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What happens when the name you go by is a derogatory slur? That's the funny story of Miami Marlins' new utility youngster Enrique "Kike" Hernandez, whose nickname is also a derogatory term for Jewish people.
Hernandez is born and raised from San Juan, Puerto Rico, so the nickname Kike is actually pronounced KEE-Kay. It doesn't come with an accent mark, but it got one during a minor league broadcast when Hernandez was playing in the short season Single-A New York-Penn League.
"Teams started using an accent to avoid controversy," Hernandez said. "I don't mind it. It's in Spanish. If you don't read it in Spanish, it can be offensive."
After dominating Double-A with a .336 batting average, the Houston Astros called Hernandez up to be their starting center fielder. He followed that up with a solid .284 batting average and then after a month in the majors, he was traded to the Miami Marlins on July 31, 2014, along with Jarred Cosart for prospects Jake Marisnick, Colin Moran, Francis Martes and their 2015 competitive balance draft pick.
One would think the acclamation process would be similar from team to team, but Hernandez and Cosart, it was quite different.
"I would say it's a lot different," Hernandez said. "In Houston, I knew pretty much all the guys from the minor leagues. My best friend from back home plays for that team, backup catcher Carlos Coporan. So he made everything so much easier. And then I come here with Cosart, and I know Cosart and that's it. I don't know anybody else."
Hernandez said that getting to know a new team and a new league is a fun experience so far. He was supposed to come in as the next second baseman despite primarily playing center field in the big leagues, but because of the establishment in the outfield and the hot hand of current second baseman Jordany Valdespin, Hernandez has been relegated to the utility role.
His two pinch hitting at-bats have been his only contribution so far with the Marlins. Eventually, he'll be given the opportunity to provide more of an impact. Hernandez said he knows what kind of hitter he is – not a power hitter like Giancarlo Stanton -- and his new ballpark actually helps hitters like him.
"I think this big stadium is going to be to my advantage, based on the way I hit, because I'm going to try to hit home runs," Hernandez said. "I'm going to try to hit line drives."
Like Hernandez, Cosart can also thrive in their new surroundings. The 24-year-old righty went 9-7 with a 4.41 ERA in 20 starts for the Astros this season after posting a 1.95 ERA in ten starts last season as a rookie. Cosart is a ground ball pitcher and according to Hernandez, he should thrive in Marlins Park despite his shaky debut.
In fact this entire Marlins pitching staff is better with Cosart, according to Hernandez. The 22-year-old has played against his old division rivals, the Los Angeles Angels and the Oakland Athletics, the top two teams in the American League. He also faced the Marlins before getting traded and was very impressed with their bullpen can do.
"We faced them at home when I was with the Astros at Minute Maid Park," Hernandez said, "and we faced them after facing Oakland. We all thought this bullpen was better than Oakland's bullpen and Oakland's bullpen is considered to be one of the best in baseball.
"This staff is very young and they're only going to get better," he added. "Adding Cosart to the rotation is going to be great."

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With the tea parties in general I feel people have chosen their sides on the issue and each have their own adgenda against the other.
The media feels it's just a Republican movement who just hate Obama, and is just playing politics, and few showed at the rallies.
On the other hand those at the tea parties have said they feel both Bush, Obama, both congresses of both Republican and Democrates from 2004-2008 and now are at fault for the debt, current problems with the economy, and feel they are against both parties actions.
Really it becomes a matter of opinion. One side feels the other is just playing politics and the other feels the same about the other. And it is hard to tell who is lying nad who is telling the truth. Sides will say there were only a few thousand and tens of thousands. While the other says no there were hundreds of thousands.
So I feel to see who is wrong or right just wait for the 2010 elections. If the tea parties are not just playing politics we can expect those same individuals to vote out elected officials on both sides. If it's not a big movement we'll see in 2010 not much of a difference with who is currently in power on both sides. Meaning the same people's on both sides will still be there. The majority will say if they side with one side or another. So as for me I'd wait till the 2010 election since we have such a distrust for the main stream media one one side, Fox on the other with talk radio included, and in general people don't know who to trust in my opinion. So results will tell in my opinion.
One side will give figures with the tea parties, and the other will too. So just know what you believe is right, vote, and see what the result is. I'm a big believer in letting people think for themselves and making up their own mind. So many have an adgenda on both sides. One side could say they are telling the truth and the other could say that side is lying. Focus on results since that is the one evidence that cannot lie at the polls.
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On Wednesday night October 3, Treasure Island will be engineered to rock as the Oracle Appreciation Event gets revved up and attendees get rolling. The night's headliner is legendary band Pearl Jam, a group that's been making music for over 20 years and continues to push boundaries to make great sounds. Kings of Leon will also be performing, featuring tunes from their latest disc Come Around Sundown as well as tracks from previous hits.
As always at the Oracle Appreciation Event, there will be unlimited refreshments, fun and games, and the most awesome views of San Francisco from just about anywhere. Join us—it's our way of saying thanks to you for supporting Oracle and our flagship conference.
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Pearl Jam rose from the ashes of 80s Pacific Northwest combos Green River and Mother Love Bone. Songs from their debut, including "Jeremy," "Alive" and "Evenflow," have become modern classics. For the past twenty years, the band has remained a major force in rock and roll, as much for its aggressive loyalty to its social and political principles and restless experimentation as for its rock radio staples and bestselling albums.
Throughout their two decades together, the band's independent spirit has set them apart from other bands, leaving the record studios behind to produce the music they want. 2009's Backspacer, the band's first self-released album, "has a pleasurable mix of lean, mean rock 'n' roll and pensive ballads that reflect both the state of the world and the band's place in it." (Billboard) The band's ninth studio release "backspaces to that boyish spirit, with the shortest, tightest, punkiest tunes they've ever banged out." (Rolling Stone)
In celebration of the band's twenty-year anniversary, Pearl Jam hosted and headlined a weekend concert celebration at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in Wisconsin followed by a ten-date Canadian tour. In addition to these live shows, the band released a Cameron Crowe-directed film, Pearl Jam Twenty, which captures the band's journey over its twenty years, along with an accompanying book and soundtrack album.Video: Amongst the Waves by Pearl Jam (4:03)
The first thing that strikes you about Kings of Leon's fifth album, Come Around Sundown, is the sheer musical diversity of its songs, which touch on everything from gospel to angular post-punk to bonafide country, and even to '50s-style doo-wop. The album's huge range proves that Kings of Leon haven't lost the restless, experimental nature that has made them such an exciting band to watch.
That Caleb, Nathan, Jared, and Matthew Followill continue to follow their own muse and refuse to play it safe is especially impressive coming as they are on the heels of Kings of Leon's most successful album to date: 2008's Only By The Night, which catapulted the band into the mainstream. The multi-platinum-selling album debuted in the Top 5 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, hit No. 1 in five countries, sold more than 6.5 million copies worldwide, and earned Kings of Leon four Grammy Awards.
On their latest disc Come Around Sundown, Kings of Leon haven't sacrificed any of the rich, anthemic quality that made Only By the Night so appealing. While both albums combine a grand and propulsive rock sound with intimate post-punk moods, the band has upped the ante on the new one by connecting the dots between the blues, classic rock, and gospel influences of the Followill's childhood to the alternative and indie rock Jared introduced them to in adulthood.Video: Back Down South by Kings of Leon (4:04)
The fact is, no one sounds like X and no one ever will.
