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Halloween is still several weeks away, but campgrounds across America are already gearing up for it with Halloween-themed weekends, some of which take place as early as August.
"Americans have a big appetite for Halloween themed costume and campsite decorating contests and monster balls," said Paul Bambei, president and CEO of the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds.
"We are also seeing more and more campgrounds offering other types of fall activities, from corn mazes to apple harvest and Oktoberfest celebrations."
Here is a sampling of weekend activities and special events taking place in the coming weeks at campgrounds across the country:
— Far Horizons 49er Village in Plymouth, Calif.: This park, which is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills, has a "best scream" contest as well as Halloween costume and campsite competitions scheduled for Oct. 17 - 20 and 24 - 27.
— Jellystone Park in Brandon, S.D.: In September this park will reopen its popular seven-acre corn maze, which complements the park's other fall activities. Sept. 28-30 will be a "Witching Weekend" and will feature Halloween themed crafts and guests will be invited to wear costumes and decorate their campsites. On Oct. 6 the park will have a "Mutts in the Maze" event during which time people will be allowed to go through the corn maze with their dogs, with proceeds from the event being donated to the local humane society. On the weekend of Oct. 25 - 26 the park will have a haunted maze and its 4th annual Monster Mash with games, activities, music and dancing.
— Jellystone Park at Grayling, Mich.: This park has a Halloween themed weekends set for Aug. 9 - 11, Aug. 16 - 18 and Oct. 9 - 11 with pumpkin painting as well as costume and campsite decorating contests. www.graylingjellystone.com
— KOA campground in Hagerstown, Md.: This campground has Halloween-themed activities every weekend from Sept. 28 to Oct. 28, including a magic show every Friday night, pumpkin carving and a blow up maze for children. The campground also operates Terror at Creekside Manor, a haunted house inside a two-story house on property next door to the campground.
— Lake in Wood Campground in Narvon, Penn.: This park will celebrate Christmas in October with campsite decorating, caroling and hayrides. The park will have a scarecrow costume party dinner on Nov. 2.
— Lake Rudolph Campground & RV Resort in Santa Claus, Ind.: This campground will have seven consecutive Halloween themed weekends from Sept. 13 to the end of October. Activities include bonfire ghost stories, trick or treating, costume and campsite decorating contests, a kids carnival and haunted hayrides.
— Meadville KOA campground in Meadville, Penn.: This park has Halloween costume and campsite decorating contests scheduled for Sept. 21 and 28.
— Rusk KOA in Rusk, Texas: The big Labor Day weekend event at this park is its annual Potjie Festival, the largest South African-themed event in the U.S. The Potjie Fest, which celebrates the three legged cast iron pot, is a family event with various cooking competitions.
— Shelby Manfield KOA in Shelby, Ohio: This park will have a "Fright Fest Weekend" on the weekend of Oct. 5 with pumpkin painting, a costume parade, Halloween ceramics and a haunted barn.
— Smokey Hollow Campground in Lodi, Wis.: This park will celebrate pre-Halloween themed weekends Sept. 13 - 15 and Sept. 20 - 22 with costume contests, haunted wagon rides, a haunted pavilion and trick or treating.
— South Haven Family Campground in South Haven, Mich.: This campground will have an antique engine and tractor weekend combined with a grandparents weekend on Sept. 5 - 8 and four consecutive Halloween themed weekends starting Sept. 27 - 29.
— Tall Pines Campground in Bainbridge, N.Y.: This park will have an "Apple Fest" on the weekend of Sept. 27 - 29 with a hot apple pie and ice cream social, kids fall crafts, bobbing for apples, caramel apple making and fall foliage canoe trips. On Oct. 4 - 6 the park will celebrate Halloween for pets and for people with a flashlight candy and bone hunt, candy dish painting and fall foliage canoe trips. On Oct. 11 to 13 the park will again celebrate Halloween, this time with a spookiest campsite contest, a costume parade, a pumpkin pie eating contest, a grim reapers night candy hunt, Halloween movies and a Halloween dance party.
— Woodland Campground in Woodland, Penn.: This park will celebrate an apple festival on Sept. 21. An Oktoberfest weekend is scheduled for Sept. 28 with food, crafts and a flea market, while a Halloween themed weekend is set for Oct. 5 with a haunted hayride, a haunted party and a haunted house.
— Jellystone Park Shangri-La in Milton, Penn.: A "Trail of Terror" is scheduled for the last two weekends of September and the first two of October. Other weekend activities include a Halloween parade, campsite and costume contests, magic pumpkins and pumpkin painting and bobbing for apples. www.jellystoneshangri-la.com

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I wanted to make sure I shared with you all the newest deals I've gotten from Belletto Studio, which is the airbrush system and foundation I have been using for the better part of this year :) They have done deals with me in the past, but for the holiday season they've given me the best deal yet! Even if you already have a Belletto System (or another airbrush system) you may want to check these deals out, because they include the foundation they sell. I absolutely LOVE the foundation and use it just about every time I wear makeup, and I've tried a loooot of airbrush makeup. This also makes it the most inexpensive airbrush makeup I have found, which is always a plus!
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As far as I know, these coupon codes should last a few months at the very least! If you have any questions I haven't answered in the videos above, feel free to leave a comment and I'll get back to you. Also, if you have any specific requests for an airbrush video, let me know! I want to start making more airbrush videos and addressing different questions (I'll have a video up on how to clean your airbrush either this week or next) so let me know what you're thinking :)
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I have to say the foundation was completely imcompatible with my skin. It cracked a few hours in. I now use the Belletto with OCC foundations thinned out with a lil water and its flawless the entire day. Of course, the Guerlain finishing powders do not hurt :)
My first Belletto system stopped working and was replaced with one that now works spottily. I have to turn the dial for a few seconds to get it up and running and it usually stays on as long as I need it to once it "catches". Buyer beware.
