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Polovtsian Dances
The Polovtsian Dances, or Polovetsian Dances (Russian: Половецкие пляски, Polovetskie plyaski from the Russian name of "Polovtsy"—the name given to the Kipchaks and Cumans by the people of Rus') form an exotic scene at the end of Act II of Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor.
The work remained unfinished when the composer died in 1887, although he had worked on it for more than a decade. A performing version was prepared by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov, appearing in 1890. Several other versions, or "completions," of the opera have been made. The dances are performed with chorus and last between 11 and 14 minutes. They occur in Act I or Act II, depending on which version of the opera is being used. Their music is popular and sometimes given in concert. At such performances the choral parts are often omitted. The opera also has a "Polovtsian March," which opens Act III, and an overture at the start. When the dances are given in concert, a suite may be formed: Overture, Polovtsian Dances and March from "Prince Igor."
- Ballets Russes performances
As part of his first "Saison Russe" at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Sergei Diaghilev presented Polovtsian Scenes and Dances, consisting of Act II of Prince Igor, with full orchestra and singers. The premiere took place on 18 May 1909. The choreography was by Michel Fokine and the sets and costumes were designed by Nicholas Roerich. In later seasons, without singers, the work was given as The Polovtsian Dances. For the 1923 season, it was partly re-choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska.[1]
Performed in 1913 at the Berlin State Opera by the Staatskapelle Berlin. (4:00)
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The first dance, which uses no chorus and is sometimes omitted in concerts, is No. 8, entitled "Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens" ["Пляска половецких девушек"]: presto, 6/8, F major; it is placed directly after the "Chorus of the Polovtsian Maidens," which opens the act and is followed by "Konchakovna's Cavatina". The dances proper appear at the end of the Act as an uninterrupted single number in several contrasting sections listed as follows (basic themes are indicated with letters in brackets and notated in the accompanying illustration)
- No. 17, "Polovtsian Dance with Chorus" ["Половецкая пляска с хором"]
- [a] Introduction: Andantino, 4/4, A Major
- [b] Gliding Dance of the Maidens [Пляска девушек плавная]: Andantino, 4/4, A Major
- [c + a] Wild Dance of the Men [Пляска мужчин дикая]: Allegro vivo, 4/4, F Major
- [d] General Dance [Общая пляска]: Allegro, 3/4, D Major
- [e] Dance of the Boys [Пляска мальчиков] and 2nd Dance of the Men [Пляска мужчин]: Presto, 6/8, D Minor
- [b' + e'] Gliding Dance of the Maidens (reprise, soon combined with the faster dancing of the boys): Moderato alla breve, 2/2, A Major
- [e''] Dance of the Boys and 2nd Dance of the Men (reprise): Presto, 6/8, D Minor
- [c' + a''] General Dance: Allegro con spirito, 4/4, A Major
As an orchestral showpiece by an important nineteenth-century Russian composer, notable instrumental solos include the clarinet (in No. 8 and the Men's Dance [c]) and the oboe and English horn (in the Women's Dance [b]).
The text of the first stanza of this particular section in the opera is given below.
|English translation[3]
Улетай на крыльях ветра
Пойте песни славы хану! Пой!
Uletay na krylyakh vetra
Fly on the wings of the wind
The English translation of the remaining is:
Sing songs of praise to the Khan! Sing!
Praise the power and valor of the Khan!
Praise the glorious Khan!
He is glorious, our Khan!
In the brilliance of his glory,
The Khan is equal to the sun!
There is none equal to the Khan in glory, None!
The Khan female slaves praise the Khan,
Their Khan!
KONCHAK [the Khan]
Do you see the captives
From the distant sea;
Do you see my beauties,
From beyond the Caspian Sea?
Oh, tell me, friend,
Tell me just one word:
If you want to,
I will give you anyone of them.
Sing songs of praise to the Khan! Sing!
Praised be his generosity, praised be his mercy!
Praise him!
To his enemies the Khan is merciless
He, our Khan!
Who may equal the Khan in glory, who?
In the brilliance of his glory,
He is equal to the sun!
Our Khan, Khan Konchak, is equal
In glory to his forefathers!
The terrible Khan Konchak is equal
In glory to his forefathers! Glorious is our Khan Konchak!
Glory, glory!
(Repeats the opening stanza)
Our Khan, Khan Konehak, is equal
In glory to his forefathers!
