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Keaton the Renaissance Woman
It's cocktail hour in the lounge of Shutters, an oceanfront hotel in Santa Monica, California, that's ordinarily a model of gentility. But today, Shutters' lobby has become the ad hoc headquarters for the American Film Market — the convenience-store equivalent of the Cannes Film Festival. B-movie producers from around the globe are in full hustle mode, looking for distributors. So preoccupied are they with The Deal, in fact, that they fail to notice Diane Keaton picking her way toward the hotel's restaurant. It's not as if she has come incognito either. From her attire alone, you can guess her identity: She wears a full-on Keaton uniform — a black beret jammed down to her eyebrows, tinted blue glasses, black fingerless gloves, a black turtleneck sweater, a fat black belt, black Marc Jacobs flats, a black flared skirt and…a pair of straight-legged blue jeans. ("It's easier to throw a skirt over jeans than to have bare legs," she says later when asked about the genesis of this farm-girl touch. "And I like the way it looks.")
The aspiring film moguls at the hotel might do themselves a favor by heeding the showbiz veteran in their midst. Denim leggings included, Keaton, now 61, is a study in star charm, acting versatility, and professional longevity, the latter made all the more remarkable by the fact that she has forged a unique path in life and work. "If she had wanted to, she could have been as big a comic star as Lucille Ball, but she is so creative that she has got a dozen other interests that occupy her attention," is how filmmaker Woody Allen sums up his onetime flame via e-mail, perhaps referring to the fact that Keaton is the director of short films, rock videos, and feature movies; a photographer; an art book editor; an adoptive single mother of two — a girl, Dexter, 11, and a boy, Duke, 6; a model for L'Oreal anti-aging beauty products; and a tireless celebrity spokesperson for the Los Angeles Conservancy, an architectural-preservation organization. In her spare time, she has been known to restore sagging landmark residences, such as the Colonial Revival-style home in Bel-Air that she bought for a reported $6 million, returned to its vintage hacienda-style glory, then flipped for a reported $17.2 million.
But Academy Award geeks prefer to think of her less like a Renaissance woman and more like the only leading lady to be nominated for best actress in each of the past four decades. Conveniently, those particular performances seem like touchstones in an ideal career trajectory for a woman in the movies: the girlfriend whose quirks are funny and whose seriousness is heartbreaking (Annie Hall); the committed, brainy, passionate lover (Reds); the selfless caregiver (Marvin's Room); and the smart, sexy older woman who gets to choose between two men, one younger and one age-appropriate (Something's Gotta Give). Mandy Moore, who costars as the teen daughter to Keaton's interfering mom in this month's Because I Said So, a romantic comedy (with both Moore and Keaton having romances), says it's hard not to take mental notes regarding on-set conduct when working with an actress with such an illustrious track record.
"It's quintessential Diane to make everything seem off-the-cuff, sort of fun and spirited," Moore says. "She makes it look like she's just coming up with it on the spot. But part of her process is putting in all this hard work. She's on her game: She knows her lines, what she's doing — she shows up on time. There's no phoning it in."
Moore also recalls a moment during filming when Keaton picked up on her costar's insecurity about a just-finished take, and suddenly the man calling the shots from behind the camera, director Michael Lehmann, had a collaborator.
"She said, 'Hold on, hold on, hold on. Mandy? Do you want to go again?'" says Moore, who was then bestowed a crucial nugget of advice. "She was, like, 'Never let them move on unless you're ready. This is your work. You have to be 100 percent secure and happy with it.'" Yet on this late afternoon, when I remind Keaton of this incident and ask whether it is evidence of her rumored mentoring of younger creative women, she tries to dispel that notion with a pffft and a dismissive flap of her hand. "I have no interest in passing on any wisdom I don't have," she says. "I just felt like maybe she wanted more takes and to go for it. It's all right to ask."
Evolution of an Actress
It's an evasive answer, but compared with the famously press-shy Keaton of yore, the woman now sitting in Shutters' Pico One drinking green tea is a jabberer. My notes from a 1986 set visit to Bruce Beresford's film adaptation of Crimes of the Heart, which starred Keaton, Jessica Lange, and Sissy Spacek as the loopy Magrath sisters, read "DK popular with townspeople … doesn't want to talk to me …" and, later, "DK agrees to talk after shooting is finished." Then, months later, when I have finally managed to get her on the phone, she's barely understandable: "Talking to me through a mouthful of sandwich." Be it midlife confidence or simply a better grasp of how to submit to interviews, today's Keaton is a willing, if occasionally elusive, conversationalist, fixing you with her intelligent hazel eyes and offering answers filled with reflection. Her blunt assessment of why she never tied the knot? "When I was young, of course, I was terrified by the notion of being an old maid. But I don't feel like my mother guided me toward marriage. She never hit the propaganda trail on that one," she says. Go to youtube.com and you'll find that not one but two fans have reedited Something's Gotta Give so that her fairy tale ending is by the side of a doting Keanu Reeves. But Keaton is matter-of-fact about her romantic life: She has forever closed the book on getting hitched. "I'm attracted to men, and I love playing around with them. But a life shared together? That's a different world. I think you have to be somebody who can compromise and be realistic. I could never do it. Ever." Oh, and the men she dated — Woody Allen, Warren Beatty, Al Pacino — excelled at give-and-take? "I don't blame myself for everything," she says with a little shrug. "But I wish I were more accommodating."
If Keaton's mom, Dorothy Hall, neglected to plant Modern Bride aspirations in her eldest child's head (Keaton has two sisters and a brother), she was Diane's head cheerleader, wardrobe mistress, and all-around conspirator when it came to performing. Keaton, who assumed her mother's maiden name when it turned out that the Actors' Equity Association already had a Diane Hall, saw her every thespian step dutifully recorded in her mom's diaries, books that Keaton occasionally still dips into when visiting Dorothy, who is 85 and lives in Newport Beach.
