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Where do you guys mount your shiro? I skied them cople of times, very good and solid felling, great float but..not as playful as Atomic BC. Some reviewers were suggesting to mount 2 sm forward. Does it make sense to you?
Jamie Preston
I mount 1 cm forward and find that works well and gives extra drive.
Jess McMillan
Mountain point has been all over the map for this ski. I have heard of 3cm forward to 1cm back from the boot center. I mounted mine on the center line an dI'm stoked about it. I think it is personal preference and what kind of skiing style you have. If you are looking for more of backcountry jib feel, go forward. If you are looking for more of a traditional hard charging racer turn mount on the line of back. Enjoy the Shiros! They are a blast!
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A New Yakushevich Model of Topological Solitons
Thanks to DNA interesting structure and its key role in the formation of life, many studies have been carried out on its properties and applications that have heretofore brought about great advances in science and technology such as biomedicine, agriculture, artificial intelligence, and even telecommunication. Topological solitons can be simulated through DNA strands when they are detached and they can travel along these strands because of DNA extremely high length/width ratio. Here, we investigate the topological soliton propagation through DNA strands and dispersion relation by employing the Yakushevich method and modifying a potential term in strand interaction. This paper also makes a comparison between our model's results and previously achieved results.
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Thread: gabapentin for Sub WD's?
gabapentin for Sub WD's?
Lately I've been hearing a lot of good things about the gabapentin and opiate wd's, I wanted to run it by the good folks here though because I like what I read on these boards.
I've been doing a quick taper with sub and today was day 3. I went from a 480 mgs a day of oc to 4 mgs of sub tapering a mg a day. It hasn't been easy for me. I've been taking the gabapentin at night for sleep as well as a B complex and 5 HTP during the day, liquid inmodium when the stomachs bad. I don't feel great but I don't feel horrible. I've been in and off sub for the past 2 years and I don't want to be stuck on it again.
Re: gabapentin for Sub WD's?
Neurontin (gabapentin) helped me before/after I jumped from sub. I stopped taking it roughly 3 weeks post-jump with no adverse effects.
06-01-2010, 12:29 AM #3Junior Member
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Re: gabapentin for Sub WD's?
I understand exactly and want to get off. I am on a maintenance program and have been for 2 years. I take 4mg a day and want to get down to zero. The detox for subs can take a month and thru recovery I have found an excellent job and a new life that hasn't the tolerance for a withdrawl. I am scard of the long term effects of the drug it does have a synthetic opiate in it so would the same harm come from using that as doing real opiates? Sometimes, I regret being tied to the pill. I have to be careful of planning trips so that it doesnt interfere with the doctor and getting my medication. I am tied down again to a drug but it is just legal this way.
Yes, I am so greatful for not suffering thru withdrawl but I had a hard time with recovery because of the magic in the pill. I had no cravings or desire and honestly just moved on in my life. This is the first time since rehab that I even talked about my addiction or recovering. I know that I have pro longed it.
Re: gabapentin for Sub WD's?
Welcome to ODR Tinker. I'm not sure what you mean by "The detox for subs can take a month .."
But the sub isn't 'magic'...it's a powerful opiod.
The real magic or miracle in recovery comes when we get off the substances.
How can we help?
You might also want to start your own thread. It helps folks follow your progress, and serves as your journal,
Last edited by jdude; 06-01-2010 at 03:23 AM.You can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking that caused them in the first place.
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Re: gabapentin for Sub WD's?
Im taking 300mg a day for seizures (prophactically)sic. @ the 700mg leval it has helped in the past
Re: gabapentin for Sub WD's?
its been helping me tremendously. I just took about .5mg of sub. My daughters sick today so I'm home with her and things were getting tough. I took 900 gaba last night, 600 in the am and 600 a little while ago. I'm feeling very good right now, positive and active.
Re: gabapentin for Sub WD's?
Well, I just went through gaba w/d from using it for a comfort med when I got off of sub. It was horrible for about 6 weeks. Terrible depression, depersonalization, the w/d mimics benzo w/d. Couldn't eat, night sweats ect... I took it for about 6 months, I kept blaming many of my symptoms on paws, but in hindsight they were side effects from the gaba. I feel better than ever now that I am off of that ****. I will not EVER recommend it to anyone. I also have a friend on another forum that is going through the same w/d from it after using it as a comfort med to get off of opiates. I would say don't use it longer than 21 days if at all, jmo.Angela
A good mood is like a balloon.... a big prick normally bursts it!!
Sub free 8/25/09
Xanax free 9/6/09
Clean 9/27/09
Re: gabapentin for Sub WD's?
Thanks for the info on that, I asked my Dr if there would be an wd's from the gaba and she assured me there wouldn't. I've been taking it for about 3 weeks now but just recently increased my dosage. For the first 3 weeks I was just taking 300 mgs at night, and I upped it this weekend. I plan on Jumping off the sub by the end of this week, it seems like I should do the same with the gaba. Or at least start to taper it.
Re: gabapentin for Sub WD's?
Doctors also say there will be not Withdrawals from Sub and one can jump from 2mgs withoout a problem but we all know how un-true is that..
One must do a slow taper to the lowest Sub dose possible and alternate/skip days at the last dosage too.
By taking something GABA it only prolongs the withdrawals/PAWS in my opinion & from the various experiences i've seen from people who use such substances to taper sub and get off sub. The Brain and body need to heal and for this to happen or system needs less opiates as possbile and no opiates/substances too..By taking GABA or whatever your simply setting the clock back..If withdrawals are really un-bearable then something like Clonidine and Immoduim can help or if it's a "MUST" then a short acting Opiate only sparringly "AFTER" jumping from sub can help but there is always a risk to addiction and dependency on those so like i said its better if you just taper slowly without taking anything unless absolutely necessary..
One of the reasons why some suffer longer WDs and PAWS is because they take other opiats/substances/benzos etc for a regular amount of time..This only postpones healing..I wouldnt advice taking anything while tapering sub. Just a little excercise and keeping busy can/is enough..One should just taper slowly and take it from there..But its up to u but we're simply giving opinions and talking on behalf of other people's experience.
Good-Luck in ur recovery!.
Peace!!!!...Where there is a Will there is a Way
Re: gabapentin for Sub WD's?
we'll see how it goes. I was taking chlonodine in detox and it wiped me out dur to the fact that its for high BP. Its hard enough to get through the day with the lethargy from WD's the chlondine added to it was too much. I could see it working for me of I was in a controlled environment ie, rehab, but I'm not. After reading these last few posts I'm deff gonna start tapering the gaba while I'm tapering the sub. I'm still at .5 mgs of sub for the day and just got done working out at home. I'm going to a meeting tonight and bed early. Gotta prey to, lord knows I'm not doing this ALL by myself.
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Re: gabapentin for Sub WD's?
I took Neurontin for pain back in november for about 4 months. 900mg in total. Just stopped. Im certainly not saying that those who experienced WD DIDNT experience it, it just wasnt my experience. Some have WD with it, some do not. On the good side, its not addicting, tho Ive also heard addicts abuse this as well. If youre that concerned with WD, do a taper coming off it. down 100mgs every few days. Only thing I experienced, and it was enough for me to stop taking the Neurontin (GABA) was the memory loss became noticeable and quick weight gain (bloating) w/in 3 months.In a world of LEFT and RIGHT viewpoints, I try to stay as close to the MIDDLE, if I can...Its where I find I can experience the most and be open to the best of what life has to teach me
Re: gabapentin for Sub WD's?
Yeah, I took Neurontin for w/d, and didn't really like the way that it felt, but it helped with some of the w/d symptoms for sure. I had a script for 900mg, but always started w/ 300mg (1 capsule)... trust me, you will notice it the next day. I always hand tingly sensations on my skin from it, felt like my hands/ feet were asleep all of the friggin' time! :D...
I also had the clumsiness (because of the skin sensation, I was dropping things)... and then gained weight, so basically, use it for a week or so, but don't take it prophylacticly (to prevent symptoms you think will come)...
Good luck!-Mellon"The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places.." - anon3-24-2010


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November 2008 Newsletter
D-OGS Newsletter – November 2008
News & Articles of interest to Durham-Orange Genealogists
The next general meeting of the Durham-Orange Genealogical Society (D-OGS) will be held on Wednesday, 5 November 2008 from 7:00-9:00pm. The meeting will be held at the Duke Homestead Visitor Center auditorium in Durham. The Duke Homestead site is located on Duke Homestead Road, off Guess Road on the right just north of the I-85 overpass. Follow the brown state historic marker road signs. The program will be Funeral Homes and Their Records for Genealogists. The presenter is C. Michael Poole, Vice President of Hall-Wynne Funeral Services of Durham, NC.
The D-OGS Computer Interest Group Meeting will meet on Saturday morning, 1 November 2008 (note the date change) at 9 a.m. at the Chapel Hill Library downstairs in the large downstairs conference room. The meeting program is TBA.
