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Two women of science build a prototype with the power to alter reality itself. When that device is stolen and deployed by a sinister defense contractor, the only way to save our world... is to reinvent it!
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Producer Kamal Sadanah flew down a pop star named Annika from Sweden to sing the title track of Victoria No. 203. What's interesting is that Kamal has decided to shoot a special sequence with a lot of computer graphics. An entire floor at Film City was converted into a chroma floor and the special effects team from Pixion was supervising the shoot.


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We propose to carry out the initial work with neat, unextracted edible beans, because this is the fastest way to produce results. The next step is to carry out extractions. Some work is needed to determine the optimal extraction procedures. Thirdly, the different extracts will be studied for their commercial potential. Currently we plan to look at starch first, but the order of investigation may be changed during the study to optimize the efforts. Additional physical and/or chemical modifications may be needed to increase value of the extracts. In addition, some efforts will be expended to look at commercial potential of these various materials.


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So after 704 hours of Skyrim I've discovered this place for the first time. (This place) And I gotta say, "What a trip". It was a lot of fun.
The easiest way to get there (if you haven't been) is start from Ansilvund. When facing the dungeon Ansilvund you'll cut a path to the left and then up the hill. And then have fun!
So my question is have you been there before? And what are your thoughts on the place?
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Has anyone been here?
I found it myself, it was quite exciting when the *SPOILER* shiny ball of light thing appeared, then that fall was nuts! It's a pity we don't see more stuff like that, a similar dungeon was one of my favourite parts of Nehrim (Oblivion total conversion)
Oblivion total conversion? Whats that?- edit: I just checked it out. Very interesting.
I wonder is someone will do a Skyblivion like a they did a Moroblivion. Converge the character, lore, quest data into Skyrim's engine. That's would be utterly bitchin',
I thought it was really cool when I found it the first although I have to say I was a little bit disappointed there wasn't a quest or explanation really of what it was all about???
LOL I did wonder what you had found on youtube that would explain it but thats excellent man lol
True true, but I guess I can appreciate some mystery being behind it all.
I had found this before in previous games. It is an interesting find. Kind of expected more though. I mean anyone have any idea behind the history of that strange light?
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In The Secrets of Happy Families, New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler has drawn up a blueprint for modern families — a new approach to family dynamics, inspired by cutting-edge techniques gathered from experts in the disciplines of science, business, sports, and the military.
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Born: February 28, 1859, St. Aignan (near Thusis), Graubünden, Switzerland
Died: August 14, 1930, Berkeley, California
Florian Cajori was a professor of mathematics, applied mathematics, physics, and history of mathematics.
As president, Cajori selected five professors - E.R. Hedrick, H.E. Slaught, D.E. Smith, R.C. Archibald, and H.L. Rietz - to meet as the Committee on a Mathematical Dictionary and consider the possibility of publishing a mathematical dictionary.
1876-78 State Normal School in Whitewater, Wisconsin
1883 University of Wisconsin, B.S.
1884-85 The Johns Hopkins University
1886 University of Wisconsin, M.S.
1894 Tulane University, Ph.D.
Cajori was appointed assistant professor of applied mathematics at Tulane before receiving his master's degree. He joined the Tulane faculty in 1887, but he left within a few years upon developing tuberculosis. As a Colorado College professor of physics (1889-98), Cajori took the first X-ray photographs in the West and was awarded a Ph.D. from Tulane with a dissertation on "Semi-Convergent Series."
Cajori was a professor of mathematics and head of that department from 1898 to 1918. In 1903, he founded and became dean of the School of Engineering, a position which he also held until 1918. When in 1918 he announced that he was leaving Colorado College for the the University of California at Berkeley, an editorial in the student newspaper called him "the best-known and best-liked professor in the College" and "closer to this student body than any other one man." The offer at Berkeley was for a history of mathematics chair - the first such position in the United States - that had been created especially for Cajori.
Cajori is best known for launching the history of mathematics as an academic discipline in the United States. He wrote about twelve books on the subject, notably A History of Mathematics (1894) and A History of Mathematical Notations (1928-29).
He also wrote two mathematical history series for the American Mathematical Monthly: "History of the Exponential and Logarithmic Concepts" (1913) and "History of Zeno's Arguments on Motion: Phases in the Development of the Theory of Limits" (1915). During this transitional period for the Monthly, these series were among the most touted features of the journal. He contributed many additional articles to the Monthly on the histories of such topics as the symbol for zero (1903), the slide rule (1908), the Newton-Raphson method of approximation (1911), the name "mathematical induction" (1918), and partial differential equations (1928), to name just a few.
Colorado College awards the Cajori Prize for outstanding achievement in mathematics.
Cajori was a charter member of the MAA and was elected to the first MAA executive council at the founding meeting in December 1915.
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BUFORD, Ga. – Frazier's Harley-Davidson in Buford is mourning owner Ralph Frazier Jr., who was killed last week as he rode his motorcycle in the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee.
Frazier, 50, was killed when a falling tree limb struck him on the head about a half mile east of the Townsend Wye. He was transported to a hospital in Maryville, Tenn., where he was pronounced dead, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
"We have experienced a tragedy in our family. Ralph Jr. was killed late yesterday afternoon when a tree blew off the mountain during a storm and struck him while riding his motorcycle near Cades Cove on Little River Road. Ralph's passenger is OK with an injury to her right leg but is OK and back home," says a message on the dealer's website. "Thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers during this difficult time."
Services were at First Baptist Church in Buford, handled by Flanagan Funeral Home.
The dealership started in 1970 with a small barn with a tin roof and a woodburning stove and became an authorized Harley-Davidson dealership in 1992, according to the website.
"He was one of the most genuine guys I've ever known," said Bryan Blanott, parts manager at Frazier Harley-Davidson. "He had no qualms about telling it like it was, good or bad."