"She kept journals for 35, 40 years," Keaton says. "With my mother and me, it was all about sharing the dream. She documented everything. Like the first time I was onstage, I was in a Sunday school play and got so scared I said my line wrong. I burst into tears and ran off the stage. This ongoing humiliation, instead of putting an end to my lame-o dream, just fortified my need. Lots and lots of pain did not stop me. It motivated me." And that motivation carried her from a tract home community in Orange County, California, to Sanford Meisner's Neighborhood Playhouse acting studio, in New York City, and to her comparatively chaste Broadway appearance in Hair (she was the only actor who kept her clothes on) and to a 1970 screen debut in Lovers and Other Strangers. In the first chapter of her career, Keaton carved out a niche playing the baggy-pants gentile sidekick to then-boyfriend Woody Allen's hand-wringing Jewish nebbish; she followed that with a second chapter as muse to then-boyfriend Warren Beatty. Keaton and Beatty's 1981 historical epic Reds was recently feted on its 25th anniversary at the New York Film Festival. But it was a year after Reds, with her performance as a freshly separated housewife in Alan Parker's marital drama Shoot the Moon, that pundits pinpoint as the moment when Keaton's craft and the roiling emotions she had been accumulating for years truly collided. "Before, she had played distraught for mostly comic effect in Woody Allen movies or more seriously in the Godfather films," says Christian Science Monitor film critic Peter Rainer. "But she seemed to fill out this role with lived-in emotions. I think that happens with some of the best performers: They have to get up to speed, and then you have to look at them in a different light. It was like looking at an oil portrait, whereas before you were looking at a cartoon."
Shoot the Moon also documented for the first time Keaton's instinctive way with child actors. She knew exactly how to give rich emotional life to the part of a loving but depressed mother with four squealing daughters. At the time, Keaton was 36 and had, as she puts it, "no relationships with kids at that point in my life. None. Zero." It was 14 years later, at age 50, that she decided to adopt Dexter and then Duke. ("They're not named after anyone," Keaton says. "Obviously, though, I like D's.") In the past, she's cited everything from the death of her father, Jack Hall, when she was in her mid-40s, to her close relationships with house pets as the spark that emboldened her to make such a significant life change at age 50. Today, she says she's not so sure what compelled her: "Listen, I don't really know how decisions get made. Finally, you're up against a wall. You have to make a decision." Later she adds, "I do feel now that the love of my children is all-encompassing."
Life Offscreen
For the past decade or so, Keaton's agents have come to understand that she prefers not to travel far to shoot a movie. ("If I have to, I will," she says. "But it just disrupts whatever routine or stability we have.") Though her kids have been known to drop by Mommy's work for a visit, neither is an on-set fixture. They attend a racially and economically diverse lab school/teacher training center connected to the graduate school of education at the University of California at Los Angeles. "It's sort of an enclave, an island unto itself in the middle of this world in Los Angeles," Keaton says. "It's a sweet start." And maybe in a school with such a strong sense of its particular pedagogical mission, her children themselves will be the main focus and less so their mother's mile-long filmography, something that might have been seized upon at other blue-chip L.A. private schools.
"We have an odd life anyway," she says. "I'm a single parent. I'm sure there are awkward things for them about the experience of having a mother who is an actress. I think they are aware that people treat me differently, but they're not wildly curious." Keaton's thoughts suddenly turn to the mystery of what captures a child's attention. "Somebody once said to me, 'You'd be surprised by how many kids who are adopted have no real interest in discovering who their birth parents are. Life is about living and not about "Oh, gee. Let me go back."' That's fascinating, because you think, 'Wouldn't you be curious?' I was told that by age 6 my kids were going to say to me, 'Well, you're not my real mother.' Maybe that'll come at some point, but it hasn't happened."
At some level it's all creative grist, especially judging by the titles of her four upcoming films (Because I Said So, Mama's Boy, Smother, and Da Vinci's Mother). The aftermath of her Golden Globe Award-winning star turn in 2003's Something's Gotta Give has been a long run of mom parts; still, it's impressive — considering youth-obsessed Hollywood — that the two-and-a-half-minute trailer for Because I Said So is cut to highlight Keaton rather than the ebullient 22-year-old Moore. "Being an actress is an interesting adventure because it has been up and down," Keaton says. "Sometimes I'm marginalized; sometimes you can't avoid me." When Keaton is truly charged up about a part, she is like an extra power source, says writer-director Callie Khouri (Thelma & Louise, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood), who will direct Keaton as one of a trio of women thieves in the heist film Mad Money, which, Khouri has just learned, is scheduled to start shooting in March.
"Diane was enthusiastic about this movie from the start, asking, 'What do I have to do? Who can I call?'" Khouri says. In Mad Money, Keaton will star as a federal treasury janitor who comes up with a scheme to liberate disused cash from her employer. When I tell Keaton that Khouri just found out Mad Money now has a start date, it seems as if a fifth Keaton gear shifts into place. "This is news to me. Oh, I'm excited! I like that project," she says.
Admiring the View
The sun is setting now, and Keaton can't stop commenting on the view of the gray Pacific Ocean framed by the restaurant windows. "Look at it!" she exclaims, repeatedly pointing a finger at a horizon line so flat, it looks etched in the sky by a pencil. "Look at it! I don't understand anything that could be so beautiful. It's just too much." However, if an innocent snapshot of this panoramic seascape were to appear in one of the wonderfully eccentric coffee-table books Keaton edits, she would, no doubt, juxtapose it with other images in such a way as to render it laughably weird, ominously desolate, or inexplicably unsettling.
What Keaton loves to do as a maker of books is root through flea markets and eBay, organize her oddball treasures by category (clown paintings, newspaper crime-scene photos) and turn them into bound works of art. The thrill she gets from these endeavors is so rewarding that if she could figure out how to make them a source of steady income, she'd publish books full time. "For me, it's about finding something that interests me visually and bringing it into the light of day," she says.
She uses the basement of her rented Pacific Palisades home as a storage area for years' worth of collectibles. There, she's now editing a trio of photography books. The most conventional one focuses on Spanish Colonial architecture, while another — Scrapped — reflects on people's odd cut-and-paste obsessions, using pages selected from Keaton's storehouse of vintage scrapbooks. The third in the photography trilogy spotlights the oeuvre of an obscure commercial photographer from Texas named Bill Woods Jr. "His work really pictures the culture, the community, and what every event was like in Fort Worth during the 1950s and 1960s," she says, her resonant voice rising with excitement. "It's astonishing to see. You really have to see it. You will not believe it."
Back when Keaton was a young girl, her piano teacher gave her a small button that offered three words of guidance that she still believes in to this day: Make work play. "It really does make life different if you love your work," she says, adding that, in her mind, the piano teacher's advice extends to everything, from hobbies to love. "Zoned out" is how Keaton describes how she lived her life during her 20s and 30s. What she loves about 61 is that everything is in sharper focus. "I feel much more alive. When you're younger, you have a tendency to be relieved by fantasies. But now the drama of real life comes charging in."
