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We are lucky enough to be in a district that integrates technology into the gifted class environment from Kindergarten on. In first grade, Lucy started to use Google Docs to create presentations to share with her teacher, and even websites to showcase book reviews! Lucy's 2nd grade teacher is a Google Certified Teacher and integrates technology into nearly every project in the classroom (sort of like real life!)
Looking for fun board games and card games for gifted children? Check out our new list of all time favorite games for gifted children!
Multi-Subject Websites for Gifted Kids
- ABCya.com – A recent find, and a good one so I put it at the top of the list! Organized by grade level from K-5, so would be appropriate for gifted kids starting around age 3. I like when websites are organized by age/grade because then we can just hop up about 2 grades/levels and we're usually at a good starting point. This website has some fantastic content and games – spelling bee games, word searches, sight words, typing and keyboarding games, math bingo, geography games, and more.
- brighthubeducation.com – Wow! What a fantastic website for parents, teachers, and students. Site content is for preschool, elementary school, middle school and high school students. Includes lesson plans and homework help for school age students (up through high school) and even preschool and toddler activities and craft ideas. This site is enormous and very comprehensive.
- iknowthat.com – Fun and challenging website for gifted kids because they can choose the subject and level. Many activities and options.
- Everyday Mysteries – Fun Science Facts from the Library of Congress
- The BBC Website – Full of fun and interesting activities and information
- www.enchantedlearning.com – Definitely a must visit for crafty kids. I have used the printable worksheets from this site for both of my kids from age 2 and up. We use it constantly even today… definitely spring for the membership if you can afford it. (Also great for toddlers and preschoolers)
- Freerice – Answer questions to end world hunger!
- World Book for Kids – Articles, illustrations, games, activities, dictionary, and atlas
- Where's Waldo? – Online version of the classic Waldo books
- Time for Kids – Multi-subject activities, worksheets, printable quizzes and more for K-6, from the publishers of Time Magazine
- Brainpop - Animated educational site for kids – science, social studies, arts, math, health, engineering, and English
- San Francisco Symphony – Learn about tempo, musical notes, and more!
- KidsKnowIt.com – Totally free children's learning network.
- ZiggityZoom.com – Another new find for us. Crafts, food, printables, tech, activities, and more. Includes summer fun activities, and homeschooling activities. I really like this site because it's well organized, loads fast, and has a great layout.
Websites for Gifted Toddlers and Preschoolers
- Play Kids Games – Online speed typing test, Color matching (for younger gifted ones), read music!
- PBS Kids – Great for gifted preschoolers as young as 2 or 3 who are starting to use the computer
- Dolch Word Games – Great for gifted preschoolers who are naturally learning sight words on their own. The Dolch list is the one that our school teaches/uses in Kindergarten.
- SesameStreet.org – Great and safe for gifted babies and toddlers!
Math Websites for Gifted Kids
- Dreambox Learning – Great math website for gifted children in preschool and kindergarten. Math lessons for PreK – 2nd grade. Looks like they are expanding to 3rd grade soon! Lucy LOVED this site in Kindergarten, and completed the activities through 2nd grade. Parents get daily emails on the progress… terrific and fun technology, albeit can be somewhat slow on some connections.
- Online Math Games – Lizard Math self-graded online and also printables
- Multiplication.com
- Math Games - A place where students can practice all aspects of math, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, in a fun and pressure free way.
- Khan Academy – The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. Khan Academy is a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education for anyone anywhere. All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.
Science Websites for Gifted Kids
- Science with Me – Science worksheets, science projects, and games
- Cool Science for Curious Kids
- Science News For Kids – Great overall science site
- Yahoo! Kids Science Facts and Videos – Fun videos, reference materials, factbook, and trivia
- Exploratorium - The museum of science, art and human perception.
- Astronomy Games and Puzzles – Lots of free astronomy games for kids
- Biology Games for Kids – Free human biology and animal biology games
Sustainability and Recycling Websites for Kids
- Ollie's World – Kids section focuses on water, waste, energy and reusing and recycling. Teacher resources and educator reference section.
- Environmental Activity book from the EPA
- Cool the Earth - Cool The Earth is a free, ready-to-run climate change assembly program that educates K-8 students and their families about climate change and inspires them to take simple actions to reduce their carbon emissions.
- Bill Nye's Climate Science Lab
- Weather and Climate Change – A good website for climate change basics, forecasting, ancient weather patterns, and more.
- Kids Ecology Corps – Good primer on water pollution, acid rain, global warming, rainforests, and air pollution. Includes a science activity how to make acid rain in your own kitchen and several other fun activities like making your own rainforest.
- Action for Nature's Games – One on cleanup and one on recycling
- Facing the Future – Sustainability curriculum for gifted students, even free sustainability curriculum for download.
- Rustle the Leaf – Tons of printables, comics, and downloads on sustainability for Earth Day or every day!
Geography and History Websites for Gifted Children
- Geography Games – Loving this in kindergarten and first grade! Fun and exciting geography games.
- Geography Maps and Games – USA, Asia, Africa, Europe and a fun Latitude and Longitude game!
- FunBrain – The inernet's #1 website for K-8. Math, reading, geography, and grammar.
- The Kidz Page – Explore free printable & online kids games, activities, puzzles, clip art, colouring pages and online coloring.
- National Geographic Kids – Kids games, Animals, Geography, and more.
- History Games for Kids
Reading, Spelling, and Writing Websites and Games for Gifted Kids
- Online Spelling Bees – Fun!
- Rainbow magic – Games and activities based on the Rainbow Magic series – Lucy's favorite chapter books in Kindergarten!
- Little Monkey Tales – Short stories suitable for young children
- Raz Kids – Lucy's younger sister who is in Kindergarten is in a gifted cluster classroom and the school purchased Raz Kids for reading. It's been a HUGE hit for a reluctant (yet fluent) reader in Kindergarten. Kids work at their own pace and earn stars, take quizzes, and earn ranking. Lucy's sister is trying to "outdo" her classmates in reading – so it's great for the natural competitive drive that many gifted kids have!
- KidsSpell.com – Create your own spelling lists, or choose easier, harder, and hardest games with varying word lengths to challenge all spellers.
Kid Friendly Videos
- Kideos.com – For kids who would love to get on YouTube. These videos are sourced from YouTube, but screened to be kid-friendly.
Craft Websites
- The Toymaker - World of paper toys, holiday cards, valentines, sun boxes, baskets and bags, origami and ephemera… all for you to make. Helping grownups and kids spend time together making things.


