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Locals contend that Matlacha is a quaint drinking village with a fishing problem. Taking in all the bright, color-splashed galleries, artist studios and kitschy boutiques, visitors have increasingly taken to calling the island Key West North and the New Key West. But at True Tours, guides take walking tour participants back to The Fill. That's what the island was affectionately called at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929, when squatters arrived and put down roots among the tangled red props and tubular bristles of the red and black mangroves that lined the water's edge.
There's a surprising amount of history out on Matlacha. But to be blunt, it's not like the accounts and anecdotes people hear on True Tours' downtown Fort Myers' historic and public art walking tours. There, the focus is on the fort that gave rise to the town, Civil War battles, and the cow kings, developers and shopkeepers who played a real life game of Monopoly in which they one-upped each other by building bigger, better and more grandiose hotels, banks and stores than their competitors. But in Matlacha, the focus is on the daily struggles and camaraderie of the squatters who made a mile of dredged up oyster shell and sand their home.
If you like the reality show Survivor, you'll be enthralled by the stories of folks like George and Gay Kuhns, Ernie Long, Charlie Clark and the Kinears from St. Louis, who lived in their cars or tents as they pieced together thatch-covered huts, makeshift fishing shacks and stilt houses while fishing for their suppers and dodging raging bulls to get water from the only well for miles around. Many reviewers postulate that Survivor's simplicity explains its mass appeal to the viewing public, and that is precisely what tour takers discover on True Tours' Matlacha Island Historic Walking Tour. But there's more to it than that.
In our instant-everything society, where people can now find and get anything they desire by merely tapping the appropriate ap on their iPhone or Android, don't we all wonder just a little bit what it would be like to be thrown onto an isolated isle and forced to fend for ourselves? And don't we all crave in our heart of hearts being part of a community where everyone pitches in and takes care of one another (lest they're voted off the island)?
If thoughts like these have ever crossed your mind, if only for a fleeting second, then the Matlacha Island Historic Walking Tour has content you'll savor like a steaming cup of coffee or brimming bowl of seafood chowder on a cold, crisp Southwest Florida night. And when you're done, you can do a little kayaking, wet a line from the "fishingest bridge in the world," shop for art and island souvenirs or just enjoy a relaxing repast of fresh fish, shrimp or other local delicacies (and adult beverage) before once again driving back and rejoining your fast-paced, frenetic modern-day life on the mainland.
And the Matlacha Island Historic Walking Tour also delivers surprises and treats for every Beatles fan.
Each tour starts in pop artist Leoma Lovegrove's magical botanical garden, which she's crafted in the tradition of Ringo Starr's deeply peaceful Octopus's Garden from shells, stones and shiny objects like her fluorescent-bottomed blue bottle trees. Inside Lovegrove's gallery are Fab Four portraits. And between now and March 29, tour takers will have the unprecedented opportunity to paint a peace symbol on Lovegrove's blue 9 x 12 foot Painting Peace canvas and write their wish for personal or global peace on a tag that will be delivered to the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, where it will be added to the tens of thousands of other wishes that will be delivered by three Edison College students to Yoko Ono's Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik, Iceland after the close of the Yoko Ono Imagine Peace exhibition currently on view on the college's Lee campus.
For days, times and reservations, please call True Tours at 239-945-0405 or visit www.TrueTours.net.
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Watch a Video of the Guests Or Ask a Local!
The Internet is a go-to source of information for travelers looking to book their next trip. Look up any destination and you're likely to find a written description and photos. However, depending on a particular website's agenda, this information may or may not be what you were looking for.
After all, travel tourism is a business and companies want you to visit. So instead of reading their embellished descriptions and seeing only the pictures they want you to see, wouldn't you rather get down to the nitty gritty details?
Have a sensory journey with video-tourism:
Bruce thanks vacation-booking struggles as the inspiration for his video tourism. "Inspiration for the idea began with frustration. About two years ago I tried to search on the Internet for a resort in Fiji for a family vacation.
There are hundreds, and never having been to Fiji before, I became totally bamboozled with all these resort sites' marketing hype, trying to gauge what life would really be like at the resort."
While people such as American travelers Jen and Lauren are being interviewed about their stay, Alexander includes footage of the area as a visual reference a photograph is unable to capture.
These audiovisual interviews provide what traditional online reviews and photos cannot. Viewers get a better emotional connection through the guests' tone of voice and facial expressions while sharing their memories.
Check out Jen and Lauren's interview at the Octopus Resort.
Bruce's inspirations were put into gear after he and his wife met another couple enjoying their stay at the Octopus. "It was partly Noel and Annekes' enthusiasm and persistent complements about the resort which gave me the idea for Resort Interviews. I thought, "Why not capture their comments on video and share them on the Internet so others could learn about what a great resort it is?"
Watch and listen to what Noel and Annekee have to say about their Fiji resort experience:
Got specific questions? Ask a local
A similar approach using first-hand experience and destination advice is found at NileGuide.com, which includes the innovative feature, "Ask Locals." This allows NileGuide users to ask specific questions about a particular place and have local residents answer them. This way, users are getting honest and reliable information from those who know best. So, just enter the destination of interest and you'll find the Ask Locals link at the top of the main page.
Marketing manager, Amy Widdowson of San Francisco, California, credits sister website, Localyte.com as the catalyst for Ask Locals. NileGuide acquired Localyte of May 2010. Widdowssen explains, "Localyte.com is an independent website gathering a team of locals around the world and we're integrating that into our site."
