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Is it still safe to move one of them now after it has been move twice already in the past month. Due to bad advice.
The main Gunnera was split and replanted and the other 2 plants were planted then a week later replanted and now the leaves forming on all three so would it be safe to move one of them again this year or wait until next year?
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Saints free safety Malcolm Jenkins will be named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week on Wednesday for his two-interception performance in a 31-13 win against the St. Louis Rams on Sunday.
The NFL will official announce the honor on Wednesday.
Jenkins had two interceptions against St. Louis, including one that he returned 96 yards for a touchdown. His other interception also came in the red zone to prevent a potential Rams score. The interceptions were Jenkins' first this season. The 96-yard return was the third longest by a Saints defender in club history.
It's the second time in three weeks Jenkins, a second-year player from Ohio State, has won the award. He also received the honor for his work against the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving, when he stripped Cowboys wide receiver Roy Williams and recovered the fumble late in the fourth quarter to ignite a late come-from-behind victory.

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Those of you who live in the Minneapolis area have likely been to the Mall of America. Some of you may love it, and some of you may have found yourself there on a Saturday close to the holidays and have vowed never to go back. However often you go, I would like to urge you to go back and check out Beadniks.
Beadniks is a bead store which offers two formats to purchase product. You can buy single beads and supplies, or you can make your own project right in the store and take a piece of custom made (by you!) jewelry home with you. The second option works perfectly for parties or events hosted there, which is one of their services (think of a Bachelorette Party where everyone makes their own necklaces!) The single bead purchasing option appeals to jewelry makers who already have a stash of beads and findings at home.
They offer a nice selection of beads from around the world, some of which you have likely never seen before. These collections offer a lot of inspiration for the shopper and you are sure to find something you just can't live without. They also offer many basic beading supplies which can easily be found in other crafts stores, though the prices are slightly higher than other craft stores.
The biggest advantage of shopping at Beadniks, as well as other bead stores with the same format, is that purchasing the exact number of beads you need is easy. There is no wasted money on leftover supplies that may end up forgotten and unused. Beadniks also offers a wide range of classes at the MOA location and updates their online calendar often. Whether you are a veteran beader or a complete newbie you will likely find something to help you create one of a kind handmade jewelry.


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Homework, again...
A topological space $(X,\tau)$ is called $T_0$-space if these two equivalent statements are true:
i) If $x,y \in X, x \not= y$, then $\overline {\{x\}} \not= \overline {\{y\}}$
ii)If $x,y \in X, x \not= y$, then $\exists \ U \in \tau, \ x\in U, \ y \not\in U$ OR $\ y\in U, \ x \not\in U$
I need to prove these statements are equivalent.
$ii \Rightarrow i $:
$y \not \in U \Rightarrow y \in U^c$, which is closed. Thus $\overline {\{y\}} \subset U^c$. We notice that $x \not \in \overline {\{y\}}$ (for $x$ cannot be in $U$ and $U^c$ at the same time), but $x \in \overline {\{x\}}.$ Thus $\overline {\{x\}} \not= \overline {\{y\}}$.
This, of course, doesn't mean that they need to be completely separate. Like if $X = \{a,b\}, \ \tau = \{\emptyset, \{a\}, X\}$. This is $T_0$, as $\overline {\{a\}} = X$, but $\overline {\{b\}} = \overline {\{b\}}$. They are not same, but they do have shared points.
$i \Rightarrow ii$:
Thus far the best I can do is state the antithesis: $$x \in U \iff y \in U \land \exists \ z \in \overline {\{x\}}, z \not\in \overline {\{y\}}.$$ Is this even a good way to do this? I have about two pages of trying to see if some kind of intersection of closures or complements or combinations thereof produces a contradiction... Any advice would be appreciated.


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NEW YORK - In a game that for the final 10 minutes inevitably trickled toward a decisive final possession, Alabama's last shot was good, Colorado's wasn't. Difference was, 'Bama's winning basket was a layup, CU's shot to win was a 22-footer.
Even the best of players will miss open looks - which Buffs sophomore Alec Burks did Tuesday night with 2.3 seconds to play. But that won't bother CU Coach Tad Boyle through the off-season nearly as much as the layup allowed Alabama freshman Trevor Releford a little over 10 seconds earlier.
Releford's slash through CU's defense pushed the Crimson Tide past the Buffs 62-61 in the semifinals of the 2011 NIT at Madison Square Garden, bringing a record-setting debut season under Boyle to a disappointing conclusion.
"Our guys really battled . . . but we just didn't come up with that stop, complete stop when we had to. That was the difference in the game," said Boyle, whose first CU team won a school-record 24 games (14 losses). "We got good looks the last two possessions by two of our better players (Burks, Cory Higgins). You take that as a coach offensively. Defensively, I just hate giving up a layup to lose the game."
Not that it was on his mind at the time or at any previous point, but Higgins' missed 10-footer in the lane on CU's next-to-last possession would have put the Buffs up by three points and nudged Higgins into first place as the school's career scoring leader. Higgins finished the game with 13 points and his brilliant CU career with 2,001, tying Richard Roby (2004-08).
Said Boyle: "Cory Higgins is a guy that as a coach, when it's all said and done, you say it's a pleasure to coach him and I'm proud to coach him . . . I wish we had him for another year."
The same wish holds true for Burks, the talented 6-foot-6 sophomore who is deliberating on declaring himself eligible for the NBA Draft or returning for his junior year.
"Alec and I have sat down two or three times during the season and now that it's over, we'll give it some time to sink in," Boyle said. "I know he will get with his mother and they will make a decision that's best for their family. As his coach, I'm going to support him in whatever he does, I know that. I've told him that and I've told his family that; whatever that may be, and right now we don't know the answer to that, obviously."
Burks finished with a team-high 20 points Tuesday night, but like most of his teammates didn't have a spectacular shooting night. The Buffs' Big Three scorers - Burks, Higgins and Levi Knutson - were a combined 15-of-41 from the field. As a team, CU was 20-of-50 (40.0 percent), while 'Bama hit 28-of-56 (50.0 percent).
"It was one of those nights where we struggled shooting the ball," Boyle said. "Levi got hot in the second half (scoring 11 of his 14) and got us back in the game. But we shot 40 percent for the game and again that's a testament to Alabama and the way they guard."
The Crimson Tide, which plays Wichita State on Thursday (5 p.m., MDT) for the NIT Championship, also burned the Buffs inside. With 6-foot-8 forward JaMychal Green scoring a game-best 22 points before fouling out in the final 3 minutes, 'Bama blistered the Buffs in the paint 42-16.
"Inside was where they had the strength," Boyle said. "They had the advantage on us, and we just didn't overcome it tonight like we have in games past."
CU junior forward Austin Dufault called Green "one of the best I've played this year. He really showed out his ability to step out tonight and make jumpers, especially the second half. That was something big for him, to get him kind of going, and he's a tough player. He can do it all. He showed that tonight. So he's definitely up there, one of the best I've played against."
When Green fouled out with 2:27 remaining, "I really liked our chances," said Boyle. Green's fifth foul sent Burks to the line for a one-and-one. He hit both, cutting the Tide lead to 60-59.
A Tide turnover and dunk by Andre Roberson gave CU a 61-60 advantage, and after Higgins missed his jumper, 'Bama took a timeout with 36 seconds showing. After a miss, a controlled rebound and another time out, Releford drove for what would be the Tide's winning layup and what he would call "the biggest shot" of his career.
"The game‑winning shot, I just felt like they kept wanting me to go to the screen and were blitzing me and I rejected it," Releford said. "I was able to get a shot up and it went in."
CU took a timeout to set its strategy with 9.1 seconds showing. Burks got the inbounds pass, dribbled slightly right of the top of key, jumped - and missed off the back of the rim. After CU couldn't grab the rebound and time expired, Burks crumpled to the Garden floor.
Was it the shot the Buffs wanted?
Said Knutson: "I'll take Alec with a 15‑footer any day. It just didn't go down. That wasn't the difference in the game. There were a lot of plays in the game that were the difference, but I'll take that shot any day with Alec putting it up from 15 feet."
Television replays showed Burks' shot to be longer, but it didn't matter. It bounced away, leaving Alabama Coach Anthony Grant relieved and grateful for his team's 25th win of the season (11 losses). "Obviously the game could have gone either way," he said. "Burks took the last shot and he has made so many of those. We were fortunate the bounce went our way and we have the opportunity to play for a championship."
Alabama's zone defense and aggressive pressure forced CU into 12 of its 16 turnovers in the first half. But the Buffs adjusted, attacked more efficiently after halftime and rallied from a 10-point deficit early in the second half to take a five-point lead in the last 5 minutes.
Grant called CU "a very explosive team . . . They got on a roll in the second half, which obviously changed what we wanted to do, and obviously the thing we have talked about all year is that defensively, we are a team that can defend a lot of different ways. We can play zone. We can play man. We can press. We can do a lot of different things. And I think obviously maybe in the first half, kind of - they were off‑balance a little bit, kind of off kilter because of the zone. I don't think it was something they expected. Like any good team, they regrouped at halftime and they came out and they attacked it pretty aggressively."
Green, a first-team All-SEC selection, led the Tide with 12 first-half points, while Burks had 13 and Higgins 10 for the Buffs. Higgins' halftime total put him four points away from breaking Roby's career scoring record. But he managed just three second-half points, finishing 4-of-14 from the field.
A pair of short jumpers by Green opened the second-half scoring and pushed 'Bama's lead to 10 (40-30) before CU rallied. Burks converted a three-point play and Knutson hit a trey from the left corner to pull the Buffs to within 40-36 with 17:17 remaining.
Knutson was feeling it. He scored CU's next eight points - the first two on a floater from the right baseline, the next six on two treys again from the left corner - and suddenly the Buffs were within 46-44 with 13:47 remaining.
Just under a minute later, Marcus Relphorde hit one of two free throws and CU closed to 46-45, capping a 15-6 run. After a Releford foul shot, Relphorde completed CU's comeback with a reverse layup, tying the score at 47-47 with 11:11 left. Half a minute later, Higgins hit one of two free throws - and the Buffs had their first lead - 48-47 - since 17-15.
The Buffs went ahead by three points (50-47), then four (55-51) before Relphorde was called for an intentional foul for grabbing the driving Releford with 6:47 to play. The freshman from Kansas City hit one of two free throws (55-52), but 'Bama wasted the rest of the possession with a traveling call.
CU went up 57-52 - its biggest lead of the game - on a dunk off a turnover by freshman Andre Roberson and a Higgins jumper. But the Buffs couldn't hold that advantage or make a final defensive stand.
Boyle congratulated 'Bama, but also paid tribute to his team: "I thought that was a hard‑fought game by two good basketball teams playing late in March. They were just a little bit better tonight than we were . . . but I'm really proud of our team and the way we fought, the way we competed and the way we hung in there. We just came up a little bit short tonight. We had some really good looks, and they just made one more play at the end than we did, and that was the difference in the game. That's what makes it so hard.
"But I'll take these guys any day of the week because we have come a long way this year as a team, and I couldn't be more proud of the young men in our locker room."
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Flotilla: media's big omission
Few saw that the blockade is a crucial bargaining chip in the Shalit talks
Amid the mountain of hostile media coverage following the raid on the Gaza flotilla last month, little was made of the personal accounts of the IDF forces involved. Yet what is absolutely clear from this testimony - which is available on major websites, including the BBC - is that what the soldiers most feared was the permanent capture of one of their colleagues.
The detention of 23-year-old Gilad Shalit - who is now at the start of his fifth year of Hamas captivity - on June 25, 2006 provides a stark reminder of the extenuating circumstances surrounding the botched Israeli boarding.
What Israel can never afford is to offer difficult neighbours new bargaining chips. The monitoring group Honest Reporting notes that in the "media frenzy" of editorials that followed the flotilla incident, several major media outlets, including the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Guardian and the Irish Times, failed to make any Shalit connection whatsoever.
The Toronto Globe & Mail mentioned Shalit in passing. The Los Angeles Times made the connection, calling on Hamas to free him.
Sympathetic as much of the press surrounding Shalit's captivity has been, this broader point has been largely ignored by most newspapers. A lengthy report by Harriet Sherwood, who is the new Jerusalem correspondent of the Guardian, focused mainly on the political pressure which the Shalit family is heaping on Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The report quotes a video message calling for the Netanyahu-led government to "pay the price necessary" for Shalit's release.
The paper says the pressure on the government to do all in its power to set Shalit free is intense, with polls showing that the Israeli public supports an exchange of 1,000 Palestinian detainees for Shalit. It notes that Shalit's fate has great resonance with Israeli families where young people are required to serve in the military.
Sherwood notes that the names on the Hamas "wish list" for release include Marwan Barghouti, the Fatah leader often mentioned as a future Palestinian president/PM; and Ahmed Sa'adat, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Israel says he is the person behind the assassination of tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi in 2001.
Shalit's value to the Palestinians was emphasised by reports in Ha'aretz and the Jerusalem Post. "Gilad will not be the only one," Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal was quoted as saying. "We will kidnap more soldiers, including officers."
Hamas has not been slow to recognise a connection between Shalit's captivity and the flotilla incident. Mashaal pronounced that breaking the blockade (even though it has been eased) is Hamas's main priority and encouraged "new flotillas" as a means of embarrassing Israel.
The Shalit family looks determined to up the pressure on the Israeli government despite Hamas's efforts to exploit Israel's apparent helplessness.
The BBC website, which includes a timeline of the events leading to Shalit's captivity, notes that parents Noam and Aviva say they are determined to remain camped outside Netanyahu's residence until the young soldier is released.
The campaign for Shalit's release has taken on some of the characteristics - such as the yellow ribbon symbol - pioneered by the families of American captives during the siege at the US embassy in Iran in 1979.
It has been joined by celebrities such as supermodel Bar Refaeli, the Daily Telegraph noted, and many are wearing yellow ribbons or T-shirts.
According to the Telegraph, the Shalit family thinks that the government made an error by easing the blockade of Gaza while Shalit is still captive and denied access to the International Red Cross.
Plainly, Nethanyahu finds himself squeezed between public opinion that more should be done and mounting Hamas threats.
There could be no greater demonstration of why the Western media's reporting of the flotilla attack was so poor than the long-drawn-out misery of Shalit's captivity.
Alex Brummer is City Editor of the Daily Mail


