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Athens, Greece - The U.S. Men's Water Polo National Team split its first two games of the FINA World League Super Final on Thursday, Aug. 3. Team USA downed Greece, 7-5, the morning of Aug. 3 in Athens, Greece. Later that afternoon, the U.S. team fell to reigning title-holder Serbia and Montenegro, 15-4. Former UCLA standout Adam Wright (1997-2000) competed for the U.S. national team.
The U.S. squad was tied to Greece, 4-4, at halftime on Wednesday, Aug. 2 when the lights went out at the competition pool in Athens. Due to the power outage, the game was postponed until Thursday morning, at which time Team USA played Greece again. In the rescheduled affair, the United States led at halftime, 3-2, before finishing off the home team, 7-5.
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Copyright 2003 The Dance Insider
PARIS -- Poor Bob Gottlieb.
The New York Observer dance critic flies all the way to Paris only
to see one ballet he knew he wasn't going to like (Maurice Bejart's
"Le Presbytere") and another anyone who's seen a season at the Paris
Opera Ballet could have told him would have disappointed (Patrice
Bart's "Le Petite Danseuse de Degas"). And as if he hasn't suffered
enough, immediately upon his return to Gotham he trudges out to
BAM for a spectacle by the most well-known self-promoter in European
ballet, Jean-Christophe Maillot, and, taking a page from George
Bush, condemns the entire pantheon of French ballet based on three
bad experiences. J'accuse!
"Forget Freedom -- French
Concepts Trash Ballet" runs the headline over Gottlieb's May
19 piece, which begins, "The French have a lot to answer
for, and I'm not talking about Iraq." This apparently has become
a popular pastime among New York critics -- taking the White House's
French-bashing as a cue to deride facets of the French culture they've
never liked, be it Johnny Hallyday, the French rocker recently derided
by the New Yorker's Anthony Lane before Lane praised his work in
the latest film from Patrice Leconte, or, here, Gottlieb taking
pour ol' Bejart out for another thrashing. Even conceding Gottlieb
is right about "Le Presbytere," which
I don't -- I think Gottlieb totally missed the spirit
and intent of the work -- by judging the entire French scene on
the basis of three ballets, he parrots the willful ignorance of
Mr. Bush in forgetting France's long support of the US over one
disagreement with his administration.
By Mr. Gottlieb's thinking,
I would be entitled to pop over to New York, see an all-Peter Martins
evening peppered by David Parsons' "Pied Piper" and on this basis,
condemn American Ballet as unimaginative and unresourceful. As it
happens, I am 'stuck' here in Paris, where, at the Paris Opera Ballet
alone, I have been able over the last two seasons to see ballets
by Mats Ek, Pina Bausch, Roland Petit, Jiri Kylian, John Neumeier,
Michel Fokine, Angelin Preljocaj, Marius Petipa, Balanchine, Nureyev,
Jerome Robbins, and, yes, Maurice Bejart.
Contrast this with the
menu of Balanchine (fine), and the, to borrow Mr. Gottlieb's word,
plague of Martins works a subscriber at the New York City Ballet
must endure. Slightly more variety is to be found at the Dance Theatre
of Harlem, while at American Ballet Theatre, middling and undeveloped
artists like Stanton Welch and Natalie Weir are presented as innovative.
But let's get to Bejart.
In fact, let's get to BAD Bejart -- not "Le Presbytere," which I
saw here too and loved, but the 1992 "Miraculous Mandarin," which
just entered the POB repertoire on an all-Bejart evening I caught
last night at the Bastille. This is Bartok's conception re-cast
in a milieu suggesting Al Capone's 1920s Chicago (Wilfried Romoli's
wide-lapelled gangster chief) or Berlin (Alessio Carbone's drag
queen-prostitute). Laurent Hilaire's Mandarin shows up in blue Mao
regalia, of course, and, with his usual dignity, almost rescues
the ballet with his Noh-like traversing of the stage, manic hands,
and resilience in the face of being beaten, stabbed, and hung. I
hated it -- and wondered how a Bartok estate which stopped
Grace Ellen Barkey's much more literal interpretation let this one
pass -- BUT, in context, I applaud it.
I applaud that the Opera
gives its dancers and audiences such a breadth of work to attack
and consider. Remember, movie-goers have, in Paris, more than 300
screens to feed their varied tastes; ballet lovers have just a handful
of stages and one home company. (The Opera also, by the way, regularly
hosts two visiting companies -- last year including La Scala Ballet,
this year Hamburg and the Nederlands company, and next year the
Bolshoi.) As well, this "Mandarin" was delivered in the context
of an all-Bejart evening which demonstrated his -- and the dancers'
-- versatility.
The world premiere,
"Phrases de Quatuor," was the winner, a gem of a 14-minute piece
in which, as seen last night, Manuel Legris tries frantically to
get control of an aural landscape which includes Pierre Henry's
atmospheric soundscape and a corps of four women intent on knitting
a red garment. He takes one of their chairs, and they fall over
them in various positions; when they move their knitting activity
to the barre, he touches it and legs rise, while pelvises fold over
the barre. He picks up a mic and the women stretch it into a square
behind him, before twining it around him. It starts to rain, and
they urgently grab a white tarp and throw it over him. His hyper-activity
is balanced by the calm and attention to their task of the women,
last night Aurore Cordellier, Emilie Cozette, Eve Grinsztajn, and
Sabrina Mallem.
"Webern, Opus V," created
on and at the request of Opera dancers Jacqueline Rayet and Jean-Pierre
Bonnefous in 1967 and receiving its first revival here in a while,
was danced last night by Agnes Letestu and Jose Martinez. There
are the looks and subtle hints at a relationship that usually pop
up in a duet like this, especially when the musicians are positioned
on the stage, but there's also a suggested tension, as if, even
in their moments of togetherness, the couple is straining, afraid
that something might break. I suspect the work might have more impact
on more expressive dancers.
And finally, there was
Bejart's "Firebird," created on the Opera in 1970. I don't know
about you, but until last night I hadn't seen a Firebird which didn't
make me roll my eyes, for its outlandish costumes and set, scenario,
and choreography. But I love the Stravinsky music -- and it's this,
not the traditional scenario, that Bejart treats, as played last
night by the Opera orchestra, conducted by Vello Pahn. There is
a Firebird (last night, the less than firey Benjamin Pech), but
really the firebird -- physically and conceptually -- is interpreted
by the entire cast, most winningly in this cast by Fanny Fiat, who
seems to attract light wherever she goes on stage, demanding you
follow her.
After such an evening,
only an unseeing observer could write, as Gottlieb does, that "Bejart
is one of the prime begetters of dance Eurotrash."
Not that there isn't
Eurotrash to be had around these parts! I'll admit I was dreading
dance in such a mode at Tuesday's opening of the Inaccoutumes 15
festival at the Menagerie de Verre, a modern dance mecca here. The
premise of Fanny de Chaille's "Underwear -- for a politics of the
parade" was to take eight of the hottest male choreographers in
France's new generation of modern dancemakers and parade them on
a runway, fashion show-style.
My fear was dispelled
immediately, when Jerome Andrieu entered with a light-green fabric
which, perambulating up and down the runway, he used variously as
a bandana, blindfold, gag, sash, and more. Throughout the 65-minute
dance, whenever he was on stage Andrieu's focus and seriousness
never wavered.