NileGuide relies on local experts to share everything they know to the site and on what they call "localytes," who are registered on Localyte.com who are answering posted questions on NileGuide's Ask Locals.
Widdowson says, "Local experts are people who know just about everything there is to know about a destination and the Localytes are the locals who can offer what they know by answering specific questions of our users. It's a nice coupling of informational sources."
NileGuide has information on destinations located nationally and internationally, and are always expanding their horizons. "We're constantly working with partners where we gather information and are constantly updating out destinations. So make sure to keep checking," Widdowson recommends.
Twenty-nine-year-old sales representative of California Ho Ching Ng used NileGuide to plan his camping trip to Utah's National Parks. Hearing about the site from a friend, he was quickly impressed by the extensive
information, "It had a list of things I could do and points of interests that were sort of lined up for me within one entry.
The other entry was in the form of an itinerary." The local experts share these "entries" Ching Ng is talking about.
Although Ching Ng knew about the Ask Locals feature, he didn't have any questions to be answered, "I didn't ask any questions because I thought there was plenty of information on the site." When asked if he would use NileGuide again to plan another trip, Ching Ng replied, "Definitely!"
Where to next?
Want to make planning your next trip easier? Next time you're fishing through the gimmicks of other travel websites and instead want to hear the "real deal" check out websites like NileGuide and Resort Interviews!
Beth Simmons is an editorial assistant at GoNOMAD and a student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She writes the Travel Reader Blog.
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Opera Colorado's Young Artists will draw attention to Denver's upcoming opera season with a free performance at Cherry Creek Shopping Center at 1 p.m. on February 8.
The Young Artists—Colleen Jackson, Louise Rogan, Brett Sprague, Jared Guest and Benjamin Sieverding—are rising stars of the Denver-based opera company. The public can stop by the grand court in the middle of the indoor mall to hear their 40-minute performance of favorite songs from opera and musical theatre. They will also sing selections from this season's Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi.
For profiles of the Young Artists, click here.
For a schedule of upcoming operas and to purchase tickets, visit www.operacolorado.org
Cherry Creek Shopping Center is at 3000 E. 1st Avenue, Denver, CO 80206. For more information, call 303-388-3900.
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Lebanon rules out VAT hike
An increase in the country's Value Added Tax (VAT) is out of the question, Prime Minister Najib Mikati said in remarks published Monday, ahead of possible Cabinet-level talks aimed at raising revenues.
"There will be no increase to the VAT, the issue has already been rejected by the Cabinet," said Mikati, who spoke to An-Nahar newspaper.
A proposal by Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi to reform the country's 12-year-old tax law and increase it from 10 percent to 12 percent was turned down by the Cabinet in January.
The 10 percent VAT was passed in Law 379 of 2001 and the law has not been amended since.
According to Mikati, Cabinet-level discussions of tax reform could possibly touch on ways to provide companies incentives.
"What is currently being suggested is to provide exemptions and incentives for some companies," said the prime minister.
Mikati's comments come as he is set to chair later during the day a broad meeting with the country's economic committees, in an effort to encourage economic dialogue and development.
The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Grand Serail in the presence of a grouping of businessmen and owners of major firms in the country.
The economic bodies, of different political affiliations, routinely hold meetings with the prime minister who insists economic affairs should be separated from politics.
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The American economy
The "good" news? The U.S. economy has now been in growth mode for 33 months ever since the Great Recession ended in June 2009. The "bad" news? U.S. economic growth has averaged a 2.4 percent real (inflation adjusted) annual growth pace since the expansion began, the weakest economic expansion since the 1940s.
U.S. real growth of 3.0 percent during 2010 gave way to a very modest 1.7 percent real growth pace in 2011. Most forecasters see real growth this year near 2.4 percent.
The long-in-place economic headwinds of weak American home values; anxiety about European financial strife getting worse; fear of Iran's nuclear ambitions leading to a Middle Eastern conflict, with even higher oil prices; and consumer anxiety about the size, growth and direction of the U.S. government leading to four years of $1.3 trillion annual budget deficits, with trillion-dollar annual budget deficits for as far as the eye can see limit American economic growth opportunities.
2012 elections
Just think ... less than eight months to Election Day.
Sooner rather than later, the Republicans will likely settle on a candidate, with hope (in some circles) that a contentious convention can be avoided. At that time, the focus will hopefully shift to more critical issues facing the American people such as the size and growth of the U.S. government, health care, war and the rising amount of government intervention in our lives that needs to be curtailed. Discussing critical issues ... what a concept.
U.S. employment
The U.S. economy's net addition of 227,000 jobs during February 2012 was one more sign of an American job creation machine finally shifting into a higher gear. The 227,000 net job gain slightly exceeded forecasting economists' view of a 210,000 job rise.
In addition, estimated job gains of the two prior months were revised higher by 61,000 jobs. February's rise capped the best six-month streak of job growth since 2006 (bloomberg.com).
As expected, the nation's unemployment rate remained at 8.3 percent in February, a three-year low. The nation's unemployment or jobless rate is derived from a survey of households that is different from the "official" job creation survey data. The estimated 428,000 rise in employment as measured in the household survey was largely matched by the estimated 476,000 rise in the nation's civilian labor force.
We have long suggested that if and when U.S. employment gains were stronger, hundreds of thousands of people who had formerly left the labor force as discouraged workers would return to seek more readily available jobs. Such was the case in February. We expect more of the same in coming months, leading to no major downward move in the nation's jobless rate prior to year-end.
