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After a cold, wet spring, the summer of 2011 has mostly been good to garden centers. Many retailers from across the U.S. report June sales that were strong enough to make up for poor Mays, defying the industry's rule of thumb that once you lose May sales, they are gone forever.
"June was very strong for us," says Kris Shepherd of Alsip Nursery, located in the Chicago metropolitan area. "We made up all of May losses and a good part of April's deficit."
That sentiment was echoed by several retailers, reporting strong double digit increases of June 2011 over June 2010. Pennsylvania-based Bucks Country Gardens' Tom Hebel shared his June sales: "June sales up 24 percent and margin dollars up 20 percent."
For the Northwest, July was the savior month. "The weather finally stabilized and has been perfect," says Bayview Farm & Garden's Maureen Murphy, whose store is on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound. "We had been way behind because of the horrible, non-existent spring, but things started turning around in July and came screaming back."
For most of the country, though, July was a scorcher. "We went from too wet and cold, to too dry and record breaking heat! July was the third hottest month on record for Missouri," says Sandi Hillermann McDonald of Hillermann Nursery.
Mostardi Nursery in the Philadelphia area successfully battled the weather with a bucks program. "By month's end, we broke the record for hottest month in recorded history… whoopee! Fortunately, bonus bucks came to the rescue, since we redeem them for the entire month and always see a noticeable boost in traffic both at the beginning and end of the month. We had high single digit sales gains each week," says owner Stephen Mostardi.
August continued the heating trend, and more retailers report that the high temperatures impacted sales, although one Midwest retailer who prefers to remain off record reports his store's strongest August sales since 2007, which are 65 percent over 2010's August.
Knupper Nursery & Landscape, a Chicago area store, also had a strong August with a 34.6 percent upswing from August 2010. But Knupper's strong August is only due to a single promotion, owner John Heaton says. "The August number would be down 8.7 percent except for one large sale that we do not normally expect. Our year-to-date sales as of 8/25 is down 3.30 percent, which I am very happy for after the very poor weather in April and May."
Most of the strong sales can be attributed to having comparatively good weather compared to a long, cold, wet spring, retailers say. June's fair skies allowed retailers to maintain strong margins, selling product with virtually no price reductions. By summer's end, however, strong sales were often due to discounts.
"I think people are tired of sales, and I can't wait to sell fall color and something at regular margin," says Hebel, whose August sales totals were down only slightly at 3 percent, but saw margin dollars dip 20 percent.


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Track Activities: Track Activities Volunteers teach one-hour classes that are focused on enhancing personal and professional life skills, and making a habit of engaging in positive leisure activities. In many cases, a syllabus is provided, and volunteers are welcome to bring their background and experience to assist in hosting the classes. We welcome new and fun ideas! Classes are held during the day and evening.
Financial Literacy: Financial Literacy Volunteers teach a three-class series on personal finance and budgeting and tutor guests individually on personal finance and budgeting. Classes are approximately an hour. Ideal volunteers have a background in finance, and feel comfortable guiding someone in figuring out how to promote financial stability in their own life. Classes are held during the week during the evening, and tutoring is scheduled on an individual bases.
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Goals: Coach and Guest will meet at least twice a month. The first meeting will be with a Case Manager on a "get to know each other" basis. This will include a general discussion of the field and the Guest's goals. All subsequent meetings will have Guest and Coach working collaboratively to set future meeting dates and in making connecting and preparing for interviews in the field. Within 3 months of coaching, the volunteer will have made at least 3 connections for the Guest, which could include setting up an informational interview, attending a networking event together, an, gaining access to a job interview, or other general introductions someone in the field.
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Goals: To offer emotional support and act as a mentor/friend to the Guest by having regular meetings (some outside of LPCS) and also by being available in some capacity on other occasions (via email, cell phone, or otherwise). The Peer Coach and Guest should meet at minimum twice a month.
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Saturday Hot Lunch Volunteers (Family Friendly): Great group activity! Hot Lunch is served at 1:30pm on Saturdays. Purchase, prepare and serve lunch to the guests of LPCS. The volunteer signing up for the Hot Lunch opportunity should coordinate her/his own group of volunteers (no more than 10 people!) to provide the lunch and beverages. You are welcome to bring extra food and eat with guests.
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The McNab Alumni Legacy Program will take place June 11-12, 2015, on the Davidson College campus. The purpose of the McNab Program is to equip families with strategies for the college search and application process. The program is open to children and grandchildren of Davidson alumni who are rising 11th and 12th graders, but is best-suited for students entering their junior year.
Deans and directors of admission from other colleges and universities and several seasoned college counselors from high schools and community-based organizations around the country will join us for the program.
The McNab program begins at noon on Thursday, June 11, and ends late in the afternoon on Friday, June 12 (see our schedule page for last year's schedule). The cost of the McNab program is $100 per attending person (each student and family member attending the program). This subsidized fee helps to defray the cost of meals, materials, and visiting counselors. In addition, families are responsible for their own travel and lodging expenses.
To ensure that each family receives personal attention, the lottery is limited to 60 families. McNab is an exceptionally popular program and each year has had a long waitlist. One of the main benefits of the program is its one-to-one personal advising. For this reason, the program must remain small.
Please note: Registration has closed for this year.
Those interested in registering may complete the online entry form, which will be active on this site at any time during this period. The time stamp for the registration will not determine acceptance into the program. Once registration is complete, an email will be sent to the email address provided with a confirmation number specific to that candidate. This unique number will be entered into the lottery pool. Program participants will be selected at random by a computer system. The computer will also generate a random waitlist. If a registered participant declines his/her position, the first person on the waitlist will be offered a place in the program, and so on.
Those accepted into the program will receive a notification email by Friday, March 6 at 9 a.m. EST Confirmation of acceptance is required by Tuesday, March 10 at 4:30 p.m. to hold the student's spot. If a response is not received during this period, the program participant forfeits his or her place in the program. Those placed on the waitlist will also receive an email indicating their status and will receive further correspondence if a spot opens, and they are offered a place in the program. If you do not receive an email by 9 a.m. EST on Friday, March 6, please check your spam folder first and then call 704-894-2715.
Please note: If a student is accepted and has a sibling who has also registered for McNab the same year, the other sibling will also be admitted.


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If you're itching for more information and an exclusive first look at gameplay from Call of Duty: Ghosts, be sure to clear your schedule for this upcoming Sunday. Activison has announced a pre-E3 stream to show off new details about Call of Duty: Ghosts.
On June 9 at 11 am PT/2 pm ET, you'll be able to get catch a 30 minute live broadcast of the newest Call of Duty title, including new gameplay, behind the scenes look, interviews with Infinity Ward, and more.
The broadcast will be hosted by our own Geoff Keighley and Justine Ezarik, and you'll be able to view it here on GameTrailers.
In the mean time, you can watch the latest trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts below, as seen from the Xbox One reveal event.
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That Beautiful Day When Nalda Became Punk
Name: When Nalda Became Punk (Elena Sestelo and Roberto Cibeira)
Where They're From: Vigo, Spain
When They Started: 2006 (as the solo project of Elena Sestelo)
Genre: Pretty in Pop
Most Similar: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Vivian Girls, Dum Dum Girls, Casiokids
Sounds Like: Embracing Your Youth
Sandwiched between the walls of cheap synths, drum machines, and furiously strummed guitars of When Nalda Became Punk's debut album is dialogue from Annie Hall, where—attempting a friendly breakup—Annie tells her boyfriend Alvy, "You're the reason that I got out of my room and that I was able to sing and, and, and you know get more in touch with my feelings and all that crap." Contained in that quote is the driving force behind A Farewell To Youth: Sometimes life can pay you a compliment, even when it's breaking your heart. (Alternate takeaway lesson: Everything in life can/should be summed up by a Woody Allen quote.)
Originally conceived as a solo endeavor, When Nalda Became Punk is now the joint project of Spanish musicians Elena Sestelo (vocal/guitars) and Roberto Cibeira (guitars, keyboards, backing vocals). Together, the pair creates the scrappy pop of dreamers, riding on punk-infused melodies full of cotton candy and scuffed knees. Their ambitions and metronomes only go one way…up. Each one of their eleven jangly odes to contains a bittersweet bounce. Even when coupled with the realization that all the perk in the world can't make a heart any less broken, there's no room for cynics. Everything is crafted to elicit a smile. The title track owes a heavy debut of gratitude to 1986—the spirit of the decade so heavy in the air you can't help but feel the loss of John Hughes all over again. "My Headache is Gone" is a squiggly salute to noise pop at its finest. Meanwhile, Psychedelic Furs-leaning "Before 5" contains a playful male/female vocal interchange, cumulating in a mid-song count to five. Not your cup of tea? You okay? Are you sure? Need a hug, perhaps?
Take a listen below to A Farewell to Youth's Red-Bull-to-the brain opening track "When It'll Come" below. A Farewell to Youth is out now via Shelflife Records. – Laura Studarus


