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Mandilicious Christmas: Giant Ombre Pom Pom Blanket
Last December I did a really fun week long series called It's A Very Mandilicious Christmas. It was full of DIY projects that made rockin gifts and were super budget friendly. Well my internet besties, guess what? Its back!! All this week I will be sharing really great DIYs that will be "one for you, one for me", gifting ideas.
Up first is a tutorial that I have been meaning to post for months. Like since April. Sometimes I fail at being a blogger. But there is a good reason.
When I made the giant pom pom blanket for Dylan's room, it was SO cute. I loved it. Then I started seeing pink yarn all over my house. There was a problem, the poms were molting.
I really wanted to come up with a better solution before I shared the tutorial with you guys…then one thing lead to another and here we are…in December!
The really good news is that I have figured out a way to make the poms stay together so that the blanket is easier to wash, and so that you wont feel like you have a LaLaLoopsy that has alopecia living in your house.
There are a few different techniques to making pom poms and for the sake of YOUR sanity I have tried them all. When you are making grapefruit sized poms you have to find a way to make it work (thanks for the motivation Tim Gunn!)
So this is what works best for me, if you have another technique by all means go with what you are comfortable with!
Typically pom templates are made out of cardboard. That is great and all, but when you are making 10-15 giant poms then you are going to go through quite few templates (like a new one for every 2 poms). All that wrapping breaks down the cardboard and it gets really floppy. So I needed something stronger than cardboard.
It also needed to be easy to find. As fun as it is to track things down from Amazon, when I want to do a project I want to do it NOW. I know that a lot of you are like that too (this is why we get each other! Awwwww! Group hug!!)
The best solution that I came up with is an embroidery hoop. Well, the inside ring of an embroidery hoop to be exact.
Supplies you will need:
One 5" embroidery hoop
1 Skein of Yarn for every 2 pom poms (I use extra thick yarn because it looks really beautiful and expensive and less like a muppet.) If you use thinner yarn you might get more poms out of it, but I honestly don't know how many. I made 10 pom poms so I used 5 skeins of yarn. (One dark, 2 medium and 2 light, you can see the color pattern down lower!)
1 spool of Upholstery Thread
Good Scissors
Start by taking out the center of your embroidery hoop. This is your template.
Start by wrapping your yard around the hoop.
After you have wrapped it around about 15 times, take a piece of your upholstery thread and wrap it around the center of your yarn a few times and then tie a tight knot.
Then start wrapping again. It is ok if your upholstery thread gets lost in the mix, you will trim it when you are done!
Keep wrapping until you have wrapped 20-25 times again. Wrap your thread around and tie a knot.
Start wrapping again. Wrap 20-25 times. At this point (if you are using extra thick yarn) you have probably used about 1/2 of your skein. That is the goal, to get 2 poms out of each one. If you have used more that 1/2 unwind it a little and even out the amounts a little bit better. Wrap your thread a few times and tie a knot.
***Make sure that each round of upholstery thread is TIGHT. The molting pom situation, is because the thread holding them all together was not tight enough!!
Isn't it so chubs!
Now take a piece of yarn that is about 12" long. Wrap it over your upholstery thread and tie a knot, leaving as much as you can on one side of your yarn. This is what you are going to use to connect it to your blanket.
This is where the sharp scissors come into play. It just makes things SO much easier if they are sharp. Trust me, my Dollar Store ones were NOT doing the trick.
Cut along the fold in your yarn along the hoop.
You might have to wiggle the yarn around a little to be able to fit your scissors underneath it.
Once you are done, cut along the other side. (This one goes much faster because it isn't tight against the hoop. When you are finished you will notice that you don't have a round pom pom. Its more of an acorn shape. Don't stress, this is an easy fix.
Hold onto the longer pieces of yarn at the bottom of your pom (you will have to do this at the top too)
Channel your inner hair dresser and start hacking.
You will notice that the yarn on the sides of the pom are perfect, it is just the top and bottom that need trimming. Round it out so that they match the sides. I like to spin it a little so I can see where it is lopsided.
Be careful when you are cutting the top that you don't cut the long piece that is going to attach to the blanket!
This is the part where you become a pom pom making machine. (I made 10 pom poms for my blanket today, but you can use as may or as little as you want!
When you have made all of your pom poms it is time to attach them to your blanket. I found this off white knit throw at Homegoods for $20.00. This time of year is AMAZING for finding inexpensive throw blankets.
They have some really good ones at Target too. I am bound and determined to make one of these blankets using this $20 plaid throw and yellow pom poms! So cute right?!
Attaching your pom is so simple.
Thread your yarn through one of the openings in the knit. (I just used my fingers, but if you have a smaller knit or something that you have to poke a hole in I would use this paperclip technique!)
Bring the end back underneath the knot you tied around the center of the pom pom.
Feed it through the hole in the blanket again. And then tie it off at the knot in the middle of the pom pom. (So there will be 2 loops going from the pom pom to the blanket)
Trim the extra and you are done!!
I wanted my poms to be ombre in color but not so literal, so I did the medium color on the outside, the lightest inside that, and the darkest in the very middle.
Total cost for this project was $35.00 (make sure you use coupons when you buy your yarn!) and it looks like it was SO much more expensive than that!
If you need more gift ideas (for yourself or others…its ok, I wont judge!) make sure to tune into Vintage Revivals every day this week and check out last year's projects!
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This is the second Policy Police story. It was originally published electronically between September 2009 and July 2010.
Here Gosman and the Kid get to work on delivering the consultation process for a new policy.
The story is a slightly satirical fantasy about the workings of the bureaucratic state machine. It's dirty work, but somebody has to do it.
Also included here is a bonus feature focusing on some kids who walked past in the background of the main story.
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Stade Olympique
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The Big O plays host to various world-class events throughout the year including pop and rock music concerts, exhibitions, trade fairs and conferences.
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The "Big O"
Constructed during the reign of Montreal's Mayor Jean Drapeau as the site of the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, the Olympic Stadium is an impressive monument known around the world. Built at a cost of more than $1 billion, the stadium was designed by renowned French architect Roger Taillibert as one of the most original buildings of its time. Recognizable from many miles away with its futuristic curved structure and the largest inclined tower in the world, and standing at 197 metres above sea level, the Olympic Stadium—or "Big O"—is an important part of Montreal's historical and cultural heritage no matter how you look at it!
World-Class Events
Located at the east end of the city, the Stadium boasts a total seating capacity of approximately 56,000. A one-time home to both the Montreal Expos baseball team and the CFL's Montreal Alouettes, the Big O hosts various world-class events throughout the year including concerts, exhibitions, trade fairs and conferences. Individual rooms, as well as the entire stadium itself, are available for rental from April through December.
Cultural and Sports Centre
In addition to the Olympic Stadium itself, the Olympic Park grounds also feature access to the Botanical Garden, the Insectarium and the Biodôme, Montreal's indoor zoo. Visitors can combine the cost of visiting several of these attractions in one shot, or see them each separately. The original athletic purpose of the Stadium is also preserved by the Sports Centre, which offers a variety of activities ranging from swimming and diving to weight training, aerobics classes and yoga.
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J Street Blog: Susan Rice
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February 4th, 2014
Recent criticism from some in Israel and the United States of Secretary of State John Kerry for warning that Israel will face a strong boycott and disinvestment movement if his current peace initiative fails is profoundly misguided and misplaced. Read More...