Blannott told the newspaper Frazier left on a camping trip with his girlfriend and two other friends. He said Frazier's girlfriend, who was on the bike with him, was treated at the hospital and released.
The storms hit at the west end of the 500,000-acre park on the Tennessee-North Carolina line. Most of the damage appeared to be in the Cades Cove area of the park and in communities just outside the park boundaries.
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Angela Stebbins clapped her hands.
"Hymn time," she proclaimed as a loud cheer went up from the children seated in the rows in front of her in the choir room at St. Stephen United Methodist Church.
A discussion arose as to which grade got to pick the hymns this week while the youngsters tucked papers and notebooks under their chairs and pulled out blue hymnals. It was decided that it was the fourth-graders' turn.
First up was No. 322, "Up From the Grave He Arose." Next was No. 378.
"That's my favorite song," said one boy.
The youngsters didn't even need to be told the title of No. 378. Some didn't even bother to turn to it. "Amazing Grace" is a standard they know by heart. As they prepared to sing, Stebbins encouraged the children to ask their parents to take them to see the movie of the same name at the movie theaters that weekend. Part of the movie tells the story of John Newton, who authored the hymn about 230 years ago.
The enthusiasm of the children in the choir was infectious. The same enthusiasm could be found in the adult choir that rehearsed on a Wednesday night right after the children were finished.
St. Stephen has 11 choirs, using the talents of nearly 300 people. In an age where traditional church choirs appear to be giving way to youthful praise bands and contemporary music, St. Stephen and other churches in Amarillo have found ways to keep their choirs a vital and thriving part of Sunday worship services.
"Our choirs have been growing by leaps and bounds," Stebbins said.
The secret, she said, is to keep the choirs relevant and meaningful.
"Instead of calling it rehearsal, I call it worship time," she said.
She and other choir directors have started blending worship styles. It's not unusual to see praise bands, with their drums, guitars and keyboards, performing with traditional choirs and mixing traditional and contemporary music.
That kind of blending has been put to use at other churches, including First Baptist Church.
"In our Sunday worship, we use some of the choruses that have depth and dignity that we can attach to hymns," said Lanny Allen, the church's minister of music.
Allen said he has about 130 people enrolled in the choir with a wide age range of participants. He has some in high school on up to folks in their 70s.
"The boomers or middle-agers, those in their 30s and 40s, are the most predominant group," he said.
The First Baptist choir usually divides into two groups each Sunday. Allen calls them the Alpha Division and the Omega Division, with the Alphas singing at 8:30 a.m. and the Omegas at 11 a.m. In addition to the main choir, the church also has a children's choir and a senior choir.
"They love the fellowship," Allen said.
Allen has discovered is that as drawn as the younger people are to the contemporary and upbeat music, they haven't turned their backs on tradition.
"They love the hymns," he said. "They like to sing 'Be Thou My Vision.' "
Allen said First Baptist has a philosophy of wanting to be all-inclusive with the worship services.
"We want to move beyond being a church that has contemporary and traditional offerings," he said.
Diversity also drives the music ministry at Trinity Fellowship. Susie Merrick, associate pastor of fine arts, said worship teams rotate each weekend, with five services taking place at two locations. She also oversees an adult choir and children's choir.
The adult choir, unlike others, only leads worship about four times a year. She said the choir will meet weekly for about a month or so prior to a special event, like Easter or Christmas. That gives the members breaks from the weekly grind.
"People with busy lives just couldn't put it in every week," she said.
So far, this system is working. She said the choir members remain energized and enthused about what they're doing and they don't burn out as fast.
Merrick said the children's choir is a little more active.
"The children's choir meets weekly while school is going on," she said.
Merrick said the children's choir serves as an outreach, as not all the singers are members of Trinity Fellowship.
"We do not give them children's songs," she said. "We give them stuff you hear on the radio, on K-LOVE."
At St. Stephen, Stebbins said the main choir also blends traditional and contemporary styles.
"We do traditional pieces but we also do contemporary pieces in a choral format," she said.
She said she makes the children's and youth choirs fun, and as a result sees them graduating to the main choir. Abbey Nash, 22, a student at West Texas A&M University, is one of those who has moved up through the years.
"I love to sing and there's no better way for me to use my singing than to serve the Lord," she said.
Her friend Kami Webb, 22, a senior at WT, has been a member of St. Stephen all her life and has grown up in the choirs.
"Church is my whole life. I love to sing and (choir) is a great place to meet people," she said.
At the other end is the STARS (Senior Times Are Really Special) Choir. The elder singers are every bit as enthusiastic as the younger ones.
Michael Langford, 74, who came here from England, sings in the STARS Choir and is also in a barbershop group that meets at the church.
"The STARS Choir is going to Branson (Mo.) in June and will be singing in two theaters there," he said.
Larry Brewer said he has been singing in the St. Stephen choir for 25 years.
"The music is incredible. It's a blessing to us," he said. "If I wasn't doing (choir) I don't know what I would do."
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Like giant redwoods or city skyscrapers, four towers — with a fifth under construction — rise up above Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam as bastions of eye-catching purpose, history and design.
They're hard to resist visually, even if their original use is not widely known.
Pretty much any time Jim Neuman does a tour of Pearl Harbor, "almost without fail, somebody will ask me, 'What is that tower over there?' Because it does stand out," the Navy Region Hawaii historian said of the 171-foot Freedom Tower on the Hickam side of the base.
Delton Walling was a 19-year-old signalman 2nd class who watched in horror on Dec. 7, 1941, from atop another of the towers — this one for harbor control — as Japanese warplanes flew 30 feet below him and just 100 feet to the side, dropping torpedoes that slammed into nearby Battleship Row.
"You would look right in their plane and see the pilot, his scarf flying out through the canopy, but he's looking directly ahead because he has such a short area to get down over those buildings and get down to the water to drop those torpedoes," Walling, 92, recalled last month.