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Fine arts resumes are the exception, she said, because it's legal for fine arts employers to discriminate based on the roles for which they're hiring.
Though LinkedIn is for professionals, it's still a social site, Adele said. And for social sites, she recommends students post wholesome profile pictures and limit their privacy settings so visitors "don't see a lot, if they're not friends."
Meanwhile, Oklahoma consultants and recruiters confirm they frequently use LinkedIn and other sites for research.
"We help a lot of organizations hire leaders, managers, and sales professionals. Every one of them uses LinkedIn in the process," said Mike Crandall of Sandler Training. "A picture goes a long ways to tell you how serious they are about professionalism, detail and following directions," Crandall said. "LinkedIn strongly suggests a picture and will give you messages of an incomplete profile until you add one," he said.
Karen Renee Elzea, an executive health care recruiter with Wolters Search Group in Tulsa, said, "Think about when MTV started playing videos to accompany songs we heard on the radio. All of a sudden these songs became multidimensional and took on new meaning. That is how I feel about pictures on LinkedIn profiles," Elzea said. "Their picture gives the written word personality. Without one, it begs the questions, 'What do they look like?' 'Are they hiding something?' and 'Why did they not take the time to complete their profile?'" she said.
Shawnee recruiter Wolf Gugler said business-appropriate pictures help job seekers make good first impressions and make them more human. "Personally though, I'd rather see no picture than one showing a guy in a bathing suit on his powerboat or a female displaying her winning smile and cleavage," Gugler said.
That's the next phase of Salter's research at Ramapo — people's perceptions of professional profile photos versus nonprofessional ones. He's scheduled to present his research at a Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology conference in April in Houston.


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March 19, 2008
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 0.3 percent in February, seasonally adjusted. This increase followed a 1.0-percent advance in January and a 0.3-percent decline in December.
The index for finished energy goods increased 0.8 percent in February after rising 1.5 percent in January.
The index for finished consumer foods fell 0.5 percent in February after moving up 1.7 percent in January. The index for finished goods other than foods and energy moved up 0.5 percent subsequent to a 0.4-percent increase in January.
From February 2007 to February 2008, prices for finished goods rose 6.4 percent, as shown in the chart.
These data are from the BLS Producer Price Index program. To learn more, see "Producer Price Indexes -- February 2008" (PDF) (TXT), news release USDL 08-0379. All producer price indexes are routinely subject to revision once, 4 months after original publication, to reflect the availability of late reports and corrections by respondents.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Producer prices in February 2008 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2008/mar/wk3/art03.htm (visited October 13, 2015).
New estimates of personal taxes in Consumer Expenditure Survey
In 2013, the Consumer Expenditure Survey improved its personal tax data.
Trends in long-term unemployment
Long-term unemployment reached historically high levels following the recession of 2007–2009.
Housing: before, during, and after the Great Recession
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Get Down in the Mouth
A discussion the other day with a fellow alum drifted to the question of whether the intellectual caliber of most of the writers at The D and the Dartmouth Radical was representative of the entire student body. We sure hoped not. And then right on schedule comes a glimmer of hope, or maybe even a point of light: Mouth, or maybe DMouth, to judge from its website URL. The site is a little uneven, but there is something there. Call it honest self-expression, or whatever — at least it isn't resumé stuffing.
Wit is in short supply in Hanover these days. As is hope. The plodders rule in Parkhurst and on the Board. But if kids can write like this, maybe we deserve a decent President. Take a look.
Mouth has published a Mission Statement:
Mouth is a new student-run internet publication that aims to promote healthy intellectual conflict by engaging the Dartmouth community in conversations that are more dynamic than the drunken superficialities spewed out in our basements. Every publication cycle we pick a theme for contributors to discuss in any format they desire on our website. Publication cycles revolve around dinner parties that bring together students who've shared their ideas with Mouth so they can meet one another and help direct the future of the publication. Ultimately we want to know about your interests and we want to share your interests with others.
Now I am hooked. Self-awareness and a dinner party are a fine combination.
Addendum: It turns out that the official name of the site is just Mouth.
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There are six sets of brothers on the New Zealand team preparing for
next week's qualifying round of the World Baseball Classic, but it's the
brothers Moanaroa who have become the face of a team making the
country's first-ever appearane in the tournament.
Moko, 22, and Boss, 21, are widely considered two of the most accomplished young
players in a country where baseball is rapidly growing. They grew up in
Australia, but their family is from New Zealand.
Moko, an outfielder, played in 98 games over four seasons in the Red Sox
organization before being released in 2011. Boss, a first baseman, followed his
brother's footsteps into the Boston organization in 2009 and played
this season at Class A Greenville.
Personal accolades aside, Moko and Boss are looking forward to carving their
place in New Zealand baseball history. The team begins action in the second
World Baseball Classic qualifying round at 5:30 a.m. ET on Nov. 15 in
New Taipei City, Taiwan. The games can be seen live on MLB Network.
"Definitely, being the first New Zealand team, I feel very prideful," Boss said.
"No one in baseball has ever done this."
The Moanaroa brothers and the rest of their Kiwi teammates enter the qualifier
as clear underdogs, the only squad in the four-team bracket — which includes
No. 8 Chinese Taipei, No. 23 Thailand and No. 31 Philippines — unranked by the
International Baseball Federation.
But Boss said he's been impressed with the team's ability.
"Most of the team hasn't had a lot of experience, but we have a lot of good
players on this team," Boss said. "I think the whole world is going to be shocked
at what kind of talent we have in New Zealand."
Other New Zealanders to watch include:
• John Holdzkom, a 6-foot-7 right-hander who appeared in six games for the
Reds' high-A affiliate in 2012 and has a fastball that has been
clocked at 101 mph.
• Daniel Lamb-Hunt, who spent time in the Braves organization after being a
standout softball player. He recently completed his
third season of European baseball.
• Catcher Te Wera Bishop, also a former softball player, who once
signed with the Red Sox.
For Moko and others, the World Baseball Classic provides a chance for them to get
another look from Major League teams.
"Definitely, it'd be good to be picked up again, even independent ball as well,"
Moko said. "Go out there and show them what I've got."
The play on the field isn't the only thing New Zealand has in store for fans.
It also has a dance. A number of players are Maori, a strong culture in New Zealand.
Maori culture is the source of the haka, a war dance players perform
before games, much like New Zealand's rugby team does.
"We actually made our own war dance just for the baseball team, and we've done
it before every game so far," Boss said. "It's going to be exciting — first time
anyone's seen it. Everyone's excited to do it, and it really motivates everyone
and gets people going in the same direction."


