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A man participating in the annual Earth Day beach cleanup Saturday stumbled upon a potentially hazardous portion of a military marking rocket, picked it up despite clear warnings, and took it to the Tisbury Police station.
Detective Mark Santon said the man, whom he did not identify, found the cylindrical tube at the water's edge on Makonikey Beach in West Tisbury. "So he put it in the back seat of his car and delivered it to the police station," Detective Santon said. "Along with a hypodermic needle."
Police removed the tube from the man's car and closed off half the police station parking lot with yellow tape. Fire chief John Schilling also responded.
With state explosive experts focused on the Marathon bombing and unable to assist, a Naval explosives expert based in Newport, Rhode Island, looked at a photo Mr. Santon provided and identified the object as a potentially dangerous phosphorous charge.
Police used the Tisbury harbor patrol boat to pick up the Navy expert. He placed the tube in a safe container and transported it to the mainland for safe disposal.
As for what private citizens should do if they come upon a suspicious object on the beach, experts give the following advice: "Recognize, Retreat, Report. Recognize that the item could be ordnance, retreat from the item the way you approached it, and report it to the police."
Did anyone claim the needle?
So what was it??
The device is a Marine Location Marker. They are used by the USGS, and the Military. The device is basically a large flare which emits lots and lots of smoke. It is supposed to sink after functioning however sometimes they wash up on shore. They are very dangerous as the device contains phosphorus which is extremely flammable and can cause serious burns and possibly explode if the canister is damaged.

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If you've ever been to Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, inevitably, the question will come up. Maybe it's back at the hotel, going over your day's adventures. It could be while on the bus ride back after a late night at Extra Magic Hours. Or maybe days, or weeks–months, even–after your vacation, as you sit with your family or friends looking through the photo album. But if you're in any Magic Kingdom conversation long enough, someone will always ask:
"What's your favorite 'land?'"
For some, the answer is easy. The immersive ambience of Adventureland calls to their wanderlust. Or the nostalgia of Fantasyland makes them feel like a child again. For others, the answer changes with their mood. The beauty of the park is that the concrete, bustling metropolis of Tommorowland is within walking distance from the rural outpost of Fronteirland, so committing to one area is hardly necessary.
My answer, it seems to me, is the most overlooked portion of the Magic Kingdom. Main Street, USA, is often not even considered one of the "lands." Although the first area the guest experiences, it's often looked on as the way in/out of the park, merely an accessway. Main Street is the only area to boast no rides or traditional attractions (save for a one-way horse-and-cart or antique fire engine ride from the town square to the "hub"). People don't tend to linger around Main Street, with perhaps the exception of the occasional father, resting on a bench with the kids while mom peruses the vast array of merchandise in the Emporium.
I always gravitate back toward Main Street when I'm not in any particular hurry. Now don't get me wrong, there are plenty of other places in the park to relax, soak in the atmosphere, and just people-watch. In Adventureland, next to the Swiss Family Treehouse, savoring a Dole Whip. Just inside Tomorrowland, in the shade of the Noodle Station, watching Push the talking trash can harass unsuspecting tourists. Or in Carousel of Progress, where I can usually fall asleep for a good forty-five minutes before the cast members realize someone's in there (I end up with "It's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" stuck in my head for weeks afterward, however).
But Main Street keeps calling me back. I don't know what it is.
Main Street, USA was arguably the area closest to Walt Disney's heart when he was designing Disneyland. The street is famously modeled after Walt's boyhood town of Marceline, Missouri, at the turn of the century. The Magic Kingdom's Main Street, however, is probably more accurately a depiction of the more modernized Kansas City (Walt's home town after Marceline, before he made the move to California. The original Disney Brothers studio was in Kansas City, and it's where Walt met legendary animator, and original Mickey Mouse artist, Ub Iwerks). There are aspects of other regions as well, including Philadelphia and New England. All of the architecture is circa 1910.
When the crew at the studios, under Walt's direction, was building Disneyland, no one had any experience in making or running amusement parks. Walt knew this was okay, because he didn't want an amusement park. He wanted a theme park, a term that hadn't even been used yet. He was going to re-invent the amusement park, and create an entirely new kind of entertainment venue. And one thing he and his staff did know how to do, and do well, was make movies.
The whole idea behind the park was to make guests feel as if they had stepped through the screen and into a movie. Which movie depended on which land you were in. Main Street was to be the gateway to these lands. A single street, in the style of a bygone small American town, leading up to the center of the ingeniously designed hub-and-spoke layout of the park, where you could choose your first destination. Main Street is the only land in which you have to pass through. Unlike other amusement parks of the time, Disneyland had only one entrance/exit, so as to control the guests experience completely. And the park's designers controlled it to make it feel like a movie. Even if you don't notice it.
Outside the Magic Kingdom, you buy your ticket and look up the hill at the massive brick train station before you. You cannot see anything beyond the station, even the towering Cinderella Castle. The station acts like a big, red curtain, hiding the wonders behind it. As you pass through the building, you'll see retro-painted posters advertising some of the rides the park has to offer. These are, of course, the coming attractions.
(Side note: In the train station, look for a shelf high overhead that serves as a lost-and-found. You'll find a bone belonging to Pluto, the Genie's lamp, the White Rabbit's pocket watch, and several other familiar items…my favorite is a wooden leg engraved with the name "Smith," a wonderful reference to a corny "Mary Poppins" joke)
There is nothing that duplicates the feeling you get, every time, when you exit through one of the train station's brick arches and the whole World seems to unfold in front you. You are hit all at once with the sights, the sounds, and the smells. It truly feels like a curtain has just risen to reveal a spectacular set, and even if you've seen it before, it's better than you imagined. The difference is you're in the middle of the movie. The enormous castle stands glimmering at the end of the street. Of course, that's the first thing your eye is drawn to; that's the whole point of it. But all around you, the smell of popcorn or baking cookies, the sauntering honkey-tonk music, the clip-clop of horses on the pavement, the people filing in, all with looks of anticipation and excitement (or, depending on the time of day, filing out, all with looks of exhaustion and fulfillment).