Other stand-outs --
all wearing white t-shirt and blue jeans -- included Maxime Rigobert,
whose hips seemed just slightly out of alignment as he walked, endearingly
so; Christian Rizzo, a stubbled Pagliaci who jumped up and down
waving his arms and smiling artificially at the cave-like entrance
at one end of the runway before spilling slips of paper with words
all over the floor, sweeping them up, and then repeating the jumping;
and the lanky Gaetan Bulourde, who sung falsetto and, later, sidled
along the edge of the white paper runway arms outstretched, as if
straddling the ledge of a cliff.
But the real star of
the evening was Cathy Olive, whose simple lighting saved the evening
from being too over-the-top, notwithstanding show-off Boris Charmatz.
Which is not to say Olive's scheme was simplistic. A longtime collaborator
with Emmanuelle
Huynh, Olive specializes in refracted light. The men
entered from an open rectangle between two panels of black cloth
at one side of the runway; at the rear of this entrance a triangular
hole was cut into the center of a curtain, another into a curtain
behind that, and from this dimension the light shone. On the other
end of the runway, a simple mobile white screen subdued the white
light behind it. Besides varying the levels, that was it.
The men may not have
had the time in their curtain call to give Olive the customary gesture
of appreciation, but she was definitely the star of the evening.
"Underwear" closes tonight
at the Menagerie de Verre. Inaccoutumes 15 continues through June
21, with Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion opening tomorrow. The
Spectacle de Ballets Maurice Bejart continues at the Opera Bastille
through June 19.
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"If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard." That sums up my day at DC Fashion week September 2010. I had hoped to expand on the fun, camaraderie, and brand recognition by taking my triumphant Baltimore Fashion Week show to Washington D.C. What I got was a train wreck of a show that did not do even one of those things.
The DC show was incomprehensibly model-centric, never mind that it was the designers laying out $500 (or more) each to showcase their work. There was an unbelievably strange show-opening promenade wherein all of the models walked in their own store-bought, black clothes. What in the world was that all about? This weird opening model walk forced the first few designers (of whom I was second) into a totally unnecessary quick-change scenario for ALL of their models. We all know that some of our models will be used in the collection before us, but it's never ALL of our models. We can at usually get 15 out of our 20 dressed and ready to go, and they buy the time as they walk the runway for the other five to dress. As it was, I had about five or ten minutes to put 20 models into my multi-piece looks (many with corsets and other time-consuming laced pieces).
As a novice to the DC fashion show, I had been in contact with the organizers on a few points so that I could be sure that things ran smoothly. One of these points was the availability of the models. I went to the first fitting and had my clothing assignments and fittings all pretty well in the can at the end of that day. A few days before the show, I emailed this question:
"Well, is it up to the models to know when I am showing? How do they find out? (thank you for being so on top of this)"
The reply was:
"We will have a show line up them back stage and u will know on Sunday which position/number u are. They all know u are showing on Sunday"
Okay, so I took this to mean that I could count on my models showing up on Sunday. I have worked with some of them before, and indeed pulled some of them directly from my successful Baltimore Show, because they were so wonderful there. I like to be on top of things, so I arrived at the French Embassy at 1:00 anyway for the 6:00 curtain, even though I didn't need to fit models.
So curtain time is looming, and no one has the order in which the designers will be showing on the catwalk. We can't dress our models until we know who is going first. We DO have the organizer, Ean Williams, bellowing at the top of his lungs that it's desperately important that the models have NUDE lips. NO color. He wants them all redone. At this point I am getting pretty nervous. I need to get my models ready. I need to see as many as possible dressed, so I can see who it is that I am sharing from the first collection.
Then I find that all of the models were told to get into the black outfits they were asked to bring. I ask some nearby models why they need to do this. They say that all they know is that they were told to bring a black outfit. I blink a few times and wrinkle my forehead when I find that they are to open the show in these ready-to-wear retail clothes in a bizarre mass-model walk. I am told by an organizer when I ask about it, that "each year we try something new." I say to myself, "Hmmm. That's so odd. What will be going on in the half hour it takes to get the models back here and into the first few designers' clothes? Ean has the models that are to walk in the first two collections (they posted the show order at 5:45 for a 6:00 start) get at the head of the line. Okay, that's a good thought to move things along, but still really strange.
The show opens, they do their odd gallop. Soon models trot over to me, and I am pulling looks off my rack, dressing them as swiftly as I can, and then I hear MY music playing. Could they be playing my music for something else? I'm not nearly ready. It's been mere moments since models even appeared at my rack to be dressed. Then as I see some of my models called to the runway, and my heart sinks. I suddenly realize that I am supposed to get all 20 of my models dressed in mere minutes. There was no break between the model walk and the actual fashion show.
I don't really ask for lot. I could not care less if the models have nude lips or green lips or no lips. I don't care a whole lot about shoes. I can even get around the outrageous hair chosen for us that limited me in my looks and headpieces. I like a nice walk, and confidence. This is where beauty is born, and it's the driving force of a good model. I do, however, expect to be able to have time to dress my models properly, be sure that they have all the pieces to a look, are wearing them right side up and frontwards, and to be able to put them in some semblance of an order to tell a story. Thank God for Marques and one other gentleman (I am so sorry that I did not catch your name) that came over to help as dressers. To my horror, I found that I was missing at least 4 models, and as my music played, and models went out missing crinolines, or blouses, or wraps, I was shouting for bodies, and bless them, they appeared.
It was the models that pulled my butt out of the fire and got what was possible to get, out on that runway. They were all worth a price above rubies—and they do not even get paid for their work. Even with those lovely women saving the day, the unprofessional nature of the show's organization surely showed. It could have been so very much more.
This odd unprofessionalism permeated everything and as such, was also found in some of the designers: Outrageously rude designers that were my neighbors in the terribly cramped backstage space. One came in and took over twice as much space as anyone else with her great pile of shoes, pushing other racks out of her way (all the rest of us designers let the models use their own shoes.) She lined those shoes up on the floor right up to and against my rack, 4 deep. When I asked her to please leave me space there so I could get to my work she simply said "Oh, are they too close?" but made no move to make any room for me. Later, before we took the runway, her partner was literally LEANING over my silk shantung and Alençon lace wedding dress (lovingly underlined with pink silk organza, I may add) with his cocktail slanted at a precarious degree in his hand and when asked to move, again replied with "Oh, am I too close?" but would not move back to his huge space to hang over his wife's clothes. I actually had to put myself between him and my work.
Imagine the designer's outrage when I had to sweep those shoes out of the way in all the chaos of dressing and undressing. Then imagine the scene as we came to fisticuffs over it. Heaven help me, we actually came to fisticuffs over it. Would have made absolutely riveting footage had it been on Project Runway (you reading this, Bunim-Murray?).
Which brings me to the topic of backstage food. My designer/neighbor on the other side sent her hubby to go get her some food, and he returned with a tiny cocktail plate piled high with saucy noodles. My husband, who in an effort to be considerate of the other designers, had made our footprint as small as possible, and was sitting up against my rack with the wedding dress behind him, found this gentleman passing this plate of messy, sloppy food BEHIND him directly over my silk wedding dress which I had carefully laid out so that it neatly fell into its box, such that not an inch of it would touch the floor and mar its great expanses of creamy oh-so-subtly-pink silk confection-like fabric. Can you tell I love this dress?
