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Fifteen states and several military organizations announced their support for Ohio's elections chief this evening in a dispute over early voting, which is being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has appealed a lower court ruling that reinstates early voting on the three days before
Election Day and returns discretion to local boards of elections.
Husted also has asked the Supreme Court to delay the lower court's decision while it decides whether to take the case.
The campaign of President Barack Obama, which sued the state over the early voting, says a new Ohio law unfairly ends early, in-person voting for most Ohioans on the Friday evening before the Tuesday election, while allowing military and overseas voters to cast a ballot in person until Monday.
Before the changes to the law, local boards of election had the discretion to set their own early, in-person voting hours on the days before the election. And in-person voting on the weekend varied among the state's 88 counties.
Husted has argued that all counties should have the same early voting hours and be open on the same days.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week reinstated early voting on the final three days. But the three-judge panel also said local boards of elections would have the discretion to decide whether to allow voters to cast an early ballot on the weekend and Monday before Election Day — just as they could in 2008.
Attorneys general for 15 states said in a court filing tonight that the Constitution gives states exclusive power to set the time, place and manner for voting. They also said the appeals court overstated the significance of eliminating those days, since Ohio already provides 23 days for in-person or absentee early voting.
The states also say the lower court disregarded the special status of military voters.
The Obama campaign asked the Supreme Court today to deny Ohio's appeal of the lower court's ruling. The campaign said Husted has not shown a likelihood of success and the facts of the case are unique to Ohio without broad implication elsewhere.
For the complete story, read Saturday's Vindicator or Vindy.com.
Husted needs to go.
I'm a Vet, guess you could say I served so the Citizen can continue to vote, and I find it hard to believe anyone who served would have a problem with making it easier for the citizen to vote,
No, Husted, etal, has to go. Through the history of our country many have served and too many have died to preserve our rights, not to allow some pisswillie to play games with those rights.
Voter suppression at its worst. What's most disgusting about this situation is that Conservatives are wrapping themselves up in the flag and claiming that this being done for the military folks.
The GOP is a much larger threat to American democracy than any Al-Qaeda member.
Husted has got to Go! With a good kick in the A$$ on his way out!
Why is there any early voting in the first place? For the first two hundred plus years, there was election day and absentee balloting. What problem does early voting solve? I don't care if the voting process is spread out over weeks, but I guess I missed the crisis that brought this whole thing about.


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Revenue of the Tanah Lot tourist attraction for the year 2013 amounting to IDR 33 billion is distributed to customary villages throughout Kediri subdistrict and temples around Tanah Lot. The distribution was submitted by the Regent of Tabanan Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti accompanied by Deputy Regent Komang Gede Sanjaya and Regional Secretary Wirna Ariwangsa in the wantilan hall of Pakendungan Temple, Thursday (Feb 6).
Amount of the distribution fund submitted was in accordance with the agreement having been made by the governing body with Beraban customary village where the tourist attraction located. Tabanan government got the allocation as much as 58 percent (IDR 19.4 billion), Beraban customary village got 24 percent (IDR 8.0 billion), Tanah Lot Temple got IDR 2.5 billion (7.5 percent) and customary villages across Kediri subdistrict got 6.5 percent (IDR 2.1 billion). Meanwhile, the temples in the area of Tanah Lot tourist attraction got 4 percent (1.3 billion).
Regent Eka expected the delivery of fund could be best utilized to maintain the customs and culture, so as to provide a good social impact on the whole community of Tabanan. "The existence of Tanah Lot was inseparable from the role of all parties, both customary villages and community leaders. So the levy will come back to the community so that can be best utilized and the impact could be enjoyed by the people directly," she said.
Having been set into a tourist attraction, the Tanah Lot showed a rapid development. It could be seen from the tourist arrivals reaching 2.8 million in 2013. It was expected there would be many changes in the future, both in the matter of operational management and the arrangement so that it could attract more tourists.
"I am proud that Tanah Lot tourist attraction has a magnet of its own. Travelers who come to Bali will definitely visit Tanah Lot, so that we do not need a large-scale promotion. In other words, it does not need to be explored because it has exuded its own appeal. (BTN/015)
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Postcards for the Lantern Festival
The Bauhaus year was shaped by the Lantern Festival on Gropius's birthday, as well as the Summer Solstice, Kite and Julklapp Festivals in the summer, autumn and winter. As in 1920, the Lantern Festival in 1922 appears to have been held on the day of the summer solstice and therefore on the birthday of the poet Johannes Schlaf. On his postcard, Feininger clearly states that the event will be held on 21st June. The lithograph shows the art school building, from which the Bauhaus members paraded through the park on the Ilm river to the Ilmschlösschen (Ilm castle), illuminated by moon and star lanterns.