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Sprint and Kyocera Communications announced last Friday the March 8 availability of the Kyocera Torque, the "live more, fear less" handset built to survive extreme elements and everyday life. The ultra-rugged, 4G LTE Android smartphone will be available for $99.99 after a $50 mail-in-rebate with a new line of service or eligible upgrade and two-year service agreement. The Torque runs Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, is capable of 4G LTE speeds, has up to 18.9 hours of talk time.
Torque is built to Military Standard 810G (MilSpec) to withstand dust, shock, vibration, solar radiation, humidity, blowing rain, low pressure, salt fog and extreme temperatures. It also has IP67 standards for dust, sprayed water and full immersion of up to one meter deep for up to 30 minutes. It features push-to-talk service and is America's first phone to include Kyocera's award-winning new Smart Sonic Receiver technology.
Torque is also designated Sprint Professional Grade, which ensures advanced security, device management and Exchange Active Sync capabilities are protecting data on the device and over Sprint's nationwide network.
In keeping with Torque's ability to tackle the extremes and everyday life, Kyocera has sought the help of Bear Grylls – Everest mountaineer, former British Special Forces, star of television's "Man vs. Wild," and the father of three active boys. See Grylls take Torque on a series of "adventures" ranging from biting snow, spraying water and mud to a day of splashing in a water park full of kids at http://www.youtube.com/kyoceramobilephones. For more information on the Torque, visit Kyocerasmartphones.com.
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Ingredients of Transition: Intermediate Technologies
When planning for STRATEGIC LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE (5.5), careful consideration of the technologies and strategies employed will be very useful. Whether it is planning LOCAL FOOD INITIATIVES (3.10), PRACTICAL MANIFESTATIONS (3.9) or a COMMUNITY RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY (5.4), bear this Ingredient in mind.
(We are collecting and discussing these Transition ingredients on Transition Network's website to keep all comments in one place. Please leave feedback and comments, suggestions for alternative pictures, anecdotes, stories and projects for this ingredient here).
The Challenge
It is easy to be dazzled by what are put forward as low carbon technologies. They can entice us to stay within our comfort zones, of someone else providing a solution for us that we don't need to take responsibility for without any fundamental change. When discerning which technologies are going to underpin the transition of our communities, it is key to avoid those that end up creating more dependency.
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This ingredient was inspired by an email I received from Matt Dunwell at Ragman's Lane Farm in Gloucestershire shortly after the 'Great Freeze' of 2009/2010. It offers a powerful insight into the essence of this ingredient:
"I have the exquisite pain of no heating at the farm, having installed a biomass system with a titanic budget, which has decided to break just as we start our three month residential permaculture course. Having decided to get the best German boiler money could buy, I now realise that actually no one has a clue about fitting and running this stuff. It's still the right way to go, but it will take a good few years of mugs like me to pioneer systems like these before they are safe to be let loose on an unsuspecting public.
Hey ho. Now it has been bust for ten days (first they thought it was the electric motor on the flue (£400), now they think it's the circuit board that controls the whole boiler (£800), all the pipework that is meant to be super insulated to carry hot water to outlying buildings has frozen solid. We have finally got the boiler working, but are now faced with the task of thawing super insulated pipes that have frozen whilst the ambient temperature slips to –15C. The task of turning this all around is interrupted every 40 minutes when we have to tow another student onto the farm with a tractor that is running with no cooling system, as the anti freeze froze in the tractor engine and frayed the fan belt as it passed over the water pump. Meanwhile the entire shower block has frozen solid promising all sorts of water sports when the terrifying halogen heaters that we have hired start making an impact.
How precarious it all is. I had the strange experience of passing the engineer for the boiler, (who has practically taken up residence at Ragmans) whilst I was servicing Reinhart's Ceramic Stove. I had a bucket of clay dug from the pond that I had mixed with a bit of sharp sand. I had the chimney off swept and replaced in about 20 minutes. The ceramic stove is what is making the whole course possible at this stage. He was standing over a box of capacitors, probes, and electric spare parts, on the phone to the wholesaler in Lincoln, who was trying to source parts from Austria while the airports were closing down all around".
Designing and putting in place a Transition infrastructure of urban agriculture, community-owned energy generation, low carbon transportation systems and so on will require some very real decisions about what technologies we will choose. As a working principle, we might perhaps give preference to equipment that can be manufactured locally, or if that is not possible, ensure at least that it can be repaired locally and that parts aren't too difficult to obtain.
The image above shows a cob greenhouse, built as part of a commercial market garden at The Hollies Centre for Practical Sustainability in West Cork in Ireland, which beautifully models this Ingredient. It is made using subsoil from onsite, mixed with local straw and sculpted to produce the walls which are very aesthetically pleasing, as well as having excellent thermal mass properties, that is, they can store heat from the sun and re-radiate it slowly back into the space. Much of the glass is recycled and easily replaced. Its owners understand how it was built, and how to repair it. This is a very different proposition from a kit greenhouse imported from, say, Germany, with complex heating and cooling systems and reliant on regular maintenance.
The Solution
Implement technologies which can be made or at least repaired locally, which you can understand, and where you can see the supply chain for parts. Ensure that any technologies bring social, economic and community benefits to the local area.
Connections to Other Ingredients
When evaluating the tools and technologies you will be utilising, CRITICAL THINKING (1.2) is very useful for being able to effectively evaluate, from the evidence available, which will be the most effective choices. Also, an ENERGY RESILIENCE ASSESSMENT (4.5) can help in understanding the vulnerability of particular technologies, and their potential future reliability in a world of increasingly volatile energy prices.
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When done right, these partnerships can be a boon for social-impact startups, as well as society at large.
The growing complaints about racial discrimination on Airbnb's platform bring to mind a new territory the company has yet to explore – corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Hate and fear can beat out good public policy. And it's scary as hell.
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When done right, these partnerships can be a boon for social-impact startups, as well as society at large.
Hate and fear can beat out good public policy. And it's scary as hell.
The growing complaints about racial discrimination on Airbnb's platform bring to mind a new territory the company has yet to explore – corporate social responsibility (CSR).
A study commissioned by Patagonia tracked just how many plastic microfibers make their way from your jacket to the world's waterways — and the results may surprise you.
SPECIAL SERIES: Rethink Reuse
The three Rs — reduce, reuse, recycle — probably ring a bell from your childhood. But most people don't know these repeating consonants represent the waste management hierarchy. Think of it as a comprehensive way to deal with waste in a way that is better for the planet and the people who dwell on it.
Tucked inside Trump Tower is a collection of gardens and atriums open to the public. Never heard of them? You're not alone. And now the presidential hopeful is getting push-back from the city for trying to privatize this public space even further, by closing it for campaign events and selling apparel sporting his "Make America Great Again" slogan.
Do you know what the top driver is for a retailer to create social good? How about a manufacturer? Ketchum and Carol Cone On Purpose just released a report that will tell you that and more.
CSR is a business outlook that acknowledges responsibilities to stakeholders beyond shareholders, including suppliers, customers, and employees.
Ever since Milton Friedman famously proclaimed "The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits" pundits have pondered whether his purist interpretation was really the only way.Must the word 'profit' always refer only to money ?
Here we explore efforts to remake business economies and incorporate social and environmental benefit into a company's DNA. Topics include: Conscious Capitalism, Social Enterprise, B-Corps, Circular Economy, Sharing Economy
When it comes time to extend programs beyond the basics, it can be hard to justify the expense. Or is it? In this series we discuss the ROI of sustainability — what it means and how to track it. An editorially independent series brought to you by MeterHero.
Brad EdmondsonBrad Edmondson is an award-winning writer and presenter who explains social change and how it happens. www.bradedmondson.com.
Jim PierobonClean energy advocate, strategic marketer and story teller with 15+ years supervisory experience and a proven track record achieving strategic and program objectives for energy, utility, technology and other clients in their marketplaces and policy arenas while engaging their priority…
Joi SearsJoi M. Sears is the Founder and Creative Director of Free People International, a social enterprise which specializes in offering creative solutions to the world's biggest social, environmental and economic challenges through the arts, design thinking and social innovation.