This gentleman then had the nerve to be angry at ME when I got upset at his unbelievably disaster-ridden move. EVERYONE knows what happens to white clothes when tomato sauce comes within spitting distance of them. There was no reason to not simply walk past my rack (a total of 3 steps), and SAFELY pass the plate to his wife, NOT passing it over MY work. Then again, it would be no skin off her nose if I had had to cut that dress from the show because of his wife's food stains. Another surreal, made-for-TV moment burned into my brain (Bunim-Murray. Hello!).
To make an even longer story short, I was appalled at the whole evening. I emailed Ean, telling him how horribly the evening went, and what a disaster that model's walk was, and asked for my money back. It took a few days, but he did ring me up. Things got pretty heated. It was clear that he was not going to refund anything, nor admit that things were mishandled. He said that all he heard was great things, and all the press was wonderful. Odd thing is, try as I may, I see very little press. There are several pre-event articles or articles stating that it happened, but almost nothing beyond that (try it! Google "DC Fashion Week 2010" and read all about the show in February … but only the Georgetown Patch seems to have covered this show on line. Unless you count the Anti DC (which is good for a laugh if nothing else).
When I told him this, he said it was all my responsibility to get press to the event. Soooo...what was it that I was paying for again? Models? No, they work for free. Press? No, apparently I was supposed to get that myself. Was it the venue? Well, the French Embassy might sound posh on paper, but it's woefully too small a venue both in the front of the house and backstage. They had a few seats near the runway, but most of the seating was in the adjoining rooms. Facing the runway. Through the open doors that housed the runway.
Ean tried to tell me that I was the first designer ever to be unhappy with his show. Odd, because the folks in the fashion biz that I called both during and after the show said things like "OMG!! What Happened.. I Have Gotten Soooo Many Texts About It. What The Heck Happened?" and "I had no idea it was like that until everyone started calling and emailing me."
So I told him I was finished arguing, I'd write my own article (since there were no others), and I hung up. This is where it got really like a trip to Munchkin Land. The man called back and threatened me with lawyers "If I write anything unfavorable or inflammatory" about DC Fashion Week. I was flabbergasted. I was sure that I had "arrived." My goodness! I was actually being threatened! "Anything unfavorable," huh? Thank goodness for the First Amendment, eh, Anti DC?
When his bluster failed to scare me, he then said "I am the most powerful designer in DC. I know people at the Washington Post." You may take a few seconds to read that over if you wish. Yes, it sounded as hysterical over the phone as it looks in print.
Don't get me wrong. The man makes pretty clothes. He's great at marketing himself. For my money, he's not so great at planning such a huge event. Really, though, can anyone spread himself so thin that he can get his own line ready to show AND plan a huge event for other designers? Doubtful. Designers, if you want a supportive show that celebrates designers, has wonderful make-up and hair, a top notch runway, and good press, put your money (and $200 less of it, to boot!) on Baltimore Fashion Week.


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The Dirtiest Things You Touch Every Day
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From regular occasional hand-washers to germaphobes, this list of dirtiest objects you touch every day is guaranteed to get your skin crawling and your hands frantically searching for the sanitizer. Dirty objects are all around you - and not just in places where you are naturally wary of germs, like the bathroom or the gym. Some of the nastiest things in the world are things you handle everyday, like money, your cell phone, or your computer keyboard. If you have ever sneezed or forgot to wash your hands after using the bathroom (gross!) you are part of the problem.
Get your soap and your sanitizer, and get ready to dive into this list of dirtiest objects. You may never want to touch anything again after this.


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Key things you need to know aboutDr. Abrams:
Phone & Address
Check insurance plans, locations and make an appointment
Accepting new patients?
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Dr. Abrams' Offices
- Austin Heart, PA.
- Austin Heart, PA.
- 3801 N Lamar Blvd Ste 300
- Austin, TX 78756
New Patient:
1-800-494-8309Existing Patient:
(512) 206-3636
- Directions
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7 Tips to Prepare for Your Appointment
The key to a successful appointment is communication. To get the most out of your visit, prepare ahead of time so you can lead the conversation with your doctor. These 7 tips will get you ready
Dr. Abrams' Experience
Research training, expertise and qualifications
Dr. Abrams' Care Philosophy
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Procedures Dr. Abrams Performs
- Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
- ACE Inhibitor or Beta-Blocker Therapy
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- Abnormal Heart Beat
- All Headaches (incl. Migraine)
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- Heart Hospital of Austin
- 3801 N Lamar Blvd
- Austin, TX 78756
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- Austin, TX 78705
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Bon Secours Set to Expand Cancer Care >> READ HERE
Bon Secours and City of Richmond Sign Deal With Redskins
Bon Secours Richmond Health System will be the main sponsor of a $10 million training camp facility for the Washington Redskins to be built on state land behind the Science Museum of Virginia. This investment will not only put Richmond on the map as having one of the most state-of-the-art NFL training camp facilities in the country, but will also stir economic and community development within the City of Richmond. The agreement will invest nearly $40 million into the city and is projected to add over 200 new jobs to the area.
Below are the components that Bon Secours Richmond Health System included in its letter of intent:
- Bon Secours Richmond Health System participation will enable the construction of the Redskins practice fields and sports medicine facility at Leigh Street (investment of almost $6.4 million over 10 years).
- Bon Secours Richmond Health System will develop a medicine and related use property at the former Westhampton School property site as well as maintain the adjacent football field.
- Bon Secours Richmond Health System will develop a medical wellness and fitness center and related use property in the East End adjacent to the Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital site.
For more information:
Economic Development Plan Factsheet
Letter to Community from Sister Anne Marie Mack
September 3, 2010
St. Mary's to Share Results of Planning Charrette with Neighbors
What: Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital will share the results of last fall's charrette and outline recommendations for a new master site plan that will guide the next 10, 20 and 50 years of growth and development of its hospital campus.
The meeting is open to the public and will take place at 7 p.m. on Sept. 16, in the St. Mary's Hospital Auditorium, 5801 Bremo Road.
The master site plan and its findings are the result of a weeklong Charrette, held in November 2009, which sought input from Bon Secours administration, employees and medical staff, along with neighbors, community leaders and Henrico County and City of Richmond officials.
Through visual design renderings and discussions with hospital leaders, the public can learn more about the master site plan, which shows how the St. Mary's campus can accommodate:
--More clinical space, beds and medical office space
--Parking/public spaces
--Enhancing the esthetic look of the campus buildings and grounds
When: Thursday, September 16 at 7 p.m.
Where: St. Mary's Hospital Auditorium, 801 Bremo Road, Richmond, VA 23226
January 19, 2009
Bon Secours Unveils Master Plan for St. Francis
Bon Secours Begins Planning for St. Francis' Future
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Earlier this week, I asked readers which of the five "Inside Man" room re-dos they liked best, so now it's time to reveal your favorite. Envelope, please. And the "winner" is… drumroll…
DAVID'S ROOM! I think each of the rooms suited the guy and his city, but David's Brooklyn living room — in layered shades of gray — was the runaway favorite with 244 votes, followed by Barney's LA loft with 159. Here's a glimpse of what readers had to say about each of these spaces.
