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Exquisite silk organza and lace Coan Couture gown. Because Coan Couture is exclusive to Bridal Image (a high-end salon) in San Francisco, it is sure to be a unique stunner for your wedding (and not something that you will see on many other brides).
The dress is light as air and was very comfortable for my summer 2013 wedding. I wanted something that was modern but with a touch of traditional lace, and this dress perfectly fit the bill. The lace wraps around from the bust down to the back of the dress and a row of silk-covered buttons hides the zipper in the back.
I am 5'4" and wore 2.5″ heels with the gown. This dress has been cleaned and is in great condition, ready to go. You are welcome to come to my home in San Francisco to try it on; or, as previously mentioned, Bridal Image exclusively carries this style so you could try it on at the salon if you prefer.
If you have any questions at all, please email me; I am happy to provide answers, further measurements, more pictures, etc. upon request. I know that buying a wedding gown is an emotional process, and I want to make sure that you are as happy in this dress as I was.
- Alterations: Professional alterations included: hemming (approximately 1.5 inch), hips (taken in approximately 1.5 inch), bust (taken in approximately .5 inch), cups sewn in, two hook and eyes added along the row of covered buttons to ensure that it remains straight when on
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Activities for all ages at the Murray County Fair
August 7, 2014
by Margie Anderson
From one to one hundred one, there is something for all ages at this year's Murray County Fair. Fair schedules have been printed in local papers, announcements have been heard on local radio stations, and talk around town has turned to what's happening at the Murray County Fair this summer.
Murray County 4-H'ers are busy training their livestock and preparing their exhibits for display at the county fair. The barns will be full and the 4-H Building Exhibit Hall will be bursting at the walls with interesting exhibits. Murray County 4-H families extend to you an invitation to the county fair and check it out.
Come early in the day and enjoy breakfast at the 4-H Food Stand. It will open at 8:00 a.m. each day of the fair. New to the breakfast menu are delicious, fluffy pancakes. If you stay late in the day, you can enjoy another new item on the menu, Cold Stone ice cream! The 4-H Food Stand closes each day at 9:00 p.m., except Saturday when it will close at 6 p.m.
Who makes the best brownies in the county? Find out by entering the Fun Food Challenge, sponsored by Murray County 4-H. Entries from all ages (4-H membership not required) can be brought to the 4-H Building on Wednesday, August 13 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Bring one brownie on a paper plate with the recipe. Brownies should be made from scratch or a box adaptation. Each participant will receive a 4-H Food Stand coupon just for entering. Prizes will be awarded in categories yet to be determined. Those might include the "most chocolatey", "I can taste chocolate and ?", "best traditional" and so on.
Maybe treasure hunts are more your thing. Each day of the fair, two 4-H capsules will be hidden in the Exhibit Hall. Enclosed in the capsule will be a coupon for a free 4-H refillable soda cup (the finder also keeps the cool 4-H capsule). Each day two lucky hunters will have all the free soda they can drink in a day!
4-H photography exhibitors invite anyone and everyone to enjoy their photos and also to vote for the Peoples' Choice award winners. Voting will take place from 4:00-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 13. For each vote that a 4-H'er receives, it could win them free prints. The top three vote-getters will receive gift cards from Thrifty White Drug in Slayton.
Dirt never tasted so good! Well at least the dirt cake that will be served to youngsters on Friday night, August 15 at the 4-H Building. Murray County 4-H Ambassadors welcome youth to come into the Exhibit Hall and enjoy a free dish of dirt cake from 7:00-7:30 p.m.
What are you looking forward to at the Murray County Fair? There's a lot going on each day of the fair and something for all ages. Why not start and end your day at the 4-H Building during the Murray County Fair?
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"In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they are still beautiful."
-Alice Walker
Perfection is all relative. But look how cute I am now after all of my trips to Denver! Such great docs to fix me up!
Living with an Arteriovenous Malformation is just part of my normal everyday. I've been aware of this my entire life and dealt with many different things along the way.
This site is my ongoing story of what it is like to have a facial AVM. I have often felt isolated by this condition and have spent many hours online searching for information that applied to me. The problem is that most searches provide results for brain AVM's which are more common than those in the head/neck and extremities. While this condition is related, it didn't provide me with the information that I was looking for. I still felt that I had little that really pertained to me and "my" experience with this.
So this site is my story. I hope that others suffering with AVM's may find it helpful. It is mostly about personal experience, the treatments I am currently receiving, and the many wonderful people that I have met along the way. I will do my best to also provide accurate information about what an AVM is and the different treatment options that are out there.
I don't claim to be a scientist or doctor, but I have lived with this for over 30 years and hope that some of what I have learned along the way might be beneficial to someone just starting on this journey to recovery!
Most Recent Trip #44- 4/14
I'm sorry for the lack of updates to the site. The good news is that I have just been living my life, doing the daily normal stuff, and have spent less time consumed with this AVM. It's all good stuff! My most recent trip was in April this year and was my official one year check up from the last trip in March 2013. So a year passes quicker than we ever realize. Went in for the MRI, was put under for the angio and possible embo, but woke up to the news that Dr. Yakes didn't use any alcohol, that the AVM showed no signs of growth since my last trip, and that I was not to come back for another year! The stability of the AVM is thrilling and I couldn't be happier. I should go in for more debunking but honestly it's just not a huge priority. I feel like I'll eventually get to it as the bulk really is causing some issues with my jaw and teeth alignment. But for now, I'm enjoying just not dealing with health issues and taking "normal" for granted. It's been so worth it.
Trip #43- March 2013
Super easy trip! 3 cc's and don't come back for a YEAR! That's right. This is a milestone. An entire year not to bother with anything AVM related. How awesome is that? I don't know what I will do with myself with all of this time. Might need to find a hobby ;)
Trip #42- 9/13/2012
Heading to Denver for my real six month break! I will have an MRI, an angio, and if needed another treatment. I'm under the impression that there has been a bit of growth in my chin. I've been feeling those odd tickles that suggest something is happening. And I've noticed a slight increase in the size. But I'm just going to wait to see what Dr. Yakes has to say and not freak out in the least until then! I'm still feeling great, no bleeds, no pain...no reason at all to complain!
Magazine article July 2012
I recently had the privilege of of sharing my story with a magazine in the UK. The opportunity to spread awareness is something that I always take seriously. Making sure it is the right avenue, a good message, and a positive voice is a hard balancing act given our society's love of "stories" and drama! I know that the team at Real People Magazine listened to my concerns and desire to provide a story that would help educate people about AVM's and to do so with the best of intentions. I worked closely with them to provide details about my experience and approve the eventual article. While there may be little parts that aren't exactly accurate, or where some creative writing was used in order to make it hit home with their audience, the overall story is mine. With any luck it will be read by someone who has felt alone or challenged by a facial AVM. And if that happens, then I will be thrilled and consider this a succesful endeavor.
Trip #41- 3/13/2012 (yes the day before my birthday!)
This actually ended up being only 4 months of my anticipated 6 month break as I just couldn't stay away and missed everyone too much :) Well to be completely honest, a tiny amount of regrowth was popping up and I knew I wanted to take care of it early. So I fit myself into their schedule in March, a quick MRI looked great, small embo of 5 cc's done, and another "See ya in 6 months!" This little girl has NO complaints!
Trip #40 I got a tentative "DONE!"
Ya, that's right!!! My November trip started with about 15 dozen homemade cookies to share with the staff. And apparently cookies are good luck because after everyone enjoyed them, after my embo, and in recovery...PA Mandy looked at my chart and said "You're DONE! Don't come back for 6 months..."