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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, a Vietnam Veteran, has ordered a major reorganization of the government agencies responsible for recovering and identifying the remains of missing servicemen and women.
It is a painful reminder of what a poor job the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office have done in their efforts to locate my friends Russ Galbraith and Pappy Kahler.
According to the March 1, 2013 edition Bits N Pieces, National Alliance of Families Newsletter, Hagel has ordered the consolidation of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office.
Bits N Pieces quotes an article published in the February 21st edition of The Stars & Stripes.
"In the wake of numerous reports of misconduct and poor management practices by personnel charged with recovering and identifying the remains of missing service members from past conflicts, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has ordered the Pentagon to come up with a plan to consolidate all Defense Department assets into a single, more accountable entity that will manage all personnel accounting resources, research and operations."
"Hagel directed Michael Lumpkin, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, to deliver the plan to him within 30 days, Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby told reporters. In a memo obtained by Stars and Stripes, Hagel said Lumpkin's action plan should propose ways to:
- Maximize the number of identifications.
- Improve transparency for families.
- Reduce duplicative functions.
- Establish a system for centralized, complete, fully accessible personnel case files for missing personnel.
The move is long overdue.
I know twelve men whose names are etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. Six of those men are Missing in Action (MIA).
I understand why the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office have had difficulty finding the remains of four of those men, but the other two cases clearly reflect the poor management practices of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office.
Here is a brief synopsis of what I know about my six friends who are MIA.
When I visit The Wall, I always enter at the west side and walk along The Wall until I reach Panel 51W, I have to say hello first to John Bush, the closest friend I ever had.
John's F-4D was hit by AA fire over North Vietnam on July 24, 1968. His aircraft made it out to the Gulf of Tonkin before it crashed, but the aircraft was inverted when it hit the water and neither member of the crew escaped the aircraft before it exploded and sank to the bottom of the ocean.
So I understand it has been difficult to find John's remains.
Then I walk along The Wall to Panel 45W and say hello to Bill Kinkade. Bill was my roommate at Air Force Survival School at Fairchild AFB, just before the two of us headed for SEA.
In the wee hours of the morning on September 1, 1968, Bill was the copilot in a flight of two F-Ds on a night armed reconnaissance mission in the northeastern approaches to the Ban Karai Pass, one of the main infiltration routes between North Vietnam and Laos.
During the attack, Bill's aircraft, Carter 02 was hit by ground fire, disintegrated and exploded before it hit the ground.
In his after action debriefing, the aircraft commander, Captain Jack Wilson reported that he heard a garbled transmission from Bill Kinkade just before Wilson ejected, but that he did not know what happened to Kinkade.
It is entirely possible that Bill never made it out of the aircraft. So I understand why it has been difficult to find John's remains.
After I touch Bill's name, I walk down along The Wall to Panel 36W. It's a tough place for me to be; I know two men whose names are inscribed on Panel 36W, Russ Galbraith and Joe Fanning.
It is especially hard, because there is ample evidence that Russ Galbraith ejected safely and was captured by the North Vietnamese.
On the night of December 11, 1968 Captain Russell Dale Galbraith, was the navigator in an RF-4C aircraft that left Udorn RTAFB in Thailand on a night photo reconnaissance mission along a section of the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos, approximately 23 miles south-southwest of the Marine Corps base at Khe Sanh in South Vietnam.
A report by Task Force Omega explains exactly how badly the government has handled the search for Russ Galbraith.
In April 1991 the US government released a list of Prisoners of War and Missing in Action who were known to be alive in enemy hands and for whom there is no evidence that he or she died in captivity. This list, commonly referred to today as the USG's "Last Known Alive" list, included Russell Galbraith. An additional notation on this list states, "JTFFA (Joint Task Force for Full Account) Survival Code 1."
Capt. Galbraith was among nearly 600 Americans who disappeared in Laos. Many of these men were known to be alive on the ground. The Lao admitted holding "tens of tens" of American Prisoners of War, but these men were never negotiated for either by direct negotiation between our countries or the Paris Peace Accords since Laos was not a party to that agreement."
I do not understand why the government has not been able to recover Russ' remains.
So it makes perfect sense to me that Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has ordered the shakeup at the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office.
When I leave Russ Galbraith's name on Line 002 of Panel 36W, I locate Joe Fanning's name on Line 015 of Panel 36W.
Joe Fanning and I were classmate at Manhattan College. Joe is one of the nicest guys I've ever known.
On December 13, 1968, Joe Fanning was the co-pilot of a C-123K from the 606th Special Operations Squadron that took off from Nakhon Phanom Airfield (NKP) in northern Thailand a few miles from the border of Laos.
The C-123K "Nimrod" aircraft flew low level night patrol missions over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Flying at 2000-3000 feet, the job of the C-123K's seven man crew was to spot enemy truck convoys on the Ho Chi Minh Trail and then drop flares to illuminate the truck convoys for B-57 bombers which were flying overhead.
During an air strike, one of B-57s collided with Joe's Nimrod C-123.The C123 lost power, went out of control, in a flat spin. The aircraft exploded on impact with the ground.
Because it was night, and the aircraft went into a flat spin, the wreckage could be anywhere in a 20 square mile area, or more. So I understand it has been difficult to find Joe's remains.
Joe may have bailed out and gotten hung up in the top of a 100-foot tall tree in the jungle miles from where the aircraft hit the ground.
It doesn't make it any easier to touch Joe's name on The Wall, but at least I understand how difficult it must be to locate his body.
When I leave Joe's name, I continue my walk down along The Wall to Panel 22W, where I locate Harold "Pappy" Kahler's name on Row 47.
Here's what I wrote about Pappy on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall of Faces website.
In the spring of 1968, the TAC Sea Survival course at Homestead AFB, Florida was mandatory for all Air Force aircrews going to Vietnam, and Major Harold "Pappy" Kahler was the ranking officer in my class.
In South East Asia, Pappy and I were both assigned to the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base (RTAFB). Pappy was in the 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron, I was in another squadron, the 41st TEWS, at the other end of the flight line.
Every day, before we flew, we received an intelligence briefing that included the location of the SAM sites and AAA sites, the level of the MIG threat, and a summary of any aircraft losses the previous day. In June 1969, I was "short" -- almost ready to go home. As I sat in the EB-66 briefing room listening to the briefing before one of my last flights, the intelligence officer said that Pappy's plane had gone down in Laos. He was the last man I knew who was lost before I rotated home.
Around 1:15 in the afternoon on June 14, 1969, Pappy was flying an F-105D Thunderchief, call sign Mantis 02. According the official history of the 355 TFW, he was "lost during a bomb pass on a bridge in the 'B' sector of Laos.
The lead aircraft noted a flash in his mirrors after pull off, and later located the impact area on a steep ridge beyond the target. There were no observed enemy defenses in the target area. No chute was seen, no beeper heard, and the pilot is listed as MIA."
Even though Pappy's wingman had "located the impact area on a steep ridge beyond the target," the American government has not been able to locate the site and return Pappy's remains.
That sticks in my craw. If we can send men to the moon and get them back, we should be able to locate Pappy Kahler's remains and bring them back.
It's just a matter of priorities.
When I leave Pappy's name, I walk down to the center of The Wall to Panel 1W, where I have to get a guide find a ladder so I run my hand across John Kozuch's name on Row 20 of panel 1W.