The code is not working :(
which one are you having trouble with? i just tried them and they worked, make sure you are using all lowercase
What's the difference between the two starter kits? And which do you recommend? Thx :)
the main difference is the dial. The HD Starter kit has a dial that has four settings: low, medium, high, and off. The Ultimate kit has a dial that doesnt have settings and can be set at any air pressure you want. Really it's not hugely important if youre just using the kit for personal use. I have the Ultimate one but always have the dial turned to the same spot, unless im cleaning the machine (which is when i turn it all the way up)
I would Love to try this…I'm a total newbie and I am having a really hard time finding a good foundation!! Is this system returnable if it isn't right for you?? Thanks :)
About how many drops would you say are in each bottle?
This is so cool. I've never used airbrush makeup before but it looks amazing! I have super sensitive skin so I'd love to apply my makeup with air.
I have a question about the fair shades. I went to the site and tried their "Shade Finder" and also checked out the actual foundation colors. I am very pale with neutral undertones. 99% of foundations don't make a shade light enough or neutral enough for me. Brûlée has both pink & yellow/neutral undertones (yay!) but the shade itself looks like it might be too dark. I can't tell. I love that the fair kit comes with 4 shades but if all the shades are too dark, it wouldn't work for me. I use NARS concealer in Chantilly for shade reference.
I don't know if it's possible to swatch airbrush shades but I'd love to get a better idea of what the shades are like. Thanks so much!
Thank you for this I missed the deal on Hautelook lastnight went to order it this morning and it was over I'm so happy I came across your blog b/c the deal is better thanks for sharing I just ordered mine :D
The third code (spark3) only takes off 50%, not 70%, unless that's just me?
Hi! You are right, they changed that this weekend and I forgot to update this post. They changed the prices on the site so they made the percent off less. I'm pretty sure it rounds out to be around what the price was before, if not less
Yes! Thanks so much Leesha, I almost bought it at 135 without this code!
The 50% off code wont work :(
Well this stinks. Missed this post somehow, and I literally just ordered my third Dinair system an hour ago (they keep dying! )


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I have been a Hitchcock fan for most of my life. But one of his movies that I have consistently avoided has been The Birds.
I blame it on my childhood chicken trauma. When I was very young, we kept chickens. And I have nightmare-ish memories of standing near the hen house as they rushed out and surrounded me. Dozens upon dozens of chickens. Heads bobbing. Feathers ruffling. Emitting horrible . . . chicken noises. I trace my lifelong aversion to birds to these early days of horror. So, of course, watching "The Birds" was inconceivable.
In case it might result in an experience like this:
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But now, more than 40 years later, I felt ready. I was confident that I might now sit and watch birds (even vicious, unpredictable, blood-thirsty birds) on a screen in front of me. Without fear.
So 50 years after the film's release, I made the attempt.
And I'm proud to say that I survived. With no pillow required to hide behind. In fact, the screen birds weren't even especially terrifying. Which is the beauty of a 50-year-old film and those vintage special effects. Real-life birds are still terrifying to me of course, but this experience may have given me the confidence to begin to revisit a variety of childhood traumas. Who knows? Maybe I can address my childhood insect trauma with a viewing of The Fly (1950's version only).


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David, Here's a link to some mitts I've had success with. Mitt Pattern Hope this helps
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Try scooping out a depression in the ground (or find a natural depression) for your hips/behind. Seems to make a big difference for me.
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Side note - can you buy aquamira in larger containers than these? 1 ounce AM is also available in 2 ounce bottles
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Deron Williams has been questioned for his recent comments about how much he enjoyed playing in the Utah Jazz offense and how he is trying to get accustomed to the Brooklyn Nets style of offense and their different "style" of play. Some people believe that Williams is using his comments as a crutch for his poor play and others feel that he may have a point.
What does a point guard who played in Utah then left via free agency only to return to Utah thinks about Williams comments?
By Bill Oram | The Salt Lake Tribune
Mo Williams knew well the symptoms his predecessor described to New York media this week. He, too, once played in the Utah offense and then left it.
"I could tell the difference," the Jazz point guard said, sitting courtside before Tuesday's 104-94 win in Brooklyn. "Trust me."
D-Will earned tabloid time and some wondered if his intent was to force out another coach, as he is often accused of having done to Jerry Sloan in Utah.
He said when a player becomes accustomed to the Jazz's "flex"-based offense, it can be difficult, particularly for a point guard, to adjust to a system dependent on isolation plays, like the one he encountered when he signed with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2004 after spending his rookie year with the Jazz.
"The biggest difference when you leave," he said, "is other players haven't been at Utah, so they don't know how that system really is. They don't know, you can get frustrated at times in the sense that you wonder why guys don't know how to play the 'right way.' "
Sloan's offense is one of many things he left behind when he abruptly resigned from the Jazz days before the franchise shipped Deron Williams to New Jersey. The offense has been modified and tweaked by Corbin, but fundamentally, it has remained the same. In basic motion-based sets, with cutters, cross screens and big guys pinning their man on the block, a point guard knows where he will find a player at a given time.