Ackermann, Ute: "Bauhaus Parties – Histrionics between Eccentric Dancing and Animal Drama" in: Fiedler, Jeannine (Ed.): Bauhaus, [pg.I.] 2007, 126-139.


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There has been nothing in Chicago's entertainment news this week other than the news about Garry Meier, 64, the city's famous talk show host who was on WGN-AM radio up until Thursday afternoon. The radio station decided to demote Meier, who has been a top-rated Chicago talk show host for decades. For the past five years, Meier has been in the afternoon drive seat at WGN-AM with great ratings. While radio personalities come and go in Chicago's very competitive radio business, the demotion of Meier – which takes him off Chicago's radio station's airwaves and puts him on Internet streaming only – has been met so harshly by listeners that the station has had to follow up its announcement regarding it's demotion of Meier with a defensive statement – according to Robert Feder, licensed by the Chicago Tribune Media Group on Thursday. The announcement asserts "We didn't kill Garry!"
According to Meier's supportive listeners who are utterly disgusted with the station, however, the station has done exactly that – killed Garry Meier by taking him away from his wanting-fans on the radio dial. The assertions that WGN did take Meier away from the public are pretty convincing, too. Now that listeners must go to the Internet to listen to WGN's famous talk-show host involves several things. One must have access to a computer or device that accesses the Internet. In a vehicle – headed home from work during the late afternoon when Meier's show is on - a person must have their Internet-device plugged into their dashboard to hear the online program.
For many, that means plugging in their phones and not having their phones available for other necessary uses. And finally, though the station touts that the Internet show is free, it really isn't. Obviously, being provided the Internet costs money. But more than that, many – if not most - people have data plans that charge a great deal of money for using large amounts of data. To listen to Meier now, via a data-swallowing device, means using data some 80 hours or more a month – a costly endeavor in which a user doesn't know how costly it is until the Internet bill comes in each month.
WGN-AM 720's move to drop Meier from 3-to-7 p.m. on their radio lineup - reported on by the Chicago Tribune - leaves listeners very confused. He has been a controversial figure over the years and has a reputation for going rogue and not being one to kiss the behinds of anyone – including the behinds of his bosses at WGN-AM. Of his rogue-ness, therein lies much of why he is so incredibly popular with many everyday people in Chicago.
Granted, Meier appears to be one that is either loved or hated by the radio talk show listeners of Chicago. Few are in between. People either say they can't get enough of his dry wit and sarcasm - or they just don't get it and don't like the guy. Extremely disturbingly, many who say they don't like the guy admit they haven't listened to him in years – if not for more than a decade.
Meier took a lot of heat when he bailed on his most prominent radio partner of the past, Steve Dahl, and then parted from Roe Conn some years later. Some still resent him for breaking up those very entertaining partnerships. While some claim that Meier would be nobody without his past partners, his ratings since those days have definitely proven otherwise in the past 5 years. Meier, as a solo talker on the airwaves - without the likes of Dahl and Conn - has weathered the heat of his separations from those past radio partners with very good ratings. For years now, he has risen above Steve Dahl – who hasn't even been on a radio station for years and only is heard on his pay-for podcasts, and Meier has rated way above Roe Conn who currently isn't able to crack the top ten in afternoon-drive ratings at all on ABC-owned WLS-AM with Richard Roeper at Conn's side.
Meier, however, sits tall at number 7. In the crowded Chicago market, Meier's latest Nielsen Audio ratings were – once again – very, very impressive. Meier earned a 4.1 share in the crowded Chicago market via his faithful listeners. Therefore, regardless of whether an individual loves or hates him, the all-important ratings speak loudly in support of him and his brand of talk and humor.
Actually, in the last Nielsen Audio record books, Meier is number one as far as the massive talk show radio programs are concerned in Chicago. The only afternoon drive radio shows with more listeners than his are 5 music station broadcasts and Chicago's sole news radio station WBBM-AM. The other stations with talkers – whether it is open forum like Meier's show, politics, or sports – pale in comparison. In fact, those shows don't even chart near the top 10 by Nielsen's ratings.
WGN is getting the heat right now from listeners regarding the Meier's cancellation from the radio dial and it doesn't look like it is going to go away soon. In fact, the heat has been so harsh that the station has taken to trying to defend their actions. Such attempts at defending radio station personnel moves are atypical of the industry.