The meeting was called to order at 7:08 PM.
Paul welcomed those in attendance and asked if there were any guests in the audience. There was one visitor present, Cecilia Davisson, one new member, Nerissa Williams, as well as 22 regular members.
Paul made the introduction of the video program,"The Misha Defonseca Holocaust Fraud: Forensic Genealogy Lessons for Your Own Family".
Wikipedia's synopsis is as follows:
"Misha Defonseca (born 1937), whose real name is Mishke (Levy née de Wael), is a Belgian writer and the author of the previously professed memoir Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, first published in 1997. It became an instant success in Europe and was translated into 18 languages. The French version of the book was a derivative work based on the original with the title Survivre avec les loups that was published in 1997 by the Éditions Robert Laffont; this second version was adapted into the French film Survivre avec les loups (Surviving With Wolves). On February 29, 2008, the author as well as her lawyers admitted that the bestselling book was a hoax, despite its having been presented as autobiographical.
Prior to the uncovering of the hoax, the book had spawned a multi-million dollar legal battle between Defonseca and the book's ghostwriter, Vera Lee, against Jane Daniel and her small publishing company, Mt. Ivy Press. Daniel and Defonseca fell out over profits received from the best-selling book, which led to a lawsuit. In 2005, a Boston court ordered Daniel to pay Defonseca and Lee $22.5 million. Defonseca's lawyers said Daniel has not yet paid the court-ordered sum.
Tonight's video was a presentation by Sharon Sergeant to the Massachusetts Genealogical Council Annual Meeting and Seminar in April 2008. The research methods used in exposing the fraud are applicable to anyone doing family history research.
She spoke about the three parts of forensic genealogy that are used in other cases and how they were applied to this particular case:
1. Database mining
2. Photo analysis
3. DNA analysis—didn't need it in this case but were prepared to use it
Sharon Sergeant said the clues were in the book which suffered a transmutation as the book was published in Europe. For example, photos which were In the book published in the US were omitted in later editions and the title was changed.
The premise of the story was that Misha didn't know her last name because of the persecution of Jews; however she did know she was born in 1934, just not where. At age 7 she left home and went east on foot looking for her parents. This trip took her 4 years and covered 3000 miles. She claimed to have been nurtured by wolves on two occasions. When she had migrated to America as an adult she was telling this story. She told a beautiful story—very allegorical. She was what is known among Holocaust survivors as a "hidden" child.
Sharon read Jane Daniels' blog (http://bestsellerthebook.blogspot.com/) and thought fraud could be proved. She knew a hidden child personally and knew of another one who lived In Belgium. Sharon started with the photos in the book and found more photos of Misha and compared them to photos of other children for age and resemblance to people who she claimed were foster grandparents.
When it came to data mining she searched deeds, trial transcripts, directories, interviews and newspaper reports, Belgian maps, cultural and historical records. Sharon and connections she had within the International Professional Genealogist associations searched Holocaust records looking for negative proof. The names Misha had given for her parents did not appear in any of the records. They went to street and phone directories and compiled lists of names close to the names they came across and made a timeline. This gave them family groups they could follow with obits and then they went to living family members.
When nothing turned up in the Holocaust records they went to Catholic parish records. They found her Baptismal certificate which matched US records. They found her school registration for 1943 for the first grade. This made her birth year as 1937 which would have made her 4 when she claimed to start on her 3000 mile trek.
If she had not confessed, the next step would have been DNA.
Forensic technology can change the way we do research.
After the film ended, Paul read a newspaper report that said Jane Daniels had gone back to court to have the judgment against her overturned but the judge said that the fact that Misha had lied didn't change the case and he upheld his original verdict that Jane owed Misha $33 million dollars. The headline on the article was "Does the Truth Count?"
Colleen Fitzpatrick has written books on the subject of Forensic Genealogy. Visit her site at http://www.forensicgenealogy.info/
The business meeting was begun with approval of the minutes for September 2008 as printed in the newsletter.
Richard read off some upcoming meetings:
• Nov. 14 & 15 NCGS Fall meeting & workshop entitled "This Land Was Their Land" (using land records).
• Randolph County meeting – October 25th from 10-2 in Asheboro.
• Oct. 18—an Evening at Duke Homestead
Rob reported that the Trading Path had just been given to the proofreaders and would be published by the November meeting.
Member Bill Reid said there would be a meeting on October 28 of the Orange County commissioners that was to include possible discussion & inclusion of an Orange County Heritage Center in the county CIP (Capital Improvement Plan).
Paul reported that the Nominating Committee needed two more members.
He also said dues would be voted on at November's meeting and asked for any discussion and input from our out of town members. He said before a decision could be made we needed to know that right before tonight's meeting he had been informed that Duke Homestead is being forced to charge for the use of their meeting room. The normal charge will be $100 an hour, but because of our long relationship, we are being offered the room for $50 an hour. If we can keep our meetings to 2 hours the cost will be $100 a month or $1100 a year, if we hold all our regular meetings there. When asked what we normally donated for use of the room, Paul reported it was $750. An extra $350 a year plus the cost of 4 Trading Paths a year have to be accounted for.
It was suggested that we look into other facilities. Members are to come to November's meeting with other possibilities they've checked out. Libraries in Durham and Orange counties as well as senior centers, etc., are possible sites for some meetings. This would reduce our cost to Duke Homestead as long as there were no additional costs for alternative sites.
Paul reminded us that we needed to consider a restaurant for the December meeting.
The Treasurer reports that the bank statement shows a balance of $3201.11.
The meeting was dismissed at 9:14 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Tonya Fouse Krout
Again this month Paul included a form on the reverse side of the Meeting Agenda. An Interactive Pedigree Chart you can complete in your browser (http://genealogy.about.com/library/free_charts/bl_pedigree.htm)
In November we will be holding our regular election of officers for the coming year. The nominating committee will present a slate but additional nominations may be made from the floor. Please stand up and volunteer to help serve our society. You don't need to wait until someone asks for your help. Too few individuals are doing too many tasks, simply because other members are not willing to take a small position of responsibility. It is a very tired old statement but "many hands make light the work".
We will also be discussing and voting on a proposal to raise our dues from $15 annually to either $20 or $25. The additional funds are needed to support our publications. Since the Cathy & Rob Elias took over the publication of the journal, they have done great things. We are all benefitting from their excellent work in producing several journals this year with at least three, or maybe more, planned for 2009. We need AT LEAST $5 increase in dues just to break even on the extra costs for the publications for next year.
I don't know about you, but I think that we need step up and vote for a $10 increase, the first ever increase in dues for D-OGS. Times have changed and we need to adapt or die! If we don't have these increased funds, we will have nothing to use for publications, workshops, donations to our libraries, etc.
Speaking of increases, it seems that we may need to start paying for the use of the Duke Homestead facility for our meetings. This is unfortunate because the Duke Homestead is a very nice facility with what we need to present programs. In the past, we have made an annual donation to their non-profit organization, in lieu of a monthly charge. Apparently hard times have fallen on state historic sites also, because we have been informed that a rate structure is being considered. It appears that it may cost us at least $100 per meeting, starting in January 2009. We may need to spread our meetings around to other sites, such as libraries, that may not charge us or charge less. We hope to have more details by the next meeting.
Volume 18 of your journal is now in the final stages of preparation. Copies will be handed out to all members who're able to attend the meeting on November 5th, and those remaining will be mailed on the following day. We hope that you'll enjoy this new issue – it's chock full of wonderful stories, genealogical records, articles of historical interest, and some research tips.
Feel free to let us know if there's some topic you'd like to see in The Trading Path that hasn't yet been covered.
And remember, submissions may be sent at any time to firstname.lastname@example.com or the D-OGS mail at P.O. Box 4703, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-4703.
Rob & Cathy Elias
Trading Path Journal Editors
This two-day program will present workshops on land records and grants, maps and mapping tools, legal issues and Google Earth. Land research is essential for locating and sorting people in large families and with common surnames. Additionally, the participant may learn what is needed to become a Board-certified genealogist.
Registrants will be able to attend all workshops. See workshop and registration schedule for times each day. This form is available on the D-OGS "Members Only" website for registration and program information.
Robert Alvis Blackwood, 74, of 5655 Big Woods Road, died Monday, September 22, 2008 in UNC Hospital. He was born in Durham County, NC on April 13, 1934, the son of Alvis Marvin and Lilly Canada Blackwood. He was a utility and building contractor and a veteran of the US Navy, serving in the Korean War. Robert was a service officer for Legion Post #6 Chapel Hill. Robert formed a bugle corps of volunteers from Northwood High School Band to play taps for veteran funeral services. He was also a local historian and an avid hunter who loved to share his stories.
Surviving are his wife, Ann Lowe Blackwood; his son, Shannon Blackwood of Chapel Hill; a sister, Shirley McFarling and husband, Bobby, and several nieces and nephews.