Deron Williams on Monday said, "That system was a great system for my style of play. I'm a system player. I love coach Sloan's system. I loved the offense there."
Corbin said he believed it after seeing the Nets play Tuesday.
"They got two layups on two of our sets," he said. "[Gerald] Wallace got one, then Deron got one on the other side."
Old-fashioned, yes, but the Jazz's offense has worked for decades, even if it didn't look like it in Wednesday's 104-84 loss in Indiana.
It's no coincidence that the NBA's all-time assists leader, John Stockton, spent his entire career with the team, nor that a point guard considered shoot-first of the highest order — Mo Williams — has them ranked fifth in assists this season.
The Jazz currently rank 10th in points per 100 possessions, and have ranked in the top 10 in that category in 17 of the seasons since Jerry Sloan's first full year as the Jazz head coach in 1989-90.
"It's movements," Mo Williams said. "It's action. I don't get [isolation plays]. Even though I'm a great iso player, I don't think that's the right way to play the game."
Deron Williams, clearly thinks the Jazz do play the right way.
And the Jazz weren't about to disagree.
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Williams body language at times in his stint with New Jersey and now Brooklyn has been my concern and I understood his tendency to have poor body language at times with the talent he had around him in New Jersey but their is no excuse for it now in Brooklyn.
Mo Williams comments do hold water with me and hopefully Nets fans too, when it comes to having patience that is, but the bottom line is that if you are a top tier point guard you should be able to run and dominate any system any coach wants to run.
Williams has been in Avery Johnson's system, which has been somewhat tailored to the Jazz system because of Deron, long enough now to adjust and get back to being that top ten talent that coaches and GM's raved about.
Utah is in the past and Brooklyn is now and the future so it is now up to Williams to make it work.


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The last months of my life have been consumed by climbing, exploring, brushing up new climbs, making music, driving, thinking, and healing a knee injury I gave myself while drop-kneeing down in Hueco Tanks back at the end of January.
The last time I chimed in here in Five Ten, I tried to play it cool, writing about how fit I had felt before the Trade Show, my syke for all the classics in Hueco, and rambling about some other nonsense I have already forgotten. In reality, I was in full desperation mode, limping around, spending way too much at the elusive health food stores in El Paso on things to heal me, and trying to stay positive about having a hurt MCL, which is what google diagnosed. I was very perplexed about how I would pull of all my projects I had stacked up, most of which where in the 8b-8c range, and film the segment we had wanted to do for this new film Nathan Bancroft has been making in junction with AchromaticTV (http://www.achromatic.tv) and The Island.
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The last months of my life have been consumed by climbing, exploring, brushing up new climbs, making music, driving, thinking, and healing a knee injury I gave myself while drop-kneeing down in Hueco Tanks back at the end of January.
I was on the fence: my friends and posse had all disintegrated and fled the desert due to girl and cat problems on their home fronts, and had returned to their appropriate hoods to get their shit straight. I was biding my time between North Mountain and the local YMCA. Biking on my rest days in the gym while watching CNN with old people, hobbling around solo trying to "rehab" my knee joint, and climbing with my desert friends when I could find them. I wanted to bail to Colorado, almost every day I pondered it. I would wonder if I was being dumb, setting myself up for some disaster, what if I fell on my knee? It would break in half! I was not sure if I was treating my injury with respect, or if was just being a straight G about it. Honestly, I knew that lots of RICE was the answer, but after china I couldn't bring myself to eat more of that grain (HAHAHA) so I wasn't into that.
Bailing due to my fears of re-injury, walking away from Hueco with so much fire and syke, giving up just because I wasn't 100%- all this seemed like idiocy to me. I wondered why I was wavering. Was it because my posse had vanished? Was it cuz Hueco regulations suck? Nope. It was because I was afraid I would fail at everything I wanted to try. Even though I had an excuse. I was just afraid I didn't have it in me in the first place.
I was terrified that if I stayed, and tried to climb all these heinous rigs with some crunk-leg, I would just get really really close to things, walk away empty handed, and do absolutely nothing positive with my February, and some of my March. I feared I would perpetuate my injury, and fail on everything.
But those where obviously just fears. Like being afraid of lightning. Or mountain lions. I could overcome these things!
I decided that running away out of fear, turning back from the challenge at hand, all because of uncertainty was invalid. A big DAB. A bunch of stuff ran through my head. I began to see clearly:
-----What are you thinking? Flee? You have done this before!!! Are you like 14, afraid to ask the chick for her phone number all over again? Wheres the pride? Have you ever got ANYWHERE without going for it, and taking some risk?-----
I wasn't gonna ruin my knee, thats just what the internet said, and nervous people who wanted to give advice to me who aren't doctors.
All the answers that popped up where like:
----Yeah dude. Don't be a retard! Buck up! Go all a muerte! What would Dani Andrada do? And if you didn't accomplish your goal, didn't you at least try? Isn' that better then giving up?
Isn't that rock climbing??? ----
I had figured it out. I was correct. All signs pointed to a go.
I opted to stay in the desert alone and hone my strength, learn to climb without my left leg, and conquer the rigs. The rigs were all that counted. They were all that mattered. I had learned a lot in the Tanks thus far, but one thing I knew was that leaving this magical place without having found my "purpose" if you will, without having realized something massive on a life level, I would be missing the point completely. I didn't need peyote to have my trip. I was in the middle of it. FULL SWING.
