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Podcast: A beatblog as a place to experiment
Alex Parker, formerly of the Lawrence Journal-World, is back with a new beatblog, this time covering public health news in Chicago.
In today's podcast, Parker shares past lessons from his first beatblogging adventure and his vision for his new beatblog, Chicago Health Matters, at the new media start-up Chi-Town Daily News.
Parker said that one of the things he didn't do well in the past on his previous beatblog, Schoolhouse Talk, was identifying and specifically engaging his audience.
"While we posed questions, hoping for interaction, sometimes it happened and sometimes it didn't," he said. "I think the most comments we ever had were on a post about an event called Meet at the Pole, where students meet at a flagpole to pray. There wasn't much constructive dialogue."
Engaging the audience will be a big part of Parker's new beatblogging efforts. His blog is separate from Chi-Town Daily News, trying to build its own presence. The main site will get more typical news stories, while the beatblog will be more about building a community, starting discussions and filling in additional, often more minute details.
Parker wants his blog to be a backstory for stories that are published on Chi-Town Daily News and also be a place to post additional details, links and documents that might not make it into stories on the main site.
"I hope to write pieces that will give our audience new information about topics I cover," Parker said. "Background, documents, the anatomy of a story: the things that make a story, but aren't always included in them. I feel like we have a lot of latitude in what we can do. It's a new experiment, and I hope people will enjoy what we post."
Experimenting is also a big part of what Parker plans on doing on his beatblog. He is already producing news for the main site, so his beatblog doesn't have to be relied on to break news. Rather he can use the beatblog to experiment with new forms of journalism, new ways of communicating with users and as a proving ground for new ideas that might eventually make their way onto Chi-Town Daily News.
"I kind see it as a partner with our main Web site and a place where we can experiment and play around with the Internet," he said. "Even though we're an online publication, there is a lot out there we haven't taken advantage and this is the first step towards that."
Chi-Town Daily News, for its part, is a non-profit journalism start-up that receives a third of its current funding from the Knight Foundation. It employees four full-time reporters, has seven full-time employees, four freelancers and an army of unpaid contributors. But it hopes to fill a niche by covering stories that the major news organizations in Chicago neglect or miss — specially public affairs stories.
"To cover issues that aren't being covered very well or at all by other media outlets in Chicago," Parker said of the mission of Chi-Town Daily News. "So that gives us an opportunity to fill a niche that other people aren't covering and to really sell ourselves as the only people covering these important beats."
As a non-profit, Chi-Town Daily News can't afford to spend a lot of money experimenting. But experimenting doesn't have to be expensive. Parker's new beatblog is hosted for free by Blogger, and other fantastic blogging options like WordPress.com have free options as well.
Parker is also using Twitter to help build a community around his beat, and most of the people that he has friended on Twitter are people or organizations involved in health in Chicago. He quickly turned to Twitter to help build a network of knowledgeable sources, because that's one of the things that Twitter excels with. Don't expect the @Chicago_Health Twitter feed to just be links or some other boring, poor use of the medium.
"This isn't going to just be a Twitter feed of whatever comes out of our blog, because that's boring and that's not how the Internet works, that's not how online news works," he said.
Eventually Parker would like to make the blog into more of a community blog, by allowing community members and decision makers to guest blog.
"I think that will create a real sense of community ownership," he said. "This blog isn't about me or the Daily News. It's about the important issues facing Chicagoans.
Some additional topics discussed:
- How will he decide which content makes sense on each platform?
- How will he decide which stories go where?
- Will he be using other social media around his beat?
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The European Commission's winter economic forecasts paint a now-familiar picture of achingly slow recovery coupled with a lack of pricing power.
The good news is that GDP growth calls for both the euro zone and European Union have been revised up for 2014. The bad news is that it's only by 0.1 percentage points per year. The Commission is now looking for growth of 1.5% in the EU this year, and 1.2% in the single currency bloc, accelerating to 2% and 1.8%, respectively in 2015.
Turning to inflation, modest growth rather than any outright deflation remains the theme, with a rate of 1.2% seen for the EU as a whole and 1% for the euro zone this year, with both rising by only a quarter of a percentage point in 2015.
Raising shades of the European Central Bank, the Commission sees only a 'marginal probability' of price shocks large enough to initiate EU-wide deflation.
While noting a more balanced growth profile than has been seen in recent years, and welcome returns to better growth in formerly- struggling states, it does seem to help to be Anglo Saxon.
The Commission notes that, while a strengthening of economic activity has been observed in most member states, so far growth was primarily supported by developments in the U.K. and Germany, also in line with their respective weights in the EU aggregate.
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Second in the two event series on December 3rd has gone down in history for the Miracle League of Arkansas. It wasn't enough that we had pro baseball players in town from both the American and National Leagues, this year the game was stepped when Grant took the stage and sat in with the local dance band "Tragikly White". Grant has been a Miracle League player since our first season in fall of 2006. You know how it goes - you arrive at your ball games during the season and check out how everyone's week has gone. While sitting in the dugout in a conversation with Grant one Friday night we discovered he played the drums. One thing led to another which led to Grant bringing down the house at the annual fundraiser "Double Header". Pro players Cliff Lee, Dustin Moseley, Tommy Hunter, Scott Carroll, Dallas Keuchel, Drew Smyly, Lucas Harrell and Slade Heathcott listen in awe just as spectators of a great baseball game do when they take the field. Grant shared with everyone some amazing talent.
The evening didn't stop there. We also learned that Alex is quite the artist. Her medium is acrylic on canvas which might seem a little unlikely. Alex is an 11 year old girl with Cerebral Palsy who loves to go fast around the Miracle League bases in her toxic green wheelchair. She also loves to paint, dance, sing in the church choir and hang out with her friends.
Easter Seals Artistic Realization Technologies Program (A.R.T.) offers artists the opportunity to create original paintings. The process was developed by Tim Lefens, a New Jersey artist, so children and adults with disabilities could express their artistic abilities. Artists, such as Alex, work with a "tracker" via a laser or point system. The "trackers" are volunteers who become the hands and arms of the artist by taking directives from them to create the beautiful art.
These multi-talented players in our league proved once again why we say, Miracle League ... it's more than baseball!


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Berlin wants Conway bypass back in state highway plan to address economic bottleneck
Gorham Selectman Paul Robitaille said it is frustrating for local officials that the bypass continues to be stalled. He said the traffic congestion in Conway is a deterrent to economic development in the Androscoggin Valley.
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Fourteen people competed in the fourth annual Mountain State Forest Festival Strongman Competition.
The winners of each division were deemed "The Strongest Man in the Forest."
Nine people competed in the heavyweight division.?The winners were: Joshua Sill, first place; Rob?Wolfe, second place; and AJ Freda, third place.
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THUMBS?UP — Phil Pfister, 2006 World's Strongest Man, and Anna Crum, crown bearer in the minor court, give a thumb's up during the Mountain?State Forest Festival's Strongman?Competition.
Joshua Sill, first-place winner in the heavyweight division, lifts several children as part of the competition.
Jim Compton, 2008 Strongest Man in the Forest winner, presses a log during an exhibition event at the Strongman Competition. (CU?and The Inter-Mountain/Grant Jones) © The Inter-Mountain, all rights reserved.
Five people participated in the lightweight division. The winners were: Mark Harless, first place; PJ Spaur, second place; and Ryen Blevins, third place.
There were six different events including the truck pull and Atlas Stones.
There was also a log press exhibition featuring 2008 Strongest Man in the Forest winner Jim Compton.
Phil Pfister, 2006 World's Strongest Man from Charleston, attended and helped with the announcing of the events as well as taking time to sign autographs and pose for pictures.
"Because of Phil's presence, the great events, the great weather and the advertising of the 'Free to be Me' weekend, we had our largest turnout in the history of this event," according to Assistant Director K. Todd Riggleman.


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This is a discussion on Bug#484656: Fw: gnome, kde, xfce use non-policy main menu - Debian ; Hello *, while reading the forwarded messages in the BTS, I am supporting Bill to continue maintaining "menu" since the "desktop" is hit by to many limitations. I have an Add-On to "menu" called "tdfvwm-menu" which is currently not updated ...
Hello *,
while reading the forwarded messages in the BTS, I am supporting Bill
to continue maintaining "menu" since the "desktop" is hit by to many
I have an Add-On to "menu" called "tdfvwm-menu" which is currently not
updated since I have some problems here in France...
However, I will continue updating my package AFTER release of Lenny...
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> To: firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com
> Subject: Re: gnome, kde, xfce use non-policy main menu
> On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 01:08:40PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > > Therefore, I still feel that, despite it being a big mess, the
> > > current situation is the best:
> > > * the default menu contains only what is needed, and we are
> > > still hunting down entries that are useless to make them not show up
> > > by default;
> > > * users wanting the Debian menu and its gazillions of entries
> > > including window managers, terminal emulators and shell
> > > interpreters can enable it easily in the menu editor;
> > > * those really wanting only the Debian menu can replace
> > > gnome-applications.menu by debian-menu.menu.
> > >
> > > If you want this to change, you need to seriously think about
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> > > and the Debian menu maintainer to implement them
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> > Actually, no, if you want this to change, you have only to do nothing.
> >
> > People (many of them MOTUs from Ubuntu in my experience) are filing
> > lots of requestes for random packages to have .desktop files added to
> > them, so they appear in the gnome menu. The criteria seems to be "a
> > program that $RANDOM_USER would like to have on the menu and files a
> > bug about || that $RANDOM_UPSTREAM ships a desktop file for, for
> > whatever reason".
> >
> > So, after sufficient time, the gnome menu will contain a random
> > assortment of the menu items that also appear in the debian menu. Not
> > a well-chosen and consistent assortment, but the kind of random
> > assortment that you get when you ignore policy and go off on your own
> > way.
> I agree with you, but I am only the 'Debian menu maintainer' and I do
> not have time or interest to maintain the .desktop files in Debian.
> Instead people (not you) ask me transparently to stop maintaining menu
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MADISON, Wis. Police are investigating a bomb threat that forced them to evacuate the Wisconsin state Capitol.
State Department of Administration spokeswoman Carla Vigue says 911 operators received the threat, and that the evacuation began around 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Vigue says Capitol police officers searched the building in Madison for a suspicious man with a bag but found nothing. She says the investigation continues.
Vigue says workers were allowed back into the Capitol about 90 minutes after the evacuation began, but that full public access will not resume until Wednesday.
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I get the most unusual emails and posts from Facebook at times, this is in response to an actually Facebook request in dealing with a nasty poltergeist. As you can see by my answer, I won't have to worry about ghost hunters wanting to hire me anytime soon.
How to deal with the problem of unwelcome and troublesome poltergeists
1) search the house for any Occult items such as Ouija boards, remove and burn them.
2) look for and remove and burn any music by Justin bieber. These entities have been around longer than man, and have endured many a musical fad, but even they have their limits.
A few seconds of, "baby, baby,baby", is enough to make me go on a rampage, let one a poltergeist.
Or one can just move out and go live somewhere else.
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Every other ethnic group goes, no thanks we will go somewhere else
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Lions and tigers and bears, you say? Would elephants, penguins and cheetahs work just as well? I thought as much. Getting up close and personal with just about any wild animal makes my heart beat (and sing) faster — I adore them all. I recently got to make some closer wildlife connections via the Dallas Zoo's enormously fun Backstage Safari. In the program, small groups of visitors (10 people maximum) get an intimate tour of some zoo areas, and they get to feed animals and learn enthralling tidbits from the zookeepers, who are the animals' closest human friends.
We started with a visit to the elephant area, where 36-year-old Congo and 34-year-old Kamba ambled up to peer at us through a maze of faux tree trunks. We held out pieces of fruit via sharp sticks (across a no-access-zone, for safety's sake), and the girls nimbly plucked them off with their trunk "fingers."
We learned how to quickly tell the difference between African and Asian elephants: The African mammals have bigger ears, which they use to modulate their temperature in Africa's torrid heat. Their ear skin is fairly thin, with lots of blood vessels, so by flapping their flaps, as it were, the ellies (yes, I just made up that word) can bring their temps down by as much as 10 degrees. Asian ellies, which live in shady jungles, don't need that defense. African elephants also have two "fingers" on their trunks, to help them grab vegetation off trees, whereas Asians have just one "finger," since they're mostly grabbing vegetation that's already dropped to the ground.
We also found out a heart-rending fact: Nearly 100 elephants are killed every day by poachers for their ivory tusks, which are prized in some countries, especially China and the U.S. (we're the
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On a happier note, we all howled with laughter when Congo opened her mouth wide to show us her molars, scrunching her face into a darling little moue that, just for second, made her look like a kid in front of a huge bowl of ice cream.
Then it was on to check out and feed the penguins, and have a little bonding time by holding Opus, a female African black-
footed penguin who'll be 26 in December. (You're looking much younger, girlfriend.)
Next up, the Camp Okapi area, where we were greeted by Krueger, a Eurasian eagle owl with extremely big golden eyes. He examined us keenly, as if looking for a stray mouse (a.k.a. snack) poking out of a pocket. Then came Chispa, whose name I originally thought was Cheesepuff, a tamandua anteater. She eagerly lapped droplets of honey from our palms, earning a good-
natured grimace from Ben Jordan of Carrollton, who had purchased safari tickets as an anniversary gift for his wife, Nicole.
"I just don't like being licked," Ben said, holding out his hand for Chispa but looking off in the other direction as if he couldn't bear to watch. "We really came for the elephants," Nicole said, showing off an elephant tattoo on her wrist.
Then came a real treat: the appearance (on a leash!) of Winspear, a young cheetah with a fierce stance and even fiercer-looking teeth. Niiiiiiice kitty. We all got our picture taken with him, standing behind him and to the side (most of us clutching a tree, as if the tree could save us). We also met Amani, a black Labrador retriever who's Winspear's best buddy; they grew up and live together.
So pay attention, those who say peace is an unattainable goal: In the best of all zoo worlds, dogs and cats get along just fine.
Continues through Nov. 29 (and will resume in February) on Saturdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Dallas Zoo, 650 S. R.L. Thornton Freeway, Dallas. For ages 6 and older only. $99 for ages 16 and up, $79 for kids 6-15, in addition to regular zoo admission ($15, $12 for ages 3-11 and 65 and up). All Backstage Safari proceeds benefit the zoo's conservation efforts. Reservations required. 469-554-7500. dallaszoo.com.
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SAN MATEO -- Mayor David Lim on Tuesday strongly urged the San Mateo Union High School District to improve its communication with families who don't speak English proficiently, echoing the findings of a federal inquiry.
District leaders announced late Monday that an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Civil Rights found no evidence that the district discriminated against Chinese-American students when assigning them to schools.
But investigators did find that the district's admissions office failed to provide sufficient interpretation and translation services during the enrollment process to families who speak limited English, a problem that the district has already taken steps to address.
"I appreciate the district remedying the situation even while the investigation was ongoing," said Lim, adding, "I think it's unfortunate that it took a federal civil rights complaint for the parents to get those services to which they are entitled."
The Department of Education has yet to publicly release its findings, but a copy of the report obtained by this newspaper shows the Office for Civil Rights concluded that, before the investigation, the district "was not fully complying" with federal Title VI requirements as far as providing interpretation and translation services to parents with limited English ability. The district is now in compliance.
The investigation cleared the district of the widely reported allegations that it had discriminated against some Chinese students who were denied enrollment at their neighborhood schools due to questions about where they resided. The inquiry found they were treated the same as other students in the same situation.
But the district could have done more, investigators found, to guide such students and their families through its enrollment policies governing situations in which students' residencies cannot be easily documented -- for instance, when their parents aren't on the lease of the home where they live.
Kirk Black, the district's associate superintendent, said San Mateo Union's language-assistance programs have always been strong and are now stronger. He said the district is gratified to have been absolved of the charges that spurred the investigation -- that it improperly shifted students to low-performing schools in a possible scheme to boost test scores.
"There was no discrimination found," Black said. "There was no discrimination that occurred."
Contact Aaron Kinney at 650-348-4357. Follow him at Twitter.com/kinneytimes.


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Wylie Family Dentistry is an organization focused on providing outstanding dental care and education for our patients in Wylie and surrounding areas. We recognize that sound judgment and integrity on our part are prerequisites for developing a long-term relationship with anyone with whom we choose to build a relationship. Therefore, we will not mislead others through omission or distortion of the truth as we believe it to be.
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Ecological Systems as Complex Systems: Challenges for an Emerging Science
AbstractComplex systems science has contributed to our understanding of ecology in important areas such as food webs, patch dynamics and population fluctuations. This has been achieved through the use of simple measures that can capture the difference between order and disorder and simple models with local interactions that can generate surprising behaviour at larger scales. However, close examination reveals that commonly applied definitions of complexity fail to accommodate some key features of ecological systems, a fact that will limit the contribution of complex systems science to ecology. We highlight these features of ecological complexity—such as diversity, cross-scale interactions, memory and environmental variability—that continue to challenge classical complex systems science. Further advances in these areas will be necessary before complex systems science can be widely applied to understand the dynamics of ecological systems.
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Hello, I am Becky Carlberg, gardening enthusiast from Southeast Oklahoma. I have degrees in Biology from Eastern Oklahoma State College and Oklahoma State University. Teaching, research work, and competing in art shows then followed. I earned my Master�s Degree in Plant Pathology from OSU and continued graduate work on a Doctorate of Botany at the University of Oklahoma.
With my family, we twice had an opportunity to live in Europe. We were in England for five years and then later in Germany for seven years. It was an excellent education for our sons. I returned to gardening, writing and art, became a Master Gardener, as well as an Oklahoma certified Master Naturalist. I am the gardener in charge of the Shawnee Japanese Peace Garden, a member of the Deep Fork Audubon Society, and now call my five acre Backyard Wildlife Habitat and Oklahoma Wildscape outside Shawnee home.
My name is Linda Workman Smith. The first step of my gardening journey began in the hills northwest of Van Buren, Arkansas, where my parents�both from farming families�raised seven children.
This is not to say that I�ve always had a love for gardening although over the years I�ve managed to keep my hands in the dirt. In 2000, my husband�s employment brought us to Shawnee where we settled on two acres west of town. Being unemployed for the first time in many years�and planning to stay that way�I started gardening on a small scale.
I have been a member of the Multi-County Master Gardener Association for several years and thoroughly enjoy being in the organization. I now have many flower beds and I�ve expanded my gardens to include lots of vegetable varieties, several fruit trees, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and grapes. Every year I try to plant something different. I don�t grow a lot of any one thing, but a little bit of lots of things!
September 24th 2013 Blog
Becky Emerson Carlberg
This past week I was in hot Hot Springs, Arkansas. Despite the fact the springs are about 147 degrees Fahrenheit, we were having a mini heat-dry-wave anyway. Each day the temps rose dangerously close to 100 degrees, and the night times refused to cool off. There were a few mornings that dropped all the way down to 82 or 83 degrees (I duly noted that while walking past the Baymont Hotel's electronic time and temperature) at 7:15 in the morning. The lake front houses on Lake Hamilton had their sprinklers running full tilt to keep the manicured green lawns, well, green.
Thus, activities were restricted to mornings or evenings. One afternoon was spent watching a movie in a cold air conditioned theater. Another afternoon was at the Buckstaff bath house experiencing a soak, scrub and massage. No air conditioning here, just steamy water and ceiling fans moving the humidity around. It actually was not that hot in the bath house proper. Ohhh, very invigorating.
But the best was my morning in the Magnolia Room at Garvan Woodland Gardens. First, it was air conditioned. Second, the Gardening 101 workshop was about "Wabi-Sabi and Beyond: Secrets to an Authentic Japanese Garden".
I was with many Arkansas Master Gardeners as we tried to understand the concepts behind the Japanese Garden. The speaker was Bob Byers, the landscape designer at Garvan Gardens. He has worked with Japanese gardens for years. His presentation was interesting, so just follow along.
Design Elements are concerned with form, texture, line and color in the Japanese garden.
Form: objects wider than tall (horizontal emphasis) are more relaxing. Tall structures are threats to humans. Think about this. We feel more uncomfortable in the presence of things much larger than ourselves.
Texture: compare the size of individual parts to the whole. The use of fine texture is important, such as having shrubs with fine leaves. Coarse leaves draw attention and comes at you. The fine texture creates a spiritual atmosphere.
Line: the eye follows the line up and down tree stems, as in a Bonsai tree, or wanders along a meandering grape vine.
Color: flowers do not make the impact in a Japanese garden. As with music, the notes lend grace, but the chords are the real music. Daylilies look great, but do not last long and have an 8% bloom impact. Cannas, on the other hand, provide both flowers and foliage and have a 75% bloom impact. Emphasize shrubs, foliage and trees. The flowers are decoration.
Design Concepts include contrast, rhythm and unity/simplicity.
Contrast: Lights and darks in the garden, such as a tree shaded path leading into a bright small open field is one idea. The use of balance and symmetry forms a well composed English garden. In Asian gardens, no symmetry is attempted. The collections of plants can be different as long as the basic pattern is followed.
Rhythm: Think of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Maintain the pattern with trees or shrubs blending together, such as road shaded by large oaks on both sides covered in Spanish moss, or a row of cedars in a particular spot.
Unity/Simplicity: This is the best way to get a big impact. Look at spaced –out large rocks and various pines on a hillside and appreciate its beauty.
The Western approach is to control all things and maintain order. The Palace of Versailles, the royal chateau in France, has a large garden that was built to impress enemies. Versailles itself became a center for political power in France by 1682, and underwent four building campaigns, the French Revolution, etc. It offered a place for people to gather, and to be observed. The Eastern example would be a hermit living in the woods, in harmony, contemplating nature and becoming one with nature.
The Wabi-Sabi philosophy:
Truth comes from observing nature. Nothing is static; all things change. Appreciate beauty in simple everyday things. Simpleness does not and is not pretentious.
Wabi-Sabi in Japanese gardens focus on simple (few materials used in the basic pattern), murky (edges of objects are obscured to give the impression of layers in front of layers, unpretentious (celebrates ordinary objects and trees), earthy (small color palette using rustic materials) and intimate/human scale (small gardens). Plants are pruned into low, elliptical shapes to create masses of low, rounded forms with a few specimen plants or boulders. Green predominates. It is restive. Fine texture is used in overlapping structure and creates depth.
Wabi-Sabi uses the principle of Geological Zones. Mountains are represented by craggy, jagged stones and lakes/rivers can be weathered, rounded stones. Water features, such as water coursing through the rocks, may be employed. The rocks should fit the settings.
Wabi-Sabi celebrates seasonality. Remember, time goes in an annual circle, and each year is a circle. Westerners tend to have a linear concept of time, not circular as is found in the East.
Wabi-Sabi adds mystery by using obscured elements and layers. These hide hidden secrets. The sight lines should curve and weave, with walls or trees placed to separate one scene from another in the garden. Respect natural landforms.
Wabi-Sabi nests rocks, shrubs or plants in triangular groupings. Consider the lines of force and the direction these triangles point toward and away from. Create the rhythm. Frame views of the garden. Byers said to think of a chorus. Many people are in the chorus, but one person is usually on center stage. Use the form, texture, line and color the same way. Employ three in the chorus, and put one on center stage. If everything is handled equally, Byers joked, you get a potato garden. He has built many potato gardens in his time!
Bob Byers ended his talk with this: "If all else fails, Break the Rules"! He quoted Dr. Slawson, his mentor and original landscape designer for Garvan Gardens. Dr. Slawson liked to say "Show what is spectacular about the ordinary, not the unusual."
Now, go out and look at your gardens. How can you create a sense of mystery, intrigue, interest and restfulness in your area? Are you a statue person, or are rocks your thing? Do you like mounds of chrysanthemums (very seasonal right now) for interest, or paths that amble through a section, or have an herb garden with various colors and shapes of foliage?
Adapt the Wabi-Sabi principles in your garden. Come up with a design or pattern appropriate for your situation, showcase your favorite tried and true plants, and throw in a standing stone or stone bench. Sit back and contemplate your navel, umbilicus, belly button…..just quietly enjoy your garden.


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Definition of allonge in English:
A slip of paper attached to the end of a document to give room for further endorsements.
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- The endorsements are given either on the bill itself or an allonge, are expressed by the words bon pour aval or their equivalent, and signed.
- I'm starting to wonder if we might have a serious fraud problem going on with blank endorsements and allonges.
- Frankly, no one should ever be using an allonge if there is room for an endorsement on the original note.
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What a beautiful town, after 4 hours driving from Delray Beach South to get the Southestmost tip of the Florida Keys. Been there for one week working for a new client Last Key Realty Inc, they needed to cover a large listing of properties. It's like to be in Caribbean with a taste of USA Culture, an island in the Straits of Florida and only 90 miles from Cuba, what a great week spent there and wanted to share with you some of my favorite images.
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Election: 15th Congressional District
Rep. Pete Stark, D-Fremont, is being challenged in his bid for a 21st congressional term by fellow Democrat Eric Swalwell. Stark on Friday posted the first in a series of web videos called "Answering the Tough Questions."
What's the claim?
This first video's topic is, "Why do you have a reputation for having a sharp tongue?" His answer is that he gets emotionally involved in the things he cares about, that not everyone likes his sense of humor and that he gets irritated when people stand in the way of opportunities for young people and seniors. Stark says he'll fight back when provoked.
Is it true?
Almost certainly. But the video raises as many "tough questions" as it answers. It wasn't Stark's "sharp tongue" that had local voters and national pundits looking with a jaundiced eye upon the octogenarian Stark in the spring and summer. It was his series of unfounded accusations, later retracted, that Swalwell had accepted bribes as a Dublin councilman; that conservative San Francisco columnist Debra Saunders had contributed to Swalwell's campaign; and so on. The video also raises the question of why, if Stark is answering "tough questions," he has refused to debate Swalwell again since the June primary.
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Definition of syllable in English:
1A unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; e.g., there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.
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- The vowels of the stressed syllables in such words as father and fodder are generally identical.
- Students in the low-level group were not reading words but were learning letter names and sounds, and how to blend consonant and vowel sounds to make syllables.
- After blending consonants and vowels, syllables are blended into words and words are used in meaningful sentences.
1.1A character or characters representing a syllable.
Example sentences
- As its signs represent native syllables (such as sa and ke), TRANSLITERATION almost invariably produces phonetic change.
- The Su Tongpo poetry of the Kusoshi is printed in clear, blockish characters, while the waka verses appear in a mixture of cursive characters and kana syllables.
- Buddhist temple coins here in Japan are inscribed with kana syllables, not kanji ideograms.
1.2 [usually with negative] The least amount of speech or writing; the least mention of something: I'd never have breathed a syllable if he'd kept quiet
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- Perhaps it's just that the jurors are taking their mission very seriously and are reviewing every syllable of every bit of the testimony several times over.
- A skilled Dakota farmer (like a Murphy poem) therefore wastes no syllable, no bit of dirt.
- And afterwards Gordon Brown came out and gave a little speech - in which he said not one syllable about the campaign.
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Pronounce (a word or phrase) clearly, syllable by syllable.
syllabled adjective
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- He couldn't say any more then a one syllabled word at the moment.
- And yet the entire purpose of the exercise would remain lost in the half-baked intellectual stringing together of ten syllabled words.
- Scientists who jabbered on needlessly using five syllabled words had always gotten on his nerves.
Late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French sillabe, via Latin from Greek sullabē, from sun- 'together' + lambanein 'take'.
Syllable comes via Old French and Latin from Greek sullabē, from sun- 'together' and lambanein 'take'. A syllable is basically a group of sounds 'taken together' and uttered with a single effort.
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How tobacco might have helped save two Americans with Ebola
ZMapp, a compound created by San Diego's Mapp Biopharmaceutical, was used in an effort to stabilize two Americans with Ebola in Africa. It's not clear that the treatment, a cocktail of plant-generated antibodies, can be credited with the patients' recovery. Still, the news appeared to be an important step in a decades-long fight against the deadly disease in Africa. What follows is the story of how ZMapp was developed in San Diego with the help of mice and tobacco plants, and how it works.
Developing the drug
Mice are infected with fragments of the Ebola virus.
The mice are then tested to see if their immune cells produce antibodies that fight against Ebola.
Once antibodies are detected through testing, the immune cells are removed and cloned.
The antibodies from the cloned cells are then tested on animals, such as mice and monkeys, to see if they are effective at combating the Ebola virus.
Next, genes inside cloned immune cells are "humanized" — the process of swapping out mouse portions with human — so that the cells will work in a human's immune system.
The new "humanized" genes with Ebola-fighting antibodies are inserted into a virus that naturally infects tobacco plants. The virus is then given to tobacco plants so that the antibodies can be grown in the plants and eventually extracted for drug manufacturing.
Plants are a good medium for producing antibodies because they can be produced relatively fast and since they are not animals, the chances of transferring other viruses to humans is minimal. Tobacco plants in particular have proven to be very adaptable to this type of genetic engineering.
How Ebola virus attacks cells ...
... and how ZMapp may stop it.
Sources: World Health Organization; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Mayo Clinic


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'Mole' to the rescue! Alert dog saves trapped hiker on California mountain
A dog led his owner to a man who had been trapped on a mountain for days.
A California man was trapped between rocks for four to six days on a mountain before he was rescued by another hiker and his alert rescue dog.
"Riverside resident Ramon Llamas was climbing Mt. Rubidoux on Monday morning when his dog, Mole, started acting up.
"'He likes to go look in the rocks and he kind of pulled me over, pulling and crying and I said, 'What's going on boy?' Llamas told KABC in Los Angeles."
"Llamas feared there might be a wild animal lurking about, but the mystery turned out to be a 44-year-old man named Paul trapped in the rocks. Even though he was trapped close to the main trail, Paul did not have a cell phone on him and was unable to dig out of his trap."
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A quiet leader who let her play do the talking, Blurton was a key part of Sikeston High School's softball, basketball and soccer teams.
Coincidence or not, the basketball and soccer teams set new records this season in wins with major contributions from Blurton.
On the basketball court, Blurton was one of the top players in the area last year. Leading Sikeston to a record-breaking 18 wins, Blurton averaged 17.3 points, four rebounds and three steals per game for the Lady Bulldogs.
Blurton was named to the first team of both the All-Conference and All-
Region teams this season. Blurton, who has signed to play basketball and softball for Three Rivers Community College next season, received high praise from Lady Raiders head coach Jack Childress who stated that he felt Blurton was the best high school basketball player he had seen all year.
On the soccer pitch, Blurton helped Sikeston win a team-record 10 matches in the spring. Blurton led the Lady Bulldogs with 13 goals and was a second team All-Region selection.
Blurton's year began rather ominously as she recovered from a shoulder injury and only played in five softball games for Sikeston.
Blurton was 6-for-18 batting including two doubles and a triple for the Lady Bulldogs. Blurton also stole three bases in limited action.
Sikeston was not the same softball team without Blurton, who in her junior year was a first team All-District selection. If her junior stats are any indication, one understands the fall off.
In 21 games played in Blurton's junior year, she batted .476, led the team with 31 hits and 14 RBIs, had five doubles, 15 walks, scored 22 runs and stole six bases. Blurton also went 5-1 on the mound for Sikeston.
Defensively, Blurton played an outstanding shortstop and committed only three errors on the season. Blurton had 41 assists and 26 putouts from shortstop.
"I never thought that one player could make that big of a difference on a softball team," said Sikeston softball head coach Tiffany King on only having Blurton for only five games. "We were definitely a different team without her. Alli is an excellent athlete but I believe her hustle, attitude and determination are what separates her from other female athletes."
King went on to describe a conversation she had with Childress when Blurton signed with Three Rivers.
"I was speaking with coach Jack (Childress)," said King, "and he said how he heard that Alli was a great basketball player, but that she might be an even better softball player. Then he went on to state that another person told him that at soccer she is even more amazing. It just goes to show you how special an athlete Blurton is. She just amazes at how she can really dominate three sports if healthy. Alli is just an incredible all-around athlete."
Choosing between the sport of her choice is a tough decision for Blurton.
"I would say my favorite sport is softball," said Blurton, "but it is funny because I believe that I am best at basketball. I don't know what it is about basketball, but I seem to have more passion for the game. It might be because I have played basketball the longest, I don't know. I can't leave out soccer because I really loved our last season. I am not the greatest at soccer but I really enjoyed my time with my teammates and coaches."
Quickness is the key to Blurton's game no matter the field of play. It was a thing of beauty to watch Blurton receive a pass on the basketball court and go coast-to-coast, zig-zagging through defenders for a lay-up or to see her stretch a single into double on the softball field.
On the soccer field, Blurton was a blur at her forward position. If the ball was anywhere near Blurton and it was a foot race with a defender, there was not any doubt who would control the ball. Blurton's quickness was at a different level in high school.
"Alli was just an amazing athlete," said Sikeston head soccer coach Derrick Long. "However, her greatest asset was her positive attitude. Alli is a coach's dream. She is the kind of player that listens to instruction and puts it to work. You don't have to explain things to her over and over. Just a joy to coach, never complained.
"I don't think she had ever played soccer in her first year on the team. But she had the quickness and the desire to improve. You have got to love that about a player. I know soccer is not her main sport but she gave it all out on the field. I can't say it enough, she is just an amazing athlete."
Always a team player, Blurton is going to miss her teammates and her coaches at Sikeston.
"My teammates were much more than that," said Blurton, "they were my best friends. I enjoyed our time together and I am proud of the way we played. We didn't win any championships or anything, but we gave it our best. The coaches just made the sports that much enjoyable. I learned a lot from coach King, Johnson and Long. I just like to thank them all for helping me earn a college scholarship. I really appreciate all their help."


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Block Fortress
By Foursaken Media
Open iTunes to buy and download apps.
Build your fortress, and defend it to the end!
Block Fortress gives you the freedom to create a stronghold in almost any way you can imagine, and then puts you in the middle of the action trying to defend it from the relentless attacks of the menacing Goblocks! Put your skills as both a builder and a fighter to the test as you try to survive as long as you can!
• a unique mix of TD and FPS gameplay
• complete freedom to build your base any way you choose, from towering fortresses, to sprawling castles
• customize your blocks, weapons, and equipment using a massive crafting system
• team up with your friends in 2-4 player cooperative multiplayer
• fortify your walls with over 30 different building blocks
• defend your base with 16 advanced turret types
• gear up your avatar with tons of weapons and equipment including rocket launchers, miniguns, shrink rays, jet packs, and more
• lots of support blocks - including power generators, depth charges, land mines, spotlights, teleporters, and more
• day and night cycle - build lights and spotlights to prepare yourself for the harsh night!
• several game modes, including a "free build" sandbox mode and a more intense survival mode
• 6 different types of terrain to conquer
• upload and share your creations, and download others
• up to 4 player cooperative multiplayer
• up to 4 player competitive arena battles
What's New in Version 1.5.1
Sorry about the bugs in the previous update everyone! In this version:
• Added a new lift line block - a motorized zip line that propels your character upwards
• Fixed a bug that wouldn't allow you to build bases in arena mode
• Fixed a bug with scaling costs of mining blocks in survival mode
• Minor bug fixes and stability improvements
Customer Reviews
Suggestions !
I have some suggestions for this game that should be tweaked.
First of all, the machine gun and its low range needs a slight 1-2 block boost.
Second, I haven't been getting as much of a cash payout as usual lately, enemies drop much less cash for me.
Third, the future bot is incredible, but upon upgrading its AoE to max, it's explosions damage me.
Fourth, some new bots, please, and maybe a new bot that could be a human who you equip their items.
Fifth, customisable bots. Ok, what if we could find items in survival, with a small chance after every wave, which would be for a certain bot. So I could get a blue laser diode for the starter bot (changing laser to blue :P) which could also do a different stats , like a chance to stun, but -10% damage.
Sixth, fix the sniper rifle so we don't have to be scoped the whole time it's equipped, it gets very annoying.
Finally, some weapon suggestions.
Light Grenade-Launcher : Holds one grenade, with moderate damage and blast radius.
Heavy Grenade-Launcher : Holds 6 grenades, with heavy damage but a small blast radius.
Arc Beam : Fire electricity, that will bounce and hit multiple enemies.
Flame-Thrower : Obvious reasons.
Incinerator : Like the goblocks, but blue.
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I love this game!! It's one of my favorites, however I have found a huge problem with the motion sensor. It never works. I have yet to get it to work. Also, I think you need to work on the item descriptions, maybe even add a "how it works" button.
And one more thing. There needs to be a better way to obtain minerals in survival. Normally by the 10th wave I have mined all of it and can only build limited defenses, which can not fight off the waves past 20. Maybe you can have enemies drop minerals or have the minerals grow back, but only if there is mineral left, so if you mine all of it no more grows back.
Haha, I remembered another thing, Why do the mines and drills go up on cost it's very annoying. At least lower the cost increase.
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This game has simple mechanics and is quick to learn. This game is great for passing time too. The thing is, the motion sensor barely works it only really works when something attacks it. I thought of a really cool idea to add, add multiplayer and I know what your all thinking. (This is a single player survival wave game) but, I have an idea, have someone control the waves and have a certain fund to use to summon troops in certain spots and can move them to a certain area. I think this sounds really cool but it would probably be a lot gigabytes :3 Thanks for reading this and I hope you include this in your next update
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A group of community leaders, known as the Committee of 99, honored local law enforcement tonight for their duty to justice. Both the Tallahassee Police Department and the Leon County Sheriff's Office were on hand at the Silver Slipper tonight. The committee has been recognizing their officers and deputies since 1982.
John Hunt, Sr an original Committee 99 Member, "This is a fine organization that has stuck together like glue over 20 years and we hope it will continue."
The banquet included several awards including the Distinguished Career Service Award given to Major Haywood Walker and the Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award given to Officer Jason Larson.


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Limerick are unchanged for All-Ireland semi-final clash with Clare
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Limerick have named an unchanged side for their All-Ireland hurling championship semi-final with Clare at Croke Park on Sunday (3.30pm).
Manager John Allen has kept faith with the same starting fifteen that overcame Cork in the Munster final as his side attempt to win the right to take on the Rebels in the All-Ireland final.
Full-forward Kevin Downes had been an injury worry for Allen but he has recovered from foot injury.
He must, however, settle for a place on the bench.
Limerick have not had a competitive game since their Munster final victory over Cork four weeks ago, nevertheless Allen is confident his side will hit the ground running against Clare.
"I see the quality of training and quality of off the field training - the gym work and their attention to hydrating properly and eating properly. And all of those things add up.
"The preparation has to be done. You cannot just turn up. You cannot just turn it on, on the day," he insisted.
However despite all their preparation, Allen is wary of the threat that Clare will offer and claims that there's little to pick between the two sides.
"We beat them in the Championship last year. They beat us in the league. The players know each other well. A refereeing decision, a rub of the green going for you or against you, could decide this game, but there certainly won't be much in it," he said.
Limerick: Nickie Quaid, Stephen Walsh, Richie McCarthy, Tom Condon, Paudie O'Brien, Wayne McNamara, Gavin O'Mahony, Paul Browne, Dónal O'Grady (c), David Breen, James Ryan, Seamus Hickey, Graham Mulcahy, Declan Hannon, Seanie Tobin
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Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men Freedom and Confinement Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph) Though Steinbeck did not originally include chapter numbers with the text, most editions are broken into six sections, based on day and time of day: Thursday evening = Chapter 1; Friday day = Chapter 2; Friday evening = Chapter 3; Saturday night = Chapter 4; Sunday afternoon = Chapter 5; Sunday evening = Chapter 6.
Quote #1
"George—why ain't we goin' on to the ranch and get some supper? They got supper at the ranch."
George rolled on his side. "No reason at all for you. I like it here. Tomorra we're gonna go to work. I seen thrashin' machines on the way down. That means we'll be bucking grain bags, bustin' a gut. Tonight I'm gonna lay right here and look up. I like it." (1.60-61)
Lying around in a field looking up at the stars with your best friend by your side sounds like a pretty good definition of freedom to us.
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"I wish I could put you in a cage with about a million mice an' let you have fun." His anger left him suddenly. He looked across the fire at Lennie's anguished face, and then he looked ashamedly at the flames. (1.89)
Confess: this is a wee bit creepy, because George is essentially saying that he'd like to lock Lennie up. But, with a million mice to pet, would Lennie really experience it as confinement? Or would it be the best type of freedom—the freedom to do exactly what he wants all day?
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When the sound of the footsteps had died away, George turned on Lennie. "So you wasn't gonna say a word. You was gonna leave your big flapper shut and leave me do the talkin'. Damn near lost us the job."
Lennie stared helplessly at his hands. "I forgot, George."
"Yea, you forgot. You always forget, an' I got to talk you out of it." He sat down heavily on the bunk. "Now he's got his eye on us. Now we got to be careful and not make no slips. You keep your big flapper shut after this." He fell morosely silent. (2.56-59)
Loose lips sink ships… and just might get Lennie (if not George) thrown in jail, or worse—might lose them the opportunity to work the job that will help them buy their little bit of freedom.


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This year's FF Joseph Maffeo Casino Night will be held on Friday, October 12, 2012 at Nicotra's Ballroom in Staten Island.
In the past, proceeds from Casino Night have helped Staten Island University Hospital to build the Elizabeth A. Connelly Emergency & Trauma Center, the Regina M. McGinn, MD Education Center, and, most recently, a new Pediatric Unit. Money raised this year will go toward the further development of Women & Children's Services at SIUH.
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To The Editor: In Saturday's paper, Stephen Blacks column was titled "Bush should stay the course in Iran." Shouldn't it have been Iraq? I did notice that it was titled correctly on the Web page. I think a better stab at editing is in line for the newspaper.
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Another day another rant. After performing in London and Paris, Kanye West made his way to Amsterdam for a show at the Heineken Music Hall. After performing 'Clique', he went on a rant and gave his thoughts on brands and creativity.
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The Lethal Weapon series and the rest of the buddy-cop genre receives the parody treatment in this low-brow comedy. Emilio Estevez stars as Jack Colt, the Mel Gibson-like loose cannon, while Samuel L. Jackson assumes the Danny Glover role as Wes Luger, his exasperated partner. Together, Colt and Luger investigate the murder of Luger's former partner (Whoopi Goldberg) and discover a criminal conspiracy led by the nefarious General Mortars (William Shatner). Hoping to mimic the success of the Naked Gun films, director Gene Quintano (of Police Academy 4 fame) loaded the film with broad visual gags, deadpan slapstick, and gratuitous parodies of The Silence of the Lambs, Basic Instinct, and other movies. The attempt to mimic successful parodies proved ineffective, however, as critics and viewers alike found the parody stale and the juvenile humor dreary. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
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Dartmouth professor eyes U.S. evangelicals fostering violence toward homosexuals in Africa
Jeff Sharlet, a journalist and professor at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, has been following the political interests of the US Evangelicals for some time. He says the group, which is known for being theologically conservative, also has strong links to the secret organization "The Fellowship." This Christian political group, which includes members of the US political elite, is active domestically and overseas.
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The Thunder's 2012-13 schedule is out and the defending Western Conference champs open the season Nov. 1 in San Antonio (on TNT). The home opener is Nov. 2 against the Blazers.
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The Thunder play on Christmas for a third straight year taking on the Heat in Miami.
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The 35-year-old Peru international, who joined Bayern in 2012 for a second spell after three years at Werder Bremen, scored 10 league goals in 17 matches last season, utilised mostly as a late substitute.
Pizarro, the Bundesliga's all-time foreign top scorer with 176 goals in 370 matches, emerged as an invaluable option for coach Pep Guardiola after leading striker Mario Mandzukic fell out of favour towards the end of the season.
"Claudio proved again this season how dangerous he is in front of goal and how important he is for the team," Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said in a statement.
"We are happy to be able to continue counting on his abilities."
Pizarro played at Bayern from 2001-2007 before returning to Bremen in 2009, for whom he played in 1999-2001, after an unsuccessful two-season spell at Chelsea.
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The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, 68, reportedly is suffering from cancer.
According to Detroit TV station WJBK FOX 2, a relative of the singer disclosed that Franklin is suffering from the disease. Another relative reportedly said the family is very concerned for the music legend.
A report from the Detroit News claimed that Franklin has pancreatic cancer, according to a source familiar with the situation.
A rep for the singer was not immediately available for comment. Franklin last week had what was described as a successful surgery for an undisclosed ailment.
"The surgery was highly successful," the music icon said in a statement to Access Hollywood at the time. "God is still in control. I had superb doctors and nurses whom were blessed by all the prayers of the city and the country. God bless you all for your prayers!"
Last month, the multi-Grammy-winning music legend announced that she was canceling all concert dates and personal appearances through May.
Franklin underwent serious surgery last week and is "recovering very well," her longtime friend, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, said Wednesday.
Jackson said in an interview with The Associated Press that he's visited with the legendary singer four or five times recently, including a few days ago, and that Franklin's "spirits are high, and her faith is strong."
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Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has enough votes to get the state's Executive Clemency Board to pardon Doors singer Jim Morrison for a 1969 indecent exposure conviction.
Wow, that's great. Getting that off your record has to be a big relief. Jim Morrison must be so happy.
Wait what? He's what?
Oh, well then maybe Morrison won't care either way, since he's dead and all. Nevertheless, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink said Wednesday she'll vote for the pardon, giving Crist the second of two other board members he needs for approval. Agriculture Secretary Charles Bronson already had said he would support it. Attorney General Bill McCollum hasn't said how he'll vote. The board is scheduled to vote today.
It'll probably be filled with a lot of booze
MTV says it plans to put "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi inside a ball that drops at New York's Times Square to ring in 2011 as part of its "MTV New Year's Bash" special.
As far as good ideas go, this has to rank right up there with "Ishtar" and invading Russia during the winter.
Comedian Whitney Cummings will host the special, set to air from 11 p.m. to midnight Dec. 31.


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Congratulations to the Sikeston High School Class of 2004. Their accomplishments are to be commended. The conduct and composure demonstrated by the Class of 2004 during the recent graduation ceremonies exemplifies the qualities that will prove a positive impact on our community.
On behalf of relatives and guests of graduates, I applaud the Sikeston High School administration for their efforts to conduct a controlled ceremony, ensuring each graduate received the dignity and respect they deserved. Graduates were allowed to focus on the moment at hand and preserve their last high school experience, without the disturbance and distractions of previous commencements.
The cooperative effort by students, relatives, guests and administration to recapture the pomp and circumstance, provides to enrich the tradition of our school system and reflects positively on our community. To all involved, "Well done."
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Vicci Martinez back for Methow show
TWISP — "It seems like everybody I've met on the east side, they're just so real," sweet-voiced Tacoma native Vicci Martinez told us in 2006. At that time, Martinez was well on her way to drumming up a loyal following in NCW, and her big showing on NBC's "The Voice" was still five years away. Launching her touring career at age 20, Martinez worked clubs, coffeehouses and outdoor festivals to get her music out, and in 2003 scored highly on "Star Search." Her Republic Records album "Vicci" in 2012 featured guest vocals by "The Voice" judge Cee-Lo Green. Her latest single is "Otra Canción." She comes back to welcoming eastside ground with a Twisp River Pub show at 8:30 p.m. June 5. Tickets are $20 in advance, available at brownpapertickets.com. Chelan's own Olivia de la Cruz opens the show.


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It was 1980 when Evonne Goolagong Cawley won the Wimbledon Championship as a mother, but since then no other mom has been able to repeat her feat—until Sunday. Margaret Court and Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers are the only other mothers to achieve a victory at a Grand Slam.
It was fitting, hence, that the Belgian lady followed the feat to become the next woman to achieve a Grand Slam after her instant comeback, at a time when women's tennis is struggling with consistency.
Goolagong Cawley and Kim Clijsters had always been overshadowed by the more celebrated champions—the former under Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert, and the young Belgian under her compatriot, Justine Henin.
After enjoying aspects of life away from tennis, Clijsters returned at Wimbledon in an exhibition match against Steffi Graf and looked extremely match fit.
She improved herself in the pre-U.S. Open series with big upsets and received a wild card for the Open, where she continued her fairy tale run by dispatching one player after other, including the two most dominant players of the era—the Williams Sisters.
It was fitting, therefore, to see her lift the trophy under the bright lights of the Arthur Ashe Stadium in the presence of her daughter, to complete her impressive comeback story with the 7-5, 6-3 victory, stories which rarely end in such a romantic fashion.
Her opponent in the final was an impressive teenager, ninth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, who has had the most successful season of her life and, in winning 62 matches, is leading the WTA in the number of victories for the calendar year.
After an unusual finish the semifinals, the outcome of the final was unpredictable. Would Clijsters be mentally tired after her victory over two top seeds and her long match against Serena Williams or would she use her experience to absorb the pressure of a big match?
Wozniacki is new to the big stage but would be extremely confident and fresh after her relatively smoother run to the Open.
Their styles of play were matched, as both are extremely solid defensive players, turning to offense when necessary, which promised to give us a dramatic final.
The match started with both players trading baseline rallies and Kim having the upper hand as she made the Dane run all over the court.
Perhaps it was her confidence boosted by returning the best server of the WTA tour a day before that she broke early to gain the upper hand.
Wozniacki showed supreme composure for a teenager as she kept on chasing ball after balls, showing good defense—especially on the backhand side.
Clijsters pushed the Dane back with clever use of her moonballs, as she quickly raced up to a 40-0 lead in the third game.
This is when the famous breakdown of Clijsters happened. She started throwing error after error—especially on the forehand wing—and gave the game to Wozniacki, who then began to dominate the proceedings.
Wozniacki played cleverly, as she robbed Clijsters of any pace—which she had utilized so effectively against Serena—and made the mom do a little extra on her groundies, which eventually resulted in errors.
Wozniacki's temperament needs another mention, as she never let the big stage affect her. At no point of time did she looked tense, and she never looked frustrated or confused during the match.
It was evident when she saved three break points—one of them with an athletic overhead—to consolidate her break by leading 4-2 and looking poised to take the first set.
Clijsters slowed herself down, regained her momentum, and played patiently—not being fizzled by Wozniacki's defense—to gain her break back and eventually serve out the set at 7-5.
A nice solid fist pump toward her camp showed that she was back in the game, determined to win the match, and that she was not choking, as she has done earlier on countless occasions.
The second set was much cleaner from both players, as the ground strokes became better, errors were fewer and players approached the net more often.
They held serve comfortably for the first four games, after which Clijsters played an aggressive return game to earn a break—the last of the match—to pump herself up.
Each player held serve—albeit with a lot of difficulty—as the tension built up at Arthur Ashe when Clijsters finally served at 5-3. She did not err this time and closed out the match with a dominant overhead at the net to complete her remarkable comeback.
It can be jokingly said that she successfully defended her crown of 2005, as she did not play between 2006 and 2008.
Wozniacki was cheerful and showed good sportsmanship spirit as she cheerfully acknowledged the deserving champion. She was all smiles during the presentation—unbelievable for a 19-year-old—and looked satisfied with her run, looking forward to her future endeavors.
The charming Dane even thrilled the crowd by presenting her runner-up speech in three different languages—much to the excitement of the crowd and the disdain of Mary Jo Fernandez.
Her calm composure, strong temperament, clean ground strokes, and superlative defense has shown promise for further success.
She would like to improve more on her net play and returns of serve—especially on her forehand side—and she will be ready for a victory speech as well.
The moment, however, belongs to Kim Clijsters, which can be termed as "Return of the Queen."
Truth is stranger than fiction.


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32nd and Lowell zoning appeal update
February 6, 2014 by admin
The highly charged case surrounding the grassroots movement, "No High Rises in West Highlands" that pitted property owner Thomas Wootten against ten West Highland's neighbors who live in close proximity to the project ended on September 18, 2013. At that time, District Court Judge Robert L. McGahey, Jr. ruled in favor of the Denver City Council and the 32nd and Lowell landowner upholding the zoning laws that would allow a five story building to be erected at the old site of the Redeemer Temple on 32nd and Lowell Boulevard.
Since then the pro-bono attorney's who handled the plaintiff's case, Laurie Rust, of Gordon Reese and Ryan Coward, of Elkus, Sisson & Rosenstein have continued to represent the neighbors in their fight. According to Coward, "We did appeal the trial court's ruling. We are now in the midst of negotiating a compromise between the parties. We hope that this will result in a favorable resolution compared to the result at trial." He adds, "The negotiation process isn't finished. Until things are finalized the details and the overall outcome can change."
One of the details that is being argued is the reimbursement of total costs awarded nearing $37,000 that were incurred during the three-day bench trial in Denver District Court that ended on August 23. The City Council and Wootten are seeking reimbursement from the plaintiffs for charges as varied as expert witnesses to copying costs.
North Denver Tribune readers, community websites like Nextdoor West Colfax and coffee house chatter are all asking the same questions, "What is going on with the 'No High Rises in West Highland development?" The entire appeal process has been handled very quietly and with surprising discretion given the high profile case. The details of the appeal and the potential negotiated settlement are vague at the moment, but are likely to come into sharper focus in the coming weeks.
According to Assistant City Attorney, Kerry Buckey, "There is a settlement that is almost complete. The last step is for the court to dismiss the appellate court action. The guts of the agreement really have almost nothing to do with the City so I am going to back out of making any comments at all on it." He reflected, "I certainly hope that the result is a redevelopment of the area, and I also hope that the redevelopment is one that serves the property owner as well as the residents of the area. I really feel that is a goal that can be accomplished."by


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Rockets center Dwight Howard sat out Friday's practice to have a follow-up examination on his left ankle after leaving Thursday's game a few minutes ahead of schedule with soreness. Howard had fluid and a cyst removed from the ankle last week. No determination was made about whether Howard will play against the Clippers until he tests the ankle in Saturday's shootaround.
Howard said after Thursday's game that he did not want to miss any time after missing three games last week, but that being 100 percent for the playoffs is his top priority.
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For the last year we have been giving people the opportunity to partner with us on real estate deals. We provide the training, the done-for-you-services, such as: finding a list of hot prospects in your area, sending out the marketing for you, taking the seller calls when they respond to the marketing, helping you to negotiate with the seller, helping you get the paperwork done, getting you the money to get the deals closed, and helping you occupy the property with tenant-buyers. You get to own the property and make huge profits!If you would like to find out more details about partnering with Richard Roop on deals, click here.
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Definition of quebrada in English:
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A mountain stream or ravine in South America.
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