great story! I wonder how many lives James has saved during his career? The house was awesome in the before pics but WOW it's unbelievable now!!
I love this story. I do. But duh, it took a second for me to figure out who Betty Trimble is
I oughta send James a thank you note, because I'm really glad you're still with us!!!
and yeah… nice digs
Whoa!! Living in tornado alley in KY, I am impressed that you all survived that!! What category was the tornado? I lived through a cat4 when I was three years old and we lived in OH.


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Why do people like Medicare and fear health care reform?
Those Congressional town hall meetings around the country, where protesters, many of them on Medicare, rail about President Obama's health reform plan, have made me wonder about my fellow citizens. They look like ordinary working- and middle-class people who probably have the same problems with the U.S. health care system as millions of other Americans. How can they just say no to legislation that would help them personally, or that would give others the kind of guaranteed coverage they already enjoy?
Last week I was in the waiting room at my dentist's office in Yakima reading Time magazine's cover story about Obama's efforts to pass health reform. An attractive white woman who appeared to be in her early 60s said how awful she thought the proposed Obama reforms would be and that it would be just like Canada's dreadful system, with total government control. I pointed out that the U.S. Medicare system is a government, single-payer insurance system like Canada's, and that most people on Medicare seem to like it.
Then came the surprise. "Yes," she said, "we like it." But, she added, the government system shouldn't be expanded beyond that.
Struck by this irony, I decided to ask more of the folks in Yakima about all this. So last Friday (Aug. 14) I went to an anti-health reform rally in Yakima held in front of Sen. Patty Murray's office, organized by the anti-government "tea party" folks. About 75 people, at least half of them 65 or older, were marching and brandishing signs like "Obama's health care plan makes me $ick!" Quite a few passing cars and trucks honked in approval. Three lonely counter demonstrators across the street held pro-reform and single-payer signs.
Keep in mind that the health care crisis in Yakima is dire. The Yakima/Tri-cities area has the second highest rate of uninsured residents of all the state's regions, according to state figures. And the rest of the state is hardly in good shape. Across Washington, nearly 900,000 residents — about one in five — lack health insurance this year. That's 21 percent more than last year. On top of that, state budget cuts recently caused Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital to implement job layoffs and furloughs.
So why do these demonstrators oppose Obama's proposal to extend health coverage to all Americans, improve health care quality, and control costs? Are they personally secure enough to refuse government-arranged health insurance? Based on my sample of eight people, the answers are "the government sucks" and no.
It's no surprise that these conservative folks think that the government can't do anything right, and that anything it does will be more expensive than a comparable effort by the private sector. "Every program they start gets into debt," complained Ralph Welch, a fit-looking 72-year-old Yakima retiree. It's also predictable that they think Big Brother wants to control their lives, and that people should be more self-reliant. "The government is dictating what our lives should be," said Paula, a 49-year-old who provides elder care in a state program and who didn't want to give her last name.
Equally unsurprising — but perhaps more dangerous — was their deep stock of misinformation about the Democratic legislation in Congress. They wrongly think that the reforms would force old people to die instead of receiving treatment; provide insurance coverage for illegal immigrants; give everyone free coverage; allow the government access to everyone's bank account and financial records; and allow the government to dictate the health care everyone gets.
They insist they get this stuff from reading the legislation. But actually, some admit, they either heard it from Fox News or conservative talk radio and cable TV hosts like Lou Dobbs, or they read it in some of the deranged bill descriptions by anti-reform zealots that currently are choking the Web and e-mail boxes. "There are three or four pages floating around the Internet that show the specific problems," said Bob West, 67, a retired Yakima County worker who helped organize the rally and who leads an anti-illegal immigrant group in Yakima. "It's pretty scary. They'd have complete access to your bank account."
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Posted Tue, Aug 18, 2:14 p.m.
Not to excuse the misinformation, but HR 3200 is over a thousand pages long. (Here's the PDF: http://bit.ly/h8p8w)
I doubt anyone has read the entire legislation, and I mean anyone.
This is no way to run a government that does not create attitudes like Kathleen Baker's.
Posted Tue, Aug 18, 2:15 p.m.
The people you quote don't seem deluded to me. I am a medicare recipient. It has been good for me. But I do not believe it is good for our country. The cost of the program has exploded; what was conceived as a generous gift to the elderly (quite belatedly, even in the sixties the elderly enjoyed a reasonably bountiful life; the picture of deprived elders was probably an image from the thirties) has now become an entitlement and it is not, I believe, thankfully accepted as a gift from the working generations as it should be. The generosity of Medicare is seen as a right, properly belonging to those over 65 (or 59 or 62). It is not a right. You and I have no claim on the wages of those who work for a living and that is probably why Mr. Obama spoke seriously about some hard end-of-life decisions in a NYT article earlier this year. Anyone who thinks about it realizes Medicare as it is presently managed is unsustainable. During a perhaps unguarded moment Mr. O talked about that issue. He was just being thoughtful. Big mistake.