Time began to pass on. I was living at the Wagon Wheel, out in the desert in these scamps (small old school campers) and enjoying time with friends like Adam and Melissa Strong, Delete Me, Robb Guinn, and many more. It was just like Free Hueco, except there was no Pete's, and Obe wasn't there collecting rent, and Chris Sharma wasn't around. But the vibe was fresh. The weather was hit or miss, with amazing windows of cold-air-opportunities, then brutal heat waves. Or wind storms. When I wasn't climbing, I enjoyed speaking spanish to people in El Paso. at Wal-Mart, maybe in the mall, but mostly just at the YMCA hot tub, where I kicked it on the reg. When the darkness came every day at around 6:15pm, I would head into town and explore the plethora of bad restaurants, in lieu of staying in Beau Kahler's dark scamp all night every night with no power. I was surviving the tough times, before i would regress to town, and get a hotel for the end of the trip, use the internet, and drink coffee again (http://fiveten.com/community/63-fiveten/videos/video/976-Hueco+Wake+Up).
I am not going to delve in a talk about every climb I did in Hueco, but climbing was an every day thing, so there where a lot of problems. The entire two months I spent in the tanks involved little resting. The whole trip was just a massive attack upon the boulders, minus the Trade Show trip (https://vimeo.com/36292489) and the three weeks where my knee was pretty out the game. As March neared, I had accomplished healing my knee to a certain degree, and the posse started to reform, and I could try most of the hard problems I wanted to do.
A couple lines I worked on a ton this year where new projects for the crew from this season. The new zones we found this year were simply outstanding, and all extremely difficult. The Black Vortex project, AKA the left exit of Blood of a Young Wolf, is a crazy thing, with a radical jump at the ending that was never done, despite Sam Davis, myself and TIm Doyle making a substantial siege, including sessions on a rope, attempting to understand how to gain the lip. The Rock Rodeo neared, and the weather fluctuated. It would be brutally hot for a week, crushing climbers dreams of success, then one minute from the next, snap into a cold spell, prompting the projecters in hordes to rush out and try and send whatever they had been greasing off for the past month.
I was lucky. I wrapped up the hard rigs I wanted to climb just before the competition, and I never took any bad falls or hurt my wounded knee more then it was. Neon Desert went down, a project behind Uncut Yogi, all comp wall style, very athletic and resistant, and also Where love Goes to Die, one of the most loco rigs ever (video at DPM). I also filmed the segment with Nate for his film, which I thought was a lost hope, but I think we did some really good work which was a relief. I wanted to do Nagual, Bandersnatch, and had wishful thinking for something in the Black Vortex wall. All I needed to do was maintain syke, not get too wrecked on the Rodeo day, not re injure my knee, and I would make it out of the desert victorious, happy, and with a nice tan.
The Rodeo happened, and it was sick. Daniel, Jorg, Sean, Sammy D, Nick Duttle and BA, all climbed excellent, and I was proud to say I had a great day too. I didn't get dead last, and accomplished 6 hard problems, shocking myself a little bit. I presented a slideshow later that night people seemed to enjoy, and got to mix music for all the drunk climbers much later on, which was totally majestic. I failed my goal of not wrecking my skin, my three tries on Nagual and my warring on the machinist had left me in shambles, skin was brutalized, and it got 80 again.
Long story short, the last week of Hueco went well. I rested up, fired the Bandersnatch in the heat, waited a couple days for the cold, then did the Nag 1st try back to it, and got back up to the Black Vortex for my last day of climbing. It was almost the coldest day of the year, hard to believe after such a heat wave, and my skin and body were totally wrecked. I was up there with the homies, we were reminiscing on what a good season of trying hard on new shit it was. I had more or less thrown in the towel, but gave the rig some tries regardless. It was in a freak moment, with zero expectations, that I managed to actually climb through the low start, and keep going through the right exit. I was super syked. The problem felt really hard, and is one of the best I have ever encountered in the Tanks; sloppy red/brown rock, and powerful moves out the steep swelling wall. Exhilarated and kind of surprised, Bear Cam Media and I drove back up to Colorado through the night and a terrifying snow storm to Colorado, and the trip came to an end.
I learned a lot this trip about my own climbing, and my motivation. Every time I think things are going to be easy, and they are not. Its the unknown difficulty of life I think I am attracted to. Its such an adventure sometimes to be alive, in your own world, striving to do whatever you decide.
I am back in my hood now, up in Nederland, hitting up the hot tub on the daily, trying amazing projects, working on Daniel Wood's sick new additions in the park (Paint it Black particularly), and trying to finish up The Island business. Its absolutely majestic, and a real treat to be at a home for a little while. I bought a flight for the 7th of May heading for Australia, which is only five weeks away, where i will meet Nalle and Ian again for a second round down under, but this time for two whole months. After that I will fly to South Africa With Nalle, delve into that scene for two months, climbing around Capetown and in the Rocklands, and team up with the excellent posse that will be down there. Afterwards, wow, off to EU again, because I will be allowed back in soon (YES HAHAH!!!) hit up Swizterland, head of to Argentina for the Roc trip, go back to Ticino, and Spain, and its too much to get into right now, I fear I won't be back in the USA for a little bit!!!
In the meantime, I just hope i don't get eaten by a mountain lion looking for new boulders one days. They are out there, and they see me, I just don't see them.
I have been quite focused on making more music. Some songs are original productions, but others are short mixes. I got to DJ at the Rock Rodeo, and even though my computer was all crunked out and we had a power failure, it was one of the most satisfying moments of my trip in the desert.