Mark Branlund, meanwhile, taught submariners from 1967 to 1970 how to escape underwater using a "Steinke hood" in the water-filled 134-foot dive tower on Pearl Harbor's sub base.
Submariners entered a lockout chamber at a water depth of 50 feet which was then flooded, and had to shout "Ho! Ho! Ho!" to expel expanding air from their lungs as they rose 350 feet a minute to the surface.
The Ford Island control tower has been called Pearl Harbor's "Empire State Building."
A new tower finally is under construction at Hickam -- a $7.4 million, 140-foot ramp control tower that will be used to taxi around an increasing number of military aircraft passing through the base as part of the nation's "pivot" to the Pacific.
The towers' grandeur may be what makes them so fascinating, and there's no question they're iconic.
A couple practically demand attention: The harbor control tower is checkerboarded and the Ford Island tower is striped, both in international orange and white.
"If you see any movies about Pearl Harbor -- the attack on Pearl Harbor -- you are going to see this tower," Neuman said of the Ford Island control tower. "It just stands out."
The four older towers have stood as sentinels overlooking many decades of history that unfolded below.
Walling, who spent the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, in the circa-1925 harbor control tower taking in explosions going off all around him at both Hickam and Pearl Harbor, said he had to think over whether he'd come out from California for the blessing of the newly renovated tower.
"It took me a long time to decide -- all of five seconds," he joked before the April 25 ceremony.
The Navy expected the repair job for the 89-year-old water tank (the crow's nest was added a year later and an elevator sometime after that) to cost $5.6 million in 2011. But soon after, it was determined a much larger amount of structural steel repair was required to make the tower safe, pushing the cost of the job to $11.2 million, the Navy said.
On the morning of Dec. 7, Walling wasn't even supposed to be in the tower.
"I had a buddy who owed me $400 and he was being transferred in a couple days and I knew I'd never see him again," he said. "So I was up there trying to get what I could."
A catwalk ran around the top of the tower and a small office in the center provided the only shelter from the elements.
Communication with ships came via Morse code flashed with a 30-inch light as well as semaphore flags, said Walling, who was on Adm. Husband Kimmel's staff when Kimmel headed the Pacific Fleet.
A telephone in the room was used to relay information, he said.
Walling said seeing all the destruction was hard to take.
"We're at war. We were a bunch of happy-go-lucky kids for a year and a half before that moment. Before they (the Japanese) got done with us in 30 minutes, we were men," Walling told sailors who work in the tower now.
No planes strafed the tower because the Japanese fired only on targets they were ordered to attack, he said. "They never touched the tower in the yard because that wasn't on their schedule and they didn't know that was communications for the Pacific Fleet."
The men in the tower didn't fire on the Japanese attackers, either -- because they didn't have weapons, Walling said.
"We were coming out of the Great Depression, and we didn't have any money for nuthin', " he said. "I never saw a pistol. I never saw a gun all day."
Walling figures he gives 20 speeches a year about Dec. 7.
"I have no problem making a speech as long as I'm away from the tower, because I don't have these memories right in the face," he said. "The minute I get near that tower and get up in it, then the emotion starts to take."
On the nearby sub base, the riveted steel escape training tower had been in use since 1932.
Branlund, a gunner's mate and instructor there from 1967 to 1970, trained submariners using the "Steinke hood" and tested a full-body escape suit.
The hood version included an inflatable life jacket, hood and transparent face panel that allowed a wearer to breathe a trapped air bubble on the way to the surface.
The tank held 118 feet of water with lockout chambers at 18, 50 and 100 feet, Branlund said.
The water -- all 280,000 gallons of it -- was heated to 92 degrees and breathe-hold divers were stationed throughout the tank using breathing bells filled with air called "blisters."
"The concept behind the old Steinke hood was you fill the jacket with air and as you rise through the water the air would escape out of the vest part into the hood part, and it was totally breathable," said Branlund, 66, who now lives in Wenatchee, Wash.
The "Ho! Ho! Ho!" part came in as a way for instructors to make sure submariners going through the training were exhaling the expanding air -- and grab them if they weren't.
"If they held their breath traveling through the water at 350 feet a minute and if they held their breath for 15 to 20 feet at the most, their lungs would explode," Branlund said.
Branlund and other instructors also regularly put on dive tower demonstrations -- including one for Elvis and Priscilla Presley.
With the VIPs at the top of the tank, a swimmer would take a breath, head down to 100 feet and pull himself up hand over hand on that single breath, he said.
The water was filtered to a degree that "you could see a coffee cup on the bottom at 100 feet," Branlund said.
The dive tower was drained in 1983, said Neuman, the historian.
A crow's nest conference room was built atop the empty tower and was nicknamed "The House that Jack Built" in a reference to Rear Adm. Jack Darby, a Pacific Fleet submarine force commander.
There was only one other dive tank like it, in Groton, Conn., and that tank was torn down not too long ago, Neuman said.
"So that (the one at Pearl Harbor) is really the only tower of its kind left," he said.


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SAN RAMON -- The College Park High football team rode the Jackson Express to a come-from-behind 21-10 nonleague win over host Dougherty Valley on Friday night.
The Falcons (1-0-1), who also rallied for a 41-41 tie against Alhambra in their season opener, took a 14-10 lead on a 77-yard run on a pitch left by speedy Ray Jackson III. Then Timmy Jackson -- no relation -- ran 29 yards to clinch the victory on a fourth-and-1 play with 1:28 remaining. Jason Johnsonbaugh's third extra point of the night followed the score.
Ray Jackson III, a sophomore, also scored on an 18-yard run with nine seconds left in the first half to give the Falcons a 7-3 lead in the defensive battle.
"He's an explosive kid," College Park coach Bill Kepler said of Jackson III. "We just need him to be doing all of the stuff he needs to do. If he does that every night he's going to be really, really good."