More than 1.2 million net new jobs have been added in the U.S. economy over the past six months with a gain of nearly 3.4 million net new jobs since the end of 2009. However, such gains represent only 40 percent of the 8.5 million net jobs lost during the Great Recession, which ran from December 2007 to June 2009.
U.S. inflation
Consumer prices rose 3.0 percent during 2011, with consensus expectations that such prices will rise near 2.2 percent this year. One key will obviously be oil prices, which have been pushed higher in recent months by worst-case fears about a closure of the Strait of Hormuz by the Iranians or an Israeli or U.S. (or both) attack upon Iranian nuclear installations.
Apart from oil, enough slack remains in U.S. and global labor markets to largely keep inflation pressures in check. Note that some prominent Wall Street types are more fearful of deflation than inflation in coming years.
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Finding Code Artifacts for Customization (Part 2)
By Jani Rautiainen-Oracle on Apr 29, 2013
This series of blog posts is intended to illustrate the options that we have to map UIs to code artifacts to be used for customization projects. In the previous article we covered the process for finding code artifacts for customizations using the page composer. In this article we will look at finding ADFbc objects related to the page using the JDeveloper.
Using JDeveloper to inspect code artifacts
We can search for the ADFbc code artifacts directly in the EAR archive; however it is easier to use JDeveloper to navigate the code hierarchy. The UI is coupled to the ADFbc objects using ADF Data Bindings. The bindings used by the components on the UI are described in the page definition file. The details of the related data controls are described in the data bindings file. For details on how binding works and how objects are related refer to the ADF Data Binding documentation.
To illustrate the process this document will cover an example case where we want to customize content on a setup page. In previous article we identified the page and region to be customized. In the example case we want to identify the ADFbc objects related to the "Name" column on the "Implementation Projects" UI (Figure 1):
Figure 1 Page to be customizedThe starting point is the region identified in the previous article; "ImplementationProjectOverview.jsff". First we navigate in the structure window to the node for the "Name" column; this will automatically highlight the code in the source window. On context menu (right click over the code) you have option "Go to Page Definition" (Figure 2):
Figure 2 "Go to Page Definition" context menu
When "Go to Page Definition" option is selected we are presented with the bindings for the region. On the context menu for the data control we have option "Edit Definition" which will open the related View Object (Figure 3):
Figure 3 Data control binding
On the View Object opened you can find the location of the related file in the title of the JDeveloper window or alternatively by hovering over the View Object tab (Figure 4):
Figure 4 Location of the ADFbc object
From the View Object definition you can find out the details of the query, entities used etc. The View Object is accessed through an Application Module by the UI. In order to find out details of the Application Module used we need to go back to the Page Definition, select iterator and from the context menu (right click) select "Go to Source" (Figure 5):
Figure 5 Context Menu for iterator
Page definition file defines the binding objects that populate the data in UI components at runtime. For more information refer to the Page definition documentation. On the source code we can see the definition for the iterator which includes the reference to the Data Control. On the Data Control definition we can choose "Go to Declaration" from the context menu (right click) (Figure 6):
Figure 6 Iterator definition
The iterator binding manages the data to be displayed in the text field; on the source code we can see the definition for the Data Control which includes the reference to the Application Module. For more information on iterator see Executable Binding Objects documentation. On the Application Module definition we can choose "Go to Declaration" from the context menu (right click) (Figure 7):
Figure 7 Data Control definition
The data controls are used by the binding objects defined in the page definition files. For more information on Data Bindings refer to the Data bindings documentation. The bc4j.xcfg file contains connection and metadata information for the Application Module. For more information refer to the bc4j.xcfg documentation. From the Application Module definition we can find out the full reference to the Application module (Figure 8):
Figure 8 Application Module definition
To view the content of the Application Module we need to find it from the archive. Navigate to the archive definition under the Application Resources and choose Filter from the context menu (right click on the archive). We use the full reference obtained in previous step, replace the periods (".") in the reference with forward slashes ("/") and execute query (Figure 9):
Figure 9 Filter Customizable Archive
The XML file for the Application Module found can be opened and the definitions for it observed. The same method of filtering the customizable archive can be used with any reference for an ADFbc object e.g. if we want to view Entity Object referred in the View Object.
In order for us to create customizations using JDeveloper we will need to be able to identify the code artifacts related to the customizations. For ADFbc objects the easiest method is to use JDeveloper to identify the related code artifacts.
In future articles other methods of finding code artifacts such as finding mapping security permissions to roles and users will be covered.
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This Friday and Saturday ONLY - May 7th & 8th, 2010,
7:00 - 10:00 pm.
Kettle Art welcomes Wendy Fahle and a special unveiling of her unique and whimsical concept, "I Do, I Did, I'm Done." A true view of life illustrated through the use of ink cartoons. This imaginative and funny series symbolizes what Wendy and every one experiences for self, happiness, friendship and love.
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|Constructions in Infinite Ergodic Theory, TIME CHANGE: starts at 3:25pm
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|Kelly Yancey, University of Maryland
|In ergodic theory two properties that are very different, though not exclusive, are rigidity and weak mixing. In fact, these properties are typical. A natural question to ask is what happens if we consider systems that preserve an infinite measure, like Lebesgue measure on the positive reals. This is part of the set-up in infinite ergodic theory. During this talk we will discuss rigidity versus various types of weak mixing in infinite ergodic theory. We will also construct examples of transformations that have these desired properties. Our examples will be via the method of cutting and stacking. This is joint work with Rachel Bayless.
