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When Billy Proudfoot and Terry Blackbird return to the reservation for the funeral of a beloved friend, they are shocked to find themselves alone at the funeral home. When their friend rises from his casket, they make tracks to the only man they know who can help them, Odd Whitefeather. The old man explains that a Windigo is on the loose and that the two of them must defeat it, or die trying
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There are times when honouring a promise can be harder than we expected. Jesse has always been the epitome of integrity and good judgement, until a tragic event pushes her to the brink of moral bankruptcy. During the final weeks before losing her ten-year-long battle with cancer, Leila had one last request. And now, honour binds Jesse to a promise she wishes she had never made.
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After experiencing tragedies that lead her to a checkered life, Natasha has decided to go on the path to redemption. There is promise with her membership at Reverend Jamison's church. When discoveries are accidentally made, does Natasha stay mum about what she's learned or does she place a taint on religion? (short story) Disclaimer: Deals with adult situations.
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The Sonoran Desert in the American Southwest is a place of extremes and contrasts, of beauty and death, of independent spirits and lost souls, of fresh starts and exiles. Three short stories, three different genres, all set in the Sonoran Desert, each with characters in exile of one form or another. One author with a unique perspective and voice.
Hearts Torn Asunder by Sherzahd
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Josh and Madison are the perfect couple, but even true love can change like the seasons. A shattered dream causes their marriage to take an unexpected plunge toward a silent grave. Can they manage to pull it back from the precipice? Find out in this tale of love, heartache and miracles.
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A broken down truck blocking a bridge over the river in rural Holland leads to an unexpected encounter between a Dutch woman and an English holiday maker. Could this middle-aged, bearded man really be the young soldier she had fallen in love with when he dropped from the skies to capture the very same bridge 30 years ago?
Reality Book Group & 3 Other Short Plays by Richard Grossman
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What's more important, the book or the members? In "Reality Book Group," three college professors invite a book-loving ex-convict to join them. Selected from more than 400 plays written by New England playwrights, "Reality Book Group" was top-billed in The Boston Globe and performed at the 2012 Boston Theater Marathon. Plus 3 other 10-minute plays
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"Hey, Sandy, How long has it been since we went to the doctor now?" Well, Mike, it has only been a month. I guess we should go make another appointment to see if I'm pregnant yet. I go over to the phone and make the call. The doctor answers the phone and he says to come in the next week at 3pm.
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This is the story of John Lincoln as he travels from the suburbs of Macon Georgia to New York City and finally to the Roger's farm in Howard County Missouri. It's on this farm a wayward spirit discovers a life he couldn't have ever imagined, a place to heal and have his faith in mankind restored. With intense highs and crushing lows this is the story of the enduring nature of the human spirit caug
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My husband and I have always wanted four children but after this I don't think my body or I could do it again. I was just wondering if your pregnancy has scared you from having more?
More Kids or are you Done?
According to the doctors I was supposed to be done before I got pregnant with this one. I have been pregnant 7 times in the past 3 years and was having more complications with each pregnancy. I had just miscarried twins last April and my doctor said enough was enough. I guess life decided otherwise. LOL! I am so thankful and feel so blessed to have this one last chance at having a healthy baby but I know my health will not withstand doing this again so this is definitely our last.
Andi - Mom to DS 4/03, ^DS^ 11/09/05-11/12/05, 6 angel babies, DS 4/09, and surprise DD 1/11.
This will be our 5th child and we are done! While this is only our 3rd pregnancy, it is obvious that my body can not handle another one, especially with 5 other children to take care of.
Both of our girls are adopted so that option is open to us. I highly recommend this route to a family for anyone when pregnancy is not an option.
Stacy with four rugrats and one marinatin' halfling
Gandalf (8yo), Pippin (6yo), Arwen (6yo), Eowyn (5yo) and the baking halfling (edd 2/19/09)
As long as we are capable of bringing home this baby...yes we are done. We only have one child right now, and we definately want two. But I am kind of scared, if I lose this baby, if I'd have to strength and courage to try again. But I am trying not to think about that yet. I still have some hope that little Aaron will come home.
(Mommy to one angel in heaven Sarah, Jordann my beautiful 5yo, and to Preemie Aaron born 03-04-09 @ 30weeks who has mild diplegic cerebral palsy)
If we can aford IVF again we will definately have more as this is our first. It took us 9 years to get pregnant with her!!!!
**Amy- FTM to Gracie Lynn born Feb 28, 2009**
DH and I really wanted to have 4, but it's been made clear by my docs that this is it. I was very upset at first, and still am, but know it's what is best. We would consider adopting if we feel like we still want another child after this little one is here for a bit. I always say I re-evaluate after each kid if we can handle another one. So it's up in the air in terms of having another child, but this is the last pregnancy for me.
This is our 4th and final. We always said 3 or 4 kids. I am having a tubal during my c-section. My last pregnancy before this one ended in miscarriage at 10ish weeks. Now this one and all the complications, I could not emotionally handle being pregnant again
This is our last pregnancy! It's my 4th preg and they keep getting more complicated as I go! Plus, I seriously couldn't do it another time and we are very lucky to have 4. We are also out of room over here!
I will have a tubal if I have a c-section or Dh is going to get the snippety snip after this baby arrives healthy and strong.
I secretly am hoping that DH has to do the clip clip. My body has been through so much, I just want him to experience a little "physical discomfort" in relation to reproduction issues! Is that bad of me??
Stacey - Mom to Mathias (5), Anders (3), Annika (22 mo.) and expecting Gretchen (April 3, 2009). On BR since 9/08 due to SCH.
This will be our last baby too. I was kinda trying for a girl this time but I'm not disapointed at all that it's a boy. I think 4 boys is going to keep me very busy. My new hope is to have a grandaughter one day and I think my odds are pretty good.
Mom to all boys! Ages 12, 4, 2 and my brand new blessing born April 7th!
This is our first pregnancy. We got started a little late in the game (I'm almost 35 and DH is almost 39), and it took us longer than we'd anticipated to get pregnant. I know that we would both like to have more than one kid, but this has been an incredibly difficult experience. I guess a lot will depend on how the rest of this pregnancy goes and whether we all make it through it okay. But right now I'm leaning towards adopting our second child. We were actually starting the adoption process when we found out we were pregnant this time, so adoption is something that's always appealed to me. And I just don't know if I can go through this much anxiety and heartbreak another time.
- Cheryl (FTM to Elias Cooper -- scheduled c-section on 4/6/09 (37 w, 3 d), after 13 weeks of strict bedrest).
I have always wanted 3 or 4. I pray for a full term - healthy baby..and then IM DONE!!
Anna - 6 months of Bedrest with Cerclage, IC..17p shots..mom to a 38weeker! 5 & 7 year old healthy preemies..born at 32 and 34 weeks!


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Love Turns Sour and Divorce Can Be Costly; Following Britain's Biggest Divorce Settlement, Kevin Harris James, Head of Family Law at the Birmingham Offices of Law Firm Irwin Mitchell, Looks at the Current Divorce Landscape
Byline: Kevin Harris James
Henry VIII changed religion to get divorced at a time when divorce settlements were unknown. Were he around today, I'm sure he wouldn't be so keen, given the extraordinary cost to a man of such wealth and means.