It's not surprising when you consider the group's unique beginnings. On the same day with nearly the exact same wording, two want-ads appeared in a local music rag. One was sent in by a guitarist named Billy Zoom; the other by a bassist who called himself John Doe.
Zoom, a rockabilly rebel, had read a negative review of a band called the Ramones. So naturally, he went to see them. That show was in early '77, and as soon as the Ramones started to perform, Zoom realized that, musically, he'd found exactly what he wanted to do with his life. Doe was already down with the East Coast CBGB's scene, and by the time he and Zoom got in the same room together after responding to each other's ads, it seemed it was meant to be. They performed a few shows before a poet entered the picture. Doe found her at a poetry reading; her name was Exene Cervenka. She soon ended up in the band.
After a succession of drummers, Doe found their man. His name was D.J. Bonebrake and he quickly signed on. The band was now complete, and X would soon emerge from the young punk scene as one of its most successful offspring.
The band's early albums explored dark love and an even darker L.A. with the unflinching eye of a Raymond Chandler novel. As X released ensuing albums, the band continued to grow sonically and politically, fearlessly mixing genres without ever losing its center. Each member has gone on to explore diverse careers that include acting, art, writing, producing and multiple side projects.


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With past live streams of the Super Bowl being highly successful, Fox Sports, which is now in charge of Super Bowl coverage, will be streaming Super Bowl XLVIII on both its website and iOS app. This is the the third year in a row the program will be available in an online format for fans to stream.
The live stream will include all of the commercials, as well as Bruno Mars' halftime show.
Not only will Fox Sports be streaming the Super Bowl, but they will also be streaming National Football Conference (NFC) coverage beginning January 5. Only subscribers of certain television providers will be able to access the online game coverage, according to Variety, but it has not yet been confirmed by Fox Sports. However, CBS will have online streams of the American Football Conference (AFC).
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Posted on Oct 12, 2009 - 47 comments - bw, Ilan Bresler, light, portrait, Vlada
Welcome to my semi-new design!
For the last year or so I was planning to move my blog from Blogger to Wordpress but failed to find a good enough designer for the mission (read - No budget).
So, I decided to stay on Blogger platform, but update my previous design.
The colors and the main features remained more or less the same, plus now it's possible to share the posts on social networks (it's a new and very hip thing, I heard)
Today's photo is just a big kiss to all my visitors. And another opportunity for me to say 'Thank you!' for coming back, taking the time to go over my works and comment my 'light doodles' (aka - photos) - Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Update! Just found out that my blog been Bzzzz'd again! Thank you, Ron(@rtd13)!
There has been 47 Responses to 'Mwwaah!' so far
Mark McGowan says:
Nice new look - very clean and uncomplicated. I like!
Aldo Risolvo says:
Right back at'cha!
Markus Spring says:
The new look is very clean (again).
And not moving saves quite some ressources, especially time. So there is a good reason to stay, I can tell you!
a.h.lex says:
this portrait is very nice, because of it special lightning and dark background to the shiny face! I like it!
The new design of your photoblog is clever simple - i like it too!
loebtauerwolf says:
a nice one. thx for the kiss.
sebastian says:
i like the new style of the blog. the photo is a simple funny one.
Fritsch says:
Can only throw it right back at you: Thanks for feeding my hungry eyes with all your beauties, Ilan!
And by the way the new design works. I like the stripped down feeling to it. Serves your pearls.
All the best & safe travels,
Liang says:
hi! i like the new look here ilan. Looks very much aligned compared to the old one, good luck with what you're doing and yes, great kiss portrait!
Misty Mays says:
Agreed very clean look keep up the good work.
Joanna's Foto Blog says:
I like the new look- simple design, very clear and do not distract from your photographs!
Sweet photo for today!
Ry says:
Loving the new look and the shot. Really nicely done!
cara says:
Love the design and all the cool links. I'm having my site redesigned by the high school students in comp sci classes. They run their own "business" and work on real-world projects. Just an idea for a low-budget redesign. I love the clean look of yours.
Craig Ferguson (@cfimages) says:
Nice fresh look.
Pet portrait says:
This blog provides excellent coverage of topics such as the zone system, history of photography, digital imaging, color, view camera, and seeing photographs.Thanks for the excellent effort author.
wedealindreams says:
There's no better way to thank your fans =]
Loving the new design!
Doum says:
What? A photograph without budget? Not possible. Not light control on the photo. Glamour mood she gave to the photo. And good luck with the blog improvement...
very nice lighting
Simon Hucko says:
great portrait - love the lighting and the black and white. like the new design, too
hoi says:
Indeed! Awesome tones!
bluechameleon says:
That's quite the 'welcome' and I love the new look. I will join in on commending you on the clean and simple and uncomplicated look. I have always felt that works best to showcase art.
Bravo and excellent :)
CraigM says:
It's looking good, both the design and the image. Far less cluttered than my own blogger version! I don't think I have the know how and certainly not the time at the moment to come up with something as clean as this. Top job!!
pando says:
Excellent photo, cool design! Regards, Ilan ;)
Tammy-Cricket says:
I like the look and feel to this design. The flow is there!
Great image.
J.Villanueva Cabrera says:
Very impressive! Your blog is out of this earth!I am so jealous....
Charles says:
Nice redesign, Ilan. I like the clean look. Nice photo, too. I do a lot of portraits on black backgrounds because I love the simplicity.
Alex says:
El tratamiento que has aplicado en esta fotografia me encanta, asi que esta chica nos manda un beso? jejeje...
Kamal says:
wow. i need to get the 'taskbar' under this page. very cool. simple and nice. anyway, that's a great portrait. good use of a single source of light (I suppose).
LightningPaul says:
Nice lighting for this nice girl. Pretty original.
Oeilonirique says:
Nice expression,but what is this curious circle of light around her mouth, that disturbs a bit the importance of the expression
Jon Rieley-Goddard (jonriego) says:
"A kiss is not a contract, but it's very nice" ... sure wish I had written that.
Good emotional tone here.
Xavi Heredia says:
Congrats for the new design: simple and clean, I like it. And thenk you for the kiss!!!
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מאוד מאוד יפה,
הדמות מלאת הבעה,עובר כאן סוג של אופי,
ויופי ויזואלי
Anne says:
love this. great work! x
Is this a Blogger page?! Wow - It looks excellent. Great work.
rhys says:
this is a great shot Ilan! How did you do the lighting?
Bim says:
Super shot sir. Love the fact you've used a small amount of lighting.
P.S. Love the new website Ilan
Jerome says:
Congrats on the new design, I knew the old one for a short while but I can say this one is better. Personally I like minimalism especially for a photoblog so the social media buttons are too much, but that's just me. Keep up the good work
fabrizio says:
very nice portrait wonderful tones and shadows
Ivar says:
Great portrait, great expression and light... very cool
claire says:
awesome light on this shot! love it! :)
Dapixara black white says:
Clear nice picture!
flo g says:
beau design pour le blog.. et merci pour ce bel accueil photographique !
jo says:
loving the clean design of your updated site, well done. Love the rock star like portrait too, could be a PJ Harvey album cover.
Stevo says:
Awesome portrait and great new look for the site. Doesn't even look like Blogger - Kudos for that.
elaine says:
hey! your blog is greta the way it is!! and thanks for such a kiss!!! it really is a great candid portrait.
