text:
Stories with the tag: Smart Grid
About 150 energy leaders will attend the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project Regional Symposium April 1 to reflect on the project's major accomplishments and plan for future electric grid modernization after the project concludes in June.
Release Date: 3/25/2015
DGR*Grant Construction of Richland was awarded a bid this week to build a new 16,000 square foot chemistry laboratory building on the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory campus.
Release Date: 3/19/2015
Battery technology developed at PNNL will be installed in two new energy storage projects funded by Washington state that will help improve the power grid and help the region use more renewable energy.
Release Date: 7/8/2014
Construction on a new energy research facility at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Richland campus will begin this April.
Release Date: 1/29/2014
Two global experts in advanced energy systems – Jeffrey Taft and Jakob Stoustrup – have joined PNNL to lead research related to the smart grid, smart buildings and more.
Release Date: 1/29/2014
Research conducted with a large new battery unveiled today in Oregon will help the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project make the electric system smarter and more efficient.
Release Date: 5/31/2013
A licensing agreement may help speed up adoption of plug-in electric vehicles.
Release Date: 3/6/2013
PNNL's energy management technology for smart grid operations has been licensed to Calico Energy Services of Bellevue, Wash.
Release Date: 1/29/2013
Today the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project will begin a two-year period of collecting energy use data from its 11 participating utilities, in order to evaluate how a smarter grid can help deliver electricity more efficiently to the region.
Release Date: 10/24/2012
A technology that has potential for integrating energy from wind and solar power onto the electricity grid has been licensed to a Washington state firm.
Release Date: 10/2/2012


text:
Gant Sacker Zip Neck Jersey Jumper, Charcoal
Product informationCrafted from pure cotton and fitted with a handy zip, this Gant jumper offers chic comfort for your days off. Featuring the signature logo embroidered on the chest.
- Brand
- Material
- 100% cotton
- Neckline
- Zip
- Top Type
- Jumpers
- Washing Instructions
- Machine washable
Editor's Notes
Blending preppy American casualness with refined European elegance, Bernard Gant established Gant in 1949 in New Haven, USA. Starting off with a humble selection of shirts, Gant now offers an enviable range of sophisticated premium casualwear, synonymous with effortless and understated style.
Click & collectFree from John Lewis or Waitrose shops for collection tomorrow from 2pm
369 participating John Lewis and Waitrose shops
- Free
Collect + from a local shop from tomorrow - postcode exclusions apply for Collect+ deliveries5000+ participating Collect+ shops
- £3.00
Standard delivery in 5 working days
- Free
Named or Saturday UK delivery
- £6.95
Named day UK delivery pre-10.30am
- £9.95
International delivery available
- Europe (Non EU) - £7.50
- Europe (EU) - £7.50
- Rest of World - £10.00
- Australia - £10.00
- £7.50
We want you to be happy with your purchase. If you're not, depending on the type of product, you can make free returns in the UK via John Lewis shops, Royal Mail, Collect+, or MyHermes. If you need to arrange collection of large or heavy items, call us on 03456 049 049. For international returns queries, call us on +44 1698 545 454. Find out more about returns.
You'll find returns information on your delivery note. Unless faulty, we'd like you to make your return within 90 days of purchase. Exceptions apply to certain products - find out more about our refund policy.
Q & As
UK delivery:
Free Standard delivery in 5 working days
Click & collect
Free Click & collect from John Lewis or Waitrose shops for collection tomorrow from 2pm
£3.00 Collect+ from a local shop from tomorrow
International delivery available:
From £7.50

subset: commoncrawl


text:
I'll be posting my Currently link-up tomorrow and hope each of you will link up with me!
Make sure to include the Currently button from above if you choose to link up so that others know where to link up as well. I'll be scheduling mine to post at 5am for all you earlybirds
Here are the topics for tomorrow's Currently post:
current book(s)
current playlist
current color
current food
current favorite show(s)
current needs
current triumphs
current banes of my existence
current celebrity crush
current #1 blessing
current indulgence
current outfit
current excitement
current mood
current favorite quote or verse
current wish list item(s)
current favorite product(s)
Hope you'll link up with me!!
Hope you'll link up with me!!


text:
Baldwinsville boys swimmer Dan Burke has qualified for two different events in the upcoming New York State Public High School Athletic Association championships - and on Sunday, some of his teammates would join him, too.
They all advanced to the state meet, set for March 4-5 at Nassau Aquatic Center on Long Island, by claiming quick times and high finishes at last weekend's Section III championship meet at Nottingham High School.
In the Class A 200-yard individual medley on Friday, Burke nearly won the Class A portion in a classic duel with Jack Robinson (Fayetteville-Manlius) and Cory Spado (Liverpool). Burke finished in 1:59.96, just behind Robinson (1:59.46) as Spado took second place in 1:59.78. The top three were separated by half a second.
Later, the same thing happened in the 100-yard backstroke, where Burke finished in 54.81 seconds and, again, finished third. Reed Swartz (Skaneateles), who swam with the Auburn team this winter, won in 53.64 seconds as Robinson (54.11 seconds) was second.
B'ville, in the Class A portion of the team event, amassed 176 points to finish eighth. West Genesee took that team crown with 341 points.
Mick Tarsel, in the 100-yard freestyle, just missed the qualifying standard in the 100-yard freestyle, where he finished fifth in 49.54 seconds. He also worked his way to fifth in the 50-yard freestyle in 22.63 seconds.
Burke, Tarsel, Nate Menapace and Dave Didio had a 400 freestyle relay clocking of 3:21.35 in the 400 freestyle relay, just missing (by less than a second) on Friday in its first attempt to qualify for the state meet - but they would get another shot.
In the 200 medley relay, Burke, Tarsel, Menapace and Zack Akers worked their way to fourth place in 1:42.54. On his own, Menapace was sixth in the 100 butterfly in 56.27 seconds as he, with Akers, Didio and Brandon Boyd, were eighth (1:37.85) in the 200 freestyle relay.
(Continued on Next Page)
Prev Next
More like this story
Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.


text:
Kilan Holdings, Inc. filed as a Domestic For-Profit Corporation in the State of Texas on Friday, January 18, 2008 and is approximately seven years old, according to public records filed with Texas Secretary of State. The filing is currently active as of the last data refresh which occured on Saturday, July 4, 2015.
Pamela Paul serves as the Director and has interests in other corporate entities including Kilan Financial Services, LLC
Adam Paul is the Director of Kilan Holdings, Inc.. Adam's additional corporate interests include Kilan Financial Services, LLC
The registered agent for the company is National Registered Agents, Inc.. Also known as a statutory or resident agent, the registered agent is responsible for receiving legal notifications regarding court summons, lawsuits, and other legal actions involving the corporate entity.
Key roles for Kilan Holdings, Inc.
Pamela R. Paul
Director , Chief Executive Offi, President
Adam E. Paul
Director , Vice President
|Filing Type:
|Domestic For-Profit Corporation
|State ID:
|Date Filed:
|Friday, January 18, 2008
|Registered Agent
|National Registered Agents, Inc.
Comprehensive Insight Plus Report
|Learn More
|The D&B Comprehensive Insight Plus Report for Kilan Holdings, Inc. combines D&B's proprietary statistical scoring with business, payment and financial information all in one report.
US Company Profile Report
|Learn More
|The D&B U.S. Company Profile contains basic information such as address and telephone number, executive names and titles, line of business and SIC codes, D-U-N-S Numbers, organization status, and year and location of incorporation for Kilan Holdings, Inc..


text:
1901 $2 1/2 PR64 Cameo NGC. CAC....
2010 April-May Milwaukee, WI CSNS US Coin Auction #1139
|Sold for:
|Sign-in or Join (free & quick)
|Claim Item:
|Sign-in or Join (free & quick)
|Auction Ended On:
|Apr 29, 2010
|Item Activity:
7 Internet/mail/phone bidders
479 page views
The Midwest Airlines Center
Remarkable 1901 Quarter Eagle, PR64 Cameo1901 $2 1/2 PR64 Cameo NGC. CAC. Proofs from 1901 are generally the last ones available with contrast between the fields and devices. Beginning with the next year proofs had polished devices also, thus eliminating cameo contrast. Of the 223 proof quarter eagles struck this year, a higher percentage of survivors seems known today, probably the result of careful preservation by early collectors and dealers. As Breen notes, "Proofs have scattered crisscross marks within shield; these fade." If that is indeed the case, then this must be an early striking as the crisscross marks are pronounced on this piece.
The fields display the expected deep mirrors, and the devices are heavily frosted, yielding the cameo effect that is so desirable. This upper-end piece does not display the expected hairlines that most PR64 coins show. Rather, each side shows a couple of tiny lint marks, but these are Mint-made and have no effect on the overall appearance of this remarkable coin.(Registry values: P1) (NGC ID# 288R, PCGS# 87927)
View large image(s) of this item
Service and Handling Description: Coins & Currency (view shipping information)
Sales Tax information | NGC Coin Grading Guarantee | Terms and Conditions
Guides and Pricing Information:
Previous Prices from Heritage Auctions
|Sign-in or Join (free & quick)
Price Guide
|Sign-in or Join (free & quick)
Population Guide
|Sign-in or Join (free & quick)
Find Auction Prices for Comparable Items:
Sign-in or Join (free & quick) to see the full image


text:
Doesn't help me. If it hasn't changed, it was on acetate base like Provia - not dimensionally stable.
Velvia 100F and Astia 100F were on polyester, so you could regiester masks without worrying about
them going out of whack later. Astia was never duly appreciated, so sold poorly. I only have one box
of 8X10 Astia left in the freezer.


text:
The Message audio Bible is now available on Bible Gateway! Click to learn more.
physician, son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam, was the third king of Judah. He was zealous in maintaining the true worship of God, and in rooting all idolatry, with its accompanying immoralities, out of the land (1 Kings 15:8-14). The Lord gave him and his land rest and prosperity. It is recorded of him, however, that in his old age, when afflicted, he "sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians" (comp. Jer. 17:5). He died in the forty-first year of his reign, greatly honoured by his people (2 Chr. 16:1-13), and was succeeded by his son Jehoshaphat.


