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There are various web design courses online that teach from beginner to advanced level. There are numerous online courses being offered, and some of the best ones are free. There are sites offering lessons designed by experts that are user-friendly, and allow you to work at your pace. More flexibility is awarded to those learning online compared to those in traditional classrooms. Online courses are taught by instructors and can include multiple classmates. However, correspondence in your web design course with these individuals might be limited to email, telephone or live chat as we see with the Iowa City SEO company.
It would be safe to note though that web design can be a bit unsettling. Just the amount of new techniques and acronyms being introduced every day can make it seem confusing and a bit unnerving, even for a professional web designer. But that is why these web design training resources online are available. There are many approaches to web design training, some free and others paid. There are those interactive, and those that are not. Some are based on text and others on video tutorials, which means, it might not be such an easy task trying to figure which online course is right for you. But once you do, the learning potentials are limitless. It is a matter of finding the one that's right for you.
Starting from the beginning is very important if you know absolutely nothing about web design. HTML5, HTML (hypertext markup language) and the most commonly used elements like linking or CSS (cascading style sheets) for working with fonts, colors, and total layout organization are some of the basics. W3Schools.com is a good place to begin. The site offers the chance for free interactive tutorials, and you will be able to practice immediately online after taking lessons, allowing you the chance to see your mistakes immediately. This means a more practical approach to lessons. Similar sites offering the on hand training approach are sites like Code School and Lynda.com, to name a few.
Some sites even offer basics on Adobe Dreamweaver and practicing steps needed like building a domain name and registration or choosing a hosting account. Or you can have someone like the Iowa City SEO company do it for you, see their Iowa City web design Youtube page.
Google also have web developers offering a web design training course outlining basic website structuring through video tutorials. Opera browser also offers free web design lessons; they call themselves an open community of developers building resources for the web, regardless of a brand, browser or platform. Lessons are free, and once you can master any part of the lesson, you are welcome to contribute your knowledge to the site.
Mozilla Firefox has paired with Peer to Peer University (P2PU) to establish an open education web design course. Titled The Mozilla School of Webcraft, they include courses on PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor-a scripting language), CSS and HTML. Contest and challenges are available, such as building your own website from scratch.
There is also Don't Fear the Internet, a website most suitable for creative people who would rather leave web design alone. If a website owner only wants to polish their site, the free course offered at Don't Fear The Internet will be very useful. Treehouse is a video-based service that also offer iOS apps (using Objective-C and Xcode), all wrapped up into a clear and user-friendly interface. Treehouse charges a subscription for services, but the videos are professionally done, and a wealth of knowledge is gained covering most aspects of web design.
Smashing Magazine caters to those at the intermediate to advanced level of the web design spectrum. This site would not be a good pick for those beginners just entering the world of web design.
There is also the option of just designing a blog in a hurry or on the go. Before giving up the time to a full course degree on web design, you can create a site from one of many online blogging platforms. These blogs are usually customizable and is a great way of playing around to see what you could possible like in a website, or to get inspiration for your own. The top ten free blog site programs as rated by the internet are WordPress, Blogger, Livejournal, Blog.com, Tumblr, Blogsome, Open Dairy, Weebly.com, blogster and Blogetery.


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After a lot of talking and planning and strategizing and scheming and thinking and stuff, Robert and I have come to a big decision.
He is going to, for the time being, withdraw from school.
This has been an idea we've been toying with for some time. Moving to a new city is always hard, and coupled with transferring to a new school program, it has been a rough transition for him. The style and attitude of the Graphic Design program here has been pretty incompatible with Robert's studying, learning, and creative style. What I hated to see happening was watching Robert's love for his field dwindle due to his frustration with his program.
Oh, and we're $70,000 + in debt. Just for his school. Sad face.
So yes, he's out, for now.
We're excited about the possibilities going forward. He's looking for jobs in his field, and he really seems to be qualified for quite a few of them. We're sending in applications this week. If he gets a job and starts gaining experience in the field, we won't worry about going back someday. But if we find that employers really do insist on that degree paper, it will be really easy to re-enroll him.
He's also going to be able to spend a little more time learning Spanish via Rosetta Stone, in preparation for our upcoming trip to Suramérica. And, he created a really deep and amazing comic book character when he was younger, so I'm going to become his writer and we're going to see about establishing a little webcomic. Stay posted for further details.
Anyway, keep us positively in your thoughts, and wish Robert luck in his many exciting adventures, directly ahead!

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The urgent need to go to the toilet to pee...
::Puts hand up:: Sir, i really need to go to the toilet. I'm busting!
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Can you define these popular missing words?
Like ejaculating, or nutting
Yo Sean, i was busting all up in her
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same thing as 'cracking on' someone.
I kept busting their chops on the xbox, just like a mad man.
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Teasing. Harsh teasing that often is embarrassing and/or annoying.