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Is there any way to restart ONE web application in mono without having to restart Apache?
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Ohio's elections chief said Thursday a first-of-its-kind statewide review found instances of voter fraud in the battleground state during last year's presidential election but not rampant abuses.
Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted said the investigation he ordered in January of Ohio's 88 county elections boards resulted in 135 potential cases being referred to law enforcement for investigation out of 625 reported cases of voting irregularities.
Of the 135, 10 were from Medina County. One was referred to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine by Husted's office and nine were referred to county Prosecutor Dean Holman by the board of elections. The cases included:
• A person voted in Ohio and Florida. This case was referred to DeWine.
• A former county resident voted on Election Day in Medina and Summit counties. The person resides in Summit.
• An absentee ballot requested Sept. 11. The board mailed the ballots the first week of October and the ballot was filled out and returned — even though the person died Sept. 13, according to Medina County Health Department records.
• Four absentee ballots had signatures that didn't match the ones on voting rolls. When the voters were contacted and asked to come into the office to cast a ballot, none responded.
• Three provisional ballots were cast by voters who also cast absentee ballots.
Husted's office reported an 11th case in Medina County that was not referred to local law enforcement.
Elections board Director Carol Lawler said she's not aware of an 11th case.
Of the nine cases referred to Holman, none have resulted in charges.
"We're working the cases," he said. "We decided after investigation that some don't have merit, and others we're continuing to work."
He said other "pressing matters" have forced the office to slow the voter fraud investigations.
"Voter fraud does exist, but it's not an epidemic," Husted said, noting fraud cases represent a tiny fraction of the 5.6 million Ohio votes cast last year.
Most of the 135 cases were caught before fraudulent votes were counted, Husted said.


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What is the elastic hymen
|Society & You - Pregnancy & Parenting
|Friday, 05 November 2010 08:00
What is elastic hymen? The hymen is a thin, fragile tissue on the inside of the female genitalia.
The size and shape of the hymen varies greatly from woman to woman. At birth, most girls have no hymen, since the tissue divided completely while still in the womb. Sometimes this does not happen and girls are born with an imperforate hymen. The physician should examine the conditions of the vulva of the newborn to confirm that her hymen is in perfect condition.
Before puberty, the tissues of the vulva are generally very fragile and thin. Any activity that these tissues subjected to great stress can stretch and damage the hymen. On certain occasions, there has been the case in young people who have damaged and dilated her hymen to perform various physical activities such as horseback riding, inserting or removing tampons or even masturbate.
In some women the hymen is broken in more than one occasion. Even some are sufficiently elastic to allow the vagina is penetrated, without the hymen tear. This often happens if vaginal dilation occurs gradually with fingers or other objects over an extended period of time.
The hymen or not there is not an accurate indicator that a girl is still virgin. Since only a 50 per cent of women have bleeding the first time.
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After a solid start on Tuesday, UGA held its second day of spring practice at the Woodruff Practice Fields on Wednesday afternoon; the team dressed out in shorts and helmets.
Last season, the Bulldogs had a strong defense, ranking fifth in the nation. This season, nine of 11 starters return. Christian Robinson, senior linebacker, said he is looking forward to being a leader for the team.
"Ben Jones, Brandon Boykin and leaders like that were a voice on this team last year," Robinson said on www.georgiadogs.com. "When people spoke, they listened. I feel like it's my time to speak up, and we have a lot of other guys like Sanders (Commings) and Bacarri (Rambo). It's our time to be the voice.
"It's fun being out here together. The spring is about competition and going against your teammates every day. We have all the pieces in place. We're just focusing on the fundamental work. It's going well so far."
UGA head football coach Mark Richt said that the guys will be in pads in tomorrow's workout.
"I thought it was a good practice," Richt said. "I'm looking forward to tomorrow and putting some pads on for the first time, which will be good, so these guys can actually run into each other and block somebody. They won't be able to tackle anybody to the ground until Saturday, but we'll have a little more contact tomorrow. I thought the defense made an awful lot of plays in pass skeleton."
This week, the Dawgs will have shells on Thursday, and will practice in full pads for the first time on Saturday; Friday will be an off day.
The team has 12 more practices over the next four weeks, which will culminate with the annual G-Day Game on Saturday, April 14, at Sanford Stadium.


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UPDATE (2-9-2013): During the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, Coca-Cola Co. ran a 10 second disclaimer prior to the original Coke ad that appeared during the Super Bowl and caused a controversy accompanied by boycott threats of Coca-Cola products. The disclaimer across the screen stated "E PLURIBUS UNUM. OUT OF MANY - ONE."
Coca-Cola Co. (Coke) was widely and strongly criticized for having broadcast a multilingual version of "America the Beautiful" as its advertisement during the Super Bowl last Sunday. Yet, Coca-Cola is releasing an even longer version of the commercial for the opening of the Olympics on Friday, according to a Yahoo! News report.
Coca-Cola Super Bowl Ad Causes Controversy (Video)
The longer ad is reportedly viewed as being defiant against those who were not only offended that "America the Beautiful" (an American patriotic classic song) was sung in other languages besides English, but many persons have already vowed to boycott Coke products for life. Whether the broadcast of a longer version of the offensive ad will add more people to the throngs that are boycotting the product is yet to be seen, of course.
