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Local municipalities say they want to repair the structurally deficient bridges they own, but the price is steep and funds are low. Even if townships can do the repairs, other road projects will suffer, township officials said.
From Lycoming County's smaller, locally owned bridge inspection in 2012, 14 bridges stood out as the worst of the worst:
Williamsport: Southview Avenue over East Branch Grafius Run, imminent failure
Cascade Township: Pleasant Stream Road over Potash Hollow Run, in serious condition
Clinton Township: East Blind Road over Black Hole Creek, imminent failure
Fairfield Township: Fairfield Church Road over Bennetts Run Tributary, serious condition
Franklin Township: Sulky Road over tributary to Laurel Run, serious condition; Sulky Road over tributary to Laurel Run, critical condition; Smith Road over tributary to German Run, serious condition
Jordan Township: South Temple Road over Little Indian Run, serious condition
Lewis Township: Upper Powys Road over Daughertys Run, serious condition
Lycoming Township: Horn Road over Little Gap Run, serious condition
Penn Township: Logue Hill Road over Beaver Run, critical condition; Temple Road over Jakes Run, serious condition
Pine Township: Airport Road over tributary to Hughes Run, serious condition; English Run Road over Shingle Mill Branch, serious condition.
Williamsport City Engineer John Grado said its 9-foot structurally deficient bridge was closed to vehicular traffic after the county's inspection last year. He said there isn't funding to improve or replace it, so chances of it getting fixed in the near future are slim. Drivers use Market Street to go around the closed bridge, he said. Meanwhile, the city is addressing other bridge needs on Reach Road and Trenton Avenue, he said.
Clinton Township is taking action by putting its bridge project out to bid, said roadmaster Lanny Wertz. They closed the bridge to traffic over a year ago, he said. The cost to replace the 10.3-foot bridge is projected between $200,000 and $300,000. That will come out of Act 13 funds, the township's general and capital funds, Wertz said. Because of the cost, the township had to put all other roadwork on the back burner.
"We'd like to keep up with our roads, but we can only do one or the other when we have a big project like a bridge," Wertz said.
There is a weight limit posted at 10 tons, he said.
Fairfield Township Supervisor Chairman Grant Hetler said the bridge in his township that failed inspection could hardly be classified as a bridge: it's an 8.1-foot bridge with two metal pipes with pavement between, he said. Hetler said the pipes were replaced five years ago. There are some erosion problems at the bridge, and they will fix it, Hetler said. A weight limit is posted at 10 tons, he said.
The price also is steep: about $300,000. Hetler blames that "absurd" price on prevailing wage. "We could fix that bridge ourselves for a fourth of that cost," he said.
Dale Stackhause, Jordan Township roadmaster supervisor, said his township's 16 1/2-foot bridge is a small, one-lane bridge that goes to a hunting cabin, and still is open. Stackhause said he hasn't seen the paperwork for the bridge's deficiencies.
"There's no plan of action because there's no money," Stackhause said. All the township can afford to do is post warning signs and weight limit signs, he said, as it remains open.
Larry Deremer, roadmaster for Lycoming Township, said the township's 14 1/2-foot deficient bridge is a problem, but supervisors don't know what to do at this point. The I-beams, which support the bridge, are rusting away and they'll have to replace the beams, Deremer said. The bridge is open, but is restricted to car weight.
Again, the issue is money. Deremer couldn't reference at the time what the project would cost, but noted the tax base isn't as strong since the township has a lot of "open country," and the township hasn't raised taxes in "a while."
Since other areas are more heavily trafficked, this bridge will have to wait until next year, he said.
Some progress has been made. Since Lycoming County's decision to inspect bridges under 20 feet in 2010, of the 103 structurally deficient, locally owned bridges, nine have been replaced or repaired, said Mark Murawski, county transportation planner.
A federal transportation bill passed last year "squeezes" the state, directing funding to major highways that carry most of the traffic, Murawski said. It's up to the states, counties and local municipalities to increase funding investments, he said.
"If Pennsylvania says no (to increase funding for transportation), the roads are going to fall apart in short order," Murawski said.
Calls to officials at Cascade, Franklin, Lewis, Penn and Pine townships were not returned by press time.


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Construction on a new $8.9 million building for the Lowcountry Graduate Center is on track to finish this month just in time to open its doors for fall classes in August.
The 50,000-square-foot building, located on Paramount Drive in North Charleston near Interstate 526 and Dorchester Road, will be completed by mid-July, said Chris Duncan, marketing coordinator for the center. Crews will then begin installation of classroom technology and other equipment ahead of the center's targeted move-in date the second week of August, Duncan said. The first classes will be held in the new building on Aug. 19.
The center, which opened in 2001, is a collaboration between the College of Charleston, the Medical University of South Carolina and The Citadel. It helps connect working adults with advanced education opportunities. The center is currently located in an office complex on International Boulevard, near Charleston International Airport. Boeing Co. has purchased the complex and the center must move by the end of August.
The new building will double the center's space and include several new features such as a tutor center, study rooms, a cafeteria, a private lactation room for working moms and a large conference room that can hold up to 150 people.
Timing of the move and new building is perfect for the center, said Director Nancy Muller said. The center has experienced a 32 percent increase in enrollment in the last two years and has maxed out its classroom space for evening weekday classes, Muller said. More than 1,200 students enrolled with the center for the 2013-2014 school year.
"It allows us to enroll more students and offer more programs," Muller said.
The center is in discussions to offer graduate and doctoral programs in education and healthcare services through South Carolina State University, Muller said. The Citadel and the Medical University of South Carolina are also working with the center to develop several new graduate certificate programs. The University of South Carolina is launching a new graduate degree program in engineering management at the center in the fall.
"We are a facilitator that brings together teachers and resources in higher education," Muller said.
Reach Amanda Kerr at 937-5546 or at Twitter.com/PCAmandaKerr.
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Ed and Sandy Hodas
Ed and Sandy Hodas celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary with their son Timothy, daughter, Julie, and grandson, Matthew Tolhurst. Ed married the former Sandy Majczyk on Aug. 23, 1969, at St. Patrick Church in Erie. The couple will be vacationing at Old Colonial in Williamsburg, Va.


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As if this past weekend's D.O.A. debut of their movie "Gigli" wasn't enough, newspapers around the globe are now speculating about whether Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's offscreen romance is on the rocks.
The alleged evidence? Affleck's visit to a Vancouver strip club on July 17 (just hours after their intimate "Dateline NBC" interview aired) followed by conflicting reports over whether Lopez has taken off the $1 million 25-carat, diamond-and-platinum engagement ring Affleck gave her.
Britain's Sky News is going so far as to report that Lopez, 34, is telling friends that the relationship has finished. Meanwhile, Tuesday's New York Post said that last weekend, the bride-to-be -- purportedly upset about Affleck's antics in the Northwest Canadian city (his visit appears on the front page of this week's National Enquirer) -- flew to L.A. and went dancing with friends.
The engagement ring was not on her finger, says the paper.
Affleck, 33, meanwhile reportedly remained in Vancouver, wrapping his movie, "Paycheck."
Lopez's spokesperson tells USA Today that J.Lo was aware in advance that Ben was heading to a strip club and that it was fine with her. The rep also said the couple's wedding (whose date has never been revealed, despite the best efforts of "Dateline" to find out) is still on.
Affleck's spokesperson also dismissed any suggestion that the two are unhappy.
