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The hub of all tourist activity in the Dzukija region, Druskininkai has all the charms of a fine spa resort. It offers elegant buildings, pretty traditional houses and green parks, all basking in a pleasant ambience that draws both those seeking the town's curative properties and lovers of fresh air. Several concrete buildings reflect its Soviet heritage.
Tourist attractions Druskininkai : Things to see and do
Gruto Parkas
LT - Grutas
The emphasis is on political history at Gruto Parkas, which was set up in the middle of nature in 2001. Statues of the Communist figures who forged the country's history, once installed on the squares of Lithuanian towns and villages, are now arrange..
Girios Aidas - "Echoes of the Forest"
116 Ciurlionio g. LT - Druskininkai
Those who think that tree-houses are merely playthings from the 1970s need to think again; 2km from the town centre stands this wooden house (built by Algirdas Valavicius, 1971) stands on a central pier and appears to be suspended among the trees. Do..
Druskininkai Aqua Park
13 Vilniaus al. LT - Druskininkai
This huge concrete structure (from the Soviet period) resembles a three-rocket spaceship parked on the banks of the River Niemen. Families from Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Belarus descend in their droves every weekend to enjoy its huge pool, giant ..
Hotels Druskininkai
Pusynas Hotel & SPA Druskininkai
Vilniaus al.3 LT - LT-66119 Druskininkai
Pusynas Hotel & SPA Druskininkai is located in the centre of Druskininkai, 200 metres from the Lake Druskonis and the Druskininkai Aquapark. This 3-star hotel offers a variety of wellness and leisure facilities, free Wi-Fi and private parking. The r..
SPA Vilnius Druskininkai
K.Dineikos g. 1 LT - LT-66165 Druskininkai
Prix Prices from : 58 €
The 4-star SPA Vilnius Druskininkai hotel is located in the centre of Druskininkai, Lithuania's popular spa resort. It features spa facilities and elegant rooms with a balcony and a flat-screen TV. All rooms at the SPA Vilnius Druskininkai are decor..
Parko Vila
K. Dineikos g.12 LT - LT-66165 Druskininkai
Prix Prices from : 30 €
Located in the spa town Druskininkai, Parko Vila enjoys a central location. It offers small rooms with a balcony, wooden floors and a private bathroom. Free private parking is available. Guests can benefit from the 24-hour front desk which arranges ..


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This event is part of Ladies First: Celebrating African-American Women Who Rock during Black History Month at the Rock Hall.
Maureen Mahon, a cultural anthropologist, teaches in the ethnomusicology program in the Department of Music at New York University. She will discuss the "transgressive" music and image of "Big Mama" Thornton, who recorded the original version of "Hound Dog." Mahon contends that Thornton tapped into a liberated black femininity through which she freed herself from many of the expectations for black women. She is the author of Right to Rock: The Black Rock Coalition and the Cultural Politics of Race (2004). Her current research on the intersection of gender, race, sexuality, and music production has been published in The Journal of Popular Music, Women and Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture, the reader African American Music: An Introduction, and EbonyJet.com. Mahon is at work on a book about African American women and rock and roll.


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Marc Cathey: The Zone Map Man
by Charlie Nardozzi
The next time you're using a plant's hardiness zone rating to determine its suitability to your garden, thank Marc Cathey. Marc has dedicated his life to the world of horticulture and making gardeners more successful. He worked for the USDA for 37 years researching the effects of light, temperature and chemicals on plant growth. He also has been the director of the National Arboretum in Washington, DC, for 10 years; president of the American Horticultural Society (AHS) from 1993 to 1997; and president emeritus of AHS since 1997. Marc has authored numerous books and appeared on national television shows, such as the Today Show and Good Morning America. Even with all his prestigious positions, however, Marc is best known for his work with plant zone maps.
USDA Hardiness Zone Map
Fifteen years ago Marc helped spearhead a movement to revise the USDA hardiness zone map. This essential map shows in detail the average annual minimum temperatures that can be expected each year in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and categorizes them into 11 zones. It hadn't been revised for 30 years, and several other hardiness zone maps were in use across the country. Using weather data collected between 1974 and 1986, Marc and his colleagues created the first standardized hardiness map that has gained widespread acceptance. Marc not only helped with the technical aspects of redrawing hardiness zones, he also assisted in securing funding to print and produce the map.
Although the 1990 Hardiness Zone Map has helped countless gardeners and nurserymen with plant selection, a few years ago Marc realized the map needed further updating. The last 10 years have been unusually warm, suggesting some zones should be shifted northward. The first draft of the revised map had the nursery industry uneasy because the changes were considered too dramatic.
"We've been working with the horticulture industry and USDA scientists to decide how many years of hardiness data should be used to redraw the new map," says Marc. "Now we're looking to include data from 8000 different reporting stations over the past 30 years instead of just the past 15 years. The resulting new map should look more like the 1990 map than the first draft," says Marc.
"An equally valid reason for retooling the hardiness zone map is to create an electronic version," says Marc. The 1990 map is widely available in print and online. "However, the new electronic version will be downloadable online," he says. "It will even allow gardeners to download the map by county, giving home gardeners a more accurate view of their hardiness zones." Marc believes the new hardiness zone map will be out sometime in 2005.
AHS Heat Zone Map
Marc Cathey and the American Horticultural Society also led the charge to create a map that categorizes plants not by the absolute cold they can withstand but by the amount of heat they can survive. The AHS Heat Zone Map, published in 1997, has helped gardeners, especially in warmer parts of the country, understand which plants thrive in their summer heat. The 12-zone map indicates the average number of days with temperatures over 86° F (the temperatures at which plant cells suffer physiological damage). Since this map is relatively new, Marc doesn't have plans to revise it soon. "I'd say in 10 to 15 years we will have a new map," he says.


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Welcome Day 2013 is fast approaching. This year the event will take place on Friday August 23, 2013 on the campus of Pasadena City College. The Quad, the Mirror Pools, WiFi Lounge, Cafeteria and all across campus.
New students, their families and the PCC campus community will be coming together to start the fall 2013 semester.
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The new Limited Edition Junior Fruit Cremes are new twist on the classic Junior Mints, which are the classic panned chocolates with a creamy mint fondant center. With this new variant has a fruit flavored fondant center with a white mockolate coating. Sounds tasty already, eh? The brightly colored box is very playful and I find the green background very eye-catching. As with all my candy discoveries, I peek at the ingredients list which I immediately find disappointing since trans fats are the second thing listed. Ah well, it's not like candy is supposed to be good for you.
The pieces look like Junior Mints: little rounded plops, similar to smooth river stones. They have that bit of puckering on the bottom, which is their candy belly button. The Fruit Cremes come in four colors: orange, purple, dark pink and light pink with no indication of the flavors. They don't look pretty at all: they have a little gloss to them but they still look flat and sort of gray. The colors are muted and aren't very bright and inviting. There's also no aroma to them at all.