I am slightly embarrassed to see my family doctor because I know how little Medicare pays him. He is also an (I presume, unwilling) contributor to this largess to the deprived elderly.
I think those people you spoke to are admirable.
Posted Tue, Aug 18, 3:48 p.m.
To Kieth: Medicare is good for you but not good for the rest of the country? Exactly my point. Why not listen to the views of tens of millions of Americans who don't have health coverage or who have insecure or inadequate coverage express their views on that?
Medicare was hardly conceived of as a "generous gift to the elderly." Old people were dying from lack of health care. "Kieth" needs to read up on the dire health care situation of the elderly in America prior to the passage of Medicare. There are plenty of sources. Here are two:
(see page 23)
Second, the "working generations" (like me) are in no privileged position to begrudge the elderly their guaranteed, secure Medicare coverage. If you talk to Americans, particularly those aged 45-64, about their health care situations, you'll find a great need for more secure and affordable health insurance than they have now.
One of the things I found in my interviews with the anti-reform protesters is that they also are in no personal position to begrudge anyone else guaranteed coverage. If it weren't for Medicare or the state Basic Health Plan or a spouse's private or state coverage, most of them would be up a creek. The rest have job-based coverage that depends on the whim of their employer, or individual coverage with high deductibles that depends on the whim of the private insurer.
We can have a legitimate debate about the best way to control costs. But if misinformed opponents immediately start talking about "death panels" and "rationing" and "loss of free choice" as soon as anyone talks about cost control, then you know those people aren't serious or informed about finding ways to keep health care affordable.
BTW, many doctors have done quite nicely over the years off Medicare, thank you. Seniors are obviously the biggest users of health care, and even if Medicare pays somewhat less than private insurance, it's a guaranteed payer that involves far fewer hassles for doctors and hospitals than private insurers do.
Posted Tue, Aug 18, 8:40 p.m.
Mr Meyer so if you think your tax burden should last until mid April and the cost of government is mid august your anti government? SIGN ME UP!!!
What government agency works ssi broke,medicare broke,cps kills kids,i wont even go into how screwed medicaid is my physically disabled son with a prosthetic leg limited sight and hearing and a survivor of 27 life saving surgeries took six years to be accepted to medicaid that's what happens when the government runs health care
p.s yes i had health insurance but went past oer cap at 2 million dollars in two years.
Posted Wed, Aug 19, 8:30 a.m.
Yes Mr. Harris, responding to your question, just like Cash for Clunkers is good for auto dealers but not good for the country. If that's exactly your point then I don't understand your argument.
Posted Wed, Aug 19, 9:18 a.m.
For those of you who don't want to read the 1,000-page House health reform bill, here's a clear summary from the nonpartisan Politifact that separates truth from falsehood. This addresses many of the pieces of misinformation that have circulated among the anti-reform protesters. Then you can compare it to the actual House bill. I've included the Web site for that as well. Let's try to have a debate about the actual facts:
Posted Fri, Aug 21, 11:28 a.m.
Mr. Meyer,
It may not have been explicitly expressed by the people you talked to, but there is a legitimate concern about "rationing" care to Medicare beneficiaries. Obama proposes to fund a significant portion of the cost of reform from "savings" and "efficiencies" in Medicare. If there's a way he can do that without reducing the quantity and quality of care, he hasn't told us.
Posted Wed, Aug 26, 10:35 a.m.
For many years, the Republicans, now supposedly the great defenders of seniors, have proposed cutting the growth of Medicare by even larger sums than the Democrats now propose. The GOP savings would go not to health coverage expansion for other Americans but rather to tax cuts tilted toward wealthy people. On top of that, the Republicans long have wanted to give seniors a voucher for a fixed amount of money to buy a private plan. There would be no guarantee that the vouchers would keep pace with inflation, thus saddling seniors with higher and higher out of pocket costs. Beyond that, the entitlement cutters in both parties seek to chop huge sums out of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, with no quid pro quo for seniors in terms of better benefits. Tell me how all that would be done without chopping out needed care for seniors.
Contrast that with the Democrats' proposals to enhance Medicare drug and primary care benefits, and to get savings in areas which make good sense, such as eliminating unjustified subsidies for Medicare Advantage private plans and not paying hospitals extra for re-admissions due to poor quality care. And the Democrats want more research to encourage care that's beneficial and discourage care which doesn't work.