The National Enquirer called on Affleck to take a lie-detector test this week after splashing him on their cover. The tabloid reported that strippers at a club named Brandi's entertained Affleck, and he eventually engaged in sexual activity with one, the tabloid says. He then reportedly ran into Tara Reid, Christian Slater and his wife, Ryan Haddon, at the club, and the party moved on to Slater's house, the Enquirer claimed.
Speaking to USA Today, Reid labeled the Enquirer story "garbage."
The New York Post also quoted one of the alleged strippers as saying that Affleck, who's been through rehab, was "drinking water" and never touched any of the strippers.
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>> Suppose I had something like a Rubidium oscillator that makes
>> a nice PPS signal, but it's not synchronized to a second boundary.
>> Is there any way to take advantage of that?[/color]
> If I've understood past news correctly, you can connect it as a
> PPS source and, once you have an idea of its offset, tinker/fudge
> it so it does appear synchronised to the second boundary.
> The bad news is that my recollection of said past news is also that
> this didn't quite work then. I think the offset correction was
> applied at the wrong point, so it still appeared off-beat. But
> perhaps that got fixed in the meantime.
> Groetjes,
> Maarten Wiltink
It's ok if you let ntp manage the pps but if you use the kernel pps (at least in FreeBSD) ntp
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Four cars on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway went off the tracks about 9 a.m. Monday.
Two tankers, each holding 30,000 gallons of denatured alcohol, were on their sides leaking fluids just south of the 34th Avenue overpass near Anderson Merchandisers. Five gallons spilled on the ground, according to the Amarillo Fire Department that responded as part of a hazardous material alarm.
Officials for BNSF could not be reached for comment Monday.
AFD Capt. Bob Johnson said the fire department only responds to assess the situation, but does not handle cleanup. Johnson said it is the responsibility of the company.
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NAIC (Arecibo) and NRAO (Green Bank) are organizing the seventh NAIC-NRAO school on single-dish radio astronomy. This will be held during 10-17 July 2013 at the Arecibo observatory in Puerto Rico. The objective of the school is to provide graduate students, post-docs, and experts in other fields of astronomy with both knowledge and practical experience of the techniques and applications of single-dish radio astronomy.
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Growing A Flower in a Pot (Tutorial)
15 comments:
- Sue said...
A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E! Love it!
- February 27, 2011 at 6:38 AM
- Terri said...
What a darling idea...love these, thanks for sharing!
- February 27, 2011 at 6:46 AM
- lisa k said...
What a fantastic idea!! It really makes me long for spring!
- February 27, 2011 at 6:51 AM
- Anne said...
What a spring-rific idea! Love it!
Love the coloring too.
- February 27, 2011 at 7:44 AM
- Jackie said...
Very creative!
When you attach pieces together (leaf and petals)do they automatically "bond" while baking? Or do you pinch them together before baking?
- February 27, 2011 at 10:17 AM
- Amy said...
super duper cute!
- February 27, 2011 at 10:45 AM
- RosieP said...
These are wonderful!
- February 27, 2011 at 12:02 PM
- Pam said...
Thanks everyone. :)
Jackie.....you need to squish them together as best you can without mis-shaping them.....especially the smaller pieces. Generally they will "grow" together when they bake, but if they are not pushed together fairly well, they will easily break apart.
- February 27, 2011 at 12:32 PM
- Kimmie R said...
Oh Pam...you have given me just what I need! I was trying to think of what to do for favors for our Mother/Daughter Banquet at church...and you solved my problem. Love love love them. Now I just need to find a cupcake cutter with a candle! Thank you so very much for all the help you have given me, thanks to you my cookie decorating have really improved! God Bless YOU!
- February 27, 2011 at 3:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
How cleaver you are ! Simply amazing and adorable cookies. Love them ... Lorna
- February 27, 2011 at 5:07 PM
- SweetSugarBelle said...
Very creative tuto! ♥
- February 27, 2011 at 11:28 PM
- Julie said...
super cute! You are so creative - LOVE it!!
- February 28, 2011 at 9:24 AM
- Cristin (Pinkie) said...
How adorable is that! I love it Pam! Thanks so much for sharing. I think you should also send it to eCrandal and suggest that they make a cookie cutter out of your awesome design. It's such a fantastic shape! You're so creative to think of putting the shapes together and molding them to what you're envisioning! Great job and thanks for sharing!
- March 1, 2011 at 1:39 AM
- RosieP said...
These are wonderful!
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HOLLAND TOWNSHIP -- Spectrum Health has received approval from the Township Board for the rezoning of 2 acres of property at 644 E. Lakewood Blvd. from industrial to commercial for construction of a new 57,000-square-foot medical office.
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East West Central 02: Re-scaling the Environment. New Landscapes of Design, 1960–80
Following the international conference 'Re-humanizing Architecture: New Forms of Community, 1950-1970', to be held on 16/17 May 2014 at the ETH Zürich, this second symposium of the project "East West Central" seeks to trace the development of novel approaches and strategies for a systemic and comprehensive design of the built environment and for architectural and territorial planning since the 1960s. The expansion of architecture to consider the whole environment, the shift from objects to processes, and the turn to systems and networks of distribution of both resources as well as people went in hand not only with rapid modernization, technological and scientific progress, but also with a rise of utopian ideals and technocratic beliefs how these processes could be managed efficiently. Transdiciplinary encounters with new subjects such as cybernetics but also with established disciplines such as economic planning and sociology had a profound influence on architecture and urbanism.
We ask to what extent these innovations and shifts in both scale and method within the practices of architecture and urbanism were symptoms of convergence and/or outcomes of the competition between different economic and political systems. One of the chief objectives of the competing systems and economies of Western and Eastern Europe was the idea to provide a targeted output of available resources by interventions of the government or of other agencies. The conference will examine strategies behind the material, conceptual and design-oriented changes that have fundamentally transformed the European landscapes across the East-West dichotomy. It also seeks to trace exchanges and knowledge transfer between agents across the political divide through international professional networks such as the UIA and its meetings, for example the 1967 conference in Prague with the topic 'Architecture and the Human Milieu' or its 1972 meeting in Varna, Bulgaria on the subject of leisure.
We seek contributions that focus on discourses, accounts and images of urban, economic or cultural systems and hierarchies, which derived from new ideas of scale, efficiency and centrality and which were fostered by new means of traffic, programming and production in all parts of Europe. Papers should address transnational phenomena within architecture and planning that sought to give shape to the age of large-scale systems of supply and consumption, travel and leisure. We hope that contributions will consider the hopes that underpinned the implementation of new scales and systems as well as their often-conflicting actuality, due to the inertia of material and social realities. The organizers encourage comparative studies that reflect upon:
Please send an abstract of up to 300 words and a brief biography (max. 150 words) to:
Abstracts can be submitted until Friday, 25 April 2014. The selected participants will be informed by Monday, 26 May 2014. Full papers are due two weeks ahead of the symposium, on 14 November 2014.
A limited number of travel allowances might be available for successful applicants.
For further details and updates please visit: http://www.moravanszky.arch.ethz.ch/veranstaltungen/eastwestcentral-02
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Since the report of Farris and Smith3 in 1956, temporary tube gastrostomy has been more frequently used to replace the nasogastric tube when prolonged postoperative gastric suction is anticipated. The complications and discomfort caused by the nasogastric tube are well known.2-4 The benefits and complications of the gastrostomy have been adequately reviewed.8-11 As yet, however, there has been no report in which the postoperative morbidity and mortality accompanying each of these 2 methods of decompression has been compared. Such a study should provide objective evidence to support practical indications and contraindications for a temporary tube gastrostomy. In this study the postoperative complication and mortality rates have been compared in 2 groups of patients. In one group, gastrostomy was used, and in the other, nasogastric suction.