Liz kept busting on my "ugly" shoes. Meanwhile, I know she wants a pair.
Here comes Tom. Let's bust him about that blind date he had last night. She was one fugly bitch.
Here comes Tom. Let's bust him about that blind date he had last night. She was one fugly bitch.
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Going out behind work to go for a smoke.
Johnny and Ben were busting out back.
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The use of cocaine/ Yayo
Yo i be busting tonight!
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To give or share something.
"Yo,check it out,that guy's busting jerseys."
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Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library is not one library but many, housed in buildings spread all over the city of Oxford. The historic core of the Bodleian is located around Radcliffe Square, however, with the oldest parts being the magnificent Duke Humphrey's Library (1488), and the Divinity School.
The Bodleian is unique in that it is not a lending library - no books can be borrowed, only read on the premises. The Bodleian takes this restriction seriously; in a famous case, King Charles I was refused permission to borrow a book.
The general public cannot enter the reading rooms; that right is reserved for members. Other parts of the library can be seen on one of the frequent guided tours. One of the highlights of these tours is the Divinity School, which possesses a remarkable vaulted ceiling. It is rightly regarded as a masterpiece of English Gothic architecture.
Divinity School
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Some Pre-Fight Cakes: Floyd "Money" Mayweather's Fiancee, Miss Jackson
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Baby let me be your motivation…
A Gallery Of Pictures Of Floyd Mayweather's Fiancee Miss Jackson
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be fighting Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas this Saturday. So we figured it was a good enough reason for us to ogle at his lady, respectfully (kinda). Needless to say Miss Shantel Jackson is a baaaaaaad muthafugga, and furthermore if we were coming home to cakes like hers we would damn sure make sure we win every fight too!
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"Both creepy…and quite moving."
—New York Times Book Review
"Wall's story couldn't be more timely."
Stolen Innocence is the gripping New York Times bestselling memoir of Elissa Wall, the courageous former member of Utah's infamous FLDS polygamist sect whose powerful courtroom testimony helped convict controversial sect leader Warren Jeffs in September 2007. At once shocking, heartbreaking, and inspiring, Wall's story of subjugation and survival exposes the darkness at the root of this rebel offshoot of the Mormon faith.
In this courageous memoir, Elissa Wall, the star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, tells her inspirational story of how she emerged from the confines of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) and helped bring one of America's most notorious criminals to justice.
Detailing how Jeffs's influence over the church twisted its already rigid beliefs in dangerous new directions, Wall portrays the inescapable mind-set which forced her to wed her first cousin at age fourteen, pressured her to follow Jeffs's directives, and, once she married, encouraged her to submit to her husband in "mind, body, and soul." For over three years she suffered at the hands of her husband, until one snowy night when a chance encounter with a stranger set in motion a friendship that eventually gave her the strength to break free of the church and come forward against Jeffs, so that girls still inside might be spared her cruel fate.
More than a tale of survival and freedom, Stolen Innocence is the story of one heroic woman who stood up for what was right and reclaimed her life.
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ITF World Champion
Roger has been named 2007 International Tennis Federation World Champion, the sport's governing body announced today. This is the fourth year running Roger has received this honour.
Having reached all four major finals for the second successive year, winning the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open, our star claimed a further five titles during the course of the year and became the first player to earn over $10m in annual prize money.
Roger becomes only the second player to be named Men's World Champion for four consecutive years, following Pete Sampras. Our star said: "It is an honour to be named ITF World Champion for the fourth year running. Each year brings new challenges, and I am proud that I have been able to raise the level of my game when needed. It gives me great satisfaction to have won another three Grand Slam titles and maintained the number one ranking."
congratulations!! i wish u advance christmas and new year wishes.and i wish this year there another feather should decorate yr crewst that is RG cup.
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Your hard work off the court continues to pay off. A well deserved honor. Congrats.
Have a wonderful holiday with Mirka, family and friends. Looking forward to seeing you at the Australian Open.
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Biggest Scandal
Sex-abuse Scandal May Help Change the System
at the Larger Context
Like many of you, my heart is heavy whenever I read, see or hear
media reports and commentaries about clergy sexual abuse and the
Catholic Church. Although I don't feel qualified to comment in an
expert way on this complicated issue, I do want to respond to the
concerns, frustration and even anger that many of you have expressed
in e-mails to Friar Jack's E-spirations. I hope to add some
personal reflections, at least, to the discussion raging these days
throughout our society.
If you want some background on the current situation, I can recommend
our Web feature "Clergy
Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church" at AmericanCatholic.org.
The Biggest Scandal
As others have pointed out, the greatest scandal on the part of
the Church is our failure to put the child victims and their families
first. In some dioceses, unfortunately, Church leaders have
made the cover-up of these scandals and the offending priests their
most important priority. How did we get our priorities reversed
in this way?