So actually Obama and the Democrats have told us what they want to do and why, and it makes sense. But much of that discussions has been drowned out by the nonsense over death panels and rationing.
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Buzdar A et al. – TAS–108 at 40mg and 80mg daily demonstrated clinical activity with an encouraging duration of benefit. Because of its superior safety profile, TAS–108 40mg daily is recommended for further development.
Methods- In this randomized, double-blind, multicenter study, TAS-108 was administered daily at a dose of 40mg, 80mg, or 120mg to postmenopausal patients with locally advanced, or inoperable, or metastatic hormone-receptor positive breast cancer.
- The primary efficacy outcome was clinical benefit (CB), defined as the total number of patients who achieved a complete response, a partial response, or stable disease for ≥24weeks.
- The study was a 2-stage design in which 19 patients per dose group were planned in the first stage.
- If at least 3 patients in any dose group achieved a CB, then that dose group was to be allowed to continue enrolling for the second stage, and the group could include up to a total of 60 patients.
- The 40-mg and 80-mg groups met the criterion and enrolled patients into the second stage.
- In the 40-mg group, there were 13 CB events in 60 patients (21.7%); and, in the 80-mg group, there were 12 CB events in 60 patients (20%).
- The 120-mg daily dose was stopped early, because it failed to achieve the criterion.
- For the 40-mg and 80-mg groups, the median time to progression was 15.0weeks and 15.9weeks, respectively.
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I rode the Cirrus last spring and a little this summer. They are amazing. The lace locks and awesome liner hold your ankle down so well. No heal lift here. I love these boots cause they are very skate shoe inspired. Celsius is awesome cause they only make boots too so all their focus goes on them.
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Oh, she is so cute. We are nourishing a gray Tom that has shown up at our door. He also, was very thin, but not skiddish at all. We're checking for missing cat ads but so far nothing. I think you are very caring and will miss Caddy, but with dogs you never know! Daisydo |
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I will miss her, but I just hope the time I spent with her will have a positive impact on the transistion to a new home. She is currently cuddled up in my lap after her meal...snug as a bug! If only I could win the lottery, Vera |
- Posted by anna_in_quebec z4 QC (My Page) on Thu, Sep 7, 06 at 9:18
I do love to hear such "happy endings" - I have taken in more than my share of strays, all have proven to be wonderful companions. Thanks for sharing that story. Anna |
Beautiful cat - wonderful story and how great you found a home for her. We also found a young cat five years ago. While I thought she was "plumping up", of course, she was pregnant and had four kittens five years ago August 11th. We spayed and neutered all five of them (done cheaply at a special clinic nearby) and gave away the mother, one of her daughters and kept the other three. We always had dogs and I never realized how attached one can get to cats. They can be so loving and give back so much. You did a wonderful thing, Vera. You gave the cat so much love that she was comfortable again. Great story. Carrie |
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She is fortunate to have found a caring person such as you. My daughter saw your story and sends a big hug and a 'Thank-You'!! So do I. |
What a lucky kitten. I could go on a rampage about the irresponsible jerks that put her in that position! I'm happy she landed "on her feet" instead of under a car wheel or slow starvation. Way to go Vera!!!!! |
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Intestinal Gas (Belching, Bloating, Flatulence) (cont.)Medical Author:
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How is excessive intestinal gas treated?The treatment of excessive intestinal gas depends on the cause.
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Enter Karelle Levy, whose Krelwear line includes garments of lasting significance to be studied and treasured. The 31-year-old Miami native cuts quite a charismatic figure, model-thin and lovely in her signature tube-knit dresses, extreme makeup, and bold glasses. In person, in the Wynwood studio on NW 25th Street where she spends most of her time, Levy dresses plainly, speaks in a soft monotone, and seems understated, even uncertain. The Bitch met with her November 7 Election Day while the designer and her two assistants prepared for the debut of her spring/summer collection, a set-piece show and line called "Absence."
Referencing the sounds of CNN that burbled upstairs in the atelier, Levy fretted, "With everything that's going on in the world today the war, the unending strife in the Middle East, global warming I didn't feel like making something colorful or happy. I almost didn't come out with the line at all this season. I decided finally to make these pieces colorless, so there's no real palette, only gray, black, and white. The way the show is being set up is reflective of the theme, öAbsence.' There's not even going to be a raised catwalk. There will be folding chairs in an empty room, and that's it."
"Absence" is also Levy's personal statement about the crushing blow of deciding to scrap her original spring/summer series; it was to have been called "Sherbet" and based on lime and tangerine pastels. "I finished the pieces and showed a few of them to buyers not department stores or mall shops that wouldn't get it but to couturiers in Japan and Europe from whom I get my made-to-orders, which pay the bills. And they didn't get it. They didn't like it. I didn't sell one piece, didn't get a single order."