Orange: A nice, authentic sweet orange flavor. It reminded me of Starburst's orange flavor, minus the zestiness and the saliva-inducing chew.
Purple: Tastes like the purple Sweet Tart: a berry flavor with hints of grape in it. *Very* sweet.
Dark Pink: This just tastes sweet, I get no flavor at all. This really makes my throat burn.
Light Pink: Hard to say what this tastes like since this is also obnoxiously sweet. There's a light berry flavor, maybe? If I *had* to choose, I'd say it's a hint of strawberry.
The texture of these is odd. They are very cool and smooth in the mouth, with a creamy feeling that isn't greasy. The shell is soft and immediately opens to the creamy interior, which is smooth and brightly flavored.
I couldn't finish the recommended serving of these since I they were burning out my esophagus with the sugar hit. I am not kidding, my throat just *burns* for all the sugar in this. I was coughing for a good 20 minutes after eating seven of these and even a glass of water didn't help. Mind you, this has never happened to me before because I have a pretty high sugar threshold. I liked the taste from what I got out of the two that did have flavor, but overall they're disappointing. I don't want candy that I can't taste half of and have to chase with three glasses of water. I'll pass.
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My research is focused on mechanisms of DNA replication, DNA repair, and cell cycle checkpoints in human cells. Inherited and acquired defects in the molecular network of protection of genetic stability are associated with increased risk for mutations underlying cancer pathogenesis. My laboratory studies how human cells succeed in completing genome duplication, even in the presence of DNA lesions that block the replication machinery. DNA damage tolerance depends on the replication fork protection complex avoiding the collapse of stalled forks, the recruitment of specialized DNA polymerases for catalysis of translesion synthesis (TLS), and the return of the nascent DNA back to the high fidelity, replicative DNA polymerases. In addition to TLS, recombination-based, post-replication repair pathways might also contribute to eliminating or minimizing the formation of daughter strand gaps opposite template lesions (potential precursors to DNA double strand breaks). DNA polymerase eta (pol eta) is capable of replicating past cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPD), the major DNA photoproduct induced by ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The importance of human pol eta in reducing mutagenesis and decreasing risk for skin cancers associated with sun exposure is illustrated by the xeroderma pigmentosum variant (XP-V) syndrome. XP-V patients lack pol eta expression and are over 1,000 times more susceptible than are normal individuals to skin cancers, including malignant melanoma.
My laboratory used XP-V cells to investigate the underlying defect responsible for their enhanced sensitivity to UV-induced mutagenesis and to search for the identity of the XP-V gene product. Cell biology studies and development of biochemical assays with specificity and sensitivity to detect translesion synthesis of a single CPD in double stranded DNA helped to build the foundation for the discovery of DNA pol eta by other laboratories. Initial studies were expanded to include analyses of the structure of DNA replication intermediates, the evaluation of translesion synthesis versus template switching (copy choice) as the primary mode of replication past thymine dimers in vitro, and the effect of the position of the DNA lesion (either on the template for the leading or the lagging strand of nascent DNA) on the efficiency of bypass of DNA photoproducts.
Complementation of expression of wild-type pol eta in XP-V cells generated isogenic pairs of diploid human fibroblasts for studies of the biological role(s) of this specialized polymerase in DNA damage tolerance, following exposure to either physical or chemical carcinogens. These isogenic cells represent valuable tools for studies of mechanisms for recruiting pol eta to replicate across DNA lesions and keeping it from replicating undamaged DNA, given that the replication fidelity of pol eta is significantly lower than that exhibited by the normal replicative DNA polymerases. A study in collaboration with the Chaney laboratory indicated that pol eta is also involved in accurate translesion synthesis of certain DNA adducts formed by cisplatin, a drug commonly used in cancer chemotherapy.
DNA damage checkpoints cooperate with nucleotide excision repair to minimize the risk associated with replicating DNA containing lesions by inhibiting entry of cells into the S phase of the cell cycle or delaying initiation at banks of replicons not yet activated. My laboratory is particularly interested in the signaling pathways that underlie the intra-S phase checkpoint responses of inhibition of replicon initiation and rate of replication fork displacement in human cells exposed to UV. In collaboration with the W. Kaufmann laboratory, we demonstrated the dependence of the S checkpoint inhibition of replicon initiation on the activity of the ATR and Chk1 kinases in human cells exposed to low fluences of UV and the importance of cell cycle checkpoints in protecting XP-V fibroblasts from UV-induced chromatid-type aberrations. Ongoing studies are focused on the role of Timeless, Tipin, and other components of the replication fork protection complex in regulating DNA replication in both control and UV-irradiated human cells.
Understanding the regulation and organization of DNA replication requires information on the chromosomal location and time of activation of replication origins during the S phase of the cell cycle. Our collaborative studies with the D. Kaufman group have led to the generation of a cosmid library of DNA sequences replicated early in the S phase of diploid human fibroblasts and the discovery of several new origins of replication. Immuno-staining of individual DNA fibers spread on glass slides has led to new studies of the dynamics of DNA replication and intra-S checkpoint responses to DNA damage in human cells.
Current efforts are directed toward the identification of key molecular events that contribute to the development of melanoma in skin areas exposed intermittently to sunlight. The component of solar radiation that is most damaging to the skin is represented by the shortest UV wavelengths that penetrate the Earth atmosphere (UVB). Therefore, it is our goal to translate past research experience with biological effects of UV in cultured fibroblasts to a more clinically relevant cell type. In this regard, my laboratory is collaborating with a group of basic scientists and clinical investigators with expertise in different aspects of DNA repair, replication, and checkpoint control in UV-damaged cells, as well as pathogenesis of malignant melanoma. Such a multidisciplinary effort is needed for reaching a better understanding of how several DNA metabolic pathways and cellular responses to DNA damage are coordinated in the target cell for malignant melanoma (e.g., human melanocytes) and how these protective barriers might be compromised during cancer development. Correlations of clinical behavior of melanomas with molecular genetics and patterns of gene expression will inform the establishment of new classification systems and choice of individualized approaches for treatment of a disease that is increasing in incidence and for which there is great need for effective therapy.
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This happened to me today and made me ask the question what is going on in society. Let me explain. I went to a convention today in a large city on the west coast. Doesn't matter where because this is happening every where.
I was leaving the city using the subway system. I needed a ticket so I pulled my last 6 dollars out of my wallet and as I was a black man walked up to me and asked for some change. He said he needed it because he needed to get a ticket on the subway to a job interview and he was short. I was not paying attention to him because I was making sure I had enough money for my own ticket. I told him I had no change sorry (Which i didn't). As he walked away I notice he was not dressed for an interview, he was panhandling.
As he walked away he said thanks and have a good day then he said better change your attitude too.
Shocked I turned and said you better get a fucking job. It then progressed into some low brow comments from him followed by "white boy" after every insult. At no time did I use the N word or any slang degrading his race yet he kept at it even after I told him to step up and bring it or step off.