Dougherty Valley (1-1) had a chance to deliver a knockout blow when Ajani Spicer Grose recovered a fumble at the Falcons' 8-yard line with 11:11 remaining. But the Wildcats fumbled it right back to College Park on the second play from scrimmage as Cory Caldwell recovered.
Dougherty Valley's chances took a blow when starting quarterback Umar Farooq suffered a shoulder sprain on a pitch play midway through the second quarter.
Dougherty Valley coach Nick Tisa thought his team's defense played well but it struggled in other areas.
"Mental mistakes are what killed us tonight, but I'm proud of our guys," he said. "It's a learning experience. I think we grew as a program."
Kepler praised his young team's effort. The Falcons are very athletic and deep in some positions, and the coaching staff is working to get everyone acclimated.
Both teams played inspired defense. Dougherty Valley broke the scoreless stalemate on a 21-yard Andrew Ferber field goal late in the second quarter. But Timmy Jackson returned the ensuing kickoff 35 yards, and the Falcons marched 47 yards on five plays for the go-ahead touchdown by Ray Jackson III. On the play before the touchdown, quarterback Dimitri Salido darted 17 yards on an option left.
Setting up the Wildcats' field goal was Afolabi Adeoti, who turned his pads up field on a 24-yard burst to the College Park 8.
Rancho Cotate-Rohnert Park 21, Alhambra 14: Josh Evans threw for 243 yards, but the Bulldogs couldn't complete a promising last-minute drive, falling on the road.
Alhambra (1-0-1) had a fourth-down pass batted down in the end zone as Rancho Cotate held on for the home win.
The score was tied at 14-14 at halftime.
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23/05/2012 07:56Posted by Ashmael3 second cool down is going to be a killer on almost every pack of elites with teleports, jailer etc. guess they really don't want any DH's soloing inferno.
23/05/2012 08:01Posted by Fenumor they just wanted all thos whiners to shut up already...but as always whiners gonna whine and haters gonna hate no matter what ppl do.
23/05/2012 08:10Posted by maDeThey nerfed diamond skin aswell, not sure if they did something about barb. And from a 60 inferno farmer DH PoV it's a good thing this got nerfed. It was just kinda broken :P
23/05/2012 08:29Posted by AlaitheenArmond, You should maybe experience Inferno abit more yeah?, if you wanna play the tanky guy then just use 1h xbow with nether tentacles and a maximum shield with all res + 1k armor, and ur good to go, and im sure you will be able to take about 1-3 hits in inferno b4 falling, just try to get like uhm 300+ phys res also, then you will be able to use ur smoke screen just like b4, but ofc taking a hit between if ur not gona kite and just stand still :p
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The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's basketball team will be looking to get into the win column for the first time this season when they travel to Fort Collins, Colo. for the Coors Rocky Mountain Invitational hosted by Colorado State.
In the first game of the tournament, the Islanders will face the Boise State Broncos in a 1:00 p.m. game on Saturday. On Sunday, they will take on the host Rams at 3:30 p.m. to close out the weekend.
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi is currently 0-4 on the year after losing its last game against Texas - Pan American on Saturday, Nov. 20 in Edinburg, Texas.
The will be led into the game by Anitra Jeffery, who is leading the team in both scoring and rebounding. She is averaging 11.0 points per game while also leading the Southland Conference with a 12.3 rebounds per game average. Lauren Smith is tied for the team scoring lead with 11.0 points a contest as well and is second on the team with 5.3 rebounds per game. Jeffery also has a team-high six blocks on the year while Jessica Jammer leads the Islanders with eight steals through four games.
The Broncos are 3-2 overall on the year after losing an 82065 game against Pepperdine on Tuesday. They are led in scoring by Kati Isham at 12.4 points per game while Julia Marshall follows close behind with 12.2 a contest. Janie Bos is the top rebounder on the team with an 8.0 per game average while Isham is also tops on the team with 14 assists and six steals through five games.
It will be the first meeting between the Islanders and the Broncos on Saturday. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi has only faced the Rams one time in program history, a 70-58 win at home in Corpus Christi last season.
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State-by-State Guide to Taxes on Retirees
The Bottom Line
Most Tax-Friendly
One of Kiplinger's top ten most tax-friendly states for retirees, the Pelican State offers a bayou full of tax breaks to retirees. Social Security, military, civil-service, and state and local government pensions are exempt from state income taxes. Up to $6,000 per person of pension and annuity income are exempt from income taxes. Personal income tax rates are low. Louisiana has some of the lowest property taxes in the nation.
State Sales Tax
4%. Local parishes and jurisdictions within those parishes may add their own sales taxes, which can boost the total to 11%, but the average in the state is an additional 5%. Food, drugs, wheelchairs and prosthetic devices are taxed locally. Electricity and water utility services are taxed at 3.8%. Interstate telecommunication services are taxable at 2%.
Income Tax Range
Low: 2% (on $12,500 or less of taxable income for individuals, $25,000 for joint filers)
High: 6% (on more than $50,000 of taxable income; $100,000 for joint filers). Residents can deduct all of their federal income tax from state taxable income.
Social Security
Benefits are not taxed.
Exemptions for Other Retirement Income
Single filers 65 or older may exclude up to $6,000 of annual retirement income (including IRA distributions, private pension and annuity income) from their taxable income, while married joint filers 65 or older may exclude up to $12,000. Railroad Retirement benefits are not taxed. In addition, deferred income from municipal and state police employees' retirement plans is exempt from state income tax.
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Homeowners receive a homestead exemption of $7,500 of their home's assessed value. However, this exemption does not generally apply to municipal taxes. Median property tax on Louisiana's median home value of $140,300 is $714, according to the Tax Foundation, according to the Tax Foundation.
