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This chapter provides information on the overall organization of an MAA section. It is intended to stimulate the officers and members of every section to be active participants in both the local and the national activities that promote the MAA objectives. Since the MAA sections differ in many respects, some of the guidelines may not be applicable in all sections. It is hoped, however, that these suggestions will be discussed and considered by the officers and members of every section
In order to ensure that the best people are elected, the chair of the section or some other person or group of persons designated by the section bylaws should appoint a nominating committee more than half a year prior to the time at which it is to report, so that the nominating committee can give the necessary careful attention to the selection of its nominees. The nominating committee should invite the members of the section to suggest nominees. No extra expense is incurred if the request is sent in the section newsletter, in an email message to members and departmental liaisons, or in one of the section secretary's mailings.
While the qualifications listed above should be considered of overriding importance, the section should strive for diversity and balance in representation. For example, it may be desirable that at least one officer come from a major university; one from a two-year college, one from a four-year college, and one from industry. Consideration should be given to diversity with respect to geography, gender, race and ethnicity.
The position of secretary is a key position of the section. The success or failure of a section depends to a large degree on this officer. Prior to being nominated, the person should be carefully instructed concerning the duties of a secretary. (See Chapter III, "The Section Secretary or Secretary-Treasurer".) The secretary should have access to secretarial and clerical assistance and to adequate facilities for communicating with the members of the section. This includes facilities for electronic communication, as well as help in preparing and mailing letters, announcements, and programs of meetings. The secretary should have a clear conception of the importance of the position. Because of this crucial role, the secretary's term of office should be at least three years with an option for re-election.
The section chair should be selected with special care. In addition to possessing the qualifications outlined above, it is desirable that the person also be distinguished in some mathematical endeavor, which could be in mathematical research, curriculum development, contest construction, exemplary teaching etc. A member should never be excluded as a nominee because of a suspicion that the nomination will be declined. A person should, however, never be nominated solely as an honor. There are other and better ways to confer an honor upon a mathematician.
With the qualifications suggested above, the chair should be in a position to exert the necessary leadership in the section. Early in the term of office the chair should conduct a review of all section activities, discontinuing obsolete ones, improving others, and initiating new ones. Means should be devised for increasing attendance at section meetings. All possible influence should be used to encourage participation of all institutions within the section that are involved with the undergraduate mathematical sciences.
Since it takes a year to learn the routine of the office of section chair, it is unwise to have him or her serve for merely a year. Accordingly, it is recommended that section bylaws provide a chair to serve first for one year as chair-elect (unless a vice-chair is ordinarily nominated for the position of chair), for two years as chair, and then to remain on the executive committee for an additional year as immediate-past chair. Thus, he or she will be a member of the executive committee for a total of four years. The section bylaws should state that a chair is not eligible for re-election to a consecutive term as chair-elect or chair. The year as chair-elect gives the prospective chair the opportunity to become familiar with the administration of the section and the responsibilities of the office. It should enable the incoming chair to decide what he or she would like to accomplish during his or her term of service.
Each section must have a treasurer, whose term should last for several years. A section may want to combine the offices of secretary and treasurer. (See section J below.) In order that the sections function in a healthy manner, it is recommended that each section have additional officer positions such as chair-elect and several vice-chairs. For a number of reasons (the most important of which is to provide for the possibility that at the end of a term the first vice-chair might be nominated as chair-elect), a chair-elect and a first vice-chair should commence and end their terms at the same time.
The executive committee should include the chair, section governor, secretary, treasurer (or secretary/treasurer), and all other officers. The newsletter editor, webmaster, student activities coordinator, and section liaison coordinator as well as members at large should be considered for membership on the executive committee. The executive committee should hold regular formal meetings, at least once per year, at which all aspects of the operations of the section should be given a thorough review. In particular, special attention should be given to recommendations made by the national MAA office and the Board of Governors as well as to suggestions made at the national meetings of section officers.
The executive committee should give high priority to arranging effective section meetings (See Chapter IV, "Preparation for Section Meetings".) and also to devising ways and means to assure a good attendance at section meetings. In addition, the executive committee should promote meetings and programs that interest mathematics students and faculty at the various types of collegiate institutions within the section's geographic region.
Some sections have found it useful to construct a schedule of the annual duties and standard actions for the section officers. Such a timeline is particularly useful for new officers just assuming their positions.
A newsletter can be an effective means of communication and may encourage increased activity within the section. Because the section secretary has many duties, the section should consider having someone else serve as newsletter editor. (See Chapter VII.)
The section treasurer must submit an annual financial report to the national MAA office as soon after January 1 as possible, but in no case later than January 31. In addition, the treasurer should report on financial activity at section business meetings and through section newsletters and web pages.