text:
El Salvador: Use of 53 Chemicals Banned
Despite opinions to the contrary, the new law includes Paraquat, Glyphosate and Endosulfan in the list of chemicals banned from use in agricultural production.
Friday, September 6, 2013
From a press release by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources:
El Salvador: Confirmation to Be Given on Ban of Agrochemicals
November 2013
The Legislature will not accept Presidential comments on Act 53 which prohibits the use of agrochemicals, and will only increase the timeframe for their withdrawal.
El Salvador Passes Increased Bonuses for Private Employees
June 2013
The regulation increases the size of the "aguinaldo" (extra salary at the end of the year), depending on the number of worked years.
Coffee Growers Oppose Chemicals Ban
September 2013
Salvadoran coffee growers have asked for a review of the rule stating that there arent any alternative measures which provide the same levels of efficiency and coverage.
Poll shows left with big lead ahead of next year's elections in El Salvador
June 2008
Voters in El Salvador are showing a strong preference for the leftist former rebel Farabundo Martí Liberation Front (FMLN) in next year's general elections, according to a poll by Utec, a private technological university.
- Daily Update
- Government Purchases
- Classified Ads
- Companies
- Indexes & Statistics
- Press Releases
- Events Calendar


text:
Observation refers to the systematic examination of program processes or operations with the goal of identifying needs/challenges or improving program processes and practices. Observations typically incorporate a prescribed protocol containing specific measures of observable behavior and the narrative recording of the program activities and their context. Types of observational approaches include: check lists, scaled ratings, interval observations, and narrative comments. [more]
Suggested uses of observations:
- Observation is especially useful when combined with the examination of program documents ( see document analysis).
- Gaining insight by describing program activities or identifying needs or challenges in the program.
- Assessing changes in program practices especially when used as part of a single-group experiment.
- Developing ideas for future evaluation by using observational data to help focus other evaluation instruments such as surveys.
Limitations of observations:
- Should be used in conjunction with other methods.
- Largely descriptive.
Resource requirements
Implementing this method requires moderate resources: developing an observational protocol, hiring an experienced assistant or finding a colleague to conduct multiple observations, taking the time to discuss each observation with the observer, and compiling and analyzing the data gathered. [more]
Plan your observation
STEP 1. Describe the context
Include the age, majors, educational background, motivation level, and skill levels of students/clients. Also consider central goals of the program, your ability to implement changes, and how the organizational context impacts your program. A worksheet is available to help you document your program context.
STEP 2. Identify stakeholder needs and develop central questions
Identify what is most essential for clients, program staff, and any organizational priorities that impact your program. Central questions, informed by these needs, specify what you want to learn from an evaluation. A worksheet is available to help you identify stakeholder needs and develop central questions.
STEP 3. Determine the purpose of the observation
Your observational study should have a clear purpose and focus. Using your central questions as a guide, specify how your observation will help you gain insight, change course practices, or measure the effects of a change you have implemented. A worksheet is available to help you develop and refine your study's purposes.
STEP 4. Determine how you will use the results
How you intend to use results should also guide the focus of your observations. Focus observations on only those program components you are willing to adjust or change. A worksheet is available to help exemplify how to use results after determining the purpose of a study.
STEP 5. Develop an observation form
Create an observation form appropriate to context, purpose, and use that will answer your central questions. Once your form is complete, perform multiple observations of the program activity or setting. Vary the times and days you observe. Observe for at least a 30 minute interval. Meet with program staff prior to the observation to gather relevant program materials, information about the program activity or context, and the goals for the activity being observed.
Additional information
Lofland, J. & Lofland, L. H. (1995). Analyzing Social Settings: A Guide to Qualitative Observation and Analysis. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.


text:
Pittsburg Presbyterian Church took a mission trip to Wichita June 1-5. Participating in the intergenerational trip were 25 children, youth and adults.
Pittsburg Presbyterian Church took a mission trip to Wichita June 1-5. Participating in the intergenerational trip were 25 children, youth and adults.
The group stayed at Lady Bugg House, an older house located near Wichita State University which is being renovated as a facility for teenage mothers and their babies.
The group did volunteer work at Lady Bugg House and at the Union Rescue Mission, a shelter that houses more than 100 homeless men each night as well as housing 30 men for a year-long discipleship and rehabilitation program.
This was the first mission trip for the six high school youth, according to Lori Atkinson, high school youth leader with Bill Atkinson.
"They did a wonderful job," she said. "Our first two days were spent at the Union Rescue Mission. They had many jobs for the youth, and once one job was finished, they quickly started the youth on another job."
Among their chores was to fix food boxes for 20 families who were coming in that day to pick them up.
"They took huge bags of flour, rice and sugar and put them in small ziploc bags for the food boxes, and unpacked thousands of small boxes of formula to be distributed to families with babies," Atkinson said. "They carted up the boxes and food for those 20 families that came in, and helped them put the items in their cars."
The youth also washed cars, washed bins that the homeless men put their belongings in, organized clothing in the shelter clothes closet, cut up 140 desserts for the evening meal and washed lettuce. They also opened and sorted dead mail that had come to the post office and was given to the mission.
"The kids took great pride in their work," Atkinson said. "We were only going to work there one day, but the kids were so into their jobs at the end of the day that they wanted to go back and finish on Friday, so we went back and they were able to finish what they started and were very proud of their accomplishments."
On Saturday they worked at the Lady Bugg House, unloading a trailer full of brush at the dump, cleaning up sticks around the yard, putting together a shelving unit and preparing for a carnival that was held that evening.
"Each youth had a booth they were in charge of," Atkinson said. "They did a great job explaining what needed to be done and making it fun for the children."
Rev. K.O. Noonoo conducted a Love and Logic parenting class for a group of teen mothers.
The adults worked all three days at Lady Bugg House, painting, renovating a bathroom, installing light fixtures, gardening and mowing.
"It's really a great thing they're trying to do there with the teenage mothers," said Betty Noonoo, one of the high school youth.
Page 2 of 2 - "We had devotions each night, with Jim Harris leading songs with his guitar," said Jeff
Murphy, mission trip organizer. "The mission trip has gone very well."
In the weeks leading up to the trip, church members collected items for both Lady Bugg House and the Union Rescue Mission, including baby clothing and diapers, formula, bottles, baby blankets, men's clothing, hygiene items, non-perishable foods and monetary donations.
"Those of us who went to Wichita were very aware that many more from our church were with us through their donations, prayers and support of this trip," Rev. Noonoo said.
"I really enjoyed it because we got to help people, even by doing little things," Betty Noonoo said. "I also liked the intergenerational aspect of it. This was an awesome experience and I would definitely go on another mission trip if we have one."
There might be a day trip sometime in the near future.
"Before we left, we all sat down and talked about wanting to do more," Betty Noonoo said. "Bill Atkinson suggested going to Joplin for a day to help over there. I think we're still working on that."
Participants will make a presentation about the mission trip during services at 10 a.m. Sunday at the church. The service will be open to the entire community.
Comments are currently unavailable on this article
Location, ST | website.com


text:
Thanks for redeeming.{{else}}
Success! Thanks for repurchasing.{{/if}} {{else}} {{#if Expired}}
Increase my visibility!{{else}} {{#if IsMultiPack}}
{{#if HasMultiPack}} You have {{MultiPackCount}} top spot(s) left. Now loading you into the search listings... {{else}} You have used all top spots. Now loading you into the search listings... {{/if}}{{else}}
We are loading you into the search listing pages...{{/if}} {{/if}} {{/if}} {{/if}}
{{Current}} just saw you!{{/if}} {{#if LastTopSpotPurchaseIsMulti }} {{#if HasAnyTopSpot}}
{{#if HasFreeTopSpot }} {{ UnclaimedTopSpotFree }} Free {{/if}} {{#if HasPaidTopSpot }} {{#if HasFreeTopSpot }} & {{/if}} {{ MultiPackCount }} {{/if}} Top Spot{{#if Plural}}s{{/if}} Left{{else}}
0 Top Spot{{#if Plural}}s{{/if}} Left{{/if}} {{else}} {{#if HasFreeTopSpot }}
{{ UnclaimedTopSpotFree }} Top Spot{{#if Plural}}s{{/if}} Left{{/if}} {{/if}} {{else}} {{#if HasResults}}
{{Current}} see you now!{{else}} {{/if}} {{/if}}
You can now invite anyone to meet at your favorite Starbucks.
Limited-time feature
34 year old woman | Mission Village, CA, USA | Seeking men 32-38 within 50 miles of San Diego, CA
Active within 3 days
Brains and heart before anything
A handsome face is nice but what else you've got? I am looking for a man who is confident and passionate, has a sense of humor about himself and life, has goals and/or dreams, has values, and the muscle upstairs is the most important muscle to him. I try to always have a positive attitude towards life and I am a big believer of "everything happens for a reason". I hope to meet a like-minded individual. I am pretty energetic and I love to go out and do things. I like to try things at least once. I consider myself to be brave and daring and that's how I put my money where my mouth is. There are days though when I would rather cozy up on the couch and watch my favorite shows. Many of my close friends call me a social butterfly. I just like meeting genuine people and having great stimulating conversations. Restricting yourself is depriving yourself of great experiences. Isn't that what life is about? I believe we are all one and we are all connected. Life is about connections. I consider myself to be a woman with a young heart and old soul. I find humor in almost everything and I find it very easy to laugh at myself too. I am quite the goofball. My humor can be quite dry at times. I don't take life too seriously. I do have strong values though that I don't compromise on. I am pretty spontaneous. Having said that, I do like plans. It's funny saying that because my move to SD was completely unplanned and I don't regret it one bit. I love everything this city has to offer. It has something for everyone and there's so much to do here. My tastes are eclectic. My song lists and the personalities of my close friends will reflect that. I don't define myself by just one set of characteristics or tastes and people have always found it hard to categorize me. My personality and philosophies are constantly evolving. That's me in a nutshell. A very big nutshell!
Coffee and conversation , Dining out , Hobbies and crafts , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Nightclubs/Dancing , Performing arts , Playing cards , Shopping/Antiques , Travel/Sightseeing , Volunteering , Wine tasting
Aerobics, Billiards / Pool, Running, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines, Yoga
I exercise 3-4 times per week.
I like Dogs
I would like to have one of my own in the near future.
I'm new to San Diego. Haven't seen enough to claim any hot spots just yet. My favorite city in America is Chicago. The close next is New York. Tokyo and Paris are my favorite international cities.
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
good music, well-made food, tv shows, the gym, exploring new places, pets, hanging out with my nieces and nephews, going for a run.
I am not big into novels unless there's some big hype that I need to check out for myself.
Z{{Cta}} {{#if HasMoreInfo}} ?{{CtaSecondary}} {{/if}}
|What she is looking for
|5'7" (170cms)
|5'10" (177cms) to 8'11" (271cms)
|Body type:
|Athletic and toned
|No preference
|No preference
|No preference
|No Way
|No preference
|Social Drinker
|Social Drinker, Moderately
|I'll tell you later
|No preference
|I'll tell you later
|No preference
|Never Married
|Never Married, Widow / Widower, Divorced
|Have kids:
|Wants kids:
|Definitely, Someday
|East Indian
|No preference
I am originally from the south of India but I was brought up in Bombay. I am not your typical Indian but I can represent when needed. I have traveled a lot so I am not a typical anything. I consider myself to be a citizen of the world.
|Spiritual but not religious
|No preference
I am very intrigued by the teachings of various religions and have educated myself with the basics at least of many. I have gone to churches, Hindu temples, Buddhist temples, etc. I am open to positive and inclusive spiritual beliefs.
|English, Hindi, Other
|Graduate degree
|Bachelors degree, Graduate degree, PhD / Post Doctoral
I have a Masters in HR Management. I am currently doing a Masters in Information Systems Management.


