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Columbia, MO (Sports Network) - Alex Oriakhi scored 17 points and added 10
rebounds as the 14th-ranked Missouri Tigers took a 74-54 win over Nicholls
State on Friday.
Earnest Ross had 16 points and five boards, Keion Bell added 13 points and
seven rebounds while Laurence Bowers gave 12 points for the Tigers (3-0), who
have won all of their games this season by double-digits.
Fred Hunter posted 22 points and five rebounds for the Colonels (0-2), who got
14 points and five boards from T.J. Carpenter in the loss.
Missouri built itself an 11-point lead after a 5-0 run capped by an Oriakhi
jumper made it a 25-14 game with under five minutes to play in the first half.
Nicholls State, though, later scored seven straight to cut into the deficit
before Negus Webster-Chan hit a 3-pointer for the final points of the frame,
helping the Tigers take a 32-25 lead into the break.
In the second half, an Oriakhi dunk gave Missouri a 40-29 lead and kick-
started a 13-1 run capped by two free throws from Bell that gave the Tigers a
51-30 advantage just over five minutes in.
The Colonels were unable to get the deficit below 14 the rest of the way.
Missouri plays at Stanford on Thursday ... The only other time these two teams
met was on Dec. 1, 1998, with Missouri taking a home victory ... Missouri
dominated on the boards, finishing with a 38-22 advantage.
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Tailgate Tour Stops by Twin Cities
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – For Iowa State athletics department special project coordinator Ryan McGuire, Monday night's Cyclone Tailgate Tour stop at the Nicollett Pavilion was far from a one night stand. As fans gathered in the quaint and classical building and went out for a view of the river, the fifth stop on the Tailgate Tour was the culmination of six months of work.
"We contacted the Minneapolis chapter of the ISU Alumni Association and they gave us some ideas of what to hold this year's event," McGuire said. "One of the places they talked about was this pavilion. It worked out great."
Mason City/Minneapolis Highlights
More than 300 Iowa State Cyclones were in attendance to hear from ISU coaches Paul Rhoads, Greg McDermott and athletics director Jamie Pollard. In total, there were more than 50 members of the Cyclone traveling party. Iowa State tailback Alexander Robinson, who was back in his hometown was joined by teammates Carter Bykowski, Reggie Stephens and Marquis Hamilton to sign hundreds of autographs.
A contingent of Iowa State cheerleaders joined ISU Alumni Association director Jeff Johnson and his staff at the event. The Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau has also staffed every evening event.
Out along the river, children enjoyed the inflatable playground activities. It was with those children that Pollard originally created the tour.
"We wanted to make these events enjoyable for everyone in the family," Pollard said. "These young people are our future Iowa State students and Cyclone supporters."
Pollard ends each evening stop by inviting all the children to come up and join together shout out "Go Cyclones."
The day had begun with a lunch stop in Mason City where a good crowd got an opportunity to meet the coaches and listen to Rhoads articulate his vision for the Cyclone football program.
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text: Join members of the UAH Music Department and their friends for a summer evening of wind band music. The concert will be Saturday, July 20th at 7:30 pm in Roberts Recital Hall on the UAH campus. Conductors are former students of the college's advanced conducting class, and the ensemble ranges from UAH students of diverse majors, to local high school students, to even UAH graduates and faculty. The concert will include works by Holst, Hindemith, Whitacre and will feature a new composition by local composer Curtis Lindsay. Admission is free and open to the public.


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Looking to get a new pistol. Thinking a 40 s&w. Going to use it for packing during archery. I'd like one that has a .22 lr or .17 conversion kit for the rest of the year. Any thoughts?
Looking to get a new pistol. Thinking a 40 s&w. Going to use it for packing during archery. I'd like one that has a .22 lr or .17 conversion kit for the rest of the year. Any thoughts?
Once you go glock, you'll never go back, I used to hate them until I spent some time behind one. Needless to say I sold my high dollar gun and bought one and love it! Never looked back.
Kimber 1911.
There's a chance that I'm worlds worst pistol shooter in the history of ever... But I am deadly accurate with my Kimber. Plus, it looks cool, and it's really fun to shoot. You probably won't be converting to a .22 with it though.
You can convert a 1911 to .22
Ya id like one but kimber may be a touch out of my price range. I was looking at glock, Beretta Smith and wesson,walther.i like the Springfield xd but can't find a conversion
Glock all the way, U cant beat a glock for the money
Too bad about the conversion for the Springfield, I have an xd in 9mm, and really like it. I don't think you could go wrong with the glock. They seem fairly similar to the xd.
What you buy really should be dictated by what you intend on using it for. Concealed carry, target or just plinking for fun. I personally don't really care for Glocks, but they are the pistol of choice for a lot of law enforcement. I shoot a lot of Bulls Eye target and use a HiStandard & S & W. My carry gun is a KelTec. In my Cowboy Shooting I use Ruger Vaqueros.
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The Original Rocket Scientist-Retired
"My Father always considered a walk in the mountains as the equivalent of church going."
Aldous Huxley
The gun I carry outdoors when not packing a rifle is a S&W Model 60 Pro Series 5 shot 357 revolver. It rides great on the hip and is out of the way. When I carry it where I pack my Leatherman when working I don't even notice it's there. May not be what you want, but 38's are pretty reasonable for plinking and the 357 has some great heavy loads for carry in the backcountry. It fits my use and points and shoots real well for me. I catfish in some remote areas where I've seen mountain lion, and where the druggies put meth labs and marijuana fields so I like to have it along. Only thing I've used it on other than small game was a sick raccoon, not sure if he had distemper or rabies so I shot him and burned him to be safe.


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The pastor populist
Campaign 2008 | Southern governor + folksy flare + ability to connect = proven presidential prospect. Mike Huckabee puts a new twist on an old formula
WASHINGTON, D.C.- John Kennedy in 1960 and John Kerry in 2004 both pledged not to let their Catholic standing affect their policy decisions. Reporters this year are pushing Mitt Romney regarding his Mormon beliefs. But Mike Huckabee, the former Baptist pastor and Arkansas governor who now seeks the GOP presidential nomination, says he is "appalled" when candidates separate their religion from their policy positions.
"At the heart of my governing is my faith," Huckabee told WORLD on Jan. 26, the morning before he announced on Meet the Press that he was setting up a committee for a run to the White House. And what of those who say beliefs do not affect governing? "That says to me a person's faith is so inconsequential that [he] can marginalize and compartmentalize it."