Into our Catholic hierarchical system, at least in some instances,
has seeped the tendency and practice of covering up faults. The
system seems to give those higher up such importance, dignity and
sacredness that their reputation must be protected at all costs.
Even those at the bottom often "buy into" this layered arrangement
that tends to give special privilege to those on top. If we look
at the Gospels, however, we notice that this was not the mindset
of Jesus. He often called those in leadership to task for giving
scandal or laying oppressive burdens on those in their charge. He
told those in leadership to be servants of the others.
Deep down, we recognize the truth in Jesus' teachings about the
nature of leadership. We know that God created us all in the divine
image and that we have equal dignity as God's children. In fact,
Jesus and the prophets before him taught that if God has a special
love for anyone it is for the poor, the broken and the downtrodden.
And yet, we Christians have a tendency to accept as God-given and
eternal the pyramid model of authority. According to this model,
those on top deserve more honor and protection than those at the
The Second Vatican Council (1963-1965) came along and stressed that
all members of the Church make up the "People of God." It did not
deny the need for Church leadership, but suggested that the real
Church is not to be identified solely with the upper levels of a
hierarchical institution. The Church is the whole "People of God."
This includes not only those serving as leaders but the whole body
of the faithful. Vatican II seemed to be guiding us to a more collegial
and democratic model of community. Some dioceses and parish communities
in the Church embraced this development more than others.
The Sex-abuse Scandal May Help Change the System
It has been difficult to move from the hierarchical mindset to a
more egalitarian model in which all members of the Church enjoy
a profound dignity and honor in God's sight. It is even hard
for those at the so-called bottom of the pyramid to claim equal
dignity for themselves. They have been trained to support the system
without question. To some extent, the famous dictum of the late
Brazilian educator, Paulo Freire, applies here: The oppressed
internalize the lowly image that the oppressor has of them.
One consequence of the clergy sex-abuse scandal is that the faulty
priorities of the hierarchical system have now been unmasked for
the whole world to see, and changes will have to be made. Structures
of privilege, secrecy and protection from blame seem to be unraveling
before our eyes.
Meanwhile, the Church majority, made up of laymen and laywomen and
their children, are beginning to see their rights and dignity properly
recognized. They are more and more seeing themselves not simply
as servants of the higher-ups whose only role in the Church is to
pray, pay and obey. Now they are more fully aware that their voices
deserve to be heard and respected as they claim their rightful place
in the Church envisioned by Vatican II.
It is easy to fall into the heresy of confusing the Church with
the upper levels of the hierarchy and failing to see the Church
as the whole "People of God." I call it a heresy because it is clearly
contrary to Catholic doctrine. Even Time magazine as recently
as its April 1, 2002, cover story on the sex-abuse scandal fell
into that misconception at times. Even though its story provided
good insightful information, background and commentary on the issue
of clergy sexual abuse, their wording at times suggested that the
Church's hierarchical leaders alone were the Church. Here's one
example from its pages: "The Roman Catholic Church is a stern hierarchy
that has always kept its deliberations secret...." All of us need
to keep reminding ourselves that the Church is larger than those
wielding the most power and that all members have equal dignity
before God--and all voices should be respected.
Looking at the Larger Context
Despite our failures as a Church regarding the tragic sexual abuse
of children, it's helpful to examine the issue from a wider perspective.
Clergy sexual abuse is an issue that extends well beyond the Roman
Catholic Church and contains more complexities than meet the eye.
Without doubt, the Roman Catholic Church has a rigid, age-old, top-heavy
hierarchical leadership structure that tends to be self-protecting
and secretive. We all need to work at changing the faulty aspects
of this system. At the same time, it is good to realize that the
Roman Catholic Church is not the only institution that has to deal
with problems like excessive secrecy and child abuse. Smaller leadership
systems, as well, can have the same problems.
Even an institution as simple as the family tends to be self-protecting
and secretive regarding abusive behavior within it own ranks. I
think it is generally agreed that most cases of sexual abuse of
children happens within the family. The perpetrators often are older
family members, relatives, family friends, babysitters. The first
instinct is often for the family leaders to keep sexual abuse from
going public. We know, of course, that such cover-ups are not right,
especially if the victims remain at risk. Yet we all recognize the
temptation most people have to cover up mistakes and sins of which
they are ashamed.
This is all the more true as we explore more complex institutions--athletic
or youth associations (e.g., teams or scouts), educational institutions,
police departments, the military, religious institutions of all
kinds, political parties, medical associations, psychological associations,
big companies like Enron, even news networks and TV conglomerates.
Most institutions and power structures try to protect their reputations
and keep their secret sins hidden. Again this is not right. Those
victimized by such organizations should be protected and the offenders
reported and brought to justice. One wonders at times, however,
why the media and other groups sometimes go after certain offenders
and systems with more fervor and fury than they go after others.
I'd like to share with you a few facts and comments I've come across
while reading various articles published in the last week or so.
