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We've Been Warned: These Budget Cuts Are Going To Hurt
Monday, Jan. 24, 2011
Fiscal triage is underway in cities and counties across the country. The economy remains sluggish, unemployment is high, and the cost of providing basic services continues to rise.
Does this sound familiar? It's the same song we've heard for at least five years, but now there seems to be more truth in the lyrics. The naysayers, pundits, candidates, and officeholders have all tried to fix our budget shortfalls without actually making substantial changes. That is no longer the case.
In California, Governor Jerry Brown is not only trimming "extras" like government-issued cell phones, fleet vehicles. and a variety of agencies, he is taking a close look at redevelopment agencies. These agencies, established in cities and counties throughout the state are allowed to shift their property taxes from schools and other needs in order to dedicate the money to "blighted areas." Cities argue a redevelopment agency (RDA) stimulates job growth and improves property values, and the League of California Ciies is mounting oppostion to the proposal.
Each redevelopment comes with a staff, so John Chiang, state controller, is also looking at salares in the 18 RDAs he has targeted for review.
As painful as Brown's proposed cuts are (they include higher education, social services, and the like) they are necessary --unless voters support higher taxes.
When the nurse is ready to give a shot it is usually with the warning" "this is going to hurt." Californians should consider themselves forwarned.
Posted by Judy Nadler
Tags: California budget, Governor Jerry Brown, redevelopment agencies
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Are you a twenty-something? Are you a young professional or still in college? Have you ever tried applying to rent a property, whether it be a studio or house? Did it fucking suck?
Yeah. I'm pretty sure it did.
Okay, so this post doesn't exactly keep with this week's theme on "Being Late." In fact, it fits better with our "Rantings" theme which will be coming in a few months, but since we're a day late in posting and we kind of run this blog, we felt like it was within our rights to share. The subject, as I'm sure you've guessed by now, is rental house hunting. And how it is possibly one of the worst things ever.
We like to think of ourselves as reliable people. We don't smoke or have pets, and have never been convicted of a crime. We might talk loudly but we're not yellers and we don't have raucous parties that last until the wee hours of the morn (although we sure as hell don't mind attending them!). We know this to be true, but our prospective landlords don't. And they make it pretty darn clear when they never call us back.
In a nutshell, trying to find a place to call home has been a fucking disaster. Such a disaster that we now want to quit the jobs we currently have (which are probably the only things getting us on the "maybe/if all other applicants fail" lists of these places anyway) and curl up in a tiny ball and watch Say Yes to the Dress marathons all day long.
It's stressful to say the least. We feel that adrenaline should be reserved for important moments such as car accidents, sky-diving, and matrimony. Having your heart beat at an arrhythmia-like pace is no fun when it's in response to an email from a Craigslist poster (who is most likely turning you down).
What have your renting experiences been like? Are they good or equally bad to what we've experienced (remember, we still haven't had a single offer!). Please tell us mostly about the latter. We could use a little schadenfreude right about now.
Also, we're listening to a lot of this with word replacement.
Image Credits: Happy House, Frustrated Lady
Last month, after the typical scouring of my pinterest, I decided to organize my apartment. But rather than tell you my exact process, which was pretty much me swirling around my apartment trying to both clean up and destroy anything in my way, I thought I'd just show you with images.
Please forgive the quality: I used my iphone and…you know the swirling thing…
Spring Cleaning is not always fun and games…
All drawings are property of Orlie Kapitulnik and Beginners Magazine. You may only use the images with permission from the artist.
Ever noticed that refrigerators and cupboards are kind of like black holes for food? Chinese food boxes, small Tupperware containers with three leftover bites of that rockin' lasagna you made and couldn't throw out, jars of jelly and salsa and who knows what else, halves of lemons. Refrigerators are bad, but freezers and cupboards are worse. I seriously can go two years without taking a peek at the top shelf of my cupboard. And you know the food in the freezer isn't about to rot, so why not let it sit there a little longer?
But, in honor of spring cleaning, here's a double-duty project for you. Cleanse your kitchen and yourself! How, you ask? Why, let me tell you. One word.
Yes, that's right, smoothies are the answer to all your spring cleaning woes. Perfectly scrumdidilyumptious snacks, they allow you to throw all those odds and ends from your fridge and freezer and cupboard into your blender and tada! No more cans of pineapple lurking in your cupboard. Never again will you stumble upon a shriveling orange in the drawers of your fridge. And, smoothies can be jam-packed full of healthy goodness, giving your body and soul their own kind of spring cleaning.
Ingredients. Blender. You know what to do.
Try out the recipes below if you are so inspired, but the point is really to use what you've already got. So, fling open that fridge, pull out the blender, and get to your cleaning/smoothie drinking.
I have a not-so-secret secret: I'm a purger. I regularly go through my phone book, my iTunes music, my email contacts, and just delete with abandon. Haven't talked to you in six months? Gone. Haven't listened to that song since high school? Gone too. Admittedly, I take it too far – I have a purging problem – but I do firmly believe that in proper moderation, cleaning out your cyber-closet can be a good thing.
In my opinion, the worst offender of cyber clutter is Facebook. It's the place where people "collect" friends, where your contact list can consist of your best friend since childhood and that girl you met one time at that party and then never saw again.
Last year my amazingly creative cousin Sam (if you don't read her blog already, you should) came up with this genius chart that she's agreed to share with us here on Beginners, guiding you through the admittedly sometimes painful process of sorting out your Facebook friends. I know it can be hard, but go ahead and open up your Facebook friends list and get ready: it's time to start cleaning!
The Rules (According to Sam):
Now, I know this might seem like a daunting task, especially if you haven't gone through your contacts since that day years ago when you first got your Facebook "invite" (remember that?), but let me assure you, it can be oddly cathartic. Sorting out the old classmates, the random adds, the friends of friends and keeping the peeps you have/had a crush on, the girl whose photos you just can't stop flipping through, and the people who are your actual, real-life friends reminds you of all the people you actually do want to keep in touch with.
And remember, if this is too much and you just can't bring yourself to part with any of these people because, who knows, you might need to get ahold of them again someday, at least set it so only the people you truly care about show up in your newsfeed. It's the first step…
I know this has happened to you guys too (please tell me I'm not alone). I have this amazing idea for a project or home improvement or outfit or cat-snuggie – whatever; the idea is brill and I've committed myself to its completion. So I go out and get all the supplies and start working on it and it's like magic as it comes together and becomes more and more fantastical with each addition. But then, something happens…. It's like there was this unseen threshold where it went from getting better and better with each moment of progress to becoming more and more regrettable. And soon, I'm looking at a cat-snuggie big enough to fit my dog and somehow it's got wings now and is bedazzled. And I look at it and am just utterly confused as to how it became such a tragedy.
And you can immediately spot a project that has been through this terrible tail-spin. The idea is flawless, but the execution was just taken a little too far (or a lot too far). Like that poor statue/clay thing up there ^ . This person clearly has a knack for molding clay, but somehow the statue went from being a possibly cute bunny to a depressed, two-headed monster rabbit with a possible beer addiction. Just so close to being a good thing until it took a terrible turn for disaster.
Maybe this fairly frequent occurrence in my life is a rarity in yours: good for you! But it turns out there's a lot of projects out there that experience this issue. And my favorite place on earth (Pinterest) has a collection of them. YES.