text:
STK 2008 1967 Pontiac GTO Only a few cars in automotive history have garnered so much popularity during their first generation as the Pontiac GTO.... More
VERY DESIRABLE REAL GTO WITH TRI POWER & AIR CONDITIONING. BODY OFF FRAME RESTORED ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO. WE HAVE PHOTOS. FLOORS & PANELS... More
Coupe, Blue Ext, Blk Int, 455 V8, 4spd Man, 100 miles on Rebuild, Vin:82122... More
1968 Ponitac GTOCover of A Hot Rod Mag Fuel Cell In trunk80000 miles V8 - Fast Fast CarAutomatic 3 speed transmissionVehicle is located in... More
400 V-8 Air Conditioning 4 speed trans Factory 8 track player Power Steering Brand new vinyl top New Holley 750 New cam, lifters, springs New Positrack rear end with 3:42 gears Interior is... More
This 1965 Pontiac GTO Hard Top Coupe features a 389 V-8 8cyl Gasoline engine. It is equipped with a 3 Speed Automatic transmission. The... More
*PHS documents code 242 real GTO 2 door *389 Tri-Power V-8, automatic transmission *Headers with dual exhaust *Power steering & power brakes *Super nice bucket seat interior with... More
This is a nicely preserved GTO that runs and drives great! The car has had 1 repaint and is very original. The interior is... More
1965 Pontiac GTO 2 Dr. Hardtop, 389 tri-power M-20 Muncie 4spd, 3:55 Saf-T-Trac, Rally gauges, console w. vacuum gauges, p.s splitters, original sheetmetal, solid... More
Beautiful Blue Pontiac GTO Hardtop with original 400 ci V-8 and automatic transmission... More
Up for sale in our Tampa showroom is a very nice 1968 Pontiac GTO Hardtop Coupe. The Pontiac GTO is an automobile that... More
Very original and rare PHS documented 1970 Pontiac GTO convertible with 4 speed transmission and factory air conditioning. Pontiac Sierra Yellow with black factory... More
PONTIAC 1967 "GTO" Triple Black Southern Car! #'s Matching PHS Certified, 400ci V8, Auto His-&-Hers Shift, Ac, ps,pb, Restored! New Base-Clear Coat Interior Top & Trim, 17"/18" Wheels. Investment... More
1970 Pontiac GTO, YS coded 400 CI 350 HP 400TH Transmission PHS documented, factory air conditioning, power windows, in-dash gauges, hood tach, original body,... More
Recent Frame-Off Restoration, True (242) GTO, beautiful factory (67) Burgundy, factory black vinyl interior, 69 date coded (WT) 400 ci/345 hp engine, factory Muncie... More