They may give you--as they gave me--a greater perspective on the
scandal at hand, especially regarding sex offenders themselves.
1) A statement from Catholic clinical psychologist Thomas Plante
(Time, April 1, 2002): "The best data we have suggest that
about 5% of the Catholic clergy have had involvement with minors,
mostly adolescent boys. That figure is consistent with other male
clergy and the general population."
2) Observations from Curtis Bryant, S.J., a licensed psychologist,
who formerly served at St. Luke Institute, a psychiatric hospital
near Washington, D.C. (America, April 1, 2002): Bryant
suggests from data collected at St. Luke's that "Over 50% of priests
treated [there] were abused as children." Another comment from Bryant
is, "Initially the church viewed sexual offenses as sins to be confessed
rather than a sickness to be treated."
Following up on the growing realization that pedophilia needs to
be looked at as an incurable illness (and not only as sin), Bryant
also suggests this: The priest offender hopefully comes to acknowledge
that "his sexual disorder cannot be cured but can be treated, cannot
be eliminated but can be controlled; that this disorder is chronic
and must be faced and worked on indefinitely."
3) A comment from Catholic writer and psychologist Eugene Kennedy,
author of The Unhealed Wound: The Church and Human Sexuality
(The Washington Post Online, March 22, 2002):
"Having worked both as a priest and as a clinical psychologist whose
clients include priests struggling with pedophilia, I heard more
sadness than sin in their troubling stories. For many of them, pedophilia
is rooted in the distorted notions of a guilt-drenched sexuality
handed to them by the official Church. As a result, they never fully
grew up and never became whole sexual beings. I have listened to
them, their eyes glistening with tears, as they try to patch together
some sense of themselves that will enable them to go on with life
after they have been caught seeking satisfactions they do not understand."
Another observation I heard or read within the last two weeks, which
brought me a bit of light regarding the tendency on the part of
Church leaders to give priest offenders a second chance, is that
the Gospel of Jesus teaches us to be forgiving. It is not surprising
that those who have not digested the truth about pedophilia being
an incurable disorder and who have been trained to be forgiving
could err on the side of being too lenient with sex offenders--a
deadly mistake that hopefully is being quickly corrected in the
wake of the current scandals.
A final note for us during this Easter season: We do not face these
problems and crises alone. The Risen Jesus, who has triumphed over
sin and death, breathes the Spirit of forgiveness and healing upon
us and walks with us toward Pentecost.
A Message From Friar Jack
Welcome! I hope you'll enjoy all of the news about what's happening
at AmericanCatholic.org, as well as my "musings." By the
way, I am a real Franciscan friar. You
can find out more about me here.
Plea for Middle East Peace
press release pleading for peace and prayers of solidarity for
the friars living and serving in Bethlehem.
Praying for Peace in Assisi
John Paul II and over 200 world
religion leaders prayed for world peace in Assisi last January.
Pray the peace pledge read by these leaders.
love is free, his grace abounds and Rohr finds the answers to these
truths in the biblical image of the banquet.
First Communion, Confirmation and Baptism
free e-greetings for infant, child, adult and family sacramental
Resurrection Faith
Fragomeni asserts that Resurrection
faith is more than an assent to an idea. It is living in the
presence of the risen Christ.
Ask A Franciscan
Disinheriting children, defining "oblate," wrong prayers
being answered, finding the Mass readings and increasing spirituality
are answered this month.
here for the answers.
Resurrection Goes Beyond Life
does it mean to believe in the resurrection? John Navone clarifies
this belief and offers us the mystery of God as Eternal Love and
Eternal Life.
Need a First Communion Gift?
You Find Jesus?, Can
You Find Followers of Jesus? and Can
You Find Bible Heroes? This best-selling "Search and Learn"
series is an easy answer for your gift-giving needs.


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There are tons of benefits to spaying Kitty and very few drawbacks. In fact, once Fluffy is up and running after her surgery, it's all uphill from there. If you don't spay her, her health -- and your wallet -- might suffer considerably over time.
Cancer Risk
Not spaying Fluffy increases the risk she'll develop uterine and breast cancer, according to the ASPCA. Of course it's hard to get uterine cancer when you don't have a uterus anymore, but the reduction in the risk of breast cancer is another major advantage -- especially since mammary cancer is the third most common type of cancer among cats, the ASPCA reports. The benefits are even greater if you get Kitty spayed before she goes into heat for the first time.
Risk of Pyometra
Pyometra is a life-threatening infection of the uterus that usually requires emergency surgery. Pyometra is caused by hormonal changes, so spayed cats can never get it. On the other hand, 25 percent of unspayed cats will develop pyometra, according to the Animal Medical Center of Southern California. Since it usually happens as cats get older, the chances of complications are greater. An older cat means a weaker cat, which makes surgery more dangerous.