So today, on our last day of failure (the theme, not the action – let's be honest with ourselves here), I bring you, Pinterest, You are Drunk. Be sure to read the comments, as they are hilarious.
You know those times when it feels like life is moving at a million miles a second, and your phone is ringing and your emails are dinging, and you are looking at your to-do list thinking you couldn't finish everything scribbled there if you had a million years? Maybe us over-worked, perfectionist, constantly stressed liberal arts college students feel this way more than some, but I'd guess most people have had a day like this. These days are not fun. They are overwhelming, exhausting, and hold an unpleasant sense of impending failure. Fold my laundry, pick up groceries, pump out a fifteen-page paper, kick butt at the gym, play Mommy for an evening to earn some extra bucks… All in one day, you say? Oh, I'm sorry, I'm not Super Woman.
But you know what I am? Super duper good at baking. And when all else fails and life is too crazy and too scattered and too hectic, I bake, and here's why: it's predictable. A teaspoon will always be a teaspoon. Baking soda will always make my cookies rise. It's methodical. Measure, pour, stir, repeat. It's magical. Anyone who has witnessed the wonder of throwing some flour, butter, and chocolate together in a bowl, and later pulling steamy, chewy, decadent cookies from the oven knows the only way to describe that transformation is magic. It's rewarding. Spend twenty minutes pouring and mixing, and you have yourself a tasty little treat. Talk about instant gratification.
So, when all else fails, and life is just a little too much to handle, bake. You'll be glad you did. And really, a to-do list doesn't look so bad when you've got a fresh baked cinnamon roll in front of you, wafting it's cinnamony goodness around your now stress-free home.
Adapted from A Dinner Party, adapted from The Joy of Cooking
Easy to make, these little bars take something sour and turn it sweet. Kind of like what baking does to a bad day…
For the crust:
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup powdered sugar
pinch salt
12 Tbsp. cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
For the filling:
6 large eggs
3 cups sugar
zest of 1 lemon
1 cup plus 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
Powdered sugar, for dusting
Preheat the oven to 325.
Stir the flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Using your fingertips cut in the butter until the mixture is sandy in texture, with clumps the size of small peas. Press the mixture into the bottom of a 9″ by 13″ baking pan, and about 3/4″ up the sides of the pan to keep the filling from leaking during baking.
Bake for about 20 to 30 minutes, until golden brown. Set aside to cool.
To make the filling (do this as you are baking the crust), whisk eggs and sugar together until well combined. Add the zest and juice; whisk well. Sift the flour over the top and stir until well blended. Pour filling over the cooled crust. Bake until set, but slightly jiggly, about 30 to 35 minutes. Let the pan cool completely before cutting into bars. Dust with confectioner's sugar.
Then lord your triumphant baking success over all your other failures that day!
Today, I tried on my new platforms I bought a couple weeks back for a photo shoot which will be in our first issue of Beginners Magazine (very exciting!). I slipped 'em on, ready to strut my stuff to the full length mirror in my bedroom, and nearly ate shit. If it weren't for the nearby dresser I would have face planted on the floor. Granted, I have never worn platform heels before but I thought how different can they be from pumps? Let's just say I won't be taking these out on the town anytime soon…
Also, this had me laughing. There's nothing like eating shit in public!
Life of Pi did really well at the Oscars *cheers all around* and I'm so glad it did! (Don't tell anybody, but I didn't actually see it…I've read the book though, I swear!) We all love Ang Lee for his marvelous films – Brokeback Mountain (duh), Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and my personal favorite, Sense and Sensibility (oh Edward Ferris, be still my beating heart). But what if Life of Pi had been made by a different director? Would it have charmed audiences across the world, and the Academy, as well as Lee's version? I present to you: Life of Pi…re-imagined.
Director: Tim Burton
Re-imagined as a claymation film starring a purple tiger and Johnny Depp. Helena Bonham Carter plays the ocean. Morbid.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Blood. Everywhere. Midway through Pi and the tiger team up and travel the seas to destroy all the ships that might sink in the future. Vengeance will be theirs. Disturbing.
Director: Wes Anderson
The tiger sits at his typewriter: "Day one at sea…" Meanwhile Pi looks out glumly from behind his hipster glasses. Pi and the tiger practice their synchronized swimming to jazzy French music. Delightful.
Seriously though, wasn't last night just great? Did we not all scream and cheer when Jennifer Lawrence took gold and then tipped over on her way to the stage? Even more so when Hugh Jackman rushed to her aid? Simply smashing.
P.S. I promise I will see Life of Pi… someday.
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As you well know, this week's theme is style. And while I could bore you with my take on today's style (I like leggings, boots, and baggy sweaters: hard to make an entire post out of that), I thought I would talk about the time that we all had impeccable style: the late 90's. Allow me to cover this topic by walking you through your typical day as it occurred in the epic 90's. Huzzah!
90's Style is the Best Style Because This Was Your Typical Day.
You checked your GiGaPet to make sure your digital pet hadn't died overnight.
You brushed your teeth and pulled your hair into a tight pony tail at the top of your head. You then gelled your hair to ensure you would have zero stray hairs.
You put on your cargo pants…
and spaghetti strap tank top, which showed off your mid-drift.
You put on your Teen Spirit deodorant.
You put on your tattoo choker necklace…
Threw your Lisa Frank trapper keeper…
your favorite beanie baby…
Now That's What I Call Music 1 CD…
and brand new CD WalkMan into your backpack.
You grabbed your oversized Vans skater sneakers to finish off your perfectly grunge look.
You had to look your best because the boy you liked had the frosted tips – he was so cool.
You made your way to school on only the coolest form of transportation: a Razor Scooter.
All day at school, you passed the original form of text messages.
And dreamed that you might one day be Harvey's girlfriend.
Unless of course it was either Oregon Trail day…
movie day…
science day (BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY!)..
or game day when you got to play Heads Up 7 Up, in which case, your day was AWESOME.
Finally, when you got home, you poured yourself some Squirt…
while you waited for the dial-up internet to connect and hoped no one would need to use the phone in the next hour…
because you needed to perfect your AOL profile.
Before you went to bed, you made sure to watch this guy's original show: Kenen & Kel.
Or maybe an episode of Full House (and you didn't think twice about Bob Saget playing a wholesome father figure).
Ah those were the days…NOT!
I hope you all have a wonderfully stylish weekend!
…Though hopefully it doesn't include any of the clothing mentioned above.
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There are few things as exciting as taking a break from your daily life in exchange for a weekend away, a foreign getaway, or a much needed vacation. Yet sometimes the build up for such a trip: the planning, the preparing, the packing, can be a challenge not all of us are ready to face.
I've been lucky enough to be graced with the gift of packing: I can have everything I need for an overnighter in my purse, a weekend getaway in a backpack, and a three month trip to Europe in a small carry-on duffel. Unroll the pieces and they're wrinkle-free and ready to wear! However, what I'm still in the process of perfecting is how to make these basic pieces fashionable as well. While most of what I packed for Europe was great! and useful! and travel-ready! I cannot tell you how many times I yearned for a little black dress and some strappy heels.