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NYC's Apollo to honor King of Pop, Queen of SoulApril 1, 2010 // 0 Comments
NEW YORK (AP) — Aretha Franklin and Michael Jackson are being inducted into the Apollo Theater's hall of fame in New York City.
The late King of Pop and the Queen of Soul will be honored with the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame on June 14 at the historic Harlem theater.
Jackson first performed at the Apollo at its Amateur Night with his brothers in the late 1960s. They won, and their career as the Jackson Five was launched.
Franklin is scheduled to attend the ceremony.
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony will also be honored with the theater's arts and humanitarian award.
Past hall of fame inductees include Quincy Jones, Patti LaBelle and Ella Fitzgerald.
The theater is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
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Year of Faith
Pope Francis' One-Minute Lesson from the School of Love
Paul Gondreau is a professor of theology at Providence College. His education prepared him to intellectually understand a moment like this, but his experience as Dominic's father was no less instructive.
But how can a disabled person show us how to love in a way that only a disabled person can? Because the Cross of Christ is sweet and is of a higher order. Christ's resurrection from the Cross proclaims that the love he offers us, the love that we, in our turn, are to show others, is the real reason he endured the Cross in the first place. Our stony hearts are transformed into this Christ-like love, and thereby empowered to change hatred into love, only through the Cross. And no one shares in the Cross more intimately than the disabled. And so the disabled become our models and our inspiration. Yes, I give much to my son, Dominic. But he gives me more, way more. I help him stand and walk, but he shows me how to love. I feed him, but he shows me how to love. I bring him to physical therapy, but he shows me how to love. I stretch his muscles and joke around with him, but he shows me how to love. I lift him in and out of his chair, I wheel him all over the place, but he shows me how to love. I give up my time, so much time, for him, but he shows me how to love.
I was fortunate to meet the Gondreau family at Camp Care, a semi-annual gathering of families with special needs children at Crossroads Physical Therapy in Connecticut. I was impressed by how Paul, his wife Christiana, and their children gently cared for Dominic, played games with him while basking in his cheerful presence. Paul told me that his work took him to Rome for a semester, and it was thrilling to see Dominic singled out for attention by the Holy Father. As their embrace was cheered by the crowd, I let out a shout of joy, waking my family with, "Pope Francis gets it, he knows the amazing gifts our special needs children offer the world and he wants the world to know too!"
Thank you, Professor Paul Gondreau, for the exegesis on the power of the Cross, and thank you, parent Dominic Gondreau for the lesson on love. May God grant us the humility to learn from all of his professors and parents and popes.
You can watch an interview with Dr. Paul Gondreau, talking about his son's encounter with Pope Francis, here.
Leticia Velasquez is a co-founder of Keep Infants With Down Syndrome. She writes from Connecticut, where she also blogs at Cause of Our Joy.