Huckabee has not compartmentalized. Now 51 years old, he graduated from Ouachita Baptist University, pastored two churches in Arkansas, became president of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, and governed his state for 10 years beginning in 1996. He said during our interview three blocks from the White House that moving from pastor to politician was the "easiest transition possible." He even rolled through the similarities in four-point alliteration usable in a sermon outline: "It all starts with message . . . you have to motivate people . . . use all kinds of media . . . and it takes money."
National reporters have largely refrained from zeroing in on Huckabee's theology so far, but he has received hefty publicity for becoming born-again physically. Diagnosed with Type II diabetes in 2003 and told his abundant heft threatened his heart, Huckabee lost 110 pounds and became so fit that he ran and completed the Little Rock, Marine Corps, and New York Marathons in 2005 and 2006. His own story is now part of his political pitch: Individuals can eat less, exercise more, and in the process reduce health-care costs that are threatening personal and national budgets.
But the tools of his governing style, Huckabee says, never were a knife and a fork. They were and are the words of Jesus: "I govern with two pillars: 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you,' and 'as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'" Politicians often quote such gospel words but rarely apply them. Huckabee, asked to apply these principles to three of the most divisive issues of the day, offered pointed parables:
On immigration, he told how he had just flown to Washington from the Little Rock airport where the security guards know who he is-but he still had to take the coins from his pocket and the shoes from his feet "as if I was wearing a turban on my head and went by the name of Abdul." Huckabee said he and other Americans don't object to that process, and they want immigrants to be required also to enter through an orderly process rather than a porous border: That's why a border barrier is essential. When that's in place a reasoned debate about entry can begin, because it's clear that we "only have so many seats on the airplane."
Huckabee wants those already in the United States illegally to go through a process that provides opportunity but also contains some sort of penalty for illegal activity: His religious analogy is that "one needs to confess his sin, repent, and make restitution." He said he supports something like the guest worker system President Bush has proposed, but he's wary of the guest worker term because people are equating it with an amnesty for illegals, and "I'm not for amnesty."
On foreign affairs, he told a folksy story about how every neighborhood has a kid who's the strongest, the fastest, the best-but if he acts like he knows it, he reminds others of what they aren't, and they long for the day when he fails. If that kid, though, pats others on the back and doesn't lord it over them, "everyone in the neighborhood loves that kid." Huckabee's point again is "do unto others . . . humility goes a long way. The stronger a person or a country is, the more care needs to be taken." It's "critically important never to humiliate someone else," but other countries now see the United States as the arrogant big kid.
That can readily sound like Peanuts foreign policy, but Huckabee went on to speak about the need to involve in an Iraq settlement predominantly Sunni countries like Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt with a vested interest in the region's stability. He emphasized the need for realism that sometimes forces the United States to work with the unsavory: "Russia was not our natural ally during World War II, but better to have them on our side than on the enemy's." He was also emphatic in his support for Israel on public policy rather than eschatological grounds: "Israel is our most significant ally in the Middle East . . . [with a] shared sense of democracy."
On abortion, Huckabee is on the record as wanting Roe v. Wade to be overturned, but he also talked about a three-part process by which public views on smoking, littering, drunk driving, and wearing seat belts have changed. First is attitudinal change, when a previously accepted activity gradually is seen as undesirable. Second is a change in atmosphere-for example, people cast angry stares at someone who litters. Third is the "action phase" when government codifies what already has occurred socially.
Huckabee spoke of abortion proceeding down that path to infrequency, with pro-lifers fighting the evil but also showing the belief that "life begins at conception and it does not end at birth." He stated that "we can't call ourselves pro-lifers if we're unconcerned with education," so he has "total support for giving parents the empowerment to make decisions for their kids." He's skittish about the word vouchers, preferring school choice, and speaks of "kid-focused" rather than "school-focused" education. He asks about any proposed option, "Does it truly empower the parent to make a choice?"
Huckabee will need to show that he has substance on immigration, foreign policy, abortion, and other tough issues, because he'll do fine in the Charm Derby, as did one of his predecessors, Bill Clinton. Many observers already have noticed the similarities: Both are from Hope, Ark.; both are past Boy's State members who went on to chair the National Governors Association; both are musically inclined, with Clinton offering glissandos and growls on the saxophone and Huckabee playing bass guitar in the band Capitol Offense; both are Southern Baptists (with strikingly different theologies).
Their biggest commonality is their humble origin, which leads Huckabee to say of his background, "Some of us know what it's like to start at the bottom of the ladder." He readily describes the sins of economic and political elites: "the greed of Wall Street, the corruption of K Street." He talks about what America means for those like himself who grew up where there "wasn't a lot of money, wasn't a lot of pedigree"-but instead of descending into class warfare, Huckabee finishes his populist pitch by saying "where you finish is up to you."
Huckabee is also the anti-Clinton in that reporters feel no need to do a bimbo watch with him: Huckabee and his wife Janet apparently have a strong marriage. State-level criticism of the Huckabees peaked in 2002 when Mrs. Huckabee unsuccessfully ran for the position of Arkansas secretary of state: one couple, two state offices? Huckabee also garnered criticism for supporting the parole eligibility of convicted rapist Wayne Dumond, who after his release sexually assaulted and murdered a Missouri woman. A teapot tempest arose last November concerning gifts the Huckabees received in connection with a housewarming for a $525,000 home they purchased in Little Rock.
The national opposition cuts deeper. The anti-tax CATO Institute gave Huckabee an "F" for spending and tax policy in 2006. He responded, "I give them an F for their research: [Cato] hit me on spending" such as court-ordered educational funding. But another free enterprise think tank, the Club for Growth, also dinged him as a "tax hiker" for, among other things, raising gas taxes. Huckabee says he did it to make desperately needed highway improvements that 80 percent of Arkansans demanded.
That populist impulse could make or break the Huckabee candidacy. He has stepped outside of standard conservatism enough for Time magazine to name him one of America's "top five governors" and for Washington Post liberal columnist E.J. Dionne to praise him. Yet Huckabee also emphasizes his compassionate conservatism by noting that after Hurricane Katrina hit neighboring Louisiana "we didn't wait for FEMA" but welcomed evacuees and "provided what government can't give, dignity and respect. We called them by name, looked in their eyes."
He has won praise for starting Smart Start and Smart Step, intensive math and reading programs for K-8 students, and ARKids First, a health insurance program for low-income and minority families that helped to cut in half the state's welfare rolls. But he has garnered liberal criticism for saying that students "should be given exposure to the theories not only of evolution but to . . . creationism."