On Super Bowl Sunday, the ad was performed in seven languages including Hindi, Spanish, and English. Only three lines of the presentation – the beginning, a line in the middle, and the last line – were in English. All of the other lines were performed in a foreign language to the United States.
The Coca-Cola Company released a statement on Thursday stating that "It's Beautiful" provides a snapshot of the real lives of Americans representing diverse ethnicities, religions, races and families, all found in the United States. All those featured in the ad are Americans and 'America the Beautiful' was sung by bilingual American young women."
Critics, however, believe those Americans – regardless of their origination – should be singing in the language most Americans speak: English.
Hashtags that sprung up on social media Twitter accounts when the ad first appeared included #SpeakEnglish and #BoycottCoke.


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Monday, April 29, 2013
Well here it is, almost a full third of the way through the year, and I'm no further ahead than I was at the beginning of the year. My weight is about the same as it was in the beginning of January, having bounced up and down with the same 5 pounds for nearly 4 months.
That being said, I have struggled with, and overcome illness, adjusting to a new diet because of food sensitivities, changes in medication including the addition of one which often causes weight gain (thankfully I'm only on that for another three days though), and emotional ups and downs including some bouts of mild to moderate depression. So while I haven't really lost any weight when looked at over the long term, I haven't gained any either (totally ignoring the many spikes up and down here...just looking at the overall trend for the past four months).
The one thing I have succeeded at is not giving up. I have tried, and tried, and tried again, and I will keep on trying. I continue to learn things about myself as I go through this process, and some of it really isn't that nice. But learning the not so nice things about oneself means that something can be done to change them! I've also found that I possess strength and fortitude that I didn't know I had.
Lately, the biggest thing I've realized is that I LIKE looking good. I always used to tell myself I didn't care, that being comfortable was more important than looking good. I used that as an excuse for wearing baggy, ill-fitting clothes, which I now realize was just my sad attempt at a disguise. I had myself convinced that I didn't care what other people thought or said about me, when in truth the idea that people may be judging me based on my looks made me want to hide at home and not go out in public at all.
I still dress mostly for comfort, but I no longer buy clothes that are loose and baggy. I like the fact that, even though I still have quite a bit of weight to lose, I'm one of the lucky ones that carries it such that I still have an 'hour glass' figure, at least from the front. I actually enjoy clothes shopping now. That used to be such a hated chore, and it often ended in tears. Now I'm so excited about going to the city this weekend so I can buy new clothes! And I have to say, it has definitely helped to hear my darling SO tell me that he loves what working out is doing to my backside.
I feel good about me. I have worked hard and overcome many obstacles, and I'm proud of myself for it. I still have a long pathway ahead, but that doesn't scare me the way it used to, because I KNOW I can do it!
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Halloween Eve
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- Joyce EJWOctober 30, 2012 at 10:36 AM
What a fun post today. Loved the placemats. I'm going to make those for my Gr Grandkids. The pink layout was so cute. never thought up that color for a pumpkin layout. Love it.ReplyDelete
Have fun on Halloween, Erin!! Thanks so much for all of the inspiration. We can't wait to see your post Halloween pics!!ReplyDelete
The necklaces are way cute and I love the table setting!!! The DT really has some amazing talent. Thanks for sharing the Halloween ideas.ReplyDelete
Love the place setting! So cute! And the necklace is very creative! Great projects!ReplyDelete
Wow....this is Awesome...I love the fun colors. Really like the pink and purple layout.ReplyDelete
Great projects--I really like the necklaces.ReplyDelete
I have to stop putting it off! I need to make some beads! They are just so fun! TFS!ReplyDelete
I love your placemat! You could use that technique for every single holiday and celebration! And, the jewels on the pumpkins, gotta love that! THanks for so many fun ideas today! And, hi to Suzi who commented just before me. She's new here!ReplyDelete
great placemat and silveware wrap combo. love the carving pumpkins layout, wonderful colors. and the beads are so cool, love them. thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Love the placemat, what a great idea! I been MIA lately, beeen so busy, but your fan is back:)ReplyDelete
I really like the placemat. Such fun Halloween projects.ReplyDelete
Love that placemat...too darling! The layout is gorgeous too, love how bright it is. Happy Halloween Eve!ReplyDelete
AMAZINGLY cute ideas...time to pin! Thanks for sharing and enjoy Halloween.ReplyDelete
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Oh I adore that purple pumpkin carving layout - the non-traditional colors are fantastic!! All the projects are great! ~KathyReplyDelete
placemats are adorable. wish i had time to make some today. tfs.ReplyDelete
We don't get a lot of kids in our appt complex. I think a lot of people take their kids to their parents neighborhoods. We do get a few every year. So I have some candy waiting. Ilove the placemats. Everyones projects are fabulous. TFS Happy Halloween! JessReplyDelete
Such wonderful projects today. I am intrigued by the candle treatment. It looks like pieces of DP from DCWV rolled up and attached to the candle. Cute!!!ReplyDelete
Wow! Fun projects! I love those paper beads! It has been a long time since I made those and I think I am going to have to try it again :)ReplyDelete
- Dorina DOctober 31, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Love the projects. Who would of thought that pink would have made such a fun Halloween layout. It's so cute. And it's fun to see paper beads again.ReplyDelete
OMG these projects are awesome! DT they are fabulous! Britt, I love your placemat idea, and the pink with purple halloween layout was so cute! Sara, love your necklaces, they are so cute and creative:)ReplyDelete
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Love these projects AND check out my scraplift of Tessa's project from the Scor-Pal blog hop last week :)ReplyDelete
Happy Halloween to all! Cool projects!ReplyDelete
- TracyM #6773October 31, 2012 at 5:07 PM
Fab projects!!! Love the placemat and beads - two projects I will definitely have to try re-creating at my house :)ReplyDelete
Love the Happy Halloween projects! The paper beads are a blast from the past for me!ReplyDelete
WOW all these projects look amazing.ReplyDelete


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Eagles capture first regular season title since 2005
DURHAM, N.H. — Boston College rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat New Hampshire, 4-3, and win its 11th Hockey East regular season title. The Eagles scored three straight goals to take the lead early in the third period and after UNH tied it, got the game-winner from Pat Mullane.