As he left because I was really getting ready to kick his head in he yelled back fuck off white boy.
A little shocked I walked to the subway ramp sat down at a bench and within 3 minutes of that encounter, two black girls probably 14-15 yrs old came sat next to me and starting talking their BS about how "day ain't gonna take that shit from that bitch" and just running crap from their mouths. Several people around me obviously heard it and turned to ignore it. One of these girls turns to me and asks if she can use my phone. I replied "sorry its my company phone I can't make personal calls" To which the friend of the one asking says...."man lets find a black man to ask".........REALLY what the fuck does race have anything to do with me not wanting to let her use my company phone???
This whole thing has me mad all day and got me thinking on the ride home that the blacks are becoming the most racist people around, more so then whites. They act like we..ME owe them something....I don't think this has anything to do with Obama in the oval office I think this is the fact we have created a society of welfare babies that believe they deserve or someone owes them something and if they don;t get it they can act the way they want and blame who they think is the person keeping them from their free shit!
Why can't the dumbass politicians in DC get it through their thick heads that welfare is a hand up not a lifestyle. Yet many of the politicians believe that the rich should support the poor....what they don;t see is the product of their handouts.
I'm not a racists I have several black guys working for me which are all hard workers and great guys. Then I encounter this BS and I ask myself WTF.
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What is politics? When you think of politics, does it apply only to certain parts of your life? Or can everything be considered political?
Every person has multiple axes of identity: gender, sexual orientation, religion, race/ethnicity, political affiliation. As we go through life, we also have more changeable and/or ephemeral identities: student, parent, family member, professional, and so on. This exhibit focuses on political identities in Texas from 1900 to the present and the ways in which politics have become intertwined with our identities. The word politics, like propaganda, often has negative connotations, but it's really just a descriptive term that can be fraught with complexity and emotion.
Texas "Identity" Politics: 1900 - present shows different groups advocating for their civil rights in relation to various aspects of their identities, such as worker, mother, or citizen. When people advocate for or against any piece of legislation or policy that affects people's lives in any way, then they are being political.
Texas "Identity" Politics: 1900 - present is located in Special Collections, 6th floor, UT Arlington Central Library and runs through August 11, 2012. Hours are 9am - 5pm Monday through Saturday. This exhibit is free and open to the public. For more information call 817-272-3393 or contact firstname.lastname@example.com
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THE SETTING Booker T. Washington High School's annual evening of song and dance, Flyinghorse, was a smashing success, thanks to the arts magnet's dedicated advisory board and chairs Brian Bolke and Faisal Halum. THE SCENE After a stormy week, a sun-soaked preshow cocktail hour on the roof deck of the Wyly Theatre, sponsored by Neiman Marcus, was a great way to start the evening. From there, a short trek landed guests in Booker T's Montgomery Arts Theater. Student performers stole the show. The Repertory Dance Company performed "Mercy," and the violin, viola, cello and bass groups joined for a neon-lit rendition of "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay; crowd favorites Rachel Dupard and Ari Raphiel wowed the crowd with a haunting cover of Lauryn Hill's "Killing Me Softly," and so much more. Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and Tony Award nominee Branford Marsalis had a hard act to follow with his jazz combo! THE CROWD Enjoying the show—and a Lucy Wrubel-spun afterparty at The Joule's pool deck, were supporters Ken Downing and Sam Saladino, Marguerite Hoffman, Sheryl Maas, Lisa and John Runyon and Merry Vose Photography by Bo Joplin


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There have been eight new Basketball DVDs recently released. The DVDs contain high quality coaching instruction from several of the best coaches currently in college basketball. These eight Basketball DVDs are titled:
Matt Painter: 15 Plays to Score in Any Situation
Seth Greenberg: Attacking Zone Offense and Plays
High Energy Drills for Building Competitive Practices
Running & Defeating the 2-3 Zone Defense
Chris Mack: Drills to Build the Pack Line Defense
Running & Defeating the 1-3-1 Zone Defense
Perimeter Drills and Skills for the Pick & Roll Offense
Pick and Roll Continuity Offense vs. Man and Zone Defenses
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With the London 2012 Olympic over and the Paralympic Games soon to begin, but it won't be long the all the teams and fans will be at home and the Olympics Park will be empty. The question always comes up what now for the venues, parks and infrastructure that was built for the Olympics? Well the legacy planning has been in the works with the Mayor setting up the London Legacy Development Corporation that will be "setting and maintaining standards for quality of design, construction and urban planning, to ensure a sustainable and enduring legacy for the Park".
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When it comes to what type of flooring you should put in your home, there are so many choices for today's consumer. Whether it comes to paint color or door handle or even windows, the amount of choices are out there and can be overwhelming.
One choice that is for sure is the type of flooring you are using. Below, I have listed the advantages of owning a hardwood floor over other types on flooring. Hardwood is the most tried and true flooring product available. It is an investment to your home that you will want to install.
Easy to clean
Hardwood floors are very easy to clean for a couple of reasons. They do not collect a mass amount of dirt, dust, and debris. A cleaning requires vacuuming, moping and keeping the floor dry.
High Quality Look
These floors also give your home an elegant, high-end look. Hardwood floors also offer a sense of warmth and beauty that will never go out of style. These types of floors also give off a look of spaciousness even in a smaller room.
Strong and durable
Certain types of hardwood floors are very high quality and very durable. For example, if the wood is kiln-dried, manufactured, installed and finished to particular standards they can last forever. They are great when standing up to heavy foot traffic and active workspaces.
Great investment
Hardwood flooring is proven to increase the value of your property. It is worth it to invest long-term in hardwood flooring. It can be a strong argument when it comes to resale. It should enable for faster sales and bring in higher prices at the time of resale.
There are a ton of choices when picking our hardwood floors. Some of these choices include; American Cherry, Ash, Beech, Brazilian Cherry and much more. No matter how unique and diverse your needs are, we will always have an option for you.
Better acoustics
Perfectly installed hardwood flooring will always give you great acoustics throughout your home.
Hardwood flooring does not have places for fibers of dust, pollen, and other allergens to get trapped, unlike carpets. Hardwood floors are a great alternative and will keep you from having allergies indoors.
If you are interested in hardwood floors, contact Karlson Hardwood, hardwood flooring manufacturers, at 404-422-2264, today!


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You can change the settings Windows uses when importing pictures and videos from cameras, portable devices, scanners, or data CDs or DVDs. These import settings determine how pictures and videos are named and organized when you import them to your computer. For more information about importing pictures and video files from a digital camera, see How do I get pictures from my camera to my computer?
Do one of the following:
Connect a camera to your computer by using the camera's USB cable, and then turn on the camera.
Connect a portable device that contains pictures or videos to your computer by using the device's USB cable, and then turn on the device.