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1 hour ago, brian.shapiro wrote
At any rate, there's also a wider definition of stealing which has no moral context to it. Consider expressions like "I stole a glimpse", "I stole the gift into the house," etc. which just means to take surreptitiously.
I stole a glimpse seems much more apt of a description than 'stealing wifi'. If I can see into your house or hear a conversation you're having through an open window, how is that different than detecting a wifi signal?
This will only get further muddled when Wifi is available across larger areas if/when some of the TV bandwidth is given out for public use.
I think that blowdart's original point, however, was valid: If you are getting wifi from a router that isn't yours and they don't know you are on it, it's kinda hard to debug a connection issue.


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Failure of the embryonal vaginal process to close normally is the cause of indirect inguinal hernia. While ordinarily the processes are obliterated during the last month of fetal life, some may still be patent at birth, and even not completely closed at 3 to 6 months later.1,2,3 If the process has contents, it is actually an indirect inguinal hernia.
It is a generally accepted principle that such an actual inguinal hernia in an otherwise healthy infant or child is best treated by early surgical repair. In contrast, not much over a decade ago, operation was deferred if feasible, even up to the age of 4 years. Better operating facilities, better anesthesia practices, and better postoperative care have been the main factors responsible for this change. The adoption, by most surgeons experienced in child surgery, of a most simple operation has also accentuated the trend toward early repair and away
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Mito Events Around the U.S. – Ohio
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This coming Saturday, May 10th, is the 8th Annual Run Wild for a Cure in Cleveland, Ohio. They will have a 5K event and a 1 mile walk with entertainment, refreshments, a raffle and plenty of fun! The cost ranges from $15 to $25 per person, depending on age, and includes an event tshirt, admission to both the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Rainforest for the WHOLE day, and all the extras after the event! All proceeds will benefit the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation. You can go HERE for more information and to sign up!
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If you've visited Minsmere recently, or are a regular reader of my blogs, you'll know that major changes are in the pipeline. We're hoping to appoint contractors soon ready to start work on the exciting Minsmere Discover Nature Project later this autumn - more on this closer to the time, but once completed we're sure you'll enjoy the new-look Minsmere.
The Environment Agency's Minsmere Flood Defence Project is now underway, tough, and this will result in some changes to visitor arrangements for the next five months. This is a vital project to ensure that the freshwater reedbeds and Scrape remain safe from seawater flooding for many years to come, so please bear with us during the construction period.
So, what's happening? In short, the North Wall (that's the path from the visitor centre to the sea) is being widened and strengthened to provide increased protection from the sea in anticipation of future breaches to the existing defences at the northern end of the beach, just south of the National Trust Coastguards Cottages. Eventually, this will result in North Marsh becoming gradually more brackish, and in time tidal, with a subsequent loss of habitat for scarce reedbed species such as bittern and bearded tit. We are, therefore, working with the Environment Agency to identify suitable locations to create new reedbeds elsewhere.
The North Wall and North Marsh, pre-work starting (by Ian Barthorpe)
What this means for visitors is that from Monday 15 August, there will be strictly no access along the North Wall until work is complete - by late February 2012, possibly slightly earlier - as this area will be a major construction site. East Hide will still be open, but will only be accessible via the sluice and a long walk up the beach.
We have, however, just opened a new seasonal trail to the North Levels to provide alternative opportunities to watch waders. This trail is accessed via the gate to the Konik Field (near the sluice), then following the bank of the New Cut to view a series of pools that are normally only visible very distantly from the Whin Hill Watchpoint. It's quite a long walk (3/4 mile each way) but if you enjoy watching waders it's certainly worth it. Highlights yesterday morning included wood sandpiper, two green sandpipers, two greenshanks, spotted redshank and ruff. These pools are also good for herons, especially little egrets and grey herons, but also bitterns while in recent years great white egrets and spoonbills have been regular visitors. It's great to be able to explore areas that are usually out of bounds, and the flocks of finches and reed buntings feeding on thistle heads simply add to the experience.
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Our other seasonal trail, the butterfly trail, in the woods behind Canopy Hide, continues to prove popular. As well as butterflies, dragonflies and grasshoppers, visitors have recently reported seeing red fox and slow worm along there. We're also planning further new trails as the autumn progesses.
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Freeze 1/2 of a ripe banana in foil. It can be eaten with a spoon and is a sweet substitute for a frozen treat, pun intended.
Any frozen fruit dipped in melted dark chocolate makes and elegant dessert. Raw cream and frozen fruit mixed in the blender makes a soft serve that is awesome.
Chocolate mousse is easy just whip some cream in the blender, add in an egg and about a tbsp of cocoa powder (unsweetened) for each serving. pour in glasses or bowls and chill to set up.
Freeze 1/2 of a ripe banana in foil. It can be eaten with a spoon and is a sweet substitute for a frozen treat, pun intended.
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The other day I made dark chocolate covered strawberries and served them with a banana and dark chocolate whipped cream on the side. Primal or not, it was amazing.
I wish I liked to eat liver.
Banana slices, sauteed in butter are amazing. Then you could you mix together some almond butter, coconut oil and unsweetened cocoa and drizzle it over. To me this tastes way better than conventional sugary dessert.
I actually like cheese as my dessert, and salted coconut milk. Crumbled creamed coconut. Nuts. I love fruit, but I try to eradicate sweet tooth. Unfortunately, savory dessert is still a treat, and I feel like eating treats. Based on this mindset, dessert/treats are probably better not be had, however, I personally have a complicated emotional investment into the postprandial stuff. Perhaps, that signal that the meal is over is important after all. I just don't know what is right, and how to establish the no dessert routine. So far, I believe that if one could skip the dessert it is a good idea to do so, but if not, a savory dessert may be better than a sweet dessert if you are working on your eating education under the conditions of sugar addiction.
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3 parts coconut manna
1 part coconut oil
warmed slightly (10 seconds in mircowave +/-)
unsweetened cocoa powder (to taste), stir until smooth
add cold berries or cold macadamia nuts
This concoction is way better than commercial ice cream.
I like to go for the classic almond butter spread on apple. Another favourite is Fage greek yoghurt with a teaspoon of almond butter and a hint of honey mixed together - that's pretty special.
Sometimes I eat fruit for the main meal, and then eat bacon for dessert.
I made ice-cream with coconut milk, egg yolks, and maple syrup once. Followed a primal recipe and actually thought it was too sweet. If I make it again I will definitely use less syrup.
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I make this sweet potato 'pie' and have it with double cream 3 Ingredient Paleo Sweet Potato "Pie" « It's really good and my 3 year old loves it too.
It can be oxymoronic when high frequency. But healthiest not to cut out dessert entirely, esp when Italian gelato enters the equation.
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What Happens After a Technology Shock?
Lawrence J. Christiano
Northwestern University; Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Martin Eichenbaum
Northwestern University; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Robert Vigfusson
Federal Reserve Board - Trade and Quantitative Studies
June 2003
FRB International Finance Discussion Paper No. 768
We provide empirical evidence that a positive shock to technology drives up per capita hours worked, consumption, investment, average productivity and output. This evidence contrasts sharply with the results reported in a large and growing literature that argues, on the basis of aggregate data, that per capita hours worked fall after a positive technology shock. We argue that the difference in results primarily reflects specification error in the way that the literature models the low-frequency component of hours worked.
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Keep it Real or Fake it till you make it? Little Burgundy x ION Magazine @ Style Exchange
Nov 5th
I'm feeling inspired by my dear homie Kate right now to give y'all some jam-fodder at the top of this post (see).