As I wrote on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall of Faces website.
I met John Kozuch in 1968 at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base. We were both navigator/bombardiers flying the Douglas EB-66 Destroyer.
John was one of the guys who taught me the ropes, when I first got there
The EB-66 was a twin-engine jet bomber that had been converted to an electronics warfare platform. The job of the EB-66 crews was to find and jam the radar sites that controlled the North Vietnamese surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft artillery.
At the end of my tour, I returned to the States and continued flying the EB-66 until I was discharged.
John got an assignment to an F-4D squadron. It was a choice assignment for a navigator. In the Air Force, most of the Guys In the Back Seat (GIBS) of the F-4 were pilots.
John Kozuch's F-4 disappeared in weather during a flight over the South China Sea on December 13, 1968. Even though John was flying a combat mission, because his flight originated on Okinawa, his name was left off The Wall when it was built.
I cannot image how hard that was for his widow Patricia and his daughter Lucy. But at least the Department of Defense finally did something to rectify the mistake.
Perhaps the reorganization of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office will do something to locate my friends Russ Galbraith and Pappy Kahler.


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Aw, has he been a bad boy?
A little of both?
He's a pony? Definitely devil horns.
Who IS that!!!
It probably depends on his mood, no?
that's jasper!he is plotting something
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At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil a number of National Teams will be playing what may be the final major tournament with their current generation of stars. For many, this summer may be their current rosters' last hurrahs. In an eight-part series, we analyze what the cup means to sixteen teams with special hopes for their current generation of stars. We will see how they got to the cup and are preparing for the tournament, and what their aspirations and chances may be next summer. Today we review Italy and Chile.
FIFA Rank: 4, Coach: Cesare Prandelli. Group D: with England, Uruguay, and Costa Rica. Odds of winning cup: 29-1.
FIFA World Cup history: appearances (18): won (4) 1934, 1938, 1982, and 2006. They were runners up in 1970, 1994, came in third in 1990 and fourth in 1978. They were eliminated in the quarterfinals in 1998 and in the Round of 16 in 1986 and 2002. They were eliminated in the group stage in 1950, 1054, 1962, 1966, 1974, and 2010, their worst showing (26 out of 32 teams). The Azzurri have won the FIFA Golden Ball for the best player in the finals in 1938, and 1982 and the FIFA Golden Boot in 1982 and 1990.
How they qualified for 2014: First in Europe's Group B (paired with Czech Republic, Denmark, Bulgaria, Armenia, and Malta) with: 6-Wins, 0-Loss, 4-Ties, 22 points, 19 Goals in Favor, 9 Goals Against.
Since qualifying Italy has only lost to Argentina (1-2) and Spain (0-1), they have tied Germany at home and Nigeria in London, and they have preparatory games left (which seem more ego-boosting and team chemistry exercises) against the Republic of Ireland and Luxembourg.
The Italians have a long-standing World Cup pedigree going back to the very first cup in 1930. They are world class defenders who have played in all but two of the competitions and at four championships won are second only to Brazil's five. They have a rhythm all their own in this tournament. They begin slow and defensively, scoring only as needed and ensuring clean slates often. Then they start picking up steam as the tourney progresses reserving their best play for the latter 3-4 games. In their last World Cup win (2006) they did not allow a goal in the Round of 16, quarterfinals, or semifinals, and only one goal in the finals (http://bit.ly/1hkRsud). This time around they hope it will be no different.
Italy are realistic about their chances, though, and no one is talking about having the firepower to win the cup, but the Azzurri are wily and experienced and their aging players still have bite in them. What hopes they have are pinned on a mix of young and old stars that just might work well for a good run in the 2014 tournament.
Italy's roster has a number of world class players from Gianluigi Buffon, once the top goalkeeper in the world and still among the top dozen, to the perennially up and coming Mario Balotelli, to ageing midfield maestro Andrea Pirlo. It is this mix of stars and less glamorous veteran role players that make this Italian generation fun to watch and a power to contend with this summer.
Their roster includes: Juventus FC's Buffon (http://bit.ly/PC2VOU) and PSG's Salvatore Sirigu (http://bit.ly/1fy9Xcm) in goal, Juventus FC's Giorgio Chiellini (http://bit.ly/1oVFHxt), Andrea Barzagli, and Leonardo Bonucci, and Napoli's Christian Maggio in defense, Juventus FC's Pirlo (http://bit.ly/1eCu1eb), Roma's Daniele De Rossi (http://bit.ly/1oVGSwP), Fiorentina's Alberto Aquilani, AC Milan's Ricardo Montolivo, and Juventus FC's Claudio Marchisio in midfield, and at striker AC Milan's Balotelli (http://bit.ly/1d0DCAk), Genoa's Alberto Gilardino, Juventus FC's Pablo Osvaldo, Fiorentina's Guiseppe Rossi (http://bit.ly/1ksUejT), and AC Milan's Stephan El Shaarawy (http://bit.ly/1gs0TdF). The abundance of Juventus players makes for a stronger squad since many starting players know each other well.
Italy's World Cup group will be somewhat challenging, but England and Costa Rica do not look to be insurmountable obstacles and beating them will suffice no matter what happens when they meet Uruguay. The South Americans though seem a stronger team and might end up on top of the group. The next round will most probably see the Italians playing Colombia, and without a fully fit and in-form Radamel Falcao the Azzurri should be favored. It will not be an easy game but if Balotelli and Buffon shine Italy moves on.
Speaking in Brazil, after the World Cup draw in December that saw his team paired with competition he thought his team could easily handle, and asked to handicap the group, Italy coach Cesare Prandelli was at a loss to put the right spin on his response. "There are three FIFA World Cup winners in the group, so it is definitely a difficult group. Our first objective [in Brazil] is to qualify from the group stage. Costa Rica will be the most difficult team to face because we don't know them."
No comment on how difficult it will be to play England and Uruguay who Italy do know, or any historical context provided on when those two nations last won a cup. He may well have the measure of the group's relative minnows, but he will be surprised by the team who last won a cup in—precisely—the forthcoming finals' venue.
Prediction: Italy will find a way to make the quarterfinals but they will then likely meet Brazil and that will be the end of the Italian's tournament—they simply have no answer for Neymar and company playing at home. In the end this Italian generation will have done themselves proud beating some younger and perhaps stronger teams, using their mix of experience, guile, and youthful talent, to move into the final eight and carve another impressive chapter in the Azzurri's storied romp through the World Cup.
FIFA Rank: 15, Coach: Jorge Sampaoli, Group B: with Spain, the Netherlands, and Australia. Odds of winning cup: 40-1; as compared to Spain at 7/1 and Netherlands at 25/1.
FIFA World Cup history: appearances (8): finished third as hosts in 1962, made round of 16 in 1998 and 2010, and were eliminated in the group stages in 1930, 1950, 1966, 1974, and 1982. Leonel Sanchez tied five others as the top scorer of the 1962 cup with 4 goals.
How they qualified for 2014: Third in South American qualifiers, behind Argentina and Colombia and ahead of Ecuador and Uruguay, with: 9-Wins, 6-Losses, 1-Tie, 28 points, 29 Goals in Favor, 25 Goals Against.