There are tons of packing tips for traveling out there, some that seem to boil the process down to an exact science, and advice from seasoned travel veterans really does make for easy-stress free packing.
| Color-Schemes | Both J. Crew creative director, Jenna Lyons, and Glamour fashion development director, Susan Cernek, swear by packing in a pre-determined color scheme. By packing a suitcase full of navies and creams (for example), you can be sure that you're shoes, purse, jewelry, etc. will always match your outfit. Bonus Tip: Pack a red dress or a bright scarf to add some color to your outfits and/or trip photos!
| Textiles | Ah, the wrinkled traveler. An iconic image as old as travel itself, but you do not need to continue the pattern. Make sure that whatever clothes you pack are wrinkle-free (sometimes things with a little synthetic thread help as well as choosing cotton over linen), don't stretch out easily (I'm looking at you jeans that grow two sizes when I wear you more than two days in a row!), can hold their shape (no baggy sweaters allowed), and dry fast (you never know what might happen out there).
| Day-to-Night | These kind of outfits are talked about all the time on morning t.v. and fashion shows (believe me, I watch) but they really are important. After a day exploring Grecian ruins or shopping along the Champs-Élysées, you might not have time to go back to your hostel before dinner. So it's nice to be able to run a damp cloth over your face, take off your sweater, and be ready to roll. Alternatively, if you do have time to go back and change, it's nice to have a LBD (that rolls up small and is wrinkle free because, let's be honest, you may only use it once during the whole trip) and some nice flats (that aren't the chacos you've been roaming around in all day) and actually look somewhat presentable to society.
| The Sarong | I know, I know, nobody ever talks about sarongs anymore unless you're hanging out on the beaches of Maui, but when I was traveling, this was the one thing (alright, the one other thing, because I already mentioned the LBD) that I wished I had. A sarong works as a towel after the shower if you're hostel doesn't provide one, something to lie on at the beach, a quick cover-up, and, if it rolls up small enough, can be used to cover your head/shoulders when going into churches. It's perfect.
| The Staples | Invest in a nice suitcase/duffel/roll-behind. I personally like clam-shell designs because they keep things separate, but anything with good compartments works well. I also pack my underwear/socks/accessories/etc in small dryer bags (but zip-lock bags work just as well with the added benefit that you can see what's inside!) Also, an extra canvas bag is always a good idea. You can use it for grocery shopping during your trip, and later to carry home all your extra goodies! Additionals: Waterbottle, flashlight, bold jewelry for a night out, a watch for those cell-phone-less days, and a purse that zips closed to make pick-pocketing more difficult.
If you are looking for a good advice site, Travel Fashion Girl is on of my favorites. Check it out for more tips and ideas!
Images Above from Things Organized Neatly (an awesome tumblr)
We all know that fashion is sometimes very stupid on the runway. But some of this craziness ends up mainstream, haunting department stores and boutiques for MONTHS to YEARS and taking up space that could have been reserved for clothing that actually flatters people's bodies. These are a few things that should never be allowed to take up space again because the human race should be able to start learning from its mistakes now that everybody's whole damn life is apparently mapped out on Facebook timeline.
1. Extra, Super Duper Low Jeans
Perhaps this will be the most contentious item on the list, perhaps my perspective comes from my height and proportions never working in mass-produced clothing based on average measurements which only actually fit 1% of the population without modification. Whatever…all I know is I find it sick that while super low rise denim was/is rabidly popular, that shirt lengths were not increased to match up. Perhaps it's only for us poor chicks over 5'5" but with even the slightest shrug of my shoulders, the shirt glides over my boobs and stays there and I look like I'm sporting a belly shirt because my damn pants are so low.
Screw that. Hey, I know I'm not the only one who has these minor outfit malfunctions with regularity – I've seen more people's happy trails than I ever cared to.
So I can't imagine what possesses people to buy pants that are even lower than low and feel them grip with all their tensile strength in the middle of your butt.
I'm not hating on all hip riders. I too prefer my waistline to not be swaddled in the bulky fabric of Mom jeans. I'm talking about the jeans that are so low they've caused women to get more extreme bikini waxes. I'm talking jeans that require special underwear. I'm talking jeans so low that if a girl wants to make a flirty glance behind her when she's standing at the bar, and tilts her pelvis forward to take pressure off the lower back, she runs the risk to gliding her mons out of her intentionally ill-fitting skinny jeans. That's the species of super low riders that need to be gone forever.
Don't confuse this for puritanical modesty; I own crop tops, strapless tops, booty shorts, thigh high socks and I rock that shit. But no standing ass crack for me, thank you. It's not right. It's not cool. It's just not sexy. (Anybody seen Boogie Nights? No? Moving on.)
2. Overalls
I'm all about being comfortable enough and confident enough in your clothes to go about your business and feel damn good about it. Overalls accomplish none of this.
First hand experience: when overalls were kind of hot in the 90s, I convinced my mother to buy me one or two at sharp discounts at the Gap Outlet we used to frequent. My mother was extremely opposed to the purchase; she wanted to see me in sequins and floral print and pastels and gold hoops. I felt way too androgynous to pull off this ultra fem frill and wanted to look less like I was pretending to be "womanly." With my boyish, prepubescent thinness it felt so tacked on and mismatched. So she got these overalls for me after I hunted through the clearance rack.
I only wore them maybe a dozen times. And I don't think I ever actually wore them out. They made my skinny upper body look a whole new level of emaciated as the lower ¾ of my body was swaddled in loose-fitting light tan cloth. And they weren't even comfy. You don't entirely realize this until you've already cut the tags off, but sitting or moving the wrong way for the un-brassiered is painful in overalls. Metal rivets perfectly aligned to slam into sensitive, budding nipples. I avoided hugs at all cost in them.
Seriously, next time you want to buy something, think about your nipples. Show some conscientiousness. They deserve it.
3. Platform Sneakers
I also begged my Mom for these and got them, much to her chagrin. What could I do: I was a girl in the throws of puberty, Spice Girls, girl power, and Sketchers, which were growing in popularity at an absurd speed amongst my 5th grade girlfriends. I got a pair of drool-worthy (well, at the time) silver Sketchers with a ~3 inch platform. They were flashy and rad in the box. On my feet….they were…well, I could barely walk in them. Coming out of my rail-like legs, my small feet appeared enormous in these monsters – giving me the look of a big lollipop that fell on the floor and stuck. And, of course, I was too bashful to wear anything flashy out.
It also didn't help that whenever I put them on my Dad would giggle and call them "Frankenstein shoes." Yeah. Great.
I am a fan of platforms as they take some of the strain off of the front of the foot in high heels. I am a fan of sneakers because they get the job done. Never the two shall meet. I have already decided that if I want to get my Spice Girls on again, I'm searching for a Union Jack dress.
Who am I kidding…I googled that last week.
4. Bell-Bottoms
Allow me to clarify a bit. Not talking about boot cut. Not talking about the occasional hippie pair of bell-bottoms or flares you have in your closet if you want to mix up your look with a 70s vibe. I'm talking about back in the early 2000s when they were SO "hot" that you could NOT find a pair of pants as a young girl that weren't flared. We need options, damn it. Literally, you were either wearing bell-bottoms or mini skirts ten years ago. Or no bottoms at all. The girls who chose the latter were the most popular girls in middle school.
Looking back, this is genius from the seller/supplier's standpoint. Young girls are growing out of pants all the damn time and it's even harder to get away with wearing a pair that are an inch too short if they're bell bottoms because the curvature makes it 2000x more obvious. Goddamnit.
All I can say is thank the Lord that online shopping is taking over as far as clothing is concerned. If you don't like what's popular, you can easily seek your tried and true cuts and shapes online until the next big trend sweeps the stores clean and renders whatever schlock didn't work for you as dated.