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Tom Walls Movies and Career Information
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Tom Kirby Walls was an English stage and film actor, producer and director, best known for presenting and co-starring in the Aldwych farces in the 1920s and for starring in and directing the film adaptations of those plays in the 1930s. Walls spent his early years as an actor, from 1905, mostly in musical comedy, touring the British provinces, North America and Australia and in the West End. He specialised in comic character roles, typically flirtatious middle aged men. In 1922 he went into management in partnership with the comic actor Leslie Henson. They had an early success in the West End with a long-running farce, Tons of Money, after which Walls commissioned and staged a series of farces at the Aldwych Theatre that ran almost continuously over the next decade. He and his co-star Ralph Lynn were among the most popular British actors of their time. In addition to his work in the theatre, Walls directed and acted in more than forty films between 1930 and 1949. Some of these were screen versions of the successful stage plays, others were specially-written comedies on similar lines, and there were also serious films, particularly later in Walls's career.
- Tom Walls Movies before 2015
- Halfway House 2004
- Spring in Park Lane 1949
- Johnny Frenchman 1946
- They Met in the Dark
- Love Story (1944)


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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Review: Diamine Imperial Purple Fountain Pen Ink
I actually had already owned a bottle of this ink before Diamine sent me another one to test.
Diamine Imperial Purple fountain pen ink tested in a extra fine nibbed Lamy Safari fountain pen. Paperblanks off-white ruled journal.
More of a reddish purple than the Violet, though not as reddish as Roher & Klinger's Solferino.
This is one of those Diamine inks you will want to make sure you shake/agitate before filling your pen. Not sure about shaking inks? Read my article on "Shaking Inks" -I also recommend reading the comments following that post.
It's one of my favorite purple inks but it can be a bit troublesome to flush. Minor staining on the inside of my Lamy converters which eventually washed away over time.
I hadn't used it in a while and I was happy to see it again. It's got great flow and is very saturated. Shading is there but a bit hard to see. Definitely a keeper!
Buy Diamine Inks in the UK at The Writing Desk or directly from Diamine and in the US from The Pear Tree Pen Company Ink is sold in 80ml glass bottles, 30 ml plastic bottles, and selected colors are available in cartridge form.
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I'm not able to view anything but the small versions of all your photos on flickr. Am I doing something wrong, or is "all sizes" disabled?
- February 3, 2010 at 5:38 AM
- Biffybeans said...
The All sizes function is disabled unless we are reciprocal contacts via Flickr.
- February 3, 2010 at 11:10 AM
- Annie said...
Hi Stephanie, thank you so much for the recommendation for the white pens! I already ordered a couple and I can't wait to get them!
I tried to add you as a contact on Facebook, but the link from your banner is not working, you might want to check on that.
I have one question again, I hope you don't mind. Have you reviewed black paper sketchbooks? I looked through the ones you have but I didn't find any, maybe I missed something? Thank you so much in advance again!
- February 3, 2010 at 11:30 AM
- Chris Birkett said...
Are the photos only for friends and family? I added you as a flickr contact a little while back and never heard anything more. Your reviews are all awesome, but it's pretty hard to draw any conclusions from tiny photos.
- February 3, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- Cathy said...
Very nice. I may have to had this to my arsenal.
- February 3, 2010 at 3:48 PM
- ying-ko-4 said...
I may have to make this my next ink purchase. Along with a new Lamy converter that I don't care if it gets dirty!
- February 3, 2010 at 5:58 PM
- plo said...
I have definately been into purple ink lately! Will have to give it a go!
- February 4, 2010 at 10:15 AM


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Here's a little insight into what makes this breakfast team tick.
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If you listened to Perth radio in the high-flying 80's, the boom and bust 90's, right through to the present day, you'll know that this guy has been through it all with you.
Fred Botica may have a BIG and unmistakable voice, but his on air presence is nothing but warm, inviting and so familiar that he's become a natural part of your day.
Fred has had over 30 years experience in the radio industry.
Born in New Zealand, he got his start in 1969 on Radio Hauraki during its pirate era. He was one of the original line up at Radio 1XX Whakatane in 1971. In 1973 he rejoined Radio Hauraki. Then in 1976 he was lured to 3KZ in Melbourne, but was soon lured back again to Auckland. In 1982, he joined Auckland's first commercial FM station, 89FM.
Fred moved to Perth in 1986 and quickly established his name on the Perth media scene, by becoming involved with Channel 7 Perth as their voice over man, and on breakfast radio.
In 1992 Fred moved to Mix 94.5 and it's here that he's dominated Perth's commercial radio breakfast scene for much of the past decade.
Away from radio, Fred's passion is music, especially live performances. He is a keen supporter of the West Coast Eagles. He loves to swing a golf club, and he spends as much time as he can in or on the ocean.
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Yes she has to get up at the crack of dawn to be part of The Bunch. But there are huge rewards. Lisa says sharing a studio with Fred and Captain Paul is both entertaining on-air and educational off-air!
Born and bred in Perth, Lisa launched her radio career at the short-lived Perth station The Eagle in 1988. She spent most of the 90's in Melbourne at Fox FM, before coming home to join Mix 94.5 in 1997.
Lisa started in the radio newsroom as a journalist editing and presenting breakfast news bulletins. It's here that she says she honed her skill for being able to actually get out of bed at an obscene hour.
How does she continue to do it? Lisa says "...with the aid of two alarm clocks set two minutes apart, a battery powered back-up system, and one pre-booked phone call!"
Lisa lives with her husband Brett, two cats and Monty the crazy beagle (who thinks he's a cat... because it's all he knows).
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Born in England, Paul came to Australia at just 3 years of age. After learning to fly at age 16, he worked all over Western Australia, eventually settling back in Perth as a flying instructor. It was here where Captain Paul's career in radio would take flight!
While teaching at the Royal Aero Cub of WA, Paul started doing traffic reports from his beloved Cessna "Chucky". Seventeen years later, Paul is still there providing traffic and lame jokes every morning as part of The Bunch on Mix 94.5.
Paul took 2007 off to spend time with family in Denmark for a year. However, a petition started by Mix 94.5 listeners online via the website to get Paul back on as part of The Bunch finally twisted his arm into coming back to Perth and coming back on air.
Paul & his dog, Sky spend the better part of the day on the water... either on a kayak, jet ski or kite surfing... and when the surf's up, he'll be down the beach pretending he can surf!
"I love the outdoor life. Staying in touch with nature is important to me!"
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Erica wears two hats here at the station. She's not only the Executive Producer of The Bunch, but she's also the Assistant Content Director here at Mix 94.5.
So, as you could imagine, she's kept pretty busy day in, day out... but she wouldn't have it any other way.
Erica's been in radio for 20 years, which officially makes her a veteran. She's also a news junkie, and loves food, wine and animals.
Which makes her a perfect fit for The Bunch.
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The youngest member of the Bunch team, we're convinced Carly is secretly a unicorn because her hair magically changes colour on a regular basis.
She started working in radio at the tender age of 15 at Groove FM and found her passion for producing at Curtin FM where she worked on the Afternoons show for 5years before moving to Perth's 92.9.
Carly joined the Mix 94.5 family in 2010 as a Jack-of-All-Trades; working as a panel operator, producer, audio technician and as part of the Street Team. She has since developed a wonderful ability to fall asleep at any given time and in any given location; a skill that came in handy when she became a permanent fixture of the breakfast team.
Carly lives with her partner Mike and step-son Hector, spends her free time playing the violin and guitar and leads a secret life as a circus contortionist and fire-twirler.
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November 26,2012
Infiniti capped a strong weekend at the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix, announcing an extended sponsorship deal Red Bull as Sebastian Vettel won his third drivers' championship.
November 05,2012
Things are cooking in Brazil for Nissan - from auto shows with concept cars to new manufacturing plants, as market share grows.
August 03,2012
Renowned Brazilian chef Roberta Sudbrack, who may also be tapped for the Rio Olympic Games 2016, sets a winning menu for Team Brazil at London's Crystal Palace high-performance sports center.