As you make your way down the street, you'll notice the names of fake businesses painted on the windows of the second and third stories. Some of these are the names of dummy corporations used to buy out the Florida land bit-by-bit so sellers wouldn't realize it was Disney and jack up the price (one for example: the "M. T. Lott" developing company, which, on paper, was owned by a Miss Minnie Mouse…way to be inconspicuous, fellas). Most, however are real names of people who were instrumental in building the park and within the Disney company. So as you're walking down toward the castle, it's as if the opening credits are scrolling by you. When you exit the park, they serve as the ending credits. No matter which direction you're heading, the first and last names are always the same: Walt Disney. He's the only person with more than one window: One on each side of the train station, and one over the ice cream parlor, facing the castle.
The first part of Main Street when you come through the train station is my favorite part. Set up like a town square, surrounded by buildings with a small green with a flagpole in the middle, it makes for a great place to rest and soak in that Disney feeling. There is a small flag ceremony everyday around 5 pm, which veterans can ask to be a part of. The flag is lowered and folded while a small brass band plays. While every building on Main Street is adorned with flags, only the main one is lowered. This is because most of the others are actually lightning rods. It's also because the big one is the only real American flag. Walt Disney was nothing if not patriotic, so Disney gets around the whole ritual by making sure every other flag is missing a star or a stripe to avoid having to take down dozens of flags every day.
The four main buildings surrounding the square are all in different American architectural styles. Three of the buildings are the only ones on the street, and some of the very few in all of Walt Disney World not built using "forced perspective." Forced perspective is a trick Imagineers use to make the buildings on Main Street, Cinderella Castle, Animal Kingdom's Mount Everest, the country pavilions in Epcot–and just about everything else in Disney–appear taller and bigger. The second story on the Main Street, USA buildings is only 7/8ths the size of the first story, and the third story is only 7/8ths the size of the second. The painted "bricks" on Cinderella Castle get smaller as they go up, until they disappear completely. The resulting effect, often used in movies, is that everything seems much bigger than it actually is.
However, the train station, city hall, and the exposition center are all completely full size. This serves to hide the view of the Contemporary and Polynesian hotels, which would ruin the ambiance of a small town in 1910. (You can still reportedly see the Grand Floridian from some areas. Also, the Contemporary can be viewed from Tomorrowland, and I've heard you can see the Polynesian from Adventureland, but I can't figure out from where. If you know, or even better have a picture, let me know!). Because the castle is smaller than it appears, and the train station is actual size compared to the rest of the street (that given with the slight incline in terrain toward the hub), when you first arrive, the castle seems farther away. When you're leaving, with aching feet and sore legs, the train station appears closer, making the street seem shorter on the way out.
The City Hall is basically the administration building. Guests services and first aid are housed here. The Expo Hall used to be a nice little retreat to soak up some air conditioning and watch some old Mickey Mouse shorts, but as of late, Mickey and Minnie have been using the space for meet and greets while Toontown gets demolished. Next to the Expo Hall is Tony's Town Square, a lovely Italian restaurant based on the romantic eatery from "Lady and the Tramp." As far as my experience, the food is hit-or-miss, but the ambiance is great. Look outside for the Lady and the Tramp paw prints in the cement. And while you're over that way, sit down next to the statue of Goofy on a park bench. It may just strike up a conversation. There's a great statue behind the flagpole of Minnie Mouse and Roy Disney, but it's much less talkative.
The firehouse is worth a visit (Engine Company 71, named for the year the Magic Kingdom opened, 1971). Patches from fire departments from all over the world are displayed (Disney received so many, they can no longer fit them all in the firehouse. A cast member told me any new patches they get are sent to the Reedy Creek Fire Department, Disney's actual fire department, where they're displayed in their station). Having a firefighter for a father, this is a must-stop for me every trip for some unique police/fire/emergency services themed souvenirs.
The park's largest gift shop, the Main Street Emporium, stands to the left (most people walk to the right, so most of the food/travel supplies shops are to the right as go in, and gifts and souvenirs are mostly to the left for when you're leaving). The Emporium has such a vast and wonderful back story, that I could–and shall–devote an entire post to it.
Squeezed between the firehouse and the Emporium, barely noticable is the Harmony Barbershop, a real, actual, working, no-joke barbershop. They specialize in first haircuts, and make quite the ceremony out of it. They also offer colored gels, and finish all work off with a sprinkling of pixie dust. The barbers there perform between 350-400 services a week.
Down at the end of the street is Casey's Corner, a great baseball-themed counter service restaurant. You can order some corn-dog nuggets and enjoy them on the bleachers inside, or take them outside where a ragtime piano-player might be playing a Disney tune. The white upright piano, according to story, was a gift from Mickey to Minnie on the 50th Anniversary of Disneyland. The hammers are coated with a thin layer of plastic to give them extra bounce and add to the honkey-tonk sound.
Main Street is loaded with little hidden secrets. Toward the middle of the street, to the right, are two small side "streets" (more just inlets, really). On a quiet day, pause outside a second story window advertising singing and dancing lessons, and you may hear a vocal student practicing scales, or a tap-dancer.
There's an old phone (it's been moved around a bit, I believe it's in one of the shops now). Pick up the receiver to listen in on a party line. A mother and daughter complain about the price of hamburg (Five cents a pound!), talk about what's on sale in the Emporium, and a nosy neighbor tries to eavesdrop.
Listen for the telegraph in the train station. The Morse code it's tapping out is Walt Disney's speech from Disneyland's opening day.
The walkways on Main Street are red. There are a few different stories as to the reason behind this. Some sources say simply, safety. Others say it represents a red carpet. One story says that Disney's photo sponsor, Kodak, worked with Imagineers and determined that the red worked best against the background and people's skin tones making for the ideal picture. At night, service vehicles must travel down the street. They are required to be outfitted with a special pan underneath so as not to drip anything on the pristine road (also the reason it's impossible to buy chewing gum in any of the parks).
Like I say with everything else, SLOW DOWN! Next time you're in the MK, take your time walking down Main Street instead of rushing to get into the park. Take a listen to the Dapper Dans singing barbershop quartet. Talk to one of the characters around; the mayor and fire chief are eager to talk to guests. Grab some popcorn and check out the immensely talented Main Street marching band. You'll gain a whole new appreciation for the gateway to the magic.
Until next time, See Ya Real Soon!