It's almost six p.m. "I have to pick up The Dex at swim team practice," Keaton says. Sitting on a bench in front of Shutters, waiting for the valet to bring her black Mercedes SUV, she shares a dream she has about one day moving to the saguaro-cactus-dotted foothills of Tucson. "We'd have some land…" she says, her sentence trailing off as she stretches out her legs and visibly cozies up to the idea.
In April, the Film Society at Lincoln Center will honor Keaton for her contributions as an "actor, producer, director, photographer, and style icon" at its annual black-tie gala. Keaton admits she's flattered by the tribute, but it also seems to be, like her whole substantially splendid life right now, something that she just can't wrap her head around. "It's, like, uh, gee, recognition. Oh, god. How is this possible? It's a surreal experience. I sort of feel like it's not mine," she says, smiling but looking a bit puzzled. "I'm thrilled. But I don't know exactly how it happened."
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The Willis Tower Skydeck ledge had cracks running through the glass this week, scaring one family standing atop the structure, but authorities on site say that the popular tourist attraction is still very safe. Local officials released a statement this week announcing that no visitors were in danger while traversing the lofty glass ledge of the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower in Chicago, Illinois. MSN News reports this Thursday, May 29, that the formation of many small, spindly cracks beneath the feet of one family gave them quite an understandable scare, however.
When the Willis Tower Skydeck ledge cracks — and you're a visiting tourist standing over the thick glass — it's a definite cause for concern. However, Willis Tower officials in Chicago are reminding everyone that the attraction to the 103rd floor remains fully safe, and that the sudden cracks that appeared this week beneath the feet of a family and some other visitors is, in fact, perfectly normal. Ever since its grand opening back in 2009, both brave and less hardy souls have ventured up to the heights of the tall Chicago building, and falling from (or through) the glass ledge is a rational fear.
However, experts note that these fears are actually all but unfounded. The small glass areas, which are compact and see-through for visitors to get an incredible view of the Chicago city skyline, are often nicknamed sections of The Ledge and reach out roughly four feet from the building's main structure.
It was ABC News that shared this evening how officials in the Tower confirmed that even though the cracks suddenly appeared late on Wednesday in the small glass enclosure, neither the family nor any other tourists were in any real danger, no matter how the situation actually appeared. In reality, it wasn't actually the glass itself that cracked, but rather the protective covering, or shield coating, that was studded with fissures. Both the Ledge and the main Skydeck remain very safe for all people, and that the "structural integrity of the site … is still secure." This protective coating is known to crack on occasion. So while it certainly looked scary, there is nothing to worry about for future tourists of the popular location.
For local Chicagoans, have you been atop the Willis Tower Skydeck yet? How was the impressive, if oftentimes intimidating, experience up in the air for you? How might you have felt if you saw that there were some cracks in the glass ledge beneath your feet being hundreds of feet up in the air, as the family in question did this week?

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
So, I fell off the face of the earth it seemed. I stopped coming online, I stopped weighing in, I stopped caring what I was eating. I stopped trying. There's really not much else I can say, that you haven't all heard before.
But that isn't the point is it? Everyone's been there, the point now is to realize your mistake pick up the pieces and keep moving on. You're either in it or your not. Not much else to it. I have a new motivation now (something I've always lacked) and I'm pretty sure it's the best one ever.
Babies. I know, what you're thinking: "Babies, Shay? Seriously? You want to lose weight for babies?" But listen first. My hubby Matt has agreed for us to try for children, when I am 180 lbs. Still not a healthy weight for my BMI but it's still 50 lbs away. Now I've been having raging baby fever for about a year now (maybe a bit more), and I would always joke with my husband randomly and say things like:
"So how do you think of the name Logan for a boy?" (Which he is not a fan of.
"Sooooo how about Babies?"
"You know this family trip would be hard with a baby.... BUT TOTALLY WOULD BE WORTH IT"
Okay, so my hints aren't so subtle. Any who, I've been seriously having that "I want babies babies baaaabies" fever for a while now. Well the deal is, (and yes my husband and I work in deals, it's a marriage okay?) if I can get to the healthier weight of 180, we can start trying for babies.
!!!!!! So this was like the hugest biggest monstrousitist ( new word
) kick in the pants I've ever needed. To be honest I'd love to go down to 150, but the idea of 180 seems so obtainable, so realistic for me where I am now. So yea, babies, guys, babies.
I Know the weight loss won't be instant, and I'll forget my true motivation, but I've figured out quite a few things from last time:
pounds lost and pounds left to go jars are de-motivational for me. It doesn't feel like a job well done.
I'd rather eat good fats than substitutes, so I'd rather eat real eggs than egg whites and eat avocados instead of a snack bar.
I like to go running but if I'm doing it all the time, I will start to hate it. So other cardio other than running.
Weight training is a must. Period. Rather over do weight training than cardio.
Calories have to be counted. Period. Even if it's just a guide. If I go over so I can have avocados or natural peanut butter or a yogurt I will. This is a life style, not a race to lose 50 lbs. I want to lose the weight, but I don't want to gain it all back.
Not only is this for me, so I can find jeans to wear without shopping the plus size section, or so Matt can have a hot wife, but it is so I can carry our future children together safely and healthily.
SO yea. I also deleted over half of my teams because I believe I wasn't focusing enough on being a member in certain ones. So instead of spreading myself as far as I can go, I'm only in a few major ones, and 3 minor ones.
Well there's my first blog, and like I said, I'm back!
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Welcome back!!! I have the same deal with my husband....I have to lose at least 30 lbs (although I'm trying for 40) before we start trying for kids. It is a wonderful motivator! Keep up the awesome work!! I love that you're focusing on healthy lifestyle changes and not just "what can I do to drop weight".....that is soo much better in the long run, especially for babies ;-)
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Good for you! It's hard to come back, and remember: the first two weeks are the HARDEST but you have to be stubborn about it! Babies is a good motivation, that is one of mine too! Well, we don't want kids for a couple years yet, but I want to have my healthy weight and lifestyle a permanent change before I start poppin' them out. 180 is a great goal, though! Not too far away! I'm glad to have you back!! Deleting teams is a good idea, too. Just try to make your calories and exercise goals for each week and go from there. GOOD LUCK!!!