Please play this ol' gem while you read along – and if you're not done by the time it stops (or if you just get way too distracted by the FIERCENESS THAT IS KELLY to pay attention to my shizz), crank this:
Amanda Lepore is great, I guess. I didn't even show she produced music – good music, rather. Maybe she doesn't and this is a one-off. Whatever the case, her mouth is cray-cray like Rey Rey and I was feeling that.
oh em gee, could you imagine? Nyah. I move my mouth way too much for voluntary fake parts.
ION Magazine threw another party with Little Burgundy Wednesday night, this time at Style Exchange on Queen West.
I really liked their last collaborative party in Toronto, as I'm a huge fangirl of both ION and LB (Their stock and their branding / marketing / appreciation of bloggers and cats).
Plus, Style Exchange is like, 5 minutes from my place and my makeup was already did from an MTV shoot earlier that evening (Thanks Lucky!) so I decided to scurry on over to amp up the weird factor in that joint and BUY SOME SHOES AT NIGHT.
Hey JC, JC, would you sparkle for me? Zana Ho, Zana Hey, Shoeperstar!
Miss Cotton Venus was dope. Great DJ!
I didn't get any shoe-shopping done at all that evening. Too busy chatting and playing and trying on clothes.
Bwahaha, Jeremy photobombed me good.
There were fake eyelashes and candy and FLOAM, wee!
Usually, taking photos inside any store is forbidden (laaaame) so I went nuts while I could because of that compulsive urge I have to take photos of everything that makes me smile. Hence all the Twitpics of dogs.
Here are a few non-footwear things I liked:
I've been reading about these Herschel bags a bit. Real simple, really cool.
I've want a Moose Knuckle coat this season. A red one. So warm. The TNA parka I have for Canada-cold weather is so UWO and I'm almost 2 years out of school now. Wow.
There's somebody who wants my attention. I should probably go now. More photos if you like. Happy MOvember, eh?
Little Burgundy's Cats and The VICE Photo Show
Jul 15th
"If the Internet had a spirit animal, it would be a cat." – Little Burgundy Magazine , S/S 2011
What is it about felines that makes we the Interfolk love them so damned much? Better question: Why am I blogging right now instead of actively acquiring more cats?
Perhaps I'm just too lazy to put on a pair of pants at the moment, but more likely it's because I can get my fur fix online without physically having to hug every cat.
I wonder if crazy cat lady populations have increased or decreased since the dawn of the modern web…
Oh, who am I kidding – I'd put that sweater on my cat in a heartbeat. It's effing awesome.
The Internet and kitties go together like peanut butter and M&M's, in my opinion. Not the most conventional of combinations, but it's charming as hell…
No examples are needed to illustrate this point (I give them to you all the freaking time, greedy sods) but here's one anyway: All 7 Harry Potter films in just over a minute, as acted out by cats:
"I have boobs now!" Hahaha. SO GOOD.
Anyhoo, Last week I ducked into Little Burgundy for the purpose of lusting over some House of Harlow wedges I do not need and – LO & BEHOLD! – A SALE! A big big sale. I bought too much.
Fortunately, my little spending binge was justified because I got one thing foh free. The best thing of all things, in fact:
C'est Little Burgundy's Spring/Summer 2011 Magazine: The Cat Issue!
I'm a big fan of these lookbook / hipsterzine hybrids. It takes a lot of creativity to make branded editorial content genuinely palatable. H&M does it well, and Little Burgundy hit out of the park with this. Big ups to their
The articles and interviews were penned (keyed, rather) almost entirely by bloggers – good ones, too – and the "hipster cats" illustrations were done by Toronto's own Melinda Josie. I've never met her but I think I love her.
Please do yourself a favour and visit the Little Burgundy Cat Issue microsite for a good chunk of hot shoes and kitty-related content:
Personally, I rather dig SNP's "9 Lives, 8 Factoids". Thankyou for introducing me to Monsieur Chat!
I also enjoyed the page with photos from their Future Issue party because I was on it, sort of. See that little quarter of a blonde head in the background there? 100% me. I was talking to that dude forever and was the only severely platinum girl there if I do recall.
Last night, I went to a different party at that very same gallery. The only other time I've been there, in fact. It was the annual VICE Photo show in Toronto and it was a hot hipsterlicious mess. Literally. Walking into Show & Tell last night, I felt like I was entering a steam room – except the air was not thick with water, it was thick with Pabst Blue Ribbon and sweat.
The photo essays I saw were incredible (Check out Brett Grundlock's "The Movement" – powerful stuff), but I think most of these kids came for the free PBR. It was cray-cray near the bar.
Those sneaky Vicesters set up a hidden Pizza Cam and posted the results of this project today. Fooking hilar, especially when you know half of these poor hungry guys:
I did some other fun things this week when I wasn't busy pulling my hair out 10-6. Carly's sister Kristin had a launch party for her new boutique Hate & Heartbreak on Monday and Raymi danced. It was sexy and fun and great to see my blogging babes. Casie wrote all about it here.
The Blondetourage be making me happy <3
I've got to go now. Gunna channel this guy and make like a sick, fearless bastard right now… Going to unload my dishwasher TWO CUPS AT A TIME. I might even start a new book.
Fridays are tired days. It was a really long, hard one today.
Love you!
(For the record: Little Burgundy didn't pay me to write this or give me free crap or even knows that I'm in love with them probably. I just really like cats.)
Leelee F. Baby and the Weezy Tee
Jul 10th
Y'all know I love me some rapper boys, right? (and if you don't know, now you know…)
Lil Wayne has, over the past couple of years, flowed his way deeper into my heart than I ever could have imagined back in 1999 when I first started feeling him:
Hehe. Bebe Wayne.
Weezy's blown up huge since his Hot Boys days to become one of the best rappers alive – and if you have even an ounce of appreciation for lyrical artistry, clever wordplay and creative metaphors, you won't disagree with me (or millions of others) on that. Homeboy is entertaining as hell and, social conscience be damned for a moment, that's what I value most in an artist.
Lil Wayne was signed to Cash Money when he was NINE YEARS OLD. I was six at the time, and did not follow hip hop yet but can appreciate how huge that was in retrospect.
I love Weezy, really I do. Something about his voice still makes my knees weak. He's not my type, at ALL, and yet…
Mmm, Travis
Now, knowing how much I admire and Enjoy Mr. Carter, you can understand why when I stumbled upon this T-shirt during one of my daily tromps through Kensington Market, it was not a question of whether or not to buy it, but how exactly I would rock it once I owned it:
"Casually" was obvious. Jean cutoffs, ponytail, the swagger of a H.A.M….
I walked around this betch of a city like a pilot getting compliments all day long. Gym people loved the shirt. Shoe shop people loved the shirt. Random sidewalk people loved the shirt. Errybody love Weezy.
The Jeffrey Campbell splatter shoes looked greaaaat with the shirt… with every shirt, really. They're just great in general. All of of JC's stuff is.
After hours and hours of shoe shopping on Queen West (I <3 you LB), I came home to eat and change – but I didn't really want to take the shirt off… so I didn't.
Little shorts, big shoes, silver cuff and zipper ring. Black, white and badass!
I had a really fun random night, Lonelygirl styles.
Bascially, I rolled around solo popping in and out of different King West clubs, bumping into old friends and making new ones along the way. Tried to go to a concert on Queen West, and then the Drake, but the lines were huge so I ended up on College.
Points of interest include stumbling upon a legit rave at a CHURCH (90s rewind), helping some very funny Americans hop a fence, sassing off at some creepers in Brassai (I love to PWN douchebags), and capturing the squelette seats at Sneaky Dees!