Sandy says:
Very dramatic lighting. I love B&W photos.
What's wrong with your face?
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Predict and win big
by Bet Butler
Club partners launch new prediction league.
Fancy yourself as a bit of a pundit? Reckon you know your football?
More importantly, do you think you can take on other Sunderland fans and win big prizes with your predictions?
Well, now's your chance to prove it with the official SAFC Fan Prediction League, the free online league where you get points by predicting the results of league games each week. The more on the ball your predictions are, the more points you'll get.
Simple, right?
Wrong. We all know some matches are easier to predict than others, and this is where the Sunderland Fan Prediction League is a whole new ball game. Each game's scoreline is weighted, so if you tackle the harder-to-predict matches then you can earn more points.
And this is a game where points definitely mean prizes. There are weekly, monthly and end of season prizes, including a top prize of £1,000 in free bets from club betting partner Bet Butler, plus SAFC giveaways, including shirts, tickets and an exclusive stadium tour with club legend Jimmy Montgomery.
It's completely free to play. And you can easily set up mini leagues for your office, club or pub to play against your mates and show them who really knows the score.
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The BEA Program provides an opportunity for eligible architects to demonstrate that they have gained experience as a registered architect to meet the requirements of the NCARB Education Standard as an alternative to the education requirement for NCARB certification. BEA Program eligibility requires satisfaction of all certification requirements except the education requirement. All requirements must be satisfied before an NCARB Certificate may be issued.
Architects who do not hold a professional architecture degree from a NAAB-accredited program are eligible to apply for an NCARB Certificate through the BEA Program if they:
Many architects apply for an NCARB Certificate to seek reciprocal registration in other U.S. jurisdictions. Reciprocal registration requirements vary and not all jurisdictions accept an NCARB Certificate issued upon completion of the BEA Program. The NCARB website has links to each jurisdiction's web site and a summary of registration requirements. Because requirements may change, it is important to confirm requirements, including reciprocity requirements, with the jurisdiction in which you are seeking registration.
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The first two satellites of the constellation experienced communications problems after launch, but were recovered and placed into operational status. The nominal 26 satellite constellation was to be deployed by 1997, with the potential for an additional 8 satellite plane and two more polar orbiters depending on demands for increased coverage. The vehicles were controlled from a single control centre located in Dulles, Virginia. The cost per satellite was estimated at $1.2 million. A small forerunner vehicle, Orbcomm-X, was launched in 1991 as a feasibility demonstration. This vehicle had a different design than the operational vehicles and was not included in the operational system.
ORBCOMM provided global data services (similar to 2-way paging or email) via low-Earth orbit (LEO) Satellites and ground infrastructure. Subscriber Communicators (SC) transmitted data messages to the LEO Satellite, which relayed the message to the U.S. Gateway Earth Station (GES), or International Gateway Control Centers (GCC). The GES/GCC sent the message via satellite or dedicated terrestrial line to the ORBCOMM Network Control Centre (NCC). The network was packet data only. ORBCOMM satellite coverage was available world-wide. The message delivery time (or "latency") depended on the specific hardware set-up, message size and location of the remote unit. In the continental US, ORBCOMM was committed to providing 90% in 6 minutes or less, and 98% in 15 minutes or less for all message traffic.
ORBCOMM was ideal for short, daily messages and only required minimum amounts of power to operate. The ORBCOMM satellites constantly moved, so large obstructions did not prohibit communications and coverage was available in remote rural areas. In comparison, cellular telephone coverage depended on tower location, usually centered around major highways and cities, and could not reach remote areas. Geostationary satellites required large, costly and power intensive hardware. Large data files (such as graphics) or emergency response latencies would however not be appropriate applications for ORBCOMM.
The spacecraft was circular, disk shaped, with circular panels hinged from each side after launch to expose solar cells. These panels articulated in 1-axis to track the sun and provided 160 W. The deployed spacecraft measured 3.6 m from end to end with a 2.3 m span across the circular disks. VHF telemetry was at 57.6 kbps. The satellite had an on-board GPS navigation and timing system, and a 14 volt power system. Gravity gradient stabilization provided 5 degrees control with magnetic torquers for damping. Cold gas (nitrogen) propulsion system.
Each spacecraft carried 17 data processors and seven antennas. These were designed to handle 50,000 messages per hour. On a long boom was a 2.6 meter VHF/UHF gateway antenna. Receive: 2400 bps at 148 - 149.9 MHz. Transmit: 4800 bps at 137 - 138 MHz and 400.05 - 400.15 MHz. The system used X.400 (CCITT 1988) addressing. Message size was 6 to 250 bytes typical (no maximum).
The $ 330 million program consisted of a constellation of 3 planes x 8 satellites. The first satellite was lost but put back into operation on 22 May 1995. Satellite costs were $ 135 million for 26 units.
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I have put my Windows XP install on a partioned 3gb drive (please tell me know if this is not a good idea) and intend to keep Documents and Settings and Program Files on the remainder partitioned portion (247gb).
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Metal detectors
by Chris Woodford. Last updated: August 30, 2015.
Bleep bleep! Bleep bleep! Is there anything more exciting than discovering treasure? Millions of people all around the world have fun using metal detectors to uncover valuable relics buried underground. Exactly the same technology is at work in our military and security services, helping to keep the world safe by uncovering guns, knives, and buried mines. Metal detectors are based on the science of electromagnetism. Let's find out how they work!
Photo: This US Marine is using a Garrett metal detector to sweep for hidden weapons. Photo by Tyler Hill courtesy of US Marine Corps.
When magnetism met electricity
If you've ever made an electromagnet by wrapping a coil of wire around a nail and hooking it up to a battery, you'll know that magnetism and electricity are like an old married couple: whenever you find one, you'll always find the other, not very far away.
We put this idea to good practical use every minute of every day. Every time we use an electric appliance, we're relying on the close connection between electricity and magnetism. The electricity we use comes from power plants (or, increasingly, from renewable sources like wind turbines) and it's made by a generator, which is really just a big drum of copper wire. When the wire rotates at high speed through a magnetic field, electricity is "magically" generated inside it—and we can harness that power for our own ends. The electric appliances we use (in everything from washing machines to vacuum cleaners) contain electric motors that work in precisely the opposite way to generators: as electricity flows into them, it generates a changing magnetic field in a coil of wire that pushes against the field of a permanent magnet, and that's what makes the motor spin. (You can find out much more about this in our article on electric motors.)
In short, you can use electricity to make magnetism and magnetism to make electricity. A fantastically clever Scottish physicist named James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) summed all this up in the 1860s when he wrote out four deceptively simple mathematical formulas (now known as Maxwell's equations). One of them says that whenever there's a changing electric field, you get a changing magnetic field as well. Another says that when there's a changing magnetic field, you get a changing electric field. What Maxwell was really saying was that electricity and magnetism are two parts of the same thing: electromagnetism. Knowing that, we can understand exactly how metal detectors work.
Photo: The brilliant physicist James Clerk Maxwell. Public domain photo by courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
How electromagnetism powers a metal detector
Photo: This advanced walk-through detector developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory uses wave imaging to detect plastic and ceramic weapons not picked up by conventional metal detectors. Photo by courtesy of US Department of Energy.