Chile's World Cup history is made up of three important eras. The first two were the 1962 vintage, a team who rode the hosts' role to a third place finish, and the second was the 1998 one, 36 years later, which tied Italy, Austria, and Cameroon to advance in second place from their group, only to meet eventual champions Brazil in the round of 16 and lose 4-1. The third vintage is the current one which began to take over in South Africa 2010 with their spectacular group play.
They were paired with Spain, again, Switzerland, and Honduras, and came in second, beating the Swiss and Hondurans 1-0 each and losing to Spain 2-1. In that game, they were down to 10 players from the 37th minute dismissal of Marco Estrada, and were behind 2-0 when they pulled one back at the 47th minute. The Spaniards held on but barely. In the round of 16 they met Brazil, again, and lost 3-0. Eight of the starters in that game will probably start for Chile in 2014.
The Chileans started slowly but played well toward the end of the 2014 qualifying tourney and that form has lasted for some time. But now, they have now begun to play at an even higher gear, peaking at the right time. In their last four preparatory friendly games after CONMEBOL qualification La Roja has won 2-0 at Wembley against England with an Alexis Sanchez brace (http://bit.ly/1o4jTRw), lost to Brazil by only 1-2 in Canada, beat Costa Rica 4-0 in Chile, and were very unlucky to lose to Germany 1-0 in Stuttgart. To most they are not at the four favorites' level, but that doesn't seem so clear cut, since on a good day (http://bit.ly/NfInJY) they are superb.
In this World Cup, the Chileans are maybe the 6th or 7th best team, and certainly not the FIFA 15th, or a longer odds bet than England at 28/1, Belgium at 14/1, France at 20/1, and Italy, Uruguay, and Colombia all at 22/1. The Chileans play Egypt and Northern Ireland at home as their last two preparatory games before the cup and each confederation's member should offer a different style, type, and level of competition. Chile will be ready for June.
On their super generational roster Chile boasts: Real Sociedad's Claudio Bravo (http://bit.ly/Or7LgK) at goalkeeper, on defense, Cardiff City's Gary Medel (http://bit.ly/PC6q7U), Juventus FC's Mauricio Isla (http://bit.ly/1iLRMrr), and Notttingham Forrest's Gonzalo Jara, at midfield, Fiorentina' Matias Fernandez, Wigan Athletic's Jean Beausejour, Palmeiras' Jorge Valdivia (http://bit.ly/1iLRQHO), Juventus FC's Arturo Vidal (http://bit.ly/PC6Nzs), Atalanta's Carlos Carmona, and Celta Vigo's Fabian Orellana, and at striker they have Barcelona FC's Sanchez (http://bit.ly/1nr422L), Valencia's Eduardo Vargas (http://bit.ly/1hkSGFT), and Cagliari's Mauricio Pinilla. This Chilean team is more than a dark horse, they will have an immediate impact on the 2014 Cup, probably eliminating a team the odds makers have placed 15 points higher on their scales.
Chilean coach Jorge Sampaoli, interviewed before his side's impressive 2-0 victory over England at Wembley, summed up his country's feelings and his squad's attitude when he said: "It is safe to say that Chile are contenders. We will not allow ourselves to be modified by our opponents. We will go mano a mano against anyone."
Prediction: In Brazil, this Chilean team will begin their journey by playing near-minnows Australia, but right after they play the current cup holders Spain and the current runners-up the Netherlands. We can assume they will beat the Aussies, but both other games are daunting. Yet if we also assume La Roja, the Orange, and the Furia Roja are each in-form come tournament time, I think Spain and Chile come out on top and in that order. Once through, Chile's next adversary, though, will probably be Brazil, and although they will play the hosts tough I don't think they have the firepower to keep up on Brazilian soil.
It is a pity that Chile did not get a better draw than to have to play two of the top four favorites before reaching the quarterfinals. But this generation of players has one secret, four of their number, Vidal at midfield, Medel and Isla on defense, and Sanchez in attack, will be 30 or younger come 2018. This is a good nucleus around which to build another Chilean vintage.


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text: The main problem with speed on a windows VNC server is that VNC takes a lot of time determing which parts of the screen have updated. The Windows VNC server is fairly slow on my local 100mb lan, but the Linux Server is like I am sitting in front of the console. Also, PcAnywhere does not send the server cursor over. I believe Tight has this in the new beta versions, but they are only for Unix. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: Glenn Mabbutt [mailto:gmabbutt "at" quartetservice.com] > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 9:24 AM > To: 'vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com' > Subject: tight encoding over VPN? > > > I realize I'll probably have to just try this myself, but anyway: > > I'm curious to hear about people's experiences with the tight encoding > version of vnc (win32 server and viewer) over an IPsec VPN, > specifically > "speed", etc. I realize speed discussions have come up often > on the list, > however I haven't seen anything relating to tight encoding over a VPN. > > Also, a coworker tried using the "vanilla" VNC over such a setup, and > complained terribly about slowness, watching the screen > paint, etc. I told > him it depends on a number of factors, including encoding type, colour > depth, network usage, and so on, but he insists that he tried > PCAnywhere > over the same setup (same machine) and it was considerably > more responsive. > This shouldn't be :) I'm thinking maybe the tight encoding > version may work > a little better - I haven't tried it yet. > > Anyway, thanks for your input. > Glenn > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list > to majordomo "at" uk.research.att.com > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list to majordomo "at" uk.research.att.com See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------


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Scrabble word: CLERK
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Definitions of CLERK in dictionaries:
- noun - an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
- noun - a salesperson in a store
- verb - work as a clerk, as in the legal business
- A person who works in an office performing such tasks as keeping records, attending to correspondence, or filing.
- A person who keeps the records and performs the regular business of a court or legislative body.
- A law clerk, as for a judge.
- A person who works at a sales counter or service desk, as at a store or hotel.
- A cleric.
- A scholar.
- verb - to serve as a clerk (an office worker)
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Fashionista lends a hand to local talent
By Ashley Luthern
After more than 40 years in the modeling, fashion and television industries, most people would retire. Local fashionista Susan Henderson began a new venture.
Two months ago, the 69-year-old self- described "maverick" created the Susan Henderson Group, a collective that aims to foster local talent in all aspects of the fashion industry.
"Like in the Catholic church, service is a part of my winter years," Henderson said.
"These young people have no money, they're beautiful and they don't have a chance of making it. They get all the wrong direction and waste college money on ridiculous things."
All consults with Henderson are free, but workshops such as fashion merchandising will have a small fee to cover the cost of the instructor. The Susan Henderson Group includes professionals such as photographer Michael Stephen, who has collaborated with Henderson for more than 20 years.
"[Henderson] has an unlimited amount of energy and a lot of charisma," Stephen said. "She's very focused and very well-known."
Henderson has been the director of modeling agencies, organized fashions shows and is the image consultant for WFMJ Channel 21. She recently directed a swimsuit segment for the station featuring her models ranging in age from 16 to 39 years old.
"Modeling is fun and glamorous," said Jennifer Weaver, 28, of Boardman. "Susan teaches you to love yourself on the runway. I think a lot of other people or clients might not be so nice."
But Henderson also knows that not all of her clients will have a full-time modeling career.
"I was a maverick. I would take the parents aside and say, 'Your daughter will not be on the cover of a magazine,'" she said. "But look at it this way, if she gets a good college education, is a good student, then she can do public relations, run a company, do fashion merchandising."