text:
The biggest deficit – leadership
Filed under: Politics, Public policy
George Osborne's autumn statement appears to be is a sophisticated package; written to maximise advantage to the Conservatives with a strong ideological undertow, but also containing a popular top line policy – on stamp duty – that has already commanded cross-party support.
Although, along with just about every other commentator, I don't think the Chancellor can actually deliver the targets of spending reduction he published yesterday, the statement confirms what we already knew: unless we start very soon to see a substantial fiscal dividend from economic growth, public services face many more years of trying to meet growing demands and rising expectations with frozen or falling budgets. Indeed the statement adds an extra year to the austerity horizon meaning major cuts will still be being implemented in the immediate run up to the election after next. Bu already, for local services in particular, the fat has long gone, the flesh has been sliced and the vital organs are starting to fail.
Mr Osborne's unwillingness to recognise this or to accept any responsibility for how his strategy will impact on public servants and citizens is an abnegation of his responsibility as a public servant, albeit one that will be echoed by other political leaders with no desire to disturb voters with difficult truths. The survival of the public domain relies on a further significant shift of responsibility from the state to the citizen. Political expediency and the failure of the Big Society means no national leader will be inclined to 'fess up to that before next May. If we need a different order of public leadership in these challenging times we will have to focus elsewhere.
Over recent days I have looked at public service reform from a bewildering number of angles. I attended the first national conference for the Government-funded 'What works centres'. I chaired a Parliamentary roundtable event on design for policy. I also chaired the launch of the Public Service Transformation Challenge Panel report, sponsored by DCLG.
On top of this I was MC of an event to publish the final report of Islington Employment Commission and the keynote speaker at the launch of the Croydon Fairness Commission. Finally, I chaired the second in our series of seminars held in conjunction with the global education services provider Pearson to discuss the idea of efficacy, this time in the context of school improvement.
Normally this would provide material for several blog posts. For while there was value in all these initiatives I have misgivings about each. The general approach of the What Works centres is overly technocratic (which is perhaps inevitable) and lacking a convincing model of change (which is less excusable).
The design for policy approach is fascinating and progressive but can feel overblown given the paucity of powerful examples of impact at scale and that, on closer inspection, design for policy isn't all that different from the best examples of traditional policy making.
The recommendations of the Public Service Transformation Panel were hard to dispute but the report didn't really get to grips with why implementing them seems so hard and, anyway, the idea of 'transformation' is surely a misnomer for a set of practices – a focus on citizens and more effective inter agency collaboration, for example – which need to be seen not as one-off changes but as a continuous discipline.
It is heartening that local authorities like Islington and Croydon are looking to provide a broader convening role focussed around the needs of citizens. However, in practice (and it is too early to speak for Croydon) I find that councils have rarely thought deeply enough about how to provide a qualitatively different kind of leadership, one that is based on influence and generosity, not control.
And while I continue to be impressed by Pearson's commitment to ensuring that their products and services improve people's lives through learning, it is clear that efficacy is a more powerful tool for asking questions than providing definitive answers. (Indeed, Pearson's growing awareness that efficacy is not about imposing a single 'one best way' perspective on complex challenges contrasts with the rather reductive world view of the What Works initiatives.)
As I rushed from initiative to initiative the sense that something fundamental is lacking in them all grew and grew. The length of time since my last post is witness to my inability to put my finger on what that something is. Now I think I may have found it. My colleague Anthony Painter (who leads the RSA's growing portfolio of work on institutional reform) directed me to a new paper published by the Stanford Social Innovation Review. 'The Dawn of System Leadership' is by the impressive team of Peter Senge (recently interviewed in the RSA Journal), Hal Hamilton and John Kania.
The article helped me identify that missing ingredient. In short, the need for a different order of leadership, something to which reformers often pay lip service but which I see little sign of being fully appreciated. There are two contrasting problems with a focus on leadership: first is that it reinforces a hierarchical model of change, second that 'leadership' is a proxy for an ill-defined bundle of virtues – commitment, wisdom, authority. The value of the Stanford Review paper is that it provides a compelling and concrete account of the components of the kind of leadership needed to solve tough problems; problems like reforming public services in a context of shrinking budgets and rising demands.
Senge et al identify three core capabilities:
• The ability to see the larger system
• An ability to foster reflection and more generative conversation
• A capacity to shift the conversation from reactive problem solving to co-creating the future.
Exhorting a new paradigm is all very well but why might we hope for new leadership? Through their own experience and the many case studies they cite the Stanford authors argue that the hunger for system leadership and the human capacity to provide such leadership is growing. This perspective chimes with the progressive human development theories of figures like Robert Kegan and Ken Wilbur.
The problem is not our receptivity or capacity: it is the organisational forms and norms that put huge barriers in the way of system leadership and, more profoundly, blind us even to its possibility.
Senge et al summarise their argument in one sentence:
The deep changes necessary to accelerate progress against society's most intractable problems require a unique type of leader – the system leader, a person who catalyses collective leadership.
Although this insight is negatively articulated in the ever growing disdain of citizens towards the political establishment I don't expect it to be acknowledged anytime soon in the actions and rhetoric of national politics. Yet, without system leadership in our services and localities the next few years will see the public domain hollowed out ever further.
Jumping the impoverished shark
Filed under: Credit crunch, Politics, Public policy
The phrase 'jumping the shark' describes the moment when a popular TV show overstretches its founding concept and begins the process of decline. I am starting to wonder whether George Osborne jumped the shark last week.
As I wrote in my last post, it has become commonplace in political communication to distinguish between the worthy (working) and unworthy (unemployed) poor. It was this that lay behind a skirmish last week between the Chancellor and Shadow Chancellor, with Ed Balls claiming that the Coalition's cuts in the real value of benefits would predominantly fall on working households.
The backdrop to this debate is opinion polls which show a steady hardening of opinion against welfare recipients, especially the unemployed. But the world is complicated; public opinion is both reflexive and subject to substantial shifts in mood. I suspect that three things may be coinciding to produce just such a shift.
First, there have always been ebbs and flows in public opinion when it comes to a general spectrum of values relating to social justice and collective provision. While the swing against state help for the poor (which is to simplify the issue) has been long and deep, there is no reason to believe the pendulum won't in time swing back.
Second, the longer economic problems and accompanying austerity continue, the more people there are who will be directly or indirectly affected by some combination of poverty, benefits cuts and unemployment. The number who find the striver/ shirker distinction uncomfortable may be increasing.
Thirdly – and this is where political analysts may have committed the classic error of linear thinking a complex world – it may be that the gradual build-up of social concern about the poor was just waiting for a catalyst. By seeming to be making a point of moralising the cut in welfare, rather than simply saying it was necessary for reasons of austerity, Government ministers may have inadvertently provided just that catalyst.
I have this afternoon been chairing an event on child poverty in London, being hosted by the Peabody Trust and held at John Adam Street. A question I posed the audience concerned how the poverty lobby might take advantage if there is a shift in public opinion. I can't say the ideas were flowing thick and fast. Probably, the London Living Wage and universal free school meals for primary children – a measure already implemented by Southwark and some other London councils – were the most popular 'transitional demands'.
My own thought centred on connection. I was very taken by a story told to me by a friend who had spent time on websites for parents of new born children. Amidst the normal lively conversation about illnesses, sleep patterns, diet, equipment and child care, some parents let slip how hard they found life on benefits. The better off parents started asking questions and pretty soon the chat rooms were full of people saying things like 'until I had a child I never really thought about how hard life must be if you are poor'. Subsequently a great deal of charitable giving started flowing through the site – so much so that it had to be regulated by the site's moderators.
Regardless of anyone's political leanings and economic analysis, it is surely a good thing if more people who are fortunate in their circumstances understand more fully the lives of those who rely on state help, whether in or out of work. My hunch is that some clever way of providing such insight and of connecting people across the social divide could go viral at this moment of inflection in public opinion, especially with Christmas almost upon us.
The Autumn Statement and the unappealing politics around it may have marked the beginning of the end of one long running narrative;the opportunity may now be there for some campaigning brilliance to provoke a very different and more unifying public discourse.
Dangerous striving
Filed under: Politics
Today's blog probably makes me sound like Dave Spart, so apologies in advance to those of a tender or neo-liberal persuasion….
Ed Balls and George Osborne are having a row over whether the Autumn Statement measures hit 'strivers'. According to the commentariat this is because the Chancellor sought in his statement to trap Labour into having to choose between backing welfare cuts (which would appal its activists) or opposing them (which would appal an electorate polls show to be ever more hostile to those on benefits). But Labour now thinks it can turn Osborne's punt into an own goal by pointing out that most of the welfare cuts will actually impact on the working poor, a group which gets a lot more sympathetic attention.
Many people will find the whole deserving versus undeserving poor thing unpleasant, but there are three other reasons why the distinction is highly problematic:
1. Notwithstanding the point about in-work benefits, many people are continuously moving between being 'strivers' and benefit dependents. People on the lowest wages and who have experienced recent unemployment are precisely those most at threat of future joblessness. Not only do they face penury and many other social economic and social risks if they lose their job, but they will suddenly move from the sunshine of Mr Balls' and Mr Osborne's admiration to the darkness of their admonishment.
2. It is a lot easier to be a 'striver' in some places than in others. Given that the unemployment rate in Darlington is three and half times that of Reigate, does this mean the people of the commuter belt are inherently more striving than those in the North East? In fairness, perhaps we should have a regionally adjusted striving index which reflects local labour markets. So anyone who has had a job in the last three years in Darlington can get a 'striver' badge but anyone in Surrey with a job on less than, say, £20k should be labelled a feckless loser.
3. Is striving restricted to paid employment? How about those on benefits who provide 24 hour care to loved ones, or who volunteer in the local community or who are coping with severe physical and mental illness. As, apparently, none of this counts as striving perhaps they should just leave their relative in a wheelchair outside the town hall, stop helping out around the neighbourhood and perhaps do the decent thing and stop being a burden to us all.
I am no political innocent. I worked for a politician who was fond of the morally freighted phrase ' a hand up, not a hand out'. But whilst this kind of stuff is tolerable at the margins and when things are going well and there is a reasonable supply of jobs that pay a living wage, right now it feels like the worst kind of reactionary, intelligence-sapping populism.
Or perhaps I just don't get it. I must strive harder.
The epistemological failings of the state
Filed under: Public policy, The RSA
A couple of weeks ago the RSA was contacted by Rohan Silva, a senior Downing Street special advisor and asked at short notice to hold an event featuring Nassim Nicholas Taleb. The event was packed out and Rohan as chair was at pains to emphasise the powerful influence of Taleb's ideas on Government thinking. In essence Taleb's argument – based on a fascinating, but occasionally somewhat opaque, mixture of philosophy, statistics and metaphors – is that big systems are much more prone to catastrophic failure (or in some cases sensational success) than small devolved ones. From bankers to planners to politicians, a combination of ignorance, complacency and self-interest leads to a systematic underestimation of the inherent risk of large complex systems.
On Monday the RSA jointly hosted an event with OFSTED to discuss our report on satisfactory schools. In the course of the conversation a different Government special advisor was asked about the idea that a national agency – perhaps OFSTED, perhaps the National College for School Leadership – might be tasked with helping schools that were finding it difficult to move above satisfactory status. In expressing opposition he said he had very little faith in national strategies overseen by national agencies. Instead, he said, we should rely on a combination of devolved governance and greater public accountability to drive improvement. Yes, there would be some schools which would fail to improve but this was also true of a top-down national strategy and the latter approach had many other adverse externalities ranging from cost to stifling innovation.
In interpreting Government policy it is important to understand the right's epistemological critique of the state. From this perspective the size, complexity and reflexivity of the modern world make it impossible for state planners to be able to predict accurately how their interventions will impact. Unintended consequences are inevitable but instead of planners learning from their mistakes, these consequences simply provide the pretext for more interventions leading to an ever more intrusive state and an ever less free society.
Taleb applies this idea to the modern financial system arguing that its size and complexity makes it inevitable that it will be subject to extreme events (black swans). Corporate bankers and state regulators, who have a vested interest in maintaining the system fundamentally as it is, connive to pretend that risk can be abolished.
Scepticism and hostility towards big state planning goes way back in right of centre thinking and has had powerful exponents including Hayek and Oakeshott. Team Cameron see Taleb as the Oakeshott of the twenty first century.
These ideas are commonplace among right of centre thinkers, but Conservative politicians tend not to put so much emphasis on them in public, perhaps because they are seen as overly intellectual or vulnerable to being portrayed as extreme. I sense this is changing.
There are two obvious reasons why ministers might feel more empowered to reveal that their scepticism towards the state is philosophical as well as pragmatic. First, while the emerging data on Labour's record in improving economic and social outcomes is more positive than the current public view, there is no doubting that most votors think the New Labour's statist experiment failed. Second, austerity gives philosophical predisposition the impetus of practical necessity. Many of the public entitlements which Labour used the state to guarantee are simply unaffordable.
But regardless of the economic cycle, the right's theory of social knowledge is also strengthened by the ever greater complexity of the modern world. If Oakeshott thought national planning was bound to fail in the more ordered, slower moving, more deferential world of the late 1940s imagine how futile he would see it as being today.
If the right does become more intellectually explicit it will face some challenging questions. Here are just two: why is a democratically accountable and relatively weak organisation like a local education authority portrayed by ministers as the kind of overbearing power that needs to be broken up while Tesco (to take just one example) is left free to grow even more powerful and major Academy chains, massive welfare to work providers and various other large scale private sector providers are encouraged? Second, given that Government has to govern, how can we distinguish between national policy which reflects an understanding of the limits of state knowledge and efficacy and that which doesn't? I heard this morning that the Autumn Statement contained twenty announcements on policy in the FE sector alone; were these all about lifting the burden of state interference?
In the immediate context of austerity much debate is about what welfare and which public services can be afforded. But the gap between what we aspire to and what we can afford is likely to grow over the long term as is the complexity of society. So we should also welcome the right's invitation to a more fundamental debate about the kinds of things the central state can and can't do (should and shouldn't) do.
A new crossroads at 14?
Filed under: Public policy, The RSA
Ahead of a speech on the subject I am making tonight (I will do anything to avoid celebrating my birthday), a few thoughts about the implicit direction of Coalition schools policy….
One of the less heralded parts of the Autumn Statement was the announcement by the Chancellor that the Government will now be supporting the creation of at least twenty five University Technical Colleges. These colleges (only one is so far up and running) offer an education which is broad and demanding (40 week year, seven hour days for example) with an overall emphasis on technical skills.
It is interesting to put this announcement together with the thrust of Government policy on the academic curriculum and examinations. Promoting the eBac along with reducing modularity and retakes is part of an explicit policy of raising the academic bar. Unless the Government can achieve an unprecedented improvement in attainment, this suggests an abandonment of the goal of every child reaching the headline grade for academic attainment.
Together these policies can be seen to be inching the English system towards a more explicit selection/choice at fourteen.
As a self-styled educational progressive, it might be assumed that I would oppose such a drift. In fact I have no problem with the principle; it is the practice which concerns me.
If only a minority (say 35-40%) of school pupils pursue a primarily academic route (aiming towards degrees in top universities) perhaps the rest could be liberated from the often joyless 'teaching to the test' that is involved in schools trying to raise their headline figure for '5 A-Cs including English and Maths'. A strong technical route ranging in ability from those aspiring to STEM subject degrees in HE to those aiming for good vocational qualifications and skilled apprenticeships could make technical education more accessible and higher status.
But notwithstanding the massive organisational issues involved in clearer post 14 routes, it isn't hard to identify the dangers. If from the start the academic route is seen as the best, then it will be even more fully colonised by the middle class than is good schooling already (see today's excellent RSA report on satisfactory schools for further evidence of school disadvantage heaping on social disadvantage). Indeed this will mean post 14 selection would actually be post 11 selection as schools marketed themselves as guaranteeing pupils the higher route.
Even if the technical route could grow in size status and popularity it still leaves the question of those who are neither suited to academic nor advanced technical education. It could be that there are only two strands post 14 (many parts of Germany are now merging the technical and vocational streams of their much vaunted tripartite system) but the danger here is that the idea of 'technical' education becomes devalued. Partly because it is not yet explicit about the post 14 choice the Government has not yet even begun to address this issue.
However, it is worth exploring. A new secondary schooling system should be based on universal access to four basics:
- Every pupil to get the core knowledge they need and beyond this for curricula and examinations to be fit for purpose and stretching.
- An education which attends to the fuller development of young people as confident, rounded 21st century citizens.
- A system which is committed to exploring, finding and developing the educational enthusiasm of every child.
- A system which as far as possible offers personalised education with flexibility for children to move onto different routes in line with developing preferences and aptitudes.
It might be possible for a system with three more differentiated routes post 14 to deliver this. But only if policy is from the outset committed to promoting genuine meritocracy (meaning extra support for the disadvantaged which goes beyond the pupil premium), parity of esteem between different routes and a robust and compelling account of the offer for the third leg of the tripartite division.
The Coalition has many policies and ideas about schooling and the system is changing fast around us. But beyond the usual platitudes, ministers are very cloudy about its final destination. This is partly deliberate in that it is by definition hard to predict the future when the key institutions (schools) are more diverse and autonomous. But an idea as radical and far reaching as more differentiated post 14 routes needs to be explored in a broader context. For unless it is accompanied by other shifts in policy, public assumptions and expectations, it could simply reinforce educational inequality and exclusion.


text:
Tests others are taking
The Internet Dating Etiquette Test
joonipergin29 / f / Straight
The Could You Rock My Socks? Test
goldengate4949 / m / Bisexual
A_Highway_Diary27 / m / Straight
Burgs12334 / m / Straight
The Did I Make Obvious Mistakes on My OKCupid Profile? Test
aguakate24 / f / Straight
Connect your existing OkCupid account
Sign in
Welcome Back!
Restore your account to continue
meeting new people.
Reset your password
We'll email you a link to reset it.
Email sent!
An email is on its way to .
If you don't see it, try checking
your Spam folder.