Different metal detectors work in various different ways, but here's the science behind one of the simpler kinds. A metal detector contains a coil of wire (wrapped around the circular head at the end of the handle) known as the transmitter coil. When electricity flows through the coil, a magnetic field is created all around it. As you sweep the detector over the ground, you make the magnetic field move around too. If you move the detector over a metal object, the moving magnetic field affects the atoms inside the metal. In fact, it changes the way the electrons (tiny particles "orbiting" around those atoms) move. Now if we have a changing magnetic field in the metal, the ghost of James Clerk Maxwell tells us we must also have an electric current moving in there too. In other words, the metal detector creates (or "induces") some electrical activity in the metal. But then Maxwell tells us something else interesting too: if we have electricity moving in a piece of metal, it must create some magnetism as well. So, when you move a metal detector over a piece of metal, the magnetic field coming from the detector causes another magnetic field to appear around the metal.
It's this second magnetic field, around the metal, that the detector picks up. The metal detector has a second coil of wire in its head (known as the receiver coil) that's connected to a circuit containing a loudspeaker. As you move the detector about over the piece of metal, the magnetic field produced by the metal cuts through the coil. Now if you move a piece of metal through a magnetic field, you make electricity flow through it (remember, that's how a generator works). So, as you move the detector over the metal, electricity flows through the receiver coil, making the loudspeaker click or beep. Hey presto, the metal detector is triggered and you've found something! The closer you move the transmitter coil to the piece of metal, the stronger the magnetic field the transmitter coil creates in it, the stronger the magnetic field the metal creates in the receiver coil, the more current that flows in the loudspeaker, and the louder the noise.
So thank you, James Clerk Maxwell, for helping us see how metal detectors work—by using electricity to create magnetism, which creates more electricity somewhere else.


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For this party I tried to think about what makes Barbie so special to little girls and I realized that it is that wonderful element of make believe. You can pretend that you really are Barbie and be transported to a world full of fun adventures and fabulous fashion! I wanted the dessert table to help capture the children's imagination just a Barbie does. So, I tried to design it as though it was actually a place in Barbie's house.
For the background I found the perfect black and white striped fabric which called back to Barbie's original bathing suit. I chose a dressing table to display the sweets and used it as inspiration for many of the other elements.
First I found the most beautiful corset cookies in an Etsy shop called Lori's Place. And, inspired, I contacted Lori to see if she could use the same detailed icing work but create little dresses for me instead of corsets! Knowing, that if she pulled it off, each dress would look like a beautiful little doll dress and I didn't just want to just line them up on tray. So when they showed up and were just as lovely as I had imagined, I chose to stand them up like a wardrobe of gorgeous Barbie dresses and displayed them in and around a jewelry box.
I created a silhouette, inspired by the classic vintage Barbie silhouette, and used it as one of the icons for the party as I designed the paper goods. It was used on everything from the invitation to the framed picture above the dessert table, all the way to the thank you tags. Trying to find even more ways to pull the silhouette into the decor, I contacted Angela at Queen of Tarts Cakes and asked her if she could make cookies which looked like little portraits. On the day of the party I displayed them on picture easels as if they were real pictures.
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RAW opens with John Cena and the usual mixed reaction for "The Champ," who throws up a one and five to shine a light on his status as 15 time world champion. Michael Cole cues a replay of the interaction between John Cena and Roman Reigns from the close of RAW last week, , then announces that tonight's main event will be a six man tag pitting John Cena, Roman Reigns, and Dean Ambrose against the team of Seth Rollins, Randy Orton, and Kane.
In the ring now, John Cena get a mic and decides to shill the WWE Network, pitching the idea that he may not have much time left as champion and noting that after Battleground, "the champ may not be here." In a lot of ways it seemed like Cena was pitching the Network on the idea one may get to see him drop the belt on Sunday, which it seems would be a curious approach for Cena to take, but at least he knows his audience. Roman Reigns interrupts Cena's promo and heads through the crowd. Cena yaps it up a bit about practically nothing until Reigns tells him to get to the point, and Cena begrudgingly does, noting that they should take care of Orton and Kane tonight, so that come Battleground the title will be between he and Reigns and no one else. Following a bit of posturing, Dean Ambrose interrupts from the backstage, appearing on the Titantron and saying that tonight, the three of them need to work as a team. Ambrose is then surrounded by Orton, Kane, and Rollins, and receives a devastating beatdown just slightly less brutal than the one Daniel Bryan received at the hands of Triple H heading into Wrestlemania. Ambrose shows a little… moxie… and asks the trio if that's all they got before Rollins puts Ambrose out with a vicious curb stomp, presumably leaving Reigns and Cena at a one-man disadvantage in tonight's main event.
The first match of the next comes up next, as United State Champion Sheamus heads to the ring to battle The Miz. Sheamus in an inset promo sarcastically notes that it's good that Miz is facing him tonight, as he is not known at all to be the type to hit someone in the face. Miz comes out and says that he's going to wrestle with "The Moneymaker" up on the screen, and a picture of his smug mug pops up on the 'tron behind him. Miz and Sheamus put out a decent bout, but the crowd isn't exactly interested. The Miz pulls out the win with a rollup after a missed Brogue Kick by Sheamus, giving Miz a bit of momentum heading into the Intercontinental Championship Battle Royal at Sunday's Battleground pay-per-view.
Backstage Triple H talks up Orton and company, noting how at Battleground the title will come back to The Authority. Orton and the crew walk away and Stephanie says she likes the way Trips takes charge, then they make out. Because none of us have gotten that Steph and Triple H get off on the power trip in the last year.
Dolph Ziggler out next, but one can hardly pay attention to his entrance with all of the WWE Network plugs going on at commentary. Ziggler is taking on Fandango, who heads out sans a dance partner with a non-televised entrance. Their bout hardly begins to develop before Fandango's music hits and Fandango is distracted by Layla and Summer Rae dancing on the commentary table. The distraction allows Dolph Ziggler to hit the Famouser and pick up the win. LayRae then celebrate with Ziggler and make their exit alongside him as Fandango looks on miserably.
Next up, an awkward backstage segment plugging Sonic Drive-Thru involving Adam Rose and Damien Sandow, who is dressed like a Sonic employee, possibly foreshadowing a future career.. Sandow and Rose fight over a hotdog, because WWE Superstars clearly eat a lot of hot dogs, and Sandow ends up falling off screen as Rose takes a bite and celebrates with his Rosebuds..
Back to the ring as The Usos head out for a match, but their walk is cut short as they are jumped by Erick Rowan and Luke Harper. Harper and Rowan dominate The Usos and close the segment by standing tall over the fallen Tag Team Champions.
Following a commercial break, Rusev, Lana, and Michael Cole are in the ring, waiting for Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter to hit the stage for the scheduled "detente" between the self-appointed representatives between Russia and the USA. Swagger carries Old Glory as he heads to the ring to a decent pop, but the segment drags and drags as all involved take much longer than they should to tell one of wrestling's oldest stories in "USA vs. Evil Foreigner." Surprisingly, Zeb Colter counters Lana's Putin references with support of President Barack Obama, noting that while we may not agree with what a President does, a "Real American" will respect the office of the President. Lana slaps Colter after the crowd joins him in a loud declaration of "We The People," then Swagger and Rusev brawl to close the segment, with Swagger getting the upper hand heading into their Battleground bout.