A section's web site provides a means of communicating with the section members as well as other interested people. The site should include the following:
The site should contain other interesting material, such as historical section pictures and stories, mathematics in the local news, and articles on local people honored for a mathematical achievement. The section webmaster should notify the MAA webmaster whenever the URL of the section website changes.
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The nice thing about knowing lots of geometric stars is that I could have easily salvaged that to make a slightly squashed 8-pointed star polygon (a.k.a. octagram, Schläfli symbol {8/3}). --Quicksilver (talk) 06:11, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
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The etrog is a citrus-scented, awkwardly-shaped, thick-skinned, lemon-like fruit that Jews hold with their lulav on the festival holiday of Sukkot. While the humble lemon may be available for a quarter at the local supermarket, the price of an etrog can climb to hundreds of dollars based on its size and flawlessness.
The etrog is referred to in the Torah as p'ri eitz hadar, meaning "fruit of the beautiful tree" and sages have suggested the etrog was actually the forbidden fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge in the Garden of Eden.
The colorful history of the etrog includes the fruit's depiction on Jewish coinage from the time of Bar Kochba, a tax on its import by Empress Maria Theresa during the 18th century and a global boycott of etrogim from the Greek island of Corfu, once considered the source for the most beautiful etrogim in the world, by powerful interests in Europe and Palestine.
Ultimately, Israel triumphed, nearly 70% of the world's etrogim are now grown in the holy land. Etrogim are also grown in Italy, Greece, Morocco and even the United States. A grove in California owned by a Presbyterian farmer produces several thousand etrogim every year.
Succade is the candied peel of any citrus – try this easy recipe with the rind of an etrog.
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The studio gives us far too much credit. The American movie-going public is famously immune to the rants and raves of reviewers, making up their own minds by sallying forth intrepidly regardless of critical opprobrium.
For those thinkers-for-themselves, "The Avengers" comes as swift and decisive punishment.
Bearing no resemblance to the mod 1960s television series on which it was based, "The Avengers" instead seems to be a warmed-over hybrid of the James Bond and Batman films, with none of those series' wit, style or smarts. Neither does "The Avengers" tap the camp, so-bad-it's-good potential of its putative inspiration. You keep hoping that Austin Powers will jump out from behind a passing lorry or bumbershoot, but to no avail. "The Avengers" just keeps on being unfunny, incoherent ,, and veddy, veddy boring.
Not only that, this movie actually makes Uma Thurman look kind of sweaty. Thurman, of course, plays Emma Peel, the cool, catlike beauty best personified -- still -- by Diana Rigg. In the movie, she meets her partner, John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) for the first time when they are paired by The Ministry (a cross between Scotland Yard, MI5 and C.O.N.T.R.O.L.) to foil the plans of one Sir August De Wynter (Sean Connery), a mad scientist bent on controlling the world through controlling the weather.
There you have it. Not a whole lot more to say. But some burning questions still beg to be answered.
Are Mrs. Peel's clothes as cool as in the series? No. For one thing, they don't have that swing-thing happening. As everyone knows, Peel style was all about draping.
How's Ralph Fiennes? Pallid. Barely there. Faxed it in. Worse, there's almost no chemistry between him and Thurman. Indeed, the two make such a strain of saying everything with a raised eyebrow that what is supposed to be arch dialogue falls flatter than my arches. Screenwriter Don Macpherson's idea of sophisticated humor is evidently following every pseudo-smart remark or burst of violence with a bored-sounding "Tea?"
What was Sean Connery thinking? Gee, that would depend on which scene you're talking about. Do you mean the scene in which he dresses up in a huge teddy-bear costume to oversee a meeting with several other grown men dressed as teddy bears? When he exchanges painful sexual doubles entendres with Thurman in De Wynter's overheated greenhouse? Or when he crashes a government meeting in full tartans, raving like a Highland lunatic?
Why would anyone cast comedy sensation Eddie Izzard, who plays one of De Winter's henchmen, in a role that doesn't call for him to say anything? In all fairness, he does say something: a two-word phrase, one word of which is unprintable.
By the way, he has the movie's best line.
'The Avengers'
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery
Directed by Jeremiah Chechik
Released by Warner Brothers
Rated PG-13 (brief strong language)
Running time: 90 minutes
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On a quiet Sunday afternoon in October, when most people are far from work, a team of taste testers arrived at Speakeasy Ales & Lagers. Twenty barrels of beer were waiting, aligned in rows, ready for inspection. Each contained one of several different beer recipes. All had been aging from one to just over two years.
Led by head brewer Kushal Hall, the team's task was to sample the contents of each barrel, create several different blends, and choose the best one. Their choice became the first installment of Speakeasy's new barrel-aging program, called the Syndicate Series.