Insert a removable flash memory card, such as a Secure Digital (SD) or CompactFlash memory card into a memory card reader.
Connect a scanner to your computer by using a USB cable, and then turn on the scanner.
Insert a data CD or DVD that contains pictures or videos into your CD/DVD drive.
In the AutoPlay dialog box that appears, click Import pictures and videos using Windows.
To change the settings that are used when importing pictures and videos, click Import settings in the Import Pictures and Videos dialog box.
Change one or more settings in the Import Settings dialog box, and then click OK.
Click OK to restart Import Pictures and Videos. Type a tag in the Tag these pictures (optional) box, and then click Import to import your pictures and videos using the new settings.
Some devices are compatible with Device Stage. For compatible devices, Device Stage will open instead of AutoPlay when you connect the device to your computer and turn on the device. To import pictures from the device, click the import link in Device Stage.
To import pictures from a device in Device Stage, the device must be compatible with Device Stage. This new feature allows you to import pictures and videos from some devices, as well as perform other device-related tasks.
The following table describes the different settings for importing pictures and videos.
Choose the import settings for the current device or media
In the Settings for list, verify that the current device or media containing pictures and videos is selected.
You can change the settings for importing pictures (and in some cases videos, too) from cameras, portable devices, directly from flash memory cards, scanners, or data CDs or DVDs. You might choose to use the same settings, or you might use different settings for the different devices and media. The device you connected (or media you inserted for data CDs or DVDs) is selected by default.
Choose the imported pictures folder
Click the Browse button next to Import images to, choose the main folder for your imported pictures, and then click OK.
This lets you choose a folder that works best for you to keep your pictures organized. You might choose to store imported pictures in the My Pictures folder (the default), in another folder on your computer, or on an external hard disk drive (if you have one attached to your computer).
Choose the imported videos folder
Click the Browse button next to Import videos to, choose the main folder for your imported videos, and then click OK.
This lets you choose a folder to store video files that you import from a camera, flash memory card, or data CD or DVD that has video files. You might choose to store imported videos in the My Pictures folder (the default), in another folder on your computer, or on an external hard drive.
Determine how folders are named for imported pictures and videos
Click the Folder name list, and then click one of the folder naming conventions.
You can specify how the folder will be named using a combination of date and/or tag information. This lets you determine how you want your folders to be named and organized.
Specify the file naming convention for imported pictures and videos
Click the File name list, and then click one of the file naming conventions.
You might want your imported pictures and videos to keep their current file names. However, it can be difficult to find a picture or video by just looking at the file name. Therefore, you might choose to have each group of new pictures and videos renamed, so each file is named with the tag you enter followed by a number.
Be prompted to enter a tag when importing pictures and videos
Verify that the Prompt for a tag on import check box is selected.
If this check box is cleared, you won't be prompted for a tag when you're importing pictures and videos. Pictures and videos are then imported without any tags. However, you can add tags after the pictures are imported. For more information, see Tag pictures so they're easier to find.
Have pictures and videos erased from the device automatically after they're imported
Select the Always erase from device after importing check box.
After the pictures and videos are successfully imported, they're erased automatically. This can be helpful to free space on your flash memory card, so you can take more pictures or record more videos. However, it also means that your pictures and videos are erased from the memory card after import. If the pictures and videos aren't successfully imported, they won't be erased from the memory card.
Rotate pictures automatically on your computer
Leave the Rotate pictures on import check box selected.
If you had the camera turned sideways when taking a picture, the picture will be rotated automatically so it appears correctly when you view it on your PC.
View the pictures and videos in Windows Explorer after they're imported
Leave the Open Windows Explorer after import check box selected.
Windows Explorer will open automatically and show the pictures and videos that were just imported.
Change the default AutoPlay settings
Click Change default AutoPlay options, and then change the AutoPlay settings for a device, such as a camera, scanner, or media such as data CDs or DVDs.
For more information about changing the AutoPlay settings in different devices or media, see Change AutoPlay settings.
Go back to the default import settings
Click Restore defaults.
All the import settings that you selected will be reset to the default settings. This includes import settings that you changed for any device, such as a camera, scanner, or data CD or DVD.


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This is another find courtesy of my sister's study abroad in Japan. I begged her to bring me back some sweets, and at Christmas I was rewarded for my patience. This box of chocolates was amongst them. I didn't understand why, really. Neither of us are fans of alcohol, so why bring home alcoholic chocolate? I later found out because it's shares it's name with a Type O Negative song, which is one of her favorite bands. If only my candy selections were dictated by such unusual means.
The packaging design is so garish, I wonder how anyone would want to buy it. I can't help but feel my eyes start to bleed when I look at it and I can't decide which part is worse: the bright green background or the traffic cone orange lettering.
The box opens and displays a tray of individual little rectangles of chocolate. They pieces smell only of the milk chocolate coating. My first bite revealed the liquid center of the cognac. It doesn't have much of a flavor, as it's masked by the intensely sweet milk chocolate. It does give your mouth a nice, warm burn. It's a pretty simply candy in this regard. And I don't feel like I can properly critique the cognac as I'm really not into alcohols.
So there you have it. Strange acquisition, ugly box, and unimpressive flavor.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by 1 reviewer.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Liabear You know how hard it is to find saffron Although I am not Persian, I grew up with Persian food, so I know how good saffron tastes like and how much it really costs for that delicious flavor we all crave and love. And depending on what part of the country you are living in, access to GOOD saffron is pretty much non-existent unless you order it online. And I don't mean safflower either. I mean actual saffron. The World Market saffron is not necessarily the highest end saffron out there, BUT the price and the flavor are just right whether you are just making plain old saffron and basmati rice, or you are going for zereshk polo or paella. Yes, there are not that many strands in there, but it can last you a year or more depending on how much you use saffron. So definitely worth it just for sheer accessibility of good saffron if you live in an area that doesn't usually have speciality market places or you are not willing to pay the price for the high end saffron. July 19, 2011
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Getting around
More information
Cordoba is a city that is ideal for exploring on foot, as the old town and the main monuments and places of interest are very close to each other.
How to get around
There is also a public transport service that covers the whole city and links with the suburbs. A good option for getting around Cordoba is the city bus. They run from 6 am to 11:30 pm, although timetables vary according to the route. Another option is to take a taxi: they run all day, and are white with the city shield and their license number on the side. You can hail them in the street when the green light is on. Otherwise there are taxi ranks or you can order them by telephone using the radio taxi service. Tariffs are on display inside the taxis and include charges for flag-down, kilometres travelled and other special extras such as night service, public holidays, and train or airport services.
How much does transport cost?
Single tickets for the bus cost €1.30 and can be purchased from the driver. You can buy a Bonobús pass at tobacconists for €7.10, which is valid for 10 journeys including changes between lines. Which is the best option? If you want to make several journeys or travel in a group, the best is the 10-journey Bonobús pass. Each trip includes a transfer within the permitted time (one hour). The right to transfer is personal and non-transferable.