Buy what works for you. Learn from your regretful purchases. That advice is NEVER dated.
And if you don't have a good eye for what flatters your figure or coloring – listen to the advice of a few trusted friends (especially your slightly older friends) and your parents. If they're ALL remaining very quiet and awkward when you model a green tube dress or dark purple lipstick, it might not be the right look for you.
1. Via The Simply Luxurious Life
2. Via Pinterest
3. Via A {LITTLE} DASH OF ASH
4. Rivulets Quilt in Cobalt from Anthropologie
5. Via A {LITTLE} DASH OF ASH
6. Blouse from Revolve Clothing
7. Via hopeful realist
Some cobalt colored items to add to your closet:
1. T-strap mini wedge from Madewell
2. Aqua Liner from Sephora
3. Essie in Mezmerised
4. Essential long-sleeve V-neck T from Gap
Featured image via Pinterest

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Leonardo DiCaprio, from left, Carey Mulligan and Joel Edgerton appear in 'The Great Gatsby.'
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In Baz Luhrmann's new film adaptation of "The Great Gatsby," a computer-generated version of Jazz Age New York plays a leading role.
But the movie - and F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel - isn't just a story about New York in the Roaring Twenties. The book's most unabashedly romantic scenes, the nostalgic past that Gatsby spares no expense to recapture, take place in Louisville.
Fitzgerald was stationed near Louisville as a young Army officer at Camp Zachary Taylor for a month in 1918. And although he didn't write "The Great Gatsby" until 1924, some scenes are just specific enough that you feel you ...


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Release Date: 2009 |
Album Rating: 3.0Thanks to whoever deleted this due to the screw-up before. Stupid computer.
Enjoy your read.
Good review, I enjoyed the read and agree with pretty much everything you said. I do enjoy the eps a lot more than this.
Album Rating: 3.0Following on from the promising reinvention that was the 'Greetings From...' EP, A Rocket To The Moon are well & truly in full band mode come LP #2 'On Your Side'. Simple & catchy pop-rock is the order of the day here, while brief glimpses of country influences & lead vocalist Nick Santino's synth-driven past are awkwardly apparent. There's definitely nothing ground-breaking included & the lyrics are beyond cliche, but this familiar sounding album achieves the objectives of its target audience for the majority of its 38 minute duration, before running out of steam towards the end. Recommended Tracks: Dakota, Annabelle & Like We Used To.
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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|She is the tiny little head toward the top right.
Dolly decided this morning that she wanted to be with her big family. I returned her early to the run this morning. She is having a great time. Later, I will see if she wants to return to her chicks. It's up to her today. In the meantime, I would not be surprised if Dottie is running the entire show next week.
|Here she is next to one possible rooster


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A very rewarding visit to Glanwyddan Lane, llandudno gave us spectacular views of Woodcock, not just in the hand but on the ground. Chris Bridge is a fully trained ringer with a C permit and is able to ring birds. We were granted permission to visit the neighbouring fields in the hope of catching Woodcock. We managed to get 3 in all and a Jackdaw by the form of 'Lamping'. Chris ringed the birds, collected the statistics and realised them back into the wild. All in all, we saw about 8 Woodcock, and Chris missed catching 3 by inches. Other birds about were 2 Teal, a Moorhen and a Buzzard.
|Woodcock - view of it's wing (notice its beautiful decorative patterning)
|Jackdaw- looked nice and broad, although a little tatty


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Selena Gomez and model Cara Delevingne show off their bikini bodies while being suited up in life jackets for some jet-skiing out in St. Tropez, France on Tuesday afternoon (July 22).
Selena celebrated her birthday with some fun water sports and parasailing. Nice!
She was spotted jet-skiing together with the 28-year-old Royal Yacht Supplies founder Tommy Chiabra.


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St. Joseph, Calhoun high schools produce top winners at Math & Computer Science Awareness Day
Even under a time crunch, Calhoun High School junior John Gee said he felt confident about his test performance Tuesday during the 17th annual University of Houston-Victoria/Victoria College Math & Computer Science Awareness Day.
"The timing was pretty intense," he said. "I had 20 minutes on the computer science test and 25 minutes on the math test. I barely finished."
Gee achieved a perfect score on the computer science test and took first place in both computer science and math in the individual competitions. He earned a $2,000 scholarship from VC and a $2,400 robotics kit from UHV.
"I thought that Math & Computer Science Awareness Day was a great idea," Gee said. "Doing other state and national competitions isn't as fun as local events like this because you never get to see your competitors and local sponsors, and interact with them. It's just an invisible test. But Tuesday was a real treat for me since I was in the presence of more than 100 of the brightest science students in the local area and had a chance to intermingle with them for an afternoon."
More than 110 students from 10 high schools took written math and computer science tests that were scored in teams and individually.
The theme this year was "Mathematics, Statistics and the Data Deluge." Students learned how mathematics and statistics are tools for understanding and dealing with issues relating to the massive collection of data for marketing, scientific and other uses.
Gee wasn't the only student from Calhoun to walk away with a trophy. Calhoun students took first and third place in the team math competition, and Daniel Liaou was second in computer science.
St. Joseph High School students also earned plenty of honors. David Du finished second in math and third in computer science, while Christian Wenske was third in math. St. Joseph also won three team awards.
Prize winners this year could select either a scholarship to UHV or a robotics kit, and a scholarship from VC.
A $20,000 grant from Alcoa Foundation funded the event and a semester-long UHV robotics research course. Students in the course demonstrated their robots during the event by programming them to go through a maze. The maze was designed by Sultan Sheikh, an engineer from Formosa. Materials for the maze also were donated by Formosa.
Students also listened to an engineer discussion panel from Alcoa and competed in a math and computer science-themed "Jeopardy" game show. A pizza party and awards ceremony wrapped up the festivities.
Alireza Tavakkoli, a UHV assistant professor of computer science, said the event was a success.
"It was fantastic to see so many high school students interested in what was being presented," Tavakkoli said. "Hopefully, the event sparks an additional interest in math and computer science.I can't thank our volunteers and organizers enough for making the day a great event for our guest students, their teachers and school representatives, and their parents.
For those who want to take the test from the event, the questions and answers to the math and computer science tests can be found here.
The prize winners were:
MATHTeam AwardsFirst – Calhoun High School "A": Zhen Liu, Samantha Lin, Daniel Liaou and John Gee
Second – St. Joseph High School "Team Du": David Du, Luke Wenske, Christian Wenske and Ian Mead
Third – Calhoun "B": Kevin Chang, James Hsu, Brianna White and Jennifer Den
Individual AwardsFirst – John Gee, Calhoun
Second – David Du, St. Joseph
Third – Christian Wenske, St. Joseph
COMPUTER SCIENCETeam Awards
First – Calhoun "Riceball": Daniel Liaou, James Hsu, Jason Wang and John Gee
Second – Victoria West High School "Harrison's Warriors": Harrison Garrett and Patrick Aupperle
Third – St. Joseph "Team Du": David Du, Luke Wenske, Christian Wenske and Ian Mead
Individual Awards
First – John Gee, Calhoun
Second – Daniel Liaou, Calhoun
Third – David Du, St. Joseph
Game Show Winners: Woodsboro High School "Eagles": Matt Steele, Josh Martinez, Dan Han and Nick Salyers.