Here is an array of links, ranging from my songs on Soundcloud, to short videos I have been in recently, to thing like my my instagram feed and Twitter account:
-Preview for a Feature Film we have working on for almost a year now in junction with The Island and AchromaticTV…
-The mix starting with "Teach me How to Dougie" from the Memory is Parallax Video (http://vimeo.com/35704185) is now on SoundCloud, you can get the track here:
-A song I made in during my trip to the Red River Gorge last December…
-The Warrior Path Part 1: Check out the rest of the series on DPM stash, this is a little Island/BearCamMedia collabo we made while in Hueco this winter…
-Crazy video we did with the Wagon Wheel and El Paso Board of Tourism to Promote the 2012 Rock Rodeo...
-A video at DPM we made while shooting for Scarred for Life. You can watch if you join the Stash, and its of a very sick new rig, Where Love Goes to Die
-An article from the El Paso Times about the Rock Rodeo I helped with…
-Follow my reports on Twitter
-Check out pictures of new stuff I upload at Instagram


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College coaches do it during training camp and NFL coaches did it before free agency (think: Knute Rockney and Vince Lombardi for real-life comparisons).
But it appears as if he's going about it in the completely wrong way and it won't work. He's being awkward and thoughtless about it.
I hate to see what he'll try to build you back up with.
If the person says yes, you will be thrown out of your element. You will need to adopt some change to routine. You'll have to step out of your comfort zone.
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The American Heart Association announced that Bernadette and John Mack of Poughkeepsie will serve as co-chairs of the 2014 Dutchess-Ulster Go Red for Women Luncheon. The luncheon is set for Feb. 28 at The Grandview in Poughkeepsie.
John Mack, a Poughkeepsie native, is director of Surgical PA Services & Cardiology Allied Health Services at Health Quest Medical Practice. He serves on the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation Board of Directors and is Leadership Dutchess chairman. Bernadette Mack graduated from the State University of New York at New Paltz with a bachelor's degree. She is employed as the administrative coordinator for the Women's Jewelry Association and has served as assistant director of reunion class giving at Vassar College. She is a board member of Abilities First Inc. and immediate past president of the Junior League of Poughkeepsie.
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Azerbaijan's First lady Mehriban Aliyeva and Steven Allen, UNICEF director on Central, Eastern European and CIS countries discussed ties between the foundation and the upcoming joint work.
The meeting between Mehriban Aliyeva and Steven was held in Baku on Friday.
According to the first lady, Azerbaijan and UNICEF have established close ties and fruitful cooperation in the past years. Stressing the huge work held in Azerbaijan in protection of women's and children's rights, Aliyev noted the importance of support of such organizations as UNICEF in this sphere.
The president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation noted that the fund and UNICEF has established business ties, the two organizations are implementing joint projects and she voiced hope that after this meeting the bilateral cooperation will further enlarge.
The UNICEF regional director announced that he has been visiting Baku for already several days and she wants to get closer familiarization with the activity of Heydar Aliyev's Foundation.


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Dong Soo Lee
Born in Incheon, South Korea, Dong Soo Lee (MDiv 2008) earned a degree in electrical engineering from Suwon University, but realized he didn't want that as a career. After finding God's calling to ministry, he decided he wanted to be challenged by the chance to study and perhaps preach in the United States.
When he arrived at PSR, he says, "I realized that this school is really trying to be inclusive to ethnic minorities—that was one thing I really liked. My goal is to become an ordained minister in a local church setting, preferably in the United States. I really want to be inclusive, as a minister; but, at the same time, I want to challenge others, based on my own personal history. I would like to challenge the gap between 'majority' and 'minority,' as it exists in many different areas of life—in terms of ethnicity, sexual orientation, culturally and socially and politically, and so on. That's my goal in my ministry."
Dong Soo, who worked with fabric and other materials to create sacred space settings in the PSR chapel, says: "If I could put into one sentence what was of most benefit to me as a student at PSR, I would say: I was challenged—by a different language, a different culture, by different perspectives, as well as academically, in my classes. Perhaps the most important thing is that my voice here was validated."


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Tecumseh beats Calvin Christian
Two wins in a row have Tecumseh's varsity football team pumped up and ready to play its first home game of the season on Friday, Sept. 7 against Ann Arbor Huron.
The Indians traveled to Grandville Calvin Christian on Thursday, Aug. 30, and defeated the Calvin Christian Squires 45-20 after a rough start. The 148-mile one-way trip to face the Squires almost wore out the Indians before they even hit the field.
Tecumseh coach Al Romano said his offense was especially sluggish in the first half with one problem leading to another before the Indians settled down.
"I'm just glad that trip is over because it was quite a deal," he said. "We really started off sluggish."
Two games were featured in one during the Thursday evening game where the Indians and Squires were basically evenly matched in the first half.
Calvin Christian held a seven-point lead in both the first and second quarters but Tecumseh finished the first half with a 17-14 advantage.
The Squires opened scoring with an 84-yard touchdown pass early in the first quarter before the Indians knotted the game with Dreslinski scoring a touchdown on a two-yard run.
Calvin Christian again took the lead early in the second quarter on a 46-yard touchdown pass.
The Indians added three points on a 29-yard field goal and took the lead for good on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Ben Dreslinski to Spencer Adams with 1:05 remaining in the second quarter.
"Our special teams were unbelievable," said Romano.
Casey Hunt hit one of two field goals for the Indians during the game.
"He missed the first but nailed the second one," said Romano. "And he made all of his extra points and punted wonderfully."