Risk of Cystic Ovarian Disease
Cystic ovarian disease and other forms of ovarian tumors can occur only in non-spayed females. Since the ovaries are taken out during a spay surgery, well, the chances of Fluffy developing this problem are suddenly zero. Even worse, ovarian tumors tend to metastasize or spread easily, putting Kitty's life at significant risk.
Behavioral Problems
Not spaying Kitty might turn her into a basket case. Female dogs only ovulate a couple of times a year, but female cats will go into heat over and over again -- sometimes every two weeks -- until they get pregnant. After years of this process, some cats start experiencing false pregnancies. They will also go through a lot of frustration and stress, especially if you decide to keep them inside to prevent pregnancy. Females in heat vocalize a lot and might try to escape to go looking for mates. You'll also have to deal with males coming around to mark your house with urine as a way to "claim" your kitty.
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Assistant Merchandiser – In this role, you'll partner with management and buying to create and implement seasonal merchandising plans. At this stage, your responsibility to make financial decisions will increase significantly. Working with Analysts and Senior Analysts, you'll create weekly shipping strategies, and will supervise the flow of merchandise to stores to make sure there is the most appropriate assortment for all stores in the chain. You'll also evaluate current business trends in order to proactively make revisions to our plans.
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Buyer – Our buyers are entrepreneurial and empowered to make decisions on the products that we sell. You'll be a global shopper, as our Buyers travel to over 60 countries building relationships with over 16,000 vendors. You'll be responsible for millions of pounds or euros of revenue and will perform ongoing analysis to help develop strategies and drive sales. When you're not out buying, you'll be doing comp shops to critique merchandise and identify key opportunities.
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The Tin House Podcast: Uses of the Elegiac, with Amy Gerstler
"How far can/will the elegy stretch?" Amy Gerstler asked our workshop participants this July. "Are there limits to what conventional or unconventional elegy can mourn, memorialize, honor, metabolize, question? Are there angry, comic, upbeat and/or love elegies? How about some stealth elegies?" In her quest to find out, Gerstler examined poems from Terrance Hayes, Li […]
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"Why does the voice in my head have an Adam's apple?"- Claire Vaye Watkins, 2015 Summer Workshop The talk that started it all….. Written on the occasion of Claire's "troubling realization that she has been writing to impress old white men," this call to action was given during our 2015 Summer Workshop. The lecture took […]
The Tin House Podcast: Building The Emotional Image, with Natalie Diaz
"An image is more than what we show our readers–it is story, it is history, it is emotion. When we seek the perfect image, we filter our writing and cut ourselves off from the possibilities of meaning and emotion–the things that make both the writer and the reader feel."- Natalie Diaz In this craft talk, […]
The Tin House Podcast: When the Action is Hot, Write Cool, with Debra Gwartney
It can be tempting to believe you'll increase the tension of your prose if your characters over-emote: cry, weep, wail, explode with joy. But it's often more effective to convey emotion with a matter-of-fact tone and highly controlled language. In this craft talk from our 2015 Summer Workshop, Debra Gwartney discusses ways to allow the […]
The Tin House Podcast: Making Sense of the Sentence, with Christopher R. Beha
As millions of you eagerly await the September rollout of our 2015 Summer Writers' Workshop Lectures, we thought it the perfect hour to revisit the ghosts of workshops past with Christopher R. Beha's "Making Sense of the Sentence." First given during our 2012 Summer Workshop, and later anthologized in The Writer's Notebook II (as "Do […]
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Kevin Young drops by our classroom to discuss some of the more notable modern poetry hoaxes, glimpsing into the secret history of the poem as something conceived to tempt or even trick. By understanding the ways the hoax works, Young suggests that we may better know our own assumptions, habits, and hurts, and how to […]
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The Tin House Nooner: Dinaw Mengestu
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We kickoff 2015 with "The Furniture Appears to be Dreaming," Matthew Zapruder's attempt to spectacularly fail, for once and for all, to define poetry. In this lecture, first given at last summer's workshop, Matthew tackled metaphor, so-called "poetic" language, and explored the differences between poetry and prose. Other topics covered included Keats, chimney sweepers, Bishop, line […]
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Tin House Nooner: Matthew Dickman
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The Tin House Nooner: Jess Walter
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WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Florence "Flonzie" Walker, 91, formerly of Bernie, Mo., died Feb. 7, 2007, in the Manmouth County Care Center at Wall Township.
Born June 6, 1915, at Bernie, daughter of the late Andrew and Allie Chadwell Walker, she had worked for over 70 years as a waitress before retiring at the age of 81 and was a member of the Baptist Church in Glendola.
She married John Walker who preceded her in death in 1999.
One son, Trentice Burt, also preceded her in death.
She is survived by four grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and one great-
Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until time of services at 11 a.m. Monday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie. The Rev. Bill Garrett will officiate.
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Take an early or late lunch tomorrow, because you'll need to be in front of your computer screen at high noon, buying coveted Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival tickets.