The University of Houston-Victoria, located in the heart of the Coastal Bend region, offers courses leading to more than 65 bachelor's and master's degree
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ZTE Eco-Mobius shows potential modular smartphone
updated 06:31 am EST, Thu January 9, 2014
Major components in individual modules combine into smartphone
ZTE demonstrated its own concept for a modular smartphone at CES, one which lets users easily upgrade specific parts of the device. In a similar way to Motorola's Project Ara, the Eco-Mobius has a number of modular sections relating to various functions, allowing for a level of internal customization based on what the user prioritizes in importance and is able to afford.
The Eco-Mobius splits the modules down into four broad categories, covering core components, the display, the battery, and the camera, reports Slashgear. While the display, battery, and camera are self-contained units that cannot be customized further, the core module can be divided further to cover the processor, GPU, RAM, and internal storage.
ZTE Eco-Mobius
While ZTE hopes the Eco-Mobius will help in reducing environmental waste in the future, by allowing for incremental upgrades rather than replacing the entire smartphone, it is still just a concept for what the company could produce in the future. While it is unlikely for the company to produce the device anytime soon, the progress made by Motorola on its own version could possibly drive ZTE to develop the Eco-Mobius further.


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Defendant dies after court collapse
Posted: January 10, 2013|
A DEFENDANT standing trial in Torquay collapsed and died in the middle of his hearing.
Staff rushed to help Stuart Parsons, 82, a former teacher from Paignton, after he toppled over in the dock.
But despite their best efforts and those of paramedics who arrived quickly on the scene, Mr Parsons later died at Torbay Hospital.A spokesman for the courts and tribunal service said: "A defendant was taken ill at Torquay Magistrates' Court on Thursday, January 3.
"Trained first-aiders assisted until an ambulance arrived. The defendant was taken to hospital where sadly he later died."
Mr Parsons was in court to answer a charge of religiously aggravated harassment.
It was said that on March 25 last year he displayed some writing, sign or other visible representation which was threatening, abusive or insulting within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment alarm or distress, and the offence was religiously aggravated.
It is alleged Mr Parsons was handing out leaflets about the influence of Sharia law in the UK.
He had pleaded not guilty and was standing trial at the time of his collapse.
Mr Parsons, of Leighon Road, was a widower who was born in Paignton, but spent much of his working life in Kent.He had no surviving blood relatives but had relations through his marriage living in Wales.
The Torbay coroner's office was informed of Mr Parson's death but there will be no inquest as he died of natural causes.


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So What Do You Do, Ken Auletta?
The New Yorker's media writer spills the beans on exactly how he does his job- January 16, 2007
When last we interviewed Ken Auletta, he had just released Backstory, a collection of writings from his decade at The New Yorker.
He won't tell us what he's working on now ("Because I have such long lead times, you'll have to torture me!") but we can guess that whatever it is will be long, detailed and full of exclusive tidbits that could be a headline many other places. His recent profile of Lou Dobbs, for example, pegged the outspoken anchor's yearly compensation at $6 million -- a figure that has been the subject of guesswork for years -- and Auletta says he triple-sourced it through means he won't disclose.
Whether for books or magazine articles, Auletta writes with a grace, authority and detail born of hard work, scads of cross-referenced notes, multiple repeat interviews, and as much research as possible. Which is why, we guess, his wife calls him what she does (see below).
Auletta spoke, then emailed with mediabistro.com's editorial director, Dorian Benkoil.
Name: Ken Auletta
Position: Author and Annals of Communications Media Writer
Publication: The New Yorker
Education: B.S., State University of New York at Oswego; M.A. in Political Science, the Maxwell School at Syracuse University
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
First job: Working Summers at Pat's Sporting Goods store in Coney Island at age nine for my dad, Pat Auletta.
Previous three jobs: I have written for The New Yorker since 1977, and also written a weekly political column for the New York Daily News from 1977 to 1993, and have authored ten books. Before 1977 is a blur of stuff.
Birthdate: April 23, 1942
Marital status: Married
Favorite TV show Do I have to choose? I'm addicted to The Sopranos, 24, and Studio 60.
Last book read Two simultaneously: Richard Ford's, The Lay of the Land, and Lawrence Wright's, The Looming Tower.
Most interesting media story right now Pass.
First section of your Sunday paper: Sports.
Guilty pleasure Pasta.
You've covered the media for years, many of those years for The New Yorker. Do you ever get bored of it? (What makes it continue to hold your interest?)
I don't get bored because the media is not one small planet but a galaxy of planets with an ever changing cast of characters. Once, media was pigeonholed as journalism. Now its software and cable and the Web and books and networks and satellite television and PDAs and cell phones and video games, among others. Myspace and YouTube are, in part, new distribution systems.
Change is a given, and it's hard to get bored with something that is always new. One can argue that the invention of electricity in the 19th Century had a more profound impact on society than the Internet (which is powered by electricity). But what is different today is the velocity of change. Think how long it took the telegraph, or the telephone, or radio and television, to become mass mediums. And then think of the less than five years it took the i-Pod.
Does it ever feel a little incestuous, being both in the media as something of a celebrity and also writing about it?
If a journalist remembers that the audience is the reader, not the subject of the article, and aims to get as close to the truth as possible, not make a friend, then the trap is avoided. I'm not personal friends with the people I cover. But I like people and have reasonably good manners and know that people open up more freely if the interviewer's style is not that of a dentist drilling teeth.
Do you have an assistant or researcher or do you do all the work yourself?
It's a ma and pa operation without the ma.
How long does it take you to prepare for an interview you conduct? For a profile you do?
There's no single answer to this question. Generally, I try and spend weeks reading about the subject. And if I am profiling someone, I seek more than one interview. In this case, the first interview is usually autobiographical. Then I try to interview associates, friends, competitors, analysts, etc., collecting information and questions that better prepare me for the second round.
What's the trick to digging up all the details you use throughout your pieces? (For example, you peg Lou Dobbs' compensation at $6 million per year, with no hedging. How do you get that so precisely.)
I'd be a schmuck to tell you how I got something that did not have a named source. I had three sources for the $6 million, and my editor and the factchecker who called the sources or listened to my digital recording were satisfied.
How do you take notes, stay organized? What's your system for getting such detail in your pieces and keeping them all organized?
With some merit, my wife calls me anal. I create three digital files: a) what I call an index of all the materials I collect; b) a file of people I wish to interview or things I need to read; c) a file of questions to be asked of each person to be interviewed. Of these files, the most vital for me is the index. For a long piece, the index can run to fifty single-spaced pages, and consists of a cross-reference system of each interview or document.
I number each notebook and document, and make a headline in the index of what someone said that I might want to use, followed by, say (A, p.30), which to me means notebook A and page 30 of the pages I have numbered; documents get numbers (10, p.64); and books get Roman numerals (IV, p290). I break it into subjects — possible Leads, Chronology, Bio, Observations, Themes, etc. — and place each entry in these categories.
At the end of the reporting, I take several days to study the index, which I hope helps me climb above the trees. Then I move it around on my screen like a deck of cards and slowly organize a narrative. I write off the index and place a checkmark next to each headline, allowing me to see, when the first draft is finished, what left out and included.
What's your favorite medium and outlet to produce? Magazine articles? Newspaper articles? Books? A mix? Do you like going on TV?