text:
Thanks for redeeming.{{else}}
Success! Thanks for repurchasing.{{/if}} {{else}} {{#if Expired}}
Increase my visibility!{{else}} {{#if IsMultiPack}}
{{#if HasMultiPack}} You have {{MultiPackCount}} top spot(s) left. Now loading you into the search listings... {{else}} You have used all top spots. Now loading you into the search listings... {{/if}}{{else}}
We are loading you into the search listing pages...{{/if}} {{/if}} {{/if}} {{/if}}
{{Current}} just saw you!{{/if}} {{#if LastTopSpotPurchaseIsMulti }} {{#if HasAnyTopSpot}}
{{#if HasFreeTopSpot }} {{ UnclaimedTopSpotFree }} Free {{/if}} {{#if HasPaidTopSpot }} {{#if HasFreeTopSpot }} & {{/if}} {{ MultiPackCount }} {{/if}} Top Spot{{#if Plural}}s{{/if}} Left{{else}}
0 Top Spot{{#if Plural}}s{{/if}} Left{{/if}} {{else}} {{#if HasFreeTopSpot }}
{{ UnclaimedTopSpotFree }} Top Spot{{#if Plural}}s{{/if}} Left{{/if}} {{/if}} {{else}} {{#if HasResults}}
{{Current}} see you now!{{else}} {{/if}} {{/if}}
You can now invite anyone to meet at your favorite Starbucks.
Limited-time feature
28 year old man | Cortland, OH, USA | Seeking women 18-30 within 100 miles
What to say Hum.....
I'm a Laid back guy who enjoys spending time with friends and meeting new people. I have 2 younger brothers and my family means the world to me. Hiking/Camping is one of my favorite hobbies. A perfect night for me is getting my family together and cooking out for everyone. I try to always remain positive and be in a good mood. I like to go out and have a good meal over good conversation. In terms of going on dates, I am not very hard to please. As long as I am spending quality time with my significant other, I am a happy guy. I believe in karma and that you should always treat others how you would like to be treated. I am looking for a women that is fun loving and spontaneous. Some other characteristics I am looking for include: independence, sense of humor,career driven and trustworthy. Relationships require effort by each partner. Good communication is vital for me and the willingness to make certain compromises to better the relationship. I'm excited to meet people and see what this site is all about, message me if you want to know more :)
Camping , Coffee and conversation , Cooking , Dining out , Fishing/Hunting , Gardening/Landscaping , Movies/Videos , Music and concerts , Playing cards , Playing sports , Shopping/Antiques , Travel/Sightseeing , Video games , Volunteering , Watching sports
Auto racing / Motorcross, Baseball, Basketball, Billiards / Pool, Bowling, Cycling, Football, Other types of exercise, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis / Racquet sports, VolleyBall, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines
I exercise 1-2 times per week.
I like Dogs, Other
Middle of the Road
Naples / Marco Island,FL , New Restaurants, Planet Fitness, Concerts
Family, Friends
Movies, Baseball Games, Casino, Bar, Outdoors,4x4, Football Games, Canoeing, White water rafting, Hiking
Z{{Cta}} {{#if HasMoreInfo}} ?{{CtaSecondary}} {{/if}}
|What he is looking for
|6'0" (182cms)
|5'0" (152cms) to 8'11" (271cms)
|Body type:
|About average
|Slender, About average, Athletic and toned
|Blue, Brown, Grey, Green, Hazel
|Dark brown
|Auburn / Red, Black, Light brown, Dark brown, Blonde, Dark blonde
|No Way
|No Way, Occasionally, Yes, but trying to quit
|Social Drinker
|Social Drinker
|Labor / Construction
|No preference
|$50,001 to $75,000
|$25,001 to $35,000, $35,001 to $50,000, $50,001 to $75,000
|Never Married
|Never Married
|Have kids:
|Wants kids:
|Definitely, Someday, Not sure
|White / Caucasian
|White / Caucasian
|Christian / Catholic
|Christian / Other
|Some college
|High school, Some college, Associates degree, Bachelors degree, Graduate degree, PhD / Post Doctoral
Journeyman Electrician of 6 years. Looking to expand my horizons.


text:
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Topic Guide
Endoscopy: With the procedure known as gastrointestinal endoscopy, a doctor is able to see the inside lining of your digestive tract. This examination is performed using an endoscope-a flexible fiberoptic tube ...
Must Read Articles:
Crohn's Disease FAQs Crohn's disease (Crohn disease) is a chronic condition that is characterized by inflammation of the digestive tract. Crohn's disease is considered an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Symptoms of Crohn's disease include diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, bloating, and fever. Treatment options include diet changes, medication, and surgery. The prognosis for Crohn's disease depends on the patient and the areas affected by Crohn's.
Expert Views and News
home > heartburn & gerd center > heartburn & gerd a-z list > gastrointestinal endoscopy article > gastrointestinal endoscopy topic guide


text:
Monday 06 July, 2015 Updated 7:38
15 Jun 2012
Views: 10,320
Font Size:
a /
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola
By Uchechukwu Nnaike
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday defended the recent fee regime for fresh students of the state university (LASU), saying that it was one of the many recommendations of the visitation panel set up by the government to restore the image of the institution and position it for greater academic excellence.
Fashola, who made this known in his remarks at the 17th convocation ceremony of the university, argued that even in the most powerful nations of the world, people pay good money to get an education that they otherwise would not have attained if they did not borrow to fund it.
"These are the same universities some of us export our children to, these institutions are not pretending about the standard of their education, which they are able to maintain partly from the fees that they charge. Why are we willing to pay abroad to foreign lecturers and to foreign institutions and unwilling to do the same at home?"
He said the government made a provision of N50 million in this year's budget alone for scholarships to mitigate the effect of the school fees for those who cannot afford it. "Whereas indigent students abroad have to borrow to go to school, the government is providing scholarship and bursary for indigent students to give them the same opportunity and education that the children of the rich can get," he said.
He advocated equal opportunities in the same universities for both the children of the rich and children of the poor.
To develop together, rather than pretending to run a university that is free or cheap where the elites would never send their children. "This will not only segregate our society and our future leaders along rich and poor lines, it will segregate our schools along rich and poor lines. I refuse to accept that a society can prosper along those lines."
Fashola also announced the decision of the management to suspend the award of honorary doctoral degrees, saying that only degrees that are earned by academic work would be conferred.
He said it was inappropriate for any university, whose products are struggling to measure up to globally accepted minimum educational standards should be in the business of conferring honourary degrees on any category of people in the society, no matter how deserving.
According to him, such awards are conferred as a way of honouring contribution to specific fields of human endeavour or contributions to the society in general. "Can we truly say that all the honourary degrees in the society that we have awarded in Law, Engineering, Philosophy, Economics, Agriculture, among others, are truly reflective of the value added?"
While condemning the increasing appetite for any type of title among members of the society, he said the award would be suspended "until we begin to see an improvement in the quality of life of the people. I cannot reconcile the award of honourary degrees with the level of under development in the society."
Tags: News, Nigeria, Featured, Fashola, Fee, Hike, LASU
Comments: 0
Read more...
06 Jul 2015
Please leave your comment below. Your name will appear next to your comment. We'll also keep you updated by email whenever someone else comments on this page. Your comment will appear on this page once it has been approved by a moderator.
Forgotten your Password?
Please enter some keywords that you'd like to search for. Your results will be displayed below.
12 Jun 2012
05 Jul 2015
THISDAYLIVE cares about you, help us to report better!
Please wait...


text:
©2015 General Mills, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This information will only be used to send an email to your friend(s) and l not be saved. Please read our Privacy Policy
Casper the friendly ghost comes to visit, thanks to melted white chocolate drizzled on top of ultra-moist, packaged brownies.
Enter Zip to change location:
To keep the shape of the ghosts intact while baking, try to avoid touching the paper baking cups with the melted vanilla chips.
© 2015 ®/TM General Mills All Rights Reserved


text:
Cream Pancakes
22 Nov 2010
|2 , slightly beaten
|Light cream
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Sifted flour
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1 1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Sweetened strawberries
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
Mix the eggs and light cream in a bowl.
Sift the flour, sugar, and salt together into the egg mixture and beat with a rotary beater until smooth.
Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
Heat a griddle until a drop of water dances on surface, then grease rightly.
Beat batter.
Pour 2 tablespoons batter for each pancake on griddle and brown on both sides.
Roll or fold pancakes and keep warm.
Unroll and fill with strawberries just before serving, then reroll.
Rate It
0 Comments
Cream Pancakes Recipe


text:
Main navigation | Main content
In this workshop series, international faculty, scholars, and graduate students will uncover the nuances of English pronunciation that matter most for conveying meaning effectively in U.S. academic settings. Participants will learn and practice research-based pronunciation strategies to enhance classroom teaching and conference presentations.
Individual language consultations are also offered (based on staff availability) on a free and confidential basis to members of the University of Minnesota teaching community.
This session will be offered again next year.
What does it really mean to speak English fluently? In this workshop, you will learn how strategic phrasing and pausing can help you be better understood by listeners.
Presenters: Colleen Meyers, Elena Stetsenko
Monday, March 9th, 2015
11AM - 12 noon
Location: Appleby 319
Register in ULearn
Listeners in U.S. academia expect speakers to emphasize the important words in their presentations. If you neglect this, or do it incorrectly, your audience may lose focus and quit listening. In this workshop, you will learn and practice the most common patterns of U.S. English emphasis.
Presenters: Colleen Meyers, Elena Stetsenko
Monday, April 6th, 2015
11AM - 12 noon
Location: Walter 101
Register in ULearn
Words are only part of the message; your tone of voice communicates volumes in U.S. academic settings. Learn how intonation (voice variation) may influence audience perceptions about your expertise, approachability, and intentions, such as asking a question or making a statement.
Facilitators: Colleen Meyers, Elena Stetsenko
This session will be offered again next year.
Are you confused about the differences between certain vowels, such as "beat" and "bit?" Do listeners sometimes misunderstand what you mean because you say the wrong vowel? Learning the correct pronunciation of key English vowels is crucial for improving your overall North American English pronunciation. In this workshop, you will learn how to identify key vowels in English, practice, and get feedback on your pronunciation.
Presenters: Colleen Meyers, Elena Stetsenko
This session will be offered again next year.
Do listeners sometimes misunderstand you when you try to use the words "can" or "can't?" What gives North American speech its particular "music," and why is this important when communicating with native speakers? In this workshop, you will learn which words to highlight so that your message is conveyed accurately.
Presenters: Colleen Meyers, Elena Stetsenko