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Americans have been hard at work trying to abolish the Supreme Court's recent controversial ruling that gave Hobby Lobby the right, as a corporation, to tell workers they must abide by their religious beliefs regarding health care, specifically contraceptives. However it was reported today that a Senate bill aimed at reversing the decision, also known as 'Not My Boss's Business Act', was rejected with 56 votes in favor, 43 votes against, and one no-vote. According to Boston.com, the bill needed 60 votes to proceed. But Hobby Lobby employees, fear not -- one Boulder, Colo., company is here help out.
According to the Dailycamera.com, manufacturer Sir Richard's Condom Co. has pledged "free boxes of its product to any and all Hobby Lobby employees who ask for them." Now Hobby Lobby employees will literally be covered for contraceptives, because the company Sir Richard's is a condom company.
On July 11, Sir Richard's Medical & Health Facebook page reached out to fellow citizens working for Hobby Lobby. "We believe everyone has the right to enjoy mind-blowing, safe sex. So, in honor of World Population Day, we are offering a free box of condoms to any Hobby Lobby employees who want them. Just message us on Facebook with your name and address and we'll send you a free box of Sir Richard's."
Patty Murray (D-Wash.) shared her sentiments why the Senate needed to introduce a bill to push aside Hobby Lobby's ruling. Murray said, "13,000 folks work for Hobby Lobby craft stores", but they didn't sign up to work for some religious dictator. Just a reminder Hobby Lobby operates in America, in case you forgot the land that gives everyone freedom to religion, regardless where or whom one works for. Other supporters of such a bill also included, Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and Tom Harkin (D-IA).
Wonder if other healthcare businesses will follow in Sir Richard's footsteps and help employees who lost their health care coverage to contraceptives earlier this month.The Free Birth Control for Employees of Hobby Lobby campaign was a collaboration by a local Colorado ad agency, TDA_Boulder. Sir Richard's coordinated this campaign to start Friday in alignment with "World Population Day."
Hobby Lobby employees now have access to condoms, for free, because their bosses refused them health care based on religious ideologies.


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Code Academy Week 3: Finding Inspiration Within
by Stella Fayman on April 30, 2012
Growing more comfortable with Ruby and the Rails framework, this week I found inspiration from two different places: a classmate….and within myself.
1) Emily- Last Sunday, I judged a hackathon at the University of Chicago. It was awesome to see the creativity and hard work generated from 30 hours of dedication. About halfway in, a curious thing happened. One of the participants turned out to be a girl from my very own Code Academy class: Emily. While I was tracking my progress based on homework assignments and others' expectations, Emily "looked for a reason to code for 30 hours straight." She based her progress on her ability to create and build. It made me realize that while I'm so used to structured learning, and judging my progress based on everyone else, I should throw that out the window and learn as much as I can, on my own terms.
2) Within- Early last week, I was on about Chapter 4 of the Hartl Tutorial. I realized the most constructive thing to do when I hit a certain roadblock was to start from scratch. However, the first three chapters took me two weeks to accomplish! I sat there and pondered how long it would take me to catch up. It was a tough call because I really wanted to start fresh and look at the early material with my new acquired knowledge, but I also didn't want to waste time trying to keep up.
I went ahead and started over. Very quickly, I became absolutely astonished as I recognized how much I had learned in such a short amount of time. The first damn chapter of that tutorial took me a week to do. With lots of roadblocks and issues. Now, I blew through it in HALF AN HOUR.
HALF AN HOUR vs ONE WEEK.
It was an inspiring feeling, akin to the feeling I had earlier this year when I learned to ski so quickly. Here, a skill that seemed so acutely obscure now felt like second nature. I really want to emphasize how euphoric this feeling was…a true breakthrough. It made me realize I can literally do/learn anything I want (and not in a cheesy way).
So many people ask me about my progress at Code Academy, and then admit how much they want to learn to code. What's stopping them? I honestly think it's fear of failure. To those people: if I can do it, so can you.


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Racing shoes. Photo: Flickr/Josiah MacKenzie
Running shoes emerge from their boxes half-laced, with thick wads of paper shoved down in the toes. I hate that. I also hate crowds, spending money, and having to re-box and re-shelve pairs that don't fit—and because I have high arches, narrow heels, and a wide forefoot, that's usually what happens.
But the prospect of running even one more mile in the orange and grey Adidas Kanadia Trails I'd bought in—was it August?—grated, so earlier this week, I drove up to the Adidas store at the Niagara Falls Outlet Mall.
Until a few years ago, my average new-shoe-shopping excursion lasted about six hours. Recently, however, I've been able to streamline the process somewhat by accepting that I will never find a pair of New Balance training shoes that I can stand. Ever. Same thing for Asics, Reebok, and Saucony, even though my first pair of running shoes was Saucony in what must have been a fluke. I know runners who swear by each of these brands, but they just don't fit my feet.
I've heard and read (and probably written on this very website) that the best thing you can do, when you have trouble finding shoes that fit, is visit a specialty running store for expert help. My friend Heather always buys her shoes from Fleet Feet on Delaware Avenue and never appears to have any shoe troubles, whereas I'm always stopping to tie, re-tie, and re-re-tie my shoes for the first fifteen or twenty minutes of a run.
But I look at like this: wouldn't shopping for a new car be more fun if you didn't have to deal with the salesman? If you could just hop in the car you wanted to test drive and take it around the block? Or what if you were on a first date and the person who set you up was at the table, sharing dinner, and asking how you felt about the prospect of marrying the person across from you?
No offense to salesmen and matchmakers, but they've always made me feel so pressured, like I'll be hurting their feelings and wasting their time if I say "No." When I buy shoes, I need to be able to say "No" a lot. That's why I prefer stores where the fully-stocked shelves are directly available to the customers, so I can be left alone to try on as many pairs as I have to and leave without buying a thing, guilt-free, if none of them fit just right.
Old shoe, back when it was new. Photo: Thomas Boone
At the outlet mall, I usually go from one Adidas model to the next, randomly picking pairs off shelves until I find something that I'm at least 85% satisfied with. I used to delay final purchase until my satisfaction level was somewhere in the 90s, but now—who has the time?
This year, instead of forcing poorly-fitting shoes onto my feet like (Cinderella's wicked stepsisters)^3, I decided to try something new: I liked my existing pair pretty well, so I'd just buy them all over again.
I couldn't find another pair of Kanadia Trail shoes, but the store did have the Kanadia Trail 2. They fit just like the originals, as far as I could tell, and they were available in four different colors, three of which offered size 6 ½. Were they perfect? No. But I was, I calculate, about 92% satisfied, which is a solid A minus, and I didn't fancy the idea of trying on a half-dozen more styles that I'd just hate. Sure, I'll probably end up re-tying them half a dozen times at the beginning of every workout, but that's part of my routine now (I think my compulsion to adjust my shoes may be caused less by the shoes themselves and more by my compulsive nature, anyway).
I was committed to the Trail 2s, but I still had half an hour to kill before I was due to meet some friends at La Galera. Since I started training for the marathon, I've been running more miles, more often. I've also been running on the roads *a lot*, and the Kanadias are trail shoes, which I've bought mostly out of habit since my days as a high school cross-country runner in West Virginia.
I decided to search, without much ambition, for a good pair of road shoes. I've never trained on more than one pair at a time, even when I was sixteen and my shoes might be still be wet on Thursday from running through the creek on Wednesday. But if nothing else, I rationalized, buying an extra pair now would save me a trip in a few months.
Why don't these shoes smell like dirt and sweat? Photo: S. Boone
My left foot slipped easily into the left shoe of the first pair I tried, a brand called Durano. Unfortunately, that was the left foot; the right shoe was a little off, some kind of mistake in the stitching, I think. So I put those away and tried on a pair of, I don't know, Milanos or Durangos or something, and the heels slipped up and down, the toes were too tight, the midfoot too loose. I yanked those awful shoes off my feet and I decided to look for another 6 ½ pair of the Duranos. I found one. They fit nicely (100% satisfaction with left foot, 87% with right). I bought them and made it to dinner on time. Two pairs of shoes in under an hour: an all-time record.
A friend and I recently went for a run at Chestnut Ridge, and the fourth time I had to stop to re-adjust my shoes (the left was laced too tightly, the right too loose, etc.), she asked, kindly, "Are you sure those are the right shoes for you?" And even though I knew she had a point, I was miffed. I felt like she was dissing my shoes, which have logged more miles with me over the last few months than anyone else has. T-shirts, running partners, routes, and socks change, but our running shoes are our constant companions out there as we pound out 3 or 5 or 20 miles.
Okay, a good running watch will last years and years, but it's not integral to running. The only major piece of equipment a runner really needs is a pair of shoes. Yes, there are people out there who recommend running barefoot, but unless you live in a place where broken glass is, miraculously, not a concern, what that amounts to is buying a fancy pair of running shoes.
Maybe it's silly, but when I'm making that decision, when I'm picking out my running mate (or mates) for the next 400 or 500 miles, I don't want any interference from well-meaning salespeople. Of course, considering that my all-time record is an hour and my average time to make a decision is much longer than that, I have feeling that the running shoe salespeople of the world don't really miss me as a customer.