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Welcome back! It sounds like you're off to a great start by knowing what works for you and doesn't. Good luck with it all! I actaully just deleted a bunch of teams as well. I was getting so many notifications about things I didn't care about that I was missing the few that I did. Have a great day. Yay babies!!
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Latest trip to NYC
Well, my trip to New York City was a nice success. Since I got into the city at about 4:45 or so, I had plenty of time to burn before the Godspeed You Black Emperor! show at the Bowery Ballroom. I stopped by Other Music, right across from the Tower Records, and plonked down a goodly amount of money for:
- Art Zoyd - Symphonie / Musique / Archives I [2CD comp]
- Koenjihyakkei - Hundred Sights of Koenji
- Tortoise - TNT
I'm always impressed by the stock at that store. They have an unbelievable amount of Area, some Arti & Mestieri, lots of Tatsuya Yoshida stuff, lots of Lars Hollmer and Samla Mammas Manna stuff, Magma, Univers Zero, all that good stuff. It's an avant-progger's dream, though the prices are pretty high.
The show itself was pretty good, as I detailed (well, to some extent, anyway) in my review. Since I got back into New Haven at about, oh, 3:45 in the morning, I'm just staying up all night… hence my writing this.
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Lab talk
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Modified deposition structure delivers super-high density Si quantum dot thin film
A gradient Si-rich oxide (GSRO) multilayer (ML) deposition structure has been shown to deliver super-high density Si quantum dot (QD) thin film, while preserving QD size controllability – a result that could benefit photovoltaics (PV) based on integrated QDs
Reporting their work in the journal Nanotechnology (24 195701), researchers from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, explain that the Si QD thin film formed using a GSRO ML structure offers improved PV properties compared with samples based on a [SiO2/SRO] ML structure thanks to enhanced optical absorption and carrier transport.
Also, since a Si QD thin film utilizing a heavily doped [SiO2/SRO] ML structure can exhibit better carrier transport properties than a generally doped one, the team believes that it is feasible to further improve the PV properties by employing a heavily doped GSRO ML structure.
Full details can be found in the journal Nanotechnology.
Further reading -
Silicon quantum dot/crystalline silicon solar cells (May 2008)
QD photodetector speeds up (Nov 2012)
About the author
This study was performed by Prof. Po-Tsung Lee's group from the Department of Photonics and the Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering at National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan. Prof. Lee has been highly focused on photonics technology developments for many years. Her recent research interests include semiconductor photonic crystal active and passive devices and their applications, metallic nanostructures with localized surface plasmon resonances, and silicon-based solar cell technologies. Kuang-Yang Kuo and Pin-Ruei Huang are PhD students at the Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, NCTU, Taiwan. They work on the development of Si QD thin films for third-generation Si-based solar cells. So far, they have not only realized super-high density Si QDs embedded in a SiO2 matrix by a GSRO-ML structure, but have also successfully integrated Si QDs into a ZnO matrix, which is a material of high transparency and widely tunable electrical properties. Prof. Po-Tsung Lee's group will continue to develop third-generation Si-based SCs integrating Si QDs.


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Goonery: et tu, Ruutu?
At first glance, the bespectacled Jarkko Ruutu looks like a mild-mannered school teacher.
BOSTON --At first glance, the bespectacled Jarkko Ruutu looks like a mild-mannered school teacher.
And Montreal Canadiens Saku Koivu, who has played alongside Ruutu on the Finnish national team, said yesterday that Ruutu is a "really, really nice guy off the ice.'
Be that as it may, Ruutu is the latest National Hockey League player to be caught up in the headhunting epidemic that is spreading through the league.
Colin Campbell, the NHL's vice-president in charge of slapping wrists, handed Ruutu a two-game suspension yesterday for delivering an elbow to the head of Canadiens' forward Maxim Lapierre during Montreal's 4-0 win over the Senators on Tuesday night.
The reaction to the Ruutu incident and Tom Kostopoulos's hit on Toronto's Mike Van Ryn on Saturday night illustrates a basic problem in the league's attempt to eliminate dangerous hits to the head.
The victimized team feels no punishment can be too severe, while the transgressors feel they are as innocent as O.J. Simpson.
After Kostopoulos was suspended three games for leaving Van Ryn on the ice with a concussion, broken teeth, a broken nose and a broken hand, he insisted that he was merely trying to finish his check.
And, in what has become a sad trend in these incidents, there was a strong suggestion that Van Ryn contributed to his injuries by turning toward the boards.
While Koivu described Ruutu, a former Vancouver Canuck, as a good guy, he also noted Ruutu's role is that of an agitator whose "emotions might get involved too much and things like what happened last night, happen. But that's the way he's always played and it's an effective style."
Ruutu insists there was nothing malicious behind his elbow to Lapierre head. In fact, after watching the hit, frame by frame, yesterday morning, he also believed his elbow didn't hit Lapierre.
"In some cases, it looks worse than it is," Ruutu said, following the Senators' practice.
"It wasn't a head hunt or anything else. Actually, I don't think I hit him with an elbow, either. I looked at the tape afterward and it was a little high, but it wasn't on purpose."
Ruutu and Ottawa general manager Bryan Murray both made a point of noting Ruutu has never been suspended before in his career.
"Obviously, it is what it is, and I have to live with it," Ruutu said. "Like I said, I had no intention to do it, but accidents will happen and I'll have to deal with the consequences."
"We're disappointed that it's two games, but obviously the NHL has set a very high standard for a hit like this, that I felt deflected off the shoulder to the head," Murray said.
"Especially for a player with no history of suspensions, no history of even being called in front of the league. But we do have to abide by what is called. And, obviously, going forward we know now that this is the standard for anybody that gets hit in the head area."
It's true that Ruutu has never been suspended, but he hasn't received any good-conduct medals, either. In each of his past four NHL seasons, he has accumulated more than 100 penalty minutes.
And when he went back to Finland during the lockout, he accumulated 215 penalty minutes in a 50-game season with Helsinki.
Ruutu, who waved to the crowd after he was tossed from the game for unsportsmanlike conduct in the third period, will miss back-to-back games against the Islanders. He will be back in the lineup next Thursday when the Canadiens are in Ottawa.