text:
Privacy and Cookies
Ukraine closed its airspace to the Russian air force on 3-5 April after claims that its aircraft had violated air traffic control (ATC) procedures over the Black Sea near Odessa in March.
Gen Alexander Zatynaiko, Ukrainian Chief of Staff, claims that the aircraft were flying with their transponders switched off, failed to respond to ATC radio messages and changed altitude without warning. Odessa Airport was forced to close for 30min.
Ukrainian fighters were scrambled to intercept the Russian aircraft, identified as Tupolev Tu-22R and Antonov An-30 reconaissance aircraft, and Ilyushin Il-76 and Antonov An-24 transports.
Russia denies violating any rules, saying that the aircraft took off from an air base in the Saratov region and entered international airspace through the Russian sector of the Black Sea coastline near Novorossiysk. They then reportedly headed west to monitor the movements of NATO ships visiting Odessa.
Aircraft | Aerospace | Aviation | Military | Business aviation | MRO | General aviation | Space | Airports | Engines and propulsion | Flight tests | Accidents and incidents | Flightglobal blogs | E-newsletters |
Flightglobal dashboard | ACAS | MiliCAS | Ascend Fleets | Flightglobal Insight | ICAO | CapStats | Airport charges | Ascend Values | Aviation Exchange | Aircraft Ratings | Helicopter Fleets | Market Commentaries | FlightMaps Analytics | Industry resources
Browse by job role | Career advice | Jobs by email | Jobs search | Recruiter services
Airline Strategy Awards | Air shows | Conferences | Exhibitions | Flightglobal events
… part of Reed Business Information Copyright © 2015


text:
Pity me for I am made of whinge
There — I think you've been warned enough that this is an ego post. Look away! Fly, you fools!
If you're still reading, I'll try to keep it brief. (By my own measure. You know, the one where 2500 words isn't much.)
The MMORPG.com gig is starting to grind my gears a little. For one thing I am so running out of things to write about it's not funny. For another, most of the time the people who read the column just want to fling poo, usually at me but often just at each other, and while I don't read them all that often it still makes me want to wash my face and brush my teeth whenever I do. I miss the smart people here and wish I were more motivated to post on my own blog even though there's no filthy lucre involved for doing so (and yes, I need the filthy lucre these days).
Today, someone made the effort to message me over there to make sure I'd actually read their comment on a recent column. Which essentially boiled down to "You're okay even if you are totally up your own arse and you never consider anyone else's point of view!" — which I happen to think is entirely unfair. I'm very likely up my own arse but I am nonetheless always aware of other points of view; I just don't feel obligated to do more than mention them in passing if they're not relevant to a column that is actually supposed to be, well, about MY experiences. Okay, player experiences in general, but I'm not doing a standup sketch in the style of Bill Bailey parodying Eddie Izzard doing James Mason (err, sounding like James Mason. You know what I mean.).
My byline or whatever those text blurbs are called: "[snip] discussing topics important to her as a long time player of MMORPGs". Seems unambiguous to me as far as mandates go.
I'm also a little weirded-out by the responses the columns get. Most of the time something I think will get loads of comments just drops like a
resting parrot dead duck, and stuff I think will evoke maybe a yawning agreement or two over coffee makes a bunch of ageing farts like me come out of the closet and join the Old Fart Gamer Pride March. Once or twice I've written something intentionally polemical, though the utter shit-storm over the SW:TOR post took me aback a little — then I read some of the comments and realised that most people were, as usual, commenting on something entirely irrelevant or entirely not under my control (like why the discussion thread was in the News forum), so I stopped reading them and almost immediately felt human again. Early on I wrote something I thought was going to be polemical and it sank like a dead whale shark, which was interesting if not entirely instructive.
Thing is, I don't really know what's going to be polemical and I don't really want to. I'm not particularly cutting-edge and I don't particularly like to stir shit-storms (debates, sure), so I don't do it much. And it feels odd to think that I probably ought to be trying to do that more for the column gig, because if there's one thing polemic and shit-storms do it's generate hits, which is exactly what the site wants and, um, exactly what they're paying me for. It's just not something I like doing or something I'm good at. I'm good at rambling and… uh, rambling. I ramble really well. I could ramble in the Olympics! But polemic — not so much.
So these days I kind of feel like the old lady trying to sell lace doilies in the corner of a leather gear store — not bad for business per se, but a little out of place and all the dominatrixes look at me funny as they walk past browsing the new whips. And I decided to whinge about it here, because empty though it is this is still my place and I can write what I want, when I want.
I've been pondering the ethics of whether to leave the comments open on this post, because I see it more as a vent-post than a baby-seal cry for sympathy, but I'll leave em open anyway. I'm not too proud to accept a pat on the back, though now that I've vented I've kind of done that for myself already. If you want to say something nice, go ahead. If you want to fling poo, I'll fling it back, because this is still my place and I can do that if I want. That was my Cartman voice, by the way.
Posted on August 25, 2011, in Misc. and tagged rhetoric, silly, thisplace, venting. Bookmark the permalink. 30 Comments.
*pats Ysh's back*. There, there.
The reason I got into blogging was much more about my needs than about those of my audience. I was writing well-thought out articulate posts and putting them on the WoW forums and seeing no response and the thread off the front page in no time at all. Meanwhile some monkey would post Do Night Elves wear wonderbras? and get a thousand replies. Then I started reading Tobold and discovered a whole network of intelligent posters and commenters having civilised discussions in our quiet corner of the internet.
If your vent is a vent looking for advice (which it probably isn't but hey ho) then don't feel too invested about what people reply. If you look at comments on all high traffic professional sites they're almost always a waste of time to read. It's not you, it's them.
I'd suggest the reason you're getting paid to write is that you are a good writer, clear and a joy to read. I'd also suggest that there are probably at least 50 people who will read you post because it's well written to the 1 who responds and most of those responses are made because it makes him or her feel important, and really doesn't have much to do with what you said.
Write because you enjoy it and people like me enjoy reading it.
and the reason I'm not getting paid is I sometimes type 'your' when I meant 'you're' (sigh)…
I like what you write, and you should keep on writing for the sake of writing (and filthy lucre), and not for anything else. :)
Dear Ysharros,
I believe the problem here is that you're writing on the internet. While the internet is a brilliant place for discussion, debate and meeting like-minded individuals, it's also full of people. One of the main things I've noticed about people is that when they like something that they've read they'll just smile quietly and get on with their day. They don't leave a comment, they don't send you an email generally, they just keep on keeping on. When they've read something they don't like, however, they tend to let you know about it. I think they do this because they feel annoyed that they wasted some of their precious minutes, but then by taking even more time to comment they are just throwing good time after bad.
TL:DR I like your writing. Keep doing it, and I'll keep not commenting. For every time I don't comment, pat yourself on the back, because you've made me smile and keep on.
There, now it'll feel more like the place you choose to spend your time instead of spending time with us. Maybe now you'll love us instead of abandoning us so cruelly as you have!
Just the other day I thought to myself 'did Ysh die?'. But now I can see that you were taken hostage by internet trolls and forced to read nonsensical and irrelevant comments! Glad you made it out alive. An by the way, thank you for expanding my vocabulary, cause I have never heard of the word polemic before and now I am going to have to look this word up in order to make sure I understand you post!
Alot of people post anywhere they can on mmorpg.com to improve their post count and visibility on the site, so that is part of why there seems to be a disconnect between what you've written and what the comments are.
Running out of topics has to be a killer. Perhaps reading through the forums for a bunch of different current and upcoming games would give some inspiration? Best of luck. Keep writing!
What game are we going to play next? I miss the rambling conversations into the wee hours. Hope you are doing well.
I started off my online commenting career posting in threads over at MMORPG.com. It soon became apparent to me that trying to have a reasonable conversation over there was a lot like standing in the middle of a chimp cage and reading poetry while poo gets flung all around. Utterly pointless.
A decent proportion of posters there are screaming asshats from beyond time and space; wearing a core set of two or three immutable opinions on their sleeves like bleeding hearts, and unable to conceive of the possibility that someone else might enjoy mechanics which they [said asshats] don't enjoy for any reasons apart from inexperience or sheer stupidity.
All that said, they aren't as bad as the guys commenting on news stories at CNN.com, much less the guys that hang out on the WoW forums.
Take heart dear girl.you posts on MMORPG are some of the most enjoyable commentaries on the site. You have an innate ability to speak to the untold millions of gamers who prefer to find a balance yes a semblance even of moderation in there addiction.
Your views seem to echo many of mine and I come away feeling better for having read your insights to the wherewithal of modern gaming.
My only wish or agenda if I may is to convey that there are many many who do not wish to sling poo but rather have there own thoughts provoked by your keen incites
*a big warm hug*


text:
Kenneth P. Williams, 63, of Bellevue, died Tuesday at his home.
Friends may call 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Foos and Foos Funeral Service, 151 Yorkshire Place, Bellevue, where funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will follow in Reed Assumption Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to Back to The Wild, P.O. Box 423, Castalia, Ohio 44824.
Memories and condolences may be made at: www.foosfuneral.com


text: I would like to get some opinions on the conformation of Harry the horse. Harry is a 12 year old standardbred who has been undersaddle for a little under 2 years. I am just wondering if his conformation is pointing him towards anything in particular. I have included some photos and some video. I am riding in the video during our 5th lesson in english tack and 7th over all lesson. I spent about 10 years out of english gear and rode trails for the majority of that time. As a result, I am getting my rhythm back and its clear. So please try to not judge me overly harshly and I know I throw him off because of that. The plans for him are mostly pleasure horse. So, there is no real competitive push for anything. I just like to goof around but I want to goof around well.