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Temple holds O.C.'s first religious text burial
NEWPORT BEACH – Worn and outdated Jewish books, frayed tallit and other religious texts containing the word "God" found a proper burial at Temple Bat Yahm's genizah ritual Sunday – the first such ritual to dispose of unusable religious texts in Orange County.
Temple congregants say the religious ceremony was a first for the area and a plan three years in the making for the temple's religious life committee.
"It's been a long time coming," said committee member Ellen Cervantes, who had never before taken part in a genizah. "I've been on the committee for 28 years and I'm thrilled."
In Jewish tradition, texts containing the word "God" must never be disposed of, but carefully buried out of respect. Congregants took turns placing hundreds of pieces of religious literature into a grave on site at Temple Bat Yahm.
"For us, it's a way of physically demonstrating, especially to our children, the reverence that we have for our holy books and Judaic articles and that we have such great respect for learning that when books are no longer able to be used we treat them almost like a human being," said Senior Rabbi Mark S. Miller.
Miller said he hoped for his congregants the genizah would be "something they'll remember all their lives."
In announcing to his temple members their involvement in the county's first genizah, Miller said he was "proud and humbled to share in this moment."
Children in grades three through seven also filed into the grave site, placing Judaic books into the cloth-lined dirt plot reserved for the materials' natural decomposition.
"It's important that these traditions get passed on to younger generations," said Stephanie Brenner, the temple's membership and program coordinator.
Texts will be stored over time so that they can be added to the burial site on a later date in batches – a now ongoing observation of the ancient ritual at Temple Bat Yahm, according to religious life committee member Nancy Marcus.
In the ceremony dedicating the genizah, Rabbi Miller quoted Spanish Hebrew poet and philosopher Moses ben Ezra saying, "A book is the most delightful companion. There is in the world no friend more faithful, no teacher more expert, no message more enduring."
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Lazard Poaches From Rival as Southeast Asia Heats Up
Investment bank Lazard has poached an Australian rival for its Southeast Asia M&A business as it expands into the booming region.
The U.S. bank announced on Tuesday it had appointed Glenn Porritt as a Managing Director and Head of Singapore Investment Banking.
Mr. Porritt was previously at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, where he was Head of Asian M&A in Singapore. Before that, he spent four years at KPMG in Hong Kong in the corporate finance division.
ANZ advised Singaporean commodities trader Wilmar International Ltd.'s acquisition of Australian sugar mill Sucrogen in 2010 for $1.1 billion, according to Dealogic. Lazard advised Sucrogen.
In a statement, Antonio Weiss, Lazard's Global Head of Investment Banking, said the appointment is in response to continuing growth in M&A in Southeast Asia.
This is the second senior level hire Lazard has made this month. It brought in Mark Renton as Managing Director, Financial Advisory in New York, focusing on international oil and gas. Mr. Renton also has experience in Asia, working in Citigroup in Hong Kong for five years.
In its fourth-quarter results, Lazard reported a sharp fall in advisory revenues while compensation fell at a slower pace. The bank said that it has added employees, but shrunk bonuses, despite the weakening M&A market as it thinks shareholders will ultimately be reap the rewards for its ability to recruit and retain staff.
In addition to focusing more resources on M&A in Asia, Lazard has also recently been working on some major sovereign and corporate restructuring assignments.


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Tulane Game Notes
Notes Following Football's 27-26 C-USA Win Over SMU
Notes Following Football's 41-13 Loss At Louisiana-Lafayette
Notes Following Football's 63-10 Loss To ULM
Notes following Tulane's 45-10 loss at Tulsa
2013: Did not play as a sophomore and redshirted the season...off the field, was a member of the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2012: Played in nine games with one start as a true freshman...saw time along the offensive line as a reserve and started at right guard at Tulsa (9/8)...off the field, was a member of Tulane's 3.0 Club.
High School: Four-year letterman at Isidore Newman for coach Nelson Stewart...rated a 3-star recruit by 247Sports.com while garnering two-star status by Rivals.com and Scout.com...tabbed No. 43 recruit in Louisiana by 247Sports.com...listed as No. 99 offensive tackle in the country by 247Sports.com and No. 127 tackle nationally by Scout.com...received an 82 Sports Rating from 247Sports.com and a 45 Scout Grade from ESPN.com...helped lead the Greenies to a combined 31-16 record with four consecutive playoff appearances as a prepster...named first-team All-District 9-2A as a junior and senior...claimed honorable-mention all-state honors and was selected to play in the 2011 Lake Pontchartrain All-Star Football Classic as a senior...also earned three letters in track and field.
Personal: Born Alex Henry Paul on Oct. 7, 1993, in Houston, Texas...son of Mark Paul and Tia Perry...has one brother, Caanan, and one sister, Shelly...majoring in legal studies.


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Matthew Covy Carter, 23, of Liberal, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at Wesley Medical Center , in Wichita .
He was born December 14, 1989, at Liberal, to Jayme (Carter) Barrowman and Jose Rodriguez.
He was employed by Sagebrush Apartments as Assistant Manager, then by Gas Lawn-Pro's.
He loved off-roading, working on his truck, and his German Shepherd, "CASH."
He is survived by his
Mother – Jayme and husband Stan Barrowman, of Liberal
Father – Jose and wife Leticia Rodriguez, of Grand Prairie , TX
Step-Brother – Stanley Barrowman and wife Tiffany, of Midwest City , OK
Step-Sister – Gwenn Moore, of Paul's Valley, OK
Half-Brothers – Luis Angel Rodriguez, and Erick Rodriguez, of Grand Prairie , TX
Half-Sister – Giselle Rodriguez, of Grand Prairie , TX
Aunt – Jennifer Carter, of Denver , CO
Grandparents – Rosemary Weaver and husband Larry, of Liberal
Alfredo and Merced Rodriguez, of Grand Prairie , TX
Step-Grandmother – Barbara Barrowman, of Oklahoma City , OK
Step-Grandfather – Larry Barrowman, of Oklahoma City , OK
Great-Grandmother – Verda Hoffman, of Liberal
He was preceded in death by his Grandfather, Jim Carter
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 4, 2013, at First Southern Baptist Church, in Liberal, with Rev. Randy Caddell, officiating. Burial will be in Liberal Cemetery .
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m., on Thursday, and from 9 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday at Brenneman Funeral Home.
Memorial Contributions may be made to the Matthew Carter Memorial Fund at First National Bank, in care of Brenneman Funeral Home, 1212 W. 2nd St. , Liberal , KS 67901 .
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The New Birth
(or, being born again), includes faith in Jesus Christ, which brings genuine repentance of sin, water baptism in Jesus Name, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost, evidenced by the speaking in other tongues as the Sprit gives the utterance.
The Oneness of God
the mystery of the Godhead, that in Him (Jesus) dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily, We do not believe, teach, imply or suggest a trinity (triune, three in one, separate but equal, etc.) Godhead. We further understand that, He (Jesus) is the Father in creation, the Son in redemption, and the Holy Ghost in regeneration.
Water Baptism
by immersion in the Name of Jesus is a necessary and ordained practice of New Testament Salvation likewise, the baptism of the Holy Ghost as experienced on the Day of Pentecost.
A Holy, Consecrated and Sanctified Life
unto the Lord, for the Lord called us out of the darkness of sin into the marvelous light of His salvation, therefore, we must be holy for He is holy, and walk after the spirit so not to fulfill the lust of the flesh.
We Further Believe
that the Bible, the Holy Writ, the Scriptures to be the inspired Holy Word of God. It was written by godly men of old who were moved under the unction and power of the Holy Ghost. Therein it is profitable for doctrine, instruction in righteousness, faith, holy living, reproof, correction, food for the soul, salvation and the mind of God.


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The Department of Workforce Development will adopt the new program, Serve Indiana, which encompasses volunteer groups like AmeriCorps.
Event opportunities this MLK day encourage education on topics such as science and adult literacy.
It took ten days to move a Habitat for Humanity home from its build site near Indiana University to its permanent home just north of downtown.
Bloomington's volunteer rate is higher than the national and state average.
U.S. Congressman Marlin Stutzman wants to eliminate funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Volunteers have been donating toys for the last month. Tuesday was the first day families could pick them up.