Christian conservatives generally say that Huckabee would be excellent on crucial issues such as marriage, abortion, and support for effective compassion both at home and in Africa. But his most important selling point may be his ability to turn treacherous questions into cheerful riffs on popular programs like The Daily Show. Last month host Jon Stewart told him, "You are a self-described conservative, evangelical Republican. Those strike fear into the heart of the blue state foundation." Huckabee responded with classic stereotype-affirming-while-countering "buts": "I'm a conservative, but I'm not mad at everybody. . . . I'm pro-life, but we have to be concerned . . . about a child's entire life."
Stewart has humiliated humorless conservatives yet Huckabee matched him yuk for yuk, even saying that if he had worked in partisan ways with an overwhelming Democratic legislature, "we couldn't have passed gas in the House chamber." Stewart, who lunches on double-entendres, said in his overly solemn, self-mocking way, "I don't care for that type of humor," and Huckabee responded with a grin, "I noticed." By the end of the interview Stewart was (and perhaps some moderate and younger voters were) practically eating out of the pastor-governor's hand.
Huckabee is far behind better-known Republican contenders-John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney-in the money race, but he insists that "the message has to come before money"-and his message is that "America needs to revive its national optimism." Huckabee is patriotic in his populism: "Thank God we're in a country that people are trying to break into rather than break out of." He is strong in explaining the need to fight terrorists: "We in this country celebrate life. They celebrate the deaths of their own children. . . . This war cannot be lost. . . . They're not interested in the decline of America . . . they want our deaths." He sounds Reaganesque themes: "Our best days are not behind us. They're still ahead."
He's a long shot, but don't count him out. He'll be fighting for the conservative Republican vote against another attractive candidate, Sen. Sam Brownback ("Cellblock campaign," Dec. 23, 2006), and others. And if Huckabee falls short in his presidential quest, he could serve as a ticket balancer on a slate headed by, say, a Giuliani.


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Grilled Portabella Mushroom Caps
4 large Portobello mushroom caps, biggest they have!
2 Tblsp. olive oil
2 Tblsp. balsamic vinegar
1 Tblsp. sugar
1 garlic clove, minced
a dash of cayenne pepper, optional
OR replace those last 4 ingredients with your favorite Italian Dressing, I like Newman's Own.
Provolone or Swiss cheese slices
whole-wheat buns, toasted
tomatoes, sliced
red onion, thinly sliced
Remove stems and clean mushrooms with a damp cloth. Brush oil on the smooth side of the mushroom and season the underside with oil, vinegar and seasonings or the salad dressing- just drizzle it in as if in a 'dish". Let prepared mushroom caps rest while you prepare the grill.
Grill or broil the mushrooms, turning a couple of times, until tender, about 5-7 minutes on each side, depending on how thick they are. Turn, 'dished' side up and top with cheese to melt.
Serve as you would a steak, or on a toasted bun topped with all your favorite burger toppings.
Terri's notes:
~ Experiment with grilled "stuffed mushrooms", mixes of browned, crumbled sausage/shredded cheese/chopped basil; chopped spinach/garlic/sun-dried tomato/parmesean; or feta/spinach/walnuts…a little olive oil to hold the mixture together and your favorite fillings will turn mushrooms into a meal!


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Here's a couple more pics of Glen's grinding job ,and a full blade shot for Tinh.
Here's a couple more pics of Glen's grinding job ,and a full blade shot for Tinh.
Sweet... I'd thought about having a conversion done on that knife but I didn't want to risk not being able to stick a handle on it. Thanks for the information and the pic!
Oh man I ever glad I never went there. Thanks for showing us the WIP.
LOL and that's after cutting and grinding from the butt end hoping to find the non existent tang!
I can't help but wonder what the blade would be like if they put 1/2 the engineering they must have spent on the damn handle.
The two of you have done some fine work. Having done a handful of Yo to Wa, I've come to fear them as much as I admire them. Though its been said, let me echo it... that is some A+++ welding.
Thanks guys. I used to weld for a living back in the day. Had to get away, before the Argon made me completly nuts like the rest of the crazy sonsabitches I worked with. This is only the second time I have welded in the last twelve years, almost forgot how fun it is.


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Football 2012: Magnolia Wants to Finish What it Started
August 22, 2012 NEW MARTINSVILLE — Expectations are always high at Magnolia. more »»
Baseball: Magnolia Knocking on Door
May 22, 2012 NEW MANCHESTER —The Blue Eagles won the game, but Magnolia suffered a great loss. more »»
SOFTBALL: Blue Eagles Come Up Short Again
May 18, 2012 NEW MARTINSVILLE — It was a heartbreaking finish to a marvelous career for Magnolia High School pitcher Tori Tharp and nine of her senior teammates Thursday. more »»
SOFTBALL: Huge Third Boosts Magnolia Past Weir
May 11, 2012 WEIRTON — The Magnolia softball team put nine on the board in the bottom of the third inning to erase an early deficit and went on to best Weir High, 11-7, on Thursday in a West Virginia Class AA... more »»
BASEBALL: Magnolia 12 Tyler Consolidated 1
May 11, 2012 GLEN DALE — Magnolia finished off Tyler Consolidated and advanced to the Region One Semifinal at Oak Glen on Monday, May 21, as three pitchers combined on a three-hitter. more »»
John Marshall Baseball Doubles Up Magnolia
May 5, 2012 NEW MARTINSVILLE — For the first time since West Virginia decided to limit its high school baseball teams to 32 regular-season games, John Marshall has played a full allotment. more »»
Magnolia Baseball Downs UL
May 4, 2012 Magnolia 5, Union Local 2 MORRISTOWN — Zach Wilhoite doubled and knocked in a run and Tanner Hanna had two singles and an RBI as Magnolia downed Union Local. more »»
Magnolia Sweeps, Advances
May 2, 2012 KIDWELL — Tori Tharp's perfect game, Mallory Chapman's three-hitter and Dallas Mullett's grand slam highlighted a huge day for Magnolia as it claimed another West Virginia Class AA sectional... more »»
BASEBALL: Oak Glen 14, Magnolia 7
May 1, 2012 NEW MARTINSVILLE — Steve Barr was a home run shy of the cycle and drove in three runs as Oak Glen doubled up Magnolia. Tyler Stead singled and drove in two for the Golden Bears. more »»
Softball: Magnolia Wins Class 3A title
April 29, 2012 WHEELING — Fort Frye pitcher Victoria Mimken was unhittable for the first three innings in Saturday's Class 3A OVAC championship against Magnolia, striking out nine of the first 10 batters. more »»