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Sir Edward Beckwith Ashmore
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Sir Edward Beckwith Ashmore
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half-plate film negative, 23 April 1971
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We just became a dealer for Monatauk Outdoors :)I got a limited supply of Gnat stoves available for $49.95 with $4 CONUS shipping and $8 international.EDIT: Shipping has been reduced. Depending on location, around $2 for domestic and $5 for international.All stoves come with a 3-year warranty. Any questions, feel free to ask. :)www.antigoutdoors.com
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I just ordered one to give it a shot!And very competitive shipping cost to Europe (only $8)
Just placed an order and got a quick response. How many boils are you getting with small canisters like the snowpeak? I'm considering pairing this with my BPL 1100 pot, and MLD 850 as I'm quickly tiring of the whole alcohol stove phase.
Thanks for the order Jacob. It is very hard to determine the amount of boils because it all depends on elevation, weather, whether the stove is on full blast, etc. I don't have any empirical evidence but I'm sure this thread would give you an idea:http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=6264
Thanks for the link. I'm excited to try this out on a few trips this fall. The reviews I can find tend to be very good.
3 year warranty, but remember you must register your product within 30 days of purchase or you have no full warranty.http://m.b5z.net/i/u/10042827/i/Gnat_Instructions.pdf
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2 U.S. Code § 441 - Repealed.
Section, Pub. L. 92–225, title III, § 320, formerly § 311,Feb. 7, 1972, 86 Stat. 19; renumbered § 321,Pub. L. 93–443, title II, § 208(a),Oct. 15, 1974, 88 Stat. 1279; renumbered § 320,Pub. L. 94–283, title I, § 105,May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 481, provided penalties of not more than $1,000 fine or not more than 1 year imprisonment, or both for violations of this subchapter. See section 441j of this title.
Savings Provision
Pub. L. 94–283, title I, § 114,May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 495, provided that: "Except as otherwise provided by this Act [see Short Title of 1976 Amendment note set out under section 431 of this title], the repeal by this Act of any section or penalty shall not have the effect of releasing or extinguishing any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under such section or penalty, and such section or penalty shall be treated as remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of any penalty, forfeiture, or liability."
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Take Five: Links to My Favorite Things…By srbissette on December 16th, 2009
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[Dave Brubeck (piano), Paul Desmond (alto sax), Eugene Wright (bass), Joe Morello (drums), "Take Five," Berlin, Germany, 1966]
* Was James Cameron a fan of Steve Perry's and Tom Yeates' Timespirits?
Specifically, are there points of comparison to be made between Timespirits #6 (September 1985) and the opening-this-weekend Cameron epic Avatar?
Hmmm, maybe James Cameron could send a little Christmas cheer in Steve and Tom's direction?
* Speaking of my old pal Steve Perry…
If you have any Christmas $$ you can spare — I know, an unlikely proposition in 2009 — Timespirits co-creator and Thundercats/Silverhawks writer Steve Perry is still in mighty dire straits with his five-year-old son Leo down in Florida. Steve is battling with terminal cancer;
A home theft this past week left Steve and Leo financially destitute (once again) and avaricious human predators continue to drain his dwindling resources, though Heroes International's very welcome aid and partial coverage of Steve's medical costs has been a Godsend.
Anyhoot, even if you can only spare $5, or arrange for food or goods to be snail-mailed, send it Steve's way; Paypal to firstname.lastname@example.com, snail-mail to Steve Perry, 38046 8th Ave, Zephyrhills, FL 33542. I've just sent more myself; sorry to keep posting occasional reminders, but I've no idea what else to do.
* The Vermont Monster Guide book tour is over, but Joe Citro and I are now savoring new attention to our book.
The gradual emergence of
Nice to know the book is finding its audience, and here's hoping our plans for a successor in 2010 find a roost.
* And finally, a sweet treat Tim Lucas steered me to via Facebook:
John Coltrane (soprano and tenor sax), the great Eric Dolphy (flute, alto sax), my all-time favorite jazz pianest McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman (bass) and Elvin Jones (drums) circa 1961, Baden-Baden, Germany — indeed, among my favorite things:
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EURO 2012 squads spring into action for summer like no other
The name Jóan Símun Edmundsson doesn't exactly roll off the tongue in the vein a Van Persie does, a Platini did or even a Kostas Fortounis might in the future. Edmundsson has already written himself into the EURO 2012 history books.
On a windswept Wednesday evening in Tallinn, it was Edmundsson who scored the very first goal on the hazardous football politicking journey to Poland-Ukraine 2012, as the Faroe Islands took the lead in the Estonian capital. Estonia went on to write their own fairytale before eventually succumbing to Republic of Ireland Giovanni Trapattoni-inspired charm during last fall's playoff round.
Edmundsson's milestone moment occurred back on August 11, 2010 but as we sit here now exactly three weeks before EURO 2012 gets underway in Warsaw, some of the greatest players in the game today stand a chance of scoring the tournament's concluding goal in Kiev on July 1; in doing so, help etch the name of their beloved nation on the Henri Delaunay Trophy.
Like the World Cup before under Jules Rimet, it was a Frenchman who was the true inspiration behind a tournament that today rivals a World Cup Finals in scale, scope and global appeal. In his role as the first UEFA General Secretary, Delaunay had originally submitted a proposal to FIFA back in 1927 to stage a tournament that would span the UEFA continent.
It would be more than three decades before Delaunay's dream and vision turned into reality. With only four nations competing in those inaugural Finals staged in Delaunay's native France, the USSR reigned supreme by beating Yugoslavia 2-1 in the final held at the illustrious Parc des Princes in Paris on July 10, 1960.
With the 51 nations that now make up UEFA whittled down to a mouth-watering and highly appetizing sweet 16, there are now but 10 days left before the governing body must receive the names of all players that will be participating in Poland-Ukraine.
With the conclusion of the European domestic league season, most eyes have become more firmly gazed on Munich ahead of Saturday's Champions League Final and without much fuss, Nyon's administrators have been hard at work this past week as 10 of the 16 nations have formally notified UEFA of their squads.
In most cases, these are oversized squads that will need to be trimmed and finalized by the May 29 deadline. A few exceptions include England, who earlier this week named their final 23 with Roy Hodgson likely wanting to avoid the scenes that surrounded Glenn Hoddle in 1998 when he had to tell players, instead of boarding the plane to Paris, they could get the early jump on their summer vacation.
A certain Paul Gascoigne, one of England's heroes at EURO 96 took Hoddle quite literally as he jumped and stomped his way through his destroyed hotel room before departing for home in his official England car.
Of the 16 nations that will initially embark on friendly match-driven training camps before descending on their bases in Poland or Ukraine, as many as half of them unlock their training camp padlocks with a genuine belief their squad possesses the footballing prowess that will allow them to hold aloft the Henri Delaunay Trophy into the warm night-time Kiev air come July 1.
Top of those considerations come the current World and European champions, who must not only do battle with the likes of a resurgent Italy and a defiant Croatia in the group stage. Spain's greatest opponent will be history itself. Never before in world football has any single nation won three straight tournaments.
The last such nation to stand in that position was France, who, after winning the 1998 World Cup, followed it up with triumph at EURO 2000, only for their football world to come crashing down at the 2002 World Cup Finals. The French entered that tournament as one of the favorites, only to be embarrassingly defeated by the very same 1-0 margin in all three of their group stage encounters.
Holland will certainly feel they can go one better than South Africa 2010 and emulate their Marco Van Basten wonder strike class of 1998. Majestic through qualification, they won't need reminding following that German Mannschaft Machine that steamrolled over them by three goals to nil in Hamburg in a friendly last fall that the Dutch will have to be at their very physical and football best when they face that finely fettled German opponent again this time for real in the group stage on June 13.
Germany have only improved themselves after their remarkable South African odyssey before they got a taste of impeccable French resistance when going down to a home soil 2-1 reversal in Bremen during the last round of friendlies back in late February.
Reborn under Blanc and playing their own expansive, expressive style that has been a hallmark of French soccer in recent generations, France could not have asked for a better group after they were seeded in pot 4 along with Denmark, Czech Republic and the Republic of Ireland for last December's group draw.
It may well have been youth and zest Blanc opted for after a mutinous core ripped the soul out of the vestiges of anything resembling football two short summers ago, but France have one of the best pedigrees at this tournament; triumphs only bettered by the Germans.
The last French victory came at the cost of an Italian golden goal loss that still haunts a nation that itself is looking for redemption from that earliest and brutally demoralizing of South African exits.
Under Cesare Prandelli, Italy have rediscovered their roots without the need of an emphatic qualifying campaign. The whole nation let out a collective sigh of relief recently when Cassano returned to the pitch following a very serious health scare that ruled him out for most part of the domestic season.
They'll need Cassano, the man and his goals. He managed six through 10 qualification matches. No matter how insignificant many think friendly matches are, their 2-1 win over the World Champions last August certainly puts the Azzurri into a psychological advantage when they open their campaign June 10 against the current European champions.
No one in Italy or amongst the multitude of ex-pats scattered across the globe need reminding International Tournament Football isn't defined by your first game, but your last. Rare is the case you'll be at your very best from the opening game but few nations will look to replicate the Spanish South Africa 2010 model where the eventual champions lost their opener.
With our days becoming longer as we head into deepest spring, the days before EURO 2012 gets underway are shortening. This final European Championships before the expanded 24-team format is introduced at EURO 2016 will likely go down in history as a tournament unlike any other since the UEFA European Football Championship fuse was lit by Monsieur Delaunay back in 1927.
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Haunted houses
We rate three of NYC's haunted houses, from the pants-wettingly terrifying (clowns!) to the Twilight-level fluffy.
Blood Manor
Blood Manor
Vortex Haunted House
Vortex Haunted House
Nightmare: Vampires
Nightmare: Vampires
Blood Manor
(542 W 27th St between Tenth and Eleventh Aves; 212-290-2825, bloodmanor.com; $25–$45, through Nov 7)
The meat: This massive Chelsea haunted house celebrates its fifth birthday this year. There's lots of yelling and gross innuendo involving unpleasant implements—including cleavers and drills—as you walk through reenactments of classic horror movie scenes.
The gristle: Clowns. And Blood Manor is full of them. We constantly reminded ourselves that it was not, in fact, clown clobbering time, even as the variously Afroed extras from It made us remember that they all float, Georgie.
The lame fake rubber hand covered in ketchup: As returning Blood Manor victims, we were slightly disappointed that it was missing a few of its best actors from 2008, like the creepy guy in a Michael Myers mask. And one of the characters was hitting on our girlfriend, which is definitely lame.
Fright factor: Clowns are scary, but zombie strippers are hot. We're confused!
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Vortex Haunted House
(Sanford Meisner Theater, 164 Eleventh Ave between 22nd and 23rd Sts; nychalloweenhauntedhouse.com; $12–$20, through Oct 31)
The meat: The psychos behind A Midsummer's Nightmare debut their latest creation, an ultraviolent haunted house. The rules stipulate that every patron wear a paranoia-inducing surgical mask and enter the labyrinth alone. Get some liquid courage with a $1 shot of whiskey before entering.
The gristle: Not having a group around to nervously laugh off the faux horror is a pretty effective scare tactic. The tunnel of death at the end, which you traverse on your hands and knees, helps heighten a truly terrifying finish.
The lame fake rubber hand covered in ketchup: It's a pretty quick romp (15 minutes or so) through this terrordome, which is a bit of a letdown; the scary energy is still building when the traverse abruptly ends.
Fright factor: Better bring a change of pants.
Nightmare: Vampires
(Noho Event Center, 623 Broadway at Houston St; 212-929-2963, nightmarenewyork.com; $30–$60, through Nov 7)
The meat: The latest version of this annual haunted house puts you in a tour group at a vampire museum. After Vlad Tepes's dagger goes missing, you delve in (past the impotent-looking Twilight dummy), to a world of freaky vampires that are straight out of 30 Days of Night.
The gristle: One room in particular, full of dry-ice smoke and lit by a blacklight, is rife with confusing, darting shadows. A birth-canal-type thing, filled with continuously flowing air, is claustrophobia-inducing; you may have to draw straws to see who goes through first.
The lame fake rubber hand covered in ketchup: In high school, we found the class production of West Side Story pretty terrifying. Nightmare has that level of acting.
Fright factor: Scarier than a horde of screaming, Edward Cullen–obsessed teenagers.