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After the Wedding Day
The best man should check that the ushers return any suits etc that may have been hired.
He should also check that nothing was left behind at the reception venue.
If the bride and groom would like to do so, the best man may place a marriage announcement in the newspaper; nowadays, this is a less-popular tradition.


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WWE taped this week's WWE NXT tonight from the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, South Carolina. Below are full results:
WWE NXT Results (Airing Wednesday on WWE.com)
–JTG opens the show and introduces Derrick Bateman and Maxine as a couple. After Bateman's proposal to Maxine last week, he presents her a ring. Titus O'Neil, Percy Watson, and AJ interrupt and come down to the ring holding a sack. They pull a dead fish out of the sack and compare it to Bateman's "fish lips." The promo is interrupted by Matt Striker, who appears on the ramp and announces tonight's main event: a six-person tag match between the superstars in the ring.
–The Usos b. Johnny Curtis & Tyson Kidd
–Kaitlyn b. Tamina
–Titus O'Neil, Percy Watson, & AJ b. JTG, Derrick Bateman, & Maxine


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BERLIN (SMU) - Recently graduated SMU swimmer Nina Rangelova finished eighth in the 100-meter freestyle final at the European Swimming Championships on Wednesday by clocking a 55.46.
Rangelova, who is representing her home country of Bulgaria, swam a Bulgarian National Record of 55.07 in the preliminary round on Wednesday to advance to semifinals, and qualified for the finals with a 55.13 in Wednesday evening's semis.
She continues competition with 200-meter freestyle prelims and semis on Friday evening, with the finals set for Saturday night, and the 50-meter freestyle that begins on Saturday with Sunday evening finals.
Rangelova is one of numerous SMU swimmers competing around the globe this summer. For complete results for all swimmers visit SMUMustangs.com, `like' the Mustangs on Facebook (/SMUSwimDiveW) or `follow' them on Twitter (@SMUSwimmingW).


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Nokia is exploring the use of your S60 handset displays for mobile ads
There's a good reason that Nokia is building-up it's Media Network. With tens of millions of Net enabled Nokia handsets out there, Nokia has a lot of our undivided attention focused on these small screens while we read our messages, browse the net or search for directions to get somewhere.
There should be a boon of advertising dollars for Nokia and operators if only there was an efficient way to put advertising messages in front of our eyes while we are engaged with our phone. And recent Nokia patent application for "Animated Connection page" shows how Nokia may go about doing that.
The plan is to load a standardized advertising management app called "Connection page" in the phone middleware, and use it to manage all advertising messages. 'Connection page" is responsible of retrieving ads from company servers, storing them in phone memory, updating and removing them as necessary.
Advertising supported apps then call to the "Connection page" for relevant ads, which are generated in required format and displayed in front of you, while you are reading your e-mail, browse the net, or look at the Nokia maps.
With the amount of information that the phone can have about you – location, keywords in messages, the type of phone you are carrying, program you are using, usage patterns, etc; the possibilities to display contextually relevant ads are great.
And the possibilities to provide immediate calls to action like "Call now for xx% discount", or "There's still a "Happy our" if you get to our restaurant within 15 mins. Click here for directions", might make this form of advertising even more attractive to businesses.
And useful to you too. Of course, finding the right balance between useful and hugely annoying ads might be a big problem.
But mobile advertising is here to stay, and we are gonna see more and more of it anyway. And it might at least be less annoying then receiving irrelevant unsolicited SMS messages and marketing calls several times a day.


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Tunes and Tones: A Writer/Director's Perspective on Sound
Guest Contribution by Pierce O'Toole
Writer/Director Pierce O'Toole shares his thoughts on music and sound design, and how they play into his creative process.
As a writer and director, my biggest concern on any project is the story. Every project has a story that you are trying to tell. When I approach sound, the lens I view it through – or the speaker I hear it through, I guess – is one of story. While this is true of every element of the filmmaking process, sound is unlike any of the others because it's the only element that follows me through the entire process.
When I begin writing, music is very important. At first, it's just something atmospheric or energetic, like The Album Leaf or Daft Punk. As I get further along in the writing process, I get a better sense of the story and the tone. At this point, the music has to match. If it doesn't, it can make it harder to write. I build playlists that I listen to on repeat. I've had several roommates that hate me for this, especially when the playlist is less than ten songs. I don't ever tire of the music, no matter how many times I listen to it, because that music helps put me in the world of the story. I'm not listening to the music; I'm absorbing it.Read More


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CONCORD, N.C. — Some cleaners take the position that pre-spotting, in any form, is unnecessary. Some cleaners take the position that pre-spotting has gone out of style.
Some cleaners take the position that pre-spotting is too risky and leads to damaged clothes. Some cleaners have decided that, based upon their price point, pre-spotting requires effort and chemical tools that they just can't afford.
I am here to make the case for pre-spotting, that it will contribute to the success of the overall cleaning process.
Stains can be classified into four general categories: solvent soluble, chemically soluble, water soluble, and insoluble.
Solvent-soluble stains are those that are readily broken down by the immersion solution being used in the drycleaning machine.
Chemically soluble stains are those stains that are readily broken down with supplemental chemical tools available to the cleaner/spotter.
Water-soluble stains are those that are readily broken down by water in some form and/or supplemental chemical tools that include water as a component.
Insoluble stains are stains that are not readily broken down by any means and must be removed by lubrication and mechanical action.
Solvent-soluble stains are usually removed in the drycleaning machine. These stains are characterized by light oils and greases. Note that I used the term "light." Any alteration to the basic make-up of the stain will complicate stain removal. Dealing with grease that was hot when it contacted the garment, or has been neglected since staining the garment, will complicate removal. To improve the odds of success, this oxidized grease can be pre-treated easily with POG before cleaning prior to solvent immersion. The same concept applies when the grease is brown, charcoal or black, which reflects a layer of contamination.
Chemically soluble stains are characterized as those which require additional tools to achieve effective stain removal. These stains may be dry cleaned and then post-spotted, but it is more effective to treat them on the dry side, and then flush with a general spotter, prior to cleaning.
Breaking down stains such as paint, glue and nail polish prior to cleaning will eliminate the need for more aggressive stain-removal tools and more aggressive mechanical action than is necessary in post-spotting. Flushing the area with a general pre-spotter/leveling agent will virtually eliminate circles and recleans. Chemically soluble stains should be pre-spotted to speed throughput and to significantly reduce garment stress caused by the more aggressive techniques associated with post-spotting.
Water soluble stains are, by characteristic, seldom removed by dry cleaning. Even at the highest level of relative humidity allowed by Federal Trade Commission standards (75%), water-soluble stains require water to ensure their complete removal. Stains such as red wine, mustard and blood require not only water but also specific chemical tools to completely remove them.
Blood represents a sub-category of water-soluble stains comprised of stains that originate with animals. These are referred to as protein stains. They will require a water-based chemical tool with an alkaline pH.
At the steam spotting board, place the stained area over the vacuum nose and flush the area by depressing the steam and vacuum at the same time. This simple action will remove much of the surface stain, eliminate surface tension, and heat the area to accelerate the action of any chemical tools used later.
Place the stained area over the solid portion of the spotting board. Apply a few drops of NSD, followed by light mechanical action. Next, place the area over the vacuum nose and flush the stain with steam. This procedure will remove some, or even all, of the stain. Place the remaining stain over the solid portion of the board and apply a protein stain remover, along with mild mechanical action. Finally, place the stain over the vacuum nose and flush away what's left of the stain.
Wine and mustard represent a sub-category of water-soluble stains comprised of stains that originate with plants. The protocol for removing tannin stains is the same as with protein stains, except for using a tannin formula in place of a protein formula.
When you have completed pre-spotting a wine or mustard stain with water, you must dry the area completely. Moisture left by spotting a garment on the wet side presents a risk of redeposition of soils, removed from other garments in the load, on the moist area of the spotted garment. Gain some added protection against this possibility by covering the spotted, dried area with a leveling agent to emulsify any remaining moisture.
Insoluble stains are, by characteristic, stains that do not break down. Lubrication and mechanical action can remove insoluble stains. Taking the additional step of applying an oily-type paint remover and mechanical action prior to cleaning will contribute to stain removal.
Proper stain removal is a logical expectation of our clients. Pre-spotting is an effective way to increase the volume of stains removed the first time they are cleaned, and to reduce the number of "Sorry" tags you have to use.