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Shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life. Philippians 2:15-16
As I waited to make a right-hand turn at a busy intersection, an ambulance appeared over the crest of a hill, speeding in my direction. Someone behind me honked, urging me into the crossroads. I knew the ambulance would be unlikely to stop and that it could have been disastrous to make my turn. So I kept my foot on the brake pedal and stayed put. Spiritually speaking, we need to stay put and remain faithful to God despite pressure from others. King Solomon had to learn this the hard way. He began his reign by asking God for wisdom (1 Kings 3:9), and his prayer at the dedication of the temple revealed his loyalty (8:23,61). But he did not remain committed. He married many foreign women who eventually influenced him to worship other gods. By the end of his life, his heart was not loyal to the LORD (11:1-6; Neh. 13:26). Today, just as in ancient times, people may prompt us to shift our loyalty away from God and His truth. Yet with Gods help we can hold fast to the word of life (Phil. 2:16). If you feel pressured to enter a dangerous intersection of beliefs, study Gods Word, put on His armor (Eph. 6:10-18), and ask the Holy Spirit for help (1 Cor. 2:10-12). Then stand fast with your fellow believers in Christ.
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Updated: 04/11/2013 7:00 PM KSTP.com By: Jennie Olson
From the NFL to high school sports, head injuries are a hot topic and an increasing concern for athletes and parents.
More than 100,000 Minnesotans suffer from brain injuries; a conference was hosted Thursday to discuss how to lower those numbers.
One of the speakers at the conference is a Luverne High School senior who, while playing football and wrestling his sophomore year, suffered three concussions in four months.
Jake Guy shared how the concussions impacted his life before he started getting help.
"It was hard for me because I had to stay away from family and stuff because of noise and light sensitivity," he said. "I had memory problems and processing speed problems."
The discussion is part of the Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance 28th Annual Conference in Brooklyn Center. One of the main focuses this year is sports-related concussions because they account for 20 percent of all brain injuries.
"For those kids struggling with this, reach out and get as much help as you can and don't look down on the situation," Guy said.
Each year in the United States there are at least 50,000 concussions in high school athletes; even more go unreported.
"Ninety percent of concussions do not involve a loss of consciousness, and I think that's part of the past where people felt like if you didn't lose consciousness, likely you didn't have a concussion," David King with the Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance said. "We know that's not true."


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Jetty Road @ Barooga Sports Club
Aug 1 @ 8:00 pm
The Blackhill Ramblers @ SPURS @ The Royal Hotel Koo wee rup …Spurs
Aug 1 @ 8:00 pm
Rick Hart & The Sweet Addictions (supporting Delta Lions single launch) @ Reverence Hotel
Aug 1 @ 9:00 pm
Multi award winning singer-songwriter, Rick Hart, along with his band The Sweet Addictions will be delivering a set of his lively, melody driven, countrified rock'n'soul at the Reverence Hotel. They'll be supporting The Delta Lions (Newcastle) on the Melbourne leg…
Robyn and the Rancheros @ Commercial Club Albury
Aug 1 @ 9:00 pm
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Victorian audiences and pickers have an opportunity to partake in a regular musical event at Burrinja. The structure of the evening is a blackboard concert with a paid feature band on the night. Email email@example.com or call Jim on 97047573…
Roo Arcus, Carter & Carter, Jetty Road @ Hallam Hotel
Aug 6 @ 9:00 pm
Echuca Moama Country Music Festival @ Moama RSL
Aug 7 @ 7:30 pm – Aug 9 @ 5:30 pm
This festival was launched by Big River Entertainment in 2007 and continues to attract capacity crowds each year. FRIDAY night kicks off at 7.30pm with a "Dance Party" in the Auditorium. SATURDAY has a variety of artists in both the…
Lee Forster (N.S.W.) & Furrabred @ Pascoe Vale RSL
Aug 7 @ 8:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Country Music Guild of Australasia: 8.00 pm – 11.30 pm. Meals from 6 pm. Visitors $8 and Members $5. Lee now lives in New South Wales and this is his only Melbourne show. Lee has released two full albums and…
Robyn and the Rancheros @ Pirates Tavern
Aug 7 @ 8:00 pm
Rough Cut Country Band @ Ferntree Gully Bowls Club
Aug 8 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Troy Cassar-Daley with Pete Denahy @ Rooty Hill RSL
Aug 8 @ 8:00 pm
Scott Douglas @ Murwillumbah Services Club
Aug 14 @ 7:30 pm
Now living in Queensland but originally from America, Scott Douglas and his family are very proud to call Australia home. He has a rich country voice and has been actively working in the Australian CM scene alongside many of our favorite…
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The Stetson Family @ Suttons House of Music
Aug 15 @ 8:00 pm
Luke Austen @ Spurs Saloon Bar and Grill
Aug 16 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Luke won the Tamworth Starmaker Award in 2010 and two Golden Guitars in 2011 and is looking forward to appearing at Spurs Honky Tonk for the first time. Don't miss this opportunity to see Luke and his great line up…
Rick Hart and The Sweet Addictions (acoustic quartet) @ Mornington Peninsula Brewery
Aug 16 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Multi award winning singer-songwriter, Rick Hart, will be joined by members of his band The Sweet Addictions to deliver three stripped back sets of his melody driven, rootsy, countrified soul offerings. They'll also be joined by brilliant Brendan Mitchell on…
The Stetson Family @ Old Hepburn Hotel
Aug 16 @ 5:00 pm
Girls of Country Tour @ Barwon Hotel
Aug 20 @ 8:00 pm
Girls of Country Tour @ Revolver Bandroom
Aug 21 @ 8:00 pm
Girls of Country Tour @ Morwell Italian Australian Sports Club
Aug 22 @ 8:00 pm
The Blackhats @ West Croydon & Kilkenny RSL
Aug 22 @ 7:30 pm – 11:30 pm
The Blackhats have been playing around Adelaide since the hottest club in town was the Twenty Plus club, even though it didn't serve a drop of alcohol. Back then the Octogen was rocking, the Castle Hotel really had a castle…
Gympie Muster @ Amamoor Creek State Forest Park
Aug 27 @ 10:00 am – Aug 30 @ 3:00 pm
The countdown is on for Australia's favorite family-friendly camping and music festival, the Gympie Music Muster! The 2015 festival will be held over four massive days from Thursday 27 – Sunday 30 August, with organisers today providing the first glimpse…
John Lawrence Band @ Spurs Saloon Bar and Grill
Aug 30 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
he Royal Hotel @ Koo Wee Rup has country bands on the last Sunday with this month The John Lawrence Band, featuring John's son Daniel on lead guitar, playing some good to dance to country music. Meals available from 12…
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Mary Chapin Carpenter @ Palais Theatre
Sep 4 all-day
Rene Diaz @ Murwillumbah Services Club
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Country Comes to Town. A Country Music Show featuring the best classic country songs from Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Slim Dusty to current hits from Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Keith Urban & many others. Plus a host of originals from…
Pheasant Pluckers @ Lomond Hotel
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Adam Eckersley Band @ The Hallam Hotel
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Midura Country Music Festival @ Mildura
Sep 25 @ 6:30 pm – Oct 4 @ 5:00 pm
When Australian country music fans talk of the festival "biggies", the Mildura Country Music Festival rates a mention alongside the Tamworth Country Music Festival and the Gympie Muster as one of the big three. The major difference between the other…


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For superb audio and video reproduction and networked features, the BD-E5900 Blu-ray Disc Player from Samsung makes a great choice. This disc player supports full HD 1080p resolution and 3D content, so you can do your best to recreate the theater in your own living room. You'll be able to experience immersive, wraparound visuals on your HDTV screen that bring you right into the action.