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Maryland Weekly Fishing Report Overview | August 31, 2011
It was a very interesting weekend for sure and I hope that all of you faired through it without too many problems. Over here on the eastern shore we received a lot of wind and rain causing problems with downed trees, flooded roads and houses built in flood plains. I was working the Fisheries booth at the state fair in Timonium on Friday and when I started to get close to Route 50 on my way home, I couldn't help but feel empathy for all those attempting to head west. The bumper to bumper traffic stretched all the way to Easton. As I crossed the Bay Bridge I noticed a line of small boats headed for the ramps at Sandy Point State Park to be hauled out as a safety measure. There was even a convoy of YP (Yard Patrol) boats from the Naval Academy headed north to the safety of Baltimore I suspect.
Irene did a good job of stirring up the bay and ocean waters and fishing should begin to show changes from the stretch of summer doldrums we've experienced due to high water temperatures. Water temperatures are on a downward move into the seventies and saltwater and freshwater fish will begin to become more active. If you find yourself in cloudy water conditions when fishing think of dark colored lures, lures with rattles and spinners that send vibrations through the water to help fish locate your offerings.
A look at the Conowingo Dam shows mid-day power generation that is within normal releases; although waters are discolored to some degree fishing in the upper reaches of the bay show promise. Water temperatures are slowly decreasing and are now holding around 78-degrees. Fishing below the dam hole should improve with these water releases and the cooler water temperatures for striped bass and smallmouth bass as well. White perch fishing has been good in the lower Susquehanna and tidal rivers and creeks of the upper bay. Fishing for striped bass tends to focus around chumming and chunking at the Love Point area and to a lesser degree near channel edges near the mouth of the Magothy and around Hart/Miller Island. Henry Meyers caught this nice striped bass while fishing close to the bottom with a chunk of fresh cut white perch.
Photo Courtesy Chris Davenport
Trolling is a good option along channel edges and structure with medium sized spoons, bucktails and swim shads in tandem or behind umbrella rigs. Live lining, jigging and chunking near the pier bases at the Bay Bridge also has been productive this week.
Middle bay region fishermen are finding Spanish mackerel all the way up to the Bloody Point area by briskly trolling small Drone spoons behind inline weights or planers. Slower trolling speeds offer the opportunity to catch striped bass. Most of the bluefish in the middle bay region are still in the 12" size range although a few 18" bluefish show up now and then. The False Channel is still holding striped bass and fishermen got right back into the saddle right after Irene passed by and winds calmed. Spot are still available in shallower waters and are being live lined or chunked on the channel edge at the False Channel. Breaking fish composed of a mix of striped bass, small bluefish and Spanish mackerel are being spotted throughout the region and there is plenty of action this week.
Fishing for white perch and spot continues to be good in Eastern Bay, Hackett's Bar and the lower sections of most of the tidal rivers in the region. Croaker fishing along channel edges in the evening or deep during the day seems to be tapering off. Cooling water temperatures have spurred the shallow water fishery for striped bass and white perch along the shorelines of the bay and tidal rivers. Casting surface lures, jerkbaits, swim shads or spinnerbaits is a great way to enjoy some early morning or evening action.
Photo Courtesy Keith Lockwood
Fishermen in the lower bay region are finding plenty of striped bass holding at the Gas Docks with an appetite for live spot within a day of Irene's passing. The shallows of the Patuxent are holding a good supply of spot so most private and charter boats have been anchoring up to form a fleet on any given day. Breaking fish composed of striped bass, Spanish mackerel and bluefish can be found chasing bay anchovies throughout the entire region. Casting metal into the melee is always fun and jigging underneath is a good way to find the larger striped bass. Trolling nearby at a good clip with small Drone spoons behind inline weights or planers is a good way to catch Spanish mackerel. Fishermen are reporting there are some larger bluefish in the vicinity of the Middle Grounds and large red drum are being caught and released from the Middle Grounds up to Hooper's Island. Fishing for a mix of large spot, croakers and flounder continues to be good in the Tangier Sound area.
The few recreational crabbers that have been on the water after Irene reported that they were not disappointed with the crabs they caught from the Elk River south to Crisfield. Just about everyone reported the crabs were hungry, a lot of small ones and that crabs are fattening up.
The waters of western Maryland escaped most of the heavy rain that the eastern side of the state encountered, so most areas were running clear and fishing is good. Fisheries biologist Mark Toms reports that the upper Potomac is little changed from last week, still low and clear. It may have risen ever so slightly but we received more wind then rain. Temperatures have cooled into the mid to upper 70's due to cooler nights. Allen Forrest went out yesterday on the upper Potomac and had fun catching and releasing smallmouth bass by using a whacky rigged Senko; check out his report on the Angler's Log.
Photo Courtesy Allen Forrest
Largemouth bass fishermen are finding that the bass are breaking out of the somewhat sluggish summer mode of behavior as water temperatures drop into the seventies. Largemouth bass fishing is still best in the early morning and evening hours but bass are aggressively striking a variety of lures near cover such as grass, spatterdock fields and sunken wood. Shallow running crankbaits and spinnerbaits have been good choices as well as soft plastics.
The fishing scene in the Ocean City area is starting to bounce back fairly quickly after Irene's passing. The surf is calming down and once again fishermen are finding a mix of kingfish, small bluefish, large spot, croaker, flounder and even a few pompano in the surf on small baits. A few cobia are being caught in the surf this week by fishermen casting larger baits. Larger bluefish have been coming in through the inlet at night and a few striped bass are caught each night on swim shads or live eels. During the day flounder are the game at the inlet and the Route 50 Bridge area. In the back bay areas flounder fishing picked right up again after the storm and there is also a mix of croaker and small bluefish inside.
Reports from boats headed out to the wreck sites for sea bass or to the canyons for offshore species are scarce so far this week. Most boat owners either hauled their boats out or used two miles of ropes to tie them to something that would hold against the wind and tidal surge. As the week progresses towards the weekend progress will be made to get back out and the traditional September white marlin bite may start as soon as this weekend.
I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except that we like it and it makes us think and feel. - Roderick L. Haig-Brown
Keith Lockwood has been writing the Fishing Report since 2003 and has had a long career as a fisheries research biologist since 1973. Over the course of his career he has studied estuarine fishery populations, ocean species, and over a decade long study of bioaccumulation of chemicals in aquatic species in New Jersey. Upon moving to Oxford on the eastern shore of Maryland; research endeavors focused on a variety of catch and release studies as well as other fisheries related research at the Cooperative Oxford Laboratory. Education and outreach to the fishing public has always been an important component to the mission of these studies. Keith is an avid outdoorsman enjoying hunting, fishing, bird dogs, family and life on the eastern shore of Maryland.


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Malever, Musleh Elected to Ocala City Council, Three Amendments Struck Down
By Erica A. Hernandez on October 15th, 2013 | Last updated: October 24, 2013 at 12:42 pm
Ocala residents voted to elect Brent Malever and incumbent Jay Musleh to District 1 and 3 city council seats respectively during Tuesday's election. Two of the five proposed amendments to the city charter were approved. The Marion County Supervisor of Elections […]
Ocala City Council District 3 Candidate: Aaron Fiehn
By Kara Hudgins on October 6th, 2013 | Last updated: October 9, 2013 at 2:50 pm
Aaron Fiehn is running for Ocala City Council because he wants to represent the people. Fiehn said he's a common man, and that he relates to the people of Ocala.