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Okay so this is my 3rd pregnancy. My first two result and two beautiful little girls. Both pregnancys were different. Nothing over the top or extreme. I am 13 weeks with #3 and my symptoms have been once again different! So I was researching about acne and pregnancy which I didn't have to badly with my girls and found this " progesterone is more androgenic (male hormone-like) than estrogen, it also causes the secretions of your skin glands to increase, which will lead to more acne. " My TWO symptoms this pregnancy are EXHAUSTION and ACNE. Neither of these I had with the girls. Both started right at 6 weeks. I want to get excited and start feeling like maybe this is are boy but I am afraid too. We did the full sway but I still am preparing myself for girl. So you think this may mean there is a boy if there are higher levels of androgen hormones. Anyone!
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I have a really bad complexion on my face and chest and am severly tired and I am having a girl. They say girls steal your beauty. But of course they are all old wives tales and if you feel different with this pregnancy that's a good sign of the opposite gender. :)
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Though I was tired with a few of my girls and did have some acne, it was nothing like what I have now! I have acne all over my back, chest and face. Not just a few, but I feel like a teenager again. They are bad!!!!!!
Every pregnancy is different. I notice that my sleepiness and hungriness go in shifts this time. I'm not sure if it is related to any growth spurts of my little guy, but it is deffinately something that I have noticed is different.
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I own a rental house and I'm getting really fed up with driving over there to mow the grass. So, I decided to replace the small front lawn area (which no one uses anyway) with creeping jenny. I've done a ton of research on it, and I'm confident that this is a good choice for the land and amount of sun it gets (it's pretty shady, which is why I ruled out wooly thyme, which i have planned for the backyard which is very sunny). The only problem I can't figure out is how to prevent the creeping jenny from invading the neighbor's small patch of front lawn. The two lawns are only separated by a chain link fence. I was thinking of some kind of barrier, but I don't know if that will be sufficient, and if it would work, how far down in the soil must the barrier be, how tall, and how wide? I'm hoping someone here has some solutions to offer; I'm stumped! |
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I just had an idea...wonder what people think of this: Along the border of the chain link fence, I will plant a bunch of hostas (I have a ton of huge ones already on the property begging to be divided) and surround them with a 12" wide strip of black landscaping fabric topped with mulch. Do you think this will function as an effective barricade against the creepy jenny from encroaching on the neighbors property? |
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Creeping Jenny can creep over anything low, especially if no one is there to redirect it. There is nothing I can think of that doesn't require you to be there at least once in a while- you could trench with an edger every couple of weeks. You could Roundup every couple of weeks. You could pull it every couple of weeks. See? All require some maintenance. Maybe a low stone or brick wall too tall for it to creep over? Perhaps 12-18 inches or so. Is this the species or a gold cultivar? |
Thanks! I may do some type of brick wall. I do go to the property regularly, so some light maintenance isn't a problem, I'm just looking to get away from being chained to the biweekly mowing responsibility. I planted the creeping jenny about a month ago, and while it seems to have taken root just fine, it doesn't seem to be spreading much yet. Anyone know how long it takes for the spreading to 'kick in'? |
Just wait. Ever hear the saying concerning perennials: 1st year it sleeps, 2nd year it creeps, 3rd year it leaps. Well, be ready to jump out of the way! I grew the gold cultivar here in Portland. I had to constantly unbury other plants. Didn't have a stone wall but I doubt that will stop it. |
I have some rental houses too. It's in the lease that the tenant mows the lawn. I provide the mower. in 26 years of rental houses, it has worked out fine. Never one did I have to go mow. One is an old lady: she hires a neighbor. Just saying, there are options. |
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TUCSON - A man that is charged with stalking a 14-year-old over a period of weeks has been arrested, police said.
James Bland, 30, was charged with stalking and with failing to register as a sex offender, Tucson Police spokesman Sgt. Pete Dugan said in a release.
Police say Bland followed a 14-year-old girl to and from school near Camino Seco and East Kenyan Drive multiple times.
The first incident happened on Sept. 16 when the 14-year-old girl was walking home from high school. Police said Bland approached the girl in his car and began talking to her. Bland asked the girl if she would get in the car with him, police said, but she said no.
The next day on Sept. 17, police said the girl took a different route home but was still followed by Bland. The girl told police Bland was driving behind her very slowly. When she turned around, the driver sped past her and left the area.
On Nov. 12, the girl was walking to school in the 900 block of South Sherwood Village. The girl told police Bland approached her in the same car and tried talking to her again. A neighbor saw this and asked the girl if she needed help. The vehicle sped away.
A few days later the neighbor's husband saw the car again, followed it, noted the license plate and called police.
A followup by detectives from the Sex Offender Tracking unit determined the driver of the vehicle to be Bland.
Police say Bland failed to update his current address.
On Jan. 16, police and U.S. Marshals arrested Bland and booked him into the Pima County Jail.
Bland's stalking charge is a class 5 felony. The failure to register is a class 4 felony.
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The tension is thick on Air Force One. A dead Navy commander has been discovered on the President's airplane, and Naval Criminal Investigative Service special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) is trying to bully Secret Service agent Kate Todd (Presidio Med's Sasha Alexander) into handing over blueprints of the plane's layout to his colleague Anthony DiNozzo (Dark Angel's Michael Weatherly).
''I can't give him Air Force One's floor plans,'' Alexander protests, as she storms down the narrow hallway. ''They're top secret.''
''Come on, Agent Todd,'' he shoots back, hot on her heels. ''I saw all this in a Harrison Ford movie.''
It's not just a punchline -- it's the truth. The mock aircraft being used for the first episode of CBS' new drama Navy NCIS, in a warehouse in Valencia, Calif., is the very one from which Ford expunged a group of terrorists in the 1997 blockbuster Air Force One. Reasons Weatherly, ''It's probably more exciting to be on the Harrison Ford Air Force One than it would be to be on the George W. Bush Air Force One.''
But the fake flier isn't the only thing that seems a bit familiar on Navy NCIS. Let's see here: A group of agents investigate crime scenes while their colleagues, Dr. Donald ''Ducky'' Mallard (David McCallum) and technician Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette), perform autopsies and forensic tests, respectively. (Wait -- is Marg Helgenberger lurking in the background?) Even the title -- NCIS -- is nearly an anagram of a certain top-rated CBS show. A new TV series hasn't caused this much confusion since we all thought Dick Wolf's sex-crimes spin-off was called Law & Order: SUV. Says Weatherly, ''People were thinking 'Well, what is it? Is it CSI? Or is it JAG?'''