The 5th Annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival, "Baconpocalypse Now: I love the smell of bacon in the morning" will take place on Saturday, February 18 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Varied Industries Building at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
Organizers plan to accommodate 4,000 bacon lovers. Tickets are $45 for general admission, and include a T-shirt, koozie, unlimited bacon samples, other food, live music and bacon educational lectures.
Other ticket options include $625 for a reserved table for 10 or $135 for a general admission ticket paired with a seat at the Bacon Elegance Dinner on Feb. 15. The maximum general admission ticket purchase will be two per order.
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Here a few quick facts about Baconfest:
Consumption: Last year, attendees consumed 3,500 pounds of bacon – approximately 60,000 strips.
Competition: Manni Balignasay is the 4-time Blue Ribbon Bacon Eating Champion (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011).
Bacon Showcase: The popular Bacon Showcase provides individuals with the opportunity to sample some of the nation's best bacon brands and talk directly to brand reps. In previous years the following bacon brands have been showcased: Eden Farms, Falls Brand, Farmland, Hormel, Iowa Farm Families, Niman Ranch, Polehnas, Vande Rose Farms and others.
Bacon Lecture Series: The Bacon Lecture Series brings together some of the most brilliant bacon minds providing festival attendees with the opportunity to challenge their bacon knowledge and beliefs. In 2012 a special session will be added to the series to address concerns about apocalyptic survival skills and how to best preserve bacon in preparation for a variety of transformative and cataclysmic events. Past lecturers include: Jonathan A. Campbell, MS with Iowa State Meat Laboratory; Leo Landis, The Bacon Professor; and Scott Bush, Templeton Rye Whiskey.
Iowa Bacon Board: Members of this highly esteemed board include: Kit Curran, Seth Hall, Mark Pederson, Marshall Porter, John Tiffany and Brooks Reynolds.
The Mascot: A giant furry pig named, Blue, is the official mascot of the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival.


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'Smallville' and 'Paper Heart' highlight Sunday's Comic-Con schedule
The Sunday panel schedule at Comic-Con has always been less exciting than other days at the San Diego institution, but the announcement of this year's lineup is almost depressing for anyone who could only acquire a Sunday pass. There is absolutely no major movie studio presence and the biggest network show is "Ghost Whisperer" with star Jennifer Love Hewitt taking one for the team so the press actually have something to write about.
With Hall H closed, the convention gets an indie flavor as Sundance Film Festival favorite "Paper Heart" is the highlight of the movie panels when it presents at 1:00 PM in Ballroom 20. Charlyne Yi, who was a crowd favorite at the "Superbad" presentation a few years ago, will be joined by producer/co-wrtier Nick Jasenovec and co-star Jake Johnson to discuss the flick that questions whether true love exists. At this time, sadly, co-star Michael Cera has not been announced as attending (Hint to Overture Films: If you want to fill up the room, I'd figure out a way to get Cera down there.)
Another Sundance entry, the comedy "Mystery Team," will preview immediately before "Paper Heart" at 12:30 PM in Ballroom 20. Writers and stars Dominic Dierkes, Donald Glover, and DC Pierson, producer Meggie McFadden, and director/editor Dan Eckman will be joined by a very special VIP moderator who just may find his home here at HitFix.
Following "Paper Heart" will be "Alien Trespass," the homage to classic 50s Sci-Fi flicks starring Eric McCormack and Jenni Bard who will both be on hand to take fans questions. That presentation begins at 1;30 in Ballroom 20.
The Television side is considerably stronger on Sunday, but nothing compared to the mammoth influx on Friday and Saturday. Beginning at 10:30 AM in room 6BCF, Comic-Con favorite "Smallville" will provide a sneak peak at the show's amazing ninth season with current showrunners Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders and cast members Allison Mack, Erica Durance, Justin Hartley and the new villainous Zod, Callum Blue.
At 1 PM, also in room 6BDF, Jennifer Love Hewitt returns to the convention with co-stars Jamie Kennedy, David Conrad, Christoph Sanders and, yes, Camryn Manheim to talk all things "Ghost Whisperer" as the series enters it's fifth season.
"Supernatural" will also be returning to San Diego this year with a panel at 11:45AM in the popular room 6BDF. The show's creators will be on hand with some previews of the upcoming season and will be joined by stars Misha Collins and Jim Beaver, but Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles are disappointingly skipping this one out.
On the positive side, the Brits will get their moment in the sun on Sunday (no pun intended) as both "Dr. Who," with series star David Tennant and writer/creator Russell T Davies, and "Torchwood" star John Barrowman, talking about their BBC America series. Those panels are both in Ballroom 20 beginning at 10:00 AM and 2:15 PM respectively. The cable network will also trot out the stars of it's new Sci-Fi drama "Being Human"in the afternoon panel.
And that's about it.