text:
Katy Perry Asks Twitter Fans to Support David Lynch Foundation
|Related Links
|Pop Sensation Megan Nicole Announces Her Debut National Headlining 'Sweet Dreams' Tour Dates
July 01, 2015
|NE-YO to Release New Album 'Non-Fiction' 1/27, Now Available for Pre-Order
December 15, 2014
|SONY/ATV Extends Worldwide Agreement with Greg Kurstin
December 15, 2014
|Related: Katy Perry, Twitter, David Lynch Foundation
World renowned superstar Katy Perry has requested donations be made to the David Lynch Foundation, a US-based charity that provides meditation instruction at no charge to inner-city school kids and veterans suffering from the traumatic stress of combat. Perry made the request to her more than 28,000,000 twitter followers that they support David Lynch Foundation in honor of her upcoming birthday on October 25. To make a donation, visit, https://twitter.com/katyperry or www.davidlynchfoundation.org/katyperry.
Perry joins a growing number of A-list celebs who practice Transcendental Meditation, or "TM" as it is called, including Oprah Winfrey, Ellen Degeneres, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Russell Simmons, Jerry Seinfeld, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Cheryl Crow, Moby, Ben Harper, and Laura Dern.
On the David Lynch Foundation donation webpage, Perry writes about her support for TM, "I have been meditating for two years now, and it's the best thing I have ever done to help bring more creativity, positive energy and peace to my life. When I'm tired, stressed, anxious or depressed, I meditate, and it clears my mind, and makes me feel relaxed and happier. I have shared the meditation experience with my friends, and recommend it to everyone I know."
"I support the David Lynch Foundation because it brings Transcendental Meditation to millions of adults and children all over the world who suffer from post-traumatic stress, such as veterans, inner-city school kids, and women and girls who are victims of violence. Please help me celebrate my birthday by making a donation to DLF. Your donation is not only special to me, but to all of the people whose lives you will help through the lifelong gift of meditation."
The David Lynch Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, was established in 2005 to fund the implementation of scientifically proven stress-reducing modalities including Transcendental Meditation, for at-risk populations such as underserved inner-city students; veterans with PTSD and their families; women and girls who have been victims of violence, rape, and abuse, American Indians suffering from diabetes and high suicide rates; homeless adults and teens participating in reentry programs; and incarcerated adults and juveniles. For more information, visit www.davidlynchfoundation.org.
Photo Credit: © RD / Orchon / Retna Digital
About Author
- Casting Roundup: Sarah Chalke, Kim Raver Headline New Pilots
- ADVENTURE TIME Headed to the Big Screen?
- Pilot Season Roundup: Colm Feore, Daniel Stern, Dave Annable to Star in New Shows
- James Franco to Star in New Fox Comedy, WHY HIM?
- Christopher Meloni to Star in WGN America's Slave Drama UNDERGROUND
- Check Out Alex Dunphy's Full College Essay from Latest MODERN FAMILY Episode
- Photo Flash: HBO Reveals Key Art for GAME OF THRONES Season 5
- Syfy to Honor Leonard Nimoy with Special Programming This Sunday
- Grammy Winner Kelly Clarkson Exclusively Premieres New Music from New Album on MTV, VH1 & CMT First
- CONSTELLATIONS' Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson Set for THEATER TALK This Weekend


text:
78 results in Staff
Showing page 1 of 8
1. Staff
Richard Arum
Richard Arum is director of the SSRC's Education Research Program and professor of sociology and education at New York University. As program director, Arum has led a range of projects related to K–12 and higher education, including the CLA Longitudinal Study, a comparative s…
2. Staff
Thomas Asher
Thomas Asher is director of several programs related to international education and international affairs. These include a grants program that promotes collaboration between area studies experts and journalists on the topic of Islamic traditions and Muslim societies, a collaborat…
3. Staff
Beth Bickerton
Beth Bickerton received a bachelor's degree in international relations and French from the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University. Prior to joining the Anxieties of Democracy program, she interned at MADRE, an international women's rights org…
4. Staff
Jennifer Blackman
5. Staff
Eleanor Blair
Eleanor Blair is program assistant for the Education Research Program. Prior to joining the SSRC, Blair worked as an editorial assistant at HarperCollins Publishers in New York, and a client advocate at the Community Law Office in Birmingham, Alabama. Most recently, she worked at…
6. Staff
Colin Bradley
As a program assistant for the International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Program, Colin Bradley works with past, present, and future fellows to help them navigate the logistics of the fellowship year, and to transition to the writing phase of their dissertations. He a…
7. Staff
Sarah Burd-Sharps
Sarah Burd-Sharps has twenty-five years of experience in human development research, programming, advocacy, and management. Sarah began her career at the United Nations in 1988 working on issues of food security, gender equality, and economic empowerment in Africa and China. She…
8. Staff
Tatiana Carayannis
Tatiana Carayannis is deputy director of the Social Science Research Council's Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum where she leads on CPPF's Africa programs, including exploring possible new SSRC programming around China-Africa issues. She also serves as the SSRC focal point…
9. Staff
Emily Carroll
10. Staff
Deborah Cheng


text: Does entering or exiting a highway in a vehicle, changing lanes on the highway, passing, parking, left turns, night driving, winter driving or yielding the right-of-way bother you? If so, you might benefit by taking a 55 Alive driving course. This course is scheduled April 29 and 30, 6 to 10 p.m., a...Read More


text:
Forced interracial
Kinky Interracial Forced
Christina Carter forced intense orgasm
Bdsm big boobs sex toys
Medieval Sex. Story Of The Village Whore
Great sex with amateur couple
Amateur hardcore sex toys
Nice Amateur Threesome Sex
Amateur blondes group sex
Leah forced orgasm
Nice fledgling teenage with pointy boobies screws
Brunette Babe Teen
Dormitory sex story
Sclip Casualteenfuck Com
Teenage Sex Party Cum Climax
Amateur group sex teens
A Sex Story Of Indian Tarrzon In Forest
Sex stories and group fucking
Sclip Studentsexparties Com
Boyfriend tape girlfriend having sex with friend
Boyfriend Tape Girlfriend
Forced sex w machine
Bdsm Domination Tied
Squirting with sex machines
Sex toys squirting
Story compilation
Amateur funny
Real forced handjob
Hand Job Forcedman
Prostitute busted tells crazy prison sex stories
Hardcore Reality Bizzare
BBW loves to eat cookies and hot sex
Bbw group sex matures
Lesbians Group Sex
Group sex lesbians milfs
Amateur bdsm facials
Amateur threesome sex
Amateur big boobs group sex
Amateur Group Sex
Amateur anal group sex
Two Amateur Sluts in Group Sex
Amateur babes group sex
Fantasy sex show
Anal group sex pornstars
Forced lesbian sex
Hardcore Amateur Group Sex
Group sex lesbians
Tied up and force to fuck
Anal blowjobs tits
Hot brunette group sex sandwich
Brunettes group sex hardcore
Forced lesbian action
Blue Angel with sex machine
Babes masturbation sex toys
Amateurs Filming Group Sex
Amateur group sex lesbians
Skinny blonde babe sex video
Skinny Blonde Babe
Nasty French Amateur Lesbian Anal Sex Toys Show! Vinzzz007
Anal lesbians sex toys
Sex angels
French Teen Mathilda Group Sex
Group sex hardcore teens
Analisator sex party.
Anal russian sex toys
Group Sex Hardcore
Babes brunettes group sex
Skinny tattoo girl forced to masturbation
Teenager Kinky Bdsm
Forced taboo
A woman s story
S story
Babysitter Forced to Fuck Husband By Wife...TOHT
Blowjobs hardcore babysitters
Blonde forced to fuck in extreme deepthroat and bondage perversio
Deepthroat Rough Bondage
Women having sex in public bathroom
Amateur blowjobs public nudity
Amateur bdsm blowjobs
Roped and forced to masturbation
Kinky Roped And
Chuy from the chelsea lately show sex video
Celeb Chuy Chelsea
Couple having sex in a cab
Outdoor Public Couple
Penelope cruz...forced by a doctor...
Penelope Cruz Amateur
Roped woman forced to orgasm
Babes Bdsm Domination
Opal Tied Up And Forced To Orgasm
Asian bdsm sex toys
Blonde in pink bed forced to fuck in extreme deepthroat and rough
Deepthroat Rough Sex
French forced
Blonde bound and forced to fuck brutaly tied upside down and humi
Public Sex Spanking
Sex slave abused in extreme bondage and deepthroat sex by sadomas
Rough Deepthroat Bondage
Forced to suck
Blowjobs cumshots milfs
Tied sex slave is forced to suck cock in rough deepthroat sex
Hooker stories
Jock Muscle Latin
Anita blonde s dirty poolhall story
S dirty poolhall story
Humiliate her with forced orgasms
Quick Sex in the Garden
Amateur public nudity
Tabitha stevens in naughty bedtime stories .flv
Naughty bedtime stories'
Busty babe tied and forced to fuck doggystyle in extreme bondage
Big Tits Spanking
Rough interracial threesome sex
Extreme Interacial Brutal
Diane lane hot sex scene
Diane Lane Hot
Blonde hanged in ropes with hands behind tortured then forced to
Anal Sex Double
Bound and Forced to cum
Bdsm sex toys
Forced chicks
Busty delicious blonde immobilized and forced to fuck in public g
Public Sex Deepthroat
Lolo Ferrari story
Big boobs pornstars softcore
Slut with tiny tits forced to undress in public and humiliated in
Public Sex Outdoor
Adorable british blonde babe beauty beautiful sex
British Beautiful Babe
Rough sex with two hung dudes
Sclip Facialabuse Com
Intense japanese device suspension bondage sex
Hardcorepunishments Com Bdsm
Busty biker babe forces man to fuck her pussy in public bathroom
Bclip Brazzers Big
Hairies Forced Strip
Hairy public nudity softcore
Asian has a hard time with rough sex
Extreme Brutal Forced
Interacial toon story i
Toon Creampie Interacial
Forced to strip movie scene
Big boobs celebrities nipples
Delicious sex slave tied in leash gets fucked in rough public gro
Public Spanking Rough
On Air Force One
Blondes hardcore vintage
Extreme uncensored japanese bondage sex
Hidden Camera Reveals Missionary Style Straight Up Sex
Japanese house wife sex
Amateur asian japanese
The story of a coup Magic Part I
Brunette sex slave spanking then fucking in extreme rough sex in
Threesome Rough Spanking
Sorority girls forced naked workout
Teenager Extreme Forced
Japanese Girl Forced to Orgasm by snahbrandy
Big cock doctors sex toy check up
Big Cock Doctors
Seka sex insutrctor
Classic Retro Blondes
Waitress with immense boobs tied by nasty client is forced to giv
Big Tits Deepthroat
Sex mature
Amateur matures milfs
Mature Exhibitionist Couple having sex
Cuckold matures
Extreme Blonde Blond
Sex slave tied with nylon over head is abused in violent bondage
Two girls doing lesbian sex
Lesbian Sex Girls
Office career girl unconvers her big tits in public forced by per
Hard core group sex in night club
Party Orgy Hardcore
Babe forced to undress and humiliated on public streets before sh
Cruel Canings
Bdsm sex toys spanking
Sex Starved Granny Gets Her Hairy Pussy Fucked Outdoors
Sex in the Pool
Amateur asian voyeur
Famous lesbian sex tape
Amateur blondes celebrities
Forced blowjob
Anime Cartoon Public
Forced Sissies
Femdom spanking vintage
Vanessa Del Rio forced to put Banana in Pussy
Bdsm pornstars vintage
Sibel kekilli anal vagina oral sex full sex
Sibel Kekilli Oral
Horny arab egyptian girl having sex
Arab Egypt Sex
Gena Lee Nolin Sex Tape
Amateur blondes big boobs
Forced blonde
Kinky Extreme Ass
Group Sex
Group sex pornstars teens
Phone sex
Masterbation Solo Masturbation
Sex on the beach
Beach hidden cams sex toys
Love anal sex
Love Anal Sex
Amateur couple home sex tape
Amateur foot fetish stockings
Older and Horny Real Mature Wife Sex DudeNWK
Facials matures stockings
Celebrity hollywood actress leaked sex tape
Celebrity Actress Hollywood
Shoejob high heels stocking footjob shoe sex
Shoejob High Heels
Sex on beach
Sex On Beach
Couple get some afternoon sex
Young Couple Have
Amateur Couple Having Hot Sex.
Amateur cream pie hidden cams
Indian wife crying in pain with hard sex
Indian Porn Wife
Dominic trojan s sex party
S sex party
Lesbians special sex toys
Hardcore lesbians sex toys
Bambi Bliss Jenna Brooks has hot beach sex
Anal beach black and ebony
Hotel sex vid
Interacial Blow Job
Lesbian sex show
Lesbians pornstars
Hot blond teen homemade sex
Blond Teen Homemade
Interacial midget sex
Interacial Midget Sex
Busty Ellie Having Shower Sex
Amateur big boobs showers
Hardcore Amateur Sex Movie
Amateur hardcore stockings
Japanese sex festival
Amateur japanese
Ghetto hotel sex.
Ebony Black Sex
Haley anal sex in fishnets
Anal stockings
Esposa mulher calcinha na bunda colada pacote butt ass sex
Amateur latin voyeur
Me fucking my Sex Toy
Amateur masturbation sex toys
Amateur group sex
Ocean Girl Sex
Babes celebrities funny
Sexy student love sex
Sexy Student Love
Another Granny Works out on a Sex Machine
Matures sex toys grannies
Hardcore sex party
Sclip Extremecfnm Com
Lucy lee s gym sex
S gym sex
Sex fun
Anal fingering sex toys
Teen couple outdoor sex
Teenager Outdoors Public
Halle berry sex scene from monster ball
Hollywood Extreme Brutal
Savannah and peter hot sex scene
Amateur Blonde Couples
Egyptian couple having sex
Amateur arab bbw
Hot bitch in sofa sex
Porn Nude Sex
Clothed sex
Amateur blondes teens
Anal blondes teens
Big round ass babe fucks in sex tape
Sclip Meetmygf Com
Busty cam girl action
Toys Big Tits
Lesbo Couples Doing Lesbian Sex In Swimming Pool
Ep sex tape jamaican
Black and ebony
Sexy Latina Anal Play on Webcam
Amateur teens webcams
Sex On The Chair With Nice Preety Fair Girl
Black and ebony sex toys webcams
Horny teen mallory rae gets slammed by a huge penis
Porn Sex Xxx
Sex toy for fucking hot asian
Amateur asian webcams
Sexy Teen Fucking a Dildo
Masturbation sex toys teens
Pretty hot babe with a nice sexy ass
Babes fingering sex toys
Cute blonde in glasses with her dildos
Babes blondes sex toys
Screwing through steel
Bdsm hardcore sex toys
Me and bbw girlfriend at it again
Bbw close-ups sex toys
Three lesbians use sex toys on a big bed
My girl dildoing herself
Amateur sex toys teens
Hot Gals And Boys Enjoying Group Sex Together
Hot Wife Dreams About Having Sex With Her Girlfriend
Hot girl playing with pussy.
Phone Sex Masterbation
Videosexarchive.com is a global porn search engine, we index and provide our visitors the most convenient way to search the best porn videos ever posted on the Internet. Videosexarchive.com has a zero-tolerance policy against illegal porn. Videosexarchive.com does not host any videos on its servers. All porn pictures and porn videos are provided by third party tube sites, and we have no control over the content on these sites. Also, we take no responsibility for the content on any website which we link to.