Sir Paul McCartney cannot rely upon change of religion, constitution or otherwise to avoid the divorce settlement that is heading his way.
The McCartney marital 'pot' is estimated at about pounds 825 million, the majority of which is exclusive to Macca, arising from his lifetime's contribution to music prior to the relationship.
Lady Heather played no part in the acquisition of this wealth. Nevertheless it's against this fortune that she seeks fair recompense on separation.
How can 'fairness' be measured against such riches? The recent House of Lords' decision of Miller offers guidance, given the McCartney marriage is, in real terms, a short one of about five years.
Miller talks of fairness in terms of 'marital acquest' - that is, the extent to which wealth increased during the course of the marriage.
I now enter into speculation, but assuming The Sunday Times Rich List is correct, in 2000/01 (the year of marriage) Sir Paul was thought to be worth pounds 725 million and in 2005/6 he is estimated to be worth pounds 825 million (the year of separa-tion) - an increase of pounds 100 million.
Melissa Miller was awarded the equivalent of one-third (pounds 5 million) of the matrimonial acquest, taken to be some pounds 15 million, which was deemed 'fair'.
One-third of the McCartney acquest would be circa pounds 33 million, perhaps explaining the alleged opening stance of Sir Paul and his lawyer of pounds 30 million.
Miller is not so clear cut, however, when one considers judicial speak such as "sharing equally in the fruits of the relationship" and marriage being "a partnership of equals".
Miller was a short, childless marriage. The McCartneys' is a short marriage with a young child. And what price the title 'Lady' Heather? Diana insisted upon retaining her title when she and Prince Charles divorced.
We have, in summary, a short marriage, a dependent child, pre-marital wealth, marital acquest, titles of the realm. You can begin to see why Lady Heather and her lawyer might think that there may be more in it than a third split of the acquest.
I suspect that Sir Paul - who issued a petition before the Principal Registry, citing inflammatory allegations of unreasonable behaviour on the part of Lady Heather, laying blame for the marriage breakdown firmly at her door - and his lawyer have a lot to cope with.
Many in the UK, including Sir Paul, must have taken a sharp intake of breath at the Charman settlement last week.
In what is reckoned to be the biggest divorce award in British legal history, insurance magnate John Charman was ordered to pay his ex-wife Beverley pounds 48 million.
The Charmans, who have two children, married in 1976, when neither had many assets to speak of. Since then, Mr Charman's highly successful career in the insurance industry generated assets worth over pounds 131 m, including trusts.
He moved to Bermuda in 2003 and separated from his wife, who instigated divorce proceedings in England in 2004. …


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UC Irvine Undergraduate Chemistry Symposium
Conducting undergraduate research in Southern California this summer?
If so, please join us on August 5th, for the annual UC Irvine SoCal Undergraduate Chemistry Symposium, for an exciting day of science where you can discuss and hear the latest about chemistry and graduate programs with your peers from UC Irvine and other research institutions.
The schedule is expected to include the following.
Natural Sciences II, Room 1201
Wednesday, August 5, 2015.
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Professor Elizabeth Jarvo
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Professor Matt Law
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|How to (Partially) unboil an egg....and why you should care.
Professor Greg Weiss
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All undergraduate attendees are asked to bring a poster describing their research. Lunch will be provided.
Poster presenters: please format your poster to fit on a 48"x48" board.
Please RSVP as soon as possible, as space is limited to: Register by July 15. Complete the on-line registration form.
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Amid the eerie silence and the intense 50C heat of California's Death Valley roaming rocks appear to patrol the desert.
The rocks, some as heavy as 250lbs, move unaided in bizarre straight line patterns across the ultra-flat surface of the valley.
Scientists believe the pebbly phenomenon is caused by a melting-pot of specific weather conditions.
Studies suggest a combination of 90mph winds, ice formations at night and thin layers of wet clay on the surface of the desert all combine to push them along.
Photographer Mike Byrne, 40, has spent years documenting the mysterious movements of the stones.
As his pictures show, the stones leave trails across the sand in places almost untouched by man.
He said: "Some of these rocks are as heavy as a person, it is really is strange to imagine them gliding across the desert like this.
"They must be the original real-life rolling stones, they just keep moving through the sand and I don't think anyone has really 100 per cent worked it out yet.
"Most of the stones are found on an old lake bed, known as the Racetrack Playa, where the ground is particularly flat.
"It has been documented over the years and it is something very special to witness, although I know climatologists believe the phenomenon could disappear in a few years as the temps continue to rise.
"One of the strongest theories about what the rocks move is that water rising from beneath the surface of the sand is pushed by the wind creating a surface the rocks can move along."
Death Valley is the lowest point in the US, at 282 feet below sea level.
It is almost completely flat and holds the record for the second highest temperature ever recorded on earth, a blistering 58C.
In the 1990s a study by a team of scientists lead by Professor John Reid, from Hampshire College, Massachusetts, attempted to explain the rocks movement.
His study concluded that the rocks may be moved when they become embedded in sheets of ice forming at night on the surface of the sand.
As the sand melts Prof Reid said that the rocks were moved along by the ice and wind forming the incredible patterns.


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DuPont Sale Adds to Dow Index Dieting
TheStreet) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average is on a diet. In announcing a $4.9 billion sale of its automotive coating unit to private equity firm Carlyle Group (CG - Get Report) -- one of the biggest private equity deals of 2012 -- DuPont (DD - Get Report) joins a growing list of Dow Jones Industrial Average giants who are undergoing asset sales and spinoffs.Already in the last year, Dow leaders like Pfizer (PFE - Get Report), Kraft Foods (KFT) and ConocoPhillips (COP - Get Report) have either completed or are in the process of multi-billion dollar asset sales and spinoffs. Now DuPont joins its slimming down Dow brethren with the sale of its performance coatings unit, which is expected to draw in $4 billion in 2012 revenue, roughly 10% of overall sales at the industrial giant. The Carlyle Group is buying the unit, which is a supplier of vehicle and industrial coatings, in a bet on emerging market auto sales and the unit's established brands and technologies. "DuPont Performance Coatings is a technology innovator and we look forward to building on its strong market presence to accelerate growth in emerging markets, particularly in China and Brazil," said Gregor Böhm, a managing director and co-head of Carlyle's Europe Buyout team, in a statement. The deal will be funded by the firm's Carlyle Partners V and Carlyle Europe Partners III funds. In 2012 results, DuPont said it will report performance coating division earnings as discontinued operations. It expects 2012 earnings from discontinued operations to be in the range of 41 cents to 47 cents per share, according to a press release. DuPont also left its full year earnings guidance unchanged on Thursday. Wilmington, Del.-based DuPont said it is selling its coating unit as part of a focus on high-growth, high profit-margin operations in agriculture, materials and biotechnology. "We have determined that DPC's full growth potential would be best realized outside DuPont and through the sale to Carlyle," DuPont chief executive Ellen Kullman said in a statement. The Dow diet of spinoffs and asset sales will be a key driver of overall M&A and IPO activity in what has been a lackluster year for deals. ConocoPhillips spun its refining unit, Phillips 66 (PSX), in a May initial public offering that now stands at a market cap of over $26 billion. Meanwhile, Pfizer's $11.85 billion sale of its baby nutrition unit to Nestle and its proposed spinoff of its animal health unit through an IPO are among the largest deals of 2012. Kraft and Pfizer are expected to IPO units in coming quarters. For Carlyle Group, its acquisition of DuPont's performance coatings unit adds to previous bets tied to the automotive sector. The private equity giant also has investments in Allison Transmission (ALSN) and Hertz (HTZ), by way of previous buyouts. Separately, in a Thursday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Carlyle Group said that executives of the private equity fund have contributed $700 million to a new flagship buyout fund that it hopes will swell to $10 billion, according to Bloomberg. As the fund gobbles up assets, don't be surprised if more Dow dishes are brought to the deals table. -- Written by Antoine Gara in New YorkNEW YORK (
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Obviously there are multiple threads regarding all of the subjects in my headline and most answers to questions regarding problems the PAT's have had since Charlie Weis left, both with winning championships and an effective running game can be summed up and/or solved with an understanding of the offensive system that was used with great effectiveness on the championship Giant's teams in the 80's under Parcells, every team he has gone to since and the PAT's under Bill Belichick and Charlie Weis.