David's living room in Brooklyn, before and after
I really loved David's LR. Interestingly, in the early stages I thought it would be... meh. Happy it turned out so spiffy. – kushkush
Jarrett's basement in Chicago, before and after
I gotta go for the bar – It had almost Nothing in it and Zero function – yet it became a great & inviting space primarily from the use of color. – bepsf
Barney's loft in Los Angeles, before and after
I voted for Barney's loft, great color choices with accents of black. They were all great redesigns, but I felt his made the most dramatic statement. – designer22
Michael's living room in Dallas, before and after
>> Michael's Design District Home
I liked Michael's..lots of family and meaningful memoribilia. Isn't that what "home" is all about? – Jolarry
James' bedroom in Atlanta, before and after
I loved aspects of the bar and the loft, but the purple paired with the warm wood furniture in James' bedroom really won me over. – MisaL
Thanks, everyone, for voting and for giving such helpful feedback! And thanks, of course, to all the guys who graciously opened up their homes to me and my team. I loved this project, and it's been an invaluable experience that's taught me a lot. :)
Originally published 9.16.10 - JL


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When I've had a long day at work, the first thing I usually do when I get home is throw on some comfy sweats and scrape my hair back into a ponytail. While a messy ponytail is no biggie when I'm home, a regular ponytail at work just won't cut it. I like to make it a little fancier, but without having to spend too much extra time on it. Whether it's with an extra hair tie or some bobby pins, you can upgrade your updo in five minutes or less!
Optical Illusion Pony
This one is ridiculously simple and will trick people into thinking you have longer locks than you actually do. To pull this one off, all you need is two hair ties and a little hairspray. First, section off a the hair above your ears and pull into a small ponytail. Take the remaining hair and make a second ponytail directly under the first. The trick is that your hair needs to cover the second ponytail holder. The result? Two ponytails that cascade into one, making your hair look much longer than it actually is! For end results, make sure to take a look at the accompanying slideshow.
Flipped Pony
I love this ponytail because it's perfect for a night out -- whether that means an elegant dinner party or bar-hopping with your buds. To get this gorgeous look, pull your hair into a low ponytail; it works best at the nape of your neck or it gets too heavy to last. After you have your ponytail secured, find the ponytail holder with two fingers and dig down right above it, essentially creating a little pocket of space between your hair. Once you have this space, flip the ponytail through and voila! Instant fancy. If your hair is long enough, you can even flip the ponytail through again following the same process and you get a smooth bun. Tucking a flower accessory in will amp up the sophistication level as well.
Smooth Operator Pony
There isn't much that says elegance more than a smooth, straight hair ponytail and pretty dangling earrings. However, to make this style even more appealing, simply leave a small strip of hair (long enough to cover the hair tie) out when pulling hair into a ponytail. Take the remaining piece and wrap it around the hair tie until it's completely covered. Secure the end of the hair underneath the ponytail with a bobby pin and you now have a polished look that's great for day or night.
Braided Bunch Pony
Braids with ponytails are great because they are so versatile, and you can have as little or as many as you want. They can also be thick or thin depending on how noticeable you want them to be. My favorite thing to do is braid a piece of hair from one of my shorter layers. This way, when I put it into a ponytail, my hair is braided at the top but not in the ponytail. I think it gives your updo a very bohemian feel. I also like to braid random pieces of hair in my ponytail, especially when I've straightened my hair.
Pump It Up Pony
This is arguably the easiest thing you can do to make your ponytail stand out (literally) from everyone else's. All you need is a clip, the size of which depends on how much hair you have. Obviously smaller hair will need a smaller clip because you don't want the clip to show. If you have long, thick hair like me, you can get away with using a larger clip. To pull this one off, first put your hair in a ponytail as high or low as you like. After, push the top half of your ponytail up to the height you want it and then place the clip against the scalp and remaining hair in the ponytail. If you do it right, your ponytail should look high and bouncy instead of flat.
*Bonus Bow Pony
I know I said I'd tell you about five different ponytails, but this one is too pretty to pass up. You create a bow made out of your own hair, a style made popular by Lady Gaga. While many people have seen the style where all hair is put up to make a bow. I prefer wearing the hair half-up, half-down for this style and making the ponytail a bow. It's such a soft, pretty look and looks great with wavy hair. The technique is a little tricky at first, but once you get the hang of it, you'll find excuses to wear your hair like this all the time. First gather the hair above your ears as if you are making a ponytail but make it into a messy bun by not pulling the hair all the way through the last time around the hairtie. You should have a little 'tail' of hair sticking out from under the hair tie, which is what you want as this makes the middle of the bow. Separate the bun into two parts, using your finger to widen the sides if you prefer a bigger bow. Once you've widened them, secure the side of the bow that's against the head with a bobby pin. Take the 'tail' piece of the hair and wrap it around the middle of the bun, which brings out the two sides even more. Like I said, this one is tricky so for a fantastic tutorial with pictures, please click here.


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Feb. 5, 2013
DeKALB, Ill. - On Wednesday, Feb. 6, chat live with Huskie coaches, get first notice on Northern Illinois' 2013 signees in football, soccer and track and field, and get an insider's look at what goes on in the football offices on National Letter of Intent Signing Day exclusively on NIUHuskies.com Signing Day Central.
For the first time, Northern Illinois fans can chat live with Huskie coaches and athletic department staffers who will be monitoring the fax machine as NIUHuskies.com will host a live chat from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Signing Day. Click here to chat! Send in your questions now OR on Wednesday.
Assistant football coaches Kevin Kane, Roy Manning, Thad Ward and Joe Tripodi, as well as men's soccer coach Eric Luzzi and cross country coach Greg Hipp will answer the fans' questions at different times during the chat.
Signing Day Live Chat Schedule (all times Central)
8:30 a.m. - Live Chat Begins
9 a.m. - Chat guest: Asst. Coach Kevin Kane
10 a.m. - Chat guest: Asst. Coach Roy Manning
11 a.m. - Chat guest: Asst. Coach Thad Ward
11:30 a.m. - Chat guest: Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Noon - Chat guest: Men's Soccer Head Coach Eric Luzzi
1 p.m. - Chat guest: Asst. Coach Joe Tripodi
1:30 p.m. - Live Chat Ends
Between guests, members of the NIU Media Relations staff will man the chat lines to keep fans updated on which fax has been verified and who are the newest Huskies.
At 2:30 p.m. (Central Time), watch NIU Head Coach Rod Carey's Signing Day press conference live online for free at NIUHuskies.com. NIUHuskies.com Signing Day coverage includes men's and women's soccer and track and field/cross country with exclusive video interviews with those coaching staffs posted along with bio information and quotes from the head coaches.
Finally, on Wednesday night, come to the NIU Convocation Center prior to the Huskies' men's basketball game versus Bowling Green for the Signing Day Reception. Beginning at 6 p.m., Carey and the entire football coaching staff, as well as coaches from men's and women's soccer and track and field will be on hand to answer your questions in the Main Lobby of the arena. Purchase your ticket at the door for $10 (reserved) or $8 (general admission) to attend both the signing day event and the game.
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Wednesday night viewers watched a monumental episode of "Law & Order: SVU." There was a big death and a bit of a shocking return of one character. These developments leave fans anxious for spoilers about what comes next. How long is Donal Logue back in the role of Declan? TVLine shared the scoop on April 9.
Donal's character will now take charge of the squad room and viewers will see him around for the rest of the season. It seems he will definitely shake things up, and it is certainly a tricky time to be in his position. The Hollywood Reporter notes that Logue is officially on recurring status for the rest of season 15.