The family received friends from 1-2 p.m. Thursday, September 25, 2008 at Farrington Road Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, followed with a service conducted by Rev. Jim Greenlee. Burial followed in Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery with military honors.
Nat Clark, longtime friend of D-OGS and resident guru at the NC Room in the Orange County Public Library for many years, passed away on the morning of 17 October after battling leukemia and more recently other cancer that was just diagnosed about a week before his death. Nat continued to be active until the last few days, still working on his beloved NCSSAR activities. Nat was a kind, gentle man whose great body of knowledge, enthusiasm and expertise will surely be missed.
(Reprinted from an article in the Durham Herald-Sun, 25 Sep 2008)
As it was in the past, so it shall be in the future.
That was the intriguing inference that a listener could draw Wednesday after hearing "Trains, Trolleys and Cars: How Transportation Affected Durham's Neighborhoods," the first installment in Preservation Durham's 2008-09 "Lunch and Learn" series.
Community activist John Schelp traced how Durham's earliest trails, including centuries-old trading paths, prefigured the construction of modern roads such as Interstate 85 and Hillsborough Road.
Durham City Transit Administrator Steve Mancuso said that current trends signal a decline in suburban sprawl and a return to denser inner-city neighborhoods.
UNC Chapel Hill environmentalist Tony Reevy predicted that possible future regulation of carbon emissions and other environmental reforms will likely make a major mode of 19th century transportation once again become a major mode of transportation in the 21st transportation: railroads.
The rich once built estates alongside the iron rails.
"That was kind of considered the best address in town, was to be near the railroad tracks," Schelp said.
"The next generation did not like living near the railroad tracks," Schelp said.
"They didn't like the noise and the grit. It scared the horses. They wanted it a little bit quieter," he said. "So the next generation moved into nearby neighborhoods like Trinity Park, where you're away from the railroad tracks, away from the noise, not so close to the factories."
Afterward, streetcars created their own suburbs in places such as Watts Hospital-Hillandale and Lakewood. Later, cars created yet more distant residential areas in Forest Hills and Hope Valley.
Rougemont and Bahama were both essentially created by the Norfolk and Western railroad that came south into Durham from Clarksburg, Va., around 1890.
"This really opened up North Durham," Reevy said. "You could easily get to the national rail system to the north or the south, or locally you could get from Bahama and Rougemont, Lendover, places like that, to downtown Durham."
Streetcars changed cities around the U.S., Mancuso said.
"What they did was they extended the distance that people could live from where they worked, and still make it relatively convenient and inexpensive to get to work," he said. "It was the beginning of suburbanization — [but] by no means the suburbanization or the sprawl that took place under the wheels of the automobile."
Early streetcar suburbs were very dense, Mancuso said. Houses were built in narrow lots on gridlike streets, with spacious porches but no driveways or garages. Residential neighborhoods often had commerce at street corners, so many goods and services were within easy walking distance.
This will be a very special hike. Come early and plan on staying late. Bethabara, an long-term archaeological project, is an absolute "must see." Our hike will depart from the visitor center at about 2 and well walk down to the seat of the original town mill built by the earliest Moravian settlers in North Carolina. Rod Meyer will interpret what we see. He is a first rate historian of the area, a well known expert on the Great Wagon Road, and you'll find his observations stimulating. If possible arrive early as, even as just reconnaissance, there is a great deal to be seen around the visitor center which also contains all those amenities so needed before a two hour walk. Rod will give us a map talk at the visitor center before we depart.
This hike will be on prepared surfaces for the most part. Click on the following links for more information on the park, a map of the park and how to find the park
The following announcement was written by FamilySearch:
3 October 2008 – Over 29 million new names were posted this past week on the FamilySearch Record Search pilot. Kudos to the FamilySearch volunteer indexers for their monumental contributions! The chart below lists the current indexing projects and their completion status. Volunteers can help any time by registering or downloading a current project at www.familysearch.org (click on Index Records>Volunteer or Start Indexing) or www.familysearchindexing.org. Project Spotlight: United Kingdom, Cheshire Poor Law
The United Kingdom, Cheshire Poor Law indexing project is currently 82% complete. We would like to finish this project by the end of next week, 10 October 2008. If volunteers have time to donate before October 10th, try doing at least a batch or two (or more) from this project. (To download a batch from a specific project, click the Download From… button in the My Work section of the indexing application's start page, select the project from the list, and click Download.) The Cheshire project includes several types of records kept by the workhouses in Cheshire County, including the Chester Union Workhouse at Hoole, from 1848-1967. Some of the poor in the community would go to the workhouses for only a short time. Some ended up spending the rest of their lives there. We are indexing birth and baptism records, death and burial records, admission registers, and creed registers.
The information gathered depends upon the record type and includes the names of those admitted, admission dates, religion, names of children, names of parents, birth dates, baptism dates, names of the deceased, death and burial dates. These are not all of the Poor Law records but a significant portion of them. It is estimated that these records include 500,000 names. [The population of Cheshire County during the time period of these records is uncertain, but the population in 2001 was 673,781—so a significant portion of the community is represented in these records.]
Current Projects, Record Language, and Percent Completion Status:
• Alabama – 1920 US Federal Census, English – 1920, 79% complete
• Argentina Censo 1869 – Buenos Aires, Spanish – 1869, 66% complete
• Brandenburg Kirchenbücher, German – 1789-1875, 8% complete
• California – 1920 US Federal Census, English – 1920, 28% complete
• España Lugo Registros Parroquiales, Spanish – 1530-1930, 6% complete
• Florida 1945 Census, English – 1945, 24% complete
• France, Coutances, Paroisse de la Manche, French – 1792-1906, 7% complete
• Guanajuato Censo de Mexico de 1930, Spanish – 1930, 56% complete
• Guerrero – Censo de Mexico de 1930, Spanish – 1930, 35% complete
• Illinois – 1920 US Federal Census, English – 1920, 15% complete
• Massachusetts – 1920 US Federal Census, English – 1920, 15% complete
• Morelos – Censo de Mexico de 1930, Spanish – 1930, 68% complete
• New York – 1870 US Federal Census, English – 1870, 55% complete
• Nicaragua, Managua Civil Records, Spanish – 1879 – present, 8% complete
• Quintana Roo – Censo de Mexico de 1930, Spanish – 1930, 88% complete
• Trento, Italy Baptism Records, Italian – 1784-1924, 7% complete
• UK – Cheshire – Poor Law, English – 1848 -1967, 82% complete
• Venezuela Mérida Registros Parroquiales, Spanish – 1654 – 1992, 0.3% complete
The following announcement was written by Everton's Genealogical Helper:
Since the initial launch of the Genealogical Helper as an Online Edition, it has been determined that hosting the magazines on World Vital Records' servers was causing too much confusion and difficulty of access for subscribers. To alleviate the confusion, Everton's have undertaken the hosting themselves, with a much simpler user interface.
Everton apologizes for any inconvenience that genealogists experienced with the initial launch of the Online Edition, and are confident that your experience will now be a pleasant and rewarding one. Everton is offering access to the two Online Edition issues now available at the site: Jul-Aug 2008 and Sept-Oct 2008 absolutely FREE until October 17. Simply go to: www.everton.com. ALSO – until October 27 the $12 annual subscription fee to the Online Edition of the Genealogical Helper will be reduced to $10.00, and the $29.00 annual subscription fee for the hard copy edition of the magazine (includes access to the Online Edition) will be reduced to $25.00.
The Genealogical Helper is widely recognized as having no equal in terms of amount of total content, educational and research information, and lists of organizations, events, and repositories. The complete magazine is online, and all websites listed in either the content or advertisements are hot-linked.
Last month's issue of UpFront included a review of the book, "Pilgrims: New World Settlers & The Call of Home" by Susan Hardman. One subscriber's comments made a point worth passing on:
"The excellent review of this book in UpFront compels me to add this comment:
I purchased this book last Fall. The sources listed by the author prompted me to search for some of the titles through my local library system. I was amazed to find so many available in my area through local universities. Shows once again that we must not confine our research to simply genealogical collections."
(I found this useful tip in the 1 Oct 2008 issue of the NGS Upfront newsletter)
Two announcements from Familybuilder, the company that created the Family Tree genealogy application for social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.
First, Familybuilder's new Global Network brings the Family Tree application outside of social networking sites. Anyone can create a Family Tree profile on Familybuilder and link it to Family Tree profiles on social networking sites. (More than 20 million Family Tree profiles exist on such sites.) You'll need a free registration to build a tree or access existing ones.
Second, starting Oct. 15, Familybuilder will offer low-cost DNA tests, focusing on the social networking market. According to a written announcement, "No genealogy service caters to the 300 to 400 million people who use social networks to research their family trees."
The offerings include a 17-marker Y-DNA test and a mitochondrial (mt) DNA test; both cost $59.95.