Instead of responding to the endless threads on above subjects and beating a dead horse, I figured I would just create an all encompassing thread to explain my man crush on Charlie Weis and reservations with our current offensive philosophy... if in fact we have one?
The Erhardt-Perkins offensive system is set up to win and nothing else, stats be damned, and winning by thirty is no different than winning by three. The overriding theory was "pass to score, run to win" as well as "run to set up the pass" and it was considered a smash mouth type of football. The New York press decried Parcells for being "boring," "conservative" and basically putting his audience to sleep. The only fans that jumped on that bandwagon though were the narrow minded, because what couldn't be argued with was the system's effectiveness.
The similarity between the 80's Giants and Weis's Patriots is more than just the system, it is also the personnel and how they are used. Some comparisons:
Kevin Faulk/Dave Meggett = both were effective third down backs, incredible receivers out of the backfield and big play kick returners.
Otis Anderson, Joe Morris/Patriot running backs = both teams had a stable of running backs, large and powerful and the running game was the foundation of the offense. Getting ten yards for a first down was the goal instead of eyeing the end zone on every possession. The idea was ball control, using the clock against the other team; individual stats and glory be damned. Whoever was the starting back was irrelevant as long as the system was employed and the back was healthy.
Mark Bavaro/Coates, Dan Graham, Watson = Many have wondered why we have spent numerous high picks on tight ends but no other position does more both in run blocking, receiving, creating third down and end zone mismatches than the tightend.
Phil McConkey/Troy Brown, Wes Welker = While all the other receivers were all purpose guys who could burn you on every down, McConkey was the epitome of the small guy with lateral quickness and a heap of toughness over the middle. He was a third down machine for the Giants and so are/were Brown and Welker.
There are a lot more similarities like offensive linemen that were versatile enough to play across the line and the 3/4 defense Belichick employed as the defensive coordinator of the Giants, but the offensive side of the system is what's in disarray with our current Patriots and has cost us at least one super bowl.
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Jan. 15, 2007
Thousand Oaks, Calif. - UCLA men's tennis player Haythem Abid claimed the singles title at the Sherwood Collegiate Cup on Monday, downing USC's Dejan Cvetkovic, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.
Abid gives UCLA its sixth title at Sherwood in the last seven years. He follows Luben Pampoulov (2005), Tobias Clemens (2002-04) and Jean-Julien Rojer (2001).
In the all-Bruin doubles final on Monday, UCLA's Philipp Gruendler and Benjamin Kohlloeffel defeated Abid and Michael Look, 8-4.
UCLA opens up the 2007 dual match season this week, hosting UC Irvine on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. All home matches are at UCLA's Los Angeles Tennis Center.


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This was one of the most disappointing trips of our 7 week holiday. The boat was interesting, but the food served was very poor. I had also expected more in the way of commentary whilst we were sailing around. Karen Norman
The actual boat cruise was fantastic, motoring out to shark island, setting the sails and sailing back into the Quay, the live music was great too. The food left SO MUCH to be desired, everything was covered in onions! We left the boat relaxed but STARVING! Honestly the best bit was the open bar.
We were expecting dinner as it is advertised not nibbles. So we was a bit dissapointed.
WAI SHUN L Australia
Too many people on the ship and was a bit crowded. Food is not good as I expected.
The actual cruise was not as initially stated although we did get a small discount due to this. There was no live music - not sure where it would have been anyway as no room. Food was ok. Had we had to pay for the drinks got them free eventually due to no live music and only 2 hour cruise not 2.5hrs as stated would have been expensive. Staff were polite and helpful and we were able to assist with hoisting and dropping flags. Given a talk about the ship and explained where things were but could not hear over the engine noise. Unfortunatly there was not much wind so had to use the engine to get back!
Really disappointing, trip was boring, food was poor, very bad value for money
Beautiful scenery. Not enough seats on the boat. Food came through in Chinese take out boxes, not on plates. Ate one box at a time. Get the wine addition as you cannot get a soft drink for under $4. Better to take a non-dinner cruise.
I have to say this didn't live up to my expectations - I envisaged, right or wrong a romantic 'mini cruise' with perhaps 20 or 30 on board and was looking forward to a hearty aussie barbie. The reality was the boat was crowded with 60+ - trying to sit was impossible because of that and as a result we managed a chicken on a stick, a sausage and a bit of salad between us. The boat, in my opinion was underlit - a few more lights wouldn't go amiss. On the plus side the crew were very good. Overall I would have to say it was one of the poorer experiences of my time in sydney.
Having previously used Viator I arranged for my parents to go on this trip during their holiday in Australia. Unfortunately they were very disappointed as it did not live up to the website expectation. Per the web they expected to watch the sun set over Sydney Harbour, however the sun was already setting as they departed hence the views of Sydney Harbour were during darkness. They were also surprised to find very little lighting on the boat and could not see what food was served on the barbecue or find anywhere to sit and eat it. All in all they viewed this as the low light of a fantastic holiday to Australia, a massive shame for me as I booked this for them as a Christmas present.
The worst!!!!!!! the ship was almost an hour late leaving due to some mix up for wharf space, Gourmet dinner - HA! the food was FAIR - prawns with their heads still on that we had to eat in the dark and no room to eat your food. 2 hour harbor cruise - HA! - sailed out for 1/2 hour, sat in the harbor for an hour while everyone ate- then sailed back to the dock - ship was dark (no lights) and WAY OVERCROWDED. - What a tourist trap that was
The cruise was disappointing by our standards. We decided to sign up for the cruise dinner after reading excellent reviews about it. But we had to adjust our expectations while on board, in order for it not to spoil the evening for us.
In order to make sure that our review is fair, we'll put up the things that we liked, and those we didn't, so that everyone can judge for yourself before you sign up.