The public response has been a Facebook page ("Bring Back Garry Meier" Facebook page which is not associated with Meier or the radio show) that calls for the return of Garry Meier to the AM radio dial. For many, there is no logical defense for cutting Meier off the radio dial. In fact, listeners tend to be insulted that the station basically says: all you have to do is plug your phone into your dash and… On social media, disgruntled listeners are loudly stating that this option is totally unacceptable by the station's suggestion that one tie up a phone. Also, of great concern, they say the station is ignoring the fact that it becomes a costly data-downloading endeavor. Non-tech-savvy persons may be shocked at their first bill following a month of listening to the on-line version of the show.
Meier was allowed one last on-radio show on Thursday before making the switch next Tuesday to the Internet. He was professional and a class act through it all – which he is quite capable of being when the situation arises. Social media reactions from Meier's fans assert that they are totally finished with WGN after this – and they say it is the last straw in WGN going against the wishes of its loyal, decades-long listeners. Others have also asserted that they are boycotting WGN's advertisers over the Meier demotion. Others are hoping that the year-and-a-half remaining on his contract will pass quickly and another station will pick him up and give him the on-air respect they believe he deserves.
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C.J. Keith
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Though Fitch fought and lost to Georges St-Pierre at UFC 87, he is 1-2-1 in his last four fights and has a reputation for putting on grinding, slower-paced fights. Jacob Volkmann and Mike Russow have the same reputation. Santiago went 0-2 in the UFC, left and won one fight, then lost again over the weekend. After putting together an impressive run in the WEC, Grispi lost four fights in a row in the UFC.
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Every one of the fighters is coming off of at least one loss. In the past, a fighter would worry about his job if he lost two fights in a row. However, MMA Junkie's John Morgan says the UFC is looking to trim its roster. With fighters coming over from Strikeforce, and the addition of the men's flyweight and women's bantamweight divisions, the UFC is going to have to make more tough decisions like this. Fighters have to win to keep their job.
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May 3, 2007
DEKALB, Ill. - The Northern Illinois University softball team heads to Ohio for its final road trip of the 2007 season when the Huskies travel to Bowling Green State to face the Falcons in a doubleheader Friday and then head to Toledo where it will take on the Rockets in a two game weekend set starting Saturday.
"You want to be playing good ball going into the conference tournament," NIU head coach Donna Martin said. "This weekend can go a long way in propelling us into meeting one of our goals, going to the conference tournament and winning it."
As it stands right now, the Huskies (20-23, 9-9) are right there along with Akron and Ohio for the final two bids into the 2007 MAC Softball Tournament. All three teams are at .500 in the MAC. The top three teams in each division advance to the tournament automatically, followed by the next two best teams in either division. As always, pitching is going to be a big factor in the Huskies success.
"Our pitching staff has settled down and pitched some pretty good games for us in the last week or so," Martin said. "They're pretty consistent and pretty solid for us. They need to keep us in it."
Taryn Hagemann and Kate Greenough have combined for a 2.83 earned run average in the Huskies last 10 games. Greenough, a freshman out of Portland, Ore., is the reigning MAC West Pitcher of the Week. She is 4-1 in her last seven appearances with a 2.88 ERA, while Hagemann has a 2.78 ERA and is holding opponents to a .221 batting average.
If the pitching is asked to keep the Huskies in the games, the offense is going to need to produce runs to win the games. In the last 10 games, Krista McPherson, Randi Kreiter, Bailey Ouellette and Michelle Nendza have all been hitting .300 or better. Ouellette has been the Huskies' leading run producer, driving in nine runs the last 10 games, followed by Kreiter with six and Nendza with five. Nendza leads the Huskies in RBIs with 27, while Kreiter is right behind her with 26.
McPherson continues to be the catalyst of the offense. As the Huskies' leadoff hitter it's her job to get on base. She leads the Huskies in runs scored with 28 and has an on base percentage of .405. In the last 10 games she has an on base percentage of .436, with 11 hits, two doubles, four walks and three RBIs.
First pitch of the first game Friday against the Falcons is set for 1 p.m. CDT. The Huskies Saturday game with Toledo is a 1 p.m. CDT start and Sunday's series finale will begin at 12 p.m. CDT. All four games will be available on GameTracker on niuhuskies.com.