Tax breaks for seniors: Homeowners who are 65 or older with adjusted gross income of less than $71,563 in 2015 can benefit from freezing the assessed value of their homestead for as long as the applicant owns and resides in the home and income does not exceed the maximum allowed. This benefit is lost if improvements in excess of 25% of the home's value are added.
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Princess and the Pillow Fairies
One of the greatest appeals in buying" handmade" is that FOR EVERY ITEM THERE'S ALWAYS A STORY, some are taller, some are smaller and then there's mine......
...Once upon a time,long,long ago, there was a beautiful young seamstress who labored day and night, always at the whim of her two spinster, sisters.
It was the night before the prince's coronation ball that the spinster sisters came for their final fitting. Their skirts swished with beads and braids, and bodices sparkled with jeweled buttons. As the old wives tale foretold, "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"… it was true, the two older sisters looked like gilded hams. Screaming in disgust they ripped the tulle from their skirts and the bows from their bustles.
All through the night, the young seamstress picked and patched, and added to every seam and dart, all the while weeping without sound. Working by candlelight, with needle and thread she collapsed at her table in exhaustion. Even in sleep, tears continued to melt from her lashes. The wetness pooled, and then spilled to the floor like falling beads from a broken necklace.
It was that sound of bouncing beads that caused the commotion from within the sewing basket. It's lid lifted slightly. Then out poked little arms and itsy, bitsy, slippered feet until the lid flew fully open. A darning needle clinked repeatedly against a metal thimble like a trumpeter's call to action. From the hollows of the thread cones climbed fairies, like toy children, yawning, rubbing eyes and stretching wrinkled wings. The fairies were like toy children.
A little green boy suddenly took flight and scooped from the floor, the most magnificent, the most breathe-takingly beautiful teardrop pearl. All was hushed while he closely examined its size, shape and luster. He shouted out in a loud, little voice, his devine pronouncement, "She's the one! No creature of land or sea can produce a more perfect pearl." They move
A happy dance and a fairy chant honored their princess while she continued to sleep deeply. Like hummingbirds, the fairies dipped and darted through a storm of lace stitching and weaving,tucking and pulling. For final good measure, the little green boy lifted the silver thimble and from high above the sewing table tipped its contents out. The fairies with their lacy wings fanned the glittering dust to every fibber and every fold.
It was the magic of the drifting fairy dust that tickled the young lady's face. Her awakening was slow as her eyes were disbelieving. She didn't see the two beautifully finished gowns hanging from the rack. Nor did she hear the piccolo flutes. Her only focus was the view just inches from the end of her nose. On the table before her was a circle of fairies, singing and dancing hand in hand, round and round.
The object of their attention lay in the center of their fairy ring, catching the luminescence of a dawning sunrise. There rested a silken pillow, describable only with heavenly words. The young girl dared reach out, fingers feather- lightly touching the mass of tiny, tiny, stitches embroidered as scenic toile … a story of love, life and laughter. Amidst these satin vignettes were sprays of teardrop pearls and bouquets of precious gemstones each laced to the fabric with threads of silver and gold.
That evening, all the gowned and garnished guests greeted the prince with proper pomp and ceremony. The two spinster sisters, all poured and pressed into their new gowns, gushed and blathered before the handsome young prince hoping to win his smile. It was almost midnight when the young prince, now a crowned king, opened the last of his inaugural gifts. About to retire from the banquet hall, he halted at the sight of the young seamstress standing shyly in the entrance doorway.
The guests gasped, not in shame of her dress, but in awe of the ethereal beauty of the magnificently regal pillow she placed at the king's feet. Transfixed by her beauty, he reached to lift her up. A tear of happiness slipped from her cheek and fell to the floor as a pearl. He knew then that she was the fairies' princess as foretold by the old wives.
The very next day, the beautiful young seamstress and the handsome young king were married and lived happily ever after. She was lovingly remembered as the "Pillow Queen" as she continued to make her magnificent regal pillows, as did her daughter, and her daughter's daughter.
.. My mom told me this story when she gave me this old sewing basket, just like Gramma told her, and so on and so on.
I have such a PASSION for pillows! My Etsy friends call me the Queen of Pillows but I'm not sure if has anything to do with fairies. Sometimes I think I see itsy bitsy foot prints in the velvet nap. I find spools of thread in places I haven't put them.... And there's something going on in the basket but I'll save that for another story.
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The promising Stella Maris schoolboy signed a five-year contract with Liverpool in August 1996. The speedy winger who had an excellent crossing ability and plenty of tricks was considered a exciting prospect coming through the Anfield ranks. The diminutive Partridge, who could "comfortably limbo dance at full stretch" made his first-team debut when Liverpool ran riot beating Stoke 8-0 in the League Cup on 29 November 2000. Four months later he was loaned out to second division Bristol Rovers to gain some experience. Partridge was very unfortunate with injuries in his time at the Reds and surely would have made his debut earlier if he had not damaged his left cruciate ligament in 1999. Coventry did get a glimpse of his undeniable talent when he went on loan to Gary McAllister's Sky Blues in the First Division in 2002/03. He flourished and scored truly spectacular goals in his 31 outings, voted the fans' player of the season. Back at Liverpool Partridge's right cruciate ligament went when he collided with a teammate in a reserve match in November 2003. He was out of action for ten months. Partridge made a couple of substitute appearances in 2004/05 before he was released on a free transfer on 1 July 2005.
Partridge signed for Sheffield Wednesday but quickly realised that even though he had mastered the Championship before with Coventry he had lost the vital sharpness needed. His contract was not extended when it expired at the end of the 2005/06 season. He moved a few miles down the road from Sheffield to join Rotherham United in League One but he only lasted 12 months there before taking a further step down the League ladder with Chester City. Partridge enjoyed a good debut season with Chester and played 36 League matches and scored five goals, but struggled in his second as Chester were relegated from The Football League.