Having written a column and done TV, I have a strong bias for long form journalism. The New Yorker and books give me the most satisfaction, the space to convey complexity, the grey as well as black and white.
Many writers are, to put it bluntly, disheveled. You seem to take great care with your appearance and look very polished. Why is that important to you, and the image you wish to project?
I like nice clothes, and I'm fairly neat. I do, however, bite my nails.
Your story (well, in magazine terms, a tome) on Howell Raines became a bit of an irony when he resigned. In hindsight, would you change anything if you could? How about a follow up to it? Considering that?
Actually, I thought the Raines piece gave readers a sense of his hubris and arrogance, as well as his talent. When he was forced out a year later as Executive Editor of the Times, I felt that those who read my piece had a context to understand why.
How much influence do you think your stories have? Does the influence surprise you?
It's really dangerous for a journalist to think about "influence." Our job is to ask questions, and if we're puffed up with our own self-importance we will want to answer questions, not ask them.
How many stories do you write a year? What's your deal? Contract? Full employee? Are you well-compensated?
I'm supposed to write at least a certain number of words per year for The New Yorker.
You work from home. How'd you get to do that? Why do you?
I like to be close to my refrigerator.
How did you get where you are, at what could be considered the pinnacle of magazine writing? What was the path (for those who may wish to emulate it).
Life rarely follows a straight line. I was a jock in high school with a 64 average and an attitude. I got into the State University at Oswego because the baseball coach thought I had a promising fastball. I almost flunked out, then found a new me, which including editing the underground newspaper at college; then thought I'd like the Foreign Service; then government and politics; then I got bored in a Ph.D political science program and left to be a gofer and write speeches in politics; then on to serve in government; then to work for Bobby Kennedy before he was sadly killed; then to serve as campaign manager for a wonderful man running for Governor of New York who, with my help, lost; then a daily reporter for the New York Post, followed by writer for the Village Voice and New York magazine, where I wrote mostly about politics and government. Then books on disparate subjects like New York's economy, poverty, Wall Street, the Microsoft anti-trust trial.
Go figure.
If you weren't writing about media, what would you be doing?
Visiting some other planet as a journalist.
How do you choose your subjects?
I consult a Medium.
What kind of story do you find most satisfying?
Profiles of complex people through whom you can tell a larger story.
What story would you say you're proudest of? How'd you get it?
One would be a story I reported in 1992 for the New Yorker about Barry Diller's quest to figure out the future by taking six months to visit everyone from Bill Gates and Steve Jobs to the MIT lab and old media folks, all the while he was learning to use his new Apple Powerbook laptop to try and figure out the new world of digital connectivity. It was an early piece on the emerging digital future back when I thought @ was spelled "at" and .com was dot-com. I've never gotten a bigger response to any piece.
The idea came from one of the most valuable things I did when I started writing about the media for The New Yorker in 1992. Tina Brown was the new editor and she asked if I would write under the Annals of Entertainment rubric. Having just published a book about how the "old media" industry of the networks was challenged by new technologies -- Three Blind Mice -- I said Annals of Entertainment was too narrow to capture the convulsive change in the media. I suggested it should be written under a wider framework, Annals of Communication, and that I would want to write nothing for five months and instead go out and do what I later learned Barry Diller was doing. Tina quickly blessed the idea.
With the calling card of a respected magazine, having interviewed a fair number of the folks who were challenging the old media television networks for my Three Blind Mice book, and with assurances that I would treat this as a seminar and use information but not quote them, I wound up visiting about 60 individuals and institutions. We talked about things they wouldn't talk about on-the-record, like: Where they felt their business was vulnerable? What kept them awake nights? I probably generated a dozen story ideas from these visits, and one grew out of my visit with Diller.
As coverage of media has increased tremendously, do you find it harder to stay ahead, find original angles, really new takes on things?
What do you think of the Internet? Use it? Changes your life at all? Technology in general? We don't see a blog you have. Any MySpace page? Why or why not?
The Internet allows journalists to do a fair amount of research — newspaper or magazine clips, SEC filings, campaign contributions, annual reports, correct spelling — without getting up from our desks; it also allows quick and efficient e-mail communication to set up interviews or clarify things. Among other innovations, digital technology allows me to shuck tapes and record interviews on a digital recorder, plug the recorder's memory stick in a slot, make a back-up disc, split my screen and using a track ball to review the interview, and type in the quote I want.
I have a website, kenauletta.com, which contains all my pieces, links to my books, and other stuff. I prefer to read rather than compose blogs. And I don't have a MySpace page ("transparency" has its limitations).
How does The New Yorker have to change in order to compete with today's changing media landscape? How does it NOT have to change?
The New Yorker — like The New York Times, The Economist, or NPR — is in the enviable position of being rewarded for quality journalism. Each has, to borrow a phrase that is uttered more often than it is understood, a "brand" that stands for something. The New Yorker adds really good fiction, art, and writing to the mix.
All-time favorite New Yorker cover? Cartoon?
That's like asking, What's my favorite pasta?
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Who is really the best in the region at U11 to U14 boys and girls.
The Super Cup is now set for one weekend in Beaverton, Ore., on February 15-17.
Boys and girls teams that have placed in the top rungs of their respective state leagues are eligible to play in this North-South competition, which pits some of the best teams competing to be regional, Pacific Coast champion.
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The aim of the Super Cup is to offer higher level of regional competition that is evenly matched. Every match counts in this tournament.
Up to 12 teams per age group divided into two groups -- a Washington Division and an Oregon Division. Teams will play a guarantee of three games followed by knockout rounds and finals.


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For those looking for populate a test domain -- oooh with say a 1000 users with distinct user attribute values -- here is a script that I think will do you just fine:
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
$total = 1000 for ($userIndex=0; $userIndex -lt $total; $userIndex++) { $userID = "{0:0000}" -f ($userIndex + 1) $userName = "test.user$userID"
Write-Host "Creating user" ($userIndex + 1) "of" $total ":" $userName
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what about if I want to create 100.000 users or even more? Your script than runs on an error. Any idea how to do that for testing purposes?
Small typo in:
-Path "OU=Users,,DC=KARCHWORLD,DC=LOCAL"
There's an extra comma after Users
Thanks for the script, just helped me in a lab :)
Should also read -Path "CN=Users,DC=yourdomain,DC=local"
This script will run standalone ?? Like do we need any csv file or not ??
Coz i tried to use this script and i am getting errors like command not found, object not found, etc etc


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VA chief orders nationwide audit of care
WASHINGTON — A House committee voted on Thursday to subpoena records relating to the Phoenix veterans hospital's waiting list.
Meanwhile, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has ordered a nationwide audit of access to care that the agency provides. He brushed aside calls for his resignation and got an unexpected political lifeline from House Speaker John Boehner.
"I'm not ready to join the chorus of people calling on him to step down," Boehner said, although there is a "systemic management issue throughout the VA that needs to be addressed."
The American Legion and some in Congress have called for Shinseki's ouster based on allegations that 40 patients died when they didn't get care in time at the Phoenix VA hospital and that the hospital hid the delays.
The House Veterans Affairs Committee voted unanimously to subpoena all records in which VA officials might have discussed destruction of a hospital "wait list."
A top VA official told congressional staff last month that a "secret list" referred to in news reports might have been the hospital's "interim list."