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haha i would do something like thisReplyDelete
Lovely! ;-) Found your monogram!! xoxoReplyDelete
I am going to miss my friends so much this summer too! I feel like I am leaving my family all over again! I love my sharpie pens!ReplyDelete
That counts for my requests for your continuing art!!! Very interesting and unique designs...ReplyDelete
Whee!!! Found your monogram....enlarged pic and there it was!!!ReplyDelete
How cool! I was looking at that wondering where I could get a 'coozie' like that. You are quite the artist, however, I didn't spot your monogram. ((sorry))ReplyDelete
I miss sitting in the library with my sorority sister for study hours so much! good luck with the rest of the semester- finish strong!ReplyDelete
you are funny! kick some rear at sprints this weekend!ReplyDelete
God bless the beauty of a Sharpie doodle!ReplyDelete
Hey wait, isn't that a dog breed? :)
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Upon meeting your Bulgarian local guide we will continue our path of towns from the middle ages. A full day will be spent exploring Arbanassi and Tsarevets hill in Veliko Turnovo, the ancient capital of the country. The next day moving on to Plovidiv to see its Roman Theater and old town. Before ending in Sofia we will stop to visit the amazing Rila Monstary the largest and oldest in Bulgaria.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Bucharest.
- Your English-speaking specialist guide will pick you up from Bucharest Airport and take you to your hotel
- Evening at your leisure
- Overnight in Bucharest
Day 2: Bucharest - Cozia - Sibiu.
- Breakfast
- Morning tour of Bucharest's major sites; including The House of Parliament; the 2nd largest building in the world, next to the Pentagon. Other sites include The Revolution Square, the Romanian Athenaeum; the National Art Museum; the building of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party (the well-known balcony, was where the Romanian Revolution started) and the Village Museum one of the rarest museum in the world
- Depart for Sibiu; en route a visit to the Orthodox Monastery of Cozia, located on the beautiful valley of the River Olt. The church was built between 1387 – 1391 by Prince Mircea; grandfather to Vlad Tepes – Dracula.
- Evening Tour of Sibiu : including the Tower of the Council, the Liars' Bridge, The Protestant Church (dated 1321), the Old Town Hall, the Bruckental Museum, and the Jesuit Baroque Church
- Overnight in Sibiu. Includes: (B).
Day 3: Sibiu - Slimnic - Alma Vii - Medias - Biertan - Sighisoara.
- Breakfast
- First part of the day is dedicated to explore the old fortresses built by saxons in the south of Transylvania. We'll visit three of the most important fortresses from Slimnic, Alma Vii, Biertan which are included in the Unesco Heritages list.
- Slimnic rural fortress named Stolzemburg built in 14 century by German community. A part of the fortress is ruins.
- Alma Vii – fortified church since 15 century. An example of Saxon construction which can be seen through-out Transylvania.
- In Medias is the beautiful Margareta church from XIV century and the main tower with 47m high slant. This tower was included in top 10 the most slanted towers in the world.
- In Biertan village is a fortified medieval church, one of the biggest in Transylvania with three defensive inner walls.
- Ending the day in Sighisoara, one of the most preserved medieval city in Europe. Situated in Mures County, on the valley of the Tarnava Mare river, Sighisoara (former Dacian settlement and also called "the pearl of Transylvania") was founded by the German immigrants in the second half of the 12th century and it was turned into a city in 1407. Its medieval aspect may be found both in the center of the city and inside the Fortress of Sighisoara. In this area, houses are built very close to one another, giving a sense of "crowdedness" (in order to occupy the least space possible)
- The main sights: Clock Tower and History Museum, Birth place of Vlad Tepes (Vlad the Impaler), Covered stairs, Church on the Hill.
- In the evening a tour of Sighisoara, the best preserved medieval fortress in Europe. Includes: (B).
Day 4: Sighisoara - Bran - Brasov - Sinaia.
- Continue your journey to Bran with it's famous Bran castle. Also called Dracula's Castle, it is situated not far from Brasov (25 kilometers) at the entrance in the Bran - Rucar passage. The castle got its fame from Dracula's legend written in 1897 by Bram Stoker and later on made into a film by Francis Ford Coppola.. The first documents about the Bran Castle appeared in 1377. Along the history, the Castle had a strategic mission being the border between Transylvania and Wallachia. First it was under the rule of the King of Hungary Sigismund of Luxemburg, than under the Romanian voievodes Mircea cel Batran and Vlad Tepes and later on it came under the jurisdiction of the City of Brasov. In 1912 it was donated by the municipality of Brasov to the Romanian royal family, in order to became their residence.
- Then go to Brasov and visit the historical center where you can admire Concil Square, Black Church, Weaver's Bastion, Ecaterina's Gate, Black and White Tower.
- Overnight in Sinaia. Includes: (B).
Day 5: Sinaia - Guirgiu (Bulgarian border) - Veliko Turnovo.