Compare Family Builder's 17-marker test with FamilyTreeDNA's 12-marker test ($149); DNA Testing Systems' 13-marker test ($200); Chromosomal Labs' 19-marker test is $260.
A 17-marker test is usually enough to tell you if you're related to someone, but higher-resolution tests (those that test more markers) are more accurate. For example, it's possible a 17-marker test may match on 15 of the 17 markers, where a 45-marker test of the same two people might match on 30 out of the 45 markers.
Note that a Y-DNA test doesn't tell you how you're related to someone; but it estimates how long ago a common ancestor may have lived.
Many genealogists go straight for the higher-marker tests (my guess is that's the market most traditional genetic genealogy companies concentrate on). Familybuilder says it plans to expand its DNA lineup and is "committed to continuously driving the costs of these tests down over time."
Soundex – phonetic indexing system commonly available for some US Census records.
Source – the document, record, publication, manuscript, etc. used to prove a fact.
Sponsor – a sponsor is an individual other than the parents of a child that takes responsibility for the child's religious education. Sponsors are usually present at a child's baptism. Sponsors are often referred to as godparents.
srnm. (abbreviation) – surname, last name.
St. (abbreviation) – saint; street.
Statute – a law.
NEW E-BOOK AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD – THE RESEARCHER'S GUIDE TO AMERICAN GENEALOGY – "Recommended as the most comprehensive how-to book on American genealogical and local history research." – Library Journal
In every field of study there is one book that rises above the rest in stature and authority and becomes the standard work in the field. In genealogy that book is Val Greenwood's Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy.
Arguably the best book ever written on American genealogy, it is the text of choice in colleges and universities or wherever courses in American genealogy are taught. Of the dozens of textbooks, manuals, and how-to books that have appeared over the past twenty-five years, it is the one book that is consistently praised for setting a standard of excellence.
In a word, The Researcher's Guide has become a classic. While it instructs the researcher in the timeless principles of genealogical research, it also identifies the various classes of records employed in that research, groups them in convenient tables and charts, gives their location, explains their uses, and evaluates each of them in the context of the research process. Designed to answer practically all the researcher's needs, it is both a textbook and an all-purpose reference book. And it is this singular combination that makes The Researcher's Guide the book of choice in any genealogical investigation. It is also the reason why if you can afford to buy only one book on American genealogy in a lifetime, this has to be it.
This new 3rd edition incorporates the latest thinking on genealogy and computers, specifically the relationship between computer technology (the Internet and CD-ROM) and the timeless principles of good genealogical research. It also includes a new chapter on the property rights of women, a revised chapter on the evaluation of genealogical evidence, and updated information on the 1920 census. Little else has changed, or needs to be changed, because the basics of genealogy remain timeless and immutable. This 3rd edition of The Researcher's Guide, then, is a clear, comprehensive, and up-to-date account of the methods and aims of American genealogy–an essential text for the present generation of researchers–and no sound genealogical project is complete without it.
PDF format (requires Adobe Reader), 676 pages, published in 2000, reprinted in 2005 – $19.95 to download. Go to http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/ShoppingCart.asp?ProductCode=P03&Click=1155 to download the book.
SATAN IN A BOTTLE – Temporary exhibit at the Orange County Historical Museum (210 N. Churton St.) on loan from the North Carolina Collection. The exhibit runs through November 16 and features the history of moonshine in Orange County. Free.
"SPIRITS OF HILLSBOROUGH" HALLOWEEN TOUR – October 31st – Come out to the Alexander Dickson House on Halloween night for a ghostly walking tour of Hillsborough's Historic District. Tours are at 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, and 8:30pm and will leave from the Alexander Dickson House, 150 E. King Street, Hillsborough. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 5-15. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door. Please call 732-7741 for more information or email email@example.com.
SALT LAKE CITY RESEARCH TRIP WITH MARGOT BREWER – If you haven't been to the Ann-MarTrips website (http://www.ann-martrips.com/) lately, you will find a new participant category — Limited Assistance. This category was designed for those who want some assistance available, but already have their own research plan.
You are also reminded that the Full Assistance deadline for the April 2009 trip is fast approaching, 31 October 2008. This is also the deadline for choosing the installment payment option. Over the next few months some new updates are in the works for the website so be sure to check back often.
FIFTH ANNUAL AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY WORKSHOP – Saturday, November 1, 2008, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm – Eiteljorg Museum, 500 West Washington St., Indianapolis, IN. Parking is free – IAAGG Member Advance $25 – Non-member $35At the door – Lunch on your own at 12:15 at nearby Sky City Café or State Museum Café: $30 $40
Synopsis of Presentations – Visit www.IndyAfriAmGen.org for session descriptions & schedule. The theme of this year's workshop is stories as passed down from your grandparents, but with added support of your research. Getting the stories firsthand, then placing your ancestors in historical content of time and place is most important.
VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY FALL SEMINAR – Saturday, 1 November 2008 – You won't want to miss this event at the David Student Union, Christopher Newport University, 1 University Place, Newport News, VA. If you have forgotten to mail your registration form, please do not delay. After October 17th the fee goes up $5.00. You can download the Brochure/Registration form in as a MS Word Document or a PDF file (Adobe Reader) at the website: www.vgs.org/events.htm
• 8:45-9:15 – Registration
• 9:15-9:30 – Opening Remarks
• 9:30-10:30 – 17th Century Hampton Roads: Gateway to Virginia – Donald W. Moore, CG Moore
• 10:30-11:00 – Break
• 11:00-12:00 – Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to About 1820 – Paul Heinegg
• 12:00-1:30 – Lunch
• 1:30-2:30 – Complexities of Virginia's Land Records – Carolyn Goudie
• 2:30-3:00 – Break
• 3:00-4:00 – Discovering the Story of Immigration at The Mariners' Museum Library – Jeanne Eubanks
PITTSBURGH 250 – COLONIAL FAMILY TREES – As Pittsburgh celebrates the 250th anniversary of the city's founding in 1758, we have the opportunity to reflect on the people instrumental in its formation. This program focuses on the family history and background of those both famous and obscure figures involved in the struggle to control the Gateway to the West.
Speaker Marilyn Cocchiola Holt is Department Manager of the Pennsylvania Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and President-Elect of WPGS.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (Oakland Area)
Free and Open to the Public/Reservations not required. For more information, visit www.wpgs.org or call 412-687-6811. Parking fee at Carnegie Library – $5.00
NGS RESEARCH TRIPS TO SALT LAKE CITY – The National Genealogical Society offers two research trips this winter: 9-15 November 2008 and 25 January-1 February 2009. The details about the trip are below and are available on the NGS website: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org.
If you have not been to the Family History Library before, this is an opportunity to do a week of intense family research. On the November trip, two experienced certified genealogists, Sandra Clunies and Shirley Wilcox, will help acquaint you with the resources available at the library and provide consultation about your specific research goals. A second research trip will be available 25 January-1 February 2009 with Shirley Wilcox, CG, and Marie Melchiori, CG, CGL, as your research hosts.
If you are an experienced genealogist who has visited the Family History Library before, here is an opportunity for you to consult with our leaders and perhaps take a fresh look at one of your brick walls. Several social events provide an opportunity for camaraderie with other family history researchers.
You can register for the Salt Lake City Research Trip, 9 November through 15 November 2008 at http://ngsgenealogy.org. Pricing and trip details are available on the website. Sign up early because space is limited to 30 participants. A second research trip will be available 25 January through 1 February 2009 with Shirley Wilcox and Marie Melchiori as your research hosts.
THE 32ND ANNUAL FLORIDA STATE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY CONFERENCE – This year¹s conference will be held on November 14th and 15th at the beautiful Sheraton Orlando North in Maitland, Florida. The featured speaker is Jana Sloan Broglin, CGSM, a well-known genealogical writer, professional researcher, and speaker who will present four fascinating lectures. The event is being hosted by the Central Florida Genealogical Society.
* The two-day conference registration fee for FSGS Members is $88.00! (The non-Member fee is $98.00.)
* The hotel room rate at the Sheraton is $88.00 per night!
* 8 top-notch speakers in addition to Ms. Broglin will present a well-balanced program with something for every attendee in every session time slot!
Our roster of speakers will be presenting a wealth of topics to help you learn new skills and expand your knowledge to improve your research. The speakers include: Ann Bergelt; Pamela J. Cooper; Amy Larner Giroux, CGSM, CGLSM; George G. Morgan; Donna M. Moughty; Mary P. Parker; Drew Smith, MLS; and C. Ann Staley, CGSM.
Vendors are already clamoring for exhibit hall space to showcase their products and services. Genealogical, historical, and lineage societies will be there to share information and sell their books. Drawings will take place throughout the conference for great prizes too!
The Florida Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) will once again host their hugely popular "Ancestor Road Show" and will meet with you one-on-one to provide guidance and suggestions for your toughest research problems.