Shinseki answered in a letter on Wednesday that VA employees used "transitory or interim notes ... for reference purposes" as they were moving information to the new electronic waitlist system. Regulations require that such notes be destroyed when they are no longer needed for reference.
Dissatisfied with his response, the committee subpoenaed all records on the destruction and gave Shinseki until 9 a.m. May 19 to produce them.
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In honor of the Groundhog Day movie in which Bill Murray lives the day over and over until he gets it right, I am posting the same thing I did around last year's groundhog day.
Steve Burns from Blues Clues + Flaming Lips' Steve Drozd + Jack's Big Music Show = a pretty good kid rock anthem, Hog the Ground.
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Asparagus & tuna salad
By Sarah Cook
Cooking timePrep: 20 mins Cook: 12 mins
Skill levelEasy
ServingsServes 2
Give the bistro classic, niçoise salad, a seasonal twist by swapping green beans for tender asparagus
Nutrition and extra info
- Healthy
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Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 490
- protein
- 36g
- carbs
- 45g
- fat
- 17g
- saturates
- 3g
- fibre
- 10g
- sugar
- 8g
- salt
- 0.8g
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- 8 baby new potatoes
- 2 medium eggs
- 125g pack asparagus, woody ends removed
- 185g can tuna, drained and flaked into very large chunks
- small handful small black olives, halved
- 1 romaine lettuce, leaves torn into chunks
- crusty bread, to serve
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- Boil the potatoes for 8-12 mins until tender. Drain, cool a little under cold running water, then drain again well and set aside to finish cooling.
- Put the eggs in a pan of cold water and bring to the boil. As soon as the water is boiling, add the asparagus for 2 mins. Drain well and rinse everything under cold water to cool. Again drain asparagus well.
- Once cool enough to handle, peel the eggs and halve or quarter. Whisk the dressing ingredients with 1 tbsp water and some seasoning.
- Tip the potatoes, asparagus, tuna, olives and lettuce into a bowl. Drizzle over the dressing and toss well to coat, then add the eggs and serve with crusty bread.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2013
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The smell of smoke and fire stained the morning air as it flowed through an idyllic Windsor Township neighborhood on Friday. On the front lawn of one of the oldest homes, charred living-room furniture sat smoldering.
"We're lucky," David Kline, 81, said as he stood in the kitchen of a neighbor's home. "The smoke alarm went off and we got out."
Kline said he and his wife, Carole, were sleeping this morning when they were jolted awake by smoke detectors around 4:45 a.m. Smoke had already filled much of the house.
Kline said he called 911, moved his asthmatic wife to a smoke-free room and went to investigate.
He headed downstairs to find a fire raging around the family's wood stove. Kline said he tried to knock it down with a fire extinguisher, but it was already too far out of control.
"We realized that we couldn't handle it," he said.
The two moved outside to wait for firefighters in the driveway at 795 Dietz Road.
The home, where the Klines have lived since it was built in 1968, suffered "severe damage."
But, Kline said, "I don't think the house is destroyed."
Kline said he's sure the fire started in or around the wood stove, but he's not sure why. Perhaps something got stuck in a pipe, he said. The stove was cleaned regularly, sat on a brick foundation and was backed by a brick wall, Kline said.
Engines and firefighters from six companies responded Friday morning.
Hose said the fire investigator determined the house sustained about $145,000 in damage. No one was injured.
The Klines will be staying with friends while fire investigators and insurance company representatives survey the damage. Family members showed up Friday to help make phone calls and comfort the couple. They've also gotten assistance from the American Red Cross.
David Kline, who founded Family Heirloom Weavers three decades ago, said he's grateful for the smoke alarms.
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Hasaacas coach blames wasteful strikers for draw against vulnerable Kotoko
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Hasaacas coach Yusif Bassigi has blamed his team's profligacy for their failure to beat Asante Kotoko in Wednesday's Premier League clash.
The Doo Boys fought from a goal down to draw 1-1 with the champions before an impressive turn out at the Essipong Stadium in Sekondi.
Kotoko survived a late attacking onslaught from their hosts especially after the sending off of influential defender Abeiku Ainooson with over 15 minutes left to play.
But Hasaacas coach Yusif Basigi says his strikers have themselves to blame for failing to score the numerous chances created to record what would have been a famous win over the champions.
"We should have won this game but my strikers failed to utilize the chances we created," he said after the game.
"But I think we did very well only that we couldn't win the game."
Hasaacas however remain in the top four as they continue to make a final push to finish the season on a high.


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My name is Marc Spagnuolo, and I am The Wood Whisperer. That still sounds funny to me when I say it! Truthfully, TheWoodWhisperer.com started as a little side project and a means of educating my fellow woodworkers in my spare time. Running a one-man custom furniture shop doesn't usually allow for much fun time. But it didn't take long before my wife and I realized we created a monster. Apparently our timing was very good. There isn't much in the way of quality woodworking programming on the television these days, and our site offers a unique, one-of-a-kind look into the workings of a real shop. Bringing some comedy and my wife into the show have been the icing on the cake. In fact, my wife probably has more fans than I do! But this unexpected mix of fun, family, and quality fine woodworking tips seems to appeal to a wide range of viewers. The site and the show are really just extensions of my life. And with a live webcam in my shop at all times, my life is becoming a completely open book. Or would that be an open tool box?
One of the greatest parts of my job is the fielding of questions from viewers. As a self-confessed power-tool junkie, I constantly get questions about which saw to buy, which sander, etc, and I love every minute of it. My favorite questions, in fact, are the ones about Festool products. When I started my woodworking business several years ago, I decided to invest in my first Festool tools: the TS-55 Circular Saw, the MFT-1080, and the CT-22 dust extractor. I knew I would be cutting a significant amount of veneered sheet-goods and I needed a system that would be easy, accurate, and fast. A panel saw is just too big, too rough, and is pretty much a uni-tasker. The Festool system, however, was compact, easy to use, exceptionally accurate, and could be used for hundreds of other tasks. Processing sheet goods is now a breeze: cut the big sheets down to size on the floor with the TS-55 and a guide, then cross-cut the more manageable pieces on the MFT 1080. For the first time ever, I was whipping out perfectly square panels in one shot, instead of 10, and my back wasn't killing me after a long day in the shop. I am sure you can imagine the time and monetary savings.
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JJJorgie you rock! your art has improved so much since I last checked! keep up the good work :>
JJJorgie you rock! your art has improved so much since I last checked! keep up the good work :>
JJ, your pieces have such character and colour to them!
I didn't realise that pirate was yours, either! As Cloudy said, you really have improved a lot in such a short space of time. @_@ Madness. Would love to see some dark elements in your art to see how you'd tackle that!
Awww, thank you guys so much for all the compliments!!! They're really encouraging!! Though, I don't know what to think that two people didn't recognize me ;P
@Linz: I actually have some dark pieces in mind. They're just towards the bottoms of my art to-do list. Also, last semester, I took up your suggestion of creating renaissance art. I'll be posting it soon.
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o wow the colors r so good its like o snap good colors m8 it all flows together kno wot i mean??? very very nice jj keep up the good work eh yeh
aw shit looks like sommat u would find in oddworld and man i love oddworld good art
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This is a script that I wrote with a friend. not finished yet.
Guy- About what?
Hether- Oh my god! You and Eli dumbass!
Guy- Oh… that. Well…
Victoria- uh huh?
Guy- Maybe I shouldn't tell you.
Victoria- Not tell me what?