Tharp is Sharp for Magnolia
April 26, 2012 WHEELING — Magnolia senior ace Tori Tharp struck out 12 and scattered five hits in pitching the Blue Eagles into the OVAC 3A championship game with a 6-0 blanking of Shenandoah on Wednesday night on... more »»
Magnolia Baseball Shuts Out Tyler Consolidated
April 25, 2012 Magnolia 17 Tyler Consolidated 0 NEW MARTINSVILLE — Chandler Sapp hit a grand slam as Magnolia exploded for 12 runs in the first inning en route to a pasting of rival Tyler Consolidated. more »»
TRACK: Ferry Girls, Linsly Boys Win Shadyside Relays
April 22, 2012 SHADYSIDE — Not even weather better suited for ducks than thinclads could slow down the Martins Ferry girls and Linsly boys Saturday at Fleming Fiel. more »»
BASEBALL: Magnolia 4 Clarksburg Liberty 1
April 21, 2012 NEW MARTINSVILLE — Chandler Sapp pitched a three-hit, one-run game as Magnolia beat Clarksburg Liberty. more »»
SOFTBALL: Magnolia 10, Weir 0
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SOFTBALL: Magnolia Blanks Fort Frye
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BASEBALL: Biega Knocks in Five for Central
April 19, 2012 NEW MARTINSVILLE — Patrick Biega had two hits and drove five home as Wheeling Central beat Magnolia, 13-3, in prep baseball action Thursday at Alumni Field. more »»
SOFTBALL: St. John 3, Magnolia 2
April 19, 2012 BELLAIRE — Kaydie Coppa had two doubles and an RBI as St. John defeated Magnolia. more »»
BASEBALL: Magnolia 15, Cameron 5
April 19, 2012 NEW MARTINSVILLE — Kyle Elliott went the distance, striking out nine, while also hitting three singles and an RBI as Magnolia routed Camero. more »»
Magnolia Rebounds to Top Valley
April 18, 2012 Magnolia 12, Valley 1 NEW MARTINSVILLE — Magnolia rebounded from a tough loss Tuesday by controlling Valley. more »»


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Michael Combs has friends all overMarch 5, 2010 by Jill W. Tallman
Pilots are, for the most part, friendly people who care about each other–even pilots they've never met. Case in point: Michael Combs ("The Longest Cross-Country," April 2010 AOPA Pilot). Since I wrote about Michael's plan to fly in or to all 50 states in a Remos GX light sport aircraft, Pilot readers have contacted me with some amazingly generous offers for Michael:
- A brand-new instrument pilot has offered to pay for some weather planning sessions with an expert. "Nothing will improve his trip more than better weather info."
- EAA Chapter 38 at Warner Robins Airport in central Georgia would like to host Michael with a special event and hangar space for his Remos.
- The Syracuse Flying Club is there for Michael when he gets to central New York.
I've forwarded every message I receive to Michael. In the meantime, don't forget that you can follow his progress on Twitter, at the Flight for the Human Spirit Web site, and on Facebook. We'll also be tracking Michael's trek on AOPA Online when he launches in April.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
* Homemade Mother's Day Gift Ideas
Today, I'll re-cap some of my favorite homemade gift ideas
(from past posts) in case you need some
inspiration for Mother's Day (this weekend!)
or Teacher Appreciation Week (this week -- at least it is here!)
You could always make a sewn heart card
to share your heartfelt message.
First up would be a set of
Or... a Paint Sample Note Pad for her purse?
Fun project to make WITH kids!
A perfect gift for mom, grandma, or a teacher.
What about an easy sewing project?
with grandchildren's prints (or student's prints)
A place to corral all of those pens and pencils
for homework and list making.
This thrifty and green craft recycles a
For that special gardener in your life!
Quick and easy concrete stepping stones
to spruce up a garden pathway....
You can also use Origami paper
or use Tissue paper and laminate it
with a small laminator or clear contact paper.
A homemade eye glasses chain to keep track of those reading glasses
(also great for an ID badge for work!)
makes a homemade gift a bit more personal!
for your crafty mamas.
A colorful scrappy book mark
for book worm mamas!
For more HeARTfelt Gift Ideas,
check out my e-book
Happy Crafty Gifting!
Pink and Green Mama,
Posted by pink and green mama MaryLea
Labels: Create, EBook, Holidays, Homemade Cards, Homemade Gifts, Mother's Day, Round-Up
4 comments:
- Rebecca said...
LOVE some of these ideas!
- May 9, 2012 at 11:01 PM
- Jema said...
I really enjoyed your ideas. My favorites are the Fairy Dish and Star. Thanks for sharing, you are very creative and inspiring! ~Jema
- May 10, 2012 at 10:58 AM
- Jamie Carlston said...
I don't think you can go wrong with handmade gifts for mom, especially anything from the grand-kids
- May 14, 2012 at 12:16 AM
- Gifts to pakistan said...
Your ideas about gifts are really informative. I would like to use ideas for my mother.
- August 29, 2012 at 7:35 AM
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Sage's Art Programs Receive Prestigious NASAD ReaccreditationJuly 5, 2012 at 10:49 am
The Sage Colleges art programs have once again received 10-year accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Art & Design (NASAD), which establishes national standards for undergraduate and graduate degrees and other credentials.
2012 Paris Scholarship Winner AnnouncedApril 23, 2012 at 7:06 pm
The Department of Visual Arts is pleased to announce Kathleen Wolford, a freshman Fine Arts major, as the recipient of the 2012 Sage College Paris Scholarship. Kathleen will study at Parsons Paris School of Design during the Fall 2012 semester.
Sage professor speaks, exhibits on stereographyFebruary 13, 2012 at 4:41 pm
Melody Davis will be chairing a panel at the College Art Association National Conference in Los Angeles, February 23, 2012, "Other Histories of Photography: The First One Hundred Years."
Thinking Inside the BoxNovember 8, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Seniors in Sage's Interior Design program recently opened "Thinking Inside the Box" at the Little Gallery.
Interior Design students visit Washington and BaltimoreNovember 8, 2011 at 2:44 pm
Students in Sage's Interior Design program recently traveled to Washington, DC and to Baltimore for educational tours and to attend a professional conference and exposition.
Professor McElligott publishes new children's bookOctober 25, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Benjamin Franklinstein Meets the Fright Brothers is the latest children's book from Matthew McElligott, a professor in Sage's Graphic + Media Design program.
Professor Hovendick invited to exhibit at Rutgers UniversityOctober 4, 2011 at 7:27 pm
Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ has invited Graphic + Media Design professor Sean Hovendick to exhibit his work in the 2011 Annual Fall Exhibition titled "Mass Distractions & Cultural Decay."