"Law & Order: SVU" is actually on a short break, with the next new episode airing April 30. The next show is titled "Post-Mortem Blues," and it is said to pick up just seconds after where Wednesday's shocking episode ended. Everyone on the team will be anxiously searching for Olivia, and it is said that viewers will see William Lewis' dead body in the morgue. There is no possibility of return for him this time around.
This episode will follow the aftermath of William Lewis' suicide and there will be an investigation into Olivia Benson's actions. Apparently, however, the IAB investigation will be inconclusive.The drama surrounding William Lewis won't be brushed under the rug, and the team will deal with the aftermath for some time to come it seems.
The reaction from fans to Wednesday's episode does seem to be mixed online, but most are curious to see where things go next. It sounds like the return of Donal Logue will mix things up a bit, and viewers will be curious to see just what else is ahead for season 15. "Law & Order: SVU" has yet to be renewed for season 16, but news should be coming on that front soon.


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My first bags were made out of home decor fabric. As I have many beautiful quilt weight fabrics, I started to use them for bags too . And I love these bags; you can pair the fabric with different types of interfacing, for different types of bags.
Adding interfacing to a piece of fabric creates more bulk. Before you start making up your bag you might want to make a test to see how your sewing machine sews through thick fabrics.
So let's talk about the interfacing I use with the quilt weight fabric.
First I want to say that because I am a quilter, I make quilted bags. And I don't quilt only on batting!
They add structure and strength to the fabric, making soft, flexible or stiff, rigid bags.
1. Pellon Fusible Fleece 987F or Pellon Fusible Thermolam Plus TP971F. (Vilene H630, H 640)
The fusible fleece or Thermolam could be fused directly to the wrong side of the fabric. But I don't like the look of the fabric because of the loft of the fleece. This is why I first fuse a layer of a light fusible interfacing (woven or no-woven, like Pellon SF-101 Shape Flex, Craft Fuse or Vilene S320, Vilene G700), it makes the fabric crisp. Then I fuse a layer of fusible fleece or Thermolam , which adds body to the fabric.
|left: only fusible fleece
right: interfacing + fusible fleece
2. Thermolam versus Quilted Thermolam
After the interfacing is fused on the back of the fabric, I like to quilt through all the layers.
It doesn't take much time, but the benefit is huge:
- the stitches keep the layers together better and help avoid the "fused crinkly" look of fabric;
- after washing, you don't need to iron the bag (we don't iron the quilts); and even if the bag has to be pressed, the stitching makes it easy.
Below there are 2 bags - one with fused Thermolam and one with quilted Thermolam.
Usually I don't make fancy quilting .
This is the easiest one, made with a walking foot; while stitching, I just move the fabric to the left and to the right.
This one is quilted following the fabric design.
3. Timtex is a thick and stiff interfacing. It gives a professional finish to a bag and makes it stand on its own. The bag will be rigid .
Timtex is not fusible. A product similar to Timtex is Pellon Peltex-it is fusible or non-fusible and not as thick as Timtex.
Decovil (manufactured by Freudenberg in Germany) is thicker than Timtex but flexible; it's great for large bags (travel bags); it seams there is a new version, thinner; if I will try it, I will update this post.
If you are new to bag making, it is not the best idea to make your first bag with a stiff interfacing. It is easier to work with fusible fleece.
4. Quilted Bags
If you don't have fusible fleece or other interfacing at hand, you could use any regular batting, a felt-like batting (cotton) is the best. The batting +backing add structure and body to the bag, but the bag will be flexible.
To heavyweight (home decor) fabric add batting/ batting+ lightweight backing, it depends by how thick the fabric is. Use adhesive spray to keep the layers together.
For quilt weight fabric, fuse first a layer of lightweight interfacing then add batting/backing and quilt. The backing must be a heavyweight fabric, like cotton canvas/duck cloth.
Another product I want to try in the future is "Soft and Stable". The package label indicates that this new interfacing is lightweight, maintains its shape, consists of polyester foam with fabric on both sides and is easy to sew and washer/dryer safe.
Add interfacing to the lining too, at least to the lightweight one.
Add interfacing to the lining if you are not happy with the structure of your outer bag.
I hope this helps some of you. With so many beautiful fabrics, it's very tempting to start a new bag right now!
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I think strategic plans have gotten a bad rap. If you believe the research most companies don't even have one even though it is said that over 75% of businesses that fail don't have a plan.
When talking to people, especially those that don't have a plan, I often hear, "strategic plans are useless, they are just guesses".
In doing the background research for my book, "Bottom Line Focus", I read a lot on the subject and I think I finally understand why plans are perceived as guesses.
Most people simply don't know how to develop a meaningful plan.
They document some "goals" as to where they want to take their organizations, assign some actions based on those goals and then basically hope it all happens.
Before you can develop a meaningful plan for your organization you need to understand three things very clearly.
1. Where you want the organization to be in 3 to 5 years, in detail. What markets, what products, what your differentiator will be in that market etc.
2. Where you are now. A detailed look internally at your strengths and limitations, as well as externally at your opportunities and threats.
3. What small, timed and clear steps you need to accomplish to get you from step 2 to step 1.
Major organizational changes are accomplished by a thorough understanding of what needs to be done and where you want to go, along with clear accountability and buy in of all concerned.
Like the old saying goes you "eat an elephant one bit at a time".
In order to get better strategic planning results, you need to spend some time developing a sound strategic planning process. My 35 years of experience has taught me most companies simply don't know how to plan.
As I mentioned in my last blog post I just finished reading a book entitled "How Toyota Got to be Number 1" by David Magee. He writes in detail of how Toyota's long-term strategy is based on the single goal of striving to build the best vehicle in the world, and to offer consumers more for their money. Everything they do is focused on that vision.
Most of us think that the Toyota Manufacturing System is the basis for their success; The truth is that is simply one of the many tools they use to achieve their goal of building the best vehicles. The real secret is the culture they create within the organization that fosters employee engagement, and maybe most importantly the expectation that every employee will immediately report problems and take steps to solve them. They strive to develop a culture where everyone's input is valued and sought after.
This culture is part of their strategy and is found in everything from the hiring process to over a year of training for most employees. The point is their strategic plan states they want to build the best vehicles possible, and they have set goals for every function of the organization that focuses on attainment of that vision. Everyone in the company from production, to management, to engineering and including human resources develops goals that align with the strategic direction, and they constantly review problems that may interfere with attainment of their vision.
The bottom line is if you want better strategic planning results put effort into development of a better strategic planning process.


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The Milwaukee-based, international weight loss organization TOPS Club, Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) has donated $205,000 to support research in obesity and metabolic disorders at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW).
Faculty at MCW's TOPS Obesity and Metabolic Research Center are conducting research on the genetics of obesity, as well as obesity's effect on overall health. Members of TOPS have provided not only monetary support of the research, but have also provided generations of genetic data for investigators to study the causes of obesity in families. The work continues the legacy of the late Ahmed Kissebah, MD, PhD, a longtime MCW faculty member who founded the TOPS Research Center and made significant discoveries related to the genetics of obesity.
"The contributions TOPS members have made towards our understanding of obesity have been not only generous from a monetary standpoint, but their willingness to share their own family histories have allowed us to make tremendous leaps in the field. We are grateful for their unflagging support," said Sherry Zhang, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at MCW and a researcher in the TOPS Center.