Romano added that the one time special teams broke down on a kickoff return Hunt made the big tackle after booting the ball. "He had a great night," Romano said.
The second half belonged to the Indians. Tecumseh added 28 points to the scoreboard before allowing the Squires their only touchdown of the second half on a 46-yard pass while using reserves with just two seconds remaining in the game.
Dreslinski threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Spencer Adams and a 5-yard TD pass to Eric Eldred to help the Indians close the third quarter up 31-14.
Adams ran the ball into the end zone from 10-yards out in the fourth quarter before Luke Marsten intercepted a pass and returned it 15-yards for Tecumseh's final touchdown.
Preston Pelham led Tecumseh's defense with 10 tackles while John Terry had five.
The Indians face Ann Arbor Huron at home on Friday and Romano hopes to have a more balanced attack.
"We've got to get our running game going somehow,' said Romano. "Right now we're a little over 2-to-1 passing to rushing yards and that's not how we want to play."
The Huron's have yet to pick up a win and will be itching to leave Indian Stadium with their first of the season. Plymouth Salem beat the Hurons 41-17 and Ypsilanti Lincoln defeated the Hurons 35-14. Tecumseh travels to Lincoln next Friday, Sept. 14.
Everything will need to go the way of the Indians right from the start in their upcoming games and Romano feels his Indians are up to the task.
While Ann Arbor Huron has a lot more students to draw from than Tecumseh, Romano wouldn't call his Indians underdogs going into Game 3.
"We'll be back to our regular routine with a full week he said. "We'll be ready to go Friday but they will put us to the test. We've got to go out and play the game hard because it's not going to be easy."
Tecumseh's JV football team defeated Grandville Calvin Christian 28-27.
Tecumseh's freshmen team defeated Dearborn Edsel Ford 34-8.


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October 8, 2015
Women's Soccer Wins at Home
The Clippers took on UMPI on Wednesday night and came away with a 2-0 Victory.
October 8, 2015
Men's Soccer Ties It Up With the University of Maine at Farmington
The Clippers battle to a 2-2 Double Overtime Tie
October 4, 2015
Men's Soccer Pull Off Come From Behind Victory
The Clippers win key conference game.
October 4, 2015
Clippers Tie in Double Overtime
The Women's Soccer Team went to double overtime against SMCC on Saturday.
September 29, 2015
Clipper Volleyball Finishes the Weekend with another Conference Win
The Clipper Volleyball team wins 3-1 over GBCC.
September 29, 2015
Mens' Soccer Gets Another Conference Win
The Clippers win at home against CMCC.
September 29, 2015
Women's Soccer Wins Again
The Clippers win convincingly against CMCC in a YSCC Game.
September 20, 2015
Clipper Volleyball falls to UMFK
Clippers have no answer for UMFK
September 21, 2015
Clippers Come Up Short Against Pine Manor
The University of Maine at Machias traveled to Pine Manor College on Sunday for a non-conference game.
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Clipper Women Soccer Finish the Weekend With Another Win
Women's Soccer wins 8-3 over Pine Manor
September 21, 2015
Women's Soccer Scores Another Win
The University of Maine at Machias Women's Soccer team travels to Wheelock College.
September 16, 2015
Men's Soccer Wins at Home
Clipper Men's Soccer posts another shut-out.
September 14, 2015
Clipper Women's Soccer Wins on the Road
Clippers pull off 2-1 road victory.
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Here's another case where I wrote down the image someone wanted me to draw but completely neglected to note who it was for, their contact information, etc. So if *you*, person who maybe still visits my blog and have asked me to do a Deadman image, would be so kind as to drop me an e-mail at the address listed to the right and claim your original, I would greatly appreciate it.
Speaking of a dead man (well...less 'dead man' and more like 'dead-tired man', I suppose), an interview I did for the Comic Art Fans boards is up. If you're unfamiliar with this website, it's a fascinating community of collectors, artists, and fans (duh!) where they exhibit their personal collections of original comicbook art. Plug in any and all of your favorite comicbook artists and see what pops up! The folks there have the most insane collections.
Anyway, thanks to Jason Versaggi for the opportunity and for handling me with kid gloves (much appreciated, man!) - all part of the hype that is the forthcoming "Iron Man: Enter The Mandarin" mini-series. If you're so inclined, please visit [HERE] - read along, have a few laughs at my expense, then come back here and tell me how disgusting a veggie pizza with anchovies sounds to you.
Oh, wait! While I have the 'Deadman' theme going, here are a couple of pretty hilarious quotes from Sen. Larry Craig's statement about his recent...um...'excursion' to a men's public bathroom. Little did he know that he was soliciting an undercover police officer:
"In June, I overreacted and made a poor decision. While I was not involved in any inappropriate conduct at the Minneapolis airport or anywhere else, I chose to plead guilty to a lesser charge in the hope of making it go away."
And another: "Let me be clear: I am not gay and never have been."
Haha! Brilliant! I have never heard a man backpedal so fast about his guilt, both public and private! Yet another reason to never ever trust a public official and much less a public official with two first names.
6 comments:
- Neil Hill said...
I'm not the guy who asked for this commission, but speaking of, I emailed you several weeks ago about possibly putting together a commission sketch for me. I can re-send the request if you'd like.
BTW, I'm a huge Deadman fan, and this sketch about made my day! Very cool rendition.
- rory said...
Just have to say, this blog has become a daily visit. Fantastic art!I am so looking forward to that Iron-man series, thanks for the great work.
- capprotti said...