Guy- Okay. Here it goes… I know who Eli is. I know what he's done. I know what he's like. You don't want to get tangled up in that.
Victoria- Tangled in what. Just tell me.
Guy- Eli was adopted. His parents didn't want him and just left him on the streets at the age of 6. He saw how people were and he saw how people treat each other on the streets. So… Monkey see… monkey do. He became this guy who manipulates people into doing what HE wants. He learned how to bend the rules, trick, and deceive people. He treats girls like they are an object. Easily breakable but easily replaceable. I'm just trying to protect you.
Victoria- How do you know this?
Guy- Well growing up I had to walk through this part of town every day to get to school. Every face changed. No one ever looked the same… except this one little boy. He was always there. I learned to expect his face at every turn. Well, I recognized him today. One look at you and he knew what to do. I could tell he doesn't recognize me though I've learned every facial expression he has from trying to get money to hooking up with girls. I know every technique he has. And this is one of them.
Victoria- Oh my god!… poor Eli.
Next thing they knew they were at the barn. They said good bye to Guy as he left to his chambers and Hether and Victoria go to their rooms.
Hether- Hey Victoria you wana sleep in my room tonight. You know. Like a sleep over of something.
Victoria- Sure.
They make it to Hethers' room. They get into their pajamas and start talking about girl stuff.
Victoria: Wow…That's so sad. I never thought that a guy like Eli would have been treated that way. I really thought that he would be a really sweet guy under his I don't care attitude. What a trip.
Hether: I know right! But I could tell from the beginning he wasn't a very good guy.
Victoria: I guess. But I still truly think that he's a sweet guy under all the dirt of his past and it'll just take more than just a broom and a dust pan to reach it.
Hether: You have such an uplifting attitude Victoria. It makes me a little sorry for you.
Victoria: Why?
Hether: Because you'll have such high expectations of people you will always be let down.
Victoria: Are you saying that you will let me down?
Hether: Not at all. I'm the exception that will always be by your side.
Victoria: Thank God! (Hugs Hether)
Hether: Now to something different. Something more important.
Victoria: What?
Hether: Who are you going to pick? Guy or Eli?
Victoria: Hether, It's not something you can just say. You have to dig a little deeper and see. For all I know I won't pick either.
Hether: Fine then. But if you had to pick one right now or you would die who would it be?
Victoria: (rolls eye) You're so stupid Hether. I don't have to pick and I won't until I am absolutely sure.
Hether: You're no fun.
Victoria: Deal with it
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Influence of English on Kannada Theatre has affected the theatre in the state. Mainly the language has been taken from the west, as lot of plays and stories have been adapted and also translated into Kannada language. Extremely pleased with the performance of Shakuntala staged by the Palace Company, the Maharaja Chamarajendra Wodeyar, in 1882, expressed a desire that the well known plays from other languages also, particularly from English, be translated into
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Greatly encouraged by this, learned men like A. Anandarao, C. Subba Rao, Basavappa Shastri and Jayarayacharya set themselves to translate into Kannada, the well known plays of Shakespeare. C. Subba Rao, who was connected with the Royal School, translated Othello and completed it with the assistance of Basavappa Shastri who must have given final touches to the work. The translation was called Surasena Charitre. A. Ananda Rao, a Forest Settlement Officer, with the assistance of Pandit Jayarayacharya, translated Romeo and Juliet (Ramavarma Leelavati Charitre), Merchant of Venice (Panchali Parinaya) and Hamlet. The translations, when staged by the Palace Company, came to be relished, and inspired others to translate plays from the English dramatic literature.
M. L. Srikantagowda was one of the first and foremost men to translate Shakespearean plays. The best known of his translations are of Macbeth (Pratapa Rudradeva) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Pramilarjuniya). His attempt to place the themes in native settings met with considerable success, but it necessarily made him deviate from the original in details. He gave popular local names to the original characters and employed easy flowing simple Kannada. Of his renderings, Pratapa Rudradeva is better known and, has been, repeatedly staged by the Ratnavali Theatrical Company of Varadachar. D. V. Gundappa's rendition of Macbeth does more justice to the original with its accuracy in expression and its dignified blank verse. It is hailed as giving a convincing and intimate glimpse of Shakespeare, but no professional troupe has yet attempted to stage it. Taming of the Shrew has been well adapted into Kannada by K. Lakshmana Rao as Chandi Mada Mardana Nataka and also by Parvatavani as Bahaddur Ganda. Both the versions seem to sustain well on the stage and the latter has been staged quite often in the Mysore area. The prominent among other renderings of English plays into Kannada is Birugali, an adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest by K. V. Puttappa. Its poetical merit, beauty of expression and grandeur of imagination have made it look like an original play rather than an adaptation. Others deserving mention here are Vicharane an adaptation by Devudu of Trial of Jesus of John Masefield, Savina Samasye, a rendering of Twice is too much, done by Vembar Venkatacharya, Sootrada Bombe an effective rendering by S. G. Shastry of Ibsen's A Doll's House and Asadhabhooti a beautiful adaptation by A. N. Moorthy Rao of Molier's Tartuffe. Not one of these plays was taken up by the professional stage, for, "though they had poetical worth and literary merit, they did not have sufficient theatrical strength". However, quite a few of them have been taken up by the amateur stage.
In North Karnataka, Gundo Krishna Churamuri seems to have been the first to have translated Shakespeare. His rendering of Othello as Raghavendrarao Nataka (printed in 1885) is a broad adaptation of the original rather than its true translation. Later, Gadigayya Hucchayya Honnapurmath translated Taming of the Shrew under the title Tratika Nataka. Dwesa Bhandara an adaptation of Macbeth by Harnahalli Ananthrao did not suit the professional stage. Sheridan's The School for Scandal named Mohini or Nindakara Nadavali is better known. More popular Kannada versions of Shakespeare's plays came from Kerur Vasudevacharya whose rendering of A Mid Summer Night's Dream (Vasantayamini Swapna Chamatkara Nataka ), Merchant of Venice (Suratana-garada Sresti), Romeo and Juliet (Ramesh-Lalita) and Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer (Pati Vashikarana) caught the attention of the reading public rather than the theatre-goers. Evidently no professional company came forward to stage them, but every effort was made to bring them on the amateur stage by the Vasudeva Amateurs of Bagalkot.
This brief account would suggest that the Kannada renderings of some of the well-known English plays enriched the dramatic literature of
rather than adding anything substantial to its professional stage. The professional troupes did not take to them as enthusiastically as they took to the Kannada renderings of Sanskrit Plays. The objection was obviously to the western theme, which, though provided scope for good entertainment, did not preach morals like the ones drawn from our epics; nor did it come near the land's history, nor reflected on a social evil or a problem of immediate concern. According to available evidences, only the Palace Company and later, the Ratnavali Company staged some of the adaptations from Shakespeare, particularly, Ramavarma Lilavati (Romeo and Juliet) and Surasena Charitre (Othello). Even theirs was a bold adventure considering the standards of the time, but the plays sustained themselves on the stage, essentially owing to the histrionic brilliance of eminent artists like Certain Ramarao and A.V. Varadachar. The adaptations became popular with the Amateur stage because of the initiative of enthusiastic troupes like The Amateur Dramatic Association and the
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Hartlaub, who has served for three years as city auditor, was appointed to fill Jodi Regal's position as Ottawa County auditor.
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