Other ways of getting around
You can also ride in a horse and carriage through the old town: you'll find carriages next to the Great Mosque, Cordoba Cathedral and close to the Alcázar of the Christian Monarchs. A 45 minute ride costs about €45. There are also daily buses which run to the Medina Azahara site, with a return ticket costing €8.50 for adults (you can purchase tickets online, by telephone or at tourist information points). Sightseeing bus with a route around the main monuments. Tickets can be bought for one and two days, and the price ranges between €17 and €25 approximately. For more information, go to: Cordoba Town Council Cordoba Tourist Board


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Bro. Floyd Ice Jr., 63 of Stuttgart, the son of the late Floyd Sr. and Annie Mae Ice. was born March 14, 1950 and passed away peacefully at home Oct. 25, 2013. He was preceded in death by his parents; son Brandy Ice; and sister Phyllis Foster.
Floyd attended Holman School and was a truck driver for over 20 years. He was very dedicated and faithful to his job. Floyd became a member of Lively Stone Church under the leadership of Pastor Al Allen.
Floyd leaves behind to cherish his memories a loving and devoted wife of 44 years, Lula Ice; his step-parents Bennie and Mary Alice Butler; six sons, Terry Loudermilk, Patrick Loudermilk, Larry (Darlean) Loudermilk Jr., Lonneil (Marlechia) Smith Sr., Charles (Lisa) Childs, and Christopher Jackson; daughters Angela Childs, Classie Loudermilk, Shermanetta Berry, Flossie Bluford, Priscilla Childs, all of Stuttgart, Linda Colvin, of Milwaukee, Wis., and Demetrius Smith of Dallas, Texas; 11 brothers; four sisters; and a host of other family and friends.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at Lively Stone Church. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at Victors Empowerment Center. Repass held at Holman Community Center.
Services entrusted to Integrity Funeral Home, 206 W. Washington Stuttgart, AR (870) 672-7221 www.integrityfuneralhome.us or Facebook. Al and Phil Allen-owners
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time for me to set some rules... I'll post them on page one
rules have now been posted thanks for understanding ABCD..... btw ABCD if you want you can help run all this
Is my trade official, can I change my roster?
ESPN.com Report:
Stay Tuned..The Los Angeles Lakers new General Manager is taking control of the right away and not holding back. Sources tell ESPN that they are listening to trade offers for Andrew Bynum. Possible destinations include Boston, Dallas, or Sacramento.
Last edited by GoKnIcKsDLEE42; Apr 10, 2009 at 21:07.
ESPN.com Report Part ll:
THIS JUST IN--- Orlando Magic GM Jpz17 has decided he will not trade Dwight Howard, not even for Michael Jordan in his prime. He will listen to offers for Rashard Lewis and Hedo.
i believe the hawks-heat trade stilll needs one more approval
Trade awaiting approval:
New Orleans Hornets get:
Ben Gordon
Brad Miller
Chicago Bulls get:
Tyson Chandler
Rasual Butler
Hilton Armstrong


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Surf Ballroom & Museum in Clear Lake, Iowa will be designated official rock and roll landmark
CLEVELAND (October 13, 2008) - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and the Surf Ballroom & Museum will commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Winter Dance Party where rock and roll pioneers Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens played their final concert on February 2, 1959. Later that night after boarding a plane bound for North Dakota, three of rock and roll's brightest stars fell to the earth, a day immortalized in Don McLean's 1971 hit song "American Pie" as "the day the music died."
Now, 50 Winters Later, a weeklong celebration at the Surf Ballroom & Museum will begin on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 honoring the lives, music, and influence of Holly, The Big Bopper and Valens. This once-in-a-lifetime event will feature evening concerts, symposium panels and other educational programs with special appearances from family and friends including Tommy Allsup, Big Bopper Jr., Carl Bunch, Cousin Brucie, The Crickets, Bob Hale, Maria Elena Holly, Chris Montez, Johnny Preston, Bobby Vee and many more. On Monday February 2, the anniversary of the final show, a special concert will take place at the Surf Ballroom, featuring an all-star lineup that will perform on the same legendary stage where their music was played five decades ago. The tribute concert is expected to air nationally as part of the 2009 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television season.
"For one week we will focus on the extraordinary lives and legacies of three pioneering men who forever left their mark on rock and roll history and American society," said Terry Stewart, president and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. "It will be a poignant and memorable experience honoring this pivotal watershed cultural event."
Jeff Nicholas, president of the Surf Ballroom & Museum, added "Our mission both in Clear Lake and at the Surf Ballroom & Museum has always been to see that Buddy, Ritchie and The Bopper's musical legacies will live forever. To this end, our desire is to make this a signature event in the history of rock 'n roll."
Born Charles Hardin Holley in 1936, Buddy Holly was a rock pioneer who has influenced such icons as Bob Dylan, The Beatles and Elvis Costello. Holly formed The Crickets in Lubbock, Texas and later opened for a young Elvis Presley before The Crickets hit big with their #1 single "That'll Be The Day" in 1957. Buddy Holly was one of the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 2004 Rolling Stone magazine listed him as #13 of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.In the short 17 years of his life, Ritchie Valens became a rock and roll icon with his renowned songs "La Bamba" and "Donna." As one of the first Latino rockers, Valens has notably influenced such artists as Los Lobos, the Beach Boys and Los Lonely Boys. Valens was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
While working as a deejay for KTRM in Beaumont, Texas, Jiles Perry Richardson Jr. coined the name "The Big Bopper," an alias he would be known by for the rest of his life and long after. In 1957, The Big Bopper broadcast for six days straight establishing a world record for continuous radio broadcasting. Richardson was also a gifted songwriter who penned lyrics for George Jones and Johnny Preston. "White Lightning" became Jones' first #1 country hit and Preston's "Running Bear" also climbed to #1.
Additionally, the Rock Hall will dedicate the Surf Ballroom & Museum as a historic rock and roll landmark as part of the Museum's ongoing Landmark Series which identifies locations in America significant to the origins and development of rock and roll. Along with the Surf Ballroom, additional sites that have been designated as historic rock and roll landmarks by the Rock Hall are the Whisky-a-Go-Go in Los Angeles where the Doors were resident performers; Brooklyn High School in Brooklyn, Ohio, the location Elvis played his first concert north of the Mason-Dixon line; and The Crossroads in Clarksdale, Mississippi, the cradle of the blues.
For more information on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, visit http://www.rockhall.com. For more information about the 50 Winters Later event, visit http://www.50winterslater.com.
About the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is the nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll music. It carries out this mission both through its operation of a world-class museum that collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets this art form and through its library and archives as well as its educational programs.
The Museum is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. On Wednesdays the Museum is open until 9 p.m. Museum admission is $22 for adults, $17 for seniors (60+), $13 for children (9-12) and children under 8 and Museum members are free. When you become a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the world of rock and roll becomes yours to explore. Call 216.515.1939 for information on becoming a member. For general inquiries, please call 216.781.ROCK.