According to Speakeasy, "Each Syndicate release will be a unique blend of strong beers that have been aged in American spirits barrels for no less than nine months. Syndicate No. 01 is a blend of six strong ales matured between 12-26 months in various bourbon barrels."
The recipe for Syndicate No. 1:
– Old Godfather (51%) Barleywine aged 26 months
– Black Hand Volume 1 (15%) Imperial Stout aged 13 months
– Two Minutes to Midnight (14%) Imperial Stout aged 12 months
– Betrayal (11%) Imperial Red aged 12 months
– Double Daddy (5%) Imperial IPA aged 12 months
– Payback (3%) Robust Porter aged 18 months
After the blending session, Kushal Hall talked about the blending process, what went into the finished beer, and his approach to barrel aging at Speakeasy. Our conversation is below.
(Assistant brewer Joe Smith pouring a sample for Kushal Hall)
Talk a little bit about the base beer that went into Syndicate No. 1.
"So the first beer we put into barrels for this project was a version of our Old Godfather Barleywine, which is really more like an Old Ale. It was made with just two-row malt and a little bit of Vienna, kind of copying English pale malt. Then we added some Columbus hops for bittering and Cascade all the way through to dry hopping.
All of the color in the beer came from kettle caramalization on a four-hour boil. It was just kind of a big fun beer, and other than a keg I think we made for the brewery, everything went into Heaven Hill bourbon barrels. We had nine and half barrels of that for the base beer of the Syndicate No. 1 release.
That was the first beer we tasted to see if they were all good. We were happy with all of them. The one barrel that we had questions about was half full, but it was just a little more intense."
So other than just seeing how good they tasted, you were also looking for flaws?
"Yes, anything that might have gotten sour or contaminated with bacteria that we would just completely dump down the drain."
Have you encountered that before?
"Yeah, one of my favorite beers that I've ever made at Speakeasy, or homebrewing, was Payback Porter that we put into a zin barrel. That beer was incredible. We tried to recreate that like four times and they all went sour. We've had the most luck with bourbon barrels. They show up wet with bourbon and so you don't have worry too much about any bugs in there like you do with wine barrels. It's a little bit trickier with those. We're not trying do anything sour intentionally. We mostly put barleywines, imperial beers, and stouts into the barrels now."
Could you describe the blending process and what kind of flavors you were looking for? Also, how many different blends did you make today?
"I think we did a total of seven blends and we ended up going with the fifth one we created. When we blended the beers together and started sampling them we were trying to sort out the various flavors we had. We went through a few different scale tests and different variations of stout blends and imperial red blends.
The Old Godfather Barleywine was pretty thin on it's own, so we added a fair amount of stout, which gave the beer more body and cut down on the boozy heat. It made it more drinkable as a barrel-aged beer and also really brought out more of the chocolate and dried fruit flavors that made it a lot more complex and interesting.
Then the Double Daddy and Imperial Red added some more bright hoppy high notes and a little more caramel. It was good, we were happy with it. We had a couple Firestone Walker Anniversary beers along the way for inspiration, and I think this stands up to one of those interesting and complex barrel-aged beers."
How much barrel aging has Speakeasy done in the past?
"During the six years I've been here we've may be done, other then the barrels we put away for the Syndicate Series and our previous barrel aged Scarface Stout, we've probably done something like 20 barrels before that. We always did one barrel at a time just for fun. We did a bourbon barrel aged Payback Porter a few times. We also did an imperial version of the Payback Porter, which we've got to do again. That was awesome. It was a 9.5% version of Payback. It was phenomenal. We threw that in bourbon barrels and took those to Boonville. So it was just kind of for fun."
What does the future of the Syndicate Series look like?
"The Syndicate Series is intended to be a series of 100% barrel-aged beers. They will be a blend of different beers in each release. No release will be the same as the next. No recipe will be repeated. Although some of the beers that go into barrels will be repeats on recipes, like Scarface Stout, Old Godfather Barleywine, Imperial Red, and some other beers that were never released, except into barrels, like Two Minutes to Midnight Stout."
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Fuggedaboutit -you are killing me with these colors man. Absolutely love em
I absolutely LOVE the Marilyn Monroe piece. Would you be interested in a possible trade??
The Marilyn Monroe piece is ace. Nice to see a piece done in this vein without the heavy use of black.
Marilyn's incredible. Amazing feel of colors…
the contrast of heavy ink and delicate pastel brushwork is brilliant, need to see more!
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Vin Scully, America's Reliable Treasure
Joe McCarthy hunts down Communists. The polio vaccine is developed. Cars are installed with seat belts. Playboy nudes hit newsstands. Roger Bannister shatters the four-minute-mile barrier. Elvis shakes his pelvis and whatever else on the Ed Sullivan Show. A burger place with golden arches is incorporated. Castro does Cuba.