Things we liked:
1. Nice design and age of ship
we are able journey back many years to the time this ship was built. It stands out among all the ships at the harbour.
2. Friendly and Engaging Crew
The crew on board provided a good introduction to the history of the ship, so that we could feel the character of the ship.
Things we did not like:
1. Over-crowded deck
The deck was so over-crowded that everyone has to reserve a space. If you are expecting a designated seating space for every guest, you may have to be disappointed.
2. No sufficient cover from rain
Due to the over-crowded deck, when the rain arrived that day, most of the guests had to scurry for cover as there was not enough space on deck sheltered from the rain. We had to purchase ponchos from the crew in the end, to prevent ourselves from being drenched. See our photos for the overcrowding.
3. Disappointing Food
The menu looked promising, but failed to deliver to our expectations. It was very normal food, and it took a long time for the crew to serve the food to everyone as there were too many guests, and too few serving food. See our photos for the food
The boat had about 20 more people on board than it should have in my opinion. It was raining when we left and there was not enough space that was covered for everyone to get out of the rain. They offered to sell us cheap plastic ponchos for $1 a piece, as if we hadn't already paid enough for this crappy tour. The food was just alright, but they had the buffet set up below deck in space that was almost pitch black dark until finally someone figured they ought to turn some lights on. The really didn't go anywhere that one would want to see that you couldn't see from shore. Overall, it was a waste of money and I couldn't wait for it to be over.


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Puffy Drawstring Bag
Lion Brand® Sasha
Pattern Number: 60652
A great size tote bag for any age!
SKILL LEVEL: Easy (Level 2)
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About 12 in. [30.5 cm] wide x 14 in. [35.5 cm] high
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690-100 Sasha Yarn: Snow Creamy off-white
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FINISHING With eyelet row along top edge, seam Front and Back together along sides and lower edge.
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Perspective Speed Sketches 2 by TomatoDragonWatch
©2007-2016 TomatoDragon
Some more speed sketches I did utilizing some funky perspective. Giddy-Up!
These are great I should really work with perspective because am horrible with that
your plan it very dynamique wonderfull ^^
Perspective give me lots of trouble because of the need to balance proportions with foreshortening. I'm glad the lines that meet the vanishing point are still around. I hope to learn from this.
Great job on the perspective pieces, I have always had trouble at them :/
yeshh the next part is up thank you toma-chan!
My pleasure
gah..*falls over and dies*!please make more ur speed sketches r sooo good umm can u make poses?
Drawing the head in extreme perspective...I applaud you.
Thank you. Yeah...the head can sometimes be the most difficult thing to draw correctly in perspective.
nice style, love ya buildup process
Cool... wanna see the final piece
roxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx man.
Great! I love those perspectives!
^-^ I know for sure I can learn from you!
really cool seeing how you map out your characters
cool i need to practice drawing my characters in inperspective. its hard! good job
Thanks a lot. Speed sketches like this are one of my fav things to draw.
Your work is alway so excellent. The perspectives really add so much movement to your art. What I love most about your style is that action that you capture through line. It always inspires me to try so much harder
Thanks for the kind words. Perspective use to be a very, tricky thing for me to wrap my head around...and sometimes it still is.
man i realy nood to try and make some stuff like this but it's soo damn haaard.
nice works last one makes me wonna run,jump off and schout : amma commin to pown u noooooobs!!
nice works last one makes me wonna run,jump off and schout : amma commin to pown u noooooobs!!
LOL! Thanks. Yeah...perspective can be quite tricky at times. As long as you stick to a few basic rules though, it becomes pretty easy.
my fav is the one on on the middle left side
Mind if I use that as a refrence once if I want to draw from that angle? i've been having problems with that angle before. not sure why xD
Mind if I use that as a refrence once if I want to draw from that angle? i've been having problems with that angle before. not sure why xD
Powerful stuff man.


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Armed Men Tie Up, Rob Elderly Man
Updated: 01/12/2009 - Police are looking for three armed men who tied up and robbed a Jackson County man early Saturday morning.
Updated: 01/12/2009 - Police are looking for three armed men who tied up and robbed a Jackson County man early Saturday morning.
Updated: 01/10/2009 - Police say three armed men came in a man's home, tied him up and robbed him.
Posted: 01/10/2009 - This month Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bluegrass is celebrating National Mentoring Month, Amber Philpott has the story of a special match three years in the making.
Posted: 01/10/2009 - A Pike County teenager goes missing, now search and rescue crews take to the water to find him.
Posted: 01/09/2009 - Gen. Colin Powell asks Americans to consider their day off on Martin Luther King Day a "day on" instead.
Updated: 02/05/2010 - Ongoing budget disagreements led to a 19-hour suspension of sheriff's protection in this central Kentucky county.
Updated: 01/09/2009 - A Madison County man is facing murder charges after police say he got behind the wheel and killed another man on Scaffold Cane Road in Berea.
Updated: 01/09/2009 - Newly appointed House Speaker Greg Stumbo says he will ask the Legislative Ethics Commission to look into his personal business dealings.
Updated: 01/09/2009 - This spring, Habitat for Humanity hopes to build a new home for at least one eastern Kentucky family, but the executive director says there might not be enough funding to build.
Updated: 01/09/2009 - Police have charged a husband and wife with forging over 100 checks worth over $50,000 and cashing them all over the county.
Posted: 01/09/2009 - Army Sergeant Brent Burke is accused of killing his estranged wife, Tracy Burke, and her mother-in-law, Karen Comer.
Updated: 01/09/2009 - There's a "sound of silence" right now in downtown Lexington, with the absence of hammers, drills and big construction equipment.
Updated: 01/09/2009 - Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo has filed legislation that would allow video gambling terminals at horse tracks throughout the state.
Posted: 01/09/2009 - Police are looking for a man they say robbed an eastern Kentucky business at gunpoint.
Updated: 01/09/2009 - Switch-grass is a native warm-season grass that has disappeared across Kentucky.
Updated: 01/09/2009 - Police are looking for a man they say robbed a Harlan County business at gunpoint. It happened early Friday morning at DJ's Cafe and Grocery in the Bledsoe community.
Posted: 01/09/2009 - The third winner of the Ralph Gabbard Memorial Broadcast Scholarship is from Floyd County.
Posted: 01/09/2009 - Officials with the Saint Joseph Health System say work will start back up at the site of the new Saint Joseph London within a couple of weeks.
Posted: 01/09/2009 - It will be one year since Bell County Deputy Sean Pursifull and his K-9 King were both killed in a crash.
Updated: 02/05/2010 - It started just before one Friday morning at a house on Winchester Avenue in Middlesboro.
Updated: 01/09/2009 - Police say an 18-year-old pulled into the path of a semi truck on the Hal Rogers Parkway.
Updated: 01/09/2009 - It may be cold outside, but vendors here have everything lined up to get your mind off winter and get ready for the warmer months.
Updated: 01/09/2009 - Goody's Family Clothing is one of the year's first victims of the worsening economy.
Updated: 01/09/2009 - A Frankfort woman says she was simply trying to go to work when she was attacked by her neighbor's dog.