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Trans Fat Comments
FDA's final determination to ban trans fat from the nation's food supply would save up to an estimated 7,000 deaths annually from heart disease and prevent up to 20,000 heart attacks each year. FDA needs to hear from the public about why it should act quickly and decisively. The comment period ends March 8, 2014.
Comments can be submitted to:
Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061
Rockville, MD 20852
Re: Docket No. FDA-2013-N-1317
Below are points you can make in a comment to the Food and Drug Administration.
The harmfulness of the artificial trans fat that is produced in the manufacture of partially hydrogenated oil (PHO) is clear. In fact, while partially hydrogenated oil is classified as "generally recognized as safe" (GRAS), the scientific community generally recognizes it to be unsafe. Four countries have banned PHO, beginning with Denmark in 2003 and followed by Austria, Iceland, and Switzerland; Argentina will ban them as well by the end of 2014.
PHO is causing, by FDA's estimation, 3,000–7,000 deaths per year and should be phased out of the food supply as rapidly as possible. Moreover, the FDA has concluded that the economic benefits—between $117 billion and $242 billion over 20 years—of eliminating the use of partially hydrogenated oil greatly outweigh the costs of switching to healthier oils—$12 billion or $14 billion over 20 years.
In the United States, substitutes for PHO are readily available for virtually all types of food, and the food industry, oil processors, seed companies, and farmers deserve great credit for the progress that has been made over the past decade in reducing trans fat levels in processed and prepared foods by about 75 percent. That effort has probably saved several hundred thousand lives over the years.
PHO is so harmful and unnecessary that it should be eliminated from the food supply. Indeed, a panel of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded: "It is recommended that trans fatty acid consumption be as low as possible while consuming a nutritionally adequate diet." In a subsequent press release, the IOM stated, "Because they are not essential and provide no known health benefit, there is no safe level of trans fatty acids and people should eat as little of them as possible while consuming a nutritionally adequate diet." Currently, many labels indicate 0 grams of trans fat per serving, but contain up to 0.49 grams of trans. Even that seemingly small amount, though, promotes heart disease, especially in segments of the population that consume large and multiple servings of such foods over the course of a day. To protect the public's health, the FDA should bar the use of PHO in all amounts and all foods.
The FDA recognizes that it would need to specify a tolerance for trans fat, because normal, non-hydrogenated oils contain a small amount of trans fat that develops during processing. That amount should be set as low as possible to protect health. The FDA suggests that a 2 percent limit would be appropriate. However, if a person consumed 27 grams of oils per day, the amount recommended for a 2,000-calorie diet in the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, that would introduce 0.54 grams of trans fat, a non-trivial amount, into a typical diet and significantly more into the diets of people who consume more calories or more foods with a high oil content. Hence, the tolerance should be 1 percent, which appears to be practical.
In the early 2000s, FDA finalized its trans-fat labeling regulation. That spurred some forward-thinking companies to switch from PHO to more healthful oils. In 2006–2010, restaurants and bakeries responded successfully to local regulations limiting trans fat, even though they had little experience reformulating foods and fewer alternative oils were available than are today. Companies now should be able to readily obtain trans-free soybean oil (including low-linoleic and other specialty oils), canola oil and high-oleic canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower oil and high-oleic sunflower oil, safflower oil and high-oleic safflower oil, rice oil, and other oils within six months. For baked goods and certain other foods that need solid shortenings with higher melting points, companies can use oils with higher melting points, including palm and various fractions thereof, interesterified soybean oil, butter, cottonseed, and, soon, high-oleic soybean oils on their own or mixed with various other oils.
The FDA should set one standard for all oils, regardless of their end use. By focusing on the manufactured oils, instead of oil-containing foods, the FDA's enforcement task would be greatly simplified. Clearly, it would be easier to examine the output of a small number of factories instead of testing thousands of food products. If it adopted this approach, the FDA should set a compliance deadline of 18 months from the date of the final decision (which will probably be 24 to 36 months following its preliminary decision that partially hydrogenated oil is not GRAS). (The FDA would have to test the oil component of imported foods to ensure compliance.)
If FDA's decision distinguished between the oils in fried foods and other foods (as most state and local laws do), the FDA should set a compliance deadline of six months from the date of its final decision for fried foods and 18 months for other foods. The six-month deadline reflects the ease of switching frying oils. The longer grace period for non-fried foods would give oil processors the time to manufacture sufficient quantities of specialty oils with high melting points and give bakers, food manufacturers, and others the time to reformulate their products. Those time frames should also give all companies ample time to use up their inventories of PHO.
While some companies might argue that 18 months was not enough time, any longer would continue the uneven playing field that disadvantages those companies that have replaced hydrogenated oils in their products. Companies should not be put at a competitive disadvantage for being forward thinking and attentive to this important public health concern.
As discussed above, makers of baked goods, where solid fats are needed to provide specific structures and textures, might have a harder time switching to healthier oils than makers of fried foods. And one might think that small businesses might lack the knowledge to switch to healthier fats. In fact, though, small and ethnic bakeries and restaurants in New York City and elsewhere have shown that it is possible for these sectors to comply with replacing PHO in an 18-month period. An 18-month deadline from the date of a final FDA decision (and, of course, companies would probably have had an additional six to 12 months longer counting from the November 8, 2013, notice) should be sufficient for all manufacturers, bakeries, and restaurants, big or small, and producers of both fried foods or other foods.
Among restaurants, all of the largest companies and many smaller ones now fry in trans-free oils, while some (including perhaps thousands of smaller chains and independents) have continued to use PHO. Likewise, many food manufacturers have largely or totally switched from PHO to more healthful oils, though some companies continue to use recipes with PHO.
If small companies need technical expertise to reformulate their foods, the FDA could encourage major trade associations (such as the National Restaurant Association, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Food Marketing Institute, American Institute of Baking, and Institute of Shortening and Edible Oils) to set up a national Help Line, much like New York City did. An appropriately staffed telephone line, along with an informative website, could help many small companies and their oil suppliers.


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Performance Ski Courses - Off Piste & All Mountain Ski Courses
All off piste ski courses are run by elite British ski instructor Mark Gear.
Boost your skiing level
Maximum of 6 people per course
A personalised coaching approach
Helpful video analysis
With 3 course levels to choose from for off piste and all mountain skiing, intermediate ski courses, advanced ski courses and expert level ski courses are available in Chamonix throughout the winter season. Choose to do a full 5 day off piste ski course or a shorter 2 day weekend course.
To read more about each level course, please click the links below.
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Book off piste courses or enquire.
All off piste performance ski courses include:
- 5 or 2 full days of coaching & guiding. Typical skiing time 9:00am -12:30pm then 1:15pm - 4pm (with adequate breaks).
- Daily video feedback after skiing 4:15pm - 4:45pm. (Relax with a drink and receive helpful video tips).
- Private Minibus transport for skiing. (A pick up service from your accommodation in Chamonix at 08:40am to the slopes and back at 5pm each day).
With a maximum of 6 people per skiing course, you will receive lots of individual feedback, your skiing will be developed in a variety of conditions and terrain on and off-piste, thus maximizing your ability to ski the whole mountain.
Enjoy high quality ski coaching to help you master off-piste skiing, learn to feel ultimate control in the powder, on steeper slopes, and in gullies and couloirs.
Benefit from world-class ski coaching and video feedback by one of the best ski instructors in the business. Mark Gear is qualified to the highest international level with an established reputation & years of experience teaching off piste skiing in Chamonix, France.
Off piste performance ski courses in Chamonix, France with top British ski instructor Mark Gear.


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When you're home with a new baby and looking for something to help get you out of the house, check out your local museum!
Not only is it a great place to keep your mind cultivated, it's a great way to introduce your tot to new sights and sounds. Many museums have areas dedicated to children, where little ones have space to climb and explore. You may even find that other moms have flocked to the arts for entertainment too, and make a friend or three out of the deal.
An added bonus is that museum gift shops are notorious for having the coolest toys and gadgets around—even for the small set!We recently visited a local art museum near our offices in Atlanta, and found these amazing goodies for the grabbing:
This car is sure to be a favorite from babyhood to childhood.
Kido Go Car $10 at amazon.com
You've just introduced your little learner to new things … why not keep the education train rolling?
Mudpuppy Ring Flash Cards $12
Apuzzle with more than one correct fit is perfect for mastering fine motor skills.
P'kolino Multi-Solution Shape Puzzle $20
Look at art on walls, take home art for walls.
Nouvelles Images wall stickers $30 at stickerpalace.com
A garland is a quick and easy way to spruce up a nursery.
petitcollage garlands $17 at chroniclebooks.com
Decorate your digits for an impromptu performance.
blabla finger puppets $30
It's a book, it's placemats, it's adorable.
SAMi Mealtime Rhymes placemats $10
Sweet books that showcase your state or city help curious babes learn all about their habitats.
Good Night Our World boardbooks $10
Tell Junior all about what you saw at the museum. (We bet you'll probably learn a thing or two yourself.)
13 Modern Artists Children Should Know $10 from amazon.com