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Review: Monk - Mr. Monk Goes Camping
(S08E12) Well, after the past couple of shows -- especially Monk's reunion with Sharona -- I was imagining that the final season of Monk was sprinting to the finish line, delivering some final hours that would be up there with the best ever for the series.
Then Adrian went camping. This might be one of the weakest Monks of all time. The funniest thing was the title, which was where the inspiration began and -- sadly -- ended. Nothing worked. Monk and children? No. Monk in the woods? No. Monk and the grizzly bear? Do you even have to wonder? More after the jump.
I'm glad they're dealing with Monk's desire to be reinstated in the San Francisco P.D. before the series winds up. It's been his goal from the start, although I have to think by now that he's just as happy -- for Monk -- not being part of the force. As a consultant, he's allowed his idiosyncrasies and foibles. He's allowed Natalie as a sidekick. What would he get by being back -- a gun and badge? He doesn't need to be reinstated for any reason other than he's a completist and wants to be whole again. I just don't think it matters anymore.
The tribunal was weird. Monk's record should be enough to warrant serious consideration. Couldn't they give Adrian back his status with limitations if they're concerned about his fitness in the field? And, seriously, in Monk-world, how tough can the SFPD be if Randy Disher is an officer?
There was some good interaction with Randy and Monk, especially Disher's philosophy lesson. We now know why he's so sanguine about things. He's chosen to be happy. Leave it to Disher to chose a lifestyle based on a bumper sticker. The heck with books and learning.
Unlike "Mr. Monk and the Dog," there was nothing heartwarming about Monk and the kids. He didn't get them. He was schmoozing with the one kid to suck up to the boy's father and it was just smarmy. Monk's not a schmoozer and he does not related to kids. Then add the tropes of camping and you have an ill-conceived string of episodes. By the time the bear showed up, I had mentally tuned out.
The case -- yes, there was a case -- somehow trickled back into the camping plot. There was a trout and bear and twisted metal, but it didn't really add up to much more than one slightly funny moment when Monk calmed the grizzly by telling him/her a story. "Here's what happened..." See, that was it. The one funny in the show.
The rejection at the end and Monk's decision not to hear the truth was simply daft. By next week's show will reality set in? Presumably it will. I sure hope by then that Mr. Monk is back on track for a winning finish.
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Trio Orders Taco Bell Drive-Through And Gets $3,600 In Cash
July 2, 2013 10:00 PM
KENTWOOD, Mich. (WCCO) — Three friends didn't get what they ordered whatsoever at a Taco Bell drive-through Saturday night in Kentwood, Mich.
The trio opened their bag and didn't find Mexican fast food, but wads of cash to the tune of $3,600.
The group joked around about keeping it, but realized they needed to turn it in.
They say the store manager broke down into tears when they handed over the cash.


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for me it goes
1.- tied, tyrion/jaime
2. tywin
3. joffery
edit: i dont know how the hell i forgot ned...prob. the best cast character on the show..i'd stick him around here as the guys above have truly made the characters their own...and are not dead yet!
4. varys
5. queen of thorns
6. theon
7. ramsay
1. jon
2. mance
3. daario
i dont know if dany is 4- shes gorgeous and i love the character, but she could do a little better...overall amazing cast though (i love how true blood comes on right after as its summer replacement, a show which probably has some of the worst acting i have ever seen...ever)
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Hailey Glassman: Jon And Kate Split Up A Year AgoJosh Loposer
In her first ever TV interview, Jon's girlfriend Hailey Glassman revealed some of the juicy behind-the-scenes details about TLC's control over Jon and Kate's marriage.
According to Hailey, she just a "a normal 22-year-old girl" who's caught in the middle of a tabloid feeding frenzy, and she's not, in her own words, "some fame whore."
"I was never a follower. I was never a gossiper. I did my own thing. To be honest, this whole thing, I have lost my happiness through this all. I don't want to say the public and media stripped me of my self-esteem. But they really have. I've been the sacrificial lamb in this situation."
OK, maybe she's being a little melodramatic, but he spiel does evoke just the tiniest bit of sympathy from me. I mean, she's 22 and the only crime she's guilty of is falling for the wrong, rich, douchey, older guy wearing Ed Hardy shirts.
As I reported yesterday, Jon and TLC are reportedly butting heads, but according to Hailey the tension has been building for many months:
"More like the lying channel… TLC didn't allow [Jon and Kate Gosselin] to come out and say their marriage was done a year ago," she said. But "no network owns what I can and cannot say."
Hmm. What do you think? Is Hailey's interview changing your perspective on Jon Gosselin?


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If you know me, you know that I LOVE chocolate! Chocolate and I go waaaay back. All the way back to elementary school. Chocolate chip cookies, yes, please. Hot Chocolate, yea buddy! Chocolate covered bananas, you betcha! A small square of 80% cocoa dark chocolate…..oh please, oh please, oh please!!! NO! No chocolate for me….you see, I had this "brilliant" idea to give up chocolate for Lent! Geesh, it seems like Fat Tuesday was months ago and like Easter will never be here!! Over the last several weeks I have tried many different things to satisfy the chocolate cravings. Peanut butter and I have been getting pretty close lately. I have come up with a seriously tasty and pretty healthy peanut butter cookie that I know you and your kiddos will love!!
Peanut Butter Banana Cookies
- 1 cup Oat Flour (just blend a cup of oats in a blender)
- 1/2 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
- 1 cup Peanut Butter (you could actually use any kind of nut butter for this)
- 1 Banana, mashed (about 1/2 cup)
- 1/3 cup Agave Nectar or Honey
Combine blended oats and wheat flour. Combine the wet ingredients and stir together with the oats and flour until a thick dough forms.
Drop dough by the spoonfulls onto cookies sheets.
Introduce the dough to the back of a fork to get the classic peanut butter cookie look.
Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and allow to cool on a cooling rack.
What? That's not good enough for you? You want a little more over the top….okay….read on!
Using your hands form the dough into a ball…
Roll the sides in finely chopped peanuts…
Transfer to the cookie sheet and invite the fork over…
I promise you will be pleased with these cookies! So will your kids, your partner, your friends, your enemies, anyone you are willing to share them with…..and no one will miss the sugar!!!!!


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I'm very shaken right now. I just got off the phone with my mother and it turns out that my father had a mini-stroke last night!! I'm on the verge of tears here as I type this out because my dad and I hadn't had the best relationship when I was growing but now (in the past decade) we've really become close and have become real friends and tight buddies. We see each other twice a week and I'm am so thankful that I have had this time with him.
Apparently he went into the middle bedroom in their house early last night to get something and was hit with a wave of exhaustion, so he decided to lie down and before long an hour had gone by. My mom just figured he needed a cat nap and didn't think anything of it until he woke up. He sat down at the table with my mom and they began discussing things when my mom noticed that he wasn't making any sense in the conversation. He was confused about what my mother was saying and was having trouble forming the right words. He was able, however, to express that he felt foggy in his head and like he was just coming out of anesthesia. Having just talked about risk factors and signs of as stroke my mom knew something was wrong and rushed him to the hospital where he was diagnosed with having had a mini stroke. He's alive and doing well now but still tired and surely concerned. He will see a specialized doctor to discuss the way forward this afternoon. The doctor that saw him in the hospital last night said that they will most likely get him on blood thinners.
I guess the good news here is that while he came close to disaster he is now aware that he is prone to such a problem and can make the changes necessary to increase his chances of avoiding a major stroke in the future. It is a time of fear that can be changed into a moment of personal growth. It is time to be reborn into a new reality that can catapult one into a more meaningful quality of life. Meditation is a great way to release the fear of sickness and death by relaxing the body and mind through concentrating on deep breathing. This kind of meditation is like pulling the plug on a bathtub to drain the water. It helps us drain all the fearful thoughts that are preventing us from finding happiness and peace in the present moment. It helps us keep up with the stress and worries in life. It is like a mini-vacation for the mind and once you relax your mind you relax your body which helps one heal.
It is times like right now when my understanding of impermanence also comes to my aid. I haven't taken my time with my dad lately for granted. I know that he is aging and even though he is in great health he isn't invincible. I love him dearly. This is a powerful reminder to me that nothing in this life is unchanging. It is a lesson in making the most of the present moment. So give your loved ones hugs and enjoy their presence because the present moment is the only moment we have. We have no assurances that there will be a tomorrow.
Monday, December 03, 2007
My Father's Stroke Emergency
I'm very shaken right now. I just got off the phone with my mother and it turns out that my father had a mini-stroke last night!! I'm on the verge of tears here as I type this out because my dad and I hadn't had the best relationship when I was growing but now (in the past decade) we've really become close and have become real friends and tight buddies. We see each other twice a week and I'm am so thankful that I have had this time with him.
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- the living mandala said...
My sincerest best wishes to your father. I went through this with my grandmother last year, and it's never easy to see someone that you've always looked up to reduced to such a vulnerable state.
I'll keep him and your family in my thoughts and hopefully he has a quick and full recovery.
These mini-strokes are known in Britain as TIA's (I don't know what that stands for).
There's a bad news/good news aspect to them. The bad news is that they are indeed strokes. The good news is that they cause little or no irreversible damage but serve to warn of a potential impending major stroke which can be averted by medication and dietary/exercise changes.
My mother had her first TIA in 1975. She's still alive. She was put on medication and dietary changes and has a number of TIA's since then but no major stroke.
Her physical and mental faculties were OK till around 2003 when unfortunately Alzheimers began to set in.
I hope your father makes a full recovery and he and his doctor work out a medication/dietary/exercise regime to prevent a major stroke.
- Brian
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- Greenwoman said...
More big hugs....
- Daniel @ Garanhuns said...
I just found your blog and I see I came in at a difficult moment. All the best to you and yours.
Hi James. I know this kind of thing can really shake you up, but I thought I'd let you know that my dad had a mini stroke nearly 15 years ago that left him with one side of his face paralyzed, but he fully recovered from it and has not had another since. Blessings to you, keep breathing in and out! Big hugs.
- PeterAtLarge said...
Here's metta for your father, James. May he enjoy a full recovery.
- tinythinker said...
For James and his family.
ps-please forgive the typo
- jackson said...
Your father is lucky to have a son like you. This situation, though devastating and downright heartbreaking, is yet another opportunity to look deep in to love, compassion, and as you mentioned - impermanence.
Many blessings to you and your family during this difficult time.
- Ginger said...
Seeing a parent in such a vulnerable state can have very harsh effects on your psyche and I certainly empathize.
Please accept my well wishes for you, your Father, Mother and anyone else in your world right now.
I bow to you and am honored to have our worlds intermingle today.
- Zahir said...
deep inside the folds of problems hides the lesson each seeks.. and we need to open up to uncover the secrets within.. hope you rediscover the joy of togetherness laughing at the paucity of time.. my regards for your father..
- They call him James Ure said...
Thank-you everyone for your well wishes, support and hugs/love. You guys are great. I send you my love in return.
- Riverwolf said...
New to your blog, and I wish your father all the best. And you, too. When someone has a stroke, it affects everyone close to them.
My partner had a serious stroke 3 months ago. He's recovering but things aren't back to 100%. Our relationship dynamic has been upended, and he is dependent on me for lots of things now.
I liked what you wrote: "It is a time of fear that can be changed into a moment of personal growth. It is time to be reborn into a new reality that can catapult one into a more meaningful quality of life." This is true for me, and I hope my partner realizes this as well. If nothing else, his stroke has pushed me farther down a new spiritual path.
And deep breathing works wonders. I've used it so many times over the last couple of months to deal with the unknown. Unexpected health crises are quite scary for everyone involved. Stay as centered and in the moment as possible....
- They call him James Ure said...
First, Welcome to the blog. Second, thank-you for your well wishes. He seems to be doing much better and is now on an aspirin regiment. As well as taking an anti-cholesterol medicine.
I'm sure your insights into your partners stroke will serve you well. It sure is amazing how trans formative these events can be for oneself if we but take advantage of it.