The grim Khan Konehak is equal
In glory to his forefathers!
Glory, glory to Khan Konchak!
Khan Konehak!
With your dancing entertain the Khan,
Dance to entertain the Khan, slaves!
Your Khan!
Dance to entertain the Khan, slaves!
Your Khan!
With your dancing entertain the Khan!
Entertain with dancing!
Our Khan Konchak![4]
References in popular culture[edit]
Some Polovtsian Dances performed by Daniel Bautista (fragment).
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Most of the themes from No. 17 were incorporated into the 1953 musical Kismet, best known of which is the women's dance ("Gliding Dance of the Maidens"), adapted for the song "Stranger in Paradise". Thirteen years earlier, in 1940, Artie Shaw recorded "My Fantasy" (credited to composers Paul Whiteman, Jack Meskill, and Leo Edwards), which has a tune virtually identical to this dance. Paul Whiteman adapted the music from the Polovtsian Dances theme from Prince Igor (1890). The Paul Whiteman Orchestra recorded "My Fantasy" in 1939.
A hip-hop song version of the music was produced by Warren G and Sissel Kyrkjebø for the album The Rhapsody, simply entitled "Prince Igor". The single was released in 1997, along with the album.
The theme was also used in the Massive Attack song "Karmacoma", from the album Protection in 1994. The theme also appears on a 2015 music album entitled Classical Made Modern.[5]
The heavy metal song Lonely Winds of War by Masterplan also uses the melody in the chorus.
More recent adaptations of the music include the following:
- Opening ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
- Julio Iglesias recorded the Polovtsian Dances under the title Quiéreme in his album Emociones, a Spanish homage to Borodin's masterpiece.
- British string quartet bond recorded an instrumental version of the women's dance in their album Shine, renamed "Strange Paradise" to fit with Kismet's use of the melody.
- Different adaptations of No. 17 "Gliding Dance of the Maidens" have been featured as background music in several Japanese animated TV series, including Princess Tutu, Noir, Kare Kano and Blood Blockade Battlefront, while it is given a special significance in RahXephon. The track "The Garden of Everything" on the top 10 Maaya Sakamoto single "Tune the Rainbow" uses it as a sub-melody. Polovtsian Dance was also Hideaki Anno's original choice to open Neon Genesis Evangelion before A Cruel Angel's Thesis was produced.
- An arranged version of the song was used in the Nintendo DS game Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times and played on clear summer evenings.
- An arranged version of the song was created and used as the opening theme to the PlayStation 2 video game, The Sword of Etheria. The vocals are performed by Martha Matsuda. This arrangement was adapted for 'Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2.'
- An arranged version of the song was used as one of the themes for the puzzle stages in the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 video game, Catherine.
- A remixed version of the song is used in the level Sarumon's Castle in the PlayStation 2 game Ape Escape 3.
- The opening theme of the 2012 Japanese anime series "Appleseed XIII" is an adaptation of the original melody.
- A piano version of Polovtsian Dance #2 is used in the Burial at Sea, episode 1 expansion for Bioshock: Infinite.
- In the 1970s there was a television commercial for a classical music compilation set that tried to hook viewers by arguing that many of their favorite tunes were actually classical pieces. The narrator (British actor John Williams) speaks at one point, with "Stranger in Paradise" playing in the background, and says, "You may think of this as 'Stranger in Paradise,' but did you know it was from the Polovtsian Dance Number 2 by Borodin?"
- Polovtsian Dances was used a large number of times throughout the film Fire Maidens of Outer Space
- The "Gliding Dance of the Maidens" section is played, to suggest loneliness and despair, during the pilot episode of the cartoon series "Ren and Stimpy" when Ren and Stimpy are jailed at the dog pound.
- The "Gliding Dance of the Maidens" was performed at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
- The music was used in a Turf Builder commercial that aired during the 2016 NCAA broadcast on CBS.
See also[edit]
- Cumans - the Cumans were called Polovtsy by the Rus'
- ^ Garofala, Lynn. Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. (New York, NY: DaCapo Press, 1998). p. 384.
- ^ "Prince Igor on Russian Wikisource".
- ^ http://www.brilliantclassics.com/media/445949/94608-Borodin-Prince-Igor-Sung-texts.pdf, retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ http://www.brilliantclassics.com/media/445949/94608-Borodin-Prince-Igor-Sung-texts.pdf, retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ "Classical Made Modern". retrieved 16 May 2016
- Borodin, A. Le Prince Igor. Partition pour chant et piano. Edition M.P. Belaieff. (Russian, French, and German text.)