Sage illustration students tour Pulp Fiction exhibitSeptember 22, 2011 at 10:02 amStudents in Sage's Illustration I course recently toured the Pulp Fiction Paintings exhibit at the Mandeville Gallery
Sage Graphic Design Seniors Attend Art Director's Club National Portfolio ReviewMay 9, 2011 at 8:40 pm
Four Sage graphic design seniors were chosen to attend the prestigious NYC Art Director's Club National Portfolio Review on Monday, May 2 in New York City.
Interior Design students win PAVE grantsJanuary 13, 2011 at 9:06 pm
PAVE - The planning and Visual Education Partnership has awarded The Sage Colleges Interior Design Program with a 2010 Helping Hands Fund Grant.
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|January Meet & Eat Menu
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
|Wednesday, 26 December 2012 16:13
Tuesday, Jan. 1—New Year's Day.
Wednesday, Jan. 2—Beef olé, refried beans, Mexicali corn, fruit cup.
Thursday, Jan. 3—Salmon fillet with dill sauce, baked sweet potato fries, asparagus cuts, bran muffin, peach slices.
Friday, Jan. 4—Spaghetti with meat sauce, tossed salad with dressing, stir-fry vegetables, garlic bread, pear slices.
Monday, Jan. 7—Roast turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, country mix vegetables, pineapple mandarin orange compote, lentil cookie with raisins.
Tuesday, Jan. 8—BBQ beef sandwich, potato salad, brussels sprouts, fruit cup.
Wednesday, Jan. 9—Beef and noodles, creamy coleslaw, bean medley, roll, apricot halves.
Thursday, Jan. 10—Savory baked chicken, baked sweet potato, cauliflower and peas, roll, tropical fruit.
Friday, Jan. 11—Pot roast with vegetables, confetti coleslaw, onion roll, winter fruit cup.
Monday, Jan. 14—Spanish rice with ground beef, tossed salad with dressing, roll, peach slices.
Tuesday, Jan. 15—Swiss steak, boiled potatoes, Italian vegetables, bran muffin, banana.
Wednesday, Jan. 16—Chicken tetrazzini, marinated vegetable salad, onion roll, orange juice, pear slices.
Thursday, Jan. 17—BBQ pork chops, scalloped potatoes, cabbage, rye bread, fruit cup.
Friday, Jan. 18—Oven-fried liver, oven-browned potatoes, stewed tomatoes, whole wheat roll, applesauce.
Monday, Jan. 21—Chili with beans, corn bread, pineapple coleslaw, apricot halves.
Tuesday, Jan. 22—BBQ chicken, three-bean salad, stir-fry vegetables, bran muffin, tropical fruit cup.
Wednesday, Jan. 23—Hamburger on a bun, oven-browned potatoes, lettuce/tomato/onion slices/dill pickle chips, country mix vegetables, orange.
Thursday, Jan. 24—Sweet and sour pork, brown rice, California vegetables, whole wheat roll, pear slices.
Friday, Jan. 25—Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, stir-fry vegetables, onion roll, Oregon berry mix.
Monday, Jan. 28—Spring garden chicken salad, asparagus cuts, apple muffin, Oregon berry mix.
Tuesday, Jan. 29—Teriyaki beef, brown rice, oriental vegetables, whole wheat roll, peach slices.
Jan. 30—Cheesy potato omelet, salsa, bean medley, bran muffin, Oregon berry mix.
Jan. 31—Beef stew, cottage cheese peach salad, corn bread, orange.
The meal is served each day at noon in the large community room at SunSet View. Please make reservations and cancellations no later than 8 a.m. the day of the meal. Call 854-2646 and leave a message for reservations or cancellations.
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FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — The knitting group at Country Meadows Retirement Community estimates that, altogether, they've been knitting for 500 years or so.
For an hour every Tuesday morning, they put those combined centuries of experience to good use.
The group is now partnered with Frederick Memorial Hospital's Survivors Offering Support program, which connects newly diagnosed breast cancer patients with survivors, said Angie Hylton, director of community life at the center. The women make shawls, hats, blankets and scarves, then send them to the hospital every three or four months. In the past, they have also supported Heartly House and Care Net.
"When I finish something ... it makes me feel like my free time has accomplished something that can help somebody," said Fran Davis, 91, who has been knitting since high school.
"We try to think of different things to do so we're not just doing the same things all the time," she said as she showed off some of her creations — a shawl with a collar that ties and a hat with an extension to cover the necks of patients who have lost their hair.
When she first came to the center, Davis did not think she could knit anymore because she'd had pins put in both her index fingers. She is thankful that her older sister Winnie Marx, who already lived in the community and encouraged her to join the group.
"It's a good cause, and it's good for me because I'm a cancer survivor," knitter Carol Rose said. "It makes you feel great because you know you're doing a good deed."
Anna Kowalewski, who is 93, said she stopped counting the pieces she made for charity after the number surpassed 200.
In addition to feeling good about contributing to the causes, "when you knit, it's relaxing," she said. "You don't think about anything else." And "I think it's very good exercise for the fingers."
"Busy hands are happy hands," agreed Betty Spungen.
The only crocheter of the group, 86-year-old Elinor Jacob said her craft helps ensure that no yarn goes to waste.
"I use the scraps that they don't use," she said, pointing to a multicolored blanket.
Hylton buys the yarn, but the women usually help her maintain a modest budget by supplying her with coupons, she said.
"It's truly amazing to see the results of our knitting time together," Hylton said.
At the last drop-off, between 100 and 150 items were donated to FMH.
"The ladies can make anything, I think. I'm very confident in their ability," Hylton said.
According to Amanda Changuris, an FMH spokeswoman, the group's efforts are appreciated.
Chemotherapy patients often have to spend one or two hours at a time in an IV outpatient room receiving treatment.
"The hospital blankets are fine," Changuris said. "They're functional. But there's a feeling you get from something handmade. ... There's something more comforting about something that's handmade and made with love ... our patients feel it."
Information from: The Frederick (Md.) News-Post, http://www.fredericknewspost.com


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wash the cucumber and finely chop
toss the tomato, cuke and cilantro in with the avocado
put back into the avocado shells
top each 1/2 with 1 Tablespoon of crispy onions
I would be in seventh heaven if I could have this for breakfast, lunch AND dinner...yum!!ReplyDelete
I shared a recipe for egg drop soup, an article about juicing and a juice recipe.