Although the Eagles have won two of the last three national championships, as well as Hockey East tournaments, the regular title had eluded them since 2005. That had been the domain of the Wildcats, who were bidding to win their fourth such title in five years.
"It's quite an honor to win this trophy," BC senior captain Joe Whitney said. "There's a reason we haven't won it the last few years. It's not easy to win; it's a hard trophy to win.
"It's a testament to the guys and how hard they work every day in practice. It all added up to tonight."
UNH had held at least a share of the league lead from Jan. 24 until Friday night, when the Eagles moved a point in front by dominating the Wildcats, 4-0, in the first half of the home-and-home series. Arguably, New Hampshire played a strong game that would have been enough against most opponents, just not against the second-ranked Eagles.
"It was a great hockey game, but a difficult one to lose because I thought we played well and they played well," UNH coach Dick Umile said. "I was pleased with the way we played tonight and I don't say that too many times when we lose.
"But I was proud of how we played, especially after last night. We went head-to-head and had an opportunity to win against a very, very good team. As far as I'm concerned, they're the best that we've seen."
The top-seeded Eagles will face Massachusetts in the Hockey East quarterfinals next weekend. Second-seeded UNH will face Vermont. Having fallen to 12th in the PairWise, the Wildcats may need to advance to Boston and the semifinals to make the NCAA tournament.
Based on this game, both teams will be battle-tested for those playoff series.
"The play of both teams fit very well with a championship game," BC coach Jerry York said. "There was outstanding ebb-and-flow to the game. We were strong, they were strong. There was good goaltending at both ends of the ice.
"The compete level on both teams was terrific to watch. It had all the intensity of the championship game we anticipated on the bus ride up."
UNH seized a 2-0 lead early in the second period and appeared to be intent on making up for the previous night's domination at BC's hands. In that game, they were outshot, 42-12, and outscored, 4-0. After one period on this evening however, the shots were 9-9 and UNH had taken a 1-0 lead.
Dalton Speelman got the goal at 18:05 on an odd-angle shot that BC netminder John Muse no doubt wanted back. The puck broke off his glove and slid toward the corner of the crease and went in.
Mike Sislo extended the lead to 2-0 on a power-play goal just 38 seconds into the second period. Firing from the left point without the aid of a screen, he beat Muse blocker side high. It was the UNH captain's 12th of the year and 48th of his career.
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At 11:05 however, the Eagles drew to within one. Barry Almeida, who had moved up to the third line in the wake of Chris Kreider's injury, backhanded a rebound in from the low slot.
Muse came up huge again when Speelman broke in all alone and the Wildcats then buzzed the net.
The game remained 2-1 until it turned dramatically with 13 seconds remaining in the period. Brian Dumoulin hit Cam Atkinson with a home run pass and the junior scored on the breakaway, deking DiGirolamo and stuffing it around him. It was Atkinson's 27th goal on the season.
Following that pivotal strike, the two teams went at it in the third like heavyweight champions taking turns landing blows.
Mullane was in the thick of it. He hit the post one minute in, then minutes later fed Tommy Cross from the right corner after the defenseman dropped into the slot. Cross beat DiGirolamo glove side high.
Midway through the period, DeSimone collected the puck five feet outside of the crease as BC players dove to cover it up and backhanded it into the corner of the net.
With 4:53 left in regulation and right after an icing by UNH that might have been avoided, Mullane put a rebound of a Cross shot into a wide open net.
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I'll be at JavaOne Monday and Tuesday of this week. On Monday, I'm going to try to attend Netbeans Day SF, and on Tuesday I'll be manning the OpenSolaris booth on the exhibition floor and watching the fun at the DTrace Challenge. Tuesday night I'm expecting to go to whatever SVOSUG meeting materializes. I hope to see you there!


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Let's take a break from statistics and do some physics!
My friend Ted Bunn recently wrote about the falling slinky problem in his blog. He points to this video, which shows a falling slinky in slow motion. After the top of the slinky is released, the bottom seems to hover until the top reaches it. The effect is particularly strange because if you look carefully, the top of the slinky does not accelerate as we expect for an object in free fall. Rather, it falls at a constant rate.
Ted explains:
...the information that the top end has been dropped can't propagate down the slinky any faster than the speed of sound in the slinky (i.e., the speed at which waves propagate down it), so there's a delay before the bottom end "knows" it's been dropped. But it's surprising (at least to me) to see how long the delay is.
This explains why there is a delay, but to me it doesn't explain why the delay is the same as the time it takes for the top of the slinky to reach the bottom. There are lots of models out there that explain parts of this behavior, but the ones I found are either complicated or wrong.