- Breakfast
- In the morning visit the Peles Castle, former summer residence of the kings of Romania, the Peles Castle is 44 kilometers far from Brasov, in Sinaia, a well-known mountain resort. Nowadays the Castle is one of the most important museums in Transylvania with an impressive collection of furniture and ornamental objects, carpets, tapestry, sculptures, paintings, collections of weapons from the 15th up to the19th centuries.
- Then transfer to Bulgarian Border where you will meet the Bulgarian guide. Estimate arriving hour 16.30 – 17.00.
- Pick up at Giurgiu – Romanian side of the border approx. at 5 p.m.
- Cross the border to Bulgaria
- Transfer to Veliko Turnovo
- Check-in hotel
- Overnight. Includes: (B).
Day 6: Veliko Turnovo.
- Breakfast
- After breakfast – sightseeing of Veliko Turnovo - the ancient capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom (12th -14th C.), picturesquely situated on the hills at the banks of the meandering river Jantra. Visit of the medieval fortress of Tsarevets hill and of Samovodska charshiya - handy craft street.
- Sightseeing of Arbanassi – 17th C. fortified village with entrance to Konstanzaliev's house (17th C.) and Jesus Christ's Nativity Church which interior is covered in frescoes depicting 2000 scenes.
- Overnight. Includes: (B).
Day 7: Veliko Turnovo - Shipka - Plovdiv.
- Breakfast
- Drive to Plovdiv via Shipka Pass.
- On the way entrance to the Outdoor ethnographic museum Etura with its 18th -19th C. crafts.
- Stop at Shipka monument for pictures.
- Visit to the Shipka Memorial church with golden domes.
- Arrival in Plovdiv in the afternoon. Walking in the old part of the town with beautiful old houses from the Bulgarian Revival period (18th – 19th C.).
- Entrance to the St. Konstantin and Elena church and to the Roman Theater.
- Overnight at 3-star hotel in Plovdiv. Includes: (B).
Day 8: Plovdiv - Rila - Sofia.
- Breakfast
- Departure to Rila Monastery across the magnificent nature of the Rila and Rhodope Mountains.
- Stop at winter resort Borovets.
- Visit of the largest and one of the oldest Bulgarian monasteries (10th C.), included in the UNESCO World Heritage List with medieval defense tower from the 14th C. and fine frescoes.
- Departure to the capital Sofia. Overnight at 3-star hotel in Sofia.
- Overnight in Sofia. Includes: (B).
Day 9: Sofia.
- Breakfast
- If time – sightseeing on foot of the capital town – St. Sofia statue, St. Petka church, St. George Rotunda, Ruins of Serdica, National Theater, Russian church, Al. Nevski Cathedral and St. Sofia church.
- Transfer to the airport and the final good-bye. Includes: (B). End of tour services.
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Release Date: 2001-01-19 (Sundance Film Festival)
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A familiar story with heart-wrenching humanity and an astonishing ability to display the horrific pain that comes when someone is in the ferocious grip of drug addiction. Alix, a young white, educated, middle-class girl, turned homeless due to her crack and heroin addiction. Her daily life consists of hustling for money to buy drugs. She constantly takes advantage of the few friends she does have, because of her desperate need to feed her habit. When Digna, a photographer on the verge of making it big, befriends Alix and attempts to set her on the path to recovery, the troubled girl's emotional and ethical cores are put to the test. On the surface the two women seem to represent success and failure respectively. However, when their lives become intertwined, the similarities between them are exposed, revealing them both to be suffering from a fear that manifests itself in self-destruction and isolation.
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Normally I like to start reviews with a list of adjective with which to describe the work I'm reviewing. It gives me a chance to string together wordw which might not otherwise make any sense together, then forget about them and leave the you trying to figure out what moment of a book might reasonably be called say, 'disgustingly erotic' or whatever it is I've decided to put to screen. In The Heroes cas, I am going to say one word: wile.
Vile in the best way possible of course; vile characters, vile setting and vile story; but what would you expect from a war story? If you expect heroes, then The Heroes is not the book for you. It's a story of cowards, of old-men, young boys, power hungry fools and anger. Most books hide their themese behind a pretty word and beatiful turn of phrase. Abercrombie presents to you a banquet of horror and suspense, garnished with disembowelment and an almost feverish dislike of his main characters. He's often compared to George R.R Martin in that he's more than happy to drag fantasy cliches down into the mud and beat them bloody. But to my mind he's much more cruel. Martin will happily kill a character, perhaps put him or her, through the emotional wringer but Abercrombie? It's a veritable parade of indignities and paon for everyone involved and it is fucking brilliant.