The annual Gala Awards Banquet will be held on Friday evening, November 14th, to celebrate this year¹s successful applicants in the prestigious Florida Pioneer Descendants Certification Program. A host of cultural and entertainment attractions in the area and in nearby Orlando also make this conference weekend an ideal getaway for your family and friends. Why not take advantage of the great hotel rate and the location for great leisure fun?
Mark your calendar now! You won¹t want to miss this year¹s conference. Visit the FSGS Web site at www.flsgs.org <http://www.flsgs.org/> to learn more and to print your registration form for what promises to be ³The Great ¹08 Conference²! And check back for more information that will be posted at the site.
THE FAMILY HISTORY EXPO MESA – November 14th-15th, 2008 – Mesa, Arizona
WHERE: Mesa Convention Center 263 N. Center Street, Mesa, Arizona
WHEN: 8 am to 6 pm on November 14th-15th, 2008 (Check-in and at the door registration begins at 7 AM on Friday November 14, 2008.)
THEME: Cyberexchange 101: Learn the tech to trace your roots – 20 jam-packed hours of genealogy!
My Ancestors Found, a local Utah business, has pinpointed Mesa, Arizona as the place to be November 14th-15th, 2008. Family history and genealogy enthusiasts will be gathering at the Mesa Convention Center and will not be disappointed with the more than 100 classes being offered to help you jump-start the process. The great thing about this is you don't even have to have Arizona roots.
Pre-register online at www.MyAncestorsFound.com, by phone at 801.829.3295, or send a check to: My Ancestors Found; PO Box 187; Morgan, UT 84050.
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LUCILLE GUDIS MEMORIAL FUND ALL DAY SEMINAR – "From Here to Eternity: Jewish Cemetery Research, Preservation and Restoration – Sunday, November 16, 2008
Sign in: 8:45 a.m. Lectures: 9:00 a.m.-4:45 p.m. UJA-Federation, 130 East 59th Street, 7th floor Manhattan
Session 1 – The JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR) – Joyce Field, JewishGen VP, Data Acquisition
Session 2 – How to Catalog Jewish Cemeteries for the JOWBR – Ada Green, Chair of the JGSNY Cemetery Project
Session 3 – Do Stones Speak? – Interpreting Jewish Monuments; Visiting Jewish Cemeteries – Rabbi Abraham Laber, founder of Jewishdata.com
Session 4 – Panel on Cemetery Preservation and Restoration:
• Chaim Bruder, Heritage Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries
• Steve Lasky, Founder of the Museum of Family History
• Norman Weinberg, Executive Coordinator of Poland Jewish Cemeteries Restoration Project
*Panel open to all JGS Members
$30 for JGS members – $36 for non-JGS members. Registration must be received by November 10, 2008. Advanced registration required; there will be no onsite registration. A kosher buffet lunch is included in the cost of registration
Visit www.jgsny.org <http://www.jgsny.org/> to access the registration form.
Single tickets are $25, $19 for Preservation Durham members, $17 for Preservation Durham senior members. Season tickets allowing admission to all 8 programs are $115 and include preferred seating and recognition. Contact the Preservation Durham office by phone at (919)-682-3036 or by email for more information
November 19: One Piece at a Time: Saving Rougemont Train Station
DUKE HOMESTEAD EVENT – December 5 & 12 – Christmas by Candlelight. Celebrate an 1870 Christmas during evening tours of the Homestead. The tour features period decorations, caroling, hot apple cider and other goodies. 7-9 p.m.
BENNETT PLACE EVENT – December 13 & 14 – Christmas in the Carolinas during the Civil War. Visit Bennett Place during the holiday season and witness how Christmas was celebrated in the Piedmont Carolinas. The farm will be decorated in a typical Christmas fashion. There will be music, caroling, and refreshments. Donations gratefully accepted. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
ALAMANCE BATTLEGROUND EVENT – December 14 – Christmas Open House. Sample light refreshments and engage in a traditional, seasonal activity. 1-5 p.m.
If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.
With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
With AIG, you would have less than $15 left.
But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer in cans one year ago, drunk all of the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have cash back.
Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.
It's called the 401-Keg
This time of year is a great time to get out and enjoy the beauty of the Fall season, especially in North Carolina. Take in a local harvest festival or go to a church bazaar and eat some barbecue & Brunswick stew. Visit a farmers' market and buy some fresh NC mountain apples. Gas prices are coming down a bit so go somewhere and do something outside! Visit that cemetery you have been talking about and do a little cleanup around those ancestors' graves while you're there.
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they weren't joking about this being light! big enough to eat cereal/soup and it wakes you up by filling up w/ a ton of coffee! I have also used this on top of a proprane burner and it worked well. no discoloring or warping. this cup is my new camping companion. love the little mesh sack that it comes in too, perfect for traveling so that it will not get damaged in your pack or if you want to combine other things w/ it for packing.
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Screwy chess game from Apple
This references the chess game which comes with a MacBook. Mine has never worked reliably. At a certain point, it will reject a perfectly legal move, and pass the move to the other side. It will do this whether in Human/Computer mode or Human/Human mode. Then it treats the board it has elected to display as if it were legitimate. Telling it to take back a move doesn't fix the problem. It simply ignores the move it rejected, as though it never happened, but continues to insist that the other color has the move. This is NOT a case of a move being illegal because it's prohibited by the rules, like failing to move out of check, moving into check, or trying to move a black bishop onto a white square. It's version 2.4.2. Naturally, this makes the application worse than useless. Anybody have any thoughts on this?
Buy a different chess game? Not sure there are too many options outside of that... You can always submit a bug report to Apple but I wouldn't let that stop me from getting a game that I was happy with.
Yep, you found out what I (a novice chess player) found out. The Mac Chess App cheats… ;P
But yeah, somewhere in it's Artificial Intelligence there's a rather nasty bug.
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322756The hotfix that is discussed in this article is not available for the Chinese version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM or for the Japanese version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ )How to back up and restore the registry in Windows XP and Windows Vista
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Hotfix informationWarning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.
A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.
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If Mitt Romney wins in November, there's an important open question for him: Where will Ann Romney ride?
Ann Romney's love of horses and her Olympics-bound horse, Rafalca, have become a high-profile part of her public political persona as a symbol of her charity work, an example of how she lives with MS and fodder for the opposition to attack the Romneys' wealthy lifestyle. She stables her horses at the Acres in Moorpark, Cailf., just north of the family's home in La Jolla, which would obviously be a bit of a hike from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Nearby Virginia has some impressive horse country and there's even a bipartisan homestead there.
President John F. Kennedy and wife Jacqueline built an estate in nearby Middleburg while they were in office, one that JFK only got to visit twice before he was assassinated. And Ronald Reagan later stayed at the property -- called Wexford -- during the 1980 presidential campaign.
Horses played a role in Jacqueline Kennedy's life not unlike the one they play in Romneys.
"As many who have studied or followed the life of Jackie Kennedy know, she had a lifelong love of horses, something that began when she was about 5 years old following in the footsteps of her mother who was also an equestrian," said Vicky Moon, author of "The Private Passion of Jackie Kennedy Onassis: Portrait of a Rider."
Kennedy, who began riding in the English hunter style age 5, was winning blue ribbons at competitions in Southampton, N.Y., by the time she was 8.
She continued competing through her parents' marital separation until the age of 15. Competing became less a central to Kennedy's life during her teenage years, but her passion for riding never wavered.
While Kennedy did not ride dressage in her adult years, she likely had some sort of dressage background. "Any decent rider has had dressage lessons," Moon said. "But, of course, what Ann Romney does and what her horses do is way up there."
Throughout her adult life and particularly while living in the White House, Kennedy rode as a personal escape from the stresses of daily life. After JFK assumed the presidency, the Kennedy family purchased land in Middleburg, Va., where Jackie stabled her horses and often retired to ride. She generally rode hunters and "went foxhunting and rode cross-country," author Moon said.
Middleburg, a tiny country town about an hour outside of Washington, has long been a haven for first ladies who ride. The wife of former Vice President Dan Quayle, Marilyn Quayle, often fox hunted there, and the Reagans also enjoyed the area, Moon said.
Jacqueline Kennedy's favorite clothing designer, Oleg Cassini, had a close relationship with the first lady based on their mutual love of fashion and horses. As Moon originally expressed in her book, Cassini, who served as a horsemanship instructor in the Army and often hunted, "talked horses" with Jackie. In addition to using riding as a personal outlet, Jackie also used her passion as a tool for relationship-building throughout her husband's presidency. Jackie's "considerable skill and fearless style" helped her to impress foreign officials such as Queen Elizabeth II, Pakistani President Ayub Khan and any number of horse-riding ambassadors, Moon said.