Once you connect it to your home network, the fun begins. Some players need an external adapter to connect over Wi-Fi, but that's not the case with the BD-E5900; the capability is built into the player. With Disc to Digital, you can make cloud-based digital copies of your DVD collection. This player has a high-powered video chip that can upconvert low-resolution source materials up to full HD. If you have a smartphone, you can download an app to enjoy command of your Blu-ray player right from your device. The list goes on, but all in all the BD-E5900 gives you advanced features and high performance. Moreover, its low power consumption can save you money in the long run, in addition to saving the environment.
- Full HD 3D Playback
- Whether you're enjoying 2D or 3D content, you'll be amazed by the vivid colors and clear imaging of full HD 1080p resolution
- Disc to Digital
- If you have an extensive library of DVDs, you're in luck. You can register your ownership of physical DVDs, and access the same movie content on a variety of devices, virtually anytime and anywhere-even from multiple locations at once. Once digital copies have been created and added to your UltraViolet collection, the content will be made available through the Flixster application on Samsung's Smart Hub, as well as on a broad range of connected devices such as smart phones, tablet, PCs and Smart TVs. You'll also have the option to purchase HD quality versions of these movies, and can share digital library content with other members under the same account
- Advanced Services & Content Options
- Enjoy access to Samsung Smart Hub; a simple way to access, search and explore Samsung Apps. This disc player also offers a full web browser and the ability to experience rich content. Built-in WiFi allows for convenient access to a variety of web-based content and connectivity options
- HD Upconversion
- This disc player has a powerful video processor that can upconvert DVDs, older non-HD content and low-resolution streaming video to full HD 1080p
- High Resolution Audio
- Supports multiple audio formats including Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD and DTS-HD bitstream outputs for realistic surround sound
- Remote Control App
The remote control app can be downloaded onto an Android or Apple smartphone to enhance how you control and search for content on your Blu-ray player. The app's MovieNote feature also offers instant access to detailed information on movies you're currently watching, including plot synopsis, actor and director biography information
When the smartphone is connected to the same home network as this Blu-ray player, you can control the player with ease and use the QWERTY keyboard on your devices for easy information input
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- Anynet+ is an AV network system to automatically control Samsung A/V devices connected by HDMI cables. There's no need to use different remote controls for different devices. So, all you need is one remote control for a simple and convenient experience
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The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Imperial College London has one of the largest research programmes in non-ionizing radiation and health worldwide.The department also has considerable experience of setting up and conducting large scale epidemiological cohort studies including the AIRWAVE Health Monitoring study (cohort of British police personnel and TETRA phone use).
Dr Mireille B. Toledano
Dr Mireille Toledano has been working in environmental epidemiology at Imperial College for a number of years and is an affiliate member of the MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health. She has previously worked with Prof Paul Elliott on various projects in the field of non-ionizing radiation epidemiology, including national studies of adult cancers near overhead powerlines, childhood cancers in proximity to mobile phone base stations, and pilot cohort studies of adult mobile phone users.
Professor Paul Elliott
Prof Paul Elliott, director of the new MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, has over 20 years expertise in environmental epidemiology and has led studies of health effects associated with non-ionizing radiation for over 10 years.
Dr Rachel B. Smith
Research Associate, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College
Dr Rachel Smith is responsible for epidemiological aspects of the UK COSMOS study on a day-to-day basis. She has experience in environmental epidemiology and exposure assessment. Rachel joined the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Imperial College in 2006, and joined the UK COSMOS Study Team in October 2009.
Eveline Otte im Kampe
Research Assistant, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College
Eveline Otte im Kampe completed her MSc in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine before joining the UK COSMOS project in October 2013. She is responsible for assisting the investigators in epidemiological aspects of the UK COSMOS study.
Margaret Douglass
Database Architect, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College
Margaret Douglass worked as a database programmer at Imperial College's Small Area Health Statistics Unit for five years before joining the UK COSMOS project in December 2011. She is responsible for developing and maintaining the computer systems that hold the data collected by the UK COSMOS study.
Charlotte Fleming
Project Administrator, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College
Charlotte Fleming completed her Masters in Public Health at the University of Edinburgh before joining the UK COSMOS team In November 2013. Charlotte is responsible for assisting in the day-to-day admin of the project as well as assisting with research. Charlotte is the first point of contact on the study for all current participants as well as the general public.


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Professor's Documentary Adds Perspective to Human Rights Panel
School of Communication journalism professor Carolyn Brown spoke and screened highlights from her documentary, On the Line at a panel discussion, "Genocide, Memory, and Social Justice", in Washington, D.C. Brown, a Colgate alum, was one of three panelists invited by the Colgate University's Alumni of Color Association.
The panelists discussed how the three topics are integrated into current career paths and national issues. More than a dozen Gottesman Fellows, who are awarded their positions through Colgate University, attended the discussion, as well as several professors and a university dean.
Brown's presentation included clips from her documentary, a film that follows the journey of the vigilante Minutemen Civil Defense Corps as they patrol the United States' border with Mexico. Brown followed the Minutemen through Arizona for over a year and a half to shoot her film, which is now in production.
Brown is also screening a rough cut of her film on October 28 in Mary Graydon Center. The film will accompany a panel discussion on immigration rights and reform, hosted by the Latin American Student Organization as part of Latino Heritage Month.


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Suge Knight, it breaks our hearts to see you so completely bummed out like this. Things really aren't so bad! So, according to TMZ, you got arrested last night in Las Vegas after making an "unsafe lane change" in your Bentley. And, okay, sure, the cops noticed that you had several warrants out for your arrest for minor traffic violations and, yes, maybe they decided to search your car and found a "small amount" of marijuana in your possession. Then you posed for the World's Glummest Celebrity Mugshot. But do you know what Suge Knight calls an arrest in Las Vegas? Wednesday night. Ah…is that a smile we see? We thought so.
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This bread was just like the bread I had in Morocco. Soooo good. I used 1 cup of Wheat flour instead of Semolina because I couldnt find it at the store. I ate it with baked chicken and potato...