External links[edit]
Free scores of Polovtsian Dances in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)


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Flipboard, Steve Jobs' self-proclaimed favourite app thanks to its prompt arrival on IOS, finally arrived on Google's Android operating system this year, and quickly climbed to the top of download charts.
If you've yet to try out the much-talked about app, now is the perfect time to give it a spin. Dubbed 'a news magazine', Flipboard takes news from your Twitter timeline and Facebook feed, as well as from news outlets such as BBC News, and compiles all of your top stuff into a swish, touch-optimised magazine.
Unfortunately, the app isn't yet optimised for Android tablets, but if Santa has brought you a new Android smartphone, Flipboard is sure to look great. What's more, if you've got a Samsung device this Christmas, you may find that Flipboard is already preloaded.
If you haven't, Flipboard is available to download for free from the Google Play Store.
Angry Birds Star Wars
Do we really need to say more? Rovio, makers of Angry Birds, has teamed with Star Wars for the latest version of its ridiculously popular application.
The app, much to our delight, does exactly what it says on the tin. You play the game as your favourite Star Wars character/bird, with a choice of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and Chewbacca, R2D2 and C3PO. As you'd expect, you attack pigs that look like Star Wars baddies too, such as Darth Vader, Tusken Raiders and Stormtroopers.
Taking tips from Rovio's previous Angry Birds release, this app takes place in space, which means there's plenty of frustrating gravity-defying levels. As if that wasn't enough, the app also lets you use a light sabre and 'the Force' to attack the pigs, making it a must-have for Star Wars fans.
Angry Birds Star Wars is available to download for free from Google Play.
There's no way we could compile a list of our favourite 10 apps without mentioning Spotify, the perfect source for crap Christmas music over the holiday season.
While you'll need a Spotify subscription to make the most of the app, costing either £4.99 or £9.99 a month depending on whether you want offline listening chucked in, Spotify is giving away a 48-hour free trial for those who install the Android app.
Spotify, and its catalogue of millions of songs (including Metallica as of this month), lets you stream music on the go, compile playlists of your favourite tracks and send songs to your friends on Facebook. One downside, though, is that what you're listening to is also displayed on the social network but thankfully this can be turned off, for when you have a sly listen to Justin Bieber.
Spotify is available to download for free from Google Play.
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Here are some images of Lynch Architects' concept village at the Daily Mail Ideal Home Show, which opened in London this weekend.
The village forms the central feature at the show and consists of three houses that explore new typologies for houses in the UK: Country/Rural House (below); Terraced House and Suburban Courtyard House (above). Although it's a bit hard to see them through all that landscaping.
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Cruising the open road, hammering along a washboard trail or even zipping through traffic with the aplomb of a cab driver can be a truly pleasurable experience.
Being stuck in traffic between trips to the grocery store and the department store or on the way to work, however, can be boring. For those types of trips, the autonomous car can't come soon enough for many drivers.
In an age when we carry technology with us constantly, it seems the devices aren't quite clever enough to save us the time we spend in traffic. An upcoming meeting in Washington and a study released Tuesday, however, indicate a breakthrough might be coming, and soon.
First, the report. In a new analysis, TexPIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group details how technology advances like smartphones and faster internet access have put the brakes on American driving habits. Here are some highlights.
- Between 2000 and 2012, the percentage of adults who use the Internet increased from 46 percent to 82 percent.
- The percentage of adults who own a cell phone increased from 53 percent to 88 percent.
- The share of Americans with access to high-speed Internet at home increased from 5 percent to more than 70 percent.
- Roughly half of Americans now own smartphones, which did not exist in their modern form in 2000.
As a result, American, especially those under the age of 34, are driving less because they are better connected to information wherever they are. Though the population has grown, America collectively is driving about the same number of miles it did in 1996.
"New transportation services are providing people with an abundance of new options, helping to overcome barriers to the use of non-driving forms of transportation, and shifting the economics behind individuals' travel choices," the authors wrote in the study. "Collectively, they are also opening up the opportunity for more Americans to adopt car-free and car-light lifestyles with dramatically less driving."
The takeaway from supporters of the study is pretty clear.
"These technological tools and practices are still in their infancy but spreading fast," said Thomas Visco of the TexPIRG Education Fund. "Government leaders