And Vin Scully broadcasts baseball.
The FDA signs off on a birth control pill. A sit-in is staged at a lunch counter in North Carolina. Up goes the Berlin Wall. The Soviets win the first-man-in-space race. Marilyn Monroe is found in the nude, dead. The Beatles invade Shea. Cassius Clay becomes the heavyweight champ. The Packers beat the Chiefs in Super Bowl I. Martin Luther King is assassinated. "Sesame Street" starts on PBS. Hippies rattle the establishment and get muddy at Woodstock.
And Vin Scully broadcasts baseball.
"M*A*S*H*" blows away television viewing records. Terrorists sabotage the Munich Olympics. Woodward and Bernstein crack the Watergate scandal and dislodge a president. The Vietnam War ends. Microsoft starts in a garage or somewhere. "Star Wars" hits movie screens. The Ayatollah wreaks havoc. ESPN fires up a satellite in a Connecticut field. You aren't cool without a Walkman.
And Vin Scully broadcasts baseball.
A bunch of kids beat the Soviet Red Army team in the "Miracle on Ice." John Lennon is gunned down at the Dakota. Ted Turner's crazy news dream becomes CNN. Someone tries to assassinate the Pope. Someone tries to assassinate President Reagan. Michael Jackson releases "Thriller." Pete Rose establishes the all-time hits record, then is banned for life in a gambling scandal. The Berlin Wall crumbles. Hip hop is not a game at the playground.
And Vin Scully broadcasts baseball.
Al Gore or someone similarly evil invents the Internet. Nelson Mandela walks to freedom. The Soviet Union falls, ending the Cold War. Rodney King pleads for Los Angeles to stop rioting. Lorena Bobbitt executes a man's worst nightmare. O.J. Simpson is whisked away in a white Bronco. Authorities apprehend the Unabomber. Tiger Woods shames racists at the Masters. President Clinton hooks up with an intern as Viagra is placed on store shelves. Columbine frightens us to the bone. Michael Jordan wins his sixth NBA championship.
And Vin Scully broadcasts baseball.
A millennium flips. Newspapers don't change with the times. Computers become home necessities. Sept. 11, 2001 happens. A dweeb named Mark Zuckerberg plants the seeds of Facebook in a Harvard dorm. Rovers roam Mars. Wikipedia strives for accuracy. Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans. You Tube is launched, then Twitter, then the iPhone. Barack Obama becomes the first African-American president in U.S. history.
And Vin Scully broadcasts baseball.
America aches in a recession. Tiger Woods loses his way in a sex scandal. A tsunami becomes the new world scare. LeBron James makes us mad, then wins two NBA titles. The LGBT community is more readily accepted. The iPad emerges. Two billion people are on the Internet. Miley Cyrus twerks Robin Thicke.
And Vin Scully broadcasts baseball, returning next year at age 86 for his 65th season, a reliable treasure in one friggin' mess of a world. "Just the thought of walking away from it to retirement — and looking out the window or something? It's just too good," he tells the L.A. Times. "As a baseball man, and someone who has always loved the game, the situation and the conditions are perfect."
The Dodgers are winning, Vinny is happy, and his voice somehow never has sounded more velvety and comforting. This should not be happening, Scully going strong in the booth nearing 90. Thank heavens he is.
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More than 95% of over 2 million rural dwellers in Liberia do not have access to electricity, says the Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) as it kick-starts a five-day Retscreen Clean Energy Project Analysis Training workshop to build the capacities of trainers in collaboration with its partners in the energy sector.
"This lack of decentralized and/or off-grid power generation to extend access to electricity and its related opportunities in rural areas has led to low level of productivity in small and medium enterprises, agriculture, delivery of basic social services and overall socio-economic activities," the RREA program stated.
At a local hotel on Monday during the opening ceremony of the five-day workshop, Steven Potter, RREA's Program Manager said that Retscreen is a software developed by the government of Canada to analyze renewable energy that will help to enhance the efficiency of energy in the country.
"This training is intended to train you to become trainers, we urge you to devote your time in acquiring knowledge. The emphasis of this government at this time is energy and Retsecreen's clean energy project analysis software is meant to enhance energy efficiency," he said.
Augustus V. Gwanue, RREA's Executive Director described the training as "very important" in achieving the government's energy needs. "This training is intended to properly equip you in meeting with the energy challenge of our country."
"As you all may be aware, energy is now at the top branch of the government's overall development agenda. This technology would help you reduce a lot of process required in analysing basic things within the energy sector," he explained.
The issue of energy remains a major challenge in Liberia, a nation which infrastructure including the Mount Coffee Hydro plant, was destroyed during a 14-year civil conflict that ended almost a decade ago.