A very nice Moroccan bread recipe for the bread machine. I did however increase my water to 1 cup. 7/8th was just not enough!
This was the best bread recipe I have tried in a long time. Very easy. Very soft texture-I brushed a little olive oil on after I took it out of the oven.Will be making this again and again.


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By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service
LIMA, Peru, Aug. 19, 2005 Peru has become a leader in confronting terrorism and narcoterrorism, but it's critical that the region's countries all work together to deal with the common threats they face, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said here Aug. 18 during a joint press conference with Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo.
"The problems that our respective countries face of terrorism, ... narcotrafficking, hostage-taking (and) crime are problems that no one country can deal with alone," the secretary said in the Peruvian presidential palace. "It requires regional cooperation."
Toledo called these challenges a "shared responsibility" among the South American community that extends to how they respond to growing interference in the region by Cuba and Venezuela, promote economic reforms and fight poverty, all factors that affect regional security. "It is also a shared responsibility to foster democracy and the respect for human rights and freedom of expression in order to have a stable environment," he said.
The secretary praised Toledo for his leadership on the security, political and economic fronts that's having a direct impact on Peru's stability. Since taking office in 2001, Toledo has actively promoted democratic reforms in a country that was long plagued by authoritarian rule and instituted measures that have made Peru's economy one of the strongest in the region.
The Peruvian president urged the United States to pass a free trade agreement with Peru similar to those in effect in North and Central America to further accelerate the country's counterdrug and counterterrorism efforts. Such an agreement would provide a viable economic alternative to drug trafficking and other illicit activities, he said. "If we have a market for alternative products, then we will produce more alternative crops, and this will contribute to the fight against drug trafficking and terrorism," Toledo said.
A free trade agreement would also spur foreign investment, which Toledo has made one of his government's key priorities.
He insisted there's no connection between lack of a free-trade agreement and Peru's failure so far to enter into a bilateral agreement with the United States allowing it to maintain jurisdiction over any U.S. servicemember charged with a crime in Peru. More than 100 nations have entered into similar agreements that allow the U.S. military to handle the cases in accordance with the Uniformed Code of Military Justice rather than the International Criminal Court.
Toledo said he and Rumsfeld discussed the possibility of an agreement and "share the spirit of it," but offered no more details except to say Peru's not basing any decision on the passage of a free-trade agreement. "There has never been any condition on behalf of the United States government or of Mr. Rumsfeld concerning the signing of an agreement ... with regard to the International Criminal Court," he said.
In response to a reporter's question, Rumsfeld said the United States considers the jurisdiction issue "a matter for each country to decide on its own, in its own way, in its own time."
After meetings with Toledo and Peru's new defense minister, Marciano Rengifo, Rumsfeld said it's clear that North America has to work closely with both Central and South America "to do everything possible to reduce the very serious problem of drug trafficking."
Peru, in cooperation with the United States, has made steady progress in interdicting the flow of narcotics, particularly cocaine, to the United States. The two countries also cooperate in encouraging alternative development in coca-growing regions.
Toledo suggested a meeting between drug-producer countries like Peru and consumer countries like the United States to work out "a common strategy to deal with the problem" of drug trafficking and narcoterrorism.
"It is on one hand a question of reducing the areas planted with coca leaves, and on the other hand, it is a question of interdiction (of the drug trade) by air, by sea, by rivers, or by land," he said. The possibility of resuming air interdictions is being discussed, he said, without further elaboration.
Peru was showing solid progress in cracking down on drug trafficking in the mid-1990s with its "airbridge denial interdiction program," but the program was suspected in April 2001 after the Peruvian Air Force misidentified a U.S. aircraft as a drug trafficker and shot it down. A U.S. Embassy official in Lima said discussions between the U.S. and Peruvian governments are focusing on resuming the program, but only if specific control measures are instituted, including a possible requirement to use only nonlethal weapons.
Meanwhile, Peru, with $112 million in backing by the United States, is focusing its counterdrug efforts on land and river routes and continues to arrest drug traffickers, seize drugs and related chemicals, destroy coca labs, disable clandestine airstrips and prosecute officials involved in narcotics corruption, officials said.
Rumsfeld acknowledged the importance of U.S. support to the mission, but made no promises about future support He noted that the topic is reviewed and discussed regularly by the executive and legislative branches of government. "And I am not in a position to predict what the outcome of that interaction between the executive and legislative branch might produce in any given year," he said.
The secretary thanked Toledo for Peru's contribution to the U.N. Mission in Haiti, where more than 200 of its troops are deployed to help stabilize Haiti. "Your troops and forces there have conducted themselves, I am told, with great skill and success and it is an important contribution by Peru and the people of Peru to ... the goal of having stability dealt with in peaceful ways as we are seeing take place there," the Rumsfeld said.
Peru also has troops and observers supporting peacekeeping operations in the Congo, Ethiopia and Eritrea, Burundi, Liberia, the Ivory Coast and Sudan.
Rumsfeld's meetings represented a strong show of support for Toledo, whose popularity ratings have plummeted to the single digits since taking office in 2001 and whose Cabinet underwent a major shakeup this week after his prime minister resigned. Toledo swore in his new cabinet members, including Rengifo, Aug. 16.
Despite Toledo's sagging popularity at home, a senior defense official traveling with Rumsfeld told reporters the one-time shoeshine boy who rose to become the nation's leader has ushered in the warmest defense relationship between the two countries in 40 years.
During the flight here, the official described Peru as "a good friend in an important region," the third-largest country in South America and the fifth most-populated in Latin America.
U.S. troops assigned to the U.S. Embassy here joined Peruvian soldiers and a military band in giving Rumsfeld a send-off for his return flight to Washington. Among them was Marine Corps Cpl. Orlando Jiles from Command Detachment Lima, Peru, who called the opportunity to meet and pose for photos with the secretary "amazing."
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Good morning on this lovely Veterans Day. Slept great and woke up hungry. I've gotten in the habit of drinking a glass of water with mineral drops and some lemon upon arising. I think I probably would absorb the minerals better with food, but as you can probably guess I get another effect that is not unpleasing. It's nice to get the business over and done with first thing. After my trip to the grocery yesterday I have found myself with a rather stupid amount of food. I think I will take some of the chicken legs to work and put them in the freezer there. I prepped the beef stew and it is ready for the slow cooker.
Gave myself a thorough and much-needed pedicure. Not so much the ten pretty little red semi-circles but lots of major buffing and trimming and sanding. Just another thing that happens when you get old - your feet get horny. I mean literally. And feet tell a great deal about a person's health and hygiene.
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Texas – A judge has denied Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's request to intervene in a same-sex divorce case in Travis County.
According to the Austin American-Statesman, the decision by state District Judge Scott Jenkins on Wednesday lets his February decision stand, granting the divorce to two women wedded in another state.