To understand the magnitude of Levy's cancellation of Sherbet, you have to know a little about what goes into making a piece of Krelwear it's not like switching factory settings from baggy to skinny jeans. Krelwear's made-to-order line is the product of a manual-knitting machine which looks a little like the type of loom operated with a foot pedal from tiny batches of yarn, sometimes only a few skeins of a certain color. Even the ready-to-wear line is assembled slowly, in tiny increments. And it's made locally, at Flamingo Trimmings II in Hialeah.
"I do believe in a global economy," Levy said. "I do. But by that I mean let Chinese workers come here. They're perfectly welcome to come here to Miami and contribute to the environment and create and keep jobs in the area. I'll only have my work done in Miami. I'm from Miami, and I intend to stay here, so why would I send work away from my hometown?"
The designer went on to describe to The Bitch who has always smirked at the "Garment District" signs still visible along NW 72nd Avenue how Hialeah was once home to thriving clothes-making factories.
"Even as recently as when I was a teenager in the Eighties, there were many, many working factories," Levy recalled.
Levy is actually a bit disingenuous when it comes to her homegirl-ness. She spent most of her childhood in Sweden and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, where she began as a conceptual arts major. "My third year, I took a fabric design class, just as an elective," Levy said. "I don't know how else to put it, but ... during that class, I became obsessed with knitting. Just obsessed."
The resulting Krelwear pieces mostly women's sweaters, skirts, and dresses with the occasional hat, scarf, or shrug thrown in are nubbly, organic, eerily beautiful pieces that cling to the body like an octopus but are strong as fishing nets. Ready-to-wear pieces cost from $80 to $175, and made-to-order garments around $300 to $500. That's not expensive for couture.
The "Absence" fashion show took place this past Thursday in the upstairs lobby of the Dupont building on Flagler Street in downtown Miami. As backhoes and steamrollers rumbled through the torn-up thoroughfare under sodium arc lamps, the event went off more or less as Levy had described. It was really an environment as much as a display. About 200 people including Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's Jai Rodriguez and a ringer for Vogue editor Anna Wintour gathered, some seated in folding chairs, some lining the window sills. They all witnessed a sort of Rite of Spring premiere of the fashion world, something to describe in years to come even though no one will believe you were there.
With some scratchy Edith Piaf songs wafting through the cavernous room, Levy's designs were borne by a half-dozen models whose only adornments were cameo mourning brooches, Edwardian lace collars, and white mascara. They silenced the restless and stunned the jaded. Leeched of their colors, the silvery, smoky, snowy pieces could be viewed as subversive constructions, their intentional runs and rips both endearing and intimidating. In suitable Nijinsky homage, several groups of people got up and walked out midshow (how damn rude!), yet there was a distinctly Miami moment: One woman, wearing a baroque fuchsia and gold brocade Jo-Ann Fabrics creation jumped onto the runway and strode a lap with the real models!


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I've got an old house built in 1914. The exterior is done in what I've been told is called 'pebbledash'. Apparently you put a layer of cement on the house first, then literally throw stones at it which stick to the surface. PO's of the house downsized a couple windows and left the exterior with just a layer of cement. I'm having a really hard time imagining how I'm going to fix this so that it matches the original finish. Does anyone have any experience with this type of finish? I'm located in Ontario, Canada, so if anyone out there knows someone who specializes in doing/repairing this kind of thing, let me know please! Thanks,
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We have a lot of that kind of repair in my neighborhood. The pebble dash process is kind of cool. They use a large brush and snap it to throw the finish coat on to the scratch coat. Unfortunately, even if they get the texture really close, the color never quite matches. Some people try to paint the stucco, but again for whatever reason the patch shows through. The only truly seemless fix I have seen is to redash the whole house, but that is very pricey. Not sure how attached you are to the smaller window, but any thought to putting in a window that was the original size? BTW, Love the post on your porch. |
I love the posts too :) The porch is in serious need of repair, as is the rest of my house, so I'll probably be hanging out here a lot. Unfortunately, or fortunately, I guess it depends on how you look at it, the PO's put in a bathroom where that window is, and a shower stall is on the left of that window so I can't downsize. I'm taking the shower out and turning it into a small powder room and a wall will then be to the left of the window so it pretty much has to stay approximately the same size :( I sort of figured I'd have to redo the whole exterior. Boo. I wonder what the process is for prepping this kind of finish to be refinished. Will I have to scrape off all these stones somehow? |
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