This is SICK. Wish I had commisioned it. You can never go wrong with Deadman. (unrelated) do you know where to find any of Stoneman's art online. Never saw his stuff, it looks really nice. I'd like to see more.
- William Dean Blankenship Jr. said...
Ditto on the daily visit thing. First I was intrigued by your art, now I'm addicted to it. :)
- James said...
Re: the interview - You crazy? Your Wolverine rocks ass.
- Reynes said...
As usaul, great design, image composition, inking and sense of anatomy... I am jalous ! ;)


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Orlando firefighters were called out to a car fire on Interstate 4 Saturday night.
Firefighters said by the time they got to the fire, the car was fully engulfed in flames.
The car was pulled over in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 4 near Orange Blossom Trail around 8 p.m. Saturday.
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Two Watertown men have been indicted in federal court on four felony charges alleging they illegally possessed firearms.
Robert A. Williams, 21, and Robert O. Mono Sr., 27, were each named in grand jury indictments handed up Friday in U.S. District Court. The indictments contained counts of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, possession of stolen firearms and possession of unregistered firearms.
It is alleged that, in Jefferson and Lewis counties between July 23 and Aug. 5, the men possessed four unregistered firearms: a 20-gauge double-barreled shotgun, two 12-gauge pump-action shotguns and a 16-gauge shotgun, each of which had been modified to have an overall length of less than 26 inches and a barrel less than 18 inches long. It also is alleged that three of the guns had been stolen.
It further was alleged that it is illegal for the men to possess the guns because of prior felony criminal convictions.
In Jefferson County Court in 2007, Mr. Mono was convicted of third-degree burglary and sentenced to time served at the Metro-Jefferson Public Safety Building and five years probation.
Mr. Williams has been convicted of four violent felonies including four counts of third-degree burglary in Jefferson County Court, and was sentenced to time served at the PSB and five years probation. One of the burglaries to which he admitted occurred at Danos Pizzeria in Felts Mills, where police said a torch was used in an attempt to access money inside an ATM, but no money was stolen because it was burned. The suspects fled when the torch set off the restaurants sprinkler system.
The indictments handed up Friday stemmed in part from an Aug. 5 traffic stop by Watertown police on Eastern Boulevard, during which a sawed-off shotgun was found in the mens vehicle. Both men are being held at the PSB and are due to be arraigned Tuesday in federal court.
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Focus Hope Gets Muscle From Lansing To Box Food For Those In Need During Holiday
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DETROIT (WWJ) – Focus Hope received a little help from Michigan governor Rick Snyder and his family, packing boxes for seniors during the holiday season.
Governor Snyder, his wife Sue and their two daughters packed boxes of food along with other volunteers at the Focus Hope warehouse.
"I'm happy to say we did 1,500 boxes which is 45,000 meals," said Snyder. "And the real credit should go to Focus Hope for all the great work they do, day in and day out for seniors and so many other people in Detroit."
"Another program we have with Focus Hope that they are participating – Community Ventures – which is about helping them get that first job," said Snyder. "It's actually focused on helping the structurally unemployed – the people who have the most difficulty finding a job."
He says the program has placed over 1,000 people in jobs this year and there is an 80 percent retention rate.
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Mayor Jimmy L. Jackson, 73, died May 3, 2014. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 10, 2014, at noon at St. Mary United Methodist Church in Hogansville. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Public viewing will be Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Thrash and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville.
Eudora Pinson, 84, of Grantville, GA, died May 4, 2014. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at St. Paul CME Church in the Lone Oak Community. Visitation is Friday, May 9, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and for family from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Sewell Mortuary Inc., Grantville, GA.


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Working Smarter
Telework is business as usual for Newnan family
by Clay Neely
An alarm clock buzzes and we begrudgingly remove ourselves from the warm, inviting comfort of our beds and begin our morning rituals.
For many, getting out the door and facing the new day unfortunately begins with a grueling commute to our places of work. We hop in our cars and right into the stop and go grind of morning traffic and all of its inevitable delays, all the while watching the clock tick away.
By the time we arrive at our destination, our mood hasn't changed much from the moment we woke. So, just what were those first few hours for anyway? What if we could regain this valuable time and begin our workday with a different perspective?
For one couple, teleworking from their Newnan home is not only the "norm," but it's also a way of life they would never dream of giving up.
Meet Kent and Erin Smith.
Erin is a program manager for Davaco Inc., a retail and hospitality service company based in Dallas. On any given day, she's running teams from all across the country whose jobs are to ensure products from clients like Nike and Kenneth Cole are set up correctly for the specialty stores they will occupy. Her day begins at 8 a.m. and winds down around 5 p.m.
As president of both Tattoo Artist Magazine and Tattoo Culture Magazine, Kent stays pretty busy. He recently founded his own website as well, Illustrated.monthly.com — a website which specializes in digital reference guides for artists. He wears many hats in business. "PR, administration, bookkeeping, art design, art direction and janitor," he laughs. "It's even on my business card: 'Vice President/ Janitor.'"
Add a four-year-old daughter and a newborn son to the mix and one might imagine things could get complicated quickly.
Not so much.
Erin and Kent have been working from home since 2006, and have established a routine maximizing the harmony between both productivity and a happy family life.
Prior to her current role at Davaco, Erin has held three other positions, all via telecommuting. In fact, she was the first to incorporate Skype into her division.
She grimly recalls the period before Skype was utilized.
"Not only were we spending money flying out to meet the candidates, we were losing the candidates as well since we had to wait until a certain amount were eligible in order to even begin the interview process."