This is of course difficult to back up; in the past I've happily written that 'grim and gritty' fantasy isn't always my thing. So here's the cahnce to say which part of its: that fantasy where cliches are torn down ruthlessly with great writing.
Let's start with the second point: writing is very subjective, but Abercrombie manages to write interestingly, if not poetically, and move the plot along at a blistering pace, developing characters and making you fall for them. A strain of black humour helps as well. To the first point the characters of this book are flawed yet manage to fit neatly into conventional archetypes before they blow them apart and make them their own. The disgraced soldier searching for redemption is much darker than he first appears. The older warrior tired of war is as honest as he appears but also tricking himself. The traiterous bastard is...well a traiterous bastard. But the writing comes in and carries him and the other characters along, you can sympaphise with them, cheer for them, and when you want to curse them you realise that you really want to curse them. Turning villains into heroes is, if not easy, then popular, but heroes into villains? Much more interesting, even though no one is a hero.
There are problems; most of which become apparent near the end, when you discover the deeper meaning to everyones actions. Sadly this connection is far too similar to the ending of Joe Abercombies 'The First Law' trilogy. It feels more like laziness than any sort of homage or sly wink, and while the previous book – 'Best Served Cold' had an ending that managed to tie darkness with a real sense of relief, here it's a bit too dark. Impressive in the original trilogy, often moving into depressing here. A twist would be for characters to not go away worse off than they had been before, though some do get to change their lot, they're too minor (for the time being) to be of much interest. There's also the fact that you must have read the other books by Abercombie to get what is going on. He does a good job of making it stand-alone, but it's not good enough and if you didn't like the previous books then your unlikely to find anything of interest here. If you did like those books, this is probably far too late for you. If you like the sound of this book, read the others, they'll either make you puke or cheer, or puke and cheer.
Finally it must be said that this is the book that made me stay up until 4 in the morning on a work night reading it. I think that's reccomendation enough.


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WildLife - Naked Outdoors
Amateurs, Showgirls and Models 18+
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Wild Life - Naked Outdoors
The title suggests many possibilities... skinny dipping, flashing for beads or attention, public exhibitionism, social nudism, getting close to nature, escape from oppressing rules and restrictions, rebellion, liberation of the free spirit, sunbathing with no tan lines, nude modeling, body painting, dance, yoga, festivals, contests and events. It can be appreciated by all who dare - whether participating or watching. Most will agree you have not lived until you've tried it.
We have taken a keen interest in the social aspects of public nudity. From the fears of a shy first-time model to the excitement of a professional showgirl, from a tourist winning beads and cheers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, or an experienced stripper or an adult entertainer signing autographs and posing for her fans at a convention, festival or special event, we capture the experience in photos and videos for your personal enjoyment.
We would like to thank all of the participants for graciously posing for our cameras and sharing their unique beauty with us. All subjects are over the legal age of 18 at the time of visual recording.
305 photos in all on 160 pages. Preview is set to ALL pages.
Individual photos from this book may be purchased from post cards to canvas prints here:
We have closed our ArtBarkVideo web site, but our work is found here on Blurb, RedBubble.com as ArtBarkVideo and on Coccovision.com video by member Artiztik. Check us out and explore our world.
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layne1 sagt Another fine effort on your part. I love this sort of visual exploration. I see you taking this is so many different and interesting directions. Keep up the journey. Topics everyone is interested in but afraid to tackle the challenges. You are making headway for sure.
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dannysixx sagt Looks awesome!
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kevoch sagt I would like to have it.
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CathieB sagt Thanks for contacting me. The women in your book are stunning. Did you get signed model releases from them? I use model releases for all my models but they aren't candid street shots like yours.My first book will be delivered Tuesday. I can't wait. I have an exphibition coming up and I'm not sure if the books I'll order after I check out this one will arrive on time.
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artbarkvideo sagt I just received the printed copy of my book today, and after months of layout and editing, I must say it is like seeing my work for the very first time! After viewing everything on electronic monitors for the last 7 years, there is something very gratifying about the printed page, Blurb gave very fast turn-around time on this order, and the quality is above my expectations!
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mikepenney sagt The book is interesting in it's ability to cross from art to lewd and back again several times.
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Some fruits are more common to make jam from them (like peach in Hungary), but sometimes even widely available fruits are not common to make jams (like grape). What's the reason and what is it depends on?
The historical purpose of jam is to preserve fruit from a time of bounty to a time when it is less plentiful.
Therefore, to be a candidate for jam making, the fruit must be reasonably plentiful in the region where it would be preserved.