text:
South Heights hosting Anti-Bully 5k race
HENDERSON, Ky. - Calling all superheroes.
South Heights Elementary is asking people to gear up in their favorite superhero costume for the school's "Wear the Cape Run the Race" anti-bully 5-k run.
The race will kick off at 3 p.m. Oct. 19. It begins and ends at South Heights.
Race proceeds will support a bully free education. Prizes will be awarded for the best costumes and fastest finishers.
Before Oct. 10, the race entry fee is $25 per participant or $20 per participant of teams of six or greater. After Oct. 10, the entry fee will increased to $30 per participant and $25 for individuals in a group of six or more.
Race day registration begins at 2 p.m. at South Heights.
Checks can be made payable to: South Heights Elementary School, 1199 Madison St., Henderson, Ky. 42420.


text:
Movie Finder
Get out and about! Search for a movie in your area.
Now Playing
Ted 2
Life has changed drastically for thunder buddies John (Mark Wahlberg), now a bachelor, and best pal Ted (Seth MacFarlane), now married to the woman (Jessica Barth) of his dreams. Problems arise when the couple decide to adopt a child, but the law declares Ted to be property and not a person. Angry and dejected, the lovably foulmouthed teddy bear must now seek legal help from a young lawyer (Amanda Seyfried) and a legendary, civil-rights attorney (Morgan Freeman) to get the justice he deserves.
Recent Releases
Search all in theater listings
Login to select your favorite theaters and we'll keep them here for you.


text:
You're not entitled to use a fastpass after it has expired just because you paid admission to get into the park. You think you should be, but you're actually not. No one is.
If it's too difficult to get your entire group to the ride within the fastpass window, then perhaps you shouldn't be using fastpass at all.


text:
The Ona Orth Ministry Center, located on the shores of Snail Lake, is a modern, year round, retreat center. It is the perfect setting for a weekend or day retreat, corporate planning session, staff getaway or afternoon barbeque, the Ona Orth Ministry Center and staff will help you make your event a huge success.
Some say that the best keep secret in the Twin Cities is the work that the Union Gospel Mission does to help needy people—that maybe true, but a close runner up would certainly be the Orna Orth Ministry. This great facility is now available to you and your group for any of the following events:
Surprisingly reasonable rental fees are based on rooms requested, hours used, and the nature of the event. Contact us to help you put together a package that will fit in your budget.
Download the Ministry Center brochure!
PDF Format
Dee Yang
Ona Orth Ministry Center
580 West Hwy 96
Shoreview, MN 55126
(651) 484-2023


text:
Chameleon is the first 'Neighborhood Nightclub" located in the heart of the Northside Historical Business and Entertainment District! We offer a warm and friendly environment in our lounge with the finest selection of crafts beers specializing in the local favorites, an endless list of classic and trendy new cocktails, and all complimented by a sassy and savory bar menu provided exclusively at Chameleon by Chef "G's" Fresh culinary kitchen! Our Bartenders are the friendliest in town and all are welcome to join us for great refreshments and fine "pub grub" in the most laid back setting in Northside. Come as you are, there is never a wait. We offer the casual comforts of a "dive bar" with that little extra touch of class and a friendly welcome that makes for unique experience when visiting Northside.
Chameleon, in addition to our lounge, offers a game room with pool table, an outdoor deck (with fire pit during the colder months), and an 2000 square foot venue room were we feature some of the best, and unique entertainment in the Midwest. Check out our Entertainment link for the current schedule of upcoming events!
Looking for a private location to host a party, or celebrate a special occasion? Our venue room is available and can be reserved in advance with exclusive set ups specifically for your event! Just let us know ahead of time as we book a wide range of events, private parties, fund raisers, etc.. You can forward your requests to firstname.lastname@example.com for availability. Please place your requests well in advance so we can better accommodate your needs. Our venue room schedule fills in quickly and reservations are made on a first come, first served basis.
Food by Fresh
Monday thru Friday 4:00 PM until 2:30 AM
Monday thru Friday 4:00 PM until 10:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday 7:00 PM until 2:30 AM
Saturday 7:00 PM until 11:00 PM
Sunday by reservations only!


text:
Morbidly good art direction and design from the Advertising Agency Shackleton out of Madrid, Spain.#10067
Kiwi! A simple, yet powerful short film by Dony Permedi, evokes both happiness and sadness as a little bird finally realizes his dream.#10065
With Alka Seltzer every kind of food won't be a problem anymore! Ad made by BBDO, Bangkok, Thailand.#10064
From this years 2008 Design week in Milan comes a collaboration between Fritz Hansen and artist Tal R. 50 of the Egg chairs were covered with different fabrics, one for each of the years the Egg chair has existed.#10063
Action using poles and trees as media to disseminate school of Tae Kwon Do in Chile, developed by OgilvyOne.#10062
For someone that has everything and you don't know what to buy them for their birthday. How about an invisible present by Christine Wong Yap......#10060
"I Love The World" is an awesome new spot for Discovery Channel from director James Rouse and agency 72andSunny.#10057
"Spindle" by Dustin Shuler, is on the verge of being permanently dismantled. Sad but true. Visit it while you still can.#10054
In honor of 420, here are some amazing smoking apparatuses, including the limited edition 18k gold plated narghile, bohemian crystal modern water pipes and elaborate bongs by artist Eric Doeringer.#10051
Here is a little ad for Band Aid by the Advertising Agency JWT out of Sydney, Australia.
Sony is at it again. For 'Tumble", a new trailer released today promises "something" will start tumbling on April 21st. Directed by Andrew Douglas at Anonymous Content, I have a feeling this one is gonna' be good...#10041
The Tenth Annual Armory Show brought together exhibitors from 21 countries and featured some of the latest work created by living artists.#10038
Glass Octopus from West Elm makes a perfect addition to any fish bowl. No more lonely fish.#10035
What would legendary directors' tombstones look like if they were crafted after their movies? This print campaign from TCM answers the question.
This 100% hand made wooden cube transforms into lively and playful home decor. Reposition them often to maintain the illusion of life for your returning guests. Designer Ryan Prochnau has eco-friendly plans to expand. Including more animals!#10032
A new app for the iphone. Ushow is an easy to use video recorder and uploader for you iphoneophiles. And it is starting beta registration this sunday. Sign up then.#10030
The hand crafted leather Arista Case by Orbino for the MacBook Air is based on the same principle as the manila envelope in the intro commercial for the product. But this comes in many colors, has a silver lock and nice strap. Starts at $349. USD#10028
Design this building, and the next for the Lifecycle Building Challenge, a national design competition for design for deconstruction.#10026