So after 4 years of monthly embolizations I am well on my way to being a "normal" person who just lives her life and enjoys each day without the worry of bleeding, pain, and disfigurement. I get a 6 month break from treatment and will follow up with Dr. Yakes in April or May for a checkup, MRI, and a decision about whether I am really done or need just a few more. Either way, I'm thrilled. I feel great, I look wonderful, I am strong and in control of this beast, and I have a bright future filled with anything I can dream of. I no longer have to live in response to this AVM. It is a small part of me, of my journey in life, but it no longer holds center stage. I am so thankful for the experiences I have had, the people who I've met, the wonderful transformation I've been through. While none of this has been "fun" or easy, I have made the best of it and I've come out victorious. I have realized that I am stronger than I would have given myself credit for, and that I have the support of such loving and wonderful people to make sure I am successful in any challenge I take on. I'm pretty freaking fantastic to be honest!!! :)
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If you or a loved one is facing a trip to the hospital please consider some of our Feel Good Gown products. Not only does it help brighten the day for you but for others in the hospital. It was an unexpected side effect but one that has brought me so much pleasure! Seeing me in my bright and happy gowns has put a smile on the faces of so many other patients.
AVM Survivors Network
For anyone with an AVM I sincerely encourage you to check out the AVM Survivors Network.
This is a support community for everyone affected by AVM's. While it is mostly "brainers" I am in awe of the kindness, support, encouragement, and general friendship offered by every member. We recently met a milestone when we reached over 1000 members from all over the w
orld. And it is growing daily! The opportunities to educated yourself, to meet others who have gone through what you are facing, the ability to network and even meet others in person...it's just great!
Thanks to Ben Munoz and the team at Ben' Friends for starting this wonderful website!
We participated in the 6th Annual AVM Walk in SF! And I totally walked the 5K route! It's almost like I'm athletic :)
Take a look at our fundraising site and my newest movie! http://www.indiegogo.com/AVMSurvivors
We raised just under $5,000 this year! So cool.
This money will be used to support TAAF's ongoing mission to better the lives, support networks, and medical care of those affected by aneurysm and other types of vascular malformation of the brain as well as to support Ben's Friends with specific funding for AVMSurvivors.org which provides free support to all of it's members!
More details and pictures from both of the past two years walks can be found here! And the movies, of course, are Super Cool. Take a look at how much fun we have each year!
Also, Scott made a video of the 2009 event with quick little interviews of many of our AVMers. You can check it out HERE.
You can find me on facebook through the group
"Shalon's AVM Story" which was set up by my friend Margaret. (Thanks lady!)
Also don't forget to check out my blog- "Alcohol...it's the new glue!"
The link is on the left side of each page of this website through the navigation bar. But you can also just click here!
I also do occasionally post on Twitter... but more often I can be found tweeting under the name FeelGoodGowns
I LOVE to hear from people. Did you sign the guestbook?
If not, please take a moment and let me know you stopped by!
Disclaimer: This site is not intended to provide diagnosis or medical info. I am not a doctor and don't ensure the accuracy of any information on this site. I have tried to provided original links for content that I have borrowed and quoted. No copyright infringment is intended.


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JASPER, Ala. (AP) -- Initial tests show a possible link between a skull found under a house in Jasper and the case of two elderly women who've been missing for years.
ABC 33/40 reports that a forensic pathologist has determined the skull is consistent with a small, elderly white female.
Police have said the skull could be connected to the missing person case of 104-year-old Mary Cobb and her daughter, 83-year-old Wynona Delvecchio. They were reported missing in 2005.
Delvecchio once owned the house where the skull was recently found by the person who lives there now. Police say they believe the women were living in the home around the time they were last seen.
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Center Valley, Pa. - Half of the Patriot League's spring sport championships will be contested this weekend, setting up the busiest three-day stretch of the year as titles are decided in men and women's lacrosse, men's tennis, men's golf and women's rowing.
The action begins on Friday, when the semifinals are played in both men and women's lacrosse and the quarterfinals open up in men's tennis. It continues on Saturday, with the first 36 holes of the Patriot League Men's Golf Championship along with the semifinals of men's tennis. The first two days all set up a smorgasbord of activity on Sunday when the Patriot League title will be awarded in all five sports.
It's also a significant weekend in softball and baseball, as the final regular-season series are on tap heading into the Patriot League championships in two weeks.
Check out the schedules and click on the links below for coverage of all of the action on Championship weekend in the Patriot League!
Men's Lacrosse
Semifinals - Friday - Andy Kerr Stadium (Hamilton, N.Y.)
No. 4 Bucknell @ No. 1 Colgate, 5 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
No. 3 Army vs. No. 2 Lehigh, 8 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
Championship - Sunday - Andy Kerr Stadium (Hamilton, N.Y.)
Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 3 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
Championship Coverage
Men's Lacrosse Championship page
Tournament preview (with video)
Live Blog
Women's Lacrosse
Semifinals - Friday - Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Md.)
No. 4 American @ No. 1 Navy, 5 p.m. WATCH on Patriot League All-Access
No. 3 Holy Cross vs. No. 2 Colgate, 7:45 p.m. WATCH on Patriot League All-Access
Championship - Sunday - Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Md.)
Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 WATCH on Patriot League All-Access
Championship Coverage
Women's Lacrosse Championship page
Tournament Preview
Men's Tennis
Quarterfinals - Friday - USNA Tennis Courts (Annapolis, Md.)
No. 4 Bucknell vs. No. 5 Colgate, 9 a.m.
No. 2 Lehigh vs. No. 7 Holy Cross, 12 p.m.
No. 3 Army vs. 6 Lafayette, 3 p.m.
Semifinals - Saturday - USNA Tennis Courts (Annapolis, Md.)
No. 1 Navy vs. Bucknell/Colgate, 10 a.m.
Lehigh/Holy Cross vs. Army/Lafayette, 2 p.m.
Championship - Sunday - USNA Tennis Courts (Annapolis, Md.)
Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.
Championship Coverage
Men's Tennis Championship page
Championship preview
Men's Golf
Bucknell Golf Course (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Saturday, 8 a.m. (36 holes)
Sunday, 8:30 a.m. (18 holes)
Championship Coverage
Men's Golf Championship page
Championship preview
Live Results
Women's Rowing
Sunday - Cooper River (Cherry Hill, N.J.)
Varsity Four, 8 a.m.
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Varsity Eight, 8:30 a.m.
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Women's Rowing Championship page
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Guangzhou Art Museum : Michelin's recommendations
Opened in 1997, this gallery, one of the largest art museums in southern China, is housed in a modern building at the southernmost point of Lake Luhu. Much of the museum is dedicated to the artists of the so-called "Lingnan" school. Also of interest are the Tibetan thangka - rare paintings used as meditation tools. The museum also presents an interesting overview of calligraphy and Chinese painting up to the modern day. The inner courtyard, decorated with trees and bushes in typical Cantonese style, makes a pleasant spot for a rest.
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Iza Ferreira
Head Coach Vicky Maes: "Iza has an incredible feel for the ball. She continues to adjust to hardcourts every day, and I don't doubt that she will be a fierceless competitor for the Wildcats."
Southwest Baptist University Freshman Year (2002-2003): Named freshman of the year...Compiled an overall singles record of 16-1... Earned a 10-11 doubles record when paired with Valerie Jones.
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March 22, 2000
LOS ANGELES - There's a reason the UCLA Bruins look cool and collected and are cruising in the NCAA tournament.
They have been playing "tournament" games for more than a month.
After a midseason swoon left them at 13-11, the Bruins realistically saw every game down the stretch as single-elimination - a loss and no NCAA bid.
"It's unusual that you have to win all of the final six games," UCLA coach Steve Lavin said. "Because we put ourselves in a hole, we were in the situation where every game became a must-win, backs-to-the-wall, Russian Roulette, NCAA tournament sense of urgency every game.
"We played in six of those, so for three weeks, we were essentially simulating all the conditions that we face in the NCAA tournament. As a result, after the Ball State and Maryland games, it was kind of business as usual."