They look delicous! I've got to try these!ReplyDelete
Perfect timing! I got avocados in my organic vegetable box this week :) I love how easy this recipe is and it sounds so yummy. Thank you for sharing it, and for hosting! Have a lovely week, and good luck with your decorating!ReplyDelete
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I was never a big fan of avocados until recently. This recipe sounds delicious!! I think the crispy fried onions put them over the top! At our office we took the Meatless Monday pledge as part of our CSR initiatives and share a meatless recipe every Monday. Today we shared a Quinoa Beet Salad. Drop by and have a look when you get a chance: http://www.miratelinc.com/blog/meatless-monday-csr-business-with-quinoa-beet-salad/ReplyDelete
Woah, I happen to have everything but the french onions available to make this. Gonna make this for lunch today :DReplyDelete
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This week I am sharing 2 fun recipes…
(1) A fun and healthy way eat pasta: but GRAIN FREE! Sun dried tomato and artichoke heart "zoodle" pasta (made with zucchini noodles). Sooo yum! (Also Vegan, Dairy Free, and Gluten Free).
(2) Have any leftover pumpkin puree? Here's a great use for it: grain free, gluten free, dairy free, cane-sugar free, soy free, gum free pumpkin bites with vegan maple whipped cream!
Have a great week
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We added up the total number of stores in Massachusetts, and we're pretty sure it's over a billion. Boston's Back Bay is headlined by two malls in the heart of the city: the upscale Copley Place and the always-bustling Prudential Center. Just across the Charles River is the CambridgeSide Galleria, with three floors, over 100 stores, and moorings for those that like to travel to the mall by boat. The Square One Mall in Saugus has almost a million square feet of retail space, Legacy Place in Dedham has an exceptional line up of restaurants plus the Showcase Cinema de Lux that lives up to its name, and the Natick Mall has more stores than any other mall in New England. Yup, that's definitely at least a billion stores.
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Images: Thai, US engineers improve training area for Cobra Gold [Image 5 of 7]
Photo by Cpl. Adam Miller
Lance Cpl. Robert A. Lisinichia fills a large hole in an area of a newly developed landing zone Feb. 11 at Ban Chan Krem, Kingdom of Thailand during Exercise Cobra Gold. Cobra Gold is a multinational and multiservice exercise, which takes place annually in the Kingdom of Thailand and was developed by the Thai and U.S. militaries. An engineer construction team made up of Royal Thai and U.S. Marines spent their portion of the exercise improving upon the training and maneuver areas in preparation for Cobra Gold's culminating event, a combined arms live-fire exercise. Lisinichia is an engineer equipment operator with Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
This work, Thai, US engineers improve training area for Cobra Gold [Image 1 of 7], by 2LT Adam Miller, identified by DVIDS, is free of known copyright restrictions under U.S. copyright law.
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Republic of Tajikistan
Area: 143,100 sq. km.
Capital: Dushanbe.
Terrain: Pamir and Alay mountains dominate landscape; western Ferghana valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest.
Climate: Mid-latitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir mountains.
Nationality: Tajikistani.
Population (July 2006 est.): 7,320,815.
Population growth rate (2006 est.): 2.19%.
Ethnic groups: Tajik 67%, Uzbek 23%, Russian 3.5%, other 6.5%.
Religion (2003 est.): Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim 5%, other 10%.
Language: Tajik (sole official language as of 1994); Russian widely used in government and business; 77% of the country, however, is rural and they speak mostly Tajik.
Education: Literacy (according to Tajikistan official statistics, 2003)--88%. The Tajik education system has suffered greatly since independence.
Health: Life expectancy--61.68 years men; 67.59 years women. Infant mortality rate--110.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.).
Work force (2003 est.): 3.301 million.
Type: Republic.
Independence: September 9, 1991 (from Soviet Union).
Constitution: November 6, 1994.
Branches: Executive--chief of state: President Emomali RAHMONOV since November 6, 1994; head of state and Supreme Assembly chairman since November 19, 1992; head of government (appointed by the president): Prime Minister Oqil OQILOV since January 20, 1999. Cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president, approved by the Supreme Assembly. Elections: president elected by popular vote for a 7-year term; election last held November 6, 2006. Election results: Emomali RAHMONOV 79.3%, Olimjon BOBOYEV 6.2%, Amir QARAQULOV 5.3%, Ismoil TALBAKOV 5.1%, Abduhalim GHAFFOROV 2.8%. Legislative--bicameral Supreme Assembly or Majlisi Oli consists of the Assembly of Representatives or Majlisi Namoyanandagon (lower chamber; 63 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve 5-year terms) and the National Assembly or Majlisi Milliy (upper chamber; 33 seats; members are indirectly elected by popular vote to serve 5-year terms, 25 selected by local deputies, 8 appointed by the president; all serve 5-year terms). Elections: last held February 27, 2005 for the Assembly of Representatives. Election results: percent of vote by party--People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan 74.9%, Communist Party 13.64%, Islamic Revival 8.94%, other 2.5%. Judicial--Supreme Court; judges are appointed by the president.
Political parties and leaders: People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan or PDPT [Emomali RAHMONOV]; Islamic Revival Party or IRPT [Muhiddin KABIRI]; Tajik Communist Party or CPT [Shodi SHABDOLOV]; Democratic Party or DPT [Saidjafar ISMONOV heads government-recognized faction; (Mahmadruzi IZKANDAROV, currently serving 23-year prison term, is chairman of original DPT; Rahmatullo VALIYEV is deputy)]; Social Democratic Party or SDPT [Rahmatullo ZOYIROV]; Socialist Party of Tajikistan or SPT [Abdukhalim GAFFOROV; (Murhuseyn NARZIEV heads a rival faction of the SPT party currently unrecognized by the government)]; Agrarian Party or APT [Amir Birievich QARAQULOV]; Party of Economic Reform or PERT [Olimjon BOBOYEV].
Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal.
Defense (2003 est.): Military manpower (availability)--1,273,700.
GDP nominal (2005 est.): $2.3 billion.
GDP nominal per capita (2005): U.S. $364. Purchasing power parity is about $1,300.
GDP real growth rate (2005 est.): 6.7%.
Inflation rate (consumer prices, 2006 est.): 7.5%.
Natural resources: Hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, gold, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten.
Official unemployment rate (2003): 2.1%. The official rate is estimated based on the number of registered unemployment benefit recipients; under employment also is very high, approximately 40% of the workforce; 60% live under the poverty line (2004).
Agriculture: Products--cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats.
Industry: Types--aluminum, zinc, lead, chemicals and fertilizers, cement, vegetable oil, textiles, metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators and freezers.