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When I signed on (here) today I looked up and saw the header, it kinda made me wonder how many people who come to post and read here really support the fine people who give us this great opportunity. I subscribed to BD for about 6 years and recently stopped because I felt that I was wasting my money, I didn't have time to read all the mags I receive now and I felt that IP was just doing a better job. This kinda made me feel hypocritical and I was wondering how many of us really do spend the money each year just to support this forum and the people who bring it to us.


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Mozilla and the Open Web
Mozilla Labs has announced a new workgroup dedicated to the open Web. Ajax experts Dion Almaer and Ben Galbraith, cofounders of Ajaxian, are the driving forces.
Mozilla offered both developers a full-time job, according to their blog. The group's goal is to bring innovation to web development, beginning with R&D into tools leading to a more simplified development process and eventually to community integration. The project is still in its planning phases and asks to stay tuned for more concrete updates.
Issue 178/2015
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Qemu Flaw Lets the Guest Escape
Xen project announces a privilege escalation problem for Qemu host systems
Android Bug Threatens Millions of Users
Attackers can compromise an Android phone just by sending a text message
Lenovo and Canonical Announce Laptop Deal
PC vendor will pre-install Ubuntu on portables in India.
Mozilla Firefox Blocks Flash
More embarrassment for Adobe's embattled multimedia tool
Security Problem in Firefox's NoScript Add-On
Mozilla's script blocker add-on could be putting malware sites on the whitelist.
RIP SSLv3
The Internet community officially banishes the notoriously unsafe Secure Sockets Layer protocol.
Mate 1.1 Arrives
Popular desktop environment continues the Gnome 2 legacy – with new support for the Gnome 3 toolkit.
US Government Requires HTTPS
The Obama White House has issued a memorandum telling all US government agencies they must use HTTPS for all websites and web communication.
Mozilla Signs Firefox Add-Ons
New program will dial up security for the Firefox browser.
Fedora 22 Arrives
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I have the Creative Geforce FX 256mb 5900 Ultra version which is the reference design board. I think that I might be getting that flickering problem too? When I'm in Vietcong and I look up at the sky I see a flicker, first I checked what hz refresh rate I had my Sony 24" monitor at and it was 65hz so I thought oh that is the reason why so I changed it to 85hz. Now I don't really notice any flickering but people are saying that it happen a lot more in some games then others.
I can still return my Creative card so do you think I should for the Asus one. The Asus one does look a lot better having a blue PCB board and cooper heat sinks with two fans.
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David Filner on Classical Music
David Filner assumed the administrative leadership of the San Antonio Symphony in November, 2012. Led by Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing, the San Antonio Symphony is celebrating its 73rd year this season.
Monthly Archive for February, 2012
Beethoven vs. the Super Bowl
This Sunday you can enjoy the Super Bowl OR you can record it on your DVR and come downtown to enjoy Beethoven violin sonatas at the San Fernando Cathedral. If you are taping the football game, I promise not to come up to you and give away the score! This weekend the Symphony is offering […] [Read More]
Coming soon & not Beethoven
There are a number of interesting arts events coming up in the next few days and (SHOCK!) they are not part of the Beethoven Festival. Friday and Saturday (2/3 & 4 at 8 p.m.): Symphony POPS at Laurie Auditorium in Broadway Rocks! This concert is the debut of the Symphony's new Assistant Conductor Akiko Fujimoto. […] [Read More]
Beethoven's Ninth
For some symphony fans, there is no superlative that adequately describes Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, "Choral." It is simply the best symphony ever written. The audience responses after the first 7 symphonies in the Beethoven Festival have been quite special. Mike Greenberg wrote, "If hollers were dollars, the San Antonio Symphony would be wealthy beyond […] [Read More]
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Tracy Clark
Fallen New London Soldier's Push For Safety Honored
After more than a decade of hard work and road blocks, the parents of a fallen soldier are about to see his dream come true. Even before he became a soldier, Ryane Clark was pushing the DNR to build a parking lot near his home as part of his Eagle Scout project. The lot would help keep bikers and drivers safe from County Road 31 near New London.
Mother Of Slain Soldier Tells First Lady What She Wants
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The 30-year-old Ivory Coast international has been appointed as a goodwill ambassador for the UN's environment programme (UNEP), which has pledged to combat Africa's illegal ivory trade.
Toure has tweeted a picture of himself at a ceremony at the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi.
Quoted in a UN news release, two-time African Footballer of the Year Toure said: "Poaching threatens the very existence of the African elephant and if we do not act now we could be looking at a future in which this iconic species is wiped out.
"I became a UNEP goodwill ambassador to spread the message that this poaching - and other forms of wildlife crime - is not only a betrayal of our responsibility to safeguard threatened species, but a serious threat to the security, political stability, economy, natural resources and cultural heritage of many countries."


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Oregon Zoo Rabbit Romp
when: Apr 19, 2014 at 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
where: SW, Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon Rd., Portland, Or
cost: Free with zoo admission
ages: 10 and under
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Rabbit Romp is a celebration of spring for everyone. Eggs will be rescattered for hunts that will occur every 10-15 minutes on the concert lawn. Toddlers, two and under, will have their very own candy hunt designed just for them. New this year are, "Eco Eggs," compostable eggs filled with organic and palm oil-free candy. Don't forget to bring a basket! Additionally, the zoo will have a petting zoo with pettable bunnies, along with springtime crafts and games for all of the munchkins.
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ECE 612 Lecture 12: 2D Electrostatics
1) Consequences of 2D electrostatics,
2) 2D Poisson equation,
3) Charge sharing model,
4) Barrier lowering,
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ECE 612 Lecture 1: 1D MOS Electrostatics I
Outline: 1) Review of some fundamentals,
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The daughter of an army sergeant and a member of the Womens Army Corps, Sapphire moved around the country often as a child. She dropped out of San Francisco City College to move to New York and become a hippie. She eventually graduated in 1993 from Brooklyn College with a degree in modern dance. The following year, she published American Dreams, a collection of poetry cited in Publishers Weekly as one of the strongest debut collections of the nineties.
Inspired by girls she met as a remedial reading teacher in Harlem, Sapphire wrote Push, which has since won numerous literary awards, including the Book-of-the- Month Club Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction, the Black Caucus of the American Library Associations First Novelist Award, and in Great Britain. Although Sapphire says she was hesitant to turn her book into a movie, the film has won several awards in its own right: it is the only film to win both the Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals Audience Awards. Sapphire has also taught literature, fiction and poetry workshops at universities across the country.
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HHS coach motivated wrestlers to win title
HUNTINGTON -- Huntington High's wrestling team had plenty of motivation going into the 66th West Virginia High School Wrestling Tournament at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena.
The Highlanders got an extra dose of incentive Friday morning when coach Rob Archer pulled out the letter his father Bill had written and read it to the team.
Bill started wrestling at (old) Huntington High in 1964 and was the school's first state champion. He later coached the Pony Express and one of the team members during that long run was Rob. Bill is now state tournament director as well as principal at Huntington St. Joe.
In the letter, Bill informed the current team the last team to win a state championship south of Parkersburg was Shady Spring in 1964. He noted no Cabell County team had ever won a football or wrestling title since the playoffs began in the Mountain State. Wrestlers know there are 14 individual titles up for grabs, but there is only one team champion.
For Archer, this was the 45th state tournament he'd been involved with Huntington High. Twice, the Highlanders have finished second. Region 1 teams have won all the titles since 1976 when West Virginia went to two classes except for 1998 when Region 2's North Marion prevailed.
"You do not get many chances in your life to have the words first and only tagged to something that you do," he wrote. "We need all the champs, placers and pins that we can get. It's going to be very close for the team title. You must win it with your shape and never giving up. I have seen 44 state tournaments and while the finalist and semifinalist are important, the team title is often won by the wrestler who loses and comes back for the team and scores a bunch of points.
"I have watched you win two titles the last few weeks and both times I have seen someone who lost standing outside of the team picture, upset that they have lost. This is not the attitude that will work this weekend. You must all work together. If you get beat, you must come back and score points Friday night and Saturday morning.
"If you think about your young life many of the days run together and not much meaningful happens on most days. You will remember what happens these 3 days for the rest of your life. Never give up." Old Coach Archer.
Rob said the already focused Highlanders got the drift of the his dad's message.
"I think it paid off," he said.
Indeed it did. Huntington, which had been ranked No. 1 in Class AAA all season, won the Region 4 title and qualified all 14 wrestlers for the state. In the end, 10 placed -- the higest total in that class. Three won titles and that effort helped the Highlanders pile up 200 points to win the first state championship in school and validate the season-long voting by his peers. Parkersburg was second and Parkersburg South third. The Patriots did not have a wrestler in the finals and came up short in their bid for a record fifth straight Class AAA crown.
Huntington fans broke out championship T-shirts well before the finals ended. Rob said it took many years of work to make that moment possible.
"It's like building a pyramid," he said. "You think about all the people it took over the years to do it. All the guys (coaches, assistants, boosters and fans) played such a big role. It was one barrier at a time."