After losing by 29 points at Arizona State and 15 points at Arizona last month, UCLA closed the regular season with a rush, a six-game winning streak that included an upset of then-No. 1 Stanford in the Cardinal's gym.
Their two NCAA tournament victories extended the Bruins' streak to eight straight, and, sporting a more respectable 21-11 record, they face Iowa State (31-4) in the Midwest Regional semifinals Thursday night at Auburn Hills, Mich.
"I think we're going to be loose and have fun," said forward JaRon Rush, who returned to the Bruins' lineup to play in the upset of Stanford on March 4 after being suspended for taking improper payments.
"We basically need to contain Marcus Fizer," Rush said of Iowa State's All-American forward. "If we can, it will really help us."
Rush said the Bruins seem to be clicking now.
"We're playing good defense, and on offense, we have people penetrating and we're hitting most of our wide-open shots," he said. "Before, we just took shots too early, but now we're being patient and letting things come to us.
"We're all very unselfish with the ball. Coach Lavin talks about that all the time in practice."
Despite recent success, Lavin doesn't worry about his players being overly confident.
"They're not very impressed with themselves and they are aware they still have a lot of deficiencies to work on and that their best basketball is still ahead of them," the coach said.
He believes losing actually helped them to take winning in stride.
"The Stanford game, because they were No. 1 in the country, that obviously was an emotional game," he said. "But other than that, they've been pretty levelheaded after both wins and losses."
Even following the 105-70 blowout of Maryland in the second round, a game they completely dominated, the Bruins didn't really celebrate.
"What I sensed in the locker room after the Maryland game was that we were kind of focused on our next opponent, realized that this was just one more step toward the ultimate goal, the national championship," Lavin said.
"Part of the reason the team acts more mature, and it's still a young team, is the fact they played the second most difficult schedule in the country behind Kentucky, and then the factor of losing six out of seven at one point, which I think kind of gave us some battle scars."
He worried during that rocky period that the team might lose its confidence.
"With this team, I've always worried more about our confidence being fragile. With past UCLA teams, my concern was maybe exaggerated opinions of themselves or a weak schedule that might lead to kind of a fools' gold false sense of security about the team's abilities," Lavin said.
"But this team, because they were playing a difficult schedule and because of the personality of the team, I was more concerned about them having confidence, to keep their heads up and keep working during the tough stretch in the middle of the season because I knew we were capable of doing special things."
He said the biggest challenge thus was to keep the players' spirits up while they were losing.
"That's a bigger challenge in this town more than another town, because when it's bad in Los Angeles, it's really bad," Lavin said. "As a coach you try to find a middle ground to keep them where the reality is - we're never as good as people think we are and we're never as bad as people think we are."
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The Blood Red Fire Shrimp is a very popular shrimp because of its stunning color. These shrimp are a deep red, with white antennae and white spots on their body.
In nature, these shrimp set up large cleaning stations on the reef where fish will come to have parasites picked from their skin. The Blood Shrimp gladly provides this valuable service to even the fiercist predators. Blood Shrimp are often found lingering around an Eel's hole where it will clean the face of the eel as it sticks its head out.
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Early next month, there will be an auction in New York that's actually going to include what is known as the "holy grail of guitars." ABC News reported on March 7, 2014, that there will be hundreds of acoustic guitars up for auction and one of those is the very elusive OM-45 Deluxe, or better known as the "holy grail of guitars."
Hank Risan is a California collector that is offering up some of his prized instruments at an auction by Guernsey's on April 2 and April 3, 2014. 265 total pieces of his collection will be up for auction, and they are all looked at as prize choices.
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The oldest instrument in Risan's collection is dated back to 1840. The newest piece dates back only to 2000, and it's a re-creation of a Martin masterpiece from 1930, and it's the "holy grail of guitars," an OM-45 Deluxe. Only 14 of them were ever made and both the re-creation and the original from his collection will be up for grabs.
There are going to be a large number of guitar makers represented in Risan's collection. They include Gibson, Stromberg, Washburn, D'Angelico, Gretsch, and more.
People heading to the auction will see guitars that were once played by or belonged to Stephen Stills, Mick Jagger, and Eric Clapton.
"These are not simply handsome-looking, finely crafted objects. They are, first and foremost, musical instruments and were created to be played," said Guernsey's President Arlan Ettinger.
If you're looking to attend the auction in early April, go equipped with plenty of cash because these prizes are bound to bring in large bids.
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Tax policy that supports charitable giving has been critically important to the development and sustained vitality of the nonprofit performing arts and has been since the tax deduction for charitable gifts was enacted in 1917. Incentives that encourage charitable giving to the nonprofit performing arts acknowledge the important role these organizations play in supporting vibrant and healthy communities.
On average, 40% of the annual revenue of the nonprofit performing arts sector comes from private contributions. Efforts to limit itemized deductions have been proposed by Congress and the administration. These include imposing a 28% cap on all deductions and implementing a floor where donors must give more than 2% of their adjusted gross income to take the charitable deduction. These actions would hamper giving and result in a significant decrease in contributions, thus reducing the services these organizations provide their communities.
The IRA Rollover allows donors age 70 1/2 and older to make tax-free charitable gifts directly from their Individual Retirement Account (IRA) funds to charitable organizations. Donors may give up to $100,000. Known as an "extender," Congress has been extending this tax incentive on a year-by-year basis, resulting in uncertainty for both donors and charities.
The artist fair market deduction bill, also known as the Artist Museum Partnership Act, would allow artists to take a fair-market value deduction for works donated to nonprofit institutions. Currently, artists (including writers, musicians, visual artists, and scholars) only receive a deduction based on the cost of materials even though posthumous donations of the very same work are eligible for a fair-market deduction.
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COACH BLUDER: Obviously, important game for us coming off of our first Big Ten loss, we need to bounce back and have a really good performance at Wisconsin. The last time we lost a game we reeled seven off in a row, so I know that our team can bounce back. I know that we're capable of bouncing back. But it is our first road game of the year. If you want to be successful in this league, you've got to do well on the road, and we have done well at Wisconsin in the past. Though some of them have been kind of thrilling overtime type victories, we've been able to pull out those victories and, ultimately, that's the main thing.
So I think our team is anxious to be able to go on the road. I think it's good that we are going to a place that we've had some success in the past. But I know they're anxious to get back on the floor and prove themselves after the game on Sunday.
Q. When you have a veteran team like this, when they go on the road can they kind of get together more and focus?
COACH BLUDER: I think this team, it's not like we need the time together on the road to build chemistry and something like that. We've had that opportunity. Over Christmas break they really don't have anything but basketball and team building to worry about. So I don't think that is really an issue but going on the road for the first time, that always is an issue. It's tougher to go on the road. We'd much rather play in Carver- Hawkeye Arena, and we didn't take advantage of that with Michigan. So now we've got to pick up a few extra road wins along the way to make up for that mishap against Michigan.
Q. Last time you went to Madison, Jaime went down. What are your recollections about that, and just tell me about her come back?
COACH BLUDER: Well, it was a close game. Jaime had kind of hurt her knee or tweaked her knee a little bit earlier in the game, so she was kind of favoring her knee. She went back into the game, and obviously it was towards the end going for a rebound. She went down on the far side of the court. I've talked with her about going there again, and we all know we're smart individuals. We know it wasn't the place that caused the issue, but obviously I want to get into her mind a little bit and find out if she's worried about that. So we're trying to talk through it and make sure that she's not nervous going into play there. Because, again, it wasn't the place that caused the injury, and we have to keep reminding ourselves of that. We've had some really good memories at Wisconsin, and we need to focus on those type of memories instead of that one.