Abbott's staff had argued that 39-year-old Angelique Naylor and 42-year-old Sabina Daly couldn't be granted a divorce because their marriage in Massachusetts wasn't recognized by Texas law. The attorney general's office contends that the best legal way to bring finality to the couple and protect the interests of their son was to legally void the marriage.
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We are also learning more details about Phillips, who allegedly shot and killed the two men in a home and then led law enforcement on a 12 hour manhunt.
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Laotian Larb Tofu Lettuce Wraps
I told my friend in Houston that I had reached the height of my vegan eats here. There were no new restaurants I wanted to try. She assured me there were so.many.more to try and convinced me to try a nearby Thai restaurant. Oddly enough, Rob has spotted it earlier that week and was amused by its billboard that announced it was MANGO SEASON!
I was apprehensive but she assured me I would love it. She told me they had vegan ice cream. I was sold.
She did not lie. I loved it. So much so, that I quickly tried to figure out how to recreate the dishes.
This is a spin on Laotian larb. Of note, Rob tells me this is nothing like the original and in fact, if you pronounce the r in larb, that is wrong, too. Make no mistake about its simplicity, this salad wrap was GREAT!
A few fun points: This was the first time I have steamed tofu. I LOVED it. It made it nice and fluffy and once crumbled, it absorbed the flavours of the marinade incredibly well. Lime juice, cilantro, in a salty-hot-sweet background, it was nice, fresh and light. After an overnight soak, it was absolutely perfect and lasted for a few days of lovely leftovers for lunch.
I took inspiration from the restaurant to serve it next to a quarter of an iceberg. Its solid leaves make for excellent wraps, more sturdy than most lettuces and is rather mild on the green scale. Besides, it is always good to rotate your greens. :)
Do you have a favourite green wrap? I thought collards were my favourite but I was rather smitten by the iceberg lettuce. ;)
I am sharing this with Souper Sundays, Eat Your Greens, No Croutons Required and Extra Veg.
Laotian Tofu Larb Lettuce Wraps
Adapted from Blissful Bites via Vanilla & Spice
1 package (14 oz) firm tofu, quartered
1 clove garlic, minced or pressed
1 red pepper, finely diced
~5 leaves napa cabbage, thinly sliced
1 large carrot, shredded
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
3 tbsp fresh lime juice
1.5 tbsp tamari or soy sauce
1.5 tbsp pure maple syrup
1 tsp sriracha
1/3 cup chopped peanuts
Lettuce leaves for serving
1. Prepare a steamer basket: Place 1″ water in a pot, cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to low and simmer. Place tofu in the steamer basket. Place basket overtop the boiling water and steam for 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
2. Meanwhile, chop your vegetables and add the red pepper, cabbage, carrot and cilantro to a large bowl. Add the lime juice, soy sauce, maple syrup and sriracha. Taste and adjust seasonings. Once cool enough to handle, crumble the tofu with your hands and mix it into the vegetable mixture. Allow to marinate in the refrigerator for at least one hour, preferably overnight.
3. When ready to serve, chop lettuce into leaves (just lop off a quarter). Place tofu mixture into lettuce and top with chopped peanuts.
Serves 4.
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Love larb (thanks for the tip of the pronunciation–never knew that the r was silent). This seems like a great hot weather dish. Have not bought iceburg lettuce in years, but may need to make an exception for this.
Speaking of Thai restaurants, one thing I miss since becoming a vegan is Thai iced tea. Not having condensed sweetened milk any more. Have you ever had it with coconut milk?
Super interesting! I have never heard of steaming tofu before, but if the results are this good, I think I'm going to have to give it a try. :)
I've never tried steaming tofu, really interested in this recipe. Thank you for sharing with Eat Your Greens, please come back end of the month for the round up.
Yay you made it! I am so glad you let me take you there, I crave these lettuce wraps constantly. I also just love soft tofu, there's no going back to the spongey fried stuff other places use. I've recreated this at home, or tried anyways, but yours is probably better :)
Yum! This looks amazing–light and bright and perfect for the warmer weather.
I haven't tried steaming tofu before but now I want to. ;-)
Thanks for sharing with Souper Sundays.
Why have I never done lettuce wraps before? That's what I want to know and I'm loving the fluffed up tofu. Thanks for your continued support Janet. The No Croutons Required roundup is now up xx
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It's a cliche of Hollywood adventure movies — the rope and plank bridge over the deep chasm, already damaged when the hero arrives with the bad guys coming after him, that he has to herd his panicky friends across even as it disintegrates behind them.
That's a perfect metaphor for where human society is right now. The chasm is ecological and economic collapse caused by the combination of climate change and the global capitalist crisis, with the death of billions by starvation, war, and disease at the bottom. On this side is fossil-fuel-based consumer society, run by an insatiable corporate oligarchy and policed by national governments, unsustainable and failing. On the far side is the possibility of a sustainable, equitable, "green" global economic and technological order. In between is the bridge. We, humanity, are headed for that bridge, with deranged enemies behind us trying to head us off and behind them an advancing wall of fire.
What is the bridge, so narrow, so fragile, already so damaged? It is the possible but increasingly difficult and risky transition between the old and the new. Getting across requires a strategy that does a few crucial things in a very short time.
–First, the strategy cuts carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions more rapidly and radically than any currently touted plan — because the targets of all these plans were formed before the recent research just aired around the Copenhagen conference, which recognizes new multiplier effects like the methane pool under the Arctic ice and reveals sea levels rising much faster than previous models predicted. It's crucial to realize that the consequences of climate change, even if we cut carbon emissions by 50% tomorrow morning, are still going to be severe.
–Second, the strategy spends enormous amounts of government money to build a clean-energy infrastructure — including a shift away from the private automobile in any form and toward clean mass transit — and creates a system of incentives to phase out fossil-fuel use as fast as possible, beginning with electricity generation and a crash program in conservation via such measures as weatherproofing homes.
— Third, it undoes the corporate industrial agriculture system, which is inherently dependent on long distribution chains, on petrochemical fertilizers, and/or on genetically modified but uniform crops that severely threaten biodiversity, while gigantic machine-worked fields destroy species habitats. The strategy does this by forcing agriculture, like manufacturing, to face the real costs of production, and by supporting local skill-intensive organic farming.
–Fourth, the strategy lays the groundwork for a new flowering of scientific and technical talent to re-engineer the entire technological basis of society over the next half century or so, and at the same time create mass scientific literacy via a general overhaul and reform of public education from kindergarten through community college.
–Fifth, it reverses the trend to the rampant "offshoring" of manufacturing from the US both encouraged by Bush-era tax policy (and agreements like NAFTA) and fostered by unsupervised financial speculation where rates of profit were — for a time — so much higher than in the "real economy" of goods and services. It does this by recapturing an edge in new, sophisticated, post-fossil-fuel, biomimetic and fully recyclable technologies that work with the natural environment rather than against it.