The Dubliner enjoyed his football again with The New Saints in the Welsh Premier League as he scored 12 goals in 31 matches in the 2010/11 season but very early on in the following season he was forced to retire due to a persistent knee injury. He did have a promising career to fall on as during the latter stages of his playing career Partridge studied Physiotherapy at Salford University where he graduated with a first class honours degree in 2009. He later worked at Liverpool's medical department from u-9 to u-16 level. He is currently a director at the 10 Bridge Physiotherapy Clinic just outside Chester. On a personal note, Richie Partridge is Michael Owen's brother-in-law as he is married to Lesley, Michael's sister.
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Dear Cape Elizabeth Parents/Guardians,
Cape Elizabeth Schools have always worked hard to maintain a balanced, common sense approach to school safety and security. In the aftermath of recent events at both Lyman Moore Junior High and Portland High School, the Cape Elizabeth Safety Committee has decided that a lockdown practice procedure will occur in all 3 schools on Wednesday, March 24th with students present. Working in conjunction with the CEPD & CEFD the lockdown procedures will occur at the following times:
We ask you to please support us in our attempt to re-familiarize our staff and students with this important procedure and allow the first responders to practice new strategies and debrief their effectiveness. The drill will take approximately 30-35 minutes to conduct. There should be little, if any, disruption to class during this drill. We regret the minimal interruption in our daily work with students but hope that you share our philosophy that we must avoid complacency and continue our ongoing practice of staying alert at all times.
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Using the PROFILE
To apply for any kind of aid at Gustavus—like scholarships, grants, loans, or student employment—families can complete a form called the CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE.
- Gustavus uses "the PROFILE" to determine your family's eligibility for aid.
- You're probably more familiar with the FAFSA-- the Free Application for Federal Student Aid-- which you complete once you've finished your 2015 taxes. We also accept the FAFSA.
- The PROFILE is a service of the College Board-- the same company that administers the SAT-- and costs $25. (This is one of the reasons we do not charge an application fee when you apply for admission.)
- The PROFILE can be completed without your current tax information, so we can give you a financial aid award much earlier than is typical.
- If, according to the PROFILE, you qualify for state or federal funds, you will still need to submit the FAFSA. If the information you report matches the PROFILE, your award won't change.
- In subsequent years, enrolled Gustavus students only need to submit the FAFSA.
- The PROFILE allows Gustavus to make earlier awards and identify those with the greatest financial need.
- Need-based financial aid awards are are sent every week beginning December 20. Once you've been admitted, you can expect your award about two weeks after you've submitted the PROFILE. (The exception is students who are finalists for our President's, fine arts, and forensics scholarships. These students will receive their award-- as long as the PROFILE is in-- within two weeks of Scholarship Day.)
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Bread Machine Recipe
1 cup and 1 tablespoon of water
1 egg
1/4 cup oil
3/4 cup honey
1/2 tablespoon salt
4 cups bread flour
1 heaping tablespoon yeast
1 slightly beaten egg yolk for glazing (Add words for glazing in ingredient list)
Frosting for Challah**
Put all ingredients in bread machine in order-listed above. Turn on dough cycle. When cycle is finished, remove and divide dough into two parts.
Grease 2 round 9-inch cake-layer pans with spray shortening.
Divide dough in half and the divide each half into 12 balls (1 ball for each of 12 Tribes of Israel).
*Place three balls in the middle of the pan; surround with 9 additional balls. Allow to rise for 1 hour. Glaze with the beaten egg yolks.
Bake in preheated 350-degree oven for about 20 minutes.
Yield: Makes two round pull-a-part challahs
Serve honey with challah during Rosh Hashanah and throughout the Jewish festival season.
* For easier shaping, grease hands before making balls.
**Frosting for Challah:
Mix 1 cup confectioners sugar with drops of orange juice until spreading consistency. With rubber spatula, gently spread on challahs shortly before serving.
Optional: garnish with raisins, dried cherries or pecans just after icing.


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Often some of the funniest, most interesting and quirky moments in sport go almost unnoticed, rarely featured in reports or blog posts.
So here are five ridiculous things you may not have already seen or heard about from the last few days.
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1. Jose Mourinho turns practical joker
The Chelsea manager is a genius at pulling off drama and intrigue. But comedy? Not so much. That's the conventional view at least - but this video snippet from Chelsea's mid-week friendly against Vitesse Arnhem suggests he's got a devilish practical joker streak in him.
Despite almost 30 seconds of web searching we've not been unable to identify the chap whose shiny bald pate made an irresistible target for Mourinho with his paper bomb - not that it really matters, of course.
But if you know better than World of Sport, please feel free to identify the human roundel in the comments box below.
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2. One to watch next season
Ever heard of Newcastle's Callum Roberts? Neither had we. But we definitely have now. The Magpies' academy player - born and bred in South Shields - was given a run-out in the pre-season friendly against Eintracht Frankfurt this week, and pulled off a goal that was nothing short of world class.
Let's hope he gets a proper run in the side in the Premier League this season - because if this is anything to go by, then Newcastle (and indeed England) could have a new star on its hands.
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3. Felix who? Baumgartner out-done by French skydivers
Ultimate free fall: Fearless skydivers jump 33,000 feet above Mont Blanc http://t.co/cmEQo3lN3L (Pic: Barcroft Media) pic.twitter.com/bqwGsDYzrQ — The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 31, 2014
Felix Baumgartner isn't having a good week. First news emerges from Germany that he's in the soup for some low-flying stunt in his helicopter above Munich airport, and now some French guys have outshone his whole jumping-out-of-a-balloon-from-24-miles-up stunt with their staggeringly beautiful photography of a 33,000ft skydive from above Mont Blanc.
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The New York Giants' loss of legendary coach Mike Pope is the Dallas Cowboys' gain.
But the players on Pope's new NFL team might be wishing he'd stayed in the Big Apple after the 71-year-old showed off his new training technique: chucking buckets of ice water on his shirtless charges as they try to concentrate on catching the ball.