But where she's come since that point in less than a year, I mean, basically in 11 months, is remarkable in my opinion. To think of how she's playing right now, I've seen very little hesitation in Jaime since she's come back. I think she completely trusts her knee. I think that mentally she's very strong. I don't know if I could have done what she's done and come back from two of these and go attack the basket as well and go as hard in practice as she does. I think it's remarkable where she's come from in 11 months. So I look forward to two more really good months out of Jaime Printy in basketball.
Q. Was it more the zone against Michigan or was Bethany just having an off day?
COACH BLUDER: I think Bethany struggled a little bit offensively in the last game. But you're going to have that. Not every player is going to be on every single night for the whole game. That's why you hope you have a team. You hope you have balance, and I think that's one of our assets to our basketball team is we don't rely on one person. We often win games with three or four people in double figures, and those people change constantly almost. So just because Bethany had an off night offensively isn't an excuse for us to lose a basketball game. We definitely have other people that can pick up in that situation, and that could be insert anybody's name in there, not just Bethany's.
Q. 16 games in the season, and she's only tried three free throws. Is that just kind of a fluke thing, or is that not being aggressive enough? Is it the way she plays on the court?
COACH BLUDER: It is kind of unusual. You look at Kate Thompson from Michigan, she was kind of in that same boat. But Kate Thompson, you think of just a perimeter shooter more. But Bethany, she has taken the ball to the hole. I mean, not all the time by any means, but she has some nice give and go. They hit her in some nice give and go cuts to the basket. I think it's pretty unusual that she only has three. But there is no doubt that she could be more aggressive and offensively minded. I think the team has a lot of confidence in her doing that. Really, I think her only hesitation comes within her own two ears of doing that. So I would like to see her be more aggressive offensively, because I think she can do it.
Q. Samantha came up strong last year and first part of this year maybe a few turnovers. But she seems to have really elevated her game?
COACH BLUDER: Yeah, I think of the Wisconsin game last year, and in my opinion, that was kind of her breakout game. That's when she really took off. Now half the team was probably there last year, and half of her team might be there tomorrow night. But I think Sam has played pretty consistently since that point except maybe some turnover issues at the beginning of the year. I think she's gotten those under control. She's doing a great job passing the ball. She's shooting the ball more confidently. Her energy is what kept us in and brought us back into that game against Michigan in my opinion, at the end of the game, her defensive energy.
So, again, I think Sam is doing terrific for us. I expect her you know, I don't want her to go into the Wisconsin game and have to prove herself. Because she's going back to her home state and she's going to have a lot of people there, and I expect maybe the first couple of minutes she might press. But after she gets into the flow of the game, I hope that she just relaxes because the girl has nothing to prove. She's already proven it, so she doesn't have to go in there and feel like she has to have this performance against Wisconsin for us to win or show everybody in Ray seen how good she is because everybody knows how good she is.
Q. Do you see a reason why you've been so successful up there?
COACH BLUDER: We've had some good Hawkeye support up there. We've had some good, loud crowds that have come up there and supported us, and that's been really nice, but our team plays good playing there. You get a feel for arenas sometimes when you like playing in certain arenas, and it's a nice play. Our team feels really good. Since we've had success, it kind of snowballs, and it's amazing how much confidence can do for a team and mental aspects can do for a team. I think mentally they feel good playing there. That may sound trivial, but I don't think it is. Like when you put on your most favorite pair of jeans, you feel better. It's kind of like going there, we feel pretty good there.
Q. Theairra talked about doing some meditation before the game because she was getting so psyched up, she would almost get sick. Has that been the reason she's been so consistent all year so far?
COACH BLUDER: Theairra had a lot of anxiety after her knees and understandably so. I think all of us can imagine what that would be like and think that, you know, having that anxiety ourselves. So she's, I think, worked really hard on trying to relax, and I think team is a good healer. The more removed you are away from something, it becomes less prevalent in your mind. So I think time has helped her. But I think also she's become more aware of relaxing and how to relax when she feels anxious good I think that's helped her a lot. I don't know if she's gotten sick a whole lot this year before practice.
Q. What is your scouting report on Morgan Paige?
COACH BLUDER: She loves shooting the ball and she is a good shooter, a productive shooter. As she goes, a lot of times Wisconsin goes. She is excellent from transition. She gets to the three an awful lot. We'll have to do a good job on her defensively. I think, again, we can provide some help, because I don't think she does give up the ball a whole lot. So, you know, she's really taken on the burden of this team, the Wisconsin team, with all the injuries that they've had. So that's a big responsibility, and she's stepped up and had a great career at Wisconsin. We're going to have to do a good job defensively on her. I think that is the key to the game.
And on Jacki, too. I'm not even going to try to pronounce Jacki's last name. She's done a really good job too and really elevated her game in the last couple of games in conference, averaging 16 points a game in conference. She's a hard match up for us because she's a power forward that plays like an off guard. So that's a little bit of a tricky match up for us there.
Q. Kali and Kayla, are they getting a little bit more into the flow? Do you feel more comfortable putting them in there?
COACH BLUDER: Yeah, you know, and that really is a timing issue. We had a good group coming back. So in the past we've had to have freshmen step in and play important roles out of necessity because of injuries or because of lack of depth, and this year we don't have those situations, so it's a good thing. But also, your freshmen are not getting some of that playing experience that a Jaime and a Morgan got when they were freshmen that have helped make them great seniors.
So, you know, hopefully it won't hurt us too much in the future that they're not getting as much playing time. You've got to remember though. They're getting all the practice time, film sessions and all of that. But they're not getting the game minutes that some of our freshmen have gotten if the past.
Q. How about Claire? Is she day to day?
COACH BLUDER: Claire, that stress reaction flared up again, so we had to back her off again and hold her out of practice and games. So I hope we're not dealing with all year. But I don't like the way it's headed right now just with her being out for three weeks and then coming back for 10 days and having it flare up again and now she's out again. It makes me nervous that we might be looking at a year long up and down thing with that. So I hope not because I think Claire can help us. It would be really nice to have her getting some extra time too because now she's missing out on practices. You get behind when you miss out on practices. So hopefully she'll come back and it will heal soon.


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Demi Moore Bans Daughters From Mentioning Ashton Kutcher?
Demi Moore "has ordered her daughters not to mention Ashton [Kutcher's] name while in her presence," reports Star.
The mag, which in the past month has claimed Moore was "heading for a relapse" (untrue) and had enlisted Oprah Winfrey as her "life coach" (wrong), now says the LOL star has a strict rule banning Rumer, Scout and Tallulah Willis from discussing their former stepdad.
According to the tabloid, "It's all part of her washing 'enablers' out of her life following her recent rehab stint."
But not all of Moore's children are obeying her new edict, alleges Star.
Rumer was supposedly "so enraged at her mom for using Ashton as a 'punching bag' that they didn't speak for three days," claims the mag.
Of course, it's not the first time Star has attempted to create drama among Kutcher, Moore and her eldest daughter.
In March, the tabloid reported that Moore was "reeling" that Kutcher and Rumer got "cozy" after her musical performance.
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I was planning to buy a Canon A720IS but then I saw the S85 for 99€ and bought it, to some extend the camera fealls light and cheap but when taking pictures I wondered how nice the result was.
Some nice features:
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- Nightshot but you need a steady hold
For sure you get a lot of goodies and natural pictures for low price!
The only issue is the battery; you need real good rechargeable batteries and a good charging kit.
ASR Image Stabilizer not very effective but then the flash is better then average.
My Sanyo 2300mA batteries work well when fully charged but I ordered some GP 2700mA batteries!
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Due to the possibility of inclement weather, the Raven Nation Fundraising Extravaganza, originally scheduled for May 11, has been postponed until June 1.
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Kate Middleton's exposed bare bum photo has not been addressed by St. James Palace yet again today. What is this saying about the incident that has led to a minor bare buttocks scandal?