I was only there for maybe 10 minutes in total, but am glad I stopped by to (FINALLY) check them out. In case you didn't know, I kind of have a thing for skeletons. Got these "skullies" from Jibe Jewellery last week. LOVE <3
I am going to go fix my fan and watch Tosh now, because it's 100 degrees in this apartment and I need to get a decent night's sleep. Big week ahead and all that.
Love always,
This weird freaking cake that was custom made for Alec Baldwin's 14-year-old daughter (?)…
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Australia Post donates boss Ahmed Fahour's $2m bonus to Islamic Museum of Australia
- From: Herald Sun
- June 18, 2014
AUSTRALIA Post donated more than $2 million to an Islamic museum in suburban Melbourne in lieu of a bonus it was due to pay its chief executive, Ahmed Fahour.
The Herald Sun can reveal Mr Fahour asked for the bonus to be donated directly to the Islamic Museum of Australia, of which he is patron.
The donation was made months ago, but has only emerged now, when Australia Post is sacking 900 staff to stem the losses at its domestic mail division.
Mr Fahour said he and his family had been able to make a "substantial contribution'' to several not-for-profit organisations in recent years.
"Earlier this year, I announced that my family had contributed $4 million to the Islamic Museum. We have also made contributions to a number of other community causes such as schools, sporting clubs and the arts,'' he said.
The Herald Sun understands the bonus formed part of the $4.8 million salary that Mr Fahour was paid in the 2012-2013 financial year.
The donation - expected to be declared in Australia Post's financial report later this year - raised eyebrows within the organisation, with a source questioning the size of the bonus and the fact it was donated to a charity closely linked to Mr Fahour's family
But another source said the donation was a private one, and that Mr Fahour was an incredibly generous man.
It was inspired by the personal journey of Mr Fahour's parents, who migrated to Australia from Lebanon in 1969, becoming successful business people and raising eight children, who also have successful careers.
The founder and director of the museum is former Macquarie Bank executive Moustafa Fahour - Ahmed Fahour's brother. Moustafa's wife, Maysaa, is the chairwoman and director.
The Fahours' sister, MasterChef participant Samira El Khafir, is head chef and manages the cafe on site.
Last Saturday, Mr Fahour, a director of Carlton Football Club, won a car in a raffle for the club's 150th anniversary.
He immediately handed it over for auction, where it raised $40,000, to be spent on a program which helps children from ethnic backgrounds with health and education.Originally published as Australia Post's $2m gift to Islam museum
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Nicholas of Brisbane Posted at 12:45 AM June 18, 2014
Post is sacking 900 staff to stem the losses at its domestic mail division, yet he receives a $2M bonus ?????
JohnfromAlice Posted at 12:43 AM June 18, 2014
An appalling waste of taxpayer money while our posties are losing their jobs.


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It certainly wasn't much of a surprise, given Mitt Romney's forward lunge toward the right. His selection of Paul Ryan was like letting the cat out of the cellophane bag. Only a staunch GOPer could see excitement in offering the vice presidency to a young fogy like Ryan. Like everything Romney's done, it is predictable, unimaginative and non-inspiring.
Suspicions abound that Romney was eager to avoid a Sarah Palin-style pick. Since 2012, it has become an article of faith that Palin was a disastrous pick. But that is only in hindsight. When the Alaska governor was introduced in Minneapolis, she electrified the convention and made gains among women. It was the stock market crash and John McClain's endorsement of bailouts that stopped his momentum, not Palin.
Romney decided to go with Ryan, whose strength is as a budget policy wonk, not as a definer of a cause.
Moreover, Ryan comes from the grim side of ultra-libertarianism. As a disciple of Ayn Rand, he once stated that her ideas led him into politics. Ryan is a grim advocate of austerity first. Like Romney, his contempt for the middle and lower classes comes out in every sentence. He is an ideologue's idealogue whose career has been only in government and not the problem-solving aspect.
His selection represents Romney's final rejection of anything approaching moderation. It was the equivalent of Barry Goldwater's "extremism in the defense of liberty is not vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is not virtue" thrust in San Francisco in 1964. Moreover, his pick of Ryan, a representative from Wisconsin, mirrors Goldwater's pick of New York Congressman William Miller, who allegedly "drove Lyndon Johnson nuts." During the campaign, Miller skillfully divined the political tea leaves, playing bridge and poker with reporters and apparently did famously well.
Compare the pick to Ronald Reagan's selection of George H.W. Bush in 1980. Bush seemingly irreparably hurt his chances by denouncing Reagan's supply side ideas as "voodoo economics." Early on, Reagan's advisor almost made a boneheaded play by offering the second spot to Gerald Ford, which would have been awkward. Instead, he went toward Bush, making the shrewdest choice since JFK picked LBJ in 1960. Romney simply did what he hinted at all along, picked a hard-shell economic conservative as his running mate.
Romney also may have acted in haste. Obama received an Olympic boost in the polls and the boys in Boston perhaps could have panicked, feeling the need to pick a VEEP before the convention. It mirrors one of Reagan's largest mistakes in 1976, with the premature selection of Richard Schweiker, which proved embarrassing. It also ends any surprise at Tampa and allows critics to draw a bead on the candidate. Also, the timing was not too astute announcing on a weekend opposite the final Olympic games. The political mechanics did not deserve even a bronze for Romney's team.
For Obama, the selection of Ryan must have come as a relief. Had Romney picked Condoleezza Rice, there would have been consternation aplenty in Chicago. Now they could only check a box and write it off to Romney's predictability. Romney, whose political transformation from liberal moderate to right wing zealot, is not complete. His capitulation is so total that he can hardly recognize himself.
For Obama, as it was for Franklin Roosevelt in 1936, an opportunity exists to contrast two visions of America. Romney's winner-take-all philosophy is undergirded by Ryan's Randian notions of compassion versus a we-are-all-in-it-together approach. The future of civil society and the social contract may be at stake. The Ryan selection is a challenge to the social order established after World War II.