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|On the second week of seminars, the speaker presented a joint work with Ae Ja Yee, but time did not allow to state a small open problem, which has since been solved by Richard Moy from UIUC. A permutation generating function identity on multisets where permutations are weighted in a prescribed way had been proposed by the speaker and Yee without a proof, based on empirical evidence from Mathematica. The original generating function appeared in the context of a bijective proof of the q-Gauss summation and involved multisets of two elements, and q-binomial coefficients. Moy's solution not only explains the original identity combinatorially, it also generalizes the function to arbitrary multisets using q-multinomial coefficients.
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Another one from my Mother In Law...........
1 lb hamburger, browned
2 cans Mexican stewed tomatoes
2 cans kidney beans
1 can corn
1 can tomato soup
1 pkg. taco seasoning mix
1 cup water
Dump everything into a pot and heat on the stove for about 10 minutes. That's it!! Just how I like it, quick and easy. (This makes quite a bit, I usually end up freezing half.)
Serve with cornchips, shredded cheese, etc.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Taco Soup
Posted by Princess Hairstyles at 5:50 AM
Labels: Ground Beef, Mexican, Soups and Stews
7 comments:
- wordfromthezoo said...
Looks delicious!!! I'll have to try it! My kids would probably like it, too! I'm sure Brian would!
- October 8, 2008 at 9:48 AM
- TheHottonSix said...
I'm not a big fan of Taco Soup. Maybe I'll have to see how this recipe differs from the one I have.
- October 10, 2008 at 1:13 PM
- Miranda said...
This sounds really good. Maybe we'll try it sometime this month.. gotta work it into my menu. :)
- October 11, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Found you through a friend. Great recipe ideas. Thanks for sharing!
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- October 18, 2008 at 11:14 AM
- hippos toes said...
This is a great recipe, and sounds so easy. Definitely adding to my recipe list!
- November 13, 2008 at 3:52 PM
- Jenilee said...
I can't wait to try this one!
- April 13, 2009 at 8:50 AM
- AudreyO said...
I love tacos. Oh goodness, I love mexican food period LOL.
- November 8, 2009 at 5:45 PM
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The latest version of the app includes a Musical Alarm Clock for Android that will work like a regular alarm clock but the alarm goes off playing music that you like. The app will also show the album art of the song it plays. You can keep listening your favorite songs by tapping on the screen.
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Akron, Ohio (April 18, 2012) – OPEN M, a neighborhood, faith-based organization dedicated to serving the underprivileged in the Akron community, will host its 8th Annual Walk for Kids fundraiser on Saturday, May 5 at Silver Springs Park, The Heritage Barn, in Stow. Summa Health System is the Walk for Kids Event Sponsor. Akron General Health System, Akron Children's Hospital and Superior Staffing are the picnic sponsors of the event. About 400 walkers will convene at the park to support OPEN M. The goal is to raise $50,000 to support the OPEN M education programs and overall mission. Registration begins at11 a.m. with the walk starting promptly at noon.
This year, we've decided to take our Walk for Kids to a beautiful park that is both wheelchair-friendly and stroller-friendly. The focus for the Walk is to promote healthy well-being both physically, emotionally and spiritually - all while raising money for the education programs at OPEN M. The education programs at OPEN M reach out to at-risk teens to offer them a leadership/mentoring classes to better their resources for the future. We are also in the process of adding new programs for children ages 5 and under.
This years' Walk for Kid's location offers a variety of family fun so you can make a whole day out of the event! Some of the amenities of the park include: a fenced in dog park with lake, catch and release fishing (bring your own gear), playground for all ages, basketball area, and open area for picnics and play.
Our goal is to have each walker raise $100 by asking friends, relatives and co-workers for donations. Most walkers raise much more than that! For every $100 turned in to OPEN M before the day of the walk, you will receive a free tote bag!
We need Team Captains and Walkers! Call Tiffany Stahl today to learn more about OPEN M and the Walk for Kids at 330-434-0110, ext. 404. Or, you can email her at email@example.com.
About OPEN M
OPEN M is an acronym that stands for Opportunity for People Everywhere in Need Ministry. We are a comprehensive, faith-based ministry that helps people throughout the greater Akron
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06.18.2010 / Omaha says Farewell to Rosenblatt!
You have all heard the saying, all good things must come to an end. It turns out that saying applies even to one of the most iconic and beloved landmarks in Omaha, Rosenblatt Stadium, aka The Blatt and The Johnny. Or, more properly stated, Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium. After the final inning in the 2010 baseball season, the outfield lights will turn off forever, marking the end of one tradition and the beginning of another.
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Rosenblatt stadium became near and dear to the hearts of people all around the nation when it was named home to the College World Series in 1950. For six decades, college baseball fans from all over the country traveled the "Road to Omaha" in order to cheer their teams on to win the Division I NCAA Baseball championship. For two weeks each June, fans flocked to the coveted stadium and built long standing traditions which included tailgating, new friendships, great food, playing catch, shopping with the street vendors, and simply enjoying warm weather and an electric atmosphere. Once inside the packed stadium, great baseball aka "the greatest show on dirt" was at center stage while fans enjoyed a buzzing atmosphere and concessions galore.
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Serritella led the Missouri Valley Conference with a .389 average and 13 home runs.
June 22, 2012
By Scott Gierman
CARBONDALE, Ill. – Former SIU first baseman Chris Serritella has been named the best first baseman in the country as Baseball America selected him as a First-Team All-American. He is one of just 15 players in the country on the first team. Baseball America is the fourth publication to name Serritella an All-American this year and the first to name him to its first team.
"This is probably the best award and greatest honor I've received this year," Serritella said. "Being named the best first baseman in the country is unbelievable."
The last Saluki baseball player to earn First-Team All-American honors was Bobby Doerrer in 1981.
"Of all the awards Chris has received, this is perhaps the most prestigious," SIU Coach Ken Henderson said. "To be recognized by such a respected publication as a First-Team All-American and the top first baseman in Division I baseball is a tremendous honor and a testament to just how great of a year he had. We are extremely proud of Chris and all that he has accomplished."
Serritella, who was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the fourth round of this year's MLB Draft. won the MVC batting title with a .389 average and led the conference in seven other statistical categories including 13 home runs. He was two RBI away from becoming the conference's first triple crown winner since 1999. He also set single-season school records with 24 doubles and 156 total bases, and his 91 hits were one shy of the school record. His 30 home runs are third most in school history, and his .367 career batting average is the fifth highest in school history.