–Sixth, in the longer term the least important part but in the short term the most crucial, the strategy restarts effective demand in the global economy so that capital circulates again and the system does not simply crash — which would not allow the rest of the transitional process to be happen.
It's easy to see in this strategy — minus the plank about agriculture — the outlines of the plan now being pushed by the Obama administration in its fiscal 2009 budget and in the stimulus plan. As I said in an earlier post to this blog, Obama, like FDR before him, is trying to save capitalism from most of the capitalists and their myopic, avaricious stupidity.
But here's the problem. Obama is operating within a political system so deeply corrupt, inbred, and insulated from the real lives of the immense majority in the US and the rest of the world that his proposals do not go far enough on their own terms. Obama is a very intelligent, very charismatic, and very tough politician — and seemingly a courageous man. By the standards of the times he is a true visionary. But his proposals, designed to navigate the sticky, stinking swamp of greed and idiocy that is late-capitalist political culture, are already too timid. Now they seem likely to be further weakened by the dragging opposition of Democratic "moderates" in Congress and by the open blockade of the now utterly nihilistic Republican leadership.
It has to be faced: our future as a species is being jeopardized by men (and a few women) who would rather see human civilization plunge off the cliff than admit that they are morally and intellectually bankrupt and that the entire system of exploitation, power, and privilege they have spent their lives defending is putrid to the core and about to collapse on itself like a rotten apple.
Meanwhile, the rope bridge is coming apart. Planks are falling off, cords are snapping. Many of us would like Obama to be the hero who holds off the enemy mindlessly intent on stopping us from getting across, even though the conflagration is pursuing them too. He is telling us, loudly and repeatedly, to get on the shaky structure and run across, because it is our only hope. But he cannot be that hero. However he meant it, his most famous campaign line, "We are the change we've been waiting for," is true. We, collectively, the working people and the unemployed and the poor of America and the world, must be the hero. We have to fight off the enemies of humanity not with violence but with mass refusal to play by their rules — continual protest, constant pressure and exposure of lies using the new media, mass economic and social disruption, popular self-organization at all levels. In that way we can hold the bridge together while we get across.
What will be on the far side? A "sustainable" and more responsible version of transnational corporate capitalism, as envisioned by Obama & Co? Or something much freer, more beautiful, more cooperative, more democratic? Can we build a global society more truly sustainable and sustaining of us as living beings in a world of living beings, most of whom are not human and have, like us, the right to live?
First, either way, we have to get across the bridge. And we will have to fight like hell to get these corrupt, blind, conscienceless political mercenaries of the fossil-fuel death-economy out of our way. Once we get across, we can renew the struggle over what kind of world we will create there. I believe the best way to get across and hold the bridge together is to do, though in a somewhat different way appropriate to new conditions, what the century-old Preamble of the Industrial Workers of the World calls for: to "form the structure of the new society within the shell of the old."
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BACCARI, Lauren Elyse, 27, of Charleston, a student at MUSC and wife of Gregory V. Baccari, died Monday. Arrangements by Stuhr's Downtown Chapel.
BURNSIDE, John W., 75, of Mount Pleasant died Jan. 17. Arrangements by McAlister-Smith's Mount Pleasant Chapel.
CAHUANTZI, Serjei M., 35, of Charleston died Sunday. Arrangements by James A. Dyal Funeral Home of Summerville.
DOCTOR, Cathy, of North Charleston, wife of Charles Doctor, died Monday. Arrangements by North Area Funeral Home.
GREEN, Ervin Leslie, 75, of North Charleston died Tuesday. Arrangements by Allen's Ridgeland Chapel.
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MURRAY, Harry M. Jr., of Charleston, widower of Earsie Lee Murray, died Monday. Arrangements by Harleston-Boags Funeral Home.
SHEALEY, Vera Carroll, 84, of Charleston, a piano teacher and wife of John W. Shealey, died Monday. Arrangements by Stuhr's West Ashley Chapel of Charleston.
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HAWLEY, Elaine Dusenbury, 91, of Georgetown, an owner of Woodbury Floral Shop and widow of Bert Hawley, died Monday. Arrangements by Mayer's Georgetown Chapel.
GARRICK, Ruben Gordan, 62, of Branchville, owner of Ruben's Lawn Service, former employee of Ballard Parts, Thomas Auto Parts and Fairey Motor Co. and husband of Cynthia B. Garrick, died Tuesday. Arrangements by Ott Funeral Home.
JENKINS, Shannon L., 31, of Rock Hill died Sunday. Arrangements by Hilton's Mortuary of North Charleston.
TAYLOR, Ronald O. Jr., 52, of Warner Robins, Ga., an Air Force retiree, died Dec. 28, 2012. Arrangements by Hart's Mortuary of Macon, Ga.
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Foxy Brown is being released from prison at this VERY MOMENT, and she wants her fans there to greet her. That means you! The rapper has served eight months of her year-long sentence at NYC's Riker's Island facility, and she needs her fans decked out in shirts and holding signs as she strolls away so she can be reminded of what a HUGE star she still is. Huge, damn it! She and her reps are planning to turn her release into a spectacle, even though her jailers are not happy about the hoopla, which they have deemed too massive for their tiny parking lot. They issued a statement which demands that, "There will be no fan gatherings or press opportunity in or adjacent to the Rikers Island parking lot."
Nice try, prison peeps! You get to lock Foxy up for 8 months, we get to crowd your parking lot and cramp your style. If you're in NYC, hop on the MTA Q101 or Q100 bus and show your girl some love!


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Lady Trailblazers Lose a Heart-breaker in National Championship
The OCU women's basketball team was 9.8 seconds away from winning their first National Championship on Saturday. Freshman Shelby Roe drained a shot from behind the arc to put the Lady Blazers up by one point with just under 10 seconds remaining. But Kentucky Christian University's Meredith Reed was able to convert a three point play of her own in the final se
Lady Blazers Advance to National Championship Game
The Ohio Christian University women's basketball team faced #2 Southwestern Christian University (Oklahoma) on Friday night in the Final Four of the NCCAA National Tournament. The Lady Blazers hot shooting and pressure defense propelled them to a 39-25 lead at the half. Head Coach Mandy Wray said, "Our girls really came out ready to play in the first half. We los
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The Lady Trailblazers beat #2 seed Southwestern Christian University 77-70 this evening, securing a chance to play for the NCCAA Division II National Championship. The Lady Blazers will face Kentucky Christian University in the championship game tomorrow, March 13th at 7p.m.