At the just concluded vision 2030 program, Finance Minister Amara Konneh expressed optimism that the on-going re-construction project at the Mount Coffee Hydro plant which is aimed at restoring the country's electricity would end by December 2015.
Until 2015, experts says that most parts of the country would continue to feed on generators as a major source of power while those who can hardly afford the cost of purchasing one, would remain in darkness.


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It's that time of year again people - time to say goodbye to your Saturday nights and social life and prepare yourself - because Simon Cowell's massive show the X Factor hits our screens again this week!
However, there are a few changes to the traditional show format to keep us on our toes and keep the X Factor fresh - this year the auditionees can sing songs and even play tunes that they have written themselves on their own instruments - so we certainly expect some clangers, but we also might see the next Coldplay form, so we're pretty excited about that all round!
There are venue changes too - the boot camp will now be held in Liverpool, and the massive final will move from Wembley in London to Manchester - looks like the X Factor is going North!
As well as physical changes, the age limit on the 'Overs' category has been lifted to 28 from the 25 age bracket it was before, differentiating the categories further. But which judge will get which category? (And who decides this anyway??) There may be all new rows between the judges as Nicole Scherzinger takes her place as on the judging panel for the 2012 series - prepare yourself for more 'fashion war' stories between the newest judge and last year's Tulisa, who comes back to the show this year as a blonde - the beauty jury is still out on that one!
Finally, our mega fave Gary Barlow has returned to the show as a hero - not only did he mastermind the Queen's Jubilee celebrations but he took to the Olympic Closing Ceremony stage just days after suffering a personal tragedy - whatevs Cowell, we don't miss you - it's all about team Gary here at Company HQ!
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First published November 02 1996 in the Car 96 section of The Times. Now reproduced with the kind permission of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, a founder member of The Brooklands Society.
A record number of finely preserved cars will Join the London-to-Brighton Centenary Special, reports Lord Montagu of Beaulieu.
This Year's London to Brighton veteran car run has attracted its biggest ever entry,.with over 660 pre- 1905 cars from 22 countries taking part - an amazing contrast with the first event, where only an estimated 33 cars actually. started.
Massed Veterans Hit The Magic Ton.
When The Sporting Life attempted to report on the original London-Brighton run, which took place a hundred years ago, on 14 November 1896, it lamented, "There never was an important event so lacking in authentic results."
To a paper used to dealing in first-past-the-post racing certainties, the organisation of that first "Motor Car Tour to Brighton" left much to be desired. Few published accounts even agree on such basic details as the number of cars that took part, who arrived first and, indeed, who arrived at all. Some of those who arrived in Brighton had travelled by train and some tried to disguise the fact.
There will be no such doubt about this year's veteran car run, which takes place tomorrow. It is a very special occasion, markinor the centenary of this world-famous motoring event, and has attracted its biggest ever entry, with over 660 pre-1905 cars taking part. That is an amazing contrast with the first Brighton run, which an estimated 33 cars actually started.
The 1896 run celebrated the passing of the Locomotives on Highways Act, which permitted cars to travel at 12mph and did away with the red-flag man who had to walk ahead of the car to warn of its approach.
To mark the centenary, a special ceremony is being held in Whitehall Place at 10.30am today when some 25 cars built in 1896 or earlier will re-enact the start of that first event, in the original location outside the old Hotel Metropole building. At 10.30, Lord Winchilsea, great grandson of the man-who started the 1896 run, will signal all the cars in running order to lap Whitehall Place by tearing a red flag.
Five of the cars in the re-enactment took part in the 1896 run and three of them will be driving down to Brighton tomorrow. These are Daniel and Toby Ward's racing Panhard & Levassor, which once belonged to the Hon C.S. Rolls, Tim Scott's Lutzmann, and the 1896 Arnold Dog-Cart, which is normally displayed at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, and is still owned by the Arnold family. Miss Virginia Arnold will be driving the car, known as "Adam", on the run.
In pole position tomorrow is the world's oldest roadgoing car, the 1884 De Dion, Bouton et Trepardoux steamer driven by Timothy Moore. The sporting terminology is not far-fetched, for this is also the world's oldest racing car, having come first in the first ever motor race in 1887 (not difficult - it was the only entrant).
A link with the origins of the old car movement is the famous 1897 Leon Bollee, "Beelzebub", owned for many years by journalist (and Le Mans winner) Sammy Davis, a co-founder in 1930 of the Veteran Car Club, the world's first club for antique car enthusiasts. When he had to give up driving the Leon Bollee at the age of 80, Sammy sold it to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame, which is bringing it back to Britain for the first time since it left these shores in 1967. Driving Beelzebub will be Anton Hulman George, third generation of the family which has run the Speedway - and the Indy 500 - since 1945.