Technically, in order to form a jam or a jelly, there must be sufficient pectin and sufficient acid in the fruit to thicken it. In some regions, there are traditional combinations of high and low pectin fruits, in order to get a viable jam from the low pectin fruit.
Some fruits need acid, in the form of vinegar or lemon juice usually, added in order to help them gel; others need additional pectin. Canning Homemade has lists of high, medium, and low pectin fruits.
Other than this, it is down to the cultural preferences in a given region.
When I make jam/jelly/preserves/marmalade/butter at home, I tend to get creative with the flavors and types of ingredients used. For instance, I make a brown sugar orange jelly that is delicious! I don't care for the rind in most marmalades, so I find creative ways to get rid of them. Making orange juice and turning it into a jelly is one way. :)
To answer your question about making grape jam, I think the answer lies with the fruit itself. Have you ever eaten a grape in parts (skin separately and then the meat of the grape)? The skin is very bitter when it's by itself. I would guess that is the main reason you don't see grape jam. The skin bits in the jam would make it too bitter or have random bitter flavors coming through. You could peel the grapes and then make jam, but that's extremely tedious.
There are so many options when making jam, etc. at home that you could come up with. IMO, the store bought stuff (unless a specialty or gourmet product) tends to stick with the tried and true flavors that are known sellers.


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The weather is very nice today along the beach as temps hit the upper 70's along with plenty of sunshine.
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A new developer diary has been published on the Darkfall: Unholy Wars site. Penned by game logic programmer Jon Massey, the diary goes into a lot of detail about the role of clans in the upcoming title. Additionally, the team acknowledges that the preorder deadline has passed and that there may yet be a preorder if it can be started on Monday.
One point to make before the developer diary: I know that I said in the MMORPG.com Q&A that pre-orders were to launch this week, and we really tried until a little while ago before having to accept defeat, a combination of things (most we could not control since there are 3 companies working on this) made it impossible. Obviously our main focus is on the actual game, but this was important as well, so it's frustrating for us, as I'm sure it is for you. So will we still do a pre-order before launch at this late date? Perhaps if this can be done on Monday so we can break up the buying traffic before the launch day and make sure everything is working right, and give you the ability to reserve your character name beforehand. There will be people working on this over the weekend here, at the provider and at our billing processor's, so we hope we'll be able to have the option on Monday.
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The largest number of Americans is either in retirement or about to retire, whether they have the money or not. We are facing the greatest population in poverty since the great depression. Elderly are finding the money set aside to take care of them through retirement is not there. Many had worked hard all of their lives and truly believed that Social Security was their nest egg., many put money into retirement funds (believing this money would offset the Social Security) and still others bought a home and land (believing this was their retirement. These are not people who have been on public assistance during their life and now find they are. These are not people who played, partied and gambled (this being 'I will just take a little and put it back next month'); they are those caught in the financial bubble of the later 2000's.
Many of our elderly are back at work because they cannot make ends meet. And still others are making difficult choices, they never dreamed they would face (to buy food or get medicine). Our nation has been the World's Number One Power and now we cannot take care of our elderly. There are some things we can do. First if we still have that house, hang on to it if at all possible and look into a reverse mortgage (be sure to have someone other than yourself look over the contract). Second, we can take advantage of some of the discounts available to us for living this long (discount on property tax or senior shopper days at the local grocery) also, the local food bank has food for seniors. And we can keep track of what our government is doing about our concerns www.govtrack.us/congress
Today, many are changing their minds about who is to receive community support and what the conditions of that need are. No longer thought of as taking advantage, now thought of 'there by the grace of – go I'. In many communities, the local parks service has garden patches for use by people to grow their own fruits and vegetables. www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/AoA_Program Some of us are too frail or do not have transportation to get to some of the resources however there is discounted bus service and neighbors who can band together. What use to be a community of Moms looking for resources and carpooling when the kids were little is now a community of seniors looking to stay above water. Services are available we just need to look. www.aarp.org


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"We expect that CCR5 antagonists, like maraviroc, will become critically important new treatment options for patients who are resistant or intolerant to their current HIV/AIDS therapies," John LaMattina, president, Pfizer global R&D.
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Pfizer's work on this potential treatment started in 1997. A study in 1996 described resistance to HIV-1 infection in certain Caucasian subjects, and in the same year, another journal reported the binding of HIV to the CCR5 receptor. Pfizer scientists noted that about one percent of Europeans who lacked the genes for CCR5 receptors were the ones who were resistant to acquiring HIV infection. This finding prompted them to design a molecule that would block the virus' entry through this gateway.
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12 Ways to Market to Small Businesses in a Slowdown
Marketing to business owners has gotten tricky with credit markets tight and gas and food prices rising.