Though some have termed Navy NCIS ''the JAG-off'' -- its characters were introduced on creator Don Bellisario's other CBS series last April when David James Elliott's Harm was suspected of murder -- the executive producer insists it stands on its own. ''It's not really a spin-off,'' he says. ''This is a totally separate show. A spin-off is when you take a character from a show and put it in another show, or when you duplicate the show in another location, like CIS: Miami.'' (CIS? Looks like we're not the only ones perplexed.)
As for those CSI comparisons, Bellisario isn't buying. ''It's not similar to CSI,'' he says. ''Everybody keeps saying that. It's only like CSI if you're dyslexic.... When you see our first episode, you will see that it is not CSI. Does it have some forensics in it? Yeah. I mean, Quincy had forensics in it. I'm not going to say that we didn't put some forensics in it because that's hot stuff. Of course we did. But that's not the drive of the show.'' Seconds Harmon: ''The style of the show will be completely different. What's going to drive an audience back to the show is the characters.''
A kind of Internal Affairs for the Navy and Marine Corps, NCIS employs 2,300 people in more than 140 locations worldwide. ''These guys are in Afghanistan, they're in Iraq, they're in Guantanamo Bay, they're everywhere you can think,'' Harmon says. ''There's not an American ship of war that goes through the Suez Canal that doesn't have an NCIS agent on board.'' Chances are, however, that you've never heard of them. ''NCIS is an underdog agency in the world of the ATF and the DEA and the FBI and all these initials that we know,'' says Weatherly, who, like the rest of the cast, spent time with real agents at California's Camp Pendleton. ''They don't walk through the airport with their NCIS jackets and everyone gets out of the way. They wear NCIS jackets and people think, Are they from a radio station?''


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The Regional Transit Commission provides bus service, called, Citifare, to the cities of Reno and Sparks, as well as other parts of Washoe County. They also seem to have recently started up Commuter service to Carson City called Pride.
The Bus Stops
This stop is located at 4th & Galletti in Sparks. G. Araki
One style of shelter they use. Picture by G. Araki.
Benches inside a custom shelter in Sparks. G. Araki
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The back of a custom shelter in Sparks. G. Araki
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One way they put information at bus stops. G. Araki
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Yes they do put bus stops at casinos. G. Araki.
Regional Transit Center - A few pictures of the downtown transit center in Reno. Pictures by G. Araki.
Citistation Transit Center, Sparks, NV. Pictures by G. Araki.
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These pictures by G. Araki.
Five pictures of Gilligs and a Neoplan Artic operated by RTC courtesy of C. Sandberg.
A mix of Gillig, NovaBus and Neoplans. Also caught one of the Sierra Spirit buses. Pictures by C. Sandberg.
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Another mixed bag of buses by C. Sandburg. At this rate we are going to have the entire fleet.
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Jul 29, 2013 7:15 PM by Jeanette Trompeter
Who says San Luis Obispo doesn't have drive-through restaurants? It will on Wednesday, all part of a fundraising campaign to help people have water in other parts of the world.
It's put on by Cannon's Well Worth it Campaign. They put on a Drive Thru BBQ Dinner Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. and today is the final day to buy your tickets.
"As engineers, planners and surveyors, we got into this industry to build things and make a difference in the world." say organizers on the SLO Chamber's website. "To affect lives on a global scale requires a different level of effort. Knowing that millions of people live without water - a basic necessity and something we take for granted - is mind-blowing."
The Well Worth It campaign began in November of 2010.more than $10,000 in donations through a grassroots effot. That was enough to build two wells in Ethiopia, through the Charity: Water organization.
"Since that time, we've raised enough to fund the construction of seven wells. Now it's time for our annual BBQ Fundraiser event. Support clean water and get dinner for 4 at the same time!" says the Chamber newsletter promoting the event.
For more information, click here.
Wednesday, July 31
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Weekend headaches ahead for motorists Overnight closures are on tap this weekend on I-95. DelDOT says southbound I-95 will be closed just south of the Route 1 exit both Friday and Saturday nights from 10 PM until 10 AM. At the same time 3 lanes of northbound 95 will also be shut down at Exit 4A. DelDOT says the closures are needed so crews can install steel beams over the roadway. |
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Star Wars fans rejoice! Now you can let Darth Vader keep watch on your every move as he pilots this pint-sized TIE Fighter Advanced X1 webcam onto desk.
The TIE Fighter camera not only captures audio, video and images, but lights up and features digitized sound effects taken directly from the Star Wars movies. The only thing better than this would be to plug the camera's USB cable directly into a Darth Vader USB hub, no?
Wesco Limited has recently started production on these, and you should be able to pre-order them now on on UK collectors' site Forbidden Planet for £22.99 (about $42 USD). The force to buy one is strong within you.
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UPDATE: As expected, Roddy White will play.
Falcons WR Roddy White will start today.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 16, 2012
Owners of the Rams' Danny Amendola and Falcons' Roddy White woke up to some good news this morning, as both wide outs are expected to suit up and play today. Official word on White is expected very soon, but it looks pretty good.
Just spoke to #Falcons Coach Mike Smith – told me "it looks good" when I asked about WR Roddy White (questionable/knee) playing today.
— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) December 16, 2012
Amendola (heel) practiced Friday, so the thought of him playing comes as no surprise. Brandon Gibson, who broke out last week against the Buffalo Bills to the tune of six receptions, 100 yards and a score should still receive plenty of targets and is still worthy of a start.
White (knee) has been listed as questionable, and failed to participate in practice the entire week. Both White and Julio Jones should flourish against the New York Giants pass defense. The G-Men give up 252.8 passing yards per game, sixth worst in the league.


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Chinese New Year and Football Holga 135bc
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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Le Grange, Brendan URN etd-03232010-140249 Document Title Promoting new venture formation by the unemployed Degree MBA Department Gordon Institute of Business Science Supervisor
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Date 2008-04-01 Availability unrestricted Abstract Excessive levels of unemployment exist in many South African communities (www.statssa.gov.za) alongside low levels of entrepreneurial behaviour (GEM Report, 2006). This is true even when South African figures are compared to figures from similar developing countries (GEM Report, 2006; Urban, 2006).