He is just one of the more than 70 entrants from the USA, who also include the grandson and great-grandson of J. Frank Duryea, builder and driver of the first four-wheeled car to arrive in Brighton back in 1896. with their 1904 Stevens-Duryea.
This year there are 178 overseas entries for the Brighton run, from 22 countries on six continents, including 16 cars from Australia.
The most numerous marque in this year's run is De Dion-Bouton, of which some 90 examples have been entered - a reflection of the make's early popularity. Among them are a couple of cars which have been in the same families since new, such as the 1902 Model K1 driven by Edward Nall, originally bought by his great-grandfather Daniel Hanbury and kept at his Italian home near Alassio until 1910.
Then it resided at his Hampshire seat in company with the original Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, which was used for many years to travel between England and Italy, notching up 500,000 miles in the process.
Beaulieu's little 6hp De Dion, driven this year by my son Jonathan, first ran to Brighton in 191O and was the first exhibit in my Motor Museum in 1952.
Another car which has been in the same family from new is the 1899 Panhard-Levassor of the Prince d'Arenberg, which was originally purchased by his great-grandfather, Prince Auguste, President of the Suez Canal. And I shall be driving the 1899 four-cylinder Daimler which my father bought new in 1899 - an appropriate mount in the centenary year of this oldest British marque.
At the top end of the performance scale are the two mighty 60hp Mercedes of Berthold Ruckwarth and Tim Scott - the ultimate in veteran performance, with top speeds in excess of 80 mph. Arturo Keller's 1902 Mercedes is the oldest survivor of this marque and was for many years a familiar sight on the London-Brighton run.
One of many motor industry executives supporting the run, either as driver or passenger, is Nick Scheele, chairman of Jaguar-Daimler, who will be driving one of the very first Daimlers, an 1897 Phaeton, which in 1961 crossed the Alps via the 6834ft Col du Mont-Cenis still using its original hot-tube ignition.
It is testimony to the durability of these veterans, but if you come along to watch, please remember one thing: do not stop suddenly in front of an old car - our brakes are not as good as yours.


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Samir Nasri believes Manchester City will emerge a stronger team from their disappointment in Barcelona. City bowed out of the UEFA Champions League as they slipped to a 4-1 aggregate defeat to the Spanish champions with a 2-1 loss at the Camp Nou.
City did rise to the occasion and applied pressure as they sought to overturn a 2-0 first-leg deficit, but a 67th-minute strike from Lionel Messi effectively ended their challenge. They battled on, even after the sending off of Pablo Zabaleta in the 78th minute, but Vincent Kompany's late equaliser proved mere consolation and was immediately cancelled out by Dani Alves in the last minute.
Barça were the better side but City can take encouragement from their performance and, after premature exits at the group stage in the past two seasons, progress is being made. France playmaker Nasri said: "I think we played a good game. I think we did everything we could.
"We can have regrets about the first leg - it is in the first leg we lost it - but here we did everything. I think this defeat is going to be good for us in the future. This is where you get experience and get much stronger as a team and a group. Next year our target is to be up there with the best."
Focus shifts to league
City may have won the League Cup earlier this month but, after Sunday's FA Cup loss to Wigan, they have now gone out of two other competitions in the past four days. They now face a catch-up job in the English Premier League having fallen nine points behind leaders Chelsea while concentrating on cup football over the past three weeks.
Nasri, 26, said: "We don't have a choice. Now our target is to win the league. I think here we showed we have the quality to be up there with the best teams in Europe.
"We came here to play. I don't think you are going to see that many teams come to Camp Nou and have that much possession, that many attempts on target. It is a good thing for us. It is important now to finish the season well and win the league."
City are back in action at Hull City at midday on Saturday. They are awaiting an update on the injury sustained by top scorer Sergio Aguero in the first half at the Camp Nou. The Argentina striker felt a twinge in his hamstring early in the match and, having only recently returned from a five-game lay-off with problems in that muscle, was withdrawn at half-time.
Assistant coach Ruben Cousillas, who called the shots on the touchline in Pellegrini's absence, said the move was precautionary. He said: "Apparently it is nothing serious, he felt some kind of pain in his muscle. It is more a precaution, but we are doing some tests to assess it. It will be up to the medical staff who determine the extent of the injury, so we cannot speculate about this."


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6 Ways To Tell If You Have A Groomzilla On Your Hands
Typically you hear about brides going out of control and becoming a "bridezilla", but getting wrapped up in wedding planning can happen to anyone — including the groom. Case in point, from all the news about Kim and Kayne's wedding it sounds like he's basically planning the whole thing (nothing wrong with that, but Kanye has a tendency to make things all about him — just ask Taylor Swift). It's obvious your groom should be helpful and involved in the wedding planning process, it's a day for both of you, but here's how you'll know if you're dealing with a groomzilla.