"If they can't play with distractions, they can't play!" screams Pope. Crikey. Thanks for that.
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5. Suarez trolled by makers of FIFA 15
FIFA 15 is so realistic.. pic.twitter.com/OsogE7j2yX
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The new season's EA Sports football game hasn't even been released yet, but there are already stories flooding the web that you can bite opponents if you play as Luis Suarez.
Internet spoof or genuine in-game feature? Only time will tell.
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By William Blum
March 09, 2010 -- I really did not know that I could still be so surprised, even shocked, by corruption in the Congress of the United States. I thought my coating of cynicism was already more than thick enough to be impervious to any new revelations. I was wrong. Consider the following.
Seven members of the House of Representatives steered hundreds of millions of dollars in largely no-bid contracts to clients of a lobbying firm, PMA Group. In fiscal year 2008 alone, the seven lawmakers sponsored $112 million worth of "earmarks" (construction and other projects paid for by the government) for PMA clients while accepting more than $350,000 in contributions from the firm's clients and lobbyists.
Such behavior should be investigated by the House ethics committee, should it not? And it was. The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct issued a report stating unanimously that the Congressmembers had not violated any rules or laws. "Simply because a member sponsors an earmark for an entity that also happens to be a campaign contributor does not, on these two facts alone, support a claim that a member's actions are being influenced by campaign contributions."
Ethics watchdogs issued sharp denunciations, citing portions of the report that showed that the private companies themselves thought that their donations helped them win earmarks.
One of the seven Congressmembers investigated was Peter J. Visclosky (D-Ind.) The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), a government agency not composed of members of Congress, which conducts preliminary reviews, found probable cause that Visclosky sought contributions in exchange for steering federal contracts to contributors. The OCE was in possession of e-mails suggesting that Visclosky's fundraisers were specifically targeted toward PMA's clients who were seeking earmarks. Even though the OCE recommended that the more powerful House ethics committee subpoena Visclosky and his staff to answer questions under oath about his earmarking practice, the members of the House committee chose not to subpoena Visclosky or any of the pertinent records.
Wait, it gets better — The FBI actually raided the PMA offices as part of an investigation into whether the company had directed illegal campaign contributions to lawmakers who helped clients obtain earmarks, and in 2009 a federal grand jury issued subpoenas to Visclosky, one of his former aides, and his political committees.2 But nothing — apparently nothing — could move the members of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the United States House of Representatives to condemn their comrades.
This is the kind of Congressional corruption that drives so many Americans - on the right and on the left — to think of forming a new party. At times, the thought hits me as well. But two factors interfere. One, the overwhelming role played by money in American electoral campaigns can trump the best of intentions. Wealthy elites have no need for any other party. The Democrats and Republicans serve their needs just fine, thank you.
And two, ideology. Gathering together a lot of people who are turned off by Congressional venality and amorality sounds good until the ideological shit hits the fan. There will undoubtedly be a wide range of ideological leanings in any such group because people who are serious about third parties like to be "non-sectarian" or "non-exclusionary", but this typically leads to serious friction, disputes and splits. Even if you specify something like "the United States should get out of Afghanistan as soon as possible", that can still take various conflicting forms; people's politics are complicated, not to mention confused. To those who like to tell themselves and others that they don't have any particular ideology I say this: If you have thoughts about why the world is the way it is, why society is the way it is, why people are the way they are, what a better way would look like, and if your thoughts are at all organized, that's your ideology, even if it's not wholly conscious as such. Better to organize those thoughts as best you can, become very conscious of them, and consciously avoid getting involved with a political party that is incompatible. It's like a bad marriage.
Things are indeed polarizing in America. There's The Tea Party on the right and The Coffee Party on the left. On the face of it, The Tea Party scarcely makes any sense. A seemingly burgeoning new movement semi-hysterically marching and screaming that their beloved free enterprise is threatened by the "socialist" Barack Obama. (What next, that he's a committed "Marxist" or "communist"? They've probably already said that; if you're going to be dumb you may as well go all the way and be retarded.)
A group of more mainstream conservatives gathered February 17 at a Virginia estate once owned by George Washington and called for a return to the principles of Washington's time to fight the political battles that lie ahead. They produced a declaration, "The Mount Vernon Statement: Constitutional Conservatism: A Statement for the 21st Century". It is a short statement, a mere 546 words, yet the idea of "limited government" or "self-government" is referred to seven times. These people, no less than the Teapartyers, are obsessed with the idea that government intrusion into society of virtually any kind is harmful, or at least much inferior to what could be derived from "free enterprise, the individual entrepreneur, and economic reforms grounded in market solutions", as they put it. This is standard and familiar conservative doctrine to be sure, but now feeding and powering a whole new generation of right-wing activists.
To counter the arguments of these activists, progressives need to present their own doctrine about the role and value of government in people's lives, a concise summary of which I just happen to have prepared in my essay: "The US invades, bombs and kills for it ... but do Americans really believe in free enterprise?" It was written several years ago, as the examples I use make clear, but this matters not for the ideological principles have not changed. The essay concludes: "Activists have to remind the American people of what they've already learned but seem to have forgotten: that they don't want more government, or less government; they don't want big government, or small government; they want government on their side." 3
Paraguay, Honduras and Barack Obama
During his campaign for the presidency of Paraguay, former bishop Fernando Lugo promised to bring health care to the millions unable to afford it. A month after Lugo took office in August 2008, the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare (MSPBS) gradually began to make some public health services free, waiving fees for office, outpatient and emergency room visits. Later, hospital admission fees were eliminated, along with charges for intensive care, post-op incision care, treatment in an infant incubator, oxygen therapy, surgery and other services. In 2009, fees were removed for diagnostic tests in all specialties, and for dental and ophthalmological services. Almost all public health services in Paraguay are now free of charge. "What we are doing is making health care a right, regardless of a person's ability to pay," said the director general of the MSPBS.