Considering how jam-packed the lineups for Thursday and Friday are, Sunday's schedule is a huge step back for the convention, especially on its 40th anniversary.
More surprisingly is that any of the major stars and talent appearing on the earlier days could have guaranteed a packed Hall H all to themselves and been the top story on Monday's entertainment news shows if they moved to the final day of the weekend. Yes, last year's "Friday the 13th" panel was half full, but that was not a star-filled flick. Hopefully, for the convention's sake, it will be re-addressed in 2010.
Lastly, NBC sent out a note to the press a few weeks ago promising a Saturday offsite event for "Heroes," a show that credits its initial buzz and popularity partially due to the fantastic reception it received at Comic-Con in 2006. The official Comic-Con Saturday schedule, though, makes no mention of such a panel. One thing is clear, they could certainly make a splash moving it to Sunday.
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chapter 15 Summary
Deeper Magic from Before the Dawn of Time
- With Aslan dead, the Witch calls her followers to her and they move in a wild mob toward Aslan's army, intending to carry out a surprise attack. Lucy and Susan, still hiding in the bushes, are briefly in danger as the evil creatures pass close by them.
- Once the Witch's army is gone, Lucy and Susan go to the Stone Table and weep over Aslan's body. They cry and mourn for a long time.
- Eventually, when they seem to have run out of tears, Lucy suggests that they take off Aslan's muzzle. They do, and it sets them crying again.
- Susan suggests that they untie Aslan's body from the table, but the knots are so tight that they can't.
- For a long time, Susan and Lucy wait, quiet and shocked. Nothing seems to matter anymore. Time passes. It gets colder.
- Lucy notices that it's beginning to get light outside. She also notices something moving in the grass – mice!
- The mice crawl up onto Aslan's body. Susan tries to shoo them away, but Lucy points out that the mice are eating through the cords that tie Aslan's body to the Stone Table.
- It gets brighter; the sunrise has almost started. Only one star is visible, a big bright star on the Eastern horizon. The mice finish eating through all of Aslan's bindings and creep away.
- It continues to get brighter. Birds start to sing.
- Susan and Lucy feel cold and decide to walk around a little bit. They go to the edge of the hill and look east. The large star is no longer visible.
- Susan and Lucy pace between Aslan's body and the edge of the hill, trying to stay warm. They feel cold and tired.
- Finally, while the girls are looking east toward the castle of Cair Paravel, the edge of the sun peeks up over the horizon. At the same moment, behind them there is an enormous cracking, thunder-like noise.
- Lucy and Susan assume that the evil creatures are mutilating Aslan's corpse and run back toward the Stone Table. When they get there, the Stone Table is broken completely in half and Aslan's body is gone!
- Susan wonders if this is more magic, and a voice from behind her says that it is. The girls turn around, only to see Aslan, alive and larger than before, standing behind them.
- The girls are both happy and scared. Aslan assures them that he was dead, but isn't anymore, and that he is not a ghost.
- Susan and Lucy hug and kiss Aslan with great joy.
- Once the girls calm down, Susan asks Aslan to explain. Aslan tells her that the Witch's knowledge only goes back to the Dawn of Time, but that there is a deeper magic from before the Dawn of Time that she didn't know about. According to this deeper magic, when an innocent, willing victim was executed in the place of a traitor, the Stone Table would crack and Death would work backwards.
- For a while, Aslan frolics and leaps about, enjoying his returning strength. Lucy and Susan play a strange game of tag with him, in which they all run around and sometimes Aslan catches them and tosses them gently in the air, and sometimes they roll around on the ground and wrestle. At the end of the game, the girls no longer feel hungry or thirsty or tired.
- Next, the girls plug their ears while Aslan lets out a terrible roar.
- Aslan invites Lucy and Susan to ride on him. Once they are mounted, he rushes down into the forest. For hours, they enjoy the ride, as Aslan runs swiftly through the beautiful Narnian countryside.
- Around the middle of the day, they arrive at the Witch's castle. Aslan leaps over the walls into the courtyard.


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When steam flows contain a large percentage of sediment, flow measurements can be inaccurate because the sediment can deposit in typical devices and invalidate the rating curve of the device, or sediment deposits can alter flow directions and velocities. The drop-box weir is a flow-measuring device that was developed in the 1960's to measure flow rates laden with sediment. The Weir forces turbulent flow and keeps sediment suspended as flow rate is measured. The original weir was limited because the rating curve was only applicable when stream channel slopes were < 5% and stream approach angles to the weir were <50. Recent research at Coshocton has shown that the weir can be modified to allow stream-channel slopes up to 75% and approach angels up to 450. Additionally, the weir can be used at the base of erosion plots when the approach angel is 900 from runoff-collection gutters. The Coshocton wheel sampler was modified for use with the drop-box weir, and another sampler was invented to sample large rock particles in the runoff when used with the drop-box weir.