This year, Serritella has also garnered Third-Team All-American recognition from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and from Louisville Slugger. He was named an All-American by College Sports Madness. Serritella was also voted the NCBWA District Player of the Year for District V, which includes all Division I schools in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Earlier this week, the American Baseball Coaches Association selected him for the All-Midwest Region Second Team. In addition he earned All-Missouri Valley Conference First-Team honors and was selected to the MVC All-Tournament Team after helping the Salukis to the championship game last month.


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Shareholder Defiance at M&S Meeting
Marks & Spencer shareholders are generally a forgiving bunch.
They sat calmly at today's annual general meeting as chief executive Marc Bolland unveiled another slump in U.K. sales.
They were serene as the £2.5 million-a-year CEO blamed the economy, supply issues and the worst weather in over a century for a year in which investors saw no dividend increase and a fall in net profit.
They barely batted an eyelid as it was announced that the answer to the company's inability to spot fashion trends in womanswear was to appoint Belinda Earl as style director to work three days a week. The same Belinda Earl who used to head up Aquascutum and Jaeger (both of which came close to financial ruin) and who hardly set the world on fire as chief executive at Debenhams.
But when it was revealed that the traditional shareholder wine and sandwich buffet would be replaced by a recession-friendly goodie bag containing some orange juice and a packet of crisps, even the sleepiest shareholders were compelled into action.
"The shop floor offer is utterly confused," one investor fumed. "What we're seeing doesn't add up to a clear corporate strategy for successful U.K. retailing."
Another demanded to know how much the new "whizz kid directors" were being paid. He didn't get an answer.
Mr. Bolland didn't escape criticism either and although he was voted back in as chief executive, one irate shareholder landed a few choice blows.
"Marc Bolland is essentially the Bob Diamond of retail," he said, drawing gasps around the auditorium. "When are you, as a board, going to start looking after your shareholders?"
M&S Chairman Robert Swannell managed to calm the masses, but the whiff of shareholder discontent over the direction and leadership of one of Britain's most successful companies hung in the air.


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Columbus, Ohio -- (February 15, 2007) – State Auto Financial Corporation (NASDAQ/GS: STFC) today reported record fourth quarter net income of $44.9 million, or $1.08 per diluted share, versus $29.5 million or $0.71 per diluted share for the same period in 2005. Net income from operations* per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2006 was $1.03, versus $0.73 for the same period in 2005.
STFC's GAAP combined ratio for the fourth quarter of 2006 was 83.5, versus 90.5 for the fourth quarter of 2005. Catastrophe losses accounted for 0.6 points of the total 47.5 loss ratio points or $1.4 million in the fourth quarter 2006, compared to 7.6 points of the total 58.2 loss ratio points, or $19.9 million for the same period in 2005. STFC's fourth quarter 2006 revenue was $281.0 million, versus $280.9 million for the same period in 2005.
Revenue for the year of 2006 was $1.12 billion, versus $1.14 billion for 2005. For the full year of 2006, net income was $120.4 million, or $2.90 per diluted share, compared to $125.9 million or $3.06 per diluted share, for 2005. The GAAP combined ratio for 2006 was 91.4, as compared to 90.1 for 2005. Return on stockholders' equity was a healthy 15.1% for 2006. STFC's book value per share closed the year at $20.32, after recognizing a reduction to stockholders' equity of $63.9 million or $1.56 per share due to adoption of SFAS No. 158, Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans.
"In the face of intensifying competition and softer pricing, the year proved to be a challenging and rewarding one for State Auto Financial. This quarter's record results were outstanding, validating our commitment to disciplined underwriting and capping off another strong year of profitability for STFC. We believe our history of stable and consistent performance provides confidence to our shareholders and policyholders that we can meet industry challenges head-on and succeed," said STFC Chairman, President and CEO Bob Restrepo.
"2007 is expected to be a year of positive transition for State Auto. We are developing and deploying several product and technology enhancements that should provide our independent agency distribution force with the tools necessary to compete for additional profitable business, in both personal and business insurance segments," added Restrepo.
State Auto Financial Corporation, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, is a super regional property and casualty insurance holding company. STFC stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, which represents the top third of all NASDAQ-listed companies. The company markets its personal and business insurance products exclusively through independent insurance agencies in 28 states and is proud to be a Trusted Choice® company partner. The company was named Forbes Magazine's "Best Managed Insurance Company in America" for 2006 and is one of just 3 percent of publicly listed companies to earn the Mergent Dividend Achiever Award for having increased its dividends for ten or more years in succession.
The State Auto Insurance Companies are rated A+ (Superior) by the A.M. Best Company. Additional information on State Auto Financial Corporation and the State Auto Insurance Companies can be found at STFC.com and StateAuto.com.
* Net income from operations, a non-GAAP financial measure which management believes is informative to Company management and investors, differs from GAAP net income only by the exclusion of realized capital gains or losses, net of applicable taxes, on investment activity for the periods being reported. For STFC, this amounts to $0.05 for the quarter and $0.09 for the full year 2006 compared to ($0.02) and $0.09 for the same periods in 2005.
Except for historical information, all other information in this news release consists of forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, anticipated or implied. The most significant of these uncertainties are described in State Auto Financial's Form 10-K and Form 10-Q reports and exhibits to those reports, and include (but are not limited to) legislative changes at both the state and federal level, state and federal regulatory rule making promulgations and adjudications, class action litigation involving the insurance industry and judicial decisions affecting claims, policy coverages and the general costs of doing business, the impact of competition on products and pricing, inflation in the costs of the products and services insurance pays for, product development, geographic spread of risk, weather-related events, and other types of catastrophic events. State Auto Financial undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.
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Upper West Side Shopping has evolved from a small-store experience to an amazing shopping extravaganza in this city center of major American and international chains, designer boutiques, food and cooking emporia, children—and pet—specialty stores, perfume and cosmetics salons…everything! Each street—and Broadway—so close to Park 79 Hotel, allowing our guests to shop, bring their treasures to the hotel—rest—and then continue on their busy way. Of course, street and crafts fairs (weekly Columbus Flea) fill the local streets in warm weather, always treasure-filled with affordable everything.
PARK 79 brings a true touch of an Old World boutique hotel to the Upper West Side, one of New York's most dynamic neighborhoods.
Luxury shops for all, as well as art exhibits, dining, desserts, lounges with magnificent city views.