Backstage now with Roman Reigns and John Cena, as Cena tells Roman that they need to get on the same page tonight. Roman says that they will take out all three of their opponents tonight, because he's an excellent talker who drips charisma and makes very interesting points.
In the ring now, Alberto Del Rio is in action against Rob Van Dam. Del Rio makes RVD tap in a really quick match, as Del Rio picks up the win with the Cross Armbreaker. Surely there would be numerous people on the roster who could benefit from a good match with (and a win over) Rob Van Dam, but WWE choose to continue keeping Del Rio strong for seemingly no reason.
Nikki Bella is in action next. Stephanie McMahon comes out and mocks Nikki for being alone. Steph says that Brie abandoned her own flesh and blood when she married Daniel Bryan and chose to quit WWE, and because Nikki is alone, Nikki has to face off against Cameron and Alicia Fox in a handicap match. Nikki puts up a good fight, but Alicia Fox picks up the win for her team.
Cole announces a special commercial up next, as the quick plug for WWE2K15 reveals the reason for Sting's cryptic Tweet from July 8th, as the commercial announces Sting for the game.
Triple H backstage with Randy Orton. Orton says he gets a bad vibe from Kane. H says that Kane is a pawn, and that the plan is for Orton to talk out champ and bring the title back to The Authority. It seems cracks are showing in The Authority's unified front.
Stardust and Goldust cut an odd promo backstage. Goldust says that they must go to the most "bizarre place in the universe" as the pair try to out-crazy one another.
Cesaro out next sans Heyman. Commentary says that Cesaro and Heyman have parted ways, which, if true, is a very poor storytelling decision. Cesaro is taking on Big E, who has Kofi in tow. Big E picks up the win over Cesaro after Kofi offers a distraction by preventing Cesaro from using a chair.
A video recap of Chris Jericho being attacked by The Wyatts plays, after which Jericho heads to the ring to cut a promo on The Wyatts. Jericho notes that the WWE ring is home to him. Jericho runs down all the things he has seen and done in his WWE career, and while he's seen and done practically everything, he notes he has never seen anything like Bray Wyatt. Jericho wants to know why Bray Wyatt is targeting Jericho. Bray appears on the tron, laughing. Bray asks Jericho if he remembers what it was like to be a child and to be filled with childlike wonder, but also childlike fears. "Where we you when we needed you, Chris? You said you would save us." Wyatt asks if Jericho is afraid of the dark, and the lights cut. When they return, Harper and Rowan are in the ring. The pair try to attack Jericho, but Jericho manages a quick escape. Backing up the ramp to keep an eye on Harper and Rowan, Jericho is jumped from behind by Bray, who lays Jericho out with a Sister Abigail and poses over his prone form.
Cole and the commentary team take a moment to confirm that Dean Ambrose is at a local hospital and that he will, in fact, be out of the main event tonight.
Back to in ring action and Paige is at ringside with the commentary team, watching AJ Lee take on Eva Marie. The bell rings and the crowd starts in with CM Punk chants as Paige explains the concept of a "frenemy" on commentary. Eva Marie taps to the black widow in a quickie. AJ and Paige share an awkward moment at commentary.
Kane confronts The Authority backstage, saying he neither trusts nor likes Randy Orton. Trips says it's business, and tells Kane that he needs to put all that aside.
Bo Dallas is in the ring after a commercial break, cracking a long "Te-Bo" pose. Bo notes that last week he beat El Torito, who may be tiny but who has a huge heart. Bo says he hopes his opponent tonight has a heart just as large, and The Great Khali responds to the challenge. Khali slaps Bo around, but Bo ends up winning via countout. Bo tries to give Khali a pep talk on the outside, but gets a chop to the face for his troubles.
Seth Rollins is now backstage with The Authority and Rollins seems to think that Orton and Kane can't be relied on, which seems to indicate that Rollins actually watches Raw backstage. Triple H says not to worry, they know what Plan B is. As Rollins leaves, Paul Heyman heads in. Heyman says he's been biding his time and says that if The Authority wants a foolproof, can't miss, guaranteed Plan C, he's the guy they should talk to.
Ric Flair makes a special appearance next, and seems to be a little under the influence. Renee Young asks Flair who will win the fatal four way at Battleground this coming Sunday and Flair says its going to be Cena. Roman Reigns heads through the crowd at this, and Flair shakes Roman's hand and clears the ring. Flair's exit is stopped by Cena. The legendary Ric Flair actually bows to John Cena, and Cena hands Flair the World Heavyweight Championship and tells him to keep it as Cena heads to the ring to join Reigns for the main event.
The main event is middling at best, as Seth Rollins takes a spill which seems to have caused a legitimate injury (but which is being reported as a scripted part of the ending), and the match ends on an awkward disqualification. The four participants in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match trade finishes and tease the free-for-all nature of the upcoming Fatal Four Way as Randy Orton delivers an RKO to Kane, but in the end Roman Reigns stands tall over three fallen competitors to close RAW.
Overall, RAW did a decent job of establishing WWE's upcoming Battleground pay-per-view, even if it seemed to drag at times. While it did not seem to offer much of anything new or unexpected, it did a good job in progressing the stories which have been established for the Battleground event and creating tension in the upcoming bouts.


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It has been a tough couple of weeks for J.R. Martinez, who was an early favorite but has since struggled with his scores, but on Monday's episode of "Dancing with the Stars," J.R. reclaimed his spot at the top of the leaderboard with a Samba judge Len Goodman said will be used as an example for how male dancers should Samba.
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On Monday, each of the judges was shown commenting on what will take each celebrity to the finals. Bruno Toniolo said J.R. was nearly perfect in all of his performances but needed cleaner finishes to his moves and his lines. That definitely wasn't the case for his Samba! His moves were full and strong; J.R. was made for the Samba! The judges were incredibly impressed, especially since the Samba has historically been difficult for the male celebrities, and Bruno called his performance brilliant!
Of course, not everyone can have an amazing week – well, they all could, but that doesn't usually happen – and this week, it was Carson Kressley that was left at the bottom of the leaderboard. His Jive was high energy and full entertaining, but it wasn't really the Jive the judges hoped. Once again, though, the judges tiptoed around the performance being terrible; they weren't as tough on Carson as they have been on other celebrities. Does this mean Carson will go home on Tuesday? Probably not. Too many people like watching him, he appears to be kept each week as entertainment for the next week.
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Brazilian giants Santos shocked the footballing world in November when they announced that they had managed to renew Neymar's contract through 2014, ending speculation about his European future (for now).
However, news is now trickling out (Spanish link) about just how much the club had to sacrifice in order to keep their young phenom in Peixe white. Neymar apparently agreed to stay after the club offered him a 50% raise, which brings his salary in line with that of Brazilian stars playing for European clubs.
Although the South American champions are one of the richest clubs in Brazil, with an annual revenue of around $45 million, they can ill afford to pay their players the going rate for Euro clubs. In order to balance the books, club president Luis Alvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro has announced that they're shutting down their women's soccer team as well as the futsal team.
"If you don't make ends meet, you return to indebtedness and run the risk of relegation," said Ribeiro. "Keeping Neymar was a gesture of enormous courage but it has a cost. Winning titles has made player salaries more expensive and it's impossible not to cut costs."