Trade: Exports (2006 est.)--$1.16 billion f.o.b.: aluminum (49%), electricity (23%), cotton (12%), gold, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles. Partners (2005)--Netherlands 46.6%, Turkey 15.8%, Russia 9.1%, Uzbekistan 7.3%, Latvia 4.9%, Iran 4%. Imports (2006 est.)--$1.513 billion f.o.b.: electricity, petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs. Partners (2005)--Russia 19.3%, Kazakhstan 12.7%, Uzbekistan 11.5%, Azerbaijan 8.6%, China 7%, Ukraine 6.2%, Romania 4.6%, Turkmenistan 4%.
Total external debt (2005 est.): $1.09 billion; total bilateral external debt--$509 million, of which Uzbekistan $94 million, U.S. $18.2 million, Turkey $26 million, Kazakhstan $19 million, Pakistan $16 million; total multilateral debt (2000)--$365 million, of which World Bank $153 million, IMF $113 million, ADB $19 million.
Debt/GDP ratio (2005): 46.7%.
At 36'40' northern latitude and 41'14' eastern longitude, Tajikistan is nestled between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to the north and west, China to the east, and Afghanistan to the south. Tajikistan is home to some of the highest mountains in the world, including the Pamir and Alay ranges. Ninety-three percent of Tajikistan is mountainous with altitudes ranging from 1,000 feet to 27,000 feet, with nearly 50% of Tajikistan's territory above 10,000 feet. Earthquakes are of varying degrees and are frequent. The massive mountain ranges are cut by hundreds of canyons and gorges; at the bottom of these run streams which flow into larger river valleys where the majority of the country's population lives and works. The principal rivers of Central Asia, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya, both flow through Tajikistan, fed by melting snow from mountains of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Flooding and landslides sometimes occur during the annual spring thaw.
Contemporary Tajiks are the descendants of ancient Eastern Iranian inhabitants of Central Asia, in particular the Soghdians and the Bactrians, and possibly other groups, with an admixture of western Iranian Persians and non-Iranian peoples, Mongols, and Turkic peoples. Until the 20th century, people in the region used two types of distinction to identify themselves: way of life--either nomadic or sedentary--and place of residence. By the late 19th century, the Tajik and Uzbek peoples had lived in proximity for centuries and often used--and continue to use--each other's languages. The division of Central Asia into five Soviet Republics in the 1920s imposed artificial divisions on a region in which many different peoples lived intermixed.
The current Tajik Republic hearkens back to the Samanid Empire (A.D. 875-999), which ruled what is now Tajikistan as well as territory to the south and west, as their role model and name for their currency. During their reign, the Samanids supported the revival of the written Persian language in the wake of the Arab Islamic conquest in the early 8th century and played an important role in preserving the culture of the pre-Islamic Persian-speaking world. They were the last Persian-speaking empire to rule Central Asia.
After a series of attacks beginning in the 1860s during the "Great Game" between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia, the Tajik people came under Russian rule. This rule waned briefly after the Russian Revolution of 1917 as the Bolsheviks consolidated their power and were embroiled in a civil war in other regions of the former Russian Empire. As the Bolsheviks attempted to regain Central Asia in the 1920s, an indigenous Central Asian resistance movement based in the Ferghana Valley, the "Basmachi movement," attempted to resist but was eventually defeated in 1925. Tajikistan became fully established under Soviet control with the creation of Tajikistan as an autonomous Soviet socialist republic within Uzbekistan in 1924, and as one of the independent Soviet socialist republics in 1929.
The Republic of Tajikistan gained its independence during the breakup of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) on September 9, 1991 and promptly fell into a civil war. From 1992 to 1997 internal fighting ensued between old-guard regionally based ruling elites and disenfranchised regions, democratic liberal reformists, and Islamists loosely organized in a United Tajik Opposition (UTO). Other combatants and armed bands that flourished in this civil chaos simply reflected the breakdown of central authority rather than loyalty to a political faction. The height of hostilities occurred between 1992 and 1993. By 1997, the predominantly Kulyabi-led Tajik Government and the UTO successfully negotiated a power-sharing peace accord and implemented it by 2000.
The last Russian border guards protecting Tajikistan's 1,400 km border with Afghanistan completed their withdrawal in July 2005. Russia maintains its military presence in Tajikistan with the basing of the Russian 201st Motorized Rifle Division that never left Tajikistan when it became independent. Most of these Russian-led forces, however, are local Tajik noncommissioned officers and soldiers.
Tajikistan's most recent presidential election in 2006 and its 2005 parliamentary elections were considered to be flawed and unfair but peaceful. While the government and the now-incorporated former opposition continue to distrust each other, they have often found a way to work with each other and are committed to peacefully resolving their differences. In June 2003, Tajikistan held a flawed referendum to enact a package of constitutional changes, including a provision to allow President Rahmonov the possibility of re-election to up to two additional 7-year terms after his term expired in 2006. The February 2005 parliamentary elections, in which the ruling party secured 49 of the 63 seats, failed to meet many key Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) standards on democratic elections, but there were some improvements over previous elections.
After the November 6, 2006 presidential election in which President Rahmonov secured a new 7-year term in office, the OSCE determined that democratic practices were not fully tested "due to the absence of genuine competition, which provided voters with only nominal choice." There were four other candidates on the ballot but no strong opposition candidate. The strongest opposition party, the IRPT, decided not to field a candidate and two other parties (the DPT and SDPT) boycotted the election.
Afghanistan continues to represent the primary security concern in Tajikistan's immediate neighborhood, although much less so than in earlier years. With the ouster of the former Taliban government from Afghanistan, Tajikistan now has much friendlier relations with its neighbor to the south. The Taliban-allied Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), a U.S. Government-declared terrorist organization formerly active in Afghanistan and Tajikistan, has also been greatly diminished as a threat to Tajikistan's domestic stability. Rampant illicit trafficking of Afghan opium and heroin through Tajikistan remains a serious long-term threat to Tajikistan's stability and development, fostering corruption, violent crime, HIV/AIDS, and economic distortions.
Principal Government Officials
President--Emomali Rahmonov
Prime Minister--Oqil Oqilov
Foreign Minister--Khamrokhon Zaripov
Ambassador to the United States--Charg� d'Affairs, a.i. Mahmadnazir Sharipov
Permanent Representative to the United Nations--Sirojiddin Aslov
Tajikistan established an embassy in Washington, DC in temporary offices in February 2003, and formally opened its first permanent chancery building in March 2004. Tajikistan's embassy in the United States is at 1005 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC 20037 (tel.: 202-233-6090; fax: 202-223-6091).
Tajikistan is the poorest Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) country and one of the poorest countries in the world. With foreign revenue precariously dependent upon exports of cotton and aluminum, the economy is highly vulnerable to external shocks. In FY 2000, international assistance remained an essential source of support for rehabilitation programs that reintegrated former civil war combatants into the civilian economy, thus helping keep the peace. International assistance also was necessary to address the second year of severe drought that resulted in a continued shortfall of food production.