1. He complains about not having his own bridal shower (and isn't satisfied when you suggest one that's co-ed).
2. He won't compromise on inviting old friends you've never met or heard of when you've already agreed to cut some cousins.
3. He won't stop making sure his bachelor party isn't planned down to the last second.
4. He chose the entire playlist and threatens not to pay the DJ if he plays anything else.
5. He passively agrees to everything in the beginning and then wants to change it at the last minute.
6. He goes with you to pick your dress and intervenes when the sales people pull dresses you don't like.
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Sunday, September 16, 2012
Review: Simplicity 1876 | Mikaela's Homecoming Dress!
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She looks beautiful in this! The perfect dress for a pretty young lady. As usual you did a fantastic job on the dress! How many more of these do you get to sew or will it become prom dresses, soon?ReplyDelete
Just superb! The dress is gorgeous and your daughter looks fantastic. My girls are 9 and 5 so I have a few years to wait before I'll get to sew them such pretty formal dresses, but you're providing me with great style inspiration!ReplyDelete
It's perfect! Great style, colour and details.ReplyDelete
You are right, she is growing up, and getting more beautiful all the time!
Beautiful choices as always. She looks lovely... Sophisticated but girlish.ReplyDelete
Absolutely stunning! Your daughter has inherited your style!ReplyDelete
She looks gorgeous! (And she's all leg!) I love the color with the hot pink shoes.ReplyDelete
Mikaela is beautiful and so is the dress!ReplyDelete
Those legs are fantastic, nearly as good as the dress. Wish you had been my mum at that age, but then maybe I wouldn't have learned to sew stuff to go out in.ReplyDelete
It really is an adorable dress on her. They change so quickly at this stage!ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous, and your daughter looks amazing!ReplyDelete
Long time reader, but first time commenter. Love your blog, always smile when I see you've updated (one of the few sewing blogs I still follow). Adore your style.ReplyDelete
You and your daughter are just both too gorgeous!
OMG Erica she looks amazing and so grown up already, its crazy when you have been following someone for such a long time, its like I got to watch some of the kids grow up, crazy!!ReplyDelete
so beautiful!!!! and she has her mama's posing skills:)ReplyDelete
Beautiful dress for a beautiful young lady. I remember those days of homecoming and prom dresses, I have two daughters. Memories! Pricless!ReplyDelete
Wow!! your daughter looks very stunning!! I love the style, the color, and the shoes are perfect. Your daughter is the perfect model like her mom.ReplyDelete
The dress is gorgeous and your daughter is beautiful. Forget homecoming - lock her up for the next five years! ;-)ReplyDelete
pretty pretty prettty!! I love it, the dress, the shoes, the styling. Beautiful Mikaela! Excellent job Erica B!ReplyDelete
It's just lovely! I liked the pattern too, but I have no one the right age to make it for. It's really perfect for your daughter. The bling is just right and the shoes are awesome! Wonderful job as usual. Your daughter is so lovely and stylish, just like her mama. I think if I blink too many times, my baby girl will be all grown up like that.ReplyDelete
Omigosh, Erica, what happened to your little baby girl?! She's all grown up!!ReplyDelete
OMGEEEEEEE, lol! Beautiful dress and just right for a young lady. I wanted to make this soooo bad for my daughter, I think she's the same age as M. Your kiddo is so pretty - looks just like her mama!ReplyDelete
Gorge.. So modelesqeReplyDelete
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Isleta Pueblo breaks ties with Hard Rock
The Pueblo of Isleta announced Wednesday that it has decided to end its affiliation with the Hard Rock brand.
"While we appreciate the opportunity to have operated under the iconic Hard Rock name, the pueblo has decided it is best to return to its own brand to identify it in this market and with its loyal customers," stated a press release issued by the pueblo and casino CEO Pamela Gallegos. "The pueblo feels that the future direction of its property should be directed towards its more traditional values."
The release said that with the change, there will "be more to offer to the tribe and the community."
The resort has operated under the moniker Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Albuquerque for almost three years. It previously had been known as the Isleta Casino & Resort.
The casino announced in October 2009 it had entered into a franchise agreement with Hard Rock Hotel Holdings LLC and HRHH IP and would take on the global brand name.
In July 2008, the hotel and casino underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation, which included construction of a center bar, a trademark feature of Hard Rock casinos. It was also furnished with $2 million in rock 'n' roll memorabilia, something the casino is also are known for.
According to the release, the name change will not affect any current staff or operations, but may create more growth and job opportunities for tribal members and other members of the community.