"TOPS Club, Inc. is proud to add this contribution from our membership to aid in the discovery of effective treatments, potential cures and continuing support of the scientific study of all obesity-related health issues through the TOPS Laboratory at MCW," said Barbara Cady, the president of TOPS Club, Inc.
Founded in 1948, TOPS has donated more than $8.2 million to MCW research.
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Blepharoplasty or Eyelid Surgery
There are several types of eyelid surgery, by far the commonest in Singapore is the double eyelid surgery. This is important for Asian ladies to look more Asian, and alluring double eyelids are an important asset to the most beautiful ladies. Eyebags make a person look tired. Lower blepharoplasty, or more commonly termed "eyebag removal surgery" is warranted in cases where there is too much bulging fats below the eyelid. Medial and Lateral Epicanthoplasty is a procedure used to release the tight folds of skin surrounding the eye, resulting in a bigger and brighter looking eye.
Double Eyelid Surgery
Let's look at some of common requests on why people undergo double eyelids creation.
Upper Eyelid with 1 Single Crease
It is not uncommon for one to have only one single eyelid crease at birth. However, double upper eyelid creases are considered to be a more desirable facial feature as having double eyelids are deemed to effect in:
Prettier eyes: Deeper and more defined eyes
(Imagine a simple plain curtain versus a curtain with various folds to give a 3-dimensional depth)
Brighter eyes: Big eyes can make a person look more radiant (especially for ladies)
However, for guys, most will not request for a dynamic change as many felt that too big eyes look girlish or fierce on men.
Uneven Upper Eyelid Creases
If the upper eyelids creases are noticeably uneven with one eyelid higher than the other, this may result in the eyes looking unequal too! o.O Correction of the eyelids asymmetry can make a dramatic difference to the overall looks of a person.
Irregularity of the upper eyelids crease, where the crease is absent in one eye
Some people have very thin upper eyelid crease (more commonly known as hidden upper eyelid crease). Although this is pretty common and may not bother some, this condition may bother the beauty conscious.
Saggy-looking eyes
The droopiness can be revision by tightening the upper eyelid skin.
Upper Eyelids Folds which are Soft or the Presence of with several creases
Lower Eyelid/Eyebag Surgery
Why Remove?
As much as we hate fats, fats are essential for our well-being. These fatty tissues present around the eyes help to cushion the eye. With Mother Nature at work, we are bound to age. And as we age and due to gravitational forces, our skin will become loose and sag. Fats behind the eye globe which acted as a cushioning fat will also start to sag and together with the sagging of the lower eyelids skin, a protruding bag is formed.
Although eyebags will not hinder one's sight; they are not aesthetically appealing, making one looking grumpy and haggard. Luckily, there are procedures they can remove the eyebags can improve one's look.
Eyebags can be classified in a few classes.
Class 1 and 2 are most often noted in teenagers and people in the 20, which will make them look constantly tired. Class 3 Eyebags are usually evident in older adults.
Eyebags can be removal through a surgery known as lower blepharoplasty. The blepharoplasty surgery can be further classified into 2 different types – scar and scarless. The former blepharoplasty is best performed if one's undereylid skin is very lax, as the skin will be excised and tightened. The latter is a minimally invasive surgery and is more suitable for individuals whose skin still has good laxity.
Dependent on how invasive and the modal, one can return to work 3-14 days post surgery. Some bruising and swelling may still be visible, but can be concealed with make up.
Opening of the inner and outer corners of the eye are important in Asian eyes, where the epicanthal folds (the fold of skin across the middle) cause the eye to look very small.
Epicanthoplasty is a procedure practiced by plastic surgeons to simply release this fold so that the skin is looser and can stretch upwards and outwards from the eye, making the entire eye appear much bigger.


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No, not pictures of little urchins doing science, as I sometimes have on this blog.
Instead, it's a story about the sea urchin's genome being completely mapped out by researchers. Quite a story, and an important one, since about 70 percent (I learned) of the creature's genes have analogues in human. This is more overlap than we have with Drosophila, for example, the fruit fly being another well-studied system.
Lots to read about (try here , here, and here for example -the latter is where I got the nice image by Alexandra Eaves, above), and a nice piece on NPR to listen to. So I'll leave you to it.
On this day on Asymptotia...
- Sunday Fruit - 2013
- Telescopes - 2012
- The Universe: Cool Cars, Hot Sand, and Fast Balls - 2009
- Gloomy Sunday - 2009
- Saving the Reality - 2009
- The 2006 Nobel Prizes: Who, What and Why! - 2006
- More Scenes From the Storm in a Teacup, VI - 2006


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There once was a time when Detroit was at the center of a Russian hockey revolution and the "Russian Five" helped the Red Wings to the top of the NHL.
In recent years, the greatest contingent of Russian players on this continent has shifted East to Washington, D.C., and no player has been more responsible for that than Alex Ovechkin. The Capitals have dressed as many as five Russians at a time, and guys like Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Semyon Varlamov, Viktor Kozlov and Sergei Fedorov have been pivotal to the franchise's resurgence in the past five seasons.
Ovechkin is not only the face of the franchise, he is the reason why there is likely to be more Russians playing hockey in America's capitol city in the future. While other teams have taken fewer Russian players in the NHL Entry Draft in recent years, general manager George McPhee's stance has been that Ovechkin's presence will help in recruiting players to play for the Capitals.
"When I was younger, my favorite player was Mario Lemieux, but as I've gotten older I think the Russian colony here in Washington has become my favorites," former Capitals prospect Dmitry Kugryshev said during one of the team's developmental camps.


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EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING MATHEMATICS TO AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS by La Donna White A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2012 Copyright 2012 La Donna White
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|As of 2001 with the mandates issued under No Child Left Behind, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) revised its standards to ensure that all students receive a quality mathematics education (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM], 2008). The 2009 report from U.S. Department of Education revealed that there is an increase in the number of minority students offered college preparatory mathematics in secondary schools. When offered the same type and level of classes, African American students continue to lag behind their European-American counterparts on standardized tests in mathematics (U.S. Department of Education, 2009). What is characterized as the achievement gap in the area of mathematics is still prominent between African American and European American secondary students. The context of this issue was examined in this report on a qualitative study of an exemplary school in an urban area with a predominately African American student population. ❧ This qualitative case study sought to document the factors that contributed to high outcomes in mathematics with a particular teacher. A teacher at a small, high performing K–8 school in Southern California with a predominately African American student population was selected as a participant in a case study. By examining the strategies implemented in the classroom of the secondary mathematics teacher at this school, we were able to document which strategies were used in a classroom where African American students were able to succeed in college preparatory mathematics.
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LOS ANGELES – In a wild game that featured four lead changes and five ties, No. 13 Stanford was edged by USC, 11-10, in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation women's lacrosse action Sunday at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
Stanford (12-3 overall, 6-2 MPSF) took a 10-9 lead on a goal by Kyle Fraser with 13:53 left in the game, but the Trojans countered with two goals within 28 seconds. Alex Moore scored the go-ahead goal with 11:18 left and USC warded off Stanford's attacks the rest of the way. The Cardinal outshot USC, 4-0, after the final goal, but was unable to convert.
Lucy Dikeou, Alex Poplawski, and Rachel Ozer scored two goals apiece to lead Stanford. Dikeou has scored 15 goals in her past five games, the freshman Poplawski has scored in 15 of Stanford's 16 games, and Ozer now has team career highs of 92 goals and 139 points, placing her at No. 14 and No. 12 in the Stanford record book.