The Susan Henderson Group is partnering with Dillard's at the Southern Park Mall and Model and Talent Expos to find models for an upcoming Back to School Fashion Show.
The audition begins at 10 a.m. July 31 at Dillard's. To register or for more information, visit SusanHendersonGroup.com.
Henderson said anyone, regardless of age or gender, with a curiosity about the modeling, fashion or television industry can contact the group at 330-568-1931.
"The most important thing, I say today to people, is their own confidence level," she said.
"I'm not going to say you should wear blue not red. ... You can be a size 14 or 16 but still wear clothes that make you confident."
First I would like to address the comment re.: college, the :fashion merchandising courses, yes (plural) are much more than one or two simple courses, and should not be blown off in the manner in which the"self-described maverick" does. I know a number of people who have modeled for Ms. Henderson and perhaps people should speak with them before signing up for anything with her. No it wasn't sour grapes on their part either. Even photographers have had negative comments about her.
I have modeled for Susan, and she has helped me in so many ways. She helps clients find their inner confidence, beauty, and style. She's all about the individual person and their own unique skill. She loves input, and is always willing to compromise to make you feel most comfortable with your piece. She's about breaking barriers and opening doors to new ideas. I have been working with her for 3 years, and plan to continue, for she makes modeling fun and exciting.


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With the number of suspected drug users and dealers arrested during Operation Street Sweeper expected to top more than 100 people, Sheriff Bill Farmer says it's the largest drug sweep in Sumter County since he's been in office, and that's been for the past 16 years.
"A lot of people were surprised with the amount of arrests and that suspects came from all segments of society – from professionals on down," he said. "We arrested the young and we arrested older folk." People were arrested from the northern portion of the county through the southern portion.
With the final arrests still filtering in from the six-month-long operation, Farmer calls the amount of suspects picked up "mindboggling."
"To arrest this many people at one time for purchasing and selling drugs is astronomical," he said.
Drug sweeps are nothing new in Sumter County. Farmer has actively organized the sweeps throughout his tenure as sheriff.
"Since I came to office, I've wanted to get a handle on drug trafficking and we've continued to pursue it for 16 years."
During his original campaign to become sheriff, one of Farmer's top priorities was going after and arresting drug dealers.
"I firmly believe that drugs contribute to all other crimes," he said. "If you can get a handle on drugs, you can control other crimes in the county – anything from petty thefts to burglaries."
Drug operations like Street Sweeper start with a small group of undercover officers.
"The officers work a lot of hours and odd hours," said sheriff's Lt. Bobby Caruthers. "They are on doper's time."
That may mean, that the time or location for a buy could change several times before an actual purchase is made.
"It's a very tedious job that they do," Caruthers said. "But, these guys will tell you that it's well worth it in the end."
As drugs buys are made and evidence is collected, other officers are added to the operation to begin the process of making arrests.
"We will utilize the deputies that are on patrol, bring in off-duty deputies and we get assistance from local police agencies at that time," he said.
In Street Sweeper, arrests were made in two phases – one in the northern end of the county, the other in the southern end.
"In this operation, we chose to catch the drug dealers by surprise when they were asleep and also to help protect people that would be starting their day or going out to school or work."
While Street Sweeper is considered a very successful operation, Farmer said the department is already beginning work on a similar operation.
"As soon as one ends, another one starts," he said.
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A creation that is tropical through and through. The yellow-cake layers are brushed with rum syrup and filled with passion-fruit curd and rum-and-vanilla-bean buttercream. The top of each tier is spread with more passion-fruit curd. Hibiscus flowers, lychees, coconut, mini pineapple and bananas, and tamarillo crown the cake. Pressing a straw mat into the ivory fondant produces the textured appearance. Serve with a slice of fruit such as star fruit, and coconut sorbet.
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These cakes are sure to recall the joys of summer. Fresh strawberries top stacked pound cakes instead of the traditional biscuits; mascarpone cream is sandwiched between the layers. For an easy-to-slice texture, almond paste and cornmeal were mixed into the batter. Platters piped with royal icing in a basket-weave pattern lend a country feel; they sit on ribbon-wrapped columns that elevate the dessert from its rustic origins and allude to the shape of a conventional tiered wedding cake.
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This whimsical cake takes its inspiration from a nostalgic dessert: the tricolor Neapolitan ice cream slice. Here, the familiar three flavors and colors of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry recur throughout -- in the cake layers, the strawberry jam and chocolate ganache between them, and the exuberant fondant decorated with dots, stripes, and a quilted pattern. Ice cream cones in tall glasses will further delight children -- and children at heart.
Here, we put the notion of icing on ice, relying instead on unadorned pastel layers for graphic appeal. Coconut pound cake, tinted with gel-paste food coloring, serves as the foundation, while white fondant and passion-fruit curd rests on top (the curd is also between each layer).
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The Orange Police Department on Tuesday, June 25, held a swearing-in ceremony for new probationary officer Carolyn Bailey, who graduated from the Connecticut Police Academy on Monday evening.
Bailey was raised in Hamden and is a graduate of Hamden High School. She graduated Southern CT State University in 2005 with a Bachelor's degree in English. Carolyn comes from a law enforcement family, with father Joseph Liguori a retired inspector sergeant from the Department of Motor Vehicles, brother Joseph Liguori an officer with the Hamden Police Department, and husband Eric Bailey an officer with Yale University police.
Carolyn will participate in a field training program for approximately ten to twelve weeks, after which she will be assigned to the patrol division. Carolyn joins three other female police officers already part of the Orange department.


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[Puppet - Bug #13973] (Unreviewed) No such file or directory error with ssh_authorized_keys
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Issue #13973 has been reported by Nitesh Goel.
Bug #13973: No such file or directory error with ssh_authorized_keys
- Author: Nitesh Goel
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- Target version: 2.7.14
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When I try to set authorized keys through the ssh_authorized_key resource type, I get the following error:Could not evaluate: Puppet::Util::FileType::FileTypeFlat could not write /home/nitesh/.ssh/authorized_keys: No such file or directory - /opt/puppet/lib/puppet20120417-2519-62ftr9.lock
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Lady Limbo, as the title suggests, is a book that keeps its reader in a constant and glorious state of suspension. Part noir, part love story, a cosmopolitan novel set (mostly) in Cape Town, it is imbued with an otherworldly quality that makes all attempts at classification seem somewhat futile. And it is brilliant. When Paola Dante's husband, enigmatic French writer Daniel de Luc, disappears, she begins a quest to find him that takes her into the sordid underbelly of the Mother City, across the ocean to an unknowable Europe, and into the depths of cyberspace. As Paola searches for her lost love, she recalls the strange circumstances that brought the two of them together in the first place and, gradually, she realises that Daniel is not exactly who she believes him to be… To reiterate: brilliant.
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Jennifer Lopez has decided to pull out of the World Cup opening ceremony leaving them to figure out what to do just four days before the big event. On Sunday, Yahoo shared how she actually recorded the official song for the World Cup. She was supposed to perform "We Are One," with rapper Pitbull and Brazilian singer Claudia Leitte but now she is saying she won't do it. This all comes right after her big split with boyfriend Casper Smart.
So far everyone else will still be there to perform but this "American Idol" judge is not going. There is no reason out yet of why she won't attend the event either. You have to easily assume it is because of personal reasons.