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Palestine, Texas, 1970s
One would think that juxtaposing two photos of the same town that bookend a particular decade – the above photo of Main Street in Palestine, Texas, dates to circa 1970, while the below photo of Palestine's North Sycamore Street dates to May 1979 – would provide some sort of illumination about how that town's automotive landscape changed over that timespan. But if those dates provided by the Portal to Texas History are to be trusted, change apparently doesn't come easily in Palestine. What do you see here?
Palestine, Texas, 1970s, part 2
Yes, we've seen the East Texas National Bank in Palestine, Texas, once before in our street scene series. Why it warranted another photo at about the same time, we don't know, but the cars have changed in between the two pictures, so let's have another look-see, shall we? As before, the photo comes from the Portal to Texas History.
No tank, but an Air Force crash tender truck taking part in the Abilene Christmas parade.
Palestine, Texas, 1970s
For those of you who've noted the lack of trucks in the Texas street scenes we've highlighted in the past, have a look at this circa 1970 shot of the East Texas National Bank on Spring Street in Palestine, Texas, courtesy the Portal to Texas History. What do you see here?
Also, not tank. Courtesy the Portal to Texas History, shot in August 1951 at 4824 East First Street in Austin.
Palestine, Texas, circa 1960
Returning to the Portal to Texas History for today's street scene, we see a number of four-doors parked outside the YMCA's bowling lanes on Kickapoo Street in Palestine, Texas, a little town we saw once before in this series. What do you see here?
Palestine, Texas, 1970s
In the last Texas street scene post, many of you noticed the lack of trucks, something we'll rectify with this shot, also from the Portal to Texas History, of a section of Spring Street between Magnolia and Sycamore streets in Palestine, Texas. PTH has a date of "circa 1970″ on this photo, but we're thinking it likely was taken at least a couple years later than that. What do you see here?
Also, tank. This one on parade in front of the Chrysler-Plymouth dealer in Abilene, Texas, sometime in the 1950s, we're guessing.


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Dr Robson also expects to be able to deliver England's blockbusting centre Manu Tuilagi to the selectors by Wednesday as the Lions' injury woes behind the scrum look to lessen in this vital week.
But it will be the improvement in North's injured hamstring that will be of most concern to Gatland over the next few days as he prepares to pick the best possible team to tackle the Qantas Wallabies.
"George is an exceptional character and is working very hard with Phil Pask. He is back to running today and he is doing very, very well. An accurate assessment on his availability for selection will take place on Wednesday," said Dr Robson.
"At the moment he has a great chance of being fit for this week. We wouldn't allow him to play if we felt he was at significant risk. Life is not without risk on any particular day, but we will only deliver back to the coaches for selection when we are confident medically he is fine."
While North pulled up before half-time in the midweek win over the Combined Country XV in Newcastle last week, Roberts injured his hamstring in the 47-17 victory over the HSBC Waratahs on Saturday.
According to Dr Robson it was an injury similar to the one that Lions lock Richie Gray suffered during the RBS 6 Nations, although nowhere near as severe.
"Jamie is very well this morning. His scan would indicate one thing, his demeanour would indicate another, but he is a gravc doubt for this week, there is no doubt about that," added Dr Robson.
"You only had to see how much discomfort he was in at the weekend, however, further assessment will be made later in the week. He has tweaked or strained his hamstring.
"It is not of any remote severity like Richie Gray, but was caused in a similar way. He got his leg extended and someone came down and flexed his back."
Tuilagi picked up his 'stinger' injury during the win over Queensland Reds and has been unavailable for selection since then. But he is back in training and has been working on the boxing pads to return the power to his shoulder.
"Manu is progressing on a daily basis and was back into training the other day. He will be assessed medically as we go through the week before we determine his availability, but he is doing exceptionally well," said Dr Robson.
While the experienced Bowe, who played in all three Tests in 2009, was able to get back to running this week, he is "highly unlikely" to be risked this weekend. He had an operation on his hand following the win over the Reds and was expected to be ruled out for at least two weeks.
Gatland had hoped he might creep into the selection equation this week, but Dr Robson has made it clear that the player will not be put at risk.
"Tommy Bowe is running today with a hand splint on. He is doing very well, and making remarkable progress, and we will get him reassessed by the hand surgeon later on this week," added Dr Robson.
"We will not allow Tommy to play unless we feel he is medically capable of playing. He had his small fracture stabalised almost a week ago and we are going to give him a couple of weeks to see how it he.
"He is perfectly comfortable and back running today. He has got his full grip strength back and the only problem we are going to have with him is reigning him back in a little.
"But while Tommy is highly unlikely to play this weekend, and Jamie is likely to miss out, everybody else is in line."