Posted: 01/09/2009 - Police in Utah say they planned to arrest a former trooper, tied to the death of a Kentucky trucker.


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Thanks, today it got even colder, 20F, and more snow coming....Originally Posted by bac
Thanks, today it got even colder, 20F, and more snow coming....Originally Posted by bac
Originally Posted by Ya Tu Sabes
A friend of mine makes his own snow tires by putting carpet tacks through a regular tire, then reinforcing the inside with Mr. Tuffys and duct tape. With this method, you could probably make as narrow a studded tire as you wanted.
If anyone is planning to give this a try, take care to check the angles on your spikes when the tire is inflated. Fella I know did this a few back for the annual ice race here and somewhere during the ride the tire ate a nice gash in the fork. check your clearance careful!
Also some folk are having great success with small tiny drywall screws, with anything always predrill or the tire wont survive the first ride.
I would suggest using self-starting screws, I heard that the tips are hardened. I have already rode them on pavement and they are holding up just fine. Check out my tire on fixedgeargallery #1107
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Savannah's 4th of July Celebration And Heat Escapes
June 24, 2015 by Teresa Jacobson
As Savannah gets ready for one of the biggest celebrations of the year, summer has landed with heat that reminds you that you are in the South. Enjoy Savannah's 4th of July Celebration and heat escapes.
The 4th of July Celebration on River Street is a display of patriotism to rival any city in the US. The party starts at 4pm with the fireworks beginning at 9pm. Chairs and blankets are welcome so go down early to grab a good spot along with waterfront for the show.
The shade of the oaks that blanket the Historic District of Savannah give provide welcomed shade in the summer months. When you're ready to for some air conditioning, Savannah's museums are a great way to beat the heat exploring art, history, and Southern culture.
The Savannah History Museum is a great place to start. Located in Tricentennial Park in the Savannah Visitors Center, the SHM allows you to walk through the city's history from 1733 spanning the American Revolution and Civil War to today.
To submerge yourself in Savannah's historic culture, visit one of the many house museums.
Owens Thomas House is considered by architectural historians to be one of the finest example of English Regency architecture in America. Built 1816-1819.
The Davenport House strives to provide visitors with a true and vivid encounter with a unique Savanah story. Built 1820.
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace is filled with rich stories and experiences reflecting the arc of the life of Julliette Gordon Low and the remarkable worldwide Girl Scout movement she founded that changed the world. Built 1821.
Green-Meldrim House was home to General Sherman and used as headquarters when the Federal army occupied Savannah during the Civil War upon the invitation of Mr. Green. Built early 1850's.
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home is a museum house dedicated to the work and life of the acclaimed novelist and shot story writer now widely considered one of the most important writers of the 20th century.
Mercer Williams House was made famous as the home of Jim Williams in the best-selling book and highly acclaimed movie, "Midnight In The Garden Of Good and Evil". The house is full of Mr. Williams private collection of 18th and 19th century furniture, art, and furnishings. Built 1860
For art lovers…..
Telfair Academy Museum is a former mansion on Telfair Square with period rooms and houses nineteenth and twentieth century American and European art. The collection is considered one of the most highly regarded in the Southeast US.
Jepson Center is across Telfair Square and is operated by the Telfair Museum. Devoted to the art of today, the contemporary Jepson Center links Telfair's future with its past.
Savannah College Museum of Modern Art is a premier contemporary art museum established to enrich the education of SCAD students introducing new exhibitions every academic quarter.
Ships of the Sea Museum is located in the William Scarborough mansion. The mansion boasts a rich history as and architectural gem, the center of social life in old Savannah, Savannah's first public school, and a boy's orphanage. Restored by the Historic Savannah Foundation, the museum features a wonderful collection of shop models, paintings, maritime antiques, and expansive gardens.
National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force chronicles the history of the 8th Air Force during World War II and after.
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum chronicles the civil rights struggle of Georgia's oldest African-American community from Slavery to the present.
Azalea Inn and Gardens, a Savannah GA bed and breakfast inn, invites you to reserve a room today to begin enjoying the best experiences in our city, which Travel + Leisure Magazine acclaimed as a "World's Best City."
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The Founders of Savannah Had No AC !!!
September 11, 2013 by Teresa Jacobson
To some, history is a bore. To others, it is a rich tapestry of treasures and intrigues – of interests and imagination.
To us, it's amusing to think back on the hottest days of summer and wonder, "how DID they do it?" The founders of Savannah had no AC!
Here's the long and short about the founder of Savannah.
In 1733, British settlers led by James Oglethorpe arrived on land inhabited by the Yamacraw tribe of Native Americans.
The Yamacraw chief, Tomochichi was benevolent towards these settlers and helped them acclimate to the new world they found themselves in.
Noble Jones was the main surveyor who planned out the city streets back when the terrain was all sandy-soiled saw palmettos and live oaks strewn with Spanish Moss for miles – complete with alligators, spiders, snakes and all other sorts of creepy crawlies of course!
Noble even took over duties as the settlement's physician when the attending doctor died. That's talent! His descendants still own Wormsloe, an historic destination property best remembered as the alley where Forrest Gump triumphantly ran his way out of his leg braces.
There, the long and short of Savannah's rich history. To discuss the history of Savannah, just remember: 1733, James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, Noble Jones. We're not gonna test you when you get here, but it is sure fun to know a little bit about the history of your surroundings, huh?
Oh, the clash of the modern and the past – an unlikely match in an unrivaled destination, come see for yourself. Don't worry, we have AC.
Azalea Inn and Gardens, a Savannah GA bed and breakfast inn, invites you to reserve a room today to begin enjoying the best experiences in our city, which Travel + Leisure Magazine acclaimed as a "World's Best City."
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Review: This is a lovely, large, lively cafeteria-style restaurant on a busy corner in town. You can choose from a buffet or a menu of about two dozen dishes made to order (the menu has big pictures on the wall and Thai descriptions available, but no English). I was hungry and so had two dishes: crispy mock-duck and a mushroom and broccoli stir-fry, and rice. It was all fresh and delicious and only cost 160 Bat. They also sell some vegan snacks and packaged goods to take-away.
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Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows.movSunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows.mov.m4vLesley Gore's Wikipedia EntryI think it's pretty cool that she's "out" I must say...Buy Lesley Gore 20th Century Masters
I dig my 60s chicks and to see 2 clips I'd never seen before in one evening was a real treat!
The Sandie Shaw film was rather charming. Then this one, Lesley Gore...! Always loved this track - always gets me smiling inanely and had given up in the hope of seeing a performance of it.
Nice one - excellent stuff as always! The Prunes clips have been mindblowers!
All The Best,
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February 26, 2006 at 06:14 PM
I think out of all the things I've seen here, the fact that Leslie Gore has come out just floored me.
Cool song, too.
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February 27, 2006 at 12:15 AM
Dunno about anyone else but this song makes me think of Chief Wiggum...
Thanks for the compliment Baz.