This thesis looks for reasons why this situation exists and examines possible solutions by considering the motivation to create new ventures alongside contemporary theories of work motivation. It considers those theories in light of the known depressing effects that unemployment has on an individual (Darity et al, 1996; Feather, 1992; McKee-Ryan et al, 2005; Rodriguez, 1997; Shamir, 1986; Vansteenkiste et al, 2004; Vansteenkiste et al, 2005) in order to gain a better understanding of why entrepreneurship is not flourishing in South Africa's unemployed communities.
The motivation to form a new venture is vital to new venture formation (Herron & Sapienza, 1992; Douglas et al, 1994; Wennekers and Thurik, 1999; Wiklund et al, 2003; Segal et al, 2005) but is under-considered in many programmes aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship. Where the psychologically depressing effects of unemployment have reduced an individual's intrinsic motivation to form a new venture, a structured environment should be created to facilitate the early stages of new venture formation. Individuals should be extrinsically motivated to achieve goals until the benefits of accumulated achievements have countered those depressive effects and traditional venture formation theories once again become valid.
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Jumby Bay, A Rosewood Resort This resort may not have invented the all-inclusive, but it has certainly put its own luxurious spin on the concept. Jumby Bay, set on its own 300-acre island two miles off Antigua, was recently renovated to the tune of $6 million. The 40 suites and 11 villas are done in a retro-colonial style. Guests can choose between a beachfront barbecue and a formal dinner in the 230-year-old Estate House, after lazing by the 80-foot swimming pool.
Couples Swept Away The all-inclusive vacation is a grown-up affair at this refined adults-only resort. The 312 airy wood-and-tile rooms and suites are spread out over 17 acres of gardens along Negril's Seven Mile Beach. A recent $7 million expansion added nice touches, such as an infinity pool.
Club Med Buccaneer's Creek Club Med recaptures its stylish joie de vivre at Buccaneer's Creek. Located on one of Martinique's finest beaches, this 293-room resort plays up a Creole theme with piquant seafood at the Pays Melés restaurant. Water sports on the Baie du Marin and tennis in an old coconut grove dominate daylight hours; when the sun goes down, the staff entertains guests with acrobatic acts and show tunes.
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Atlantis, Paradise Island An elaborate Mayan Temple with five waterslides—including a clear tube surrounded by sharks—and the Ruins Lagoon, a mammoth open-air aquarium containing the fabricated remains of the famous lost city, will keep kids entertained for days. By the beginning of 2007, a 30,000-square-foot Mandara Spa will have opened, as well as a lagoon for dolphins rescued from Hurricane Katrina.
Cambridge Beaches Guests of all ages at this 94-room bastion of preppydom are crazy about the dazzling new $2.5 million swimming pool, which features multiple levels, waterfalls—the works. While the kids head to the beach and Mom hits the spa, Dad can take to the links (the resort has privileges on all the island's courses). Also new: the only rooms on Bermuda with private pools.
Grace Bay Club To defend its place as one of the top choices against all the newcomers to the islands, the Grace Bay Club is investing millions. The new two- and three-bedroom suites will be open to kids of all ages, unlike the resort's existing 21 suites. The just-launched Kids Town program takes tykes on eco-conscious, educational excursions—all with cookies and milk upon return.
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US Judge Quits Commission to Protest DoJ Forensic Science Policy
January 30, 2015 11:37 am | by Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post | CommentsThe sole federal judge on a commission appointed by President Obama to improve forensic science in the criminal justice system has resigned in protest, criticizing the U.S. Department of Justice for muzzling its work to benefit prosecutors. U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff said he quit because the Justice Department barred it from recommending expansion of the exchange of pretrial information to include more evidence from forensic experts.
US Military to Replace Passwords with 'Cognitive Fingerprints'
January 30, 2015 10:56 am | by Tara Seals, Infosecurity Magazine | CommentsThe US military is working on replacing passwords with "cognitive fingerprints." These rely on stylometrics, which is an analysis of how language is used by individuals. Each person has a different stylometric profile of how they type and word-process, which can be more personally identifying than simple biometrics.
Credit Card Data Not as Anonymous as Thought
January 30, 2015 10:13 am | by Larry Hardesty, MIT / Seth Borenstein and Jack Gillum, Associated Press | CommentsResearchers report that just four fairly vague pieces of information — the dates and locations of four purchases — are enough to identify 90 percent of the people in a data set recording three months of credit-card transactions by 1.1 million users.
Capella University Offers New Graduate Certificates in Digital Forensics and Network Defense
January 30, 2015 8:16 am | by Capella University | CommentsWith cyber attacks on the rise, information security has become one of the country's fastest growing fields, with a projected 10-year growth rate of 37 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. To help address the critical shortage of cybersecurity specialists, Capella University has launched two new graduate certificates in Digital Forensics and Network Defense.
The Grisly Murder that Could Save Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
January 30, 2015 8:15 am | by Susan Zalkind, Vocativ | CommentsPeople accused of carrying out terrorist attacks don't usually make it to courtroom. They either die in the aftermath of their attacks or they just plead guilty. Or, if it's an international case, they're held in an overseas prison and likely never heard from again. That's why when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev goes on trial for bombing the 2013 Boston Marathon, a lot of people are going to be paying attention.
New Tech Rules in China Upset Western Companies
January 29, 2015 10:28 am | by Paul Mozur, The New York Times | CommentsThe Chinese government has adopted new regulations requiring companies that sell computer equipment to Chinese banks to turn over secret source code, submit to invasive audits and build so-called back doors into hardware and software, according to a copy of the rules obtained by foreign technology companies that do billions of dollars' worth of business in China.
Crashed AirAsia Flight Flown by Co-pilot Say Investigators
January 29, 2015 10:10 am | by Nikiek Karmini, Associated Press | CommentsIndonesian investigators announced Thursday the co-pilot of the crashed AirAsia jet was in control when he struggled to recover the aircraft as stall warnings sounded.
Regin was Work of Five Eyes Spooks, Analysis Reveals
January 29, 2015 9:41 am | by Phil Muncaster, Infosecurity Magazine | CommentsThe infamous Regin trojan is likely to have been developed by the NSA or one of its allies, after security experts found a number of similarities between it and code discovered amongst leaked Edward Snowden documents.