Bárbara Kulaif, one of the Santos women's team players facing the axe, took to the twitters for help. She sent the following to Neymar and Elano: "How about you give us a hand? The Mermaids [Ed note: the nickname for the Santos women's team] also have dreams, lots of them, just like you!"
I have a feeling she'll be waiting a long time for a response. Clearly, Neymar is a misogynistic bastard hellbent on crushing the women's game for the sake of being able to purchase ever more lavish haircare products.
On a serious note, this news suggests that if Santos suffers even the slightest financial setback, they'll have no choice but to ship Neymar off to Spain, England, or whoever shows up with the biggest briefcase full of cash. I give it till the summer transfer window.
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Yesterday, the D.C. Council in a unanimous vote approved education committee chairman David Catania's Promise act despite threats from Congress that if college costs can be paid for locally there is no need for Federal money. The fear is that the move will spell the end of the Tuition Assistance Grant (TAG) which has, according to the Washington Post's Emma Brown, assisted more than 20,000 students since 2000 at a cost of approximately $317 million.
But instead of the House of Representatives simply taking back these dollars I have another idea. Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor should simply redirect the expenditure over to the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Fund. This tiny $20 million a year program would more than double when the $30 million a year in TAG allocations are added to it. Currently, about 1,700 students take advantage of vouchers to attend the private school of their choice. What a boon it would be to the educational marketplace in Washington D.C. to add about 2,000 more scholarships.
"We have to ensure that we are investing in our young people," Ms. Brown quotes Mr. Catania as commenting on his legislation. The nation's capital current spends about $1.2 million a year on the traditional schools and another $600,000 a year on charters. With all of this we have a 2013 DC CAS overall student proficiency rate of 51.3 percent.
It is time to go in another direction. Let us use the opening the education chairman has provided to bring school choice to a new higher level.
The Promise program still needs further final approval by the Council and funding in the city's Fiscal Year 2014 budget. The Mayor has said he supports the plan.


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Australia: Tasmania to legislate for equal marriage rights if federal bill fails
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A bold and great move by the Tasmanian Parliament. Let's hope that other parts of Australia can follow suit too!
Well done Tasmania, a brave and honourable move
Well done, Tasmania, show the rest of the English speaking world how it's done. No dilly-dallying and no deferring to religious cults since it doesn't concern them.
I hope, Tasmania will became in the Australian gay rights history, what Massachusets already is for United States.
It is interesting to note that Tasmania has traditionally been one of the more conservative states of Australia and the island continued to criminalize homosexuality after the rest of the mainland decriminalized it. Tasmania didn't toe the line until 1997, 22 years after South Australia although the last arrest happened in 1984. Like many other former British colonies Lesbianism was never outlawed. Since 1997 Tasmania has made considerable progress on LGBT issues, often outperforming the mainland and it will be the icing on the cake if Tasmania shames the rest of Australia should federal efforts to introduce marriage equality fail. If that is the case then will gay couples from the mainland be able to travel to Tasmania to marry and have their marriage recognized back in Sydney, Melbourne or Perth, etc?
It will probably end up like what we have in the UK. Currently, British gay couples marrying outside the country, returning and having their legal marriages downgraded to CPs which is a farce considering that the couple have proof of a legal marriage. At least France recognises same-sex marriages even though it doesn't yet allow it.
If my memory serves me well, Tasmania legislated for civil unions ahead of any other Australian state.
No, the other states/terrorities don't have to recognise other states SS marriage or unions. I think Tasmania is the only state that recognises foreign gay marriages from memory. The Federal system doesn't have to recognise Tasmanian SS marriage. The federal system has no civil unions even at the moment and the terrorites don't have civil unions. The states have a mish mash of things. The only thing that same sex couples have at federal level is de facto status which if you can prove then gives you the same rights as married couples in all things (I think?)
Thank you Tasmania. But "same choices in life "…isn't it more a point of the same rights for ALL Australian citizens under the law? Hey, Julia?
It is at the federal level of Government who can block it.
As they created the Marriage act and amended it in 2004 under John Howard.
It will be a test case for the nation to watch.
Actually, there's a tricksy bit of legal logic to support them. Check out http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/news/national/8123-tasmania-prepared-to-go-it-alone-on-marriage-equality.html
Simply put, Howard decided that all straight marriages are to be regulated at Federal level. The implication is that all un-straight marriages continue to be regulated by the states.
Tricksy, but clever.
I just love loopholes in thr law that allow same sex marriages!
Got to love it!
I noticed this in the legislation myself back in 2006!
It took the government another 6 years to notice this hey?
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Product and online technology: Use it or fall behind
Technology has advanced by leaps and bounds and especially so for the tile industry. While most manufacturers have embraced the advantages of product technologies, others say the industry is not utilizing the opportunity that online technology affords.
"I believe our industry really needs to step up to the plate and embrace technology so we don't continue to lose share to other industries such as furniture, appliances and electronics," said MS International's (MSI) director of sales and marketing, retail, Manny Llerena.
In order to stay relevant, manufacturers need to offer the latest trends in tile utilizing the latest trends in technology. "These technologies — translated into innovative tile products — not only provide fresh design inspiration, but also create new market demand on a shorter timeline than typically associated with tile," said Lori Kirk-Rolley, vice president, brand marketing, at Dal-Tile.
One major trend in tile today is advanced visual looks like wood or fabric and, according to Kirk-Rolley, the industry overall has increased its use of sophisticated digital printing to achieve them. "These new technologies allow us to leverage different types of glazes, resulting in unique and beautiful visual combinations, such as concrete, veining and metallics, as well as textured highs and lows in graphics or subtle patterns," she said.
MSI's Llerena added that ink jet technology is changing the way tile is being looked at, and why tile continues to take share from other product categories.
At this point, the market has come to expect the look of a product to be very true to the natural material it's representing, said Sean Cilona, director of marketing at Florida Tile. "If you want to be a manufacturer that has a certain quality of product, then you're going to have to invest in the technology to meet the market or you'll have to sell at a different price point," he said. Cilona added that many of Florida Tile's porcelain products, including three new collections that it will introduce at Coverings this year, utilize the company's HDP- High Definition Porcelain technology in order to achieve these high-end and high-quality looks.
Products like polished porcelain also employ advanced technology. "Not everyone is going for the traditional stone or rustic look, and our polished porcelain lines have really taken off," Llerena said. In order to achieve the high-end look MSI employs nanotechnology — a process that reseals any pours that may have been opened during the polishing process — to collections like its Pietra series. However, according to Llerena, some dealers are still hesitant to get on board with products like polished porcelain despite the increasing popularity of adding an upscale side to a project.
Another popular trend is larger size and format tiles. Bob Baldocchi, director of marketing at Emser, said large format tile is forcing factories to improve and change the way they look at developing tiles. Previous techniques for manufacturing larger sizes are no longer relevant as industry standards sometimes caused bowing and convexing within the product. "Now that the sizes and formats are getting larger, the technologies associated with how you manufacture them can't be the same as they were in the past. Factories have to adjust and improve their abilities," Baldochhi said.
Cilona added that the process for developing large format tiles, for some manufacturers, involves pressing a larger square size in a thicker body and then cutting the tile. "For us that just adds extra cost and is not necessary," he said. According to Cilona, if the material is not a consistent mixture with good density then problems like warping and cracking can also occur in the firing process. Florida Tile's continuous ball mill, one of only two in the world, allows the company to refine its raw materials to a very specific size, dimension and mixture. "That process of refining the raw material allows us press a denser, more compact tile that doesn't warp when you fire it," he said. This technology leads to the company's production of large formats, like 8 x 36, without having to cut and rectify the tile.