About the Surf Ballroom & Museum
The Surf Ballroom & Museum is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to preserve, maintain and manage the historic Surf Ballroom property as a center utilized to enhance the quality of life in the North Iowa area by providing cultural, educational and entertainment opportunities. Additionally, the organization is committed to both the promotion and enhancement of the museum's quality to ensure that the Surf Ballroom's display of musical history is available to future generations.
The Surf is open Monday through Friday year-round from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and additionally from June through September Saturdays from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Admission to the Surf Ballroom & Museum is a suggested donation of $5. With a capacity of 2,100, the Surf also operates as a concert venue with events scheduled regularly. For additional information about the Surf Ballroom, please call 641.357.6151 or visit http://www.surfballroom.com.


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Some 400 miles above the Earth, NASA satellites are watching you. They're not actually interested in you or anything you do, of course—they're just making measurements of environmental variables like temperature or cloud cover. While most people equate space agencies like NASA or the ESA with the exploration of extraterrestrial destinations, a critical part of their mission is to study our own planet from the unique orbital point of view.
The advantages are obvious: rapid coverage of large areas using the same instrument and continuous data collection. But there are challenges, too. It's not exactly cheap to get the instrument up there, and if a component breaks, it's game over. Then there's the not insignificant task of finding a way to measure the thing you're interested in from hundreds of miles away.
One of the newest members of the Earth-observing club is Aquarius (along with its friends aboard the SAC-D satellite). Launched on June 20, 2011, the satellite is a collaborative effort between the US and Argentina. Its job? To map surface ocean salinity around the globe and improve our understanding of ocean circulation and the hydrologic cycle.
The Aquarius instrument consists of two main components. The actual salinity measurement is made by a microwave radiometer that surveys the radiation emitted by the ocean surface. Because salinity affects the electrical conductivity of ocean water, it changes the microwave emissions perceptibly.
If the sea surface was perfectly smooth and calm, that would be pretty straightforward. But because waves affect the way that the radiation is emitted, it's necessary to account for the roughness of the sea. This is accomplished by using a radar scatterometer that bounces energy off the surface and measures how much returns directly to the satellite.
The funny looking visor on the front of the satellite (interactive schematic here) is a reflector that focuses the signal, which is funneled through three "feed horns." The satellite is on a Sun-synchronous orbit, meaning it orbits from pole to pole in a plane that rotates westward around the Earth. Simply put, wherever it passes over the surface, it's roughly 6pm. The business end of the satellite is pointed toward the dark side of the Earth, away from the Sun. As a result, the solar panels at the rear of the spacecraft point backwards, and the dog cone collar on the front is meant to shade the Aquarius instruments.
The underbelly of the satellite houses other instruments hitching a ride on SAC-D, which were built by the French, Italians, Canadians, and Argentinians. This includes another microwave radiometer tuned to study atmospheric conditions and sea ice, an infrared sensor to spot wildfires and measure sea surface temperature, and a camera looking for fires and aurorae. Two French instruments have very different tasks—investigating how cosmic radiation affects electronics and scanning for space debris.
Schematic showing the instruments and major components of the SAC-D satellite.
VAFB/Randy Beaudoin
Putting the finishing touches on the satellite before launch.
Loading the SAC-D satellite into the Delta II rocket that was kind enough to give it a lift.
NASA/Bill Ingalls
Ignition of the Delta II rocket carrying the SAC-D satellite.
Norman Kuring/NASA Goddard
Behold: data on the ocean's salinity returned by the Aquarius satellite.
Diagram of the strategy behind the SPURS project: Collect data. Lots of data.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Dave Franantoni
The Research Vessel Knorr.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Dave Franantoni
Instrumented moorings for long-term monitoring of the SPURS study area.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Dave Franantoni
Drifters and floats deployed to gather data throughout the SPURS study area.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Dave Franantoni
Gliders patrolling the SPURS study area.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Dave Franantoni
Some gliders stick to the shallows.
Screenshot of real-time data viewer showing paths traveled by various instruments throughout the study area.
Oceanographers had planned ahead to make the most of this unique new data source. The Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS) involves well-orchestrated data gathering cruises. (One cruise was blogged at NASA Earth Observatory's "Notes from the Field.") Using the Aquarius data for large-scale context, the cruises measure ocean water properties at extremely high-resolution over a small study area.
The research vessels deploy a veritable armada of data collection tools. Many measurements are made by the ships' crews themselves, of course, but they cast a much wider net by utilizing a number of automated vehicles, anchored instruments, drifters, and floats from the ARGO network. By swarming the study area, a coherent picture of ocean mixing from macro to micro is captured, which will provide oceanographers a treasure trove to sift through.
Between the SPURS project and Aquarius' global data set, oceanographers hope to both answer some nagging questions and discover the unexpected. Monitoring salinity over time could help researchers better understand how humans interact with ocean processes and the water cycle, including the effects of changing climate. It could also improve forecasts of the El Niño Southern Oscillation, which affects weather patterns from year to year.
So once a week around 6pm, tip your hat to the salt-seeking eye in the sky as it streaks overhead. It won't notice, but it's the thought that counts.


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I'm the owner of three Samsung SyncMaster 245BW monitors (resolution: 1920 x 1200). I'm interested in getting a Mac Mini and was wondering if I'll be able to connect the Mac Mini to all three monitors such that I can have a separate desktop on each. Does the Mac Mini come with the hardware / software to do this? Thanks!
Alot depends on what Mac Mini you have. Early Mac Minis only had a single DVI out, later versions had mini DVI out, still newer versions had a mini DVI and a mini DisplayPort out, and the newest all metal version has a mini DisplayPort and HDMI out and comes with an HDMI to DVI adapter.
Negrino was correct in saying that you could get a USB to DVI adapter but you might only have to get one of them, depending on your Mac Mini's video out ports. If you have an early G4 or Core Solo Mini, you would have to get 2 adapters.
For a little clarification, are you planning on mirroring your desktop 3 times or having 1 desktop extended over 3 monitors? If it is the first option then you could simply get a VGA or DVI Y adapter that would mirror the image coming out of one port to 2 or more monitors.
I have exactly the setup you describe, with a 2010 Mac Mini, with three Samsung 245BWs even. The same setup will work with a 2011 Mini as well. Just don't get anything older.
In my rig, one monitor is connected to the Mini's mini-DisplayPort port (with a mini-Displayport to HDMI cable), one is connected to the Mini's HDMI port (with an HDMI-DVI adapter), and the third is connected using a DisplayLink USB dongle of dubious Chinese manufacture.
All three run at the monitor's default 1920x1200 resolution. The two 'real' connections are fast and great for video and games, but the USB one is noticeably slower for video, so I deliberately use that one for e-mail, web, iTunes, and all those other 'on the side' applications.