The show must go on but they have not said how they will perform "We Are One" without her. Pittbull still has big plans to make it to his performance. They have performed it without her before so they will make it work.
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Space Math II - Problem 13, A Glimpse of the Most Distant Galaxy
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Grade Levels: 7-9
Publication Year: 2008
Subjects: Mathematics
Students organize information and make calculations to determine ages in the universe. Student and teacher pages are included.
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Manchester, NH - Phil Greazzo is not a happy camper, according to someone who spoke to the former two-term alderman at the June 10th meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Greazzo appeared at Manchester City Hall for the first time since it was revealed that the insurance policy maintained by the Manchester Dog Park Association (MDPA), which Greazzo founded and serves as co-vice chair, did indeed lapse, despite his months long denial that a cancellation had occurred.
Greazzo stood in the back of the Aldermanic chamber and listened to citizens speaking during the public comment session that precedes all regular meetings of the Board that he had been a member of for four years from December 2009 through December 2013. He listened to Tammy Simmons, his fellow MDPA Board member who had served as campaign manager for his failed reelection bid, as she testified in favor of maintaining the tax cap, the issue that helped bring both of them to power. However, he did not speak himself.
And how could he have brought himself to speak before the Board he had so recently sat on, when his "truthiness" problem has reduced his once promising political career to a smoldering heap of ashes, swept out of the both City Hall and the halls of power? Once talked about as the Republican candidate to take on Executive Councillor Chris Pappas, there is a question whether Greazzo will run for any office at all this year.
For a perpetual candidate who has contested one election after another since moving to New Hampshire with the new millennium, the question must be asked: Has Phil Greazzo's political career burned out?
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The revelation of the lapse in the MDPA insurance policy by Alderman-at-Large Joseph Kelly Levasseur occurred at the October 29, 2013 meeting of the Board. That meeting was held exactly one week before the 2013 general election, in which Greazzo lost his seat in Ward 10 to Democrat Bill Barry. It was the second political defeat in two consecutive years for Greazzo, a one-term state representative from Ward 10 who chose to challenge Democratic warhorse Lou D'Allesandro for his seat in the New Hampshire Senate.
The man Greazzo derided as "Liberal Lou" crushed Greazzo in November, chewing him up like a dog devours a rawhide bone, then passing him effortlessly, without complication, like one of the pups who frolic at the municipal dog park maintained by the MDPA passes their waste material.
Yes, D'Allesandro had reduced Greazzo to dog poo, but it was Joe Kelly Levasseur, who nearly unseated "Liberal Lou" during the 2010 election, who was left to dispose of the steaming odure.
Levasseur's announcement of the cancellation of the MDPA insurance policy, coverege mandated by the MDPA's contract with the City, touched off a battle royal between the two. Beginning that very night, Greazzo launched a vituperative campaign against Levasseur that lasted for months. It was a war Greazzo waged as an alderman in the last two months of his term, and then as a citizen sitting on the other side of the chamber.
Greazzo attempted to get Levasseur hailed before the Board of Mayor and Alderman's conduct board on charges of having engaged in conduct unbecoming an elected official. With the aid and support of reactionary radio broadcaster Rich Girard, Greazzo unsuccessfully tried to have Levasseur removed from the Board, by filing a complaint under the City Charter. The efforts to exact revenge against Levasseur failed.
Libelled Levasseur
Ultimately, Phil Greazzo wound up being sued for libel by Levasseur, after Greazzo was quoted by Union Leader City Hall columnist Ted Seifer calling Levasseur a "pathological liar". During depositions taken during the discovery phase of the lawsuit, it was revealed that the MDPA insurance policy had indeed been cancelled, just as Levasseur claimed.
Greazzo quickly became the "Rubber Band Man" of the Queen City, stretching every which way but loose to avoid accepting personal responsibility for the lapse. At first, he blamed a mysterious "new treasurer" for the problems with the insurance policy, despite the fact the policies had been mailed to his address for four years. Then, Rich Girard on his radio show claimed to have an email blaming yet another unnamed party in an attempt to exonerate Greazzo.
The recent update of the MDPA's Web site reveals that the "new treasurer" likely was Tammy Simmons.
Tellingly, Greazzo had been sued for allegedly committing adultery with Simmons by her then-husband William Simmons, an Iraqi war veteran who claimed his wife had become cold to him when he returned to The States. William Simmons had blamed Greazzo, his next door neighbor, for the alienation of his wife's affections.
The charges of adultery against Phil Greazzo and Tammy Simmons eventually were dropped. William Simmons' lawyer during the divorce trial and his appeal of his own adultery conviction was: Joseph Kelly Levasseur, attorney at law. The enmity engendered by the 2007 divorce clearly had poisoned relations between Greazzo and Levasseur.
Faced with a libel lawsuit and the discovery that the policy had indeed lapsed, exonerating Levasseur, Greazzo tried a new tack that called into question his truthiness: He blamed Union Leader columnist Ted Seifer for revealing confidential information, the quote about Levasseur being a pathological liar, that Greazzo had allegedly told him was off record.
The stratagem apparently would have brought the Union Leader into the lawsuit to defend the libel, if Levasseur had not dropped it, feeling vindicated by the proof he did not lie about the insurance policy lapse.
Up In Smoke
The fallout from this fiasco was the immolation of Phil Greazzo's political career, which went up in smoke when Levasseur was exculpated from Greazzo's charge he had lied about the cancellation of the insurance policy.
The ongoing revelation of the lapse brought into sharp relief the problem with "truthiness" that has been a hallmark of Greazzo's political career since the beginning, when he burst like a flame onto the Queen City scene as a libertarian and president of the New Hampshire chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NHORML).
At the 2002 Veterans Day parade, Queen City police, under the order of then-alderman Mike Lopez, organizer of the parade as head of the Manchester Veterans Council, had had Greazzo removed from the festivities. Greazzo showed up with a jeep festooned with a "Hemp for Victory" banner. Greazzo's jeep and another jeep manned by NHORML were to participate in the parade behind a troop of girl scouts, according to the parade program.
What Lopez objected to was the banners promoting the relaxation of marijuana laws, which he felt was inappropriate. Lopez did not allow any parade participants to display any propaganda, even military recruiting slogans.
Greazzo disputed Lopez's claim that the NHORML jeeps had not been approved for the parade, claiming that the jeeps and their banners had been given the OK by another parade organizer who refused to comment on the issue.
This was Manchester's introduction to Phil Greazzo, who would run for office at least nine times in his New Hampshire political career, finally winning three contests before dropping his last two.
All four Republican slots for state representative have been filled for the 2014 election, and New Hampshire Liberty Alliance Chair Eileen Landies has filed as a Republican to oppose State Senator Lou D'Allesandro. Furthermore, two Republicans are queuing up to face off against Chris Pappas for Executive Councillor.
Phil Greazzo, New Hampshire politician, may have reached the end of his rope, hemp or otherwise.


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One of the more sought-after spaces in a home is an office. It could be for the purpose of running a home based business or a designated place to do household business and bookkeeping. However, with the average home in America being around 2,400 square feet, many homeowners lack the space in their home design for this specific room. Those greedy rooms called the bedroom, the family room, the kitchen, and dining areas can eat up valuable square footage in a home design. So from a design perspective, we have to be creative. Instead of thinking about a room, try thinking about a nook…a home office nook! Since your home based business isn't a fortune 500 company at the moment, a small alcove of sorts would serve you well until your IPO (Initial public offering)…Maybe?!