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Ben Affleck is feeling old.
At last night's fundraiser for the International Medical Corps work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Children Mending Hearts founder Lysa Heslov gushed about People magazine naming Affleck the Sexiest Man Alive...in 2002.
"That was very nice what you said about me," the 36-year-old father of two said. "But I'm not sure you needed to put the date of the Sexiest Man Alive."
Among those laughing at Affleck's quip was his wife, Jennifer Garner. Garner didn't spend much time at the event, but when she was there, the two were lovey-dovey, holding hands and hugging
However, it was a bit puzzling as to why Garner didn't do more to help promote her hubby's big cause. She skipped the red carpet altogether and kept to one table inside. When she left, she kept her head down and was trailed by at least one big burly bodyguard.
Less press-shy was Anderson Cooper. When Affleck presented an award to Cooper for his work bringing attention to war-ravaged regions of Africa, the CNN newsman couldn't help but gush over the actor. No, not about his Sexiest Man title...
"He's become an important advocate in informing Americans about the situation in Congo," Cooper said of the actor-director to applause, adding, "He deserves a lot of credit for that."
I was, of course, Twittering from the benefit, which took place at the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip. Read on for the play-by-play:
* African drum band playing on stage. Hank Azaria chatting to Elizabeth Berkley and her hot artist hubby Greg Lauren. about 14 hours ago from txt
* Richard Kind on stage with /Rich Eisen. Now gospel choir. Ben Affleck across room...Benji—or Joel?—Madden walking in. Uh-oh. Losing B-berry service. about 14 hours ago from txt
* Lysa Heslov of Children Mending Hearts says Affleck makes many trips to Congo we don't know about. She says he is true activist. about 13 hours ago from txt
* Affleck on stage now. about 13 hours ago from txt
* Ben talking about meeting kids with polio in Africa and work that needs to be done. He does sound like a politician. Maybe this is practice. about 13 hours ago from txt
* Ben gives award to Anderson Cooper. Yup, the silver fox is sexy. Makes passionate speech about horrors of war in Africa. about 13 hours ago from txt
* Anderson just won Luke Mangan private dinner for $5,000. Guys cooks for Elton John, Richard Branson about 12 hours ago from txt
* Affleck is working the room while auction goes on. Uh-oh, the auction losing the crowd. about 12 hours ago from txt
* Madden bros in kinda matching outfits. Aren't they a little old for that? about 12 hours ago from txt
* OMG. The auction is still going on. Yes, great cause but they lost the crowd long time ago...whew! Finally over. Sheryl Crow comes on soon. about 12 hours ago from txt
* Good for Ben....He's still working the room. Garner left much earlier. about 12 hours ago from txt
* Sheryl finally goes on. I'm tired. Nighty-night Twitterville. about 11 hours ago from txt


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Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies will travel to the Republic of Korea, Japan, and China December 6-15, 2011.
Special Representative Davies will arrive in Seoul December 7 and travel to Tokyo on December 11. He will continue to Beijing on December 13 and return to Washington on December 15. In all three cities, he will meet with senior government officials to exchange views on Korean Peninsula issues.
Special Envoy for Six-Party Talks Clifford Hart will accompany Special Representative Davies on this trip.
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Notifications and reminders not being pushed to my android
Dear Team,
Neither notification nor reminders are being pushed to my Android although:
1) I tested the notification by sending test notification feature when I first installed the application and it worked. However, now it is not working.
2) I tried to log On/Off from the web interface and reinstalled the Android Application and it is still not working.
can you please advise
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Hello Saad,
Please let us know in what language you're using Todoist and how exactly are you setting up the reminder step-by-step, for example: you enter a project on Android, click on add task, set the task to "today at 2pm", add a relative reminder set to "1 hour before", you save the task, you then go to the reminder menu and see both of them listed there.
If you're doing anything in any way differently then as I described, please provide the exact steps how you're reproducing it.
Best regards,
Hi David,
it is really impressive how fast one can have an input from you guys, highly appreciated.
Please note that I am not using the mobile to add the task, I am adding it from the web.
well, what I am doing is the following:
--> from The web Interface I click on a project.
--> I add a task and write for example--" Call back David !!1
--> I press tab on my keyboard so as to write today at 2:30 PM.
on the other hand, just noticed that After I installed/re-installed the Android application the tasks are synced but on the notification page I have a message that says
You haven't registered any device with push notifications support
Thank you for this information. So if you try to edit one of these tasks through Android, do you see that the task you've added via web has a "30 minutes before" reminder in it?
Also, regarding the "devices with push notification support" message - did you log into the Android app, made any change to any task, synced it, then reloaded the Reminders settings page on the web and the device still is not on the list?
Best regards,
Hi Dave,
Please note that almost 95% of my interaction with Todoist is through the web. for the meantime I use the mobile application to view and do minor modifications to the task. What I am expecting is that when using the Web I add a task with a reminder and push mobile notification option, I expect my mobile to alert me accordingly.
BTW, I am still seeing the:
"You haven't registered any device with push notifications support"
Today or tomorrow, we'll release an updated version of the Android app which should address this issue. Even though you're using the web, the current Android app has some sync issues that may affect reminders across all platforms (as it syncs in the background). The update will address that.
Best regards,
Thanks Dave, will be waiting for the new release, I checked today but it is still not there to be upgraded.
My push notification neither works :(
I miss few cases.
Can you maybe do a test push notification? Does that work? As suggested in the previous thread, please try reinstalling the app to see if that helps.
I reinstall app bot it is the same problem... (notification in settings are ON)
I use Polish format: 18 gru 2014 o 21:02
Please try to set the notification to the English date "18 Dec @ 22:00" and let us know if this will work.


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Kate has really set a trend with her nude court shoes! Many people, both in and out of the public eye, have copied Kate and purchased a pair of nude pumps for themselves. Remember Mike & Zara's wedding? Members of the Royal Family and celebrity guests alike turned up wearing nude court shoes, some wearing the L.K. Bennett Sledge (For example Princess Beatrice) and others wearing a similar nude colour, but by a different designer.
At almost £200, the L.K. Bennett Sledge is not a viable shoe option for most of us, that's why we've come up with some alternatives that are so good, we're terming them 'RepliKates.'
Get Kate's Style: Nude Court Shoes
Kelsi Dagger Lizzy Patent Platforms from Heels.com
OK – so the heel is higher than Kate's L.K. Bennett Sledges, but I love the shape, colour and the platform.
Specifically, the "Lizzy" comes with a 5 inch heel and 1 inch platform. The shoe apparently runs true to size, you can buy half sizes and it's made with a leather upper.
Kelsi Dagger Lizzy Platform:
$119.99 – Heels.com
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Patent Leather Platform Pumps
These nude platform pumps are by C. Wonder – they claim to be a versatile pump to "take you from work to weekend."
Inside the shoe is cushioned with a memory foam padded insole, the shoe is made from a patent leather upper and heel, plus the company sell the shoe in a range of half sizes.
Patent Leather Platform:
$128 – C. Wonder
FREE GROUND SHIPPING in the USA. No worldwide shipping
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Autograph Leather Platform Court Shoes with Insolia®
Having seen these shoes in person, I can tell you they're slightly more pink in hue than the L.K. Bennett Sledges, which I'd say are a more nude-beige colour. However, they're such a fabulous shoe, they could be worth looking at anyway.
The Autograph shoes are well worth the price tag at £55. They're made with coated leather and come with M&S's patented "Insolia" technology, something I personally cannot live without – it's a sole that helps you stay comfortable all day. I've owned two or three pairs of Insolia shoes from M&S and I find them very, very comfy. These shoes feature a round toe, a patent finish and they come in half sizes.
I'd totally buy these – they're currently on my wish list and I'm going to look into buying them soon (I'll post a review if I do).
Autograph Coated Leather Plaform
£55 – Marks & Spencer
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Limited Collection Patent Platform Court Shoes
Yet another pair of nude pumps from Marks & Spencers that make a good "RepliKate" for those wanting to copy the Duchess' trusty L.K. Bennett shoes, but without the price tag. This pair is certainly affordable, and more budget-friendly than the other M&S pair above. I'd argue they're less comfortable too, as they don't have the Insolia technology like the shoe above. They're also made from manmade fibres, not leather.
They do come in half sizes, and a variety of colours. The colour shown on the right is their light caramel colour, there's also a darker blush shade available too.
Limited Collection Patent Platform
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