Baseball Blazers Off to Solid Start
The Ohio Christian Trailblazer Baseball Squad completed a season opening swing to the south by going 3-1 against regional foes Freewill and Johnson Bible, before losing a doubleheader to NCAA Division 2 North Greenville University. The Blazers started out with a potent offense, garnering 24 hits in two games at Freewill Baptist, winning 10-3 and 20-5 in Nashville on Saturday.
Lady Blazers Advance to the Final Four of the NCCAA National Tournament
The #3 seed OCU women's basketball team faced #6 seed and host team Philadelphia Biblical University on Thursday night with a berth to the Final Four on the line. The Lady Trailblazers took an early lead, forcing several turnovers and converting in transition, but PBU made a run of their own to end the first half, taking a 29-23 lead at half-time. Ohio Christian continued th
#5 Trailblazers Lose to #4 Central Bible College 67 - 85
Foul trouble and very poor shooting took the Blazers out of the National running Thursday night against the host team Central Bible. "We had a great tournament environment with a full house to play in Thursday night but the guys came out tight and got into foul trouble early and we were fighting an uphill battle the whole game" said coach Christopher.
Trailblazers Advance to Second Round of NCCAA National Tournament
The # 5 seeded Trailblazers of Ohio Christian University advance to the second round of the NCCAA National Tournament after defeating # 12 Lancaster Bible College on Tuesday night 78 to 47. "The game went like most 5 vs 12 tournament games should go but that still does not stop the butterflies and anxiety that goes with tournament play. By winning the first round we are now guaran
Lady Blazers Sign Pendergraft
Amanda Pendergraft, a senior guard from Washington Court House High School, signed to play basketball with the Lady Traillblazers next season. Amanda started her journey playing basketball in the 3rd grade for the Miami Trace Traveling All Stars. She was on the varsity squad all four seasons,and as a senior, Amanda averaged 7.3 points, 2.3 assists, and 4 reb
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The page has been turned in the book of baseball at Ohio Christian University. The Blazers welcome in a new head coach. Coach Greg Bigam takes the helm of a growing OCU program. Although their win/loss record over the past few years has been lopsided, there has been a core of talent and character growing in Circleville, Ohio.


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Las Cruces – A widely known philanthropist and entrepreneur will speak in Las Cruces this week.
You may have seen him on a popular AT&T commercial or during a profile on 60 Minutes.
Blake Mycoskie, the founder and "chief shoe giver" of TOMS Shoes, will be the featured keynote speaker at the 2010 Innoventure competition, sponsored by New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center.
The yearly competition will be held Thursday at the Hotel Encanto in Las Cruces, with Mycoskie speaking at 7 in the evening.
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Mycoskie's firm, TOM's Shoes, is an online business that provides a pair of shoes to a child in need for each pair sold on the website.
Innoventure encourages students to use science, engineering and business skills to solve problems. This year's theme was chosen specifically to complement Mycoskie's social entrepreneurship efforts. Students were instructed to make self-contained kits for children their age or younger who live in "extreme circumstances."


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by: Beth Atnip | Apr 06, 2011
Coach Eric and I (and a few other Mideast Multisport athletes) participated in the Run the Bluegrass Half Marathon this past weekend. We headed out to…
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Bob Seebohar Presents Nutrition Periodization for Endurance Athletes and Metabolic Efficiency Training: Teaching your body to burn more fat!!!


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Cooking and Baking
Seasoning Cast Iron with Flaxseed Oil?
I know we've seen a ton of threads around here on how to best season cast iron. I ran across this link earlier today and I'm somewhat intrigued by it's process for creating a slick, long-lasting season by using multiple thin layers of flaxseed oil. Has anyone else heard of this technique or tried it?
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A story about an unlikely friendship and the struggle to hold on to tradition in a modern world
Adapted by Aaron Posner & Chaim Potok,
Directed by T. Scott Wooten
Spotlight Series: LEARN
Spotlight Series: ENGAGE
Special Performances:
"Pay What You Can" Night
DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND we will be having an additional performance at 8pm on Sunday, September 28!
"Examines the freedom that comes with the passage from childhood to adulthood -- intellectual freedom, religious freedom, America's promise of freedom."
It is 1944 Brooklyn, and two Jewish boys grow up five blocks and a world apart. A standing-room-only hit wherever it has played, this award-winning adaptation (from the award-winning novel) is by the same creators of last year's hit MY NAME IS ASHER LEV. The play begins when Reuven and Danny play a heated game of baseball between rival yeshivas…until one is badly hurt. As their unique friendship grows, they learn important lessons about their fathers, their community, and themselves.
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"THE CHOSEN teaches valuable lessons…[yet] never feels overwhelming.…a life-affirming play…, attempts to unearth the humanity behind the unsteady walls humans build around each other…hefty and meditative with a thread of sweetness that moves it along…Perhaps the strangest thing about THE CHOSEN is what's not there…It's a story about nattering between families, minus any noticeable nattering."
FOUR STARS -- American Stage's The Chosen will move more than a select few…Choice drama…moving and illuminating…T. Scott Wooten's staging is superb…strikingly good-looking production…notably intelligent play and should speak to anyone who's ever made contact with someone on the other side of the many lines that divides us. – Mark E. Leib, Creative Loafing
"Astounding, Powerful...THE CHOSEN…is like visiting a moment from your past and not wanting to leave…five fine actors and an amazing set that elevates THE CHOSEN into an unforgettable experience…exquisitely directed and acted with a story that truly connects with audiences…The blocking is seamless, the acting soul-stirring, and the pace is spot on. This is one of the tightest productions you will ever see... For those who love the book, they will certainly love the show; for those who have never read it or know nothing about it, it will be a revelation."
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"Fabulous performance last night. We were touched by the play and the acting. Great job to all! And thank you."
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"...[S]aw The Chosen last night. FANTASTIC! ...Great cast. Great set. Great Director and staff! Congratulations all around."
"Great job on The Chosen. An insightful, thought provoking play."
"American Stage at its best. Bravo!"
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"We are grateful for the delightful evening was had as we attended the play, The Chosen, on Thursday. The casting was great, the material was so well covered...we came away with an appreciation for your theatre."
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" The grid system is an aid, not a guarantee. It permits a number of possible uses and each designer can look for a solution appropriate to his personal style. But one must learn how to use the grid; it is an art that requires practice. "
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March 2, 2010
A gallery showcasing some of the world's best websites designed based on a grid.
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A PSD template based on the CSS framework The Golden Grid by Vladimir Carrer.
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Because of its beautiful nature, mathematics has been a part of art and architectural design for ages. But it has not been exploited much for website design.
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The Egyptians supposedly used it to guide the construction the Pyramids. The architecture of ancient Athens is thought to have been based on it.
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If you're looking to buy a home near Lake Ozark, don't let worry and fear of mortgage rates deter you. Choosing your mortgage might be easier than you may have supposed. Real estate buying has improved in recent times in the Florida area but that means a lot more questions on your part, not least what mortgage suits you best.