Here's my take on it. First, let's assume that what we see in the video is correct: the slinky collapses from top to bottom, so that each coil doesn't move until the one above it comes down and (nearly) hits it.
Let's call the initial length L and the mass m. After some time, a fraction of the slinky, x, has collapsed. At that point, the collapsed part of the slinky has mass xm at height (1-x)L. The rest of the slinky is spread uniformly [EDIT: this assumption is not right...see Ted's comment below] between height 0 and (1-x)L. So the center of mass is
x(1-x)L + (1-x)(1-x)L/2
Since the slinky is in free fall, we know the center of mass as a function of time:
L/2 - g/2 t^2
If we set those equal and type them into WolframAlpha, we get
x = sqrt(g/L) t
Which means that the top of the slinky is moving at constant speed. Remember that x is the fraction of the slinky that collapsed; to get the distance traveled, we multiply by L:
d = xL = sqrt(gL) t
So the speed of the top of the slinky is sqrt(gL).
We can get to the same result a different way by using the formula for wave speed in a vibrating string: sqrt(T/μ), where T is tension and μ is mass per linear measure. In this case T=mg and μ=m/L. Plug that in and get wave speed sqrt(gL).
I think this analysis is useful, but to be rigorous, I haven't really explained why the slinky behaves the way it does. I have only shown that if the slinky collapses from top to bottom (as it appears to), then the top moves at a constant speed (as it appears to).
[UPDATE: Provoked by my amateurish attempts at Physics, Ted Bunn wrote up a version of this model that deals correctly with the change in the density of the spring from top to bottom. The result is that the speed of the top of the slinky is almost constant -- it slows down a bit at the end. ]


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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Senior forward Sarah Dagg of the Rochester Institute of Technology women's team added two more accolades to her sparkling four-year career resume in a Tigers uniform on Thursday night at the NCAA championship banquet at the Rochester Hotel and Plaza.
After ranking second in the nation in scoring with 18 goals and 23 assists for 41 points, the St. George, Ontario, native earned the most prestigious award in Division III women's ice hockey by being named the 2011 Laura Hurd Award winner.
The Laura Hurd Award is given annually to the best D-III women's ice hockey player as voted on by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA).
"I wasn't expecting to win," Dagg said. "There are a lot of great players in the country and I'm just really happy to be considered among them. Winning this award is a tremendous honor but, playing for a national championship has been my true goal this season and we have that opportunity to do that this weekend."
RIT coach Scott McDonald said he was a bit surprised when he heard his senior two-year captain's name called by ECAC Director of Sport Administration Michael Letzeisen, who presented the award.
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Dagg was also named to the RBK first team All-American squad for the third time in her career as well after being named the ECAC West player of the year after ranking second in the league with 12 goals and 15 assists for 27 points.
"I just come on the ice and play hard every game and I guess that pays off," Dagg said. "I just tried to work hard all season and we have a lot of great players on this team and on my line so that always helps. I have a lot of assists so my teammates helped me achieve this honor by scoring goals."
The four other finalists for the award were Leclerc, Trinity's Kim Weiss, St. Catherine's Michaela Michaelson and Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Kristin Faber. All four were named their respective conference's player of the year.
Last year, Trinity's Isabel Iwachiw became the first goaltender to win the award in its 12-year history.
In January 2007, the AHCA voted to rename the Division III women's player of the year award after 2005 recipient Hurd, who passed away in an automobile accident in the summer of 2006.
The former Elmira standout is the all-time career point leader for D-III women's hockey with 237 points.
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|March 3rd, 2010, 07:41 AM
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Abuse of Power: Budget Reconciliation to pass ObamaCare
Abuse of Power
'An undemocratic disservice to our people and to the Senate's institutional role.'
A string of electoral defeats and the great unpopularity of ObamaCare can't stop Democrats from their self-appointed rendezvous with liberal destiny—ramming a bill through Congress on a narrow partisan vote. What we are about to witness is an extraordinary abuse of traditional Senate rules to pass a bill merely because they think it's good for the rest of us, and because they fear their chance to build a European welfare state may never come again.
The vehicle is "reconciliation," a parliamentary process that fast-tracks budget measures and was created in 1974 as a deficit-reduction tool. Limited to 20 hours of debate, reconciliation bills need a mere 50 votes in the Senate, with the Vice President as tie-breaker, thus circumventing the filibuster. Both Democrats and Republicans have frequently used reconciliation on budget bills, so Democrats are now claiming that using it to pass ObamaCare is no big deal.
Yet this shortcut has never been used for anything approaching the enormity of a national health-care entitlement. Democrats are only resorting to it now because their plan is in so much political trouble—within their own party, and even more among the general public—and because they've failed to make their case through persuasion.
"They know that this will take courage," Nancy Pelosi said in an interview over the weekend, speaking of the Members she'll try to strong-arm. "It took courage to pass Social Security. It took courage to pass Medicare," the Speaker continued. "But the American people need it, why are we here? We're not here just to self-perpetuate our service in Congress."
Leave aside the irony of invoking "the American people" on behalf of a bill that consistently has been 10 to 15 points underwater in every poll since the fall, and is getting more unpopular by the day, particularly among independents. As Maine Republican Olympia Snowe pointed out in a speech last December, Social Security passed when Democrats controlled both Congress and the White House, yet 64% of Senate Republicans and 79% of the House GOP voted for it. More than half of the Senate Republican caucus voted for Medicare in 1965. Historically, major social legislation has always been bipartisan, because it reflects a durable political consensus.