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How to select 25,000 volunteers ... by Ian Bailey
Vancouver, Canada: Security officials promised a cutting-edge effort to weed out criminals, terrorists and troublemakers and select the 25,000 volunteers they need for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games to be held in Vancouver, Canada. Read article
11 February 2008
In Australia, migrants less likely to volunteer says research
Sydney, Australia: Migrants from non-English speaking countries are less likely to be volunteers than Australian-born people or migrants from English-speaking nations, a new study shows. Read article26 January 2008
Call for 'Stories of Volunteer Action' by CIVICUS, IAVE and UNV
Submit your 'story of volunteer action' for possible inclusion in a joint CIVICUS-IAVE-UNV publication on the indispensable role of volunteering and activism for achieving the Millennium Development Goals! Deadline is Feburary 8, 2008. Read article
Go straight to PDF document (345 kb)15 January 2008
Volunteers help tackle health and education problems in Namibia by Frederick Philander
Windhoek, Namibia: "This is the first time that I am presiding over a swearing-in ceremony in Namibia, and I feel a tremendous sense of pride, both as an ambassador and as an American," says Dennise Mathieu, new US Ambassador to Namibia. Read article
14 January 2008
From: allAfrica.com
From: allAfrica.com
Greek volunteers replant fire-ravaged forest
Athens, Greece: Four months after a fire devastated one of the last forests on the outskirts of Athens, Greek volunteers on Sunday planted around 2,000 pine saplings in an initiative backed by the US and British embassies, the agriculture ministry said. Read article
11 December 2007
From: AFP
From: AFP
More about: Greece Environment
Challenge assumptions about volunteering, researchers told by Ben Cook
Researchers analysing the voluntary sector should use their studies to challenge the preconception that volunteering in all its forms is necessarily a good thing, according to the Institute for Volunteering Research. Read article
05 December 2007
More about: United Kingdom Research
UNV honours outstanding Online Volunteering teams
Bonn, Germany: The United Nations Volunteers Online Volunteering service today announced the winners of the "Online Volunteering Team of the Year Award". The 10 winning teams, comprising online volunteers and their volunteer managers at the host organizations, made an exemplary impact on human development through their efficient online collaboration and commitment to volunteering. Read article
03 December 2007
More about: Advocacy Online volunteering
Volunteerism help reduce poverty says UN rep
Harare, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe has great potential to reduce poverty among communities through promoting and supporting volunteer activities as many of its people are willing to donate their valuable time and resources to assist others, a United Nations representative said. Read article01 December 2007
Chinese volunteers join fight against HIV/AIDS
Beijing, China: On 1 December, the 20th AIDS Day, Chinese volunteers took an oath to help fight the deadly infection. The rate of new HIV/AIDS infections in China is slowing but the situation remains a very big concern. Read article
01 December 2007
From: China Daily, China
From: China Daily, China
700,000 serve as volunteers since 1998 in Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China: Nearly 700,000 registered volunteers and more than 1,700 registered organizations have committed to volunteering since 1998 in Hong Kong, a city with a population of around 7,000,000, the wife of Hong Kong Chief Executive Selina Tsang said on Saturday. Read article
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ABC (Wed., July 31, 10 P.M. ET)
The primary aim of television pilots, whether they succeed or fail (as this one did), is to be eye-catching. This slick miniflick, directed by Robert (Hill Street Blues) Butler, has the requisite energy but not enough to overwhelm a formulaic plot and egregiously artificial characters.
William (Wiseguy) Russ plays a dashing San Francisco TV reporter. Cheryl (Hull High) Pollak is his Harvard-Sorbonne-educated protégée.
For Russ, it's a faster talking version of the role he played in last year's quickly canceled Capitol News. But farfetched doesn't begin to describe this trench-coated crusader, who packs a pistol in his boot. Is this guy Geraldo or Bat Masterson?
Picks and Pans Review: Deadline
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October 28, 2007, 03:05 PM
I've been looking high and low for a source of micarta to make pistol grips from. I've been unable to find anything pistol related, though I've found dozens of sites relating to knife side blanks. Does anyone know where I can find some for pistols? I'm getting desperate.


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Isagawa bows out of Oregon Amateur in quarterfinals
June 21, 2013 - Robert Collias
Cassy Isagawa, a 2011 Baldwin graduate and All-American at the University of Oregon, lost in the quarterfinals of the 104th Oregon Women's Amateur golf tournament today, falling 2 and 1 to Arizona golfer Kendall Prince.
I am looking forward to seeing Isagawa's always-smiling face back on Maui this summer and we will keep up with her golf schedule right here.
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Six Minute Soft Centred Chocolate Puddings
Total Time
Prep 15 mins
Cook 6 mins
Ainsley Harriott says "take them out of the fridge as soon as your guests arrive, so that they return to room temperature, and as you clear the table after the main course, just slip them into the oven for a truly fabulous chocolate treat. You can also use the left over egg whites to make hazelnut meringues. I just put it in small pudding bowls, bake and serve it in them! Saves on the hassle!
Ingredients Nutrition
- 185 g dark chocolate
- 185 g butter
- 3 eggs
- 3 egg yolks
- 6 tablespoons caster sugar
- 3 teaspoons plain flour
- cocoa powder, for dusting
- creme fraiche, to serve
- Preheat the oven to 230°C/450°F/Gas 8. Break the chocolate into a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Add the butter and leave to melt.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, yolks and sugar until thickened. Whisk in the melted chocolate mixture, then sieve over the flour and quickly fold in .
- Divide the mixture between six buttered moulds or ramekins. Bake the pudding for 6 minutes until the outside is set but the centre is still soft.
- Turn each pudding on to a plate, then gently lift off the moulds. Place a spoonful of crème fraiche on top of each pudding and dust with cocoa. Serve immediately.
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Wonderful dessert. Great for a dinner party as you can make them in advance - which takes no time- and the taste is simply heavenly. I did have to cook mine about 2 minutes longer. Thanks!!
Lovely dessert that is quick and simple and easy to impress with.
Rich, delicious, easy, elegant - a real winner!!


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The New Adventures of Michael Beckley
Making Wine for Redman, and Quercus Continues
by Amy Paul, March 3, 2008
Our favorite Ducati driving, music playing, pinot producing winemaker has a new adventure up his sleeve. In typical Beckley fashion, he has moved his production facility to the north Willamette valley and is flourishing in his new environment. While continuing to produce his Quercus label, which includes Harmonia and Cadmus, he is also producing wine for Redman Winery.
The small Redman label went commercial in 2005, with their first and very small release. The 2006 release shows off Michael's depth as a winemaker. He essentially takes the same fruit he sources for Harmonia and Cadmus but adjusts the oak, fermentation, and blending cycles to show an equally beautiful yet sibling like Pinot noir that is Redman Wines Pinot noir 06.
Beckely has plans to expand the Redman label to include a small production of rose which will release in spring 2007 and a Redman Estate Pinot noir that will release in 2009.
Avalon Wine has been supporting the wines of indie producer Michael Beckley for years. His wines are interesting, well priced, and compelling. We are excited to welcome his newest venture.
Redman Wines
Designer Denim meets Farmer Brown
A blind date over thirty years ago brought Bill and Cathy Redman together, but it is a lifetime of love that has created Redman Wines. Proprietors Bill and Cathy Redman, a lumber trader and former banker respectively, started Redman Wines from scratch after years of dreaming and planning.
Bill and Cathy are definitely a city meets country kind of couple (think designer denim meets Farmer Brown's overalls.) It is a city (Cathy) + country (Bill) + artist (Michael Beckley winemaker) equation that just seems to work at Redman Wines. The Redmans, familiar with Beckley's work at Domaine Drouhin and Coehlo, sought Beckley out for their venture as winemaker and have been progressing over the last two years towards their first commercial release in 2007.
Located in the north Willamette Valley, the Ribbon Ridge location, prominently located near Beaux Freres and Penner-Ash, is ideal for the estate pinot which is being planted in an on-going process. Until estate fruit if ready for harvest and integration into Redman pinot's, Beckely has sourced fruit from Momtazi and Bayliss for the 06 release of Redman Pinot. Beckely has plans to expand the Redman label to include a small production of rose which will release in spring 2007 and a Redman Estate Pinot noir that will release in 2009.


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As Hollywood pundits began tallying their annual lists of the year's 10 Best, Tom Cruise might have been disappointed that his 1990 wheelie, Days of Thunder, did not make the grade. (In fact, the film, which nonetheless grossed $80 million, turned up on a few rosters of the 10 Worst.) But as the year entered its final lap, Cruise raced in with a last-minute entry for Best-Kept Hollywood Secret—and won that category by a mile. With a carefully mapped-out plan that was first hatched last summer and kept celeb watchers and even some close relatives completely in the dark, one of America's most bankable actors took Australia's most popular actress, Nicole Kidman, as his bride on Christmas Eve.