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February 28, 2006 at 03:47 AM
Are you sure you're not thinking of Ruth Powes? No i'm not a Simpsons geek... As for Lesley coming out, woah. I suppose it would be wrong to speculate if she ever, erm, got together with Dusty Springfield...
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Your lungs and legs may be just as efficient as they once were.
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Mat Mladin picked up another podium finish in Saturday afternoon's AMA Superbike race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. The six-time AMA Superbike Champion charged hard through the field on his Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000 and brought home a third-place finish. Currently, Mladin still leads the overall championship points in AMA Superbike. Joining Mladin on the podium was Jordan Suzuki's Aaron Yates. Yates battled for the lead for much of the race before finishing an impressive second place.
Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, on Sunday afternoon. The six-time AMA Superbike Champion
rode flawlessly and battled with his teammate Blake Young for much of the race, which was
abbreviated due to earlier crashes that drew a red flag. Young followed Mladin home in a close second
place after having led multiple laps of the race on his Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000.
American Suzuki Motor Corp. (ASMC) announced today that Suzuki factory racer Blake Young will compete in the next round of World Superbike racing at Donington Park in Great Britain next weekend, June 26 – 28, 2009. Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Young will race the 2009 Suzuki GSX-R1000 of injured rider Max Neukirchner for the Team Suzuki Alstare Brux team.
According to ASMC, the World Superbike ride came about while Young and former World Champion Kevin Schwantz were attending last weekend's race at San Marino's Misano World Circuit.
Team Suzuki Alstare Brux are giving talented American Blake Young a ride on Max Neukirchner's GSX-R1000 K9 at Donington this weekend, With Max still sidelined through injury, Team manager Francis Batta has decided to give 21-year old Blake a no-pressure ride at the East Midlands circuit after discussions with Young and former World Champion Kevin Schwantz.
Blake comes from Wisconsin, USA and is riding the Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing GSX-R1000 in this year's AMA championship, taking two podiums to date.
AMA Superbike Top 10 Finishers
1. Mat Mladin, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing
2. Michael Laverty, Suzuki
3. Ben Bostrom, Yamaha
4. Larry Pegram, Ducati
5. Blake Young, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing
6. Aaron Yates, Jordan Suzuki
7. Ryan Elleby, Suzuki
8. David Anthony, Suzuki
9. Tommy Hayden, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing
10. Mark Crozier, Suzuki
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1. Mat Mladin, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing
As he has done for every American Superbike motorcycle race thus far in 2009, Mladin put the No. 7 Rockstar/Makita/Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 on the pole, this time with a lap at 2:13.218 (109.391 mph). The six-time American Superbike champion has won eight of the season's nine races to date and goes in search of his ninth Road America victory in Saturday's first race of the doubleheader.
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Russian Peasant Beliefs and Practices concerning Death and the Supernatural Collected in Novosokol'niki Region, Pskov Province, Russia, 1995. Part I: The Restless Dead, Wizards and Spirit Beings
Warner, Elizabeth A., Folklore
Fieldwork in a remote area of rural Russia, a rare opportunity for an ethnographer from western Europe, provided the basic material for this article. Its findings, presented in a historical perspective, reveal a significant degree of continuity with beliefs and practices of the past in spite of the pressures of an official ideology opposed to all aspects of the supernatural.
This is the first of two articles on the contemporary state of customs and beliefs concerning death among the Russian peasantry. It deals with attitudes towards untimely death and various aspects of the "unclean" dead and associated spirit beings. The second article will examine some aspects of mortuary practices and the customs and beliefs associated with death in normal circumstances and with the afterlife.
The material for these articles was collected during a two-week stay in villages of the Novosokol'niki region of Pskov province in the summer of 1995, when I took part in an expedition organised by the University of St Petersburg. [1] I have been working for some time on a monograph about Russian peasant beliefs and practices associated with the dead, spirit beings and the afterlife in the nineteenth century and my purpose in Pskov province was, in the first instance, to provide a contemporary point of reference for the historical material.
Traditional culture is always in a state of change and development. For a variety of reasons, social and economic as well as political, during this century Russia has witnessed an accelerated decline and abandonment of a number of traditional customs and folklore genres, particularly since 1917, and even more since the collectivisation of agriculture in the 1930s. Epic chants (byliny), the stately figure-dances known as khorovody, the "religious verses" (dukhovnye stikhi) with their intertwining of religious and folk motifs, even the wonder tales (volshebnye skazki), may all be said to have passed, with rare exceptions, from living tradition.
As far as traditional social organisation is concerned, the Russian village knew two complex ritual events, the wedding and the funeral. Both represent a symbiosis of Orthodox Christian and pre-Christian belief systems. Given the campaign by the Communist regime to destroy the influence of the Church and at the same time to eradicate pagan superstitions and the outmoded social models which they often accompanied, one might expect to find, some eighty years after the Revolution, the disintegration and disappearance of beliefs and customs with a "supernatural" dimension. Indeed, as early as 1926, D. K. Zelenin, one of Russia's most distinguished ethnographers, wrote regarding the state of material and spiritual culture in the Russian village at that time that "today's peasantry is experiencing a radical turning-point in its worldview" (Zelenin 1991, Preface). I was curious to find out, therefore, on this my first visit to a remote region of rural Russia, to what extent Zelenin's prediction had proved accurate in respect of traditions, both material and metaphysical, concerning the dead.
My approach to the material in this article is a combination of the synchronic and diachronic. Since my objective was to examine an existing situation within a specific region and at a specific point in time, my material is presented, by and large, in a descriptive form. Where I have introduced historical material, this has not been to show that a contemporary belief is a relic of an older one or to suggest that the earlier material explains the later, but rather to reveal an underlying framework of belief which supports today's perception of the supernatural in much the same way as it did that of the past.
Over the past two centuries numerous studies of different aspects of funeral customs, and the beliefs in the supernatural associated with them, have been published in Russia. Among the more important earlier works, one might mention studies by A. …


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The horse race begins now
As posted earlier today, the venerable James Beard Foundation today released the names of their Restaurant and Chef Awards semi-finalists. And man, was it a Seattle-heavy list. Seriously, I've been tracking these things for most of a decade, and for one city (that's not Manhattan, Los Angeles, Chicago or, sometimes, San Francisco) to be so amply rewarded, even just in the semi's, is a rare thing indeed.
The horse race begins now
In the Best Chef: Northwest category alone, we've got six nominees. And beyond that, in the "Outstandings" (the national awards for Chef, Service, Restaurant, New Restaurant and the like, not broken down by region) we have seven horses in the running--eight if you count Canlis twice, since it got tagged for both Outstanding Restaurant and Outstanding Wine Service.
That's a nice spread. And because Seattle is so well represented this year, I've decided to break out my green eyeshade and scratch pad and do a little handicapping for this year's race.
First, though, a word about how the James Beard Chef and Restaurant Awards work. The big fun starts way back in the fall when the James Beard Foundation puts out an open call for nominations online. Anyone can name their favorite restaurant (or their own restaurant) and get that name tossed into the hopper. Once the open call is done, things get a bit more secretive and official. According to the James Beard Foundation's own rules, "The Restaurant and Chef Awards Committee produces a ballot with approximately 20 semifinalists in each category. This ballot is distributed online to a voting body of 308 previous James Beard Restaurant & Chef Award winners; 200 to 250 panelists divided evenly among 10 regions...and 17 members of the Restaurant and Chef Award subcommittee. All votes count equally and are tabulated by the independent accounting firm Lutz & Carr."