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Warrior Football Picked Fifth at KCAC Media Day
Salina, Kan. – The 2011 KCAC Football Season started with a bang on Wednesday with the 2011 KCAC Media Day in Salina, Kansas. At Media Day, two different preseason polls, the KCAC Coaches' Poll and the KCAC Media Poll, are voted on. Sterling College was picked to finish fifth by the KCAC Coaches and fourth by the KCAC Media.
2011 has the potential to be a big year for the Warriors. Andy Lambert is entering his eighth season at the helm of the Warrior Football Program and has a 45-24 record as a Warrior. The 45 wins puts Lambert second all-time in wins at Sterling College. Lambert is excited for the new season as Sterling looks to build on a solid foundation laid in 2010.
The Warriors are coming off of a season in which they finished in the top three of the KCAC. SC won seven games in 2010 and went 6-3 in KCAC play. After six straight winning seasons for Sterling, expectations are high for the 2011 season.
Sterling will have to replace five All-KCAC performers in Chris Story, Mike Danski, Tory King, Chandler Keenan, and David Wray IV. Danski, King, and Kennan were all offensive linemen and anchored a line that produced the second ranked rushing offense in the KCAC. Replacing so may trench players is certainly one of the top priorities for Lambert this season.
SC had another strong year running the football in 2010, racking up 2031 yards on the ground. Three backs for Sterling rushed for over 400 yards in the season as the Warriors continually tried to dominate time of possession. Sterling will return seven starters this year with key returners being running back Jesse Bundrage, wide receiver Matt James, and offensive lineman Chris Halcromb. "On offense this year, we are in the process of finding a quarterback and being able to throw the ball better than the last two years," said Head Coach Andy Lambert. "If we can be consistent up front, we will move the ball and have a chance at a great year offensively.
The Warriors lost their top three quarterbacks from 2010 with the graduation of starter Keoki Burbank, backup Joey Garcia, and third string James Mahla. With the mass exodus, the quarterback position is wide open for competition. Sterling has three quarterbacks that will compete for the starting job. Chris Joly, Bradley Smet, and Chase Sperber will all compete for the position. Both Joly and Smet are transfer students and had strong springs for the Warriors. Sperber is a returning player who was limited in the spring due to injury and will have to make an impression during fall practices. "Chris Joly and Bradley Smet will start the year splitting time at the starting quarterback position," said Lambert. "We really hope to have a decision made on the permanent starter by the first game."
Running backs
The loss of Rashard Colquitt during the middle of the 2010 season allowed transfer Jesse Bundrage (pictured right) to truly develop within Coach Lambert's offense system. During the final stretch of last season, then junior Bundrage dominated in the ground game, and the Warriors expect that dominance to continue in his senior campaign. Also returning in the backfield is senior Brad Goering. Goering will provide the ability to open holes for Bundrage. Splitting time with Goering will be fellow senior Andrew Drake.
Sterling returns all of their impact receivers from last season including the explosive potential of Matt James, Preston Prince and Shawn McKnight. Look for the Warriors to stretch the field with James whose height and catching ability makes him a constant deep threat. McKnight had success in 2010 on short screen passes and reverse rushing attempts. Anticipate Coach Lambert continuing and expanding upon that theme to maximize McKnight's playmaking abilities. Jordan Coleman and Shane Engelken could also impact the receiving game. Both stand taller than 6'4" and are made from the Matt James mold. "We really like some combination of the three tall receivers," said Lambert. "We are excited about using their height and abilities to stretch defenses with the passing game."
Offensive Line
SC will have to replace three 2010 All-KCAC performers that were lost due to graduation. Mike Danski, Tory King, and Chandler Keenan anchored a senior loaded 2010 offensive line that was a huge factor in Sterling's success in dominating time of possession last season. "We are probably not as inexperienced on the offensive line as it may look," said Lambert, "We are not concerned about finding five lineman, but we are a little concerned about building the depth to seven or eight." The offensive line cupboard is not completely bare as Sterling returns senior Chris Halcromb and juniors Blaine Pittman, Kyle Finder and Brett Worsham. Also look for newcomer and Sterling native Gabe Dierksen to make a big impact on the line. Dierksen comes to Sterling following success at Hutchinson Community College where he was an All-Jayhawk Conference selection.
The Warriors had the top defense in the KCAC in 2011 and 17th best in the nation, allowing only 18.6 points per game. Sterling also had three individuals rank in the top five in the nation in defensive statistical categories in 2011. Brock Frank ranked number one in fumbles forced per game, and Michael Talton ranked number one in the nation in passes defended per game and number five in the nation in interceptions per game. SC returns nine starters in 2011 from last year's dominating defense. The key returners from that defense are cornerback Michael Talton, safety Tate Arnold, and defensive end David Guthmiller. "A big challenge on defense this year is going to be managing expectations," said Lambert. "The question this year for our defense is how good do you really want to be because they have the chance to be very good."
Defensive Backs
Sterling returns experience at all four defensive back positions in 2011 and all four have starting experience. Jeremy Garcia will replace Brock Frank who chose not to return at free safety this year. Garcia gained valuable experience when Tate Arnold tore an ACL last season. Arnold will return as the strong safety. Michael Talton (pictured right), an All-American last year, returns at cornerback after ranking sixth in the NAIA in total interceptions in 2010. Corey Dunbar will be the other cornerback and started along with Talton last season. "We are looking for depth at the defensive back position," said Lambert. "With Brock gone, we need a third safety to strengthen our depth."
SC's linebacker core from 2010 is fully intact coming into 2011. There will be a lot of depth and experience as Sterling will play multiple players at the four linebacker positions. Look for Kerby Rice, James Morley and Antoine Turner to have big seasons coming off of All-KCAC performances in 2010. Kris Lehmann, Brian Noller, and Josh Bradshaw will all also have an impact in 2011. "We have so many linebackers this year that I have a hard time remembering all of their names," said Lambert. "I can't tell Rice and Lehmann apart on the field. James Morley and Brian Noller are twins. All kidding aside, we are deep and very good at the linebacker positions this year."
Defensive Line
First Team All-KCAC performer Chris Story graduated, so Sterling has a hole to fill at nose tackle on the defensive line. Look for Andrew Dominguez and transfer Andrew Fajardo to fill the nose tackle position. Still, expect the defensive line to be solid as the Warriors return two All-KCAC performers on the defensive line in David Guthmiller (pictured above) and Jesse Kendig. This experience defensive line should have a strong season for Sterling. "Again with our defensive line," said Lambert, "the question is not will they be good, but how good are they going to be. We really want them to focus on the margin for excellence this season."
Sterling will return its 2010 punter for the 2011 season in Josh Wheeler. In 2010, Wheeler averaged 35.3 yards per punt with his longest punt being 54 yards. "Josh is a good consistent punter," said Lambert. "He does a good job knocking the ball down and pinning the opposing offense."
Doug Dunn (pictured below) returns as Sterling's kicker after a 2010 season in which he ranked ninth in the NAIA in field goal percentage, making 90% of his field goals. Dunn was also ranked 25th in the NAIA in scoring per game for a kicker with 5.80 points per game. "Doug's stats speak for himself," said Lambert. "He is legit."


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I have this code in urls.py of my app:
urlpatterns = patterns('john_shop.checkout.views',
(r'^wizard/$', ContactWizard.as_view([CheckoutForm, PaymentForm]),'checkout_wizard'),
If FormWizard stays uncommented, I get this error:
dictionary update sequence element #0 has length 1; 2 is requiredRequest Method: GET
Request URL: http://john-shop.ru/category/new-balance-501/
Django Version: 1.4
Exception Type: ValueError
Exception Value: dictionary update sequence element #0 has length 1; 2 is required
Exception Location: /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/Django-1.4-py2.6.egg/django/core/urlresolvers.py in _populate, line 258
Python Executable: /usr/bin/python
Python Version: 2.6.6
What can cause this problem? I know that Error says nothing about urls.py, but still, if I comment that string out, site works perfect.
P.S. I need it to be named to get redirect from a cart and proceed user through the checkout.


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Evidence Exchange Network (EENet) was initially established as the Ontario Mental Health and Addictions Knowledge Exchange Network (OMHAKEN), a knowledge exchange network designed to support the research of the System Enhancement Evaluation Initiative (SEEI). While SEEI was the initial impetus for the creation of EENet/OMHAKEN, it was always envisioned as a network that would outlive SEEI, and continue on as a mechanism for interaction between mental health and addiction researchers and research stakeholders across the province of Ontario.
EENet's goal is to create and to share the knowledge about services and supports to build a better mental health and addictions system.
EENet works to improve the quality of mental health and addictions services, supports, research and policy by linking and engaging service providers, planners, researchers, decision-makers, policy-makers, consumer/survivors and families in knowledge creation and exchange across all levels of government and the health care system.
EENet bridges the worlds of service provision, planning, policy and research through initiatives such as:
The network has been built from the ground-up, starting with the identification of knowledge exchange leads from each Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) mental health and addiction planning group.
Existing and new networks are linked in to EENet, resulting in a broad network of mental health and addictions stakeholders from across the province using a "network of networks" approach.
Why do we need a network like EENet?
The integration of new research findings into policy and practice is key to improving the mental health and addictions system, ultimately leading to a better quality of life for consumer/survivors and their families. Providing opportunities for communication between researchers, consumer/survivors, families, service providers, and decision-makers helps to ensure that:
EENet uses a 'network of networks' approach, a model that builds on the work of other already existing networks.
The network is supported by the EENet Management and Resource Centre, located at the Health Systems and Health Equity Research Group at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.


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Tiger hangs tough, among leaders at British Open
Published: Friday, July 19, 2013 at 5:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, July 19, 2013 at 1:07 p.m.
GULLANE, Scotland — Tiger Woods plodded along most of the day. He lipped out a putt from just over 2 feet. He settled for a bunch of pars.
Then, with his final stroke, he looked like the Tiger of old.
Woods rolled in a 15-footer for birdie on Muirfield's tough closing hole Friday, raising his putter toward the blue sky with a flourish, fully aware he was positioned again to break the longest major drought of his career.
"It will be a fun weekend," Wood said. "This golf course is going to be difficult."
He finished with an even-par 71 that looked pretty good under the circumstances. This was another day for surviving the perilous, rock-hard setup, and Woods walked to the clubhouse just three shots behind first-round leader Zach Johnson, one of the last guys to tee off.
Not bad, considering Woods went through a stretch of 12 holes without a birdie before stealing one at the 18th.
"I was kind of fighting it," he said.
Everyone was.
Lee Westwood was one of the few morning starters to put up a score in the 60s, but even he was staggering a bit by the end. After a brilliant front nine - he carded five birdies - the 40-year-old Englishman bogeyed three of the last six holes to finish with a 68.
Still, he joined Woods at 2-under 140 overall, solidly in contention for his first major title. The last English golfer to win the British Open was Nick Faldo in 1992.
"Why not enjoy it out there?" Westwood said. "It's tough for everybody. So smile your way through."
Woods is trying to break a drought of his own. He's 0-for-20 at majors since the 2008 U.S. Open.
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