Stanford dropped to third in the MPSF with one game remaining, but still can finish anywhere from the No. 2-4 seed for the MPSF tournament, May 1-4 in Denver. Stanford can earn the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in the six-team event if it beats visiting California in their regular-season finale on Thursday (4 p.m.), and Oregon (6-1 MPSF) loses either of its final two games, against visiting Denver on Friday or visiting Colorado on Sunday. Only Oregon can seize the No. 1 seed from first-place Denver (8-0 MPSF).
USC (8-7, 6-3) scored first and took leads of 5-2 and 6-3 in the first half. But Stanford, during a 4-0 run, caught the Trojans, at 6-6, on a Poplawski goal early in the second half. Ozer gave Stanford its first lead, at 7-6 and, after USC tied it and went ahead twice, Dikeou answered each time with a tying goal.
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Stanford (goals-assists): Rachel Ozer 2-1, Lucy Dikeou 2-0, Alex Poplawski 2-0, Kelsey Murray 1-1, Kyle Fraser 1-1.
USC: Alex Moore 3-1, Annie Ruland 3-0, Michaela Michael 2-0, Caroline de Lyra 2-0, Amanda Johansen 1-2, Gabby McMahon 0-1.
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Blankets for Wilmington Binky Patrol
Published: Monday, July 21, 2014 at 9:41 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 21, 2014 at 9:41 a.m.
Over the past 14 years, Sally Crandwell has spent 20,000 hours transforming 1,000 pounds of yarn into 1,000 blankets for children in need of comfort.
The blankets are technically binkies: knit, crocheted, or quilted 36-by-36 inch blankets. Crandwell knits her blankets for the Wilmington chapter of Binky Patrol, a group that collects the handmade blankets and distributes them to local organizations like Domestic Violence Shelter & Services, the Carousel Center and Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter.
Crandwell is not a part of the distribution process and has never seen the children who receive her blankets. But she knows from experiences with friends and family that her blankets are welcomed.
"My grandson graduated as a tough Marine and still treasures his baby blanket," said Crandwell.
But will a child she's never met appreciate a blanket that took her 20 hours to make more than something store-bought?
"I don't care," said Crandwell. "If it's something that just for a moment makes them comforted, that's fine with me."
Since making her thousandth binky, Crandwell has slowed down a bit. She used to knit at a faster rate to make sure that she would reach her goal. At 82 years old, she wasn't sure if she'd live long enough to reach 1,000.
But for Crandwell, knitting was never a burden. She knits while watching TV, while her husband drives her around and as she sits in waiting rooms. And while 1,000 pounds of yarn could have been expensive, she says she has almost never paid full price for it. Much of the yarn she's used has been donated by friends, family, and sometimes total strangers who see her knitting in public.
Despite the support she's received in the form of donations, Binky Patrol has seen a drop in volunteers recently. Many of the members are traveling for the summer, dealing with sickness or tending to family emergencies. The group is struggling to find new members to fill their ranks.
"I don't know whether it's that the age group I'm in doesn't want to do it anymore of if there are no young people who know how," said Crandwell.
If someone with no experience wanted to join the group, Crandwell says she would be willing to teach them to knit.
The Wilmington Binky Patrol meets at Northeast Branch Library at 9 a.m. the first Saturday of every month. For more information on Binky Patrol, visit http://bit.ly/binkyILM or call Marilyn Lott, area coordinator, at (910) 392-6225.
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Who else owns stock in Huggies?
I just paid $17 for 40 Disney Princess Pull-Ups at Target and felt like total schmoe after I did it. Who knew potential wetting of the bed could be so profitable?! At between 35 and 45 cents per night, you're paying about $150 per year.
The alternative is cleaning up a peed-in bed every night. Even if you have a waterproof cover under the main sheet, you STILL have to change the kid, take off the pee sheet, put on a new sheet, and wash the pee sheet. Or be lazy like me and just put a towel under the pee kid until morning. Joel never wet the bed; Michael did maybe once. I'm telling you that GIRLS ARE DIFFERENT.
"But, Kerrie, you use those super-fun cloth diapers. Why do you buy those landfill-space hogs called Pull-Ups?"
BECAUSE THERE ARE NO GREAT CLOTH NIGHTTIME DIAPERS. And, I've heard, if you find a good one that costs a mint, it takes, like 3 years for the darn thing to actually get dry after you wash it.
I like the idea of those bed-wetting alarms. You hook it up to your kid's underpants and if they start to pee, this alarm wakes them up and scares the crap out of them (well, let's hope not).
P.S. Happy Ex-Anniversary, Mom and Dad.
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Freaky #4: Cloth Diapering (Nighttime)
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All I can say is that at 4 and 1/2 years old I am still having to take him to the bathroom in the middle of the night if I do not want to have to do pee laundry! I am tired, but I refuse to support Huggies anymore. They got plenty off of me for over 3 years!ReplyDelete
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MSU Soccer Field
Click here to locate the Mississippi State Soccer Field on the MSU campus map.
Address: 175 Barr Avenue Starkville, MS 39762
Home to the Mississippi State women's soccer team since 1995, the Mississippi State Soccer Field gives the Bulldogs one of the finest playing surfaces in the Southeast.
Located on the north side of the Mississippi State University campus, the MSU Soccer Field is situated in the heart of the University's impressive physical plant. It joins W.O. Spencer Stadium (track and field), Dudy-Noble Field/Polk Dement Stadium (baseball), the MSU Softball Field and the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre to give Mississippi State one of the finest Olympic sport venues in collegiate athletics.
The facility features a main grandstand area which accommodates more than 500 people with opportunities for expansion in the future.
The MSU Soccer Field unveiled its newest addition, a state-of-the-art scoreboard and video board, in 2009. The newest addition includes an LED-based scoreboard display and advertising spaces surrounding a 15'x10' video board.
The new scoreboard came a year after the program debuted a 2,600 square-foot brick facility which houses a concession stand, men's and women's restrooms and a spacious press box.
The press facility is divided into four separate work areas, with each equipped with hi-speed internet and telephone access. It is also setup to accommodate television and team video personnel. The MSU Soccer Field also includes covered dugouts for participating teams.
Hailed as one of the top playing surfaces in the Southeastern Conference, the field stretches 114 yards long and 72 yards wide. The regulation NCAA Championship field features Mississippi Pride grass - developed by researchers on the Mississippi State campus - making it home to one of the finest playing surfaces in the country. A grounds crew, supervised by groundskeeper Bart Prather, is responsible for the field maintenance of the Mississippi State Soccer Field.
To reflect the strong commitment to constant improvement on the field, the Mississippi State locker facilities have undergone a drastic renovation over the course of the past three years. Custom-made wooden lockers complete with spacious storage areas, along with a 52" color television and brand new carpets, have been installed to give the facility a championship feel.
Lights were added just after the conclusion of the 2002 campaign, equipping the facility for evening competition and giving it an added amenity that can only translate into better atmospheres.
The atmosphere at the facility has grown over the years, with MSU setting seven of the Top 10 attendance marks since 2012. The Bulldogs claimed a new stadium attendance record in the 2013 season against Florida, only to eclipse that mark at the start of the 2014 campaign with 1,010 on hand to watch the opener against Iowa State. The mark was surpassed again in 2014, this time against Ole Miss with a crowd of 1,235 on hand.