30 year mortgages have rates at about 4.05%, with 15 year fixed rate mortgages at about 3.25%. These are all time lows in the real estate market.
When trying to make up your mind, here are a few pointers to consider:
15 year rates mean higher monthly payments because the mortgage has to be paid within a shorter time frame but they also have lower rates. In the end it's all about what you can afford.
Opting for the 15-year route with the higher monthly installments will also mean less money left over to tide you over in other areas of your life.
To sum it up, 30 year fixed payments mean lower risk but more money overall. It's worthwhile to take these factors into consideration when searching to buy a home near Lake Ozark.
For more information about buying or selling real estate in Lake of the Ozarks, contact John Farrell Real Estate today.
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Christian Dior / Pre-Fall 2013
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It's all very well to talk about heritage and DNA—the usual fashion jargon that is piously bandied about when a new designer steps into an old house. Academic and marketing brand-speak will only get a company bent on renovation so far, though: As all women know, the only litmus test is whether a designer can generate the unfakeable, visceral electricity of desire through his or her clothes. Can Raf Simons do this for Christian Dior? Can he break down the wasp-waisted, padded-hip Bar jacket, and convert it into a piece anyone cool would genuinely want to wear on a daily basis? More vitally, is he up to tackling the precious ivory-tower ladylikeness of Christian Dior without wrecking its magic? Is this man standing on that threshold jingling the keys that might open a side door for a new generation?
Well, yes, if the evidence of pre-fall—a place where hifalutin couture ideas usually bite the dust in favor of the safe commercial repeat—can be factored in. There was a distinct sense of change in the Dior Paris showroom this week: a feeling of a calm intelligence at work in understandable silhouettes women just might be able to throw on daily. Of course, Christian Dior is associated with feminine, pretty cocktail and event dressing, but Simons, ever the Belgian pragmatist, doesn't see why it shouldn't also have an answer for daylight hours too. When he stepped into Dior, he pledged that he wanted to make the house jacket identifiable on any street, and this collection shows him beginning to deliver on that promise.
The Bar jacket—that feminized piece of fifties wasp-waisted tailoring—is relaxed here, with less padding in the hips of a tuxedo pant suit. What's even more surprising is that it also comes up in denim, previously a no-go area vis-à-vis that delicate matter of insider "taste." Yet here it is, and done with thorough conviction: denim, dyed from Dior flannel-gray to dark indigo, cut into five styles of jean (skinny to coolly mannish) and tailored into waist-accentuating jackets and coats.
The extent of change is also detectable in the attention to how things might realistically be worn by a modern woman. Simons has figured out a silhouette with a soft center (a charmeuse camisole, loosely bloused into a waistband) that gives a new sense of relaxed articulation to Dior suits in cross-hatched tweed (or anything else, come to that). And when it comes to evening? Well, there's more newness, filtered down from his initial haute couture and ready-to-wear shows: super-elegant assymmetric draped "belts" over trousers, duchess satin ball skirts to wear with plain cashmere T-shirts and ingeniously wrapped tuxedo coatdresses with velvet collars. Possibly the impact of this transition to a youthful sophistication will take a while to hit the consciousness of a new generation. But without a doubt, the beginnings are already there.
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I thought being gluten free was challenging, but imagine being nut free, dairy free and egg free. Yikes. It sounds so difficult. And in the case of my friend, only one member of the family has these allergies… the 3 year old daughter. She has to have a special treat at birthday parties. So many foods, especially the processed, kid-friendly ones, are off limits to her. Brown Sugar Baking to the rescue! I have made birthday treats for this sweet young lady before. This time the treats are for her classmate at pre-school, and that kid's mom is sweet enough to call me to make the order so ALL the kids in the class can eat the same thing. Isn't that nice? Now our little friend won't have to have a different thing than her friends.
So what fits the bill when it comes to a dessert without dairy, eggs and nuts? Hello Fruity Pebbles! I used the classic Rice Krispies Treats recipe with a few substitutions. Instead of butter or margarine, I used soy based Fleishman's margarine, which doesn't have a lick of dairy in it. I also used Fruity Pebbles instead of Rice Krispies because the colors are so fun for the kids. Once I made the recipe I let it cool for just a couple minutes. Instead of buttering my hands I sprayed them with Pam butter flavor spray, which contains soy but no other allergens. Then I took handfuls of the treats mixture, formed them into shapes to fit cupcake liners, and placed them inside. I chose some cute, girly, birthday looking cupcake liners I purchased at www.bakeitpretty.com.
Then I frosted the "cupcakes" with Crisco based frosting tinted pink, rather than using a butter based recipe. A few pink sugar sprinkles on top, and you have a little girl's dream. I might have to pretend to be a little kid for a few minutes so I can sample one (Fruity Pebbles just so happen to not have any gluten ingredients either)!


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Bradley Cooper and Ben Affleck on the red carpet
Last night, at the 16th gala Hollywood Film Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, if the girls were in force and shined – including attendance Marion Cotillard, Amy Adams, Kerry Washington, Amanda Seyfried and Kelly Reilly – the men were also present and were overwhelmed charming, like Bradley Cooper and Ben Affleck.
The first, aged 37, star of the Hangover saga, brought all his manly charm to this glamorous evening. The eye sparkling with malice and Ultra-Brite smile, the handsome Hollywood actor wore a gray three-piece making it look like a groom late evening.
Smiling and charismatic star that will meet shortly to the poster of The Words has been one of the loveliest boys to walk the red carpet event.
At his side, actor and director Ben Affleck, 40, married to Jennifer Garner, with whom he has three children, could not be more classic and elegant in a black suit, white shirt and dark tie.
The beautiful brown had a lot of pace on the red carpet with his stubble set his flirtatious smile, who will propose on 7 November the third embodiment, a fascinating spy movie titled Argo.


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Ryanair, the World's biggest rip-off airline, currently charge you up the ass if you use anything but an Electron card to pay for your flights.
Electron card booking however are free. "That's great" you may say. Except that no one has one.
Until now!!!
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|Oak Park Area Arts Council Art Reception
Event Type: Adult Program
Date: 10/4/2014
Start Time: 2:00 PM
End Time: 4:00 PM
The Oak Park Area Arts Council will present a Member's Art Show during October to celebrate Arts & Humanities in Illinois Month.Library: Oak Park Public Library Main Branch
This reception is for the participating artists. The reception is free and open to the public.
The show will feature the work of 25 artists for the first two weeks and then another 25 artists will have the opportunity to showcase their work in the art gallery. For more information, contact Camille Wilson White at 708.358.5692.
Location: Second Floor - Small Meeting Room
Contact: Adult & Teen Services
Contact Number: 708.452.3440