Skype changed the process and savings have been tremendous. The savings are seen from across the board — from financial savings to smarter time management, not to mention the carbon footprint.
"It just makes more sense," she says. "If a meeting is canceled, we simply move right along to the next order of business. We're not stuck trying to catch a flight back or experiencing a high volume of downtime."
Erin recognizes that telework is still a growing phenomenon and the learning curve associated with using Skype can be tricky. "Mainly operator issues," she laughs.
"We've conducted job interviews with candidates who have laundry baskets in the background, maybe a bathroom door is open. People still need to realize they are, in fact, still in a business atmosphere."
When the topic of possible distractions from home is brought up, Kent is quick to elaborate on the subject. Kent says a distraction-free environment is what led him to work from home.
Prior to working from home, Kent was running both of his publications out of an office. He often found himself distracted by people who liked to drop in and take a glimpse into the inner workings of an internationally-published magazine located in Newnan. Being at home allows Kent to manage his time more efficiently, thereby increasing his productivity and focus.
Kent acknowledges that there are distractions in almost any kind of work environment. However, he finds the home distractions much easier to manage than those in a standard workplace.
His deadlines remain the same but his schedule is malleable, allowing him to take care of things that matter most to him: picking up his daughter from school, having lunch with his family or being there for Erin when things get busy on her end.
"When I was working in an office atmosphere, the 9 to 5 mentality was so prevalent," he recalls. "At the end of the day, you're more focused on simply getting out of work so you can rush home to do all the things you weren't able to from the office. You miss your children."
Kent shakes his head, "Oh, never again."
"Waking up at 6 in the morning so I could start the 40-minute commute to the office only to get off at 5 and begin the long grind home. If you've already had a rough day at work, a brutal commute home will only exacerbate it. It's not difficult to understand how road rage is so prevalent."
Erin also experienced the pros and cons of telework and admits there are some aspects she misses about working on-site. As a young woman in the workforce, Erin wanted to learn as much as she could from those above her. Due to the constraints of working from home, she understood that she simply had to try harder to obtain these things.
"You have to be able to push yourself," she elaborates. "Because of the nature of telework, it's imperative that you must go above and beyond in terms of standard learning and going the extra mile to foster a working dynamic between you and those above you."
"That's the only thing I really missed about an office atmosphere — the mentor piece. It's certainly doable, but you have to really try and have someone on the other end who is willing to do the same."
With telecommuting becoming a new and effective method of work over the last 10 years, some people may envision a more laissez-faire approach to working from home. The Smiths emphatically refute the notion.\
Erin spends a good amount of her workday communicating with company teams from across the country, ensuring that every criteria is met and any problems or questions are resolved in a timely manner.
"It takes diligence to stay in the forefront of people's minds. They can't see you at home working hard, but they can see my assistant in the office with her nose to the grindstone."
Erin laughs, "She's working so hard because I'm making the work for her!"
In terms of her ability to communicate with others, Erin's record speaks for itself.
When her company wanted to promote her to an on-site position at their home office in Dallas, Erin had to pitch to the president of the $100 million dollar corporation her desire to not only remain in Atlanta but also her ability to make the off-site proposition work.
It was a successful pitch.
"Needless to say, you have to be extremely self-motivated," she smiles. "I made it very clear what my intention was. Excellent communication skills are the key to this job."
Because of her unique working position, Erin didn't have to choose between a corporate career and being a mom.
"I'm extraordinarily lucky. I love my job and working in a corporate setting, but because we live in Newnan, I can't see myself having to give up so much time for my children just so I can commute back and forth to Atlanta. It's not fair as a parent. You miss so much of what's happening with your kids. You're only seeing them on the weekends."
So how does a married couple handle working and living under the same roof?
Kent has fielded the query so many times at this point. "It's always 'Oh my gosh, you have to work with your spouse all day? How can you stand it?'"
"Well, it's pretty great, actually," smiles Kent. "She's my best friend, I married her for a reason and we're working hard all day. We really don't have much time for chit-chat. I'm firmly ensconced in my work and so is she. That's where time management is paramount. We make time at lunch to discuss family and personal matters. Otherwise, our heads are directly in a work space."
Erin understands that this method of work isn't for everyone.
Speaking to the current suspension of telework by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, Erin sympathizes. "If your numbers are down and you need a collaborative effort, I can understand her point of view. It's not for every company."
But things are much different now than when Kent and Erin first began telecommuting in 2006.
"The entire nature of the business model has changed," she says. "The utilization of Skype along with new programs that allow clients to interface online simply didn't exist before."
"Now the quality of life is immensely different, and for the better, along with the quality of work."
Both Kent and Erin are living proof of the efficiency and practicality of telework. With a proven success record of seven years and counting, they still field the occasional query from friends regarding their independent work from home.
With the arrival of their newborn son just a few weeks ago, Erin's found herself fielding a question from a friend:
"Are you really going into labor or do you just want to skip this meeting?"


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Smoked Salmon and Cucumber Sandwiches
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Bon Appétit | February 1990
- 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh dill
- 3/4 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 3 slices thin Danish pumpernickel bread
- 12 thin slices English hothouse cucumber
- 3 ounces sliced smoked salmon or lox
- Freshly ground pepper
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Mix first 3 ingredients in small bowl to blend. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before using.)
Spread bread with butter mixture. Cover with cucumber slices, then salmon. Sprinkle with pepper. Cut each sandwich into 4 triangles. Top each with dill sprig and serve.
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