Office nooks can also be considered workstations. Like workstations, office nook designs are often in an a straight line or L-shape with enough desk space and cabinet storage to operate many task. By condensing such a limited amount of work space, not much room or square footage is needed for your nook. It is a good use of space from a design standpoint, giving more value to your home on a dollar per square foot ratio.
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When working with a limited amount of design space in your home, think of all the equipment and furniture you will need to make the work space right for you. You will likely need room for your computer (desktop and/or laptop), a printer/copier combo, a desk, chair, cabinet storage, bookshelves, and other less typical items that may be specific to your needs. Use the size of these pieces to establish guidelines in your design layout and nook size.
Another way to control the size of your office nook is to design the space with built-in furniture. A straight or L-shape desk with base cabinets that include a filing cabinet is a good example. Above the desk you can add wall cabinets with shelving for books and other items that need storing. Because the desk, cabinets, and shelves use a wall as an anchor, not much space is needed to add a chair and a walk path to move around. A practical size for this type of arrangement can be as small as 5'x6′, a mere 30 square feet. In fact, if the entire floor plan design is constructed with any forethought, the nook can even have a door to provide the ultimate level of privacy.
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Examples of office nook ideas include using the space underneath a staircase or an unused small storage space. In both cases, the space can be open or you can hide the workspace behind a closed door until you need to use it.
The kitchen is another area where a nook for an office can be implemented, especially if you have a large kitchen design. I would be remiss if I didn't mentioned the breakfast room. Depending on the size of the space, built-ins can be designed within the room to provide a comfortable workstation without looking out of place.
Though the space of an office nook is limited in ordered to be considered a nook, the possibilities of squeezing one into your home design is not. With a little forward thinking and ingenuity, who knows what can happen with 30 square feet.
On a side note, one of my stock plans the Symone has a "workstation", otherwise known as an office nook that was incorporated into the design. At only 1,790 sq ft, this design exhibits a good example of how to include a place for business in a small home. Before going to the page to see the plan, take another look at the picture of the office nook at the top of this article. It is virtually the concept I had envisioned during the design of the Symone floor plan and its 30 plus sq ft office nook.


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Seize the moment with viewing the blooms of the annual and perennial plants that are covering the desert of many residents and business landscapes.
They are offering flowers to be found on "Cactus" that are fruitful with their blooms. In addition there is the "Spanish Broom" plant which is perfuming Resler Dr with their fragrant smell.
Other blooming plants that can be spotted are the "Asylum" plants that come in a collection of colors, to the "Desert Willow" covered with pink like trumpet bell-flowers they are a big attraction to bee's. Then there are the "Lantanas" that a true jewel of a plant for the heated desert. It keeps it bloom until the first frost. "Jasmine", "Indian Hawthorne", "Verbenas" and many others are among the plants for show. It is open house for the desert blooms right now they are seen all over El Paso, TX. These plants mentioned most are native to El Paso, TX climate and acclimate well to the environment. All are a "low water requirement" and tolerant to the desert sun. All of the plants mentioned are available at the local nurseries and garden centers in El Paso, TX.
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What could be better on a Saturday Afternoon?!? Softball, Comedy and Drag Queens!
Defending Champions The LA Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are headed back to the softball field to defend their title against The West Hollywood Cheerleaders in the Drag Queen World Series on May 10, 2014.
This year Transgender Queer Activist, Pat Cordova-Goff will be the Honorary Umpire.
"I am honored to be in a fundraiser to raise funds for such a cause. My activism is focused on education, but I take every opportunity to help different causes in their efforts, and in this case, helping raise needed funds" ~Pat Cordova-Goff
All money raised at the event will go to The Life Group LA a coalition of people dedicated to the education, empowerment and emotional support of persons both infected and affected by HIV/AIDS so that they may make informed choices and decisions regarding their healthcare and personal well being.
At this years 3rd annual Drag Queen World Series (May 10) the Ceremonial First Ball Pitch will be thrown by Alex Minsky! Alex is a Retired Marine having served in Afghanistan, is a Purple Heart Recipient and Healthy Lifestyle Advocate turned Model!This years game announcer's will be director/writer, Del Shores and his fabulous daughter Becca Shores. Also Justin Lanning will kick off the game singing the National Anthem.
Throughout the day, music will be spun by Celebrity DJ, Eur-O-Steve. This years' food truck time is being made available by Babys Badass Burgers.
There will be super raffle tickets items! Including an $8,000 grand prize; a weekend away for up to 16 People at the Famous Harpo Marx Estate in Rancho Mirage, CADrag Queen World Series raises awareness of the fact that the AIDS pandemic is not over and to erase the stigma, and is also an opportunity to raise financial support for The Life Group LA. The group's main goal is to continue providing education and emotional support to persons infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
The game is an affirmation of the power of compassion and a demonstration that ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary things.
The Life Group LA, a 501 c 3 non profit was founded in 2005 and provides free of charge, much needed information and emotional support through medical forums, emotional support groups and the POZ Life Weekend Seminar. All services are offered in a non-judgmental and safe environment with compassion and understanding. Safety, respect and confidentiality are the cornerstones of Life Group LA's philosophy. It is accomplished by providing trained support group facilitators for emotional support groups and POZ Life Weekend Seminars. These facilitators have been trained in the art of active listening and conduct themselves with empathy and compassion.In a time when the HIV epidemic has surpassed its 32nd year and new HIV infections continue to occur on a daily basis, now more than ever we must continue the struggle against HIV/AIDS.
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"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Carlton Gebbia doesn't like to deal with people who are skeptical about her religion. On the show, the girls have been making fun of Carlton's beliefs, including mocking her over dark magic and even joked around with items located around the home. According to a new Radar Online report published on Jan. 23, "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Carlton Gebbia is now teasing about putting a spell on Joyce.
Carlton has been dealing with Kyle Richards' rude comments, as Kyle mocked her new tattoo that included names of her children. "She was very uncomfortable around me," Carlton observed after hanging out with Kyle, to which Brandi added, "She thought you were going to cast a spell on her." And it sounds like Carlton can joke around with it, adding, "I f—king will." And it sounds like Joyce isn't too worried about her threats.
"Spells only get to you if you believe it. Test it out on me and you'll see. It won't get to me. I believe whatever you let into your world is what affects you," she said. "That's bulls—t," Carlton fired back in response. "Don't come at me and say, 'I f—king don't believe that.' You know what, f—k you. When you go home tonight, watch out." But it sounds like Carlton's warning didn't affect Joyce at all. "I find it so silly. I don't believe in these things," Joyce said. And according to the reviews, something does happen when Joyce gets home.
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What are histones?
Histones are a special group of proteins found in the nuclei of eukaryotic cells responsible for DNA folding and chromatin formation. This is important because without histones DNA would be extremely long in relation to the cell. It also allows for additional gene regulatory control, with the modification of DNA packing controlling access to transcriptional machinery. Eukaryotic chromatin structure consists of repeating units, known as nucleosomes, which resemble beads on a string connected by sequences of linker DNA. A nucleosome is formed of DNA sections (approximately 145-146 bp) wrapped around a core octamer of eight histones.