It was unclear whether the brand change would affect the outdoor concert venue, Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque Presents The Pavilion, near Mesa del Sol.
"We, as tribal leaders, have to make hard decisions and we have to be responsible," said Isleta Pueblo Gov. Frank Lujan in an email Thursday. "To end our relationship with Hard Rock was one of those (decisions). We believe we need to go back to who we were, who we are going forward (as)."
The governor also sent "many thanks" to Hard Rock and wished them well. He advised the public to stay tuned for more information on the casino's new direction.
(Albuquerque Journal staff writer Michael Hartranft contributed to this story.)
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For girls... what do the beads feel like?
You know those beads or balls whatever they are that you put up your ass...There's like 3 or 4 of them on a string well how does it feel. I mean it... Show More
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Look, I don't have any experience with the things, so I can't speak to the sensation.
But it should be clear from the nine-and-a-half million previous posts about anything and everything involving anal penetration, that the experience varies from person to person and the only way tofind out what it's like is to buy a ticket and get on the rollercoaster.
Buy one. Try it out while you're masturbating. Be gentle. Don't yank it like you're trying to start a Briggs & Stratton.
If you don't like it. Stop. If you like it a little, keep working at it. If you like it slot, go nuts.
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Dangerous dangerous dangerous
Will everyone please stop talking about anal sex? I`m getting sick and tired of warning people, but I feel like it`s my responsibility.
You just have to know how to do it
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I know a guy who is a paramedic, and he has responded to eight anal sex injuries over a span of two years.
Before you say, "Hey, eight in two years is not so bad," remember that:
a. This was all within one city
b. These are only the cases that he personally responded to- other paramedics responded to other cases
c.These were only the serious emergency cases. Milder- but still dangerous- damage also takes place, probably much more frequently
d. Only one of these cases was a first time anal-er.
So it happens even when you THINK you know what you`re doing.
I don`t know whether anal beads are safer than anal sex. My guess is that they are very slightly safer... but not significantly.
How do you get them in there, anyway? That, to me, sounds like the bad part.
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6 Muscles You Can't Ignore
By: Ted Spiker
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Serratus Anterior
Know it: This muscle, located on the side of your chest along your ribs, attaches to and allows you to rotate your shoulder blade (a.k.a. scapula). It plays a vital role when you raise your shoulder to flex your arm and move it away from your body; that's why it's prominent in boxers but not your average guy. The reason? Blame the bench press. Because of the support provided by the bench, the serratus anterior doesn't receive much direct challenge during this popular exercise, says Mike Robertson, C.S.C.S., a strength coach in Indianapolis.
Test it: Do a pushup without wearing a shirt and have someone look at your back during the move. If you have a winged scapula, your shoulder blade will stick out; this means your serratus is weak, says Robertson. A strong one suctions your scapula in during the movement, eliminating the winged look.
Improve it: Standard pushups strengthen the muscle, but doing pushup variations is the quickest way to correct a weakness, says Robertson. Use a power rack to perform incline pushups on a barbell. Start with your body at the lowest incline that doesn't allow your shoulders to wing—which means placing the bar relatively high. Perform 3 sets of 8 to 12 repetitions. As you become stronger and learn to control your scapular motion, work your way down the rack until you're doing regular pushups with perfect body alignment.
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The Process of a Will County, Illinois Felony Case
A felony is any crime that carries a potential sentence to the Illinois Department of Corrections. The purpose of this post is to discuss the process of a felony case as it moves through the Will County, Illinois court system.Read Article
Court Supervision - An Illinois Sentencing Option
Court supervision is a sentencing option available for the majority of misdemeanor crimes committed in Illinois. Short of beating the case outright, court supervision is the next best alternative.Read Article
Illinois Impact Incarceration Program - "Boot Camp"
The Illinois impact incarceration program, more commonly referred to as "boot camp", is a program within the Illinois Department of Corrections that allows eligible offenders sentenced to prision the opportunity to significantly reduce their sentence. It is referred to as boot camp because the program is run like a military stye boot camp.Read Article
Expunging a Criminal History
Anyone who enters the Will County criminal justice system wishes to exit it in a position to erase any evidence of a criminal history. This is accomplished by a court order that allows for expunging a criminal history. An expungement is a total erasing of any indictation that an arrest and court case ever existed.Read Article
Defense of a Domestic Battery Arrest
Most people arrested for domestic battery have never before been involved in the criminal justice system. However, the charge of domestic battery puts them at risk for a lifelong criminal conviction. It is important to realize that if the case is handled properly the opportunity to avoid that conviction is real.Read Article
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Most people wait too long to get their Illinois driving privileges reinstated. With proper preparation, a person should win their first hearing before the Illinois Secretary of State. The key, though, is proper preparation.Read Article
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