Despite resistance from vested interests, the Government of Tajikistan continued to pursue macroeconomic stabilization and structural reform in FY 2000. In December 1999, the government announced that small-enterprise privatization had been successfully completed, and the privatization of medium-sized and large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) continued incrementally. The continued privatization of medium-sized and large SOEs, land reform, and banking reform and restructuring remain top priorities. Shortly after the end of FY 2000, the Board of the International Monetary Fund gave its vote of confidence to the government's recent performance by approving the third annual Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Loan for Tajikistan. Improved fiscal discipline by the Government of Tajikistan has supported the return to positive economic growth. The government budget was nearly in balance in 2001 and the government's 2002 budget targeted a fiscal deficit of 0.3% of GDP, including recent increases in social sector spending.
With the ouster of the former Taliban government from Afghanistan, Tajikistan now has much friendlier relations with its neighbor to the south. Though a pull-out of Russian border guards was completed in July 2005, Tajikistan continues to permit basing of the Russian 201st Motorized Rifle Division that never left Tajikistan when it became independent.
The United States remains committed to assisting Tajikistan in its economic and political development, as Tajikistan continues to recover from its civil war legacy. U.S. assistance efforts are evolving away from humanitarian aid and political reconciliation, as those needs increasingly have been met. Instead, our efforts are targeted toward broader goals of democratic and economic reforms. [For more information, see fact sheet on FY 2006 U.S. Assistance to Tajikistan.]
U.S.-Tajik relations have developed considerably since September 11, 2001. The two countries now have a broad-based relationship, cooperating in such areas as counter-narcotics, counter-terrorism, non-proliferation, and regional growth and stability. In light of the Russian border forces' withdrawal from the Tajik-Afghan border, the U.S. Government leads an international donor effort to enhance Tajikistan's territorial integrity, prevent the transit of narcotics and material or technology related to weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and support a stable, peaceful Tajikistan in order to prevent the spread of influence and activities of radical groups and terrorists.
We continue to assist Tajikistan on economic reforms and integration into the broader global marketplace, for example in pursuing World Trade Organization (WTO) accession. Tajikistan has been a strong supporter of U.S. efforts in the war on terrorism and in promoting peace and stability in Afghanistan.
When completed in August 2007, a U.S. Government-funded $36 million bridge over the Pyanzh River will connect Sher Khan, Afghanistan, with Nizhniy Pyanzh, Tajikistan and is expected to transport more than 1,000 cars daily. The bridge will enhance economic and commercial opportunities on both sides of the river, allowing goods and people to move across more easily. On the Afghan side, the bridge road will connect to the Afghan Ring Road, which is being built with international assistance primarily via the Asian Development Bank.
The United States recognized Tajikistan on December 25, 1991, the day the U.S.S.R. dissolved, and opened a temporary Embassy in a hotel in the capital, Dushanbe, in March 1992. After the bombings of U.S. Embassies in Africa in 1998, Embassy Dushanbe American personnel were temporarily relocated to Almaty, Kazakhstan, due to heightened Embassy security standards. American Embassy Dushanbe has since returned to full operations and in July 2006 moved into a purpose-built Embassy compound.
Principal U.S. Embassy Officials
Ambassador--Tracey Ann Jacobson
Deputy Chief of Mission--Thomas Hushek
Management Officer--Bruce Wilson
Political/Economic Section Chief--Elizabeth Horst
Public Affairs Officer--Jon Larsen
Consular Officer--Gregory Pfleger
Defense Attach�--Maj. Dan Green
USAID Country Representative--Carolyn Bryan
The U.S. Embassy is located at 109-A Ismoili Somoni Avenue, Dushanbe, Tajikistan 734019. Embassy phone: [992] (37) 229-20-00, Consular section phone: [992] (37) 229-23-00, Embassy Fax: [992] (37) 229-20-50.


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The Linux beta install for Zimbra Desktop defaults to /opt/zimbra/zdesktop which will not usually be writeable for a user. The wiki and faq suggest not to run the install as root. How should the circle be squared?
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Divergent SynopsisDivergent is a thrilling action-adventure film set in a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy by a faction leader (Kate Winslet) to destroy all Divergents, Tris must learn to trust in the mysterious Four (Theo James) and together they must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it's too late. Based on the best-selling book series by Veronica Roth.
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In Theaters March 21, 2014
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Starring: Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet, Maggie Q, Jai Courtney, Miles Teller, Zoë Kravitz, Ansel Elgort, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Ben Lamb, Christian Madsen, Amy Newbold, Ray Stevenson, Mekhi Phifer, and Tony Goldwyn
Written by: Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor
Directed by: Neil Burger
Produced by: Doug Wick, Lucy Fisher, and Pouya Shahbazian
MPAA Rating: [ PG-13 ]
Distributor: Summit Entertainment
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by Gabe Toro January 2, 2014 comments
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by Sean, Eric, Kristy, Kelly, Gabe, Mack and Nick January 2, 2014 comments
First Divergent Clip Reveals Tattoos And Tenderness
The first clip for Divergent has arrived and it looks like a key moment from the story, showing Theo James and Shailene Woodley, as Four and Tris respectively, sharing a romantic moment. She wants to see his tattoos and he doesnt hesitate to slip out of his t-shirt to show her. Talk of tattoos leads to kissing, as is sometimes the case. Their first kiss? Quite possibly...
by Kelly West December 18, 2013 comments


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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Tim Duncan had 24 points and 17 rebounds
in the San Antonio Spurs' 90-85 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Tony Parker added 20 points and eight assists, while Kawhi Leonard chipped in
16 points and seven boards for the Spurs, who have won two straight road games
after losing nine of their previous 11 away from home.
Evan Turner tallied 18 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists for Philadelphia,
which has dropped seven of its last nine contests.
The Sports Network


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1 lb. Spiral macaroni, cooked, drained, cooled. (I use the multi-colored pasta, it's pretty!)
1 med. head of cauliflower, cut up
1 cucumber, coarsely diced (leave peeling on)
1 green pepper, chopped
4 sticks of celery, sliced
4 carrots, shredded
1 red onion, chopped
Dressing: Beat or whisk together,
1 can Eagle Brand milk
1 cup vinegar
1 cup sugar
2 cups mayonnaise
salt and pepper to taste
Pour dressing over vegetables and pasta, mix well and refrigerate OVERNIGHT. Keeps for a week and makes a terrific meal with anything grilled.
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