That's where we're at now: the semi's. All the names included on the ballot are sent out to the voting body and, at roughly the same time, are released to the public so the lucky nominees can party and slap backs and believe they have a shot at the Big Dance in May. Unfortunately, the vast majority of nominees will get no further than this round. And while it is still an incredible honor just to make it into the semi-finals and be listed among the twenty or so best chefs/restaurants/pastry chefs/what-have-you, where everyone on that list wants to be is among the finalists.
This list will be announced in March, made up of the three highest-ranking nominees in each of the many awards categories. That ballot will then be distributed again to the same voting body as above, a new round of voting will take place, and the one overall winner will be chosen and announced at the super-cool, tux-and-tails awards ceremony that takes place every year in Manhattan in May. The journalism awards (also called the Media Awards) are a completely separate thing, given on a different day, at a different location. Think of them like the Technical Awards at the Oscars--still awesome, just not quite so glamorous because no matter how hard you try, no one is ever going to be able to make a room full of food journalists look glamorous. Or sober.
Anyway, enough with the background. Time to get to the meat of this thing. And to get things going right, let's kick it off with one of the biggies: Outstanding Restaurateur.
Award: Outstanding Restaurateur
Local Favorite: Tom Douglas, Dahlia Bakery, Dahlia Lounge, Etta's, Lola, Palace Kitchen, Serious Pie
The Competition: Everyone, really, as this is one of the big awards of the night. There are no weak entries.
The Field: This one is all over the place because it is an award handed down to the Big Fish--multi-unit operators and guys who own and run restaurant groups with anywhere from a few to hundreds of locations. There are big, recognizable names (like Roger Berkowitz from Legal Sea Foods in Boston and Steve Ells, the man who founded Chipotle), others that are less well-known outside local foodie circles (like Donald J. Madia who runs a bunch of great restaurants in Chicago, Frank Bonanno who does the same in Denver and Douglas here in Seattle), and then strange one-offs like Jim Pihakis who runs the Jim N' Nick's Bar-B-Q chain out of Birmingham, Alabama (a great BBQ chain, by the way, in case you're interested). Some of these noms (like the one for Pihakis, sad to say) are likely just recognition for being amazing at one thing. Others are like credit being given for having a serious and lasting effect on the food industry as a whole (Steve Ells). But the big prize is probably going to go to someone taking the middle path--an incredibly successful restaurateur who has not (yet) grown so big that he is essentially running a chain operation.
Moving On to the Finals: Madia for sure, mostly on the strength of his pork-and-beer joint, The Publican. Keith McNally, too (who has Balthazar, Lucky Strike, Minetta Tavern, Morandi, Pastis, Pravda, and Schiller's Liquor Bar all in NYC). Maybe Stephen Starr from Philadelphia. And I'd love to see Bonanno, just because I think it might finally be his year. As for Douglas? I just don't know. I haven't been around town long enough to get a true read on the guy, but in my book, he's a long-shot for the top three.
Final odds: 10-1 to show, 30-1 to win
Award: Outstanding Chef
Local Favorite:Jerry Traunfeld, Poppy
The Competition: A veritable who's-who of super-famous and incredibly talented chefs. Like Jose Andres, for example, and Mark Peel, Tom Colicchio, Gary Danko and Marc Vetri.
The Field: Because this is the big mixer category (not narrowed by region), the competition is simply between the greatest chefs working that year. In this case, it truly is an honor just to be nominated, because even if you're twentieth-best here, that makes you twentieth-best out of a field of tens of thousands, and with only nineteen guys better than you. Not bad. That said, though, I actually think Traunfeld has a shot here. Why? I'll tell you. Because at this point, it's no longer about the food, it's about style and impact. And Poppy happens to hit right in that sweet-spot of being edgy and innovative without being too edgy or too innovative. His notion of making daily thali menus is one of those things that a lot of the chefs and owners in the voting body will wish that they'd thought of first, and that can often be a path to the finals. Of course, I don't think he has any shot in the world of actually winning.
Moving On to the Finals: Jose Andres, Michael Mina, Mark Peel, Suzanne Goin (of Lucques in Los Angeles), Paul Kahan (Blackbird, Chicago)--none of these would surprise me. I think Colicchio is overexposed and that hurts him. One of the smaller names (maybe Scott Peacock or Michael Smith) from an out-of-the-way place (Decatur, GA and Kansas City, MO, respectively) could make a showing here, just so the judges can prove that they ain't all about the big cities. And you know what I think about Traunfeld.
Final Odds: 5-1 to show, 1000-1 to win


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this seems to be on the fine line between pranking someone and hurting someone
Who do you mean by "hurting someone" the victim or the prankster.
Whats the difference?
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Peter: I'll tell you who. Someone who cares enough about physical comedy to put his whole family at risk!
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i must try this on my chemistry teachers house...it will be a violent reaction =)
I'm going to do this to my friend just to see the look on his face when his house is set on fire.
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Journalist discusses his life as undocumented immigrant in America
José Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist from the Philippines and has written for publications including the Washington Post, Huffington Post and The New York Times Magazine. Vargas won a Pulitzer Prize, along with a team of reporters at the Washington Post, for breaking news on the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007. Vargas also revealed in an essay that ran in June 2011 in the New York Times Magazine that he has never been registered as an official United States citizen.
Vargas has been undocumented for almost 20 years and uses his story to spread awareness and advocate for others in his situation.
Vargas will speak at Lincoln Hall on Thursday night about his life as an undocumented immigrant. He will also discuss Define American, a program he founded to help others like him.
He will give another presentation at the University YMCA at noon Friday as part of the Friday Forum series. He will talk about the role of immigration policies in the current election.
The Daily Illini: What do you hope to accomplish during your visit in Champaign?
José Antonio Vargas: Illinois has one of the most active ... undocumented youth communities out of all the states. ... Really, my goal is to just go there, meet people and also try to figure out how we can build alliances, how we can make sure that we're bringing in as many different people from as many different groups as possible to advocate for immigrant rights. Because immigrant rights is not just about Latinos and Asian people, it's about also white people, black people — all Americans should have a say in this.
DI: Why did you decide to reintroduce yourself to America as an undocumented immigrant?
JV: To be an undocumented person in this country is to not have the legal documents to be here, but we are, after all, talking about pieces of paper. You know, I don't, of course, undermine rights and legal nature of the law and all. I respect the law; that's precisely why I came out and decided that I'm done lying. ... And I love and respect America ... I introduced myself as an undocumented American because that's what I am. I'm a person in this country that doesn't have the right papers ... to be here.
DI: What thoughts were running through your mind when your essay was published in The New York Times Magazine?
JV: I was afraid. I didn't know what was going to happen, but I think once I decided that it was time to do this, you make a decision, and you just stick with it. It's been hard — it's been very hard — but I'm proud. I'm proud, and I am glad, and I am proud of the decision I made.