Kate's latest fashion malfunction is said to possibly hamper the prospects of William and Kate by-passing Charles and Camilla for the throne. All this as day two ends of the saga of Kate Middleton's windswept reveal.
A new report today claims the Queen, who finds the thought of Camilla looking down from the thrown uncomfortable, is weighing her options as Kate's wardrobe malfunctions have become an embarrassment, according to Celeb Dirty Laundry on May 28. This bare bum picture was something that was easily avoidable and this was addressed with Kate before.
You've probably heard of "A face that could launch a thousand ships," but not a bum that could change the history of the monarch! This doesn't seem like a feasible outcome on many levels.
This website also said that William is furious with this latest backside exposure and that he is realizing that a good portion of the problem lies with Kate. The photo of Kate's bare bum was snapped as she was heading for a helicopter during her visit to Australia.
The wind from the rotors picked up her skirt and exposed a bare bottom with not so much as a stitch of fabric covering her bum cheek. OK, this was a bit of an embarrassment to Kate and the Royal Family and yes, this not the first time that Kate's had this type of mishap in the wind.
Does anyone really believe this bare bum incident will change the course of British history? Prince Charles integrated his camp with the Queen's camp months back in the first step of transitioning to the throne.
Their public affairs camps were morphed into one in the first step of a long journey for Charles to take the throne. It was at the beginning of the year when it was revealed that Charles's aide will be media chief for entire Royal Household. This is a huge and significant move in the "transition to a change of reign," according to an archived article from the Daily Mail in January.
This was a big deal at the time because it was widely speculated that the Queen would never abdicate from the throne. Many thought that the succession would take place, as it has for the majority of the royals for centuries, upon the death of the reigning royal.
As far as William being ticked off at Kate's lack of underwear, well that is a possibility. After all she signed on to the protocols and promised to uphold the dignity of the monarchy when she married into the family. It is quite possible it is William who is feeling the brunt of this anger from the royal family after this latest windswept reveal.
One thing that is different this time as opposed to the episode of Kate sunbathing, is the royal family has stayed mum on the subject. After Kate's topless pictures appeared in a French publication, the palace let the flood gates open with a statement of their anger over the pictures. They threatened and followed through on legal action. There's none of that this time around.
According to MTV U.K, in an archived article, that statement expressing their angst over Kate's topless pictures was released on September 14, 2012. This was the same day the publication announced they had the pictures. St. James Palace was infuriated and compared the hounding of Kate in pictures to the hounding of Princess Diana, who was killed while paparazzi was in hot-pursuit.
The Palace has stayed quiet on this one, is this because they don't have much of a leg to stand on when defending Kate? She has to own some of the responsibility for this photo oops!
The picture was taken in a public setting, unlike the Peeping-Tom-like pictures of Kate in the privacy of a vacation home and laying by the pool without her top. Those pool-side photos were a total invasion of her privacy, but this picture was taken during a venue that is considered fair-game for picture taking.
What do you think, is Kate's bare rear-end picture about to change history or is this just blown way out of proportion?


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There are 3 forest types within Phu Phan. Dry Dipterocarp is the most common covering 42% of the park. Dry everygreen is the second most common and is found mostly in the southern part of the park. Mixed Deciduous is a transitional forest type found between the Dry dipterocarp uplands and the Dry everygreen areas located next to water. The park was established to preserve the forest in this area
It is a limestone mountain and a water source such as Huay Hidlard, Huay Boon, Huay Kok, Huay Muang, Huay Hinpoon, Huay E-kon, and Huay Wangpla. Some areas are the grass field and very beautiful as well as the steep cliff.
Hot season runs from late January until May, with temperatures sometimes reaching into the 40's rainy season begins around June and goes on until October. The park receives an average of 1,550mm of rainfall per year. Cold season lasts from November until January with temperatures in the evening getting down to about 17C.
There are at least 162 species of animals in the park, most of which are birds. There is one herd of wild elephants, but they are in an area with few trails and thus rarely seen. There are also monkeys, barking deer and wild pigs.


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Guidance For Personal Finance That Can Work Today
Smart money management skills are important for everyone. Taking care of your finances is critical if you are supporting a family, but even if you are on your own, you need to know how to exercise good financial judgement. By reading this article, you will learn helpful tips that will enable you to manage your personal finances better.
If you find yourself with lots of dollar bills in your pockets, take a chance on luck. Use them to buy lottery tickets that can possibly win you the jackpot.
Eliminate any credit card debt that you have as fast as possible. Even if the debt owed is small, you are paying a creditor interest when you carry your debt over each month. Don't give the banks any more money than you have to. If you can afford to, try fully paying off credit cards monthly.
Make sure you take advantage of the services offered by your bank to alert you to account information. Many banks will send emails or texts when there is activity reported on your account. Take advantage of your banks financial alerts to protect yourself from identity theft and overdrafts.
Identity Theft
You need to have a secure process for getting rid of outdated financial documents. A paper shredder is a must. If your documents are not properly thrown away, you can be putting yourselef at risk of becoming a victim of fraud or identity theft. Always shred old financial documents to protect yourself from identity theft.
You may want to consider getting a checking account that has no fees. Check out the banks in your community, and don't forget to also look for free accounts available online or through credit unions.
It is not uncommon for a person to slip up when managing his or her finances. If you mistakenly overdraft your bank account, you can request a waiver of the fee that is charged. This is a one-time courtesy that is sometimes extended to people who keep a steady balance and avoid overdrafts.
Plan at least one calender day every month to pay bills. You will not have to spend the whole day doing it, but it is best to have the time set aside. Put it on your calendar and stick to it fiercely. If you do miss this day, it can create a domino effect.
Financial Challenges
Be honest with your friends and loved ones about your financial challenges. That way, you can avoid feeling poorly if they invite you to do things and you cannot afford it. It is easy for friends to assume the wrong thing when you make excuses about going places, simple because you cannot afford it. Keep your close relationships strong by letting friends know about your financial challenges.
Improve your finances by decreasing expenses. Stop loyal purchasing of certain brands and buy whatever you have a coupon for. If you usually buy one brand of dish soap and can save money with a coupon on another brand, go with the one that is cheaper.
Take a good honest look at your relationship with money. Take into consideration the different choices and try to improve your decision-making with your finances. List out your beliefs about having money and material objects, and look for incidents in your past that shaped these ideas. You'll be better equipped to get past this and get into better habits in the future.
Give yourself a "pocket cash" allowance for small expenditures every month. The cash allowance can be used to treat yourself to things like books, meals out, or new shoes, but when it's gone, that's it. It helps you to enjoy your money on smaller things while not harming your budget.
If somebody is thinking about getting something that costs too much they may want to ask their family to help them out. If the item is something that everybody can use, then people will be more willing to give some money towards getting it.
If your employer offers flexible spending accounts, take advantage of it. This money is not taxable, which translates into big savings.
Understanding the value of a certain item can prevent a person from selling that same item for a cheap price when it is actually valuable. It can be a huge boon to your budget if you find out that your old table or chair is worth a few hundred or thousand dollars.
Take a look at your credit report on a regular basis. It is easy to find sites that will let you examine your report without having to pay a fee. Take care of this two times per year to make sure you did not incur any indiscrepencies on your report or no identity theft has happened.
Credit Card
Carry cash with you when you are making minimal purchases throughout the day. Don't break out the credit card at every opportunity. Some credit card companies won't allow you to make small purchases; thus, if you don't want to be caught in an embarrassing situation where you can't pay for your purchases, you should always carry both cash and your debit card.
As stated in the article above, managing personal finances is always more difficult when you have family to care for. Don't spend needlessly, and don't fall into debt. Instead, create a budget and prioritize your spending to get the most value for your dollar.


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TC TO JANE WILSON; 13 September 1836; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18360913-TC-JWI-01; CL 9:63-64.