Marketing adviser Warrillow & Co. recently surveyed 2,036 small businesses with fewer than 100 employees on their expectations and needs during a troubled economy. Nearly 60% say they expect the real volume of goods and/or services sold in the next three to six months would be unchanged or lower.
But those woes also present opportunity for marketers. Here are 12 recommendations from Warrillow for reaching and helping small businesses:
1. Target optimistic entrepreneurs: Warrillow's survey asked businesses that expected higher sales in coming months where they went for news and networking. The top two answers in a few categories: industry trade publications and city business journals; Entrepreneur, Inc. and Wired magazines; city newspapers and The Wall Street Journal (publisher of this blog); radio from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. or 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.; msnbc.com and craigslist; ebay and LinkedIn.
2. Position yourself as a sales driver: How can your product or service directly increase sales for a small business? If it can't, then partner with companies that can.
3. Run "likely to leave" models: On a scale of one to five, (one being "do not at all agree" and five being "completely agree") small businesses weighed in at 3.2 when asked if they'd consider switching vendors. Warrillow suggests analyzing customer behavior to identify those who are most likely to leave and then target retention activities toward those likely defectors.
4. Offer self service: Business owners indicated they wanted more control. Warrillow cites United's PassPlus travel program as an example of a self-serve model that lets small businesses avoid using costly travel-management services.
5. Intercept businesses before they make their next move: Try free trials and discounts. Change advertising messages from awareness-raising to "targeted, engagement-based" messages.
6. Leverage social-networking trends: Twenty-eight percent of small-business owners surveyed are registered in at least one online community or social network. Here they are in order: classmates.com, Linkedin, MySpace, Facebook, and flickr. Warrillow cites Intuit's Just Start campaign, which used quizzes on Facebook, as an example of leveraging social networking.
7. Earmark entertainment/hospitality spending for small businesses: Free tickets never hurt. Warrillow notes that FedEx offers tickets to events such as the PGA Tour, NBA and NFL games. Other large companies entertain small-business customers at NASCAR, the Kentucky Derby and others.
8. "Lubricate the accordion": Offer self-service tools that let customers move their service/billing levels up or down without penalty as they need to.
9. Offer rent-to-own and short-term options: Small businesses surveyed said they'll decrease capital investments on average 10.1% in coming months. Short-term options can capture spending without tying them down.
10. Help them stay focused on their customers: Offer communications services — email, the Web, direct marketing, and others — that let entrepreneurs increase the frequency of their contact with customers.
11. Position your product or service as an efficiency enhancer: Warrillow cites Sprint's Palm Centro smartphone, which marketed itself as increasing multitasking, as an example.
12. Help them better manage cash flow: Teach your front-line executives and staff how to talk with small businesses about the intricacies of their balance sheet.
UPDATE: Warrillow is now hosting "SMB 360°," a 7-city tour to discuss these strategies.
Readers, any other suggestions?
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Since this week's meeting of western heads of states is being called the Group of 7 Summit, it is appealing to continue reviews of the many faces of James Bond. After all, the underside of diplomatic relations is always his specialty. Yesterday, this column reviewed "Casino Royale," the first 007 film starring Daniel Craig. His predecessor, Pierce Brosnan, made his debut in the role in "GoldenEye," which was released in 1995. Both "Casino Royale" and "GoldenEye" were directed by Martin Campbell.
"GoldenEye" begins with James Bond on a mission with Alec Trevelyan, aka 006 (played by Sean Bean). It ends badly with 006 dying. Years later, a Russian satellite communications post is attacked, and the satellite system ends up in the wrong hands. Bond is dispatched to Russia to investigate. He finds that Alec is alive and was part of the satellite theft. 007 has to stop him before the traitor deploys it. Helping him are many colorful characters, such as Natalya Simonova (played by Izabella Scorupco), a Russian computer programmer who was the only survivor of the attack on her office.
"GoldenEye" has many strong action scenes. Among the best is a chase through Russia where 007 drives a tank. Also, the opening scene is exciting, which shows 007 and 006 in a shootout with Russian soldiers.
The film has an impressive cast. Pierce Brosnan makes a very good James Bond. He is charming, yet also aggressive when he needs to be. Sean Bean makes a great villain. He is a real threat to James since he knew and worked with him years earlier. Izabella Scorupco is also quite good as Natalya, who is smart and dedicated to her job. Another memorable performance is by Famke Janssen, who plays a villain who works with 006. She is sexy, but also brutally violent when she needs to get her way.
"GoldenEye" is the best of all the Bond films starring Pierce Brosnan.