DI: As a journalist, you're continuously reporting on one of the biggest issues that shapes this country. Do you see an end to this story anywhere in the near future?
JV: I am working on the biggest issue that faces our country, and I am also telling a story that is mine, it's personal. ... We're talking about the very nature of citizenship in this country. ... I am an American. If you cut my heart open, that's what you would see. I don't have the right papers to show you that, but that's who I am. That's how I look at the world. That's what forms the way I think about world, the way I think about myself. I'm a human being.
DI: If you had revealed yourself as an undocumented immigrant 10 years ago, how do you think your life would be different?
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Requirement of a 2:1 degree in what? basketweaving, applied drama, needlework? Come on, everyone knows that a 2:1 these days is no guarantee of quality. Peter Crisp needs to wake up and realise that BPP know nothing about creating lawyers, only making money.
Anonymous 10 January 2011 at 22:50
The point of the bespoke 6 month LPC was purely to reduce the time between future trainees leaving university and starting work i.e. a trainee could finish Uni in June 2010, start the LPC in August 2010 before beginning their training contract in March 2011 (rather than having to wait until September 2011 under the old 9 month LPC). So all the talk about the 6 month LPC being elitist is a bit off the mark really … it's just catering to law firm's (somewhat understandable) desire to cut the lag time between finishing uni and starting work. If I didn't have a training contract lined up or my firm didn't mind either way, I'd take the 9 month LPC everytime … way more relaxed. But it all comes down to personal choice I guess- if people want to do have a brutal 6 months, all power to them.
Rachel Browm 11 January 2011 at 16:34
Minimum entry a 2:1. So they are still being elitist by automatically closing the door on potential ILEX qualified applicants who are at the stage of being allowed to take the LPC?
All the more absurd when one considers that the ILEX route to becoming a solicitor will be increasingly appealing to students who will be affected by the rise in tuition fees.
Anonymous 13 January 2011 at 12:30
As a student who was forced to endure the misery and stress of the accelerated LPC I find it mystifying why ANYONE who has a choice would elect to take the accelerated course.
Come exam time those students who chose the accelerated course will wish they had an extra 2 months to revise.
Anonymous 15 January 2011 at 10:06
The SRA should stand firm and reject this, but it probably won't/can't because of the precedent already set. Education is more than about intensively cramming (often quickly outdated) information into students' heads. The process should equip them to learn for themsleves into the future and that needs times time to allow ideas to be considered etc. Fast-track qualifications are like fast food, they appear to meet a need but only in the longer term are the pitfalls fully evident.
Anonymous 21 January 2011 at 10:21
So there will now be a two tier system in that the 2:1 calibre student will be able to demonstrate having done the condensed LPC and will therefore have a better shot at a job.
As the LPC is largely a doddle and common sense, and great chunks of it are a waste of time unless you come out of university with absolutely no idea at all about the real world, why should it be necessary to have this division? It should all be cut down to the necessary which could easily be condensed into 6 months, and there should be an academic ability limit to entry to it. That's life I'm afraid. If you can't get the grade by the time you graduate unless there are extenuating circumstances, there are some doors that close to you. If you're disappointed with your degree results, and determined to be a lawyer, go back and re-do your degree exams.
The only ridiculously bad thing about these plans, apart from the fact they are limited to only one provider and not the norm, is that the unscupulous providers continue to charge more, for giving less. When will this situation be properly regulated?
NALP 21 January 2011 at 10:38
Why spend £12,500 on an LPC (accelerated or not) when there are few training contracts out there? The National Association of Licensed Paralegals (NALP) offer a nationally recognised Post Graduate Diploma in Paralegal Practice (PPC) which is the equivalent of an LPC but for Paralegals, at £1,199 by distance learning and under £2,000 for a 20 week class attendance course. This course has been successfully run for 12 years and several Universities have expressed an interest in doing so in the next academic year. It is also highly thought of by employers.
Anonymous 21 January 2011 at 11:05
Because paralegals are deemed to be failed lawyers.
They are cheap and carry out unrewarding process driven crap.
Because they are cheap they will never earn a wage to live well.
Instead of spending money on paralegal courses why not simply have a few kids and get a free house. You would be much better off.
A paralegal will never be able to buy a house or even afford to have kids etc
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I don't see why anyone would spend 3 or 4 years at uni with aspirations of legal practice and then decide that they 'want' to become a paralegal.
Paralegalling is rarely a career choice for Law graduates. It is something they do pre or post LPC when they can't get a TC, or when they are a BVC graduate (aka failed barrister) looking to qualify as a Solicitor through the QLTT (although thankfully this door has now closed).
The bigger firms love paralegals because in some areas of law they can do 90% of what a Solicitor does but at 40% of the wage. Furthermore, paralegals will work for peanuts in the hope that one day they will be handed the golden ticket of a training contract.
Anonymous 24 January 2011 at 14:34
The sad thing is how many law graduates are grateful to get a paralegal post.
Why would a firm replace a cheap paralegal with a trainee?
Because paralegals are desperate they work harder so firms have no incentive to give them a training contract.
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the associated press | July 05,2014MINNEAPOLIS The New York Yankees have a bunch of proud, highly paid and accomplished hitters who have been performing much of this season as if they are well past their prime.
Signs of a turnaround have emerged in this series at Minnesota.
Brian Roberts had three doubles and a triple for the first four-extra-base-hit game of his 14-year career, and the Yankees used their bullpen to preserve a 6-5 win over the Twins on Friday.
Hitting is contagious. I think it goes both ways, said Roberts, who raised his batting average by 11 points to .248. When a couple guys start struggling, sometimes everybody starts struggling. A couple guys start hitting, it can kind of roll. So hopefully well fall in that direction.
David Huff (2-0), the first of four New York relievers, struck out three in three perfect innings after starter Chase Whitley faltered. David Robertson notched his 20th save in the ninth.
Its always big when the bullpen can pick up six innings and we still get a win out of it, Robertson said.
The veterans in the lineup did the heavy lifting early on. Jacoby Ellsbury delivered a two-run single in the second to help finish off Twins starter Kyle Gibson (7-7), and the Yankees had 10 hits for the second straight game.
It was probably the most frustrating part, looking back, Gibson said of Ellsburys hit that pushed the lead to 6-1.
Gibson brought the American Leagues best home-ballpark ERA among qualified pitchers at 1.54, but he only lasted two innings against the Yankees. One of the runs on his line was unearned, due to a passed ball by Suzuki that let Mark Teixeira move up and later score on Carlos Beltrans sacrifice fly in the first, but almost every ball was hit hard.
They jumped on him and never let him breathe, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said.
Brett Gardner led off the game with a triple, Roberts drove him in with a double and Gibson was on his way to that kind of day. He gave up six hits and one walk, without any strikeouts. Teixeira had an RBI double, and Brendan Ryan added a sacrifice fly.
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Pressure Transmitter, Pressure Range 0 - 300 PSI, Accuracy +/-1% Full Scale, Stainless Steel Housing, Output...More
Price $126.80 / each
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