Chelsea, London, 13th September 1836
My Dear Miss Wilson,—You are very good to think of me, to ask me down so kindly to see Tunbridge and you. Very loth am I to give up such a prospect, and say to it, 'Thou also art a Possibility of the impossible sort!' These three days I have kept the matter hanging; but to-day I must let it fall, and admit to myself that it is a thing not mine.
I have finished that Chapter I was on; and am now (if you know the predicament, which I hope you do not at all) like a conflagration that has gone out in smoke—a very miserable conflagration. To lie hidden and forgotten 'in vacant interlunar cave';1 on the whole to feel that you can with a safe conscience be a caput mortuum [dead head] and nonentity. This is the sole blessedness in these circumstances. My wife, who returned about ten days ago, encourages me much to go; but ah me! I feel altogether a 'man forbid,'2 bewitched very miserably, which indeed in my own way I am; as a man for whom to seek entertainment, pleasure or amusement were a solecism; who must even rise again, and sprawl forward again on this despicability of a journey, till either it be done, or he be done trying to do it. Pity me! And yet as the Scotch say, 'there are brave days coming': that also is a hope which never forsakes one.
I can well believe in your beautiful green scenery: you may well wonder at my crabbed reminiscences of Scotch desolation in contrast with that. Men are queer creatures, and this earth is a queer earth in strange relation to them. I have read of Greenlanders that fled from our Europe to get back to their own regions of thick-ribbed ice. I do love England, however, for greenness is actually green; and hope to see it all some day. One of my darling day dreams in these years is that of wandering over the whole world in Tartar fashion; meting it out with steps of my own, taking possession of it as a heritage of mine.3 One feels as if it would prove very remedial, a thing of that kind; as if, communing with the dumb old rocks, man's babblement and madness all left fairly in the rear, it would be well with one!
There is not that I know of any new thing that could interest you here. I had a letter from John Sterling; he expresses himself cheerfully, well contented with his neighbours and environment; but still speaks of a Madeira winter. My wife seems to recover herself daily since she returned. She salutes you and Mr. Wilson with all friendliness.
I have had the article Mirabeau in my hands. Terribly maltreated by the Printers: if I can get a Copy of it before the latter end of this month, I will send it to you. If not, it will be awaiting your return.— Enjoy the fair Autumn; return to us strengthened and refreshed. I recommend myself gratefully to your Brother.—Believe me always,
Dear Miss Wilson, / Yours with great regard, /
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I wanted a job. During the interview I was asked a common question: How well do you handle being switched to a different task in the middle of a day? Things move pretty fast around here. Of course, I said "I can handle that!"
But I knew that while I can handle it, inevitably my productivity is degraded. I found an article called The Myth of Multi-tasking which reinforced this idea and (while not pressing any advice) gave me a helpful insight: Don't jump at every email.
- Try to not even look at the email, Instant Messenger, task queue or voice mail any more than I must.
- When I do receive a potential distraction, consider its true importance and urgency. Schedule it for another day, if possible.
But that doesn't resolve the problem. I find it is built into my local culture of work. I'd prefer to work on one project a day -- maybe a second, because a break can be helpful. But sure enough, there are days when I am prompted to visit three or even four.
How can I
avoid become more efficient at changing projects, given the fact it seems to be unavoidable in my corporate environment? It is costly, but are there any tips on how to make it cost a bit less?
Meta comment: I'm interested in this beta SO site, but am often stumped how to present a question that will return a concrete answer. I think this post is the sort that collects subjective and scattered advice. Your feedback welcome, or point me to a good Meta post (I looked but did not find one).


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US Concert Tickets Sell-Out!
Tickets for One Direction's North American concerts went on sale yesterday for their upcoming tour, and quickly sold-out as thousands and thousand of fans tried their very best to get their hands on some.
Extra dates were added to help cope with demand, taking the total number of gigs to 24, but many fans missed out on tickets, and a lot of the websites struggled to cope with the huge burst of traffic.
The bands first gig is on March 24th at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, before they perform last at the Bank Atlantic Center in Fort Lauderdale.
There are tickets still available on some of the after-sales websites such as SuperStar Tickets, though you'll have to pay more for them.
Also yesterday, more than 7,000 fans turned up at the Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco to see 1D perform a mini-concert and signing.
Extra security was called in as well as an enforced police, fire and stadium presence.
The crowd erupted once the band appeared, and 1D performed four songs, before 2,000 fans got the chance to meet each member afterwards.
After the chaotic scenes two weeks ago at the Stonebria Centre Mall, this event passed smoothly without any hiccups.
We've got two videos of the event below!
Video 1: The autograph signing
Video 2: One Direction singing "More Than This" live
Finally, wanna see something shocking? This is quite an old vid, but it features some strange creatures actually BURNING ONE DIRECTION TICKETS!
WTF? Why would you do such a thing?
Watch with disgust below…


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SALT LAKE CITY - Ty Montgomery amassed more than 200 all-purpose yards for the second straight game, but the Utah offense gained 415 total yards to propel the Utes to a 27-21 upset of No. 5 Stanford Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium. The Cardinal mounted a furious fourth-quarter comeback, until the bid fell short on a fourth-and-two from the Utah six-yard line with 51 seconds on the clock.
Stanford (5-1 overall, 3-1 Pac-12) cut a 13-point Utah advantage to seven with 9:22 remaining in the fourth quarter when Devon Cajuste made an acrobatic catch on the sideline of the end zone. The defense forced its second consecutive three-and-out to give the ball back to Kevin Hogan and the offense, but the Cardinal's final drive stalled in the red zone. Hogan's lofted pass on fourth down went out of bounds to seal one of the biggest home upsets in Utah's program history.
Montgomery was the go-to-guy for the Cardinal throughout the day, including three catches for 41 yards on the final drive. The junior's day was highlighted by a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the first quarter. The scamper, which started five yards deep in the end zone, tied a Stanford record and gave Montgomery his second return for a touchdown in as many games.
Despite Montgomery's momentum-building return, Utah claimed a 21-14 lead after one half of play. The Utes (4-2, 1-2) used a balanced offensive attack that gained 150 yards in the air and 130 on the ground in the first two quarters. Dres Anderson led the charge with a pair of touchdowns, one on a 51-yard reception and another on a three-yard scamper.
Utah's third score was key as the Utes drove from their one yard line to score as the half wound down. Deep in Stanford territory, the Cardinal got an apparent stop on third and long but a penalty kept Utah's drive alive; Anderson capitalized to complete the 11-play drive covering 5:05 on the clock.
Tyler Gaffney, who finished the day with 108 yards on the ground, also crossed the goal line on a one-yard leap for the Cardinal.
Stanford finished the game with 389 yards on offense, but turned the ball over twice on two costly second-half fumbles. The defense held Utah to a pair of field goals off of turnovers and the six-points proved to be the difference in the game.
The Cardinal returns home next week to face UCLA during its homecoming game. Stanford and the Bruins will kick off at 12:30 p.m. (PT).


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Scrabble word: STEMMER
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Definitions of STEMMER in dictionaries:
- noun - a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books
- noun - a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers
- noun - an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem
- noun - a miner's tamping bar for ramming packing in over a blasting charge
- noun - a device for removing stems from fruit (as from grapes or apples)
- noun - one that removes stems
There are 7 letters in STEMMER: E E M M R S T
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text: East Carolina will play for its third-straight Conference USA Championship title starting Thursday with a 5:30 p.m. ET contest against Marshall (34-20). The Pirates (25-27) enter the event as the sixth seed after posting an 11-12 record in C-USA action. The Thundering Herd, the three seed, finished the campaign 15-9 in league play.


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Postal strike dates confirmed
Postal workers in Somerset have agreed a date to take further strike action. 122 post men and women met in Bridgwater today. They'll strike for three consecutive Saturdays starting on June 29th.