While some manufacturers don't yet see the demand for the up and coming "thin tile," others are utilizing advancements in technology to manufacture this innovation which may lead to a new trend. "Thin tile allows you to design with the beauty of tile in places where its weight and thickness traditionally limited your options, specifically the wall," said Kirk-Rolley. "The true advantage of these products lies in the endless design possibilities — as they can be installed over existing surfaces."
Online technology is also a valuable tool — one that manufacturers need to offer and retailers need to utilize. According to Baldocchi, Emser has implemented what it calls "DesignMadeEasy," a handle associated with trying to simplify the selection process. "We really wrapped our arms around that concept and that's what drove a lot of our tools and techniques out there in terms of what we're offering customers," Baldocchi said.
Emser now offers its Envision room visualizer. According to the company, this unique tool was designed to assist users in visualizing Emser Tile products in their own home improvement projects by allowing users to upload photos of their own spaces. Baldocchi went on to state that Emser also has a MyDemo function on its website that allows users to save their project ideas in their own personal archive. This enables users to keep referring back to jobs they've created for consumers or for their customers. Emser also offers a more robust search tool that allows users to search by color, size and commercial vs. residential. "If retailers can get three design appointments in a day versus two because we've made the process easier through our DesignMadeEasy techniques, then they win, and when they win, we win," Baldocchi added.
According to Llerena, MSI offers a multitude of online tools that are easy to use, and although it is the responsibility of the manufacturers to continually inform dealers of their availability, it is up to the dealer to accept the value associated with them.
One example of a dealer specific tool that MSI offers is its new B2B inventory look up tool. "Dealers either call their sales rep or they call the order desk and then wait for the sales rep to get back to them. There's all this wasted time and energy," Llerena said. Using this new tool, a dealer can view an image of the product, all specifications of a product, other items available in that line and inventory, in real time. It also allows dealers to send e-mail inquiries or place orders.
To aid consumers and ease the selection process, MSI offers its Apple Store MSI brochure library, a free, downloadable app available for iPads. "The MSI brochure library [has] everything from our general catalog to landscaping brochures, pool tile brochures, there's a variety of different ones," he said. According to Llerena, the brochure library includes the MSI design guide, which helps users visualize and choose materials for their kitchen and bath projects. It offers hundreds of different styles of mosaics, natural stones and porcelain products that have been coordinated with one another.
In addition to these tools, MSI offers a new sample ROI (return on investment) tool, electronic notifications, customer 360 reports and room visualizers.
With increasing interest in sustainability, Florida Tile offers its online ecoScorecard—a tool that allows the user to calculate building points associated with each of the approximately 30 different green building standards in the industry today. "You can either evaluate one specific product or you can create different projects," Cilona said. "All that information can be saved and submitted electronically."
According to Llerena, developing these technology tools helps the dealer help the consumer, making everyone more efficient. "I just am fearful that the retail dealer in our industry is not prioritizing these tools and will be left behind."
MSI's design guide includes options for mixing and matching products.
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Tell us about your Festival of Arts work. We're doing a lot of reimagining. We're working on changing the facade and the whole grounds. But it will take a few years. We want to make it a strong gateway to the festival, and to the city.
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Did you always want to be an architect? My family probably thought I'd be an oceanographer or an astronomer, maybe something in archeology-I was interested in those things. But when I was young, I built forts and did things with my hands. I loved to draw. Architecture gives you a chance to be creative.
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Delaware's 26 farmers markets generated $2.1 million in 2013, 62 percent of which came from produce sales, and 38 percent which came from value-added products such as meats, cheeses, jellies, breads, salsa, eggs and honey.
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Michael LaJuan Walker Jr., was born April 28, 1985, in Little Rock to Michael Walker Sr., and Claudette Amos Walker. Michael departed this life on Sept. 16, 2012, in Atlanta, Ga.
Michael was an avid sportsmen and loved basketball. Michael had a passion for music. He enjoyed entertaining people with his music. He grew up in Virginia, he was a military brat. He had the privilege to reside in places like Germany, Virginia, Texas, New York and Atlanta. Michael acknowledged Christ as his Lord and Savoir as a young child, during his brief stay in Stuttgart at Travelers Rest M.B. Church under the leadership of Bobby Brasfield.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, J.C. and Lorene Copperell, and Warlene Walker.
He leaves to cherish his memory, one daughter, Tatiana Walker; his father, Michael (Francis) Walker Sr.; his mother: Claudette Amos Walker; his grandmother, Arease Walker; his brother, Andre Walker; two uncles; seven aunts; nine great-aunts; five great-uncles; four special friends that were like brothers to him; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be held Friday, Sept. 28, from 5-7 p.m. at the the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, at Allen Temple Missionary Baptist Church, 708 N. Buerkle St. at 11 a.m. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Roe. Professional services entrusted to Richardson Memorial Funeral Home, 301 S. College St., Stuttgart, AR. (870) 672-8901.
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UHF Analogue TV
UHF Ch No)
UHF Digital Terrestrial TV
94.8 MHz
96.2 MHz -
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222.06 MHz (Block 11D)
BBC1/2 (55/62), ITV (59), Ch 4 (65)
Channel 5 (67)
Freeview (54/58/61/64/53&51*/57&47*)
0.68 kW
2.5 kW
4.0 kW
100 kW
4 / 0.08* kW
All Photos By Martin Watkins
A close up of the BBC Radio Devon mixed polarised aerials (top), and the ILR Lantern mixed polarised Sira aerials, slightly lower down and protruding to the right of the photo.
From the top down:
UHF Cylinder for the four main analogue television services;
Two separate sets of panel aerials (about half way down this photo) for DTT and Channel Five;
Mixed polarised VHF/FM radio aerials for BBC Radio Devon;
Pair of mixed polarised Sira aerials for ILR North Devon (Lantern);
At the very bottom of the picture, half out of shot, the DAB aerials for Digital One.
Above the mobile phone antennae at the bottom of this photo can be seen the DAB aerials installed by Digital One. No BBC DAB service has been installed here yet.
A close up of the UHF cylinder used for the four main analogue television channels.
The Channel Five aerials appear to be separate panels installed lower down the mast.
The DDT aerials are also separate panels installed lower down, near the Channel Five panels.
Thanks to Martin Watkins for sending in the photographs.
Lantern Radio was set up in 1992 as a dedicated and popular independent community radio station serving North Devon. Managing Director and driving force behind the project was John Brocks. The chairman Leslie Frewin, author and founder of Europe's first and largest PR company IMPAC and past chairman of the Lord's Taveners. Deputy Chairman was Sandra Yeo, local businesswoman and parish councillor.
Other important members of the Lantern Radio team
of management and directors
included: Rodney Grant, a North Devonian who had previously held the position of Executive Accountant with the Press Association and worked with Peat Marwick Mitchell Management Consultants; Stephen Oates who had previously run the highly successful community station Isle Of Wight Radio,
which had been held up by the Radio Authority as an example of how a community radio station should sound
; Simon Maunder and David Rodgers, previously a director at Orchard FM who made that station an enormous success.