Hackers Extorted Thousands from Silk Road Operators
January 29, 2015 9:29 am | by Joab Jackson, Computerworld | CommentsWhen operating outside of the law, you can't rely on the police to protect your illegal enterprise from other criminals. The Silk Road marketplace founders likely learned this lesson in 2012 and 2013, after paying thousands of dollars to cyber extortionists.
NIST Forensic Science Standards Committees to Hold First Public Meetings
January 29, 2015 8:10 am | by NIST | CommentsThe Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC), which coordinates the development of standards and guidelines for the forensic science community under the auspices of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will hold its first set of public meetings in Orlando, Florida on February 16 and 17, 2015.
Mexico Officially Declares Missing Students Dead
January 28, 2015 12:51 pm | by Randal C. Archibald, The New York Times | CommentsFour months after the abduction of 43 rural college students shook the nation and set off a political crisis, Mexico's attorney general officially declared the students dead, saying confessions and forensic evidence supported the theory that their bodies were incinerated near a garbage dump.
Olfactory 'Fingerprint' Provides 'Nosewitness' Testimony
January 28, 2015 12:36 pm | by Lecia Bushak, Medical Daily | CommentsIn a new study, researchers have examined how the sense of smell could aid victims in better identifying criminals of violent crime. Previously, using smell in forensics had been completely overlooked.
DEA Chief: US Abandoned Plan to Track Cars Near Gun Shows
January 28, 2015 12:05 pm | by Eric Tucker, Associated Press | CommentsThe Drug Enforcement Administration abandoned an internal proposal to use surveillance cameras for photographing vehicle license plates near gun shows in the United States to investigate gun-trafficking, the agency's chief said Wednesday.
Linux Makers Try to Thwart 'Ghost' Cyber Bug
January 28, 2015 11:58 am | by Reuters | CommentsRed Hat Inc and other makers of the widely used Linux operating system for business computers updated their software on Tuesday to thwart a serious new cyber threat they warned could allow hackers to gain remote control of their systems.
NIST Guides Organizations through Mobile App Security
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Kendall Square Association Third Thursday - Scavenger Hunt
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Please join us for the KSA October Third Thursday event featuring a cocktail hour and guided tours of Watermark Kendall East and West followed by a scavenger hunt with raffle prizes at Bosse City Club & Spa.
Enjoy good company and check out the new rooftop zen garden. A complimentary day pass for KSA members to take fitness classes or use the gym at Bosse City Club & Spa on that day is included with this Third Thursday event!
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Linda L. Kennedy, 72, of Cleveland, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, in a local hospital.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Oliver Wehunt; and her parents, Ford and Evelyn Calfee Kennedy.
She is survived by four children: Sheri Brewer, Charles Wehunt Jr., James Wehunt and Ronnie Wehunt, all of Cleveland; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; brother, Larry Kennedy of Cleveland; sister, Dyan Kennedy of Laverne, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, at 4 p.m. in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with David Sink officiating. Interment will follow in Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Microsoft yesterday launched the long-awaited Microsoft Office for iPad, bringing Microsoft Word, Powerpoint and Excel to Apple's tablet device for free of charge. There was, however, one major catch with this approach in that users could only view documents with the apps, and would have to subscribe to Office 365 for the sum of $9.99 per month in order to be able to create and edit documents.
While this amount also includes a substantial number of other features such as access to Office 365 online apps, as well as Skype calling minutes and OneDrive storage, it also represents a major barrier to what Microsoft is trying to achieve. Microsoft itself is treating this subscription amount as a monthly charge to enable users to work on any device, anywhere. The only problem is, and it seems strange to point it out, is that they are trying to get Apple users to switch to a paid service when Apple already offers the same thing free of charge.
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Voxal is free voice changer software to edit voice recordings on a Windows PC. Voxal can be used to add effects to a recording as well as intercept and add change audio as it comes into your microphone for voice changing on the fly.
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Business Accounting and Inventory Management Software (Standard edition) is a complete financial and managerial accounting system used to manage the billing and inventory (stock) details of the company.
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KnowMetrics (online testing software) is the ideal tool for teachers, trainers, educators, webmasters looking for a quick and simple way to put their test online. KnowMetrics offer the easiest way to do this.
Internet cafe software and Cyber Cafe Software from MyCafeCup is a software for operating Internet Cafe, Cyber Cafe, Game Center, Gaming Cafe and PC rental Cafe shop. Get much more of your Free Time.
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Managing stock has never been as easy! iMagic Inventory lets you take full control of your inventory and invoicing. Save time, manage customers and get one step ahead of your competition with this inventory software.