The record crowd for the 2014 opener marked the first time the MSU Soccer Field has seen over 1,000 fans attend a match at the facility.


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Treasury Sanctions Iran's Cargo Airline
The U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday it imposed sanctions on Iranian cargo airline Yas Air, three Iranian military officials and a Nigerian shipping agent.
The airline, the trading company and the three Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force officials were involved in arms shipments to Syria and Africa, the Treasury said, under the guise of humanitarian aid. In March 2011, the Qods force officials oversaw and authorized Yas Air taking a series of flights transporting weapons destined for Syria, working with Hezbollah and Syrian officials to ensure the delivery of its cargo.
"As the Iranian regime exports its lethal aid and expertise to foment violence in Syria and Africa, Treasury will continue to expose the officials and companies involved and work to hold them accountable for the suffering they cause," said David S. Cohen, undersecretary of Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, in a statement.
A Turkish inspection of a Syria-bound Yas Air flight that listed "auto spare parts" on its manifest found weapons including Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifles, machine guns, nearly 8,000 rounds of ammunition and an assortment of mortar shells, Treasury said.
U.S. officials have been accusing Iran of arming Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as he conducts a crackdown on protesters — so far more than a year long — that has left thousands dead.
The shipping company, Behineh Trading, and the Nigerian agent sanctioned Tuesday were involved in a weapons shipment seized in Nigeria in late-October 2010 that included grenades, rockets, mortars and ammunition hidden among construction materials intended for The Gambia, Treasury said.


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Heehe! Force Far Sight from Mysteries of the Sith alows you to mentally scout ahead of you while you remain imobile. A totially WICKED dark side power would be what I call Force Decection, (used by Lomi Plo in Star by Star) it surounds the victim in a slowly closing web of darkside energies that slise the poor chap into precise little cubes of meat, bone, and gore. It would take almost ten seconds ingame, uninterupted but fatalty for one who doesn't know how to block it is certain. As said before we must have destruction and I would also like Force Deadly Sight. Those who haven't played Dark Forces 2 wont know this one so I'll explain. Imagine being confronted by a squad of Mandalorians that might possibly kill you, okay now your eyes begin to glow a hellish red and all in your feild of vision fall sheiking, smoking and shrivling as though looks could kill. Next, "Spear of Midnight Black" essentially a dark Jedi can form a functioning weapon, say a spear, out of pure inky evil energy and use it as one uses a weapon. wookipedia has an entry on it, it apears in the book Jedi Knight. Next I would like to be able to have some truly nasty stuff used against me that I cannot use In particular I am thinking of the afore mentioned thought bomb, it would rock to see one ofthose in action! Also I would like Force Absorb, not nessissarily for me though. Party members and NPCs should be able to cuase more damage and have powers unique to their Force connection. For instance Corran Horn in I, Jedi can absorb energy from flames, blaster shots etc. and use it to boost his own Force powers. Another nice one might be Battle Meld, but say if your party didn't share the same alignment or hated each other it would only work so well. Finally we need to use classic telekenisis, meaning I want to be able to move everything from guys to random peices of fruit and throw it all around me like Tenel Djo from Courtship of Princess Leia can do. Also that by the same token you could throw all that stuff at people....
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If you have been arrested for and charged with a crime in North Florida or in and around Tallahassee, you face a difficult situation. Unfortunately, the all-too-common reaction to such a situation is to allow fear and stress to govern your decision-making process. The attorneys at Anabelle Dias P.A. are here to tell you through their years of experience that this is not how your situation should be handled.
Our Attorneys would like you to understand that the Constitution of the United States guarantees you certain rights as a defendant, and and it is in your best interest to work with them in enforcing these rights. There is a proper way to handle your situation that will minimize the stress and fear involved,and following this process will most often create the best result for you. You are not alone, and you deserve strong, passionate and skillful representation.
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There's nothing subtle about Fair Food. Like everything else on the midway, the food vendors compete for your attention on the most basic level: neon lights, flashing colors, flying flags. Similarly, the ingredients appeal to our most basic of taste instincts- sweet, fat, salt- sometimes all three at once. Fair Food is fast food on steroids.
On the midway, if an Oreo is good, than a deep-fried Oreo must be better; if fried dough is good, than fried dough with bavarian creme must be better. Its a very American idea: more is more.
It struck me as ironic that the offerings of these vendors stood in such stark contrast to the activities in the other half of the fair where produce and animals are judged. There, prizes may be awarded for the nicest tomato or the finest calf. This is where food really comes from.
But we go to the fair to have fun. We suspend our disbelief for the day, or those hours, and pretend that a drink that glows in the dark has something to do with food.
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Compound Eyes 1 - 5, 2011, 27 min
Paul Clipson
Documentary, Experimental, Filmmaker in Attendance, Special Presentations
COMPOUND EYES Nos.1-5 is a series of short Super 8mm film studies studying aspects of insect and animal life, viewed within a succession of environments in unexpected ways. Filmed in the Golden Gate Park Botanical Gardens, Academy of Arts & Sciences and San Francisco. This presentation features a live musical score by Matthew De Gennaro.
COMPOUND EYES (No. 1) - 7 min.; A macro-menagerie of natural life-forms are introduced in a forest's tapestry of earth, water and air: Spiders, slugs, flies, bees, and ants navigate their lives in darkness and light.
ODONATA (No. 2) - 5 min.; Taking Gaston Bachelard's "The Poetics of Space" as an inspiration, ODONATA is an exploration of spaces vast and small, from within the perspective of a damselfly and a city of skyscrapers. In between these two worlds, as well as the film grain, lies the dreamer.
DIPTERA AND LEPIDOPTERA (No. 3) - 5 min.; Flies and butterflies pollinate in a series of beautiful landing maneuvers..
ARANEAE (No. 4) - 5 min.; The fear dream of a spider, a web and a factory.
CARIDEA AND ICHTHYES (No. 5) - 6 min.; Fish and crustaceans appear to swim within an ether of natural and unnatural energies.
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Bradley Rebounds Over Women's Basketball, 83-67
Nov. 24, 2004
Chicago, Ill. - Bradley used a strong effort on the boards in the second half, recording 15 offensive rebounds and 20 second-chance points in the stanza, to earn the 83-67 come-from-behind, non-conference victory over the University of Illinois at Chicago women's basketball team at the UIC Pavilion on Wednesday night.
Bradley center Dena Williams (12 rebounds) led five different Braves players in double-figures with 18 points, followed by Erika Nelson (14 points), Amy Fuller (12 points), Amy Peters (12 points) and Genny Mueller (11 points).
UIC turned in an impressive performance in the opening frame, rebounding from an early nine-point deficit to take a 32-30 lead over the Braves entering the intermission.
"I just think we didn't come out with the same edge in the second half as we did in the first half," UIC Head Coach Lisa Ryckbosch said. "Certainly the offensive boards contributed to that and I didn't think our defensive intensity was where it needed to be."
With the victory, Bradley improves to 2-0 on the campaign, while the Flames fall to 0-2 overall.
UIC junior point guard Chrissy Dizon paced the Flames' offensive attack for the second-straight contest with a game-high 23 points, while teammate Krystal Hugelier added 12 points.
UIC will be back in action on Friday evening, as they will take on Arkansas-Little Rock in the opening game of the SEMO Tournament at 5:00 p.m.