Types of histones
Each octamer has two pairs of different histone proteins: H2A, H2B, H3 and H4. They are arranged as a pair of H2A-H2B dimers, and an (H3)2(H4)2 tetramer. There is an additional type of histone, the linker histone H1, which is present in condensed DNA. Histone H1 is associated with the linker regions connecting core particles, and is required to obtain condensed 30-nm chromatin fibres from the smaller "beads on a string" fibres of approximately 10-11 nm . Although histone H1 is the most commonly studied linker histone there are others, for example histone H5 is the substitute for H1 in nucleated erythrocytes.
Histone packaging of DNA is a ubiquitous mechanism throughout species, and the structures of histones are highly conserved. They contain high amounts of two positively charged amino acids: lysine and arginine. Of course, there are some differences between the types of histone proteins:
- H2A and H2B contain more lysine;
- H3 and H4 contain more arginine.
- H1 (H5) has the highest lysine/arginine ratio.
The N-terminal and C-terminal ends of the histones have different functions:
- The C-terminal end is primarily responsible for histone-DNA and histone-histone interactions;
- The N-terminal consists of a charged, flexible tail which in histones H2B and H3 bury into the minor grooves of DNA, probably to stabilise the interaction. The H4 tail contains a large proportion of lyseine residues and is thought to be involved in forming higher order chromatin structure by binding to negatively charged regions of other nucleosomes. The tails stand as targets of post-transational modifications, which may modify the structure of chromatin.
Histones vary in their affinity for and interaction with each other:
- High affinity, dimer formation: H2A – H2B; H2B – H4;
- High affinity, tetramer formation: H3 – H4;
- Weaker interaction: H2A – H3;
- Weakest interaction: H2A – H4; H2B –H3.
Histone DNA interactions
Histones contain a large proportion of the positively charged (basic) amino acids, lyseine and arginine in their structure. DNA is negatively charged due to the phosphate groups on its backbone. These result of these opposite charges is strong attraction and therefore high binding affinity between histones and DNA. Hydrogen bonding involving hydroxyl amino acids in the histone peptide and the phosphodiester backbone of DNA and are also important in further stabilizing the structure. One of the advantages of histones interacting mainly with the backbone of DNA is it means the interaction is not sequence dependent. This means that despite an apparent preference of histones to some sequences of DNA, they are able to bind anywhere.
Importance of histone modifications
- Chromatin structure is dependent on the N-terminal tails of the core histones
- These can undergo modifications, which can take place either before or after the nucleosome assembles
- Example of modifications: acetylation/ methylation of lysine, serine phosphorylation or ubiquitination, along with their reversed processes
- These modifications affect the chromatin fiber stability, and are catalyzed by enzymes found in the nucleus, such as HATs (histone acetyl transferases) and HDACs (histone deacetylases)
- One of the most important characteristics of histone tails which suffered modifications is their capacity to attract certain proteins, which may compact the chromatin even further, or facilitate DNA access
- There is a standard nomenclature, also known as the Brno nomenclature, which was adopted to simplify the presentation of histone modifications
- In this nomenclature, the "site" refers to the position of the amino acid in the protein sequence
Examples of important histone modifications
- Lysine methylation can either activate or repress gene expression. Which of these effects it has depends on both the location of the modified lysine and which histone is the target. For example, if this occurs at lysine 4 in histone H3, it is linked to gene activation (Schneider et al, 2004), and if it occurs at lysine 9 it is a marker for gene silencing (Jackson et al, 2004).
- Histone acetylation is linked to epigenetic regulation. Histone acetyletransferase (HAT) complexes are recruited by transcription activator proteins , while the repressor proteins recruit histone deacetylase (HDAC) complexes. These add and remove acetylations respectively. Acetylation removes the negative charge from lysine so it can no longer bind to the DNA phosphate backbone. This weakens the interaction between histones and DNA, resulting in a more relaxed DNA structure which is more available for DNA transcription.
Despite their important role, histones aren't found in all eukaryotic cells. Dinoflagellates were found to have completely different proteins which act in the same manner, and the spermatozoa makes use of protamines to package most of the DNA.
Useful videos
DNA packaging - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbSIBhFwQ4s
Histone "beads on a string" appearance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5vzKDYgmys
Chromatin and histones - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYrQ0EhVCYA
Schneider, R. et al Histone H3 lysine 4 methylation in higher eukaryotic genes. Nature Cell Biol, 6: 73-77
Jackson, J. et al (2004) Dimethylation of histone H3 lysine 9 is a critical marker for DNA methylation and gene silencing in Arabidoposis thaliana. Chromosoma, 112: 308-315
Herrman, H. (1989) Cell Biology: An Inquiry into the Nature of the Living State. New York: Harper & Row Publishers.
Hardin, J., Bertoni, G, Kleinsmith, L. (2011) Becker's World of the Cell. 8th Edition. San Francisco: Pearson Education.
Alberts, B., Johnson, A., Lewis, J., et al. (2002) Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4th Edition. New York: Garland Science.
Epigenomics Help [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Center for Biotechnology Information (US); 2010-. Epigenomics Scientific Background. 2010 Aug 31 [Updated 2011 Jan 20].
Wolffie, A. (1998) Chromatin. 3rd Edition. London: Academic Press.


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Big wigs in my environment will only allow for our servers to be rebooted once a month. However, patches were installed earlier this month due to a mistake but the server have not been restarted.
The issue at hand is that we need to install an application that also requires a reboot and since our window is so short I am wondering if it will cause any problems to install it before the Microsoft patches have been allowed a reboot. Will this revert any changes made to the system from the point where they were installed to the reboot?


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Why are we doing it? What good could possibly come from the U.S. government using torture as a method of "enhanced interrogation techniques" on terrorism suspects?
Check out this video to see waterboarding in action:
We tried a Japanese officer, Yukio Asano, in 1947 for using waterboarding on a U.S. citizen. He was sentenced to fifteen years of "hard labor" for waterboarding. Why aren't we sentencing Dick Cheney, Alberto Gonzales, etc. for war crimes then?
Those two men aren't going to stop whatever wrong they are doing.
They have to much power to give a damn.
If that don't work then it is just not going to ever happen.
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
The Wiki' has more, including a link to Dick Cheney's support of waterboarding.
On the convicted Japanese, though, he was not given 15 years solely for water torture. He was also found guilty of other forms of physical abuse, and of "converting ICRC supplies for his own use".
Sigh, and to think that the main neo-con argument for going into Iraq was that he had torture chambers. Geez.
Predicts this will turn into a triplicate of the "Road to Guantánamo" thread, complete with mis-conceptions about prisoners' rights, accusations of us making up evidence, and the statement that what's happening at Guantánamo is not torture.
DE:They do it to soldiers during training, too? What?
I've seen a doc or two on this. It's during escape and evasion training. The purpose is obviously to familiarize soldiers (or at least spec ops troopers) with the types of interrogation techniques they may be subjected to if captured by the enemy.
Waterboarding? Groovy.
Oh, you mean water torture? If you wanna torture use a 9 volt battery and a bucket of salt water, hey don't you be shocked just because they are. Or have a psycho Indian bitch carve them up. If you were to torture that is. Really there are more effective ways of accomplishing most tasks torture is used for, with the possible exception of punishment.
People learned 700 years ago that torture is absolutely worthless as an interregation method. It's funny that the US gouverment are actually this dumb.
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