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A few weeks ago I was invited to attend the International Triathlon Union (ITU) Congress and Federation Programme that precedes the ITU Congress meeting in Madrid, Spain. When offered the opening, I jumped at the opportunity to take part in the preamble as a presenter during some of the forum sessions and to lend my ideas to Sport Development.
Here are the provisional ITU Sport Development sessions:
2008-2012 Strategic Plan: Taking Triathlon to the World
Strategic Planning 1 - Long Term Athlete Development. "From the playground to the podium"
Strategic Planning 2 - Building the support programme of coaches, educators, resources and event to support Long Term Athlete Development.
Each country that is recognized by the ITU will be sending National Federation (NF) representatives to attend the sessions. There are several additional sessions for National Federations to attend including case studies; marketing and sponsorship; events; media and television.
The final event of the preamble to the actual ITU Congress session is a celebration of the Les McDonald era. Those of you that have not been in the sport of triathlon for very long may not know who Les McDonald is or what he has done for the sport of triathlon.
Briefly, Les worked to form the International Triathlon Union. To be recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), a sport must have an International Federation (IF). The IF for triathlon is the ITU.
Les has been the only president the ITU has known and he is retiring this year. A man with extraordinary drive, an often controversial fellow, he was the primary driver to get our sport onto the Olympic Programme. Getting a new sport onto the programme is no easy task and remaining on the programme is a challenge as well. For example softball and baseball will not be represented at the 2012 Games in London.
It will be over a week before I head to Madrid, but preparation for the trip has already begun.
It is a considerable honor for me to be involved in, and to attend, this historic ITU Congress. I'm excited for the trip.


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determiner & adjective
1 he has many faults
numerous, a great/good deal of, a lot of, a large/great number of, great quantities of, plenty of, countless, innumerable, scores of, crowds of, droves of, an army of, a horde of, a multitude of, a multiplicity of, multitudinous, numberless, multiple, untold;
informal lots of, umpteen, loads of, masses of, stacks of, scads of, heaps of, piles of, bags of, tons of, oodles of, dozens of, hundreds of, thousands of, millions of, billions of, zillions of, more … than one can shake a stick at
British informal shedload
North American informal a slew of, gazillions of, bazillions of, gobs of
Australian/New Zealand informal a swag of
vulgar slang a shitload of
[Antonyms] few
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the people, the common people, the masses, the multitude, the majority, the populace, the public, the rank and file, the crowd, the commonalty, the commonality
derogatory the hoi polloi, the common herd, the mob, the proletariat, the rabble, the riff-raff, the great unwashed, the canaille, the proles, the plebs
[Antonyms] aristocracy
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10 Tri Essentials For $50 Or Less
- By Erin Beresini
- Published Sep 25, 2012
- Updated Oct 31, 2014 at 4:39 PM UTC
Craft Procool Compression Sock, $35 & Zoot Mesh Sportpack, $50
These socks have the feel of pricier pairs without the added expense. And with subdued colors to choose from, you won't wind up looking like one of the Harlem Globetrotters. (Unless you want to.) Stash your pricier performance purchases in this budget-friendly pack. It'll easily hold your helmet, cycling shoes and wetsuit, and has fleece-lined pockets for your fragile stuff.
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Crank Bros Multi-10 Tool, $20
Don't get caught on a long ride begging for someone to fix your rig. This lightweight multitool has the screwdrivers and hex wrenches that'll solve your bike's most common issues.
Yankz Sure Lace System, $10
Don't even think about tying your shoes in transition. Just slide your shoes on, yank these laces tight, and off you go. Yankz laces come in 22 different colors so you can match them to your race kit. Stylin'.
RoadID wristID Elite, $30
A silicone band (which comes in multiple hues) makes this RoadID sleek and stink-free so you won't have to ditch it when you dress for work. As for easy access to emergency info? That's a no-brainer.
Profile Design Aero E-Pack, $20
Going long? Don't bonk. And don't trust your tri suit's tiny pockets to hold all of your stuff. Strap on a bento box, load it with fuel, extra CO2s or whatever, and enjoy your self-sufficiency.
Topeak JoeBlow Sport Floor Pump, $50
Sporty and super-easy to use, this JoeBlow floor pump has Presta and Schrader valves, and a big, clear pressure gage. Stash one in your car and another one in your garage for a quick fill.
Clean Bottle, $10
A water bottle should be a training aid, not a biology experiment. Banish bottle funk for good by unscrewing the Clean Bottle at both ends to scrub out sugary drink residue from your long ride, then air dry.
Tifosi Vogel Sunglasses, $50
These lightweight, frameless shades transition seamlessly from bike to run.Whether you buy them as backups or as your primary pair, you'll appreciate the super wide field of vision.
Photos: Nils Nilsen
Not all of your favorite gear has to cost more than a mortgage payment. These must-have items will ease your routine without breaking the bank.
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