The affair between Cruise, 28, and the redheaded Kidman, 23, which ignited on the set of Thunder early last year—soon after Cruise announced his separation from wife Mimi Rogers, 35—had been out in the open from the start. But the trail of clues leading to and from their covert wedding, held at a rented home in Telluride, Colo., and witnessed by only a handful of guests, was so cold that digging for details could cause frostbite. The biggest mystery: Why so soon? After all, it was just a few months ago that the books were legally closed on Cruise's failed three-year marriage to Rogers. And it was just last August that Kidman, never previously wed, told an Australian magazine, "All that talk about us being engaged is just nonsense. I'd like to get married one day, but I think it would be very foolish to do so at this stage of my life."
There were rumors from the set of Billy Bathgate, which Kidman is filming in North Carolina with Dustin Hoffman, that she was pregnant by Cruise. Their publicists, though, have vehemently denied the reports, and as if to second those denials, Nicole's uncle in Sydney. Barry Fawcett, who heard the wedding news by phone on Christmas Day, said, "They're married because they are in love. It's that simple."
Indeed, there must have been a bumper crop of mistletoe this year: In addition to Kidman and Cruise, Vanna White, Rod Stewart, Mary Lou Retton and Barbara Eden were among those jingling wedding bells over the holidays (see following stories). But whatever the reasons, Tom must have pulled some fast talking on Nick, as he calls her, because by September the couple was scouting wedding locations and booking rental cars in Telluride, a former mining town turned winter playground for the likes of Daryl Hannah, Oliver Stone and Donald Trump (who was spotted there with Maria Maples this Christmastime). The $2 million, six-bedroom house selected for the wedding has "spectacular views" of the snowcapped Rockies, says owner David Skillman, a Chicago businessman, who had no knowledge of the impending nuptials (the couple's intermediaries negotiated the rental arrangements). "I was told a Hollywood agent was having a party on Christmas Eve." he says.
On the morning of Dec. 24, the stately log house was filled with fragrant flower arrangements, including a willow arbor laced with white lilies and red roses. As the sun began to set, Kidman, wearing a white silk gown and long train, joined Cruise, dressed in a black tuxedo, for the start of the 30-minute ceremony, conducted by a civil celebrant. With her younger sister, Antonia, standing by as a bridesmaid, the 5'10" Kidman peered through her veil at the 5'9" Cruise to exchange their self-written marital vows. According to Australian actress Deborra Lee (A Cry in the Dark) Furness, who was among the guests, "Both Tom and Nicole, as well as their families, had tears in their eyes."
All parties, no doubt, are hoping that this union outlasts the groom's previous go-around. The garb, at least, was much more formal than the last time, when Cruise and Rogers, attended by best man Emilio Estevez, pledged their love in blue jeans and bare feet. Kidman herself has slipped out of at least two serious relationships over the past couple of years, most recently with Aussie TV heartthrob Marcus Graham, 27. She was living with Graham in 1989, when Cruise, after seeing Nicole in Dead Calm, special-ordered up a role for her in Thunder as the neurologist-love interest. In January of last year, Graham, who was spending hundreds of dollars in phone bills to Kidman in the States, was looking forward to the end of her shoot. "Being separated from Nicole is very difficult," he said. "She is not just my girl, she is also my best friend." Make that ex. By the time Thunder wrapped. Kidman was going around the track with Cruise, later declaring that he has "a fantastic face and the cutest smile in the world."
If it is true that work-inflicted separations helped spur Cruise's first divorce, it appears he is determined not to repeat that mistake. He has stayed glued to Kidman while she acts in Bathgate. Though she had to head back to that film soon after the wedding, the Cruises will take a honeymoon when shooting ends later this month. Then in June they will co-star in Ron Howard's new romance, tentatively titled The Irish Story, filming in Ireland.
In between gigs they'll likely spend a lot of time in their new $5 million mansion in L.A.'s ritzy Pacific Palisades, despite Kidman's avowal in 1989 that she "wouldn't want to live in L.A. I think you could get very lonely." Happy New Year, Nicole. You're alone no more.
—Jeannie Park, Vickie Bane in Telluride and Maria Eftimiades in New York City
Headlining a Host of Holiday Hitchings, Tom Cruise Quietly Marries Aussie Nicole Kidman...
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Last weekend eight Timbuk2 team members assaulted the Urban Assault Ride in Berkeley. They didn't win the bike obstacle course but they did win the limbo contest. Respect.
The Timbuk2 team looking very formidable before the Urban Assault Ride.
The Timbuk2 team posing with our little limbo champion.
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LSU says it has answered NCAA questions about embattled recruiting service owner Willie Lyles and his Complete Scouting Services and turned over copies of material it received from him.
In a news release late Thursday, LSU says it paid $6,000 in December for printed information and DVDs of game footage and highlights of 32 California and Kansas junior college prospects eligible to sign national letters of intent in February.
LSU says it also got footage of two players it hadn't asked about, one from 2008, and 91 pages of largely outdated roster-type material from junior colleges in California and Kansas.
Several football coaches met with an NCAA official on campus last week.
The NCAA is looking into Oregon's $25,000 payment to Lyles' firm and his involvement in the recruitment of running back Lache Seastrunk of Temple, Texas.
The probe is focused on what exactly Oregon obtained from Lyles. In recent interviews, Lyles has said that he and the Ducks both knew he was selling access and influence with highly recruited players.
In March, ESPN.com quoted former Texas A&M cornerbacks coach Van Malone as saying Lyles told him the school would have to "beat" an $80,000 payment offered by other schools to get former LSU star cornerback Patrick Peterson to play for the Aggies.
Peterson, who played for LSU from 2008-10, has said Lyles had nothing to do with his recruitment or college choice.


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Billy Bob Thornton, on the promotional trail for his new movie, the much-delayed "The Alamo," paints a rosy picture of the early days of his 2000-03 marriage to Angelina Jolie -- the collapse of which he blames on their having opposing ideas about the direction of their lives together.
"She's all over the world, and I respect her for it," Thornton, 47, tells GQ magazine, noting Jolie's role as a United Nations goodwill ambassador. "I want to stay home."
But early on, says Thornton, "It was a great relationship. For the time we were together, we loved each other and we did it all the way. We didn't leave any stone unturned. But we had different ideas about how we wanted to live our lives -- that's all it was."
At one point the couple bragged in interviews that they both wore vials of each other's blood around their necks and he sometimes wore her undies. But one thing he did not do, Thornton, insists, is cheat on his wife.
"No, no, no," says Thornton. "That was the rumor but that was never it."
In 2002, Jolie adopted a Cambodian-born child, whom she named Maddox, and, according to a PEOPLE cover story about Jolie last year, she had planned to raise him with Thornton. (He had three kids from two of his four previous marriages.)
But despite everything, including all their public passion and quirky declarations of intimacy (such as Thornton's underwear admission), what went wrong?
"I'd love to know," Jolie told the magazine. "I don't have a f-----g clue."
And while she said he spent his time on the road with his band while she was serving the U.N., she also said that their last interaction, the day before her 27th birthday on June 4, 2002, was ugly: "We got into a big fight. I haven't seen him since."
Billy Bob Fondly Recalls a Jolly Jolie
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New VP will develop scripted, unscripted projects
Scott Landsman has been upped to veepee of original programming and development at Comedy Central.
Los Angeles-based exec will develop scripted and unscripted projects for the cabler. He reports to Comedy Central senior VP Jim Sharp.
Sharp called Landsman "an aggressive and passionate executive with an endless amount of ideas." Most recently, Landsman developed the pilot for "Lewis Black's Root of All Evil," which debuts as a series in March.
Landsman, most recently director of development and programming for Comedy Central, is in the middle of his second stint at the cabler. He first worked as production assistant in the net's New York office back in 1994; he returned a decade later to work in current programming.