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Shia LaBeouf was escorted out of the LA opening of The Box nightclub by security Friday night after a confrontation with a pal of shock rocker Marilyn Manson [after LaBeouf "picked up a water bottle…and started spitting it all over his tablemates, including Marilyn Manson"]. The "Transformers" star "exchanged terse words with a friend of Manson's, who lunged over the table at Shia, and Shia lunged back. "Two security guards led Shia out holding his hands behind his head. Outside, he fell onto a barricade. Swearing, he picked himself up and ran off." Despite numerous witnesses at the party, also attended by Jon Hamm, Lindsay Lohan and Chelsea Handler, Shia's rep said: "[He] actually left the club early as planned … he went to see one of the bands performing in the showcase and left after they finished … exiting through a crowded room was apparently misinterpreted. No altercation occurred." [NYP, earlier]
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Daily Intel Jessica and I saw a screening of Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps last week. We haven't shared our thoughts on it until now because we haven't wanted to/been ready to talk about it. I'm not going to say it's so bad you shouldn't see it, but that's just because it's so bad it needs to be seen to be believed and we want more people to be able to share in our collective trauma. Like being stripped naked, covered in honey and sewn ass to mouth to your fellow members of the incoming Goldman Sachs analyst class, you can't truly understand unless you've gone through something like that yourself. Read more »
Despite the fact that his co-star Shia Labeouf has the accumulated wisdom of several lunches with top brass at the Encino branch of Charles Schwab, sitting in on rounds 17-23 of the Goldman Sachs interview process, and months of studying for the CFA's Level I exam only to come down with a stomach virus the day of the test, it was retired investor Mike D who will be talking shop at CLSA's investor conference in Hong Kong this September. For those who question whether or not Douglas knows anything about investing in real life, and why he and not another I don't know– THE GUY WHO HAS BLOOMBERG ON SPEED-DIAL– was invited, rest assured, MD knows what he's talking about here. Read more »
"Don't go expecting a movie that will give you some great intellectual or emotional insights into the Wall Street crisis. Sure, there are the obligatory "life on the trading floor" scenes and quasi-faithful recreations of arguments between Treasury and Wall Street at the oak-paneled New York Fed. And there are lots of cameos of CNBC anchors and Nouriel Roubini (as "Dr. Hashimi") to give the movie "authenticity." But the authenticity is as phony as Bernie Madoff's investment returns. How many Fordham-educated prop traders with the last name "Moore" speak fluent Mandarin?" [WSJ via BI]
If Anyone Wants To Talk About What It Felt Like To Preside Over The Financial Crisis, Kevin Spacey's Here For Ya
By Bess LevinTo research his role in Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, Shia LaBeouf spent a good deal of time at John Thomas Financial, an Encino branch of Charles Schwab and Goldman Sachs. It was there he learned how to stick $20,000 in an online brokerage account and turn it into $450,00-ish in a matter of months, wow the shit out of Lloyd Blankfein in the 47th round of interviews, and insider tips for passing Level I of the CFA. You know what he never did? Ask any of the guys he was shadowing about their feelings. Same goes for Penn Badgely, who spent some time on the Citi trading floor to prep for his role as a junior analyst in Margin Call (where he learned that "young traders sport 'nice clothes that were not terribly tailored' and that that the term 'bucks' means millions"). That's because these two whippersnappers only care about the surface. They're not interested in drilling down to the person underneath that suit and the fifties still stuck to your ass from the weekend. One guy who is? Kevin Spacey. He cares, deeply.
"I am trying to humanize bankers," said Kevin Spacey, the Academy Award-winning actor, who plays a senior trader in Margin Call. "Everyone talks about facts, figures and debt. I was more interested in what they were feeling."
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Private Clinic Albany is an Opiate Treatment facility that treats opiate addicted patients. In our community, opiate addiction is no longer confined to those who use "street drugs" such as heroin. Often, the mental picture which comes to mind is a person in an alley shooting up. This is not the case any longer. The majority of our patients have gotten addicted to prescription drugs such as:
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Uses of the Standard DeviationThe standard deviation appears in many statistical measures, for example:
The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of sample means tells you about how representative of the population your sample is likely to be. A very tight distribution indicates that the mean of any sample will be close to the population mean. A very wide distribution, on the other hand, indicates that any single sample mean has a higher chance of being far from the population mean. For these reasons, the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of sample means is given the far easier name: Standard Error
Standard error tells you the average distance between each possible sample mean and the population mean. Standard error is affected by your sample in a number of ways:
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Player of the Week: Jan 9 – Jan 16
The New Jersey Devils finished up a solid road trip with 2 wins and 1 loss this week. One of the big highlights was the bounce back win in Edmonton. Let's see the players that helped make this happen. Zach Parise had the winning goal in OT in Edmonton and also had 2 assists in Calgary. Patrik Elias continues to have a great season posting 2g and 1a and the game winner against the Jets on Saturday night. Finally, Ilya Kovalchuk continues to produce with 2g, 2a, 1 goal that was the game-tying shorthanded goal in Edmonton.
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Apple released record-breaking first quarter earnings Tuesday afternoon, but the mobile payments industry still doesn't have concrete transaction numbers for the company's wallet.
Rob Stringer, the vice president of marketing and product development for Cortex MCP, believes there can and will be many viable secure and exciting wallets on operating systems and hardware stacks that remain open such as Android.
Fırat İşbecer, Monitise SVP of sales and operations, examines some ways banks can build a successful omnichannel strategy and how mobile can influence it.
Michelle Evans, senior consumer finance analyst at Euromonitor International, states her case for why retailers need to have a way to reach consumers anytime and anywhere.
Jordan McKee, a senior analyst on the 451 Research Mobility team, discusses how same-day in-store pickup options are working well for retailers who are offering it. Mobile can eventually play a large role in this recent trend, he wrote.
Rick Oglesby, a senior research analyst for Double Diamond Payments Research, explains how Apple Pay changed the outlook for mobile payments.
Dan Glessner, the chief marketing officer at Quisk, examines the differences between companies that create a new way to pay versus the makings of a new payment type.
Dan Kramer, the senior vice president of marketing and merchant services for SHAZAM, wrote about how new entrants in the marketplace can be successful.
Tiago Soromenho, founder of Mozido's StickyStreet mobile loyalty solution, gives his view on why this is still a longstanding issue.
Mark Ranta from ACI Worldwide believes payment apps need to focus on the experience and create new experiences that are meaningfully better than the ones we have today.
An array of virtual currencies are making their presence known.
Rob Stringer, the vice president of marketing and product development for Cortex MCP, gives us another glimpse into why the coffee giant does loyalty right.
John Hibel, director of marketing at Contact Solutions Inc., lays out the issues merchants face as consumers shop more on their smart devices.
Mehul Nayak, from Softweb Solutions, writes about what the future may hold for the Apple Watch, Google Glass and similar devices.
The mobile payments system diminishes the ability to track shopper behavior. This is among the reasons why some major retailers are not accepting it, writes the President and CEO of LoyaltyOne Inc. Bryan Pearson.
The rise of mobile has huge implications for how we manage our money. For banks to remain competitive, it's essential for them to adopt a mobile-first strategy centered on the consumer experience, writes Monitise SVP of Sales & Operations Fırat İşbecer.
Dan Glessner, the chief marketing officer at Quisk, examines why this payment type can be useful to consumers.
Thomas Yohannan examines a possible future link between bitcoin and proximity payments involving mobile devices.
Ed Busby, founder of Hudson Mobile Advisory, examines how recent data breaches have an affect on how consumers view mobile payments.