International and American designer clothes at discount, with almost unlimited selection.
Shoes, shoes, shoes…for everyone
On-Season designer trends at amazing prices. All seasons, shoes, coats, some men's and children's designer selections.
Every brand from around the world, NYC's largest premium shoe purveyor.
Expensive haut designer clothes and home décor. Half yearly sale storewide.
Every Sunday; November – March: 10am to 5:30 pm; April -- October: 10am to 6pm.
Expensive, but an incredible selection of home goods, designer everything, great sales periodically, good service.
Smell the croissants baking,the coffee grinding; sample cheese from every corner of the world, enjoy hand sliced nova, visit the 2nd floor emporium.
Another of the Upper Westside world renowned gourmet temples. Amazing selection of fresh and prepared foods from around the world, to bring home, to dine locally.
Shop for everything and everyone, drop off your treasures at PARK 79 HOTEL, enjoy the rest of your day. Wide choices, discount prices, dining—No Crowds! M11 or M7 bus brings you to the hotel so easily.
Fashion, crafts, confections, foods, toys. Small shops offering unique wares for every taste and budget
European and American fashion designers for all, handmade and upscale home design, gourmet foods, luxury cosmetics, wines, shoes, jewelry…and then some.


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A new study by UCLA researchers reported that men who are not well educated about their disease have significant difficulty in making treatment decisions, a situation known as decisional conflict. As a result, this lack of knowledge might compromise the quality of their care and their long-term outcomes. The findings were published online on August 26 in the journal Cancer.
First author Dr. Alan Kaplan, a resident physician in the UCLA Department of Urology, explained that the study should serve as a wake-up call for doctors, who can use the findings to target men who are likely to have limited knowledge about their prostate cancer and educate them prior to their appointments. As a result, they should be more comfortable making treatment decisions. He explained, "For prostate cancer, there is no one right answer when it comes to treatment. It comes down to the right answer for each specific patient, and that is heavily dependent on their own personal preferences. Men in general, and specifically economically disadvantaged men, have a hard time deciding what their preferences are, how they feel about any possible complications and what the future after treatment might be like. If you don't know anything about your disease, you'll have a really tough time making a decision."
The study group comprised 70 men at a Veterans Administration clinic who were newly diagnosed with localized prostate cancer and had enrolled in a randomized trial that tested a new shared decision-making tool. The investigators collected baseline demographic and clinical data such as age, race, education, co-existing medical conditions, relationship status, urinary and sexual dysfunction, and their prostate cancer knowledge.
The investigators engage in one-on-one conversations with the men after they had received their cancer diagnosis, but before they consulted with a doctor. The average age of the men in the study was 63 years, 49% were African American, and 70% reported an annual income of less than $30,000. The researchers found that a low level of prostate cancer knowledge was associated with increased decisional conflict and higher uncertainty about what treatment options to select. Low levels of prostate cancer knowledge also were associated with lower perceived effectiveness, which meant that the less the men knew about their cancer, the less confidence they had that the treatment would be effective.
Dr. Kaplan explained, "Knowledge about prostate cancer is an identifiable target. Interventions designed to increase a patient's comprehension of prostate cancer and its treatments may greatly reduce decisional conflict." He added that further study is needed to better characterize this relationship and identify effective targeted interventions. He explained, "If you get shot in the gut, there aren't many options. You go into the operating room to get fixed up. With prostate cancer, there are lots of options and not all are right for everybody."
Prostate cancer victims might need to decide between surgery versus radiation or opting for active surveillance, in which they are monitored closely for changes in the progression of their cancer and are tested at regular intervals. Prostate cancers can also be treated implantable radioactive seeds; other options are freezing or cauterizing the tumors may be burned or frozen as treatment. Another benefit from the reduction of decisional conflict is that patients who feel comfortable with their decision may regret their decisions less at a later point in time, noted Dr. Kaplan. He noted, "In a way, it's like buying a car. You prepare, you read reports, do your homework. If something goes wrong with the car, you feel okay because you knew what you were getting into. When patients take ownership of the decision-making process, their outcomes are better."
Dr. Kaplan explained that economically disadvantaged men may be having more difficulty because they may not have as much experience negotiating the healthcare system and are less confident when communicating with doctors. He said, "Doctors, we know intuitively, should spend more time with their patients, especially when they're making an important decision. But all of us are challenged with the numbers of patients we must see in a day. If you know beforehand that a patient has a poor knowledge about his cancer, that's someone you need to spend more time with." He added that physicians may also want to provide these patients with educational information before their consultation so that they can begin to increase their prostate cancer knowledge.
Except for skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men. An estimated 233,000 new cases of prostate cancer will occur in the US in 2014. Of those, nearly 30,000 men will die.
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Calling all beauty buffs! You may not be able to rub elbows with celebrities, but you can rub your skin with a fabulous exfoliating cleanser that many A-list celebs use! The Kate Somerville Exfolikate ($85) is an intense exfoliating treatment that you can do at home, but will leave you with fresh spa results...so it's perfect if your craving the dewy complexion that you normally only get from an oxygen facial. Warning - this fruit enzyme treatment is so powerful and packed with essential nutrients that it may leave others green with envy.
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In response to the report that the New Orleans Saints were bringing in kickers to compete for Garrett Hartley's job, nola.com reader Kevin Parnella wrote:
"It's amazing how quickly we forget. If it wasn't for Garrett Hartley coming through in the clutch, the Saints would not have a Super Bowl ring. If his slump continues, then I say yes bring somebody in. But I live in Dallas and the Cowboys have terrible kicking problems and would give anything to bring in a guy of Hartley's abilities. He just needs to make a few changes and he will be golden. You cannot make hasty decisions on such a tough loss, and I hope for his confidence they don't bring in kickers at this point."
However, reader dvdman said enough is enough:
"Folks lets not forget he did this last year too against Tampa. Yeah he helped us win a SB but that was then this is now. NFL kickers are NOT suppose to miss 29 yard fields and keep their jobs long. The bottom is the opportunity was THERE to steal a win and he blew it ....case closed!!!!!!!!!"
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Eugene Dutch Lockwood, age 83, of Beaver Dam, died Friday, December 24, 2010 at Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac.
At his request, there will be no formal services.