Lantern Radio established offices and studios in a quaint building named The Light House located at 17 The Market Place in the market town of Bideford. The building had once been used as the Kingdom Hall of Jehova's Witnesses.
Lantern Radio proved to be a huge success with the audience with its well focussed local sound that was based on a broad variety of music, but with plenty of speech, information and news. I listened to Lantern Radio during several visits to North Devon and enjoyed the programmes immensly, and judging by the number of radio sets in the area tuned to the station, so did a very large section of the population.
Technically Lantern Radio had two presentation studios, A and B, together with a separate News Studio all located in the basement adjacent to the plant room, racks room and record library.
Above the studios and technical areas, on the ground floor, was located the reception area, sales office, programme planning area, board room, kitchen and management offices.
The transmitter was located at the television mast at Huntshaw Cross. The authorised power was 4 kW mixed polarisation, with an omnidirectional radiation pattern. In practice, however, the power was 2.5 kW: 2 kW vertical polarisation plus 0.5 kW horizontal polarisation. The proposed transmitter being an Eddystone 1706/1X feeding crossed dipole aerials, a system costing around £23,000.
Additional equipment required was a multi-redundancy amplifier, stereo generator, reserve drive with auto change-over, twin aerial feeders, telemetry and supervisory systems, audio limiting equipment, audio monitor panel and jackfield. Together with the installation of the equipment this would cost around £26,000 bringing the total cost of the transmitter equipment alone to nearly £50,000 !
After a very successful period of independent broadcasting thoughout the 1990's Lantern Radio was bought by the GWR group and no doubt the character of the radio station has since been changed to conform with the GWR house style, although I cannot confirm this as I have not visited the area since the take-over. The station has also vacated The Light House and moved its headquaters from Bideford to a new unit at Lauder Lane, Roundswell Business Park in Barnstaple.
A new VHF FM relay transmitter
on 97.3 MHz
has also been established in Ilfracombe, which is beyond the reach of the signal from Huntshaw Cross. Pre-takeover, Lantern Radio had recognised the problem of Ilfracombe being unserved by a signal from Huntshaw Cross and had discussed the use of a VHF FM relay for the town and even a medium wave relay for the area and/or the siting a VHF FM relay transmitter on the Isle of Lundy. Due to problems with electricty supply and coverage problems around the coves the Lundy idea was discounted.
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The Vision: If you're pregnant in the Twin Cities, Blooma wants you. Since opening in 2007, owner Sarah Longacre has created a mecca for new mamas with at least a dozen prenatal and regular yoga classes every day, plus childbirth workshops, prenatal massage, barre, kids yoga, and a childcare room to keep all those brand-new babies and siblings happy—and quiet—during class. "Pregnancy can be a ridiculously isolating time for women, so I wanted to create a sacred space for women to have access to prenatal yoga seven days a week," she says.
Workout: Yogis do a little sharing and sometimes a little crying, so many consider Blooma part yoga, part therapy. Anything goes, from earthy to clinical, so plan on hearing details about in-home water births, hospital searches, and epidurals. Same goes for the workouts—some days you can get sore and other days you can take it easy and connect with your baby.
Vibe: With three locations, Blooma welcomes mothers anywhere on their "journey," from trying to conceive to trying to get back into pre-baby shape.
Our take: With one of us sporting a third baby on board, we find serious comfort in a place that promises a solid workout that's safe during pregnancy. The classes are tough, with poses held just long enough to hurt—and, as with the pain of birth, we get through it by breathing.
Gear: Yoga mats are available at the studio.
Cost: $20 for a single class; $68 for an unlimited month.
493 Selby Ave., St. Paul, 651-340-8538; 5315 Lyndale Ave. S., Mpls., 612-223-8064; 1455 St. Francis Ave., 612-508-2557, Shakopee, blooma.com
The Vision: Lonna Mosow cannot sit still. Growing up as a dancer, she tried the corporate route after college, but it wasn't the right fit. "I wasn't moving," she says. "I needed to move." She moved right into the fitness field and never looked back. Since 1974, Mosow has been bringing new techniques to the Twin Cities—she was the first to introduce the Pilates Method in 1989—earning her the moniker "The Mother of Twin Cities Fitness." But it's the careful way she guides students back to health that has solidified her claim to the title.
Workout: Mosow offers the Pilates Method, Gyrotonic, a barre class, and personal training at her Eden Prairie location. After a brief consultation, she uses her experience and acute intuition to customize a fitness plan of hour-long sessions to achieve each client's specific goals.
Vibe: You won't find loud music in this studio. It's quiet and comfortable, creating a safe and welcoming environment to students of all ages.
Our take: Mosow knows what's she talking about; she has the experience and passion for fitness to get anyone on a healthy track, no matter how long it's been. She's also talented in nurturing injuries back to health and developing a plan that's right for your body's abilities.
Gear: Everything you need is available at the studio.
Cost: Sessions starting at $70.
6409 City. W. Pkwy., Ste. 203, Eden Prairie, 952-941-9448, lonnamosow.com
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Workout: Similar to most barre workouts, this practice uses small isometric movements that focus on working specific muscle groups to fatigue. With various yoga stretches intermittently mixed into the hour-long workout, the class is slower paced than some barre workouts, which makes it inviting to any newcomer to the barre scene.
Vibe: The hardwood floors make the sleek studio feel clean and sophisticated, and the broad age range of students makes the classes welcoming. Our take: The laidback environment was a nice variation from the typical blasting music of many fitness classes, and we loved getting a good burn without needing to shower immediately after.
Gear: Socks are encouraged but not required. Cost: $20 for a single class; $179 for an unlimited month.
240 Minnetonka Ave. S., Wayzata, 952-473-2433; 5806 W. 36th St., St. Louis Park, 952-920-0135, balancedbarre.com
The Vision: After teaching at the Yoga Center of Minneapolis for more than 10 years, Lisa Bergly set out on her own and opened a yoga studio in Excelsior. In a small, serene, sunlit space overlooking Water Street, Bergly and fellow instructors offer an array of therapeutic yoga classes. Bergly, who is certified in yoga therapy, welcomes students who are interested in using yoga to address physical ailments and heal injuries. Women and men of all ages and physiques appreciate the calm, non-competitive nature of the studio. "Here, you don't have to be a twig and bend yourself into a pretzel," says Bergly.
Workout: Students of all skill levels can choose from a variety of classes and workshops including beginning yoga, kriya hatha yoga, yin yoga, Iyengar yoga, and restorative yoga. Classes for kids and teens are also available. VIBE: This calm, quiet oasis seems to draw its light and energy from nearby Lake Minnetonka. Neither intensely hot nor fiercely competitive, Spirit of the Lake is the antithesis of high-performance, high-adrenaline yoga studios.
Our take: For anyone who wants to learn yoga but is concerned about being a newcomer, this welcoming studio is a great place to begin.
Gear: Everything you need is available onsite.
Cost: $18 for a single class; $108 for an unlimited month.
244 Water St., Excelsior, 952-474-7707, spiritofthelakeyoga.com
Rachel Tessalone and Paula Warford brought The Barre to Wayzata after falling in love with barre in New York City. Their method fuses yoga, Pilates, core conditioning, and interval strength training for a body-sculpting workout that's addicting, effective, and, in this particular case, life-changing.
539 E. Lake St., Wayzata, 952–473–0109, thebarrestudio.com
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