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Located in Le Marais, Lieu Commun offers hipster clothing basics, such as track jackets from Misericordia, jackets made from organic Peruvian cotton, and sneakers from Veja. The neighborhood favorite also sells homeware gadgets and furnishings. Modular furniture from matali crasset comes in bright colors like fuchsia, lime green, and teal, and items are made with everything from pleather to plastic. Other quirky décor includes table lamps shaped like balloons, Animali Domesticki sculptures, and chrome wire magazine racks, but the store also sells books, stationary, and CDs from Blonde Music.
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I made this pot by winding a short garden hose around a metal basket and fastening it with galvanized wire pieces. Not much of a basket weaver, lol. I put a small metal rod through the leftover piece of hose and stuck a metal Ikea bird in it. This pot would be the perfect finishing touch in a funky little trailer park flower bed, right between the sofa and the beer bottle pyramid, lol. Linda |
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Very cool! Kirk |
Love it!!!!! |
- Posted by katishooked 6 (My Page) on Tue, Feb 3, 09 at 6:29
Well I think it is cool. Kathy |
- Posted by marlene_2008 7 (My Page) on Tue, Feb 3, 09 at 7:32
Very unique! Love the bird too! |
- Posted by concretenprimroses 4B NH (My Page) on Tue, Feb 3, 09 at 7:50
I like the whole thing. Stil think one of those would make a good hose basket, lol. |
I like your hose pot and the top wire rim adds a little bit of spunk. Cute way to add the end of the hose too. Vickie |
- Posted by susiewantsroses (My Page) on Tue, Feb 3, 09 at 11:18
SUPER JOB LINDA!!!!!! Susie |
- Posted by flowerlady6 z10 Fl (My Page) on Tue, Feb 3, 09 at 14:28
That is really nifty. FlowerLady |
Ms. Sewandsew, you come by your name very honestly! If you run out of fabric, you just go outside and stitch yourself up a basket out of garden hose!!!LOL!! That turned out so cute, and the most unique part is the end of the hose sticking up through the basket with the bird on top, that is the icing on the cake, or ...the hose on the basket! :D It kinda reminds me of one of those snakes being charmed out of a basket, hey.... thats an idea! You could bend the hose and paint it to look like a snake and add the plants around it! Whoops, sorry Cherry, I know you have had enough of snakes to last you a lifetime, pretend I didnt say anything about sn.......uh.......what I meant to say was- blessings-sherri |
I have some birds like that Linda. Mine are just galvanized. Did you paint those and gussy them up with beads??? June |
- Posted by jeannespines 4 Iowa (My Page) on Tue, Feb 3, 09 at 19:23
sewandsew...I am lovin' your "hose pot!" Good work...the aloe plants look great & the rod with left-over hose is a winner! ...funky bird! thanks for sharing! Jeanne S. |
- Posted by cindee11461 z9CA (My Page) on Tue, Feb 3, 09 at 21:55
oh that is a great idea and I have an old hose that would work!! Now I need a wire basket! |
- Posted by lindasewandsew 9 So Calif (email@example.com) on Tue, Feb 3, 09 at 23:47
Thanks everyone, June, The bird has little bumps on it, and it's galvanized metal. My mom picked up a pile of them for me when Ikea's as-is room closed them out for 10˘ each. I just spray painted it and hope the paint will hold up for awhile. CP, It's a great idea to make a hose basket. DD has a tiny flower bed in front of her apt, and she likes colorful pots. We've potted up several different colors already, and she'll get this one on the weekend. Sherri, Seems like everything I make looks just like everything else I make, whether it's purses, quilts, or garden junk. This is a little different because it's green. I like yellow, red and blue and don't even own green paint, lol. Your snake idea is fun!! A hose could be smashed and bolted onto any size galvanized bucket, or anything else that would support it. On the website, they used tomato cages for some. I'm guessing that the hoses could be primed and painted with exterior paint and will try it next time. Linda |
- Posted by luna_llena_feliz (My Page) on Tue, Feb 3, 09 at 23:58
You did a great job duplicating the ones that sold for $$$ at the one website. From someone who failed basket weaving miserably (the course instructor did half my basket lol), you did a wonderful job on yours! Wouldn't it be neat to create some sort of water feature out of it? Like have it all wound up as a basket and then have the end of the hose spouting water? I like the funky bird you added to yours. Very fun and unique piece! |
Looks great & like the bird!!! Your DD will enjoy it & it's a great conversation piece!! Jan |
- Posted by luvstocraft z9 Ca. (My Page) on Wed, Feb 4, 09 at 13:04
Very creative Linda, I like it! Oh, Luna's idea of making a fountain sounds cool too! I think you are the best "recycler" I know. Luvs |
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Welcome To Quilt By Number!
Hi, my name is Pat, I have been in the quilting industry for about 28 years. I opened my first
store originally with the thought of selling craft patterns and supplies. When quilters saw
fabric they came in and then started looking for supplies. At that time the rotary
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years I moved my store several times as it continued to grow. In about 1983 I
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It was an ideal setting on Saturday … if you
With early morning overcast skies giving way to a sunny afternoon, more than 400 registered cars were on hand for the 24th annual CEMA Charity Car Show on the grounds of the Walter P. Chrysler Museum, which was open to the public for the first time since December.
"This was one of the best show turnouts we have ever had in terms of vehicles and spectators," Chrysler Employee Motorsports Association (CEMA) Vice President Lori Emerling told us. Proceeds from this year's charity car show will benefit the American Diabetes Association and Forgotten Harvest.
"I don't ever recall this many people walking around and enjoying the show – the aisles were full all day long with people milling around, and I was amazed every time I went in the museum to see all of the people inside."
Whether you were checking out the old and new classics outside or walking through history inside the museum, it was clear that the two events brought family and friends together to share in the automotive culture.
"After 273 vehicles pre-registered, another 135 showed up Saturday morning to make it one of the largest turnouts in the show's history," Emerling said. "The museum opening for the first time since it closed in December gave the show a boost."
According to the museum's Chief Operating Officer Doreen Wright, 2,462 people came into the museum Saturday.
It was a fantastic turnout," she added. "There were a lot of spectators who came into the museum because it was promoted as the last opportunity to see it. Many guests expressed how disappointed they were that the museum was closed to the public.
"The museum will, however, continue to be available for rentals for both corporate and private functions, indefinitely."
For more images from the day, visit our CEMA/Walter P. Chrysler Museum Flickr set.