Live updates
Full statement from Royal Mail
Over 100 postal workers meet in Bridgwater
Strikes : 29th June for three consecutive Saturdays
Postal strike date confirmed
Postal workers in Bridgwater have voted to go on strike over conditions. The 122 postmen and women say they'll strike for three consecutive Saturdays starting on June 29th.
Postal workers meet to agree further strike dates
Postal workers in Somerset are to agree dates to take strike action later.
They'll be discussed at a mass meeting being held at the Bridgwater Royal Mail depot this morning. It's after a dispute over bullying and staffing levels. 80 per cent of workers at the depot have voted to take action in a ballot.


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Last week I launched a holding page for Ecliptic Labs, an iPhone development company based in Belfast (keep an eye on them, there's going to be some great stuff from them this year).
Here is the holding page in all it's glory.
One thing you'll notice is the big 'Notify me' button. One of the great things about this button is that it isn't a graphic. It's simply styled using CSS.
Advantages of using CSS instead of a graphic:
- Optimisation - less file size, less http requests
- Reusable - button can be used over and over again for different actions
- Flexible - the button can stretch or compact depending on length of the text
Styling the button element
I'm going to be using Firefox 3.6 for the previews below.
The markup
<button>Notify me</button>
This is how the default button looks.
Basic styling
First apply some basic styling to get started.
font:2.4em Futura, 'Century Gothic', AppleGothic, sans-serif;
BackgroundLet's add a background. Remember, we want to make the button reusable for any colour.
- Go into Photoshop and create a new image 10px x 100px
- Create a white rectangular shape that covers the top half of the canvas on a new layer
- Give that layer 30% opacity and make the background transparent
- Save that image as overlay.png
background:url(overlay.png) repeat-x center #ffcc00;
BorderNow get rid of that horrible outset border. Let's give it a fine border that matches the background colour.
border:1px solid #ffcc00;
Rounded cornersMake your button a bit friendlier by giving it rounded corners. This is where Webkit and Mozilla browser users will take advantage, while IE browsers will be stuck with sharp corners.
Pixel perfectionNow finish off the button with some pixel perfect embossing. We're going to give it a 1 pixel border and a 1 pixel inset shadow.
border-bottom:1px solid #9f9f9f;
-moz-box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.5);-webkit-box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.5);box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
Make it clickableWe know it's a button and that it can be clicked but users might not. Change the cursor to a pointer so users know they can click it.
Hover stateWe now have a pretty sexy looking button. But what about a hover state? To save us from thinking about a colour for the hover state, we can use the RGBA approach. Let's revisit the background style. Add this after your background declaration.
Put it all togetherThe final code.
font:2.4em Futura, 'Century Gothic', AppleGothic, sans-serif;
background:url(overlay.png) repeat-x center #ffcc00;background-color:rgba(255,204,0,1);
border:1px solid #ffcc00;
border-bottom:1px solid #9f9f9f;
-moz-box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.5);-webkit-box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.5);box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
Remember the button is reusable so if you apply a class to the button, e.g. class="save", you can apply a different colour to this button.
And you'd get something like this.
But what about Internet Explorer?
Yes, unfortunately IE users won't get the full benefits of the sexy button. However, it doesn't look that bad and to IE users it will seem like there is nothing wrong.
And IE6? It doesn't support PNG transparency so you can remove the overlay background image with an IE6 conditional stylesheet.
<!--[if lt IE 7]>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="ie.css" type="text/css" />
Then in ie.css:
button{background-image:none !important;}
And there you have it. A beautifully designed button using (pretty much) only CSS.
Further reading
I highly recommend you check out this great tutorial by Zurb on super awesome buttons with CSS3 and RGBA. A handy tutorial for styling reusable buttons.
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Ryan Johnson returns to the Arizona men's tennis team for his second season as a volunteer assistant coach. Johnson joined the team in the fall of 2009 and brings a lot of tennis experience to the Wildcats.
"I am looking forward to pushing these guys to improve upon what turned out to be a spectacular season last year," Johnson said. "I hope to push these guys to improve upon that mark."
Before coming to Tucson, Johnson was a certified PTR Tennis Pro for Olde Providence Racquet Club in Charlotte, N.C. for his lasttwo years of college. At UNC Charlotte he played No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles and helped lead his team to the programs first ever Atlantic 10 Conference Title and NCAA bid in 2007.
Johnson was born in Louisville, Ky., on December 5, 1984, and attended Trinity High School where he lettered in tennis and swimming. Johnson was ranked No. 1 in Kentucky and was ranked in the top 15 in the Southern Section. He was also ranked in the top 100 in the Nation. Johnson made it to the third round of singles in the Super National Hard Courts at Kalamazoo and made it to the semifinals in doubles in the Super National Clay Courts. For three years, Johnson was the tennis MVP and was 1st Team All-State his junior and senior year. Johnson's record at No. 1 singles was an impressive 57-4.
Currently, Johnson is attending Law School at the University of Arizona. In his free time he enjoys wakeboarding, watching college football and basketball, and working out.


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Austin Mahone Says He Still Can't Believe He Is Opening For Taylor Swift!
Austin is being called the next Justin Bieber
The one and only Taylor Swift will help ring in 2013 in Times Square when she headlines "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest." She'll spend much of the new year crisscrossing North America on her Red Tour and she's announced a newcomer will open for her on select dates…a Texan named Austin Mahone.
He is being called the next Justin Bieber and for good reason, as he was also a YouTube star amassing 90 million views before signing a major deal. Austin says: "I still can't believe I'm opening for Taylor. Getting to play in stadiums and with one of the biggest artists in the world?? I can't wait." Well, Austin's already got a rabid fan base with an awesome name: "Mahomies."


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I was wondering if anyone had appx cost of repairing cracked cinder block wall. There is nothing supporting the inside of the blocks. The crack is about 1-2 feet from the top of the wall (at ground level?). the top portion is bowing inward. the crack spans the entire length of the wall and about 3-4 feet into the adjoining walls. i think it has been there since 1959 when the house was built. i think it resulted from improper backfilling. also there is a 20×40 foot inground pool right behind the wall with concrete b/t the house and the pool. the crack at its widest is about 2-3 ". any suggestions on how to repair (located in western michigan), or companies to repair it , etc, are greatly appreciated. also personal stories that are similar and costs of repair would also help me get a better idea. thankyou
Cost of repairing cracked/bowed cinder block basement?
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After the bitter school board election this past fall, Kevin Larsen, current President of the school board, indicated in an article in the Highlands Ranch Herald that "he hopes to help mend the rift in the community created during the recent election." This was welcome news to those who had suffered through 4 years of the previous school board leadership and had fought hard to oust the current board.
Those who oppose the board and its policies had been subject to arbitrary time limits on comments at board meetings, heated exchanges with board members, and down-right rude and unacceptable behavior from directors on social media. Constituents had grown used to their concerns being ignored and mocked throughout the proceeding 4 years and told those concerns were "nonsense" throughout election season. The pure passion and knowledge of the opposing side should have garnered them some respect by the board. So when Larsen used that word in a post-election interview with the Highlands Ranch Herald, some were hopeful. Longer public comment time limits and news of public input sessions are small steps in the right direction, but some real action is needed on the part of the board to show they are serious about bringing the community together.
Many who found hope in Larsen's "mend the community" comments were shocked when the board reacted to the ruling concerning fair campaign practice violations. Instead of accepting a ruling that amounts to a hand slap, Larsen indicated that the board would double down and appeal the ruling saying (once again) that a Colorado judge does not understand the law. In addition, Larsen indicated that the board intends to go after the complainant, former candidate Julie Keim, for reimbursement of their legal expenses.