Eugene was born on March 31, 1927 in Lowell, Wisconsin to the late Fred and Hattie (Possum) Lockwood. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and was stationed in Hawaii. In 1951, Dutch was united in marriage with Gloria Vogel in Beaver Dam. He retired from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections where he worked as a prison guard and he enjoyed the many years he spent racing on local tracks.
Dutch is survived by his son, Jeff Lockwood of Fond du Lac, his nieces and nephews, as well as other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, three brothers, Fred, Edwin and Carl Lockwood, and his four sisters, Dorothy Lockwood, Norma Anderson, Shirley Wolfgang, and Rosella Jargoske.
If desired, memorials may be made in Eugene Lockwoods name to Hospice Home of Hope, 400 County Road K, Fond du Lac, WI 54937-8121.
The Murray Funeral Home, 131 E. Maple Avenue in Beaver Dam, is caring for the family. To leave condolences, for directions, or for other information, please visit our website at www.MurrayFH.com.


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..magic broom falls.. by db-imageryWatch
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found this little tributary off the side of the road, somewhere along the mckenzie river, oregon. thought the tree that fell over the drop looked like one of the magic brooms from the sorcerer's apprentice segment of fantasia..hence the name comments are welcome and 's always appreciated! thanks for looking
Lovely shot!
Wow, this is a real stunner Doug! perfect exposure on the water and those greens are amazing!
Title works for me! nicely done my friend Looks magical indeed!
very nice find..way cool name and definitely some magic madness goin on here looks like the mouse is sleeping..the cauldrons overflowing! makes for a wonderful contrast to the immaculate moss detail and all the lush greens! great capture, doug !
..most gracious for the nice words, addam!!...glad ya found more to it than just image itself...gotta love the stories/madness within, as well
Very besutiful, love all the different colors and textures from the moss.
Nice! I like the composition and I think the exposure is perfect
Love those greens and beautiful exposure, Doug!
Moss covered madness!
well you would expect to find a sorcerer in a land like this... beautiful work Doug.
I just love the titles you come out with
That is a wonderful picture, and I have to say that you are spot on with the reference you make to the magical brooms in Fantasia (my favourite chapter of that film )
Nice work!
That is a wonderful picture, and I have to say that you are spot on with the reference you make to the magical brooms in Fantasia (my favourite chapter of that film )
Nice work!
thank you so very much, my friend!!..greatly appreciated!!
Great pic
Great title. It does look like a place out of a fantasy novel. I love how all the moss and greenery frames the water.
very cool!! and I love the magical story!!


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Olympians Claire Donahue and Tyler McGill simplify the Butterfly by demonstrating two drills that focus on great technique. The first drill emphasizes body position and awareness of body position in the water. Building off that drill, the second drill gets swimmers to feel the origin of the kick and how it relates to their position in the water.
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Cloth diapering is becoming more popular and with the new advancements, is now much more user friendly. As a new mom, I find cloth diapers extremely affordable and easy to use. If you're still not sure or need more information, here are some reasons to consider cloth diapers.
- Save Money. Having a baby doesn't need to be expensive. By choosing cloth diapers, you could save yourself over $3,000 per child. If you have more than one child, you can save your diapers for the next child, thereby saving you even more money!
- Convenience. No more midnight runs to the store for diapers. If you don't like washing your diapers, there is also a local diaper service that will pick up your dirty diapers, wash them, and bring them back to you.
- Go Green. It is estimated that over 250,000 trees and 82,000 tons of plastic are used each year to make diapers. Feces that collects in landfills is creating a public hazard and contaminates groundwater.
- Better for your baby. Disposables are bleached with chlorine as well as dioxin which has been shown to cause cancer, skin diseases and liver damage. The Super-absorbent polysorbate (SAP) crystals cause allergic reaction and skin rashes. Since cloth diapers are made of natural and organic cotten which allows your babies skin to breathe, a rash is almost unheard of.
- Potty train faster! With cloth diapers, babies feel the wet diaper as opposed to the disposables that absorb so well. This helps your child potty train at least 6 months sooner.
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Press Release by HCC Subscribing States
The twelfth annual Regular Meeting of the Subscribing States to the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCoC) took place in Vienna, with the participation of 65 registered delegations, from May 30 to May 31, 2013.
The participants recognized the importance of the Code as a unique multilateral confidence building and transparency instrument, which was also underscored in the message of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Code.
The Republic of Korea, as outgoing Chair of the HCOC, outlined the efforts made during the last year to promote the universalization of the HCoC and to reinforce its implementation by Subscribing States. Japan, elected during the last plenary meeting as Chair for 2013-2014, introduced the objectives of its presidency for the next year: the full and comprehensive implementation of the Code in all its aspects, and strengthening outreach activities for advancing the process of HCoC universalization.
Currently, 134 States have subscribed to the Code. Subscribing States appreciated the outreach activities conducted by the outgoing Chair as well as by interested Subscribing States and the European Union, inter alia to mark the 10th anniversary of the Code.
The Subscribing States reaffirmed the threat to international peace and security posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery, which constitutes an ongoing concern of the international community in some regions. In this regard the DPRK launch of 12 December 2012 using ballistic missile technology, which was duly reacted to by the UN Security Council in its resolution 2087(2013), was noted.
In this context, they considered encouraging new subscriptions to the Hague Code of Conduct especially in these regions. The Subscribing States reiterated the importance of UN General Assembly Resolution 67/42 in support of the HCoC and welcomed its adoption by 162 UN Member States at the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly. This shows the potential for the universalization of the Code, which the Subscribing States will continue to support.
The Subscribing States stressed the importance of the full implementation of the Code, in particular with regard to Pre-Launch-Notifications and the timely submission of Annual Declarations.
Note to the Press: Further background and documentation on the HCoC can be obtained from www.hcoc.at.
Short URL: http://m.state.gov/md210572.htm


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This is very beautiful art I personally like Hilda in the picture and in the game too also in person ..And I have pokemon white... 5 stars + me adding it....Anyway very nice I'm impressed ...♚
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Hilda has always been hot since i first seen her on pokemon. LOL
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Great work :) I like it, the details are great too.
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great job (i have pokemon black) 5 stars plus added to my favourites
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very nice job how long did it take?
Thanks, I would say this piece took me about in an hour and a 5 to finish this work.
Just something I did on Gimp with several adjustments of the alignments and line art to have some of it colorful and try to make it transparency that a eye of a individual can see properly.
Practice makes perfect.