Huntington's champs were Logan Grass (106), Jordan Allen (113) and Justin Arthur (145). Johnathan Spence took second at 120. One of the big moments for Archer came in the consolation finals when Billy Waldeck pinned Wheeling Park's Dylan Taylor at 138 to clinch the team title.
"That's a moment I'll never forget," Archer said.
Then there's Spence, who after the WSAZ Invitational dropped from 126 to 120 to fill the void left by the departure of Jarred Simpkins. He'd been 1-5 in wrestle-offs before settling at the new weight. Until the title match, he'd lost just once.
"He just kept coming back," Archer said. "You have to root for a guy like that."
Earlier Saturday, Huntington fans learned via e-mail from Brent Sams in Parkersburg that if the Highlanders did win, it would not be the school's first state title. He did research of microfilm at the Parkersburg News and Sentinel, yearbooks and from the book "The Emergence of High School Wrestling in West Virginia" by George Nedeff.
Huntington was declared "State Mat Champions" in 1922, the first year that high school wrestling took place in West Virginia. Parkersburg and Morgantown compted in the first state match and Parkersburg won, 11-6. Huntington later defeated Parkersburg in all six matches and got the title over Morgantown.
Arthur became Huntington's second three-time champion. The first was Justin Riggs. Arthur, who'll continue to wrestle in college at Clarion University, said a third-place finish his sophomore year made him even more determined.
"I didn't get it done. I didn't want to experience that feeling again," he said. "We've had chances in the past to win, but came up short. This time we responded."


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Every day is Market Day in Provence. Come rain or shine and even on holidays, independent vendors across the region are up by daybreak, loading their wares into trucks, vans, carts, and deux-chevaux and will make the trip to one of the many markets in the South of France. Just as they have done for centuries.
Within hours, the Market Towns--tiny villages and large cities alike--will be transformed: umbrellas will be up and tables will be filled with picture perfect arrays of fresh fruits and vegetables; beautiful selections of fish, some right out of the sea, will be artistically arranged on ice; and soon the air will be filled with the aromas of paella, pizza, rotisserie chickens and roasted vegetables.
Local honeys and jams will be stacked in pyramid shapes; rows of cheeses--made from the milk of cows, goats, and sheep--will be neatly arranged next to fresh eggs and sausages; baskets will be filled to the brim with olives seasoned with various blends of herbes de Provence, garlic, lemons, and peppers; and still other baskets will be unveiled, revealing colorful dried herbs for every occasion. Follow the fragrant scents of lavender and lemon-verbena to find the soaps.
There will be flowers galore, Provençal pottery, table cloths and other fine linens, silk scarves and sweaters as well as the more mundane kitchen gadgets and even underwear, jeans, and shoes.
There will be olive oils for the tasting and, if you are fortunate, some local wines as well. In the summer, look for bunches of dried lavender and, in the winter, in a few markets, arrive very early for the coveted black truffles.
If you have forgotten your basket, you can usually find another, locally made or from Northern Africa. You will fill it up quickly and effortlessly. Just as they have done for centuries.Map of Market Days >>


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Hello to all viewing this. I am not posting this in judgement of anyone or their beliefs. I am simply posting this for those that feel they need something to help them believe - something to help them see the glorious splendour of our Lord and Maker.
Reasons to believe:
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1. The Holy Bible - just look at how many years The Bible has been around for. There are
countless Bible manuscripts. Even in this day and age they are still finding manuscripts. To those of you that claim its just a story book or something someone invented, ask yourself honestly how that can be? If someone invented the Old Testament and then someone else invented the New Testament (what I have seen claims of online) how would it be possible to have so many documents. There are thousands of Bible manuscripts that have been found all over the world. If it was just a story someone wrote then how could there possibly be so many manuscripts splattered all over the world? If you don't believe me do a little research online. If you do a little more research you will see that History and the Bible do in fact back each other up.
2. Incorruptable Bodies of The Saints - I am not Catholic and I am not familiar with many Catholic beliefs and ways. But you have to admit that there is something very mystical about the fact that the bodies of saints don't decay. Look up St. Bernadette of Lourdes.
3. Colors and Animals - For those that believe The Planet Earth just somehow "popped' into existance without the help of God, look in the mirror. Don't you think that you are a unique design? Look at your features and how clever the whole human form is. How could something like you just "evolve" out of nothing and with no help from a Supreme Being? Look at animals, there are so many species and all are so unique. Look at nature and all the colors and really think deeply to yourself.
4. Miracles - There are countless miracles that have happened throughout the ages. So many things that medical science can't explain. In fact there are tons of things that plain science can't explain on its own either.
There are many, many proofs of our Makers existance, and I will keep adding more to this thread when I have the time. For those of you who doubt another sure proof is prayer. Prayer for as long as it takes and you too will start to feel something amazing inside of you. Just try it. Prayer is a very powerful thing.
Remember as well that everyone on these boards are here for you. Feel free to join and ask questions about anything you would like to know concerning Christianity and of course Universal Salvation.
Bless you all
--- Quote from: DeeDee on November 13, 2008, 10:33:04 AM ---For those of you who doubt another sure proof is prayer. Prayer for as long as it takes and you too will start to feel something amazing inside of you. Just try it. Prayer is a very powerful thing.
Bless you all
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Yes, amen. Prayer is a very powerful, and can override whatever state you're in.
Those who seek the truth, who are pure in heart, will see God. We should never be surprised by people's rejections the to the existence of God, because it does hit people's deepest soul. They count the cost and it is too weighty. But arguments do go along way in tearing down the false picture, and for any interested there is a great overview of some of the arguments for the existence of God here: http://www.peterkreeft.com/audio/18_god-existence/peter-kreeft_god-existence.mp3
The existence of God cannot be proven scientifically. Nor does it need to be. It can, however be discussed from a philosophical standpoint. The ancient philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle accepted the existence of God based on philosophical reasoning.
Plato reasoned that the universe could not have been created out of nothing. (Ex Nihilo)
Aristotle held that a "prime mover" or "unmoved mover" must have set the universe in motion.
Parmenides said that "nothing can come from nothing".
The essence of these arguments is that, even traced back to its earliest form, the highly compressed single ball of matter that exploded to create the universe had to have come from somewhere. Where? Creationism gets too specific and literal for me. I prefer not to limit God in His ability to create the universe as He saw fit. Understanding it starts with understanding the purpose for it. (Our being here in the first place) That is a much deeper matter.
The problem is that creationists have tried to argue that it is a science. It is not a science.
--- Quote from: alihaymeg on December 13, 2008, 08:25:33 AM ---The existence of God cannot be proven scientifically.
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Mmm, but if you can find scientific facts that where unknown during writing the Bible it is some proof of a higher intelligence. No solid proof for a God because it also can be alien intelligence.
The Old Testament, written over a 1,000 year period, contains over 300 references to the coming Messiah. All of these were fulfilled in Jesus Christ, and they established a solid confirmation of His credentials as the Messiah; the Anointed One (King; Priest; Saint); Intercessor (to release or deliver; help; meet; seek; accompany).
Many of the prophecies concerning the messiah were totally beyond human control:
Birth: Place, time, manner of.
Death: Peoples reactions, piercing of side, burial
Resurrection: Where did His body go?
By using the modern science of probability in reference to just eight of these prophecies --- the chance that any man might have lived to fulfill all eight prophecies is one in one hundred trillion!
To illustrate this: If we take 100 trillion silver dollars and lay them on the face of Texas, they would be two feet deep. Now we mark one of these silver dollars and stir the whole mass thoroughly --- all over the state. Now blindfold a man and let him travel as far as he wishes, but he must pick only one silver dollar. What chance would he have of picking the right one? The same chance that the prophets would have of writing just eight of these prophecies and having them all come true for any one man --- if they had written them without God's inspiration!
The chance of any one man fulfilling all of 48 prophecies is one in 10 to the 157 power. The electron is about as small an object as we can imagine. if we had a cubic inch of these electrons and tried to count them, it would take us (at 250 per minute) 19,000 time 19,000 time 19,000 years to count them. Now mark one of them, and thoroughly stir it into the whole mass. What chance does our blindfolded man have of finding the right electron? --- The same chance as one man of fulfilling 48 of the prophecies about Christ, without being the Son of God!
Jesus Christ fulfilled every prophecy written about the coming Messiah --- over three hundred of them! Would that have been possible had He not been the Son of God?