Keim is not some disgruntled candidate out for petty revenge. Her complaint was filed prior to the election and supported by community members. Many community members questioned the so-called Hess report during the election and Keim brought these concerns to light. Keim did not ask (as was her right) for a monetary judgment just a finding of guilt or innocence.
Now Larsen seems to be back-tracking a bit on those initial comments, saying the appeal is still under discussion. The best thing the board could do is nothing. Don't appeal. A very short press release in which the district announces its intention to not appeal the ruling would show some respect for the citizens that were concerned about the Hess report and do much assuage the district's reputation for vindictiveness when someone has the temerity to oppose them.
The board might want to make sure that a few citizens with opposing views are on their committees. Many qualified applicants have been rejected for positions on board committees without even being interviewed. The board seems to think that a cohesive viewpoint for its board committee members is the best way to get things done, but instead they are fostering groupthink. As defined by Wikipedia, "Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people, in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an incorrect or deviant decision-making outcome. Group members try to minimize conflict and reach a consensus decision without critical evaluation of alternative ideas or viewpoints, and by isolating themselves from outside influences." For a district that views itself as cutting edge, some critical thinking on their reforms is long overdue. So as positions become available on the District Accountability Committee, Fiscal Oversight Committee, and Long Range Planning Committee, it would behoove the district to make sure that some are filled by those who oppose the current direction. It will only make the district stronger.
Lastly, appoint someone with opposing views to the open seat recently vacated by Justin Williams. We live in a representative democracy, but 48% of the voters in Douglas County have no voice on the board. This is because instead of voting by district (which we do in Congress), we vote at large. Our school board is a tyranny of (a slight) majority. Giving this one seat to the "other side" won't change the direction of the board, but it will allow those 48% to have a voice and a watchdog. Those who oppose the board think the executive session is overused and may be used illegally. That 7th seat could stop that from happening, or at the very least, report that executive session is following the confines of the law.
This is my wish list. Public comment for the last few months has been filled with folks addressing the board about their wishes for a more cohesive community. Douglas County Parents has articulated their own hopes to mend the community. Now is the time for the board to stop talking and show some true action to bring the community together. Can our district really take more of this divisiveness? Can this board show true leadership to heal this broken community? It is up to those in power to mend the rift in the community. We need real action, not words and olive branches.


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Utting, J F; Kozerke, S; Schnitker, R; Niendorf, T (2010). Comparison of k-t SENSE/k-t BLAST with conventional SENSE applied to BOLD fMRI. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 32(1):235-241.
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PURPOSE: To compare k-t BLAST (broad-use linear-acquisition speedup technique)/k-t SENSE (sensitivity encoding) with conventional SENSE applied to a simple fMRI paradigm.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was performed at 3 T using a displaced ultra-fast low-angle refocused echo (UFLARE) pulse sequence with a visual stimulus in a block paradigm. Conventional SENSE and k-t BLAST/k-t SENSE data were acquired. Also, k-t BLAST/k-t SENSE was simulated at different undersampling factors from fully sampled data after removal of lines of k-space data. Analysis was performed using SPM5.
RESULTS: Sensitivity to the BOLD response in k-t BLAST/k-t SENSE was comparable with that of SENSE in images acquired at an undersampling factor of 2.3. Simulated k-t BLAST/k-t SENSE yielded reliable detection of activation-induced BOLD contrast at undersampling factors of 5 or less. Sensitivity increased significantly when training data were included in k-space before Fourier transformation (known as "plug-in").
CONCLUSION: k-t BLAST/k-t SENSE performs at least as well as conventional SENSE for BOLD fMRI at a modest undersampling factor. Results suggest that sufficient sensitivity to BOLD contrast may be achievable at higher undersampling factors with k-t BLAST/k-t SENSE than with conventional parallel imaging approaches, offering particular advantages at the highest magnetic field strengths.
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Tom Sizemore asserts that his comments, about Elizabeth Hurley and former President Bill Clinton having had an affair during Clinton's presidency, were not true. When Sizemore made the Hurly-Clinton affair comments, social media and news outlets across the country grabbed on to the story, according to San Jose Mercury News on Thursday.
Sizemore reportedly admitted to the Huffington Post on Wednesday that his story was not true. He said his comments about an alleged Hurley-Clinton affair, that he said lasted a year, were due to his past drug use. He also referred to the alleged affair as 'ludicrously silly' on Twitter on Wednesday.
Previously, Sizemore claimed that he helped Clinton and Hurley – his ex-girlfriend – meet secretly, after he allegedly met Clinton at a White House screening of "Saving Private Ryan." Sizemore also said that the year-long relationship between Clinton and Hurley ended when Clinton had said, "I don't do love and I'm beginning to think I might love you."
After the blowup of the story, Sizemore said he never met Clinton and was never at the White House. He also said that he didn't remember saying these things about Clinton and Hurley. He also said, "It's an old videotape, and they're the rantings of a guy… it's been well-chronicled that I had a very severe drug problem." He concluded by saying that he apologizes to Hurley for any hurt he has caused her – or the Clintons and anybody else he may have mentioned.


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28 Darshan Articles
Darshan and wife Vijayalakshmi apologise to Kannadigas5 years ago 1
Kannada actor Darshan and his wife Vijayalakshmi Sunday apologised to the people of Karnataka for their marital tiff which even led to the star's… Read Article ▶
Shivarajkumar meets Kannada actor Darshan in jail?5 years ago 1
According to sources, actor Shivarajkumar met Kannada star Darshan on Monday at the Parappana Agrahara jail. And the actors held discussions about… Read Article ▶
Darshan's bail plea hearing after two weeks5 years ago 0
The Kannada actor was arrested September 9 after his wife, Vijayalakshmi complained about the beatings she had suffered The Karnataka High Court… Read Article ▶
Darshan fans say wife-beating is normal?5 years ago 0
Darshan's fans are 'shocked' - because he is a star, yes, but also because of the nature of his offense. Wife-beating is hardly a serious crime, our… Read Article ▶
Darshan's bail plea rejected5 years ago 0
Though his wife Vijayalakshmi has changed her statement, local court doesn't budge A local court on Tuesday rejected bail plea of Kannada actor… Read Article ▶
Kannada producers feel foolish about banning Nikita5 years ago 0
The ban imposed on Kannada actor Nikita Thukral by the Kannada producers for being responsible for marital discord between actor Darshan and his wife… Read Article ▶
Raj Kumar family helps lift ban on Nikitha Thukral5 years ago 2
Legendary actor Raj Kumar's family has come to her rescue Film producers in Karnataka have overturned the three-year ban imposed on actor Nikita… Read Article ▶
Sandalwood rises in support of Nikitha5 years ago 0
From being just Darshan's family affair, the unfortunate incident is leading to serious debates While the Kannada film industry appears divided on… Read Article ▶
Has Darshan been denied bail?5 years ago 0
A Bangalore court denied bail to 'Challenging Star' Darshan, who has been arrested for assaulting his wife, Vijayalakshmi, though she withdrew her… Read Article ▶
South actor Darshan's bail application denied5 years ago 0
Kannada actor Darshan Toogudeepa was arrested on September 9, for threatening his wife with a gun Darshan's bail application was reserved by the… Read Article ▶
Darshan's girl Nikitha banned from acting in Kannada films5 years ago 1
KFPA said Nikitha had created disharmony in the family of actor Darshan, after he was arrested for firing at his wife 'Challenging Star' Darshan's… Read Article ▶
Anushka Shetty to act with Darshan?5 years ago 0
The gal might finally enter Sandalwood with Bul Bul Bengaluru gal Anushka Shetty has made a huge impact in southern cinema over the years. Apart… Read Article ▶
What do Sudeep, Darshan and Upendra have in common?5 years ago 10
All three are playing legendary characters in their upcoming flicks Sandalwood is gearing up to host three blue-blooded flicks in quick succession… Read Article ▶