Reconciliation is the last mathematical gasp for ObamaCare because Democrats can't sell their policy to Senator Snowe, any other Republican, or even dozens of Democrats. This raw exercise of political power is of a piece with the copious corruption and bribery—such as the Cornhusker kickbacks and special tax benefits for union members—that liberals had to use to get even this far.
Democrats often point to welfare reform in 1996 as a reconciliation precedent, yet that bill passed the Senate with 78 votes, including Joe Biden and half of the Democratic caucus. The children's health insurance program in 1997 was steered through Congress with reconciliation, but it, too, was built on strong (if misguided) bipartisan support. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 that created Schip passed 85-15, including 43 Republicans. Even President Bush's 2001 tax cuts, another case in reconciliation point, were endorsed by 12 Senate Democrats.
The only precedent within historical shouting distance is Ronald Reagan's 1981 budget, which was controversial because it reshaped dozens of programs. But the Senate wasn't the problem—it ultimately passed the budget 80 to 14. The real dogfight was in the Democratically controlled House, where majority rules have always obtained, yet Reagan convinced 29 Democrats to buck Speaker Tip O'Neill. Reconciliation, in other words, wasn't used to subvert the 60-vote Senate threshold, but rather to grease the way for deficit reduction.
The process was designed for items that cut spending or affect tax revenue, to meet targets in the annual budget resolution. Democrats want to convert it into a jerry-rigged amendment process: That is, reconciliation wouldn't actually be used to pass ObamaCare per se. Instead, it would be used only to muscle through substantive changes to the bill that passed the Senate on Christmas Eve, without which 216 House Democrats won't vote for it. So Democrats would be writing amendments to current law that isn't in fact law at all—and can't become law without those amendments.
President Clinton preferred to use reconciliation to pass HillaryCare in the 1990s, but he was dissuaded by West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd, who argued that it would be an abuse of the process. Mr. Byrd, author of a four-volume history of Senate rules and procedures, told the Washington Post last March that "The misuse of the arcane process of reconciliation—a process intended for deficit reduction—to enact substantive policy changes is an undemocratic disservice to our people and to the Senate's institutional role," specifically citing health reform and cap and trade.
Regrets, they've got a few. Yet these Democratic Sinatras will still do it their way. President Obama is expected to endorse reconciliation in remarks this morning.
The goal is to permanently expand the American entitlement state with a vast apparatus of subsidies and regulations while the political window is still (barely) open, regardless of the consequences or the overwhelming popular condemnation. As Mr. Obama fatalistically said after his health summit, if voters don't like it, "then that's what elections are for."
In other words, he's volunteering Democrats in Congress to march into the fixed bayonets so he can claim an LBJ-level legacy like the Great Society that will be nearly impossible to repeal. This would be an unprecedented act of partisan arrogance that would further mark Democrats as the party of liberal extremism. If they think political passions are bitter now, wait until they pass ObamaCare.
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If this is the way the do business when they are in power then it is time to vote them all out and change the rules.
Isn't there some about "We The People".
I really hope that the ones that voted for this administration are happy with how their vote is turning this country into a socialist state.
Big government only means less power for the people
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The people need to tell the obama team that if this goes through that thier jobs will be gone. I like the saying YOUR FIRED
|March 3rd, 2010, 11:43 AM
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look at the true consensus that previous social legislation was passed with compared to how bitter this debacle is being debated/polled at. while doing that, keep in mind that your liar of a president campaigned on hope and change, on coalition building.
he has demonstrated the absolute worst of chicago style politics instead.
|March 3rd, 2010, 12:46 PM
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Oh, and this won't come as a surprise to those of us who have not been blinded by his media blitz back in 2008, but he also has once again gone back on his word:
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We should not be surprised, the man is a liar and will do what ever HE sees fit for himself and Not was is good for the people that put him in his place or the people that didn't.
The party needs to be reminded who put them there and that they can be removed
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I was just talking to a friend two nights ago about all of his lies and promises he went back on. This is one more to add.
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LSU defensive tackle Anthony Johnson announced on Twitter on Thursday that he'll forgo his senior year and enter the NFL draft.
These last three years at LSU have been good to me but I have made the decision to enter the 2014 NFL draft @nfl .
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Johnson is one of six draft-eligible LSU players who are projected to be selected in the top four rounds of the draft. The list includes receivers Odell Beckham, Jr. and Jarvis Landry, defensive tackle Ego Ferguson and running back Jeremy Hill and left tackle La'el Collins.
Team spokesman Michael Bonnette said other LSU players will announce their decisions "early next week," possibly Monday.
Johnson struggled at times this season and was victim of double teams. He finished 13th on the team in tackles. Ferguson overshadowed him and moved ahead of him in many draft projections.
CBSSports.com has Johnson ranked as the 10th best defensive lineman in the draft, putting him among those picked in the third or fourth rounds. Johnson signed with LSU three years ago as the No. 1 rated defensive tackle out of O. Perry Walk High.


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Date: Tuesday, June 11
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: California African American Museum, Conference Center
600 State Drive, Exposition Park
Los Angeles, California 90037
Contact: email@example.com
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Attendees can enter the Museum's front doors and go to the information desk. Attendees are welcomed to bring coffee. Parking is off of Figueroa between Exposition Blvd. and Martn Luther King Blvd. Fee is $10.00.