After 61 years of rule by the right-wing Colorado Party, the Paraguayan left needs to institute various reforms to make sure that free health care is sustainable in the long term.4
So what would it take for free health care to reach the shores of the world's only superpower? Well, a president who believed in it and who had some backbone. But every passing day brings us fresh evidence that the man has no backbone. The Republicans, or certain Democrats, or a powerful lobby, or Israel applies a little pressure and the man buckles. Like a shack in Haiti during a quake.
As to his beliefs ... In May of last year I wrote in this report: "The problem, I'm increasingly afraid, is that the man doesn't really believe strongly in anything, certainly not in controversial areas. He learned a long time ago how to take positions that avoid controversy, how to express opinions without clearly and firmly taking sides, how to talk eloquently without actually saying anything, how to leave his listeners' heads filled with stirring clichés, platitudes, and slogans. And it worked. Oh how it worked! What could happen now, as President of the United States, to induce him to change his style?"
How long before Fernando Lugo lets slip some critical remarks about the behemoth to the north that tosses Paraguay into the ODE (Officially Designated Enemy) dumpster along with Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, et al.? Undoubtedly, there are any number of old-time right-wing military officers in Paraguay who are just itching to duplicate what happened in Honduras. I can hear them now — "We don't need no stinkin' socialist government with its stinkin' communist free health care" — and just waiting for someone at the Pentagon to casually nod his head. And if that happens, the Obama administration will embrace the Paraguayan caudillos just as they've done with the Honduran golpistas, the latest show of support being the announcement by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of the resumption of aid and her urging Latin American countries to recognize the new Honduran government, despite its serious and daily violations of human rights. 5
1. Washington Post, February 26, 2010 ↩
2. Washington Post, February 27, 2010 ↩
3. http://killinghope.org/superogue/system.htm ↩
4. Inter Press Service, January 6, 2010 ↩
5. Associated Press, March 5, 2010 ↩
William Blum is the author of:
* Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War 2
* Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
* West-Bloc Dissident: A Cold War Memoir
* Freeing the World to Death: Essays on the American Empire
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I got to see this video because some of my friends were sharing it on twitter, and I was moved by it, enough to do a post about it.
Discrimination needs to end.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" Edmund Burke 1770
I think the quote should read "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing" it is 2010 after all
What I loved about this video is that more people stood up against discrimination than those who approved it, but then again… more people stood there and did nothing.
Of course discrimination happens in all cultures and societies, if it happens in yours, please stand up against it, as I hope to stand up against any discrimination that I encounter.
Last but not least, a married couple with children who had been separated by a court ruling, are finally back together. That was discrimination due to "purity of bloodlines" which is one of the most ignorant things that any person can believe in.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW)-- In 3 weeks, the Richmond County school board will make its final decision on which schools to close and which ones to merge.
Hundreds have voiced their concern over the plan to close Collins Elementary and merge 6 other schools. Monday and Tuesday, parents, retired teachers, and anyone with concerns have one last chance to try to sway board members and have their voices heard.
Monday's meeting was a long way from a packed house, though. Many complained the meeting times, starting at noon, were designed to keep the meeting size small and working parents away.
Tyrone Butler, a former student at Collins Elementary, said, "I know a lot of voices were not heard because they could not be here."
Butler was one of the few people who made it to the meeting to share his opinions, but despite his heartfelt remarks, he believes the board will take the consulting firms' advice to close Collins Elementary, merge National Hills and Garret Elementary, combine Butler High and Sego Middle, and merge Josey High with Murphy Middle. It's a decision Butler says should be made by community members rather than outside consultants.
"They came in they did a job and they left. But our board members are the ones that should feel what we're saying because they live here," he said.
But, unless someone presents a revolutionary idea the board hasn't considered, the plan will not change.
"We pretty much see going forward with the recommendation to the board with the existing scenarios," Dr. Frank Roberson, Superintendent of Richmond County Schools, said.
But, barring a miracle, that will not happen, and Collins Elementary will likely close this June.
There is one last meeting Tuesday. They will be discussing Collins at 12 p.m., National Hill at 1:30 p.m., Murphey Middle School and Josey High School at 3 p.m. and Sego Middle School and Butler High School at 4:30 p.m.
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The Evidence of the Secretary
- Next up for interrogation is MacQueen, Ratchett's secretary.
- Let's review the interesting points:
- MacQueen is surprised when Poirot tells him that Ratchett was really Cassetti.
- MacQueen reveals that his father was the District Attorney on the Armstrong case.
- After dinner, MacQueen talked to the English lady and then hung out with Colonel Arbuthnot in his compartment, where they talked about "world politics and the Government of India and our own troubles with the financial situation and the Wall Street crisis" (2.2.30).
- They talked until around 2 a.m.
- Arbuthnot and MacQueen did get out of the train at one point on the Vincovi stop, but it was super cold outside, so they got back on board.
- They left the train by the dining car, which was barred, but did not bar it on the way back in. Oops.
- He says he saw the conductor pass once in the hallway after the Vincovi stop.
- MacQueen also saw a woman in scarlet headed toward the toilet. She didn't go back that way, though.
- He does not smoke a pipe.
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Instead, successful news organizations – even the nonprofit ones - have to act like digital businesses, making revenue experimentation, entrepreneurship and community engagement important pieces of the mix. Understanding how to create social and economic value and how to adapt and innovate are just as important as good content.
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The Voice of San Diego, for example, regularly analyzes data on the more than 6,500 subscribers to its Morning Report – a daily email with article excerpts and links to full content - to gain a deeper understanding of its audience. Earlier this year, the site launched a major community event - Politifest 2011, which included a mayoral debate and an "idea tournament" much like American Idol to surface the best ideas among residents for making their region better. (See VOSD's profile)
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