Here is a short listing of some of the hundreds of prophecies concerning Christ:
Linage Genesis 3:15; 9:26: 22:18; 26:4; 28:14; 49:10; 2 & Samual 7:12-16
Son of God Psalm 2:6-7
Virgin birth Isaiah 7:14
Birthplace Micah 5:2
Piercing of side Zechariah 12:10
Darkness Psalm 22:2
Vinegar Psalm 69:21
Mocking Psalm 22:6-8
Nakedness Psalm 22:17
Gambling for clothes Psalm 22:18
Unbroken bones Psalm 34:20
Burial Isaiah 53:9
Resurrection Psalm 16:10; Hosea 6:2; Psalm 30:3,9; Isaiah 53:10
Assention to right hand of God Psalm 110:1; 68:18; Proverbs 30:4; 24:3-10
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I have a mid-2011 MacBook Air with the 251gb ssd, running 10.8.2
I was getting tight on room with 35gb left and so erased all downloads and a forty gig iPhoto library, then emptied the trash.
Finder tells me now that I have 92gigs free which is correct, but Disk Utility and System Utilities insist that I still only have 33gb free.
I have reset the PRAM but this situation persists.
So although the Finder knows how much room is free, the system won't let me re-import an iPhoto library bigger than 33 gb.
This is behaviour I noticed on flashdrives with my previous Air, but I have not found any discussions that deal with it.
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Bring the family to the Milford – Miami Township Branch on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 6:30p.m. for not so scary Halloween stories, games, snacks and crafts to take home! For more information or to register, call the library at 248-0700 or register online.
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With this in mind we cut and dried the grass verge of the track (approx 100m long) and produced a good share of hay for the rabbits. We also cut bracken for compost and bedding, so the thin strip of ground that was once a burden to keep tidy has now become a productive extra bit of land
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Jack and Dawn Vresics hope Lehigh continues to inspire others as it has inspired them.
At the conclusion of the Founder's Day ceremony on Oct. 15, Lehigh dedicated a new walkway leading up to the entrance to Linderman Library, and honored the generosity of donors Jack '81 and Dawn '82 Vresics.
The refurbishing of Library Drive was part of the original plans for the Linderman Library renovation project and also part of the university's overall vision of creating additional walkways and green spaces throughout campus. The walkway was designed to be used not only as a pedestrian thoroughfare, but also as a spot for casual interaction.
"Lehigh has been a very important part of our family's lives," said Jack Vresics. "I met Dawn here, we were married here, and many of our family members, including our son (Michael '12), have worked and attended school here.
"We grew up in Bethlehem and Lehigh is like home to us. We want to ensure that it remains a beautiful, inspirational place. We benefited from the contributions of others to the university, so we felt it was important to continue that legacy."
The gently undulating walkway leads up to Linderman Library and positions the stone landmark, which underwent a major renovation from 2005 to 2007, as a focal point of the university's Asa Packer Campus. The walk also replaces the parking lot that formerly connected the library to University Drive, adjacent to the President's house.
Embodying the Lehigh spirit
Speaking on behalf of the university at the dedication ceremony, President Alice P. Gast thanked the Vresics for their generosity in funding the project.
"The fact that we dedicate the Vresics Library Drive Walkway on Founder's Day is very fitting," Gast said. "Its benefactors, Dawn and Jack Vresics, truly embody the Lehigh spirit forged by our founder, Asa Packer. And, as I said moments ago in the church, Asa Packer envisioned a campus that was like a park with 'gems' for buildings. We have a park and pathway leading us to our 'gems' in the Vresics walkway.
"Our university has had many caretakers through the years … leaders that have shared a vision for a truly pedestrian campus. Through Dawn and Jack's generosity, the Vresics Library Drive Walkway completes this vision … linking the campus and elevating Linderman Library as the gem that it is meant to be."
The Vresics' gift, combined with a recent gift by Board of Trustees' member Brad Scheler '74 and his wife, Amy, to name the Humanities Forum, completes the Linderman Library campaign goal of $10 million. It also moves the Shine Forever Campaign, which currently stands at $490 million raised, closer to its $500 million goal.
"This walkway is the capstone to the wonderful restoration of Linderman Library," Gast said. "Thanks to all of our generous donors, this grand building will remain a valuable and vibrant resource for generations of Lehigh students to come."
Linderman Library was built in 1877 and given to Lehigh by the university's founder, Asa Packer, as a memorial to Packer's daughter, Lucy Packer Linderman.
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Womens Summer Shoes: Omiru's Guide to Wearable Summer 2009 Shoe Trends
June 4th, 2009
Whether you're going out on the town, exploring local backroads, or just lounging around with friends and family, you're going to want a variety of stylish summer shoes for every occasion. But what kinds of shoes should you be considering to add to your collection, beyond your closet full of flip flops, classic canvas sneakers, and summery espadrilles? Omiru's guide to womens summer shoes dissects this summer's shoewear trends and shows you what shoes you'll want to wear (or at least be aware of) this summer:
Ballet Flats
Jeffrey Campbell Pearl Flat | $109.95 at Nordstrom
In a word, ballet flats are classic. They mix form and function, and they're a wonderful shoe for women on the go. Grab a pair of ballet flats in a bright color to give a modern twist on the sophisticated classic. Or opt for a metallic ballet flat that will help ground an outfit full of bright colors and patterns. For more inspiration, you may also want to check out Omiru's shopping guide for beautiful ballet flats.
Jelly Shoes
Tod's Jelly Thong Sandal | $117 (sale, originally $175) at Neiman Marcus
Jelly shoes have come a long way since the 1980s. Today's Jelly shoes take the best of the plastic summer shoe you remember and add a real dose of style. Take Tod's Jelly sandals, for example. We're loving the sleek foot harness and the thoughtful tassel detailing. And you really can't beat that bright orange color—the perfect shade for womens summer shoes.
Caged Shoes
Jada Cage Stiletto | $29.80 at Forever 21
For the adventurous, caged shoes add an edge to even the plainest of outfits. They're inspired by Stefano Pilati's caged ankle boots for YSL's runway collection. They're certainly runway material, but these summer shoes are more difficult to pull off in Real Life. Plus, we wouldn't recommend them on super sunny days, as they could leave a distinctive tanline on your feet. If you dare, try these cage shoes with a outfit that keeps you covered up, such as a simple dress. If you're wearing shoes like these, we'd recommend keeping the rest of your outfit relatively conservative.
Driving Mocs
Catalina Metallic Leather Driving Mocs | $99.99 (sale, originally $140) at J Crew
We're huge fans of driving mocs, both for women and for men. Driving mocs were meant, originally, for driving—hence the rubberized soles that help you grip the pedals. But they work for so much more. Pair your driving mocs with a simple Capri pant and blouse. Or let them provide a classic foundation to a casual pair of jeans and a cute top.
Gladiator Sandals
Merona Edwina Gladiator Sandal | $24.99 at Target
Gladiator Sandals have divided the fashion community—you either love them or you hate them. Gladiator Sandals make a distinctive shoe style statement for those who dare to wear them. We like to see them paired with simple, casual clothes to give summer basics a bit of an edge. For those of you who are on the fence about Gladiators, you may want to try Merona's version of an elegant Gladiator sandal. It's a combo summer shoe – so you get the height (and comfort) of a wedge sandal with the style of a Gladiator sandal.
Tell us, what Summer 2009 shoe trends will you be wearing? And which shoe trends will you be steering clear of? Share your style with us in the comments!
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1. Sal | June 4th, 2009 at 7:01 am
I still can't do flats … I just feel so stumpy and awkward! So I'll skip the ballet flats and the driving mocs. But I've got my Melissa jellies, my cage heels, and my gladiators and they're all in rotation.
2. Iz | June 4th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
i love gladiator sandals! any suggestions for vegan or cruelty-free shoes?
3. Trisha | June 4th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Very nice, Sal. I have to admit - I still wear flats even though I probably shouldn't…I'm only 5′0″ The allure of the driving mocs is just too much for me.
4. Trisha | June 4th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Iz - three out of our five picks above (the Jelly Shoe, the Caged Shoes, and the Gladiator Sandals) are made from non-leather materials.
At a designer level, Stella McCartney is known for cruelty-free shoes. She uses a lot of faux leather materials…but the price tags can be pretty steep. You can check out her designs at http://www.stellamccartney.com.
5. Robin | June 5th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
I can't say that I will try out the jellies. They're still too juvenile for me and they have the annoying tendency to make my feet sweat. I am just praying… that I don't see anymore "Crocs" out there this summer. Jellies are a better alternative as they at least can look semi-cute
6. Raf | June 7th, 2009 at 5:31 am
I, too, am glad that Crocs are 'over.' However, Crocs are much cuter than gladiator sandals and I'll be glad when I no longer have to look at them, either. Ladies, I promise not to make comments about your *adjective removed* ballet flats if you promise to burn your gladiator sandals…especially the flat ones.
7. Trisha | June 7th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
I'll third the "happy that Crocs are over" meme
8. Jackie Borman | October 22nd, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Ballet flat and jelly shoes really look very nice. Yeah the summer collection varies a lot from year to year . Last year I had purchased a few of them for wife to wear them for festive moods. Nice article.
9. kasia smith | February 9th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
nice shoes i love them
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