The same would work with a 2011 (current) Mini, just sub in "Thunderbolt port" for mini-DisplayPort above.
When choosing a USB/HDMI adaptor, the key word you want is DisplayLink, and you must watch the specs VERY closely to be sure that 1920x1200 is supported. Many only work up to 1080, which is not quite enough. It took me three tries.
You can use the Mac Mini's built-in Mini DisplayPort port for one monitor, and use a USB to DVI adapter like the $99 unit from IOGEAR for each of the other two. That may not be financially attractive, of course. There are several other units from other manufacturers that also claim to do the job, so shop around.
If the Samsung monitors have HDMI ports, you might be able to use the Mac Mini's HDMI output with them. Or possibly use an HDMI to DVI adapter.
"Mac Mini 2.3 GHz (Mid 2011): Intel HD Graphics 3000 integrated graphics, supports only one one connected Apple Thunderbolt Display
Mac Mini 2.5 GHz (Mid 2011): Mac mini with AMD graphics can support an HDMI compatible device on its HDMI port when using two Thunderbolt displays.
Mac Mini (Late 2012): can use an HDMI-compatible device on it's HDMI port while using one Thunderbolt display, or they can use two Thunderbolt displays."
I have a 2012 i7 Mac Mini with three displays, none of them mirrored.
You can read more in my review of the J5 Create USB adapter. It doesn't have a refresh speed like a native display using the iMac GPU but for web browsing or light productivity work, the lag drawing to the third screen is observable but acceptable.
Updated info: if you get the current (2011) Mac Mini with AGP graphics (the higher-end version, not the one with built-in Intel graphics) it can drive three displays right out of the box: two from Thunderbolt and one from the HDMI port.
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In the 2012 Best of the Beehive issue, on newsstands now, we came up with so many "bests" to put in the magazine, we really needed to narrow it down.
While we're confident about our choices in what made it into the issue, we didn't want to leave our readers without those extras that just barely didn't make it. So here's even more of the best Utah has to offer (click a category).
To see what did make the cut for our Best of the Beehive issue, click here.


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Boys soccer roundup: Seabreeze, Pine Ridge earn state berths
Published: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 9:10 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 25, 2013 at 12:31 a.m.
Seabreeze 4, Winter Springs 2
ORMOND BEACH — Second-seeded Seabreeze rallied in the second half to snap a 2-2 tie and beat third-seeded Winter Springs 4-2 on Thursday night in the semifinals at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex.
The Sandcrabs earned a berth in the state playoffs and will host Pine Ridge at 7 p.m. Friday for the district title.
Jacob Putting, Justin Merkel, Jacob Espittia and Jordan Bowling scored for the Sandcrabs. Jordan Collins had an assist and Jack Thompson was in goal.
"We pretty much controlled the whole game," Seabreeze coach Nik Efremoski said. "We actually went down 1-0, then went up 2-1 and they tied it with 10 seconds left in the half. The second half was pretty much all us."
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 4:18 pm
Post subject: Train Station Bride Excerpt Historical Romance
Hello all,
Looking for a weekend read? The first few pages of Train Station Bride are below. Visit
for more about Julia's story and find a great summer dessert recipe on my website blog!
Chapter One
Really, Julia, do hurry, Jane Crawford said to her daughter still seated at the ivory lace-covered vanity. The guests are arriving, and you should be there to greet them.
Julia Crawford smiled up at her mother with resignation. This was a battle she did not need to win. She would make no argument.
Ill be down shortly, Mother. Jolene and Jennifer are there. Our guests are here to see them, not me. Has Jillian gone down?
She is standing with your father at the door, her mother replied.
Ill be down in a moment, then. Do go down to the guests. You know how father fusses when you leave him alone, Julia said as she spun a blonde curl around her finger.
Her mother glided to the door and closed it softly. Julia cocked her ear, waiting for the soft patter of her mothers slippers on the steps. Only then did she pull the gold chain from her neck and insert the key that hung from it in a gilded jewel box. With a final glance at her bedroom door, Julia pulled a white envelope from the case and unfolded the letter it held.
Dear Miss Crawford,
I will be at the train station to meet you on the appointed day. My mother and I look forward to your arrival. I will stay above my shop until the day of our marriage. My mother has graciously allowed you to stay with her during that time. She is pleased to know you do needlepoint. Her arthritic hands no longer allow her to sew, and she is most anxious to have another woman about. I am anxious as well . . .
Julia read to the last line even though she could have recited the letter as if it were the Lords Prayer. Very truly, Mr. Jacob Snelling. The day would arrive for her to depart sooner than she both hoped and dreaded. Mr. Snelling was a successful shop owner, near fifty years old, with an aging mother in a small South Dakota town. He had never married. His mother had begun to complain of a lack of company, and he admitted he was lonely. Those two forces had led him to place an ad for a wife in the Boston Globe nearly a year ago. And to Julias shock she had answered it. Their correspondence had been proper, more formal than she had expected from a merchant in the Midwest.
That formality had been a great comfort to her. It was what she was accustomed to. And he sounded like a truly nice man. He had great regard for his mother, of that Julia was certain. His letters were filled with news of the aging Portentia Snelling and that always brought comfort to Julia when she was most terrified of what she was embarking on. A man so devoted to his own mother would certainly be kind to her. Julia rose from the vanity seat with a smile on her face. One more formal evening with her family could not deter her now.
Julia was not sure of the sentiment only a few minutes later. She greeted a few guests and found an unoccupied chair in the corner of the library. She had spent much of the day arranging the fresh flowers that now filled the room. It had kept her mind and hands occupied while her sisters fussed over their wardrobe and their mother had scolded the servants over some small matter. Without distractions, the day would have dragged on, and she would have dwelled on a decision her mind had yet to grasp. Julia gazed absently about the room.
Her older sister, Jolene, married now ten years with a beautiful, fair child, sashayed about on the arm of her husband, Turner Crenshaw. Julias younger sister, Jennifer, nearly twenty-one, sat amidst a bevy of Bostons first sons, laughing sweetly and tilting her head just so. It was most certainly the sin of envy that would lead her straight to Hades in the afterlife.
Julia felt no jealousy, though, as her eyes found Jillian. The baby of the family. Jillian would spend the first hour of the party with the adults and then be whisked away to her rooms. Only ten-years-old and already beautiful enough to turn male heads. Dressed in navy velvet with a cream-colored lace collar to match her hair, Julia was certain Jillian was the fairest of the Crawford family. Even at her young age she was a model of deportment and graciousness with a gay laugh and shining blonde hair. Julia would miss her most of all.
The Crawford women were all tall and slender except Julia. She was no higher than her fathers tiepin at fourteen and still exactly the same height at twenty-seven. Julia snatched three shrimp from the young serving girls tray as she passed and laid them beside four chocolate bon-bons in the napkin on her lap. Julia preferred to refer to herself as pleasingly plump, or on the days before her monthly courses, as a fat, frothy, ugly spinster with perfectly beautiful siblings and parents.
Julia was licking chocolate from her fingers when she saw her mother
staring. Jane Crawford excused herself from her guests gracefully, as she did everything in life, Julia had long ago decided. Gracefully floating, serene and above the clutter and clamor of normal living. She had attempted to instill that elegance to each of her children. Julia was certain her mother considered her second daughter her greatest failure.
Julia, use a napkin, Jane chided and turned her head to view the crowd in their formal sitting room. Alred McClintok has been hoping to speak to you all evening. Why dont you quit hiding in this corner and go talk to him?
Julia dabbed chocolate from the corner of her mouth and looked at the man her mother was referring to. Did everyone assume that plump women were only attracted to fat men? One of the reasons Julia continued writing Mr. Snelling was because of his description of himself early on in their writing. I am of medium height and very thin. Dear Mama worries I am ill, but Dr. Hammish assures me . . . Alred McClintok was busy stuffing canapés in his mouth, leaving a trail of grease around his fleshy red lips. He reminded Julia of a large black ball propped on two very stubby sticks.
Im perfectly happy here, Mother. Your party seems a rousing success, Julia said. Changing subjects had been a tact Julia had used successfully when conversation turned her direction, especially with her father and Jennifer. Her mother and Jolene, however, rarely allowed such a diversion unless it was to their advantage.
Julia knew she had failed when her mother gave her a glare she was long accustomed to. The icy blue of her mothers eyes and the pinched shell of her mouth screamed spinster, on the shelf, and a long list of other shortcomings without saying a word.
Mr. McClintok is an associate of your fathers, dear. We must always endeavor to make your fathers business prosperous. Household expenses only seem to rise, rather than fall, her mother said.
The veiled reference to Julias dependence on her parents home did not escape her. She also knew her familys business was very successful. Feeding and clothing her would never send them to the poor house. Julia glanced at the shrimp still lying in the napkin on her lap. Maybe shed best go speak to the man. Nothing would come of a quick introduction and might keep her from expanding her waistline yet another inch. If he spit lamb on her gown, she could go to her rooms to change and not emerge until morning. Or she would slip to her room via the servants staircase in the kitchen and check her bags already packed and stacked in the dressing room of her bedroom. On the morrow there would be only three days until she departed.
Julia had hoarded every bit of silver she could for her trip. The letter to her family was written, as well as a separate one for Jillian. Their maid, Eustace, would give them out when she didnt arrive home from a weeklong visit with Aunt Mildred. By that time she would be married, and there would be nothing her family could do.
Jolene would roll her eyes. Jennifer would be sad. Not for long, though. Her father would rant and rave. Her mothers fury would be hidden behind a glassy stare. Though, all in all, Julia was sure they would be glad she was gone. They would never voice the sentiment, for certain. Would be gauche to admit this final lapse in judgment would, thankfully, be the last, in their company at the least. They would tell friends Julia was on an extended holiday at Aunt Mildreds. Just as they had done before. Soon no one would inquire as to when she would be coming home. Her family least of all.
The only person other than their housekeeper, Eustace, who would miss her would be Jillian. No more long walks in the park. No more reading together by candlelight with the rest of the household long abed. No more brushing the girls silken hair till the childs eyes drooped. Jane Crawford supposed Jillian preferred Julias company because Julia often acted with the sense of a ten-year-old rather than a woman. Julia would insist that Jillian loved the freedom to just be herself in Julias company. For whichever reason, they would miss each other desperately.
But it was long past time that Julia did something for herself. Make something of herself. Even if it was to only be a wife to a thin, balding Midwesterner and a companion for his mother. She could have lived indefinitely with Aunt Mildred. Her aunt had written her as much. Julia loved the woman and her aunt adored her, but Mildred at seventy-two had an active life with other widowers in the seaside town she lived in. And a beau in his eighty-fourth year. As Mrs. Jacob Snelling, she was someone of her own making. Someones wife. Something no one could take away from her.
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Bava Kama 30 - 36
- Damage caused by spilled water or a thorny fence
- What use can be made of the public domain
- Penalties for environmental offenders and usurers
- Responsibility for collision of two carriers in public domain
- Collision of a running and walking pedestrian
- How Sages welcomed the Shabbat
- Damage caused by chopped wood flying from one domain to another
- When two animals or men damage each other
- Taking the damaging ox as payment for damage caused
- Calculation of payment for damage caused by ox when the victim's carcass has value or is worthless
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Welcoming the Shabbat Bride
- Bava Kama 32
The source for this is our gemara which offers an explanation why a Jew running in the public domain is guilty of damage he causes by unintentionally colliding with a walking pedestrian but is absolved of such responsibility if the purpose of his running is to welcome the Shabbat. Two examples of Sages welcoming the Shabbat are cited.
Rabbi Chanina was in the custom of announcing, "Let us go out to meet the queenly bride", while Rabbi Yanai would stand and say "Come you the bride, come you the bride."
Shabbat is the bride of the Jewish people. The Midrash relates that when G-d created the world and ordained a seven-day week, Shabbat came with a complaint that all the other days of the week have mates – the day that follows – while she has none. G-d told her that the Jewish people would be her mate. Since all Jews are considered royalty, their bride is a queen. Just as it is the custom of a groom to move towards his bride at the time of the wedding (see Rashi on Devarim 33:2), so too Rabbi Chanina called for going forward to welcome Shabbat.
Rabbi Yanai, on the other hand, invited the Shabbat bride to come to the chupa and then to come home just as every bride made that double transition, hence the need to say that invitation twice.
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"All who place something in the public domain bear responsibility for any damage resulting from it, and anyone who takes the initiative of removing this damaging item gains ownership of it."
- Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel - Bava Kama 30a


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So Far we have:
Keke Le Cat: Emma Frost
Sasuke: Blackheart, Splooge of the Devil
Lord94: Chameleon (Obvious reasons and he got seriously pwned by Aunt May)
Bozistheboss is the JUGGERNAUGHT, BITCH! With his pimtastic allies, Mustard man and Pimpcaner! (aka Black Tom Cassidy)
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Must have been quite a long time ago you worked for Pirate. He has done several builds for me over the years and his work is beyond A+.
I know Stan personally and I betcha their is more too that little story. :wink:
Their is always three sides too a story. Yours, his and the truth.
Regarding Dinkys gun. Icarus is correct. A simple couple of bucks confirmation, would have solved this whole problem.
Does the P.O. steal. :) Us Vets meds are sent thought the P.O.. Only half of the meds were ever reaching us.
Now a signature is required, delivery confirmation, on all my meds. Ironically "nothing" has disappeared since.
Gunny. "Clash of the Titans." :lol:
I dont think Dinky should apologize for a damn thing. Wheres the gun. Too long in delivery.