In-between, exec worked for the college cable net Burly Bear and spent two years in development at USA Interactive.


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Disable the WiFi on it?
Re: "invite your friends message"DeanGibson Jan 27, 2013 8:39 PM (in response to jjh76)
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Everytime I turn on my NST I get the message icon in the upper left for the "invite your friends" message. Is there any way to keep this message from coming back after I clear it?
Instead of pressing "clear", which will just make it come up again, press on the message, then press on the "X" of the resulting screen.


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Top Definition
Funny on a scale that kills 6 million people.
"man that joke caused a lolocaust"
by Brando January 21, 2006
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
This is the term used to describe the effect of a massively funny joke or situation, one that causes 6 million or more people to die laughing.
The term "Lolocaust" references The Holocaust, a massive extermination of Slavs, physically or mentally disabled peoples, gay men, religious and political dissidents, and, mostly notably, Jews, which occurred during World War II at the hands of the Nazis.
by D.J. Roefaro December 22, 2007
A satire, most commonly on 'Loldozer' or 'Roflcopter'. As opposed to 'My Roflcoper goes swa swa swa', one may put forth 'My Lolocaust goes swa, swa, swastika'.
Furthermore, a lot of people died in the Holocaust.
Furthermore, a lot of people died in the Holocaust.
"My Lolocaust goes Swa, swa. swastika'
by Zach Powers October 07, 2006
The systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored murder of approximately six million lolz.
lolocaust :O
by bobjobforjohn January 24, 2011
a lolocaust is a genocide of epic proportion however it is only acceptable to mock said genocide 50 years or more after the incident.
rwanda genocide=not cool
as you can see, the rules for calling lolocaust are clear
rwanda genocide=not cool
as you can see, the rules for calling lolocaust are clear
by chubby thy legend January 29, 2010
A joke you shouldn't laugh at, but you do anyway.
Mary: What's the difference between a pizza and a jew?
Elizabeth: What is?
Mary: A pizza doesn't scream in the oven...
Elizabeth: LOLOCAUST
Elizabeth: What is?
Mary: A pizza doesn't scream in the oven...
Elizabeth: LOLOCAUST
by nyawww February 08, 2011
A satirical play on the word holocaust and the netspek term 'lol.' Used as a sarcastic reference to the overuse of lol, but is often used to mock netspeak in general, as well as those who use it.
omfg leik ur teh l337 hax0r lolocaust!!1!. Idiot, get a dictionary.
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Pawan Kumar Bansal
|Pawan Kumar Bansal
Former Union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal
|Minister of Railways
|In office
28 October 2012 - 10 May 2013
|Prime Minister
|Manmohan Singh
|Succeeded by
|C. P. Joshi
|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
|In office
28 May 2009 – 28 October 2012
|Personal details
16 July 1948
sunam, sangrur district, Punjab
|Political party
|Indian National Congress
|Madhu Bansal
|2 sons
|As of 28 May, 2009
Source: [[1]]
Pawan Kumar Bansal (born 16 July 1948) is an Indian National Congress politician and a former minister in the Manmohan Singh government. He represented Chandigarh constituency in the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He served as Union Cabinet Minister, Railways From 28 October 2012 to 10 May 2013.[2]
Early life[edit]
Bansal was born on 16 July 1948 in Sunam.[3] His family hailed from Tapa, Punjab.[4] He went to school at the Yadavindra Public School, Patiala, and did BSc from the Government College, Sector 11, Chandigarh. He also holds an LLB degree from the Department of Law, Panjab University, Chandigarh.[5][6]
Bansal has represented Chandigarh as a member of Parliament in the 10th, 13th, 14th and 15th Lok Sabha. He has worked as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and the Minister of Water Resources in the current Lok Sabha. He also held the charge of the Minister of State for Finance and Parliamentary Affairs in the First Manmohan Singh Cabinet.
Railway Minister[edit]
He took over as the Railway Minister, becoming the first from his party since 1996. Soon after becoming Railways minister, he approved an increase in fares, which has been unchanged for the last 15 years, to allow the Indian Railways to be profitable.He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections from Chandigarh.[7]
Railway Budget 2013[edit]
Railway Minister Pawan Bansal in 2013 Railway Budget focused on improvement of the condition of Indian Railways. Pawan Bansal came up with first ever rail link to connect Arunachal Pradesh.[8] Internet ticketing from 0030 hours to 2330 hours as well as E-ticketing through mobile phones.[9][10] Four companies of women RPF personnel set up and another 8 to be set up to strengthen the security of rail passengers, especially women passengers.[11] Railways has identified 104 stations for upgradation in cities with more than one million population and of religious significance. This means, these stations the Railways will give attention to all aspects related to cleanliness, according to the Budget highlights the government released.[12] 179 escalators and 400 lifts at A-1 and other major stations to be installed facilitating elderly and differently-able.[13]
Personal life[edit]
He is married to Madhu Bansal.[14] They have two sons.
Incident of Corruption Charges[edit]
On 3 May 2013, the CBI arrested his nephew, Vijay Singla, after they caught an aide counting two bags of cash.[15]
After the scam came to light in May, the CBI interrogated Pawan Kumar Bansal, Congress MP from Chandigarh, for ten hours, but failed to find substantial evidence to nail him.In his statement, Bansal denied having any knowledge of his nephew's activities.[16]
CBI does not have any tapped conversation which shows that former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal was involved in or had any knowledge of the Rs 10 crore cash for post bribery scandal, which prompted the agency not to make him an accused in the case, sources said here today.[17]
The CBI said that Mr Bansal will serve as prosecution witness. The judge has responded. "If the CBI has chosen to make Mr Bansal a witness, then at this juncture, there being no evidence against him, the court cannot pass any order or question him, except during the trial."[18]
- ^ "Fifteenth Lok Sabha - Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ^ http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=42
- ^ "Detailed Profile: Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal". india.gove.in. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "Residents hopeful from railway minister Pawan Bansal's maiden visit". The Times of India. 11 Dec 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ^ "Biographical Sketch - Member of Parliament". Parliament of India. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ^ Detailed Profile - Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal - Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India Archived 30 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/election-live-2014-march-13/
- ^ http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-04-12/news/49080232_1_harmuti-railway-map-arunachal-pradesh
- ^ http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-budget-rail-how-rail-minister-made-your-life-easier/20130226.htm
- ^ http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/efeatures.aspx?relid=97308
- ^ http://www.hindustantimes.com/chunk-ht-ui-indiabudget2013-railwaybudget2013/bansal-to-add-8-new-companies-of-women-rpf/article1-1017705.aspx
- ^ http://canextstep.com/railway-budget-2013-14-67-express-trains-26-passenger-trains-introduced/
- ^ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/rail-budget-2013-slew-of-passenger-friendly-measures-announced/articleshow/18689166.cms
- ^ "Railway minister's wife Madhu Bansal on Budget 2013". IndiaTV News. 25 February 2013.
- ^ Abhishek Bhalla (5 May 2013). "Bansal refuses to quit despite revelations that CBI tracked nephew Singla and Kumar in three-month investigation". London: dailymail.co.uk.
- ^ "Pawan Kumar Bansal gets CBI clean chit as CBI files charge sheet". dna India. 3 July 2013.
- ^ http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130705/news-current-affairs/article/cbi-gives-clean-chit-pawan-kumar-bansal-railway-bribery-scandal?page=3
- ^ http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/NAT-TOP-pawan-bansal-is-not-off-the-hook-judge-slams-cbi-clean-chit-to-former-railway-mi-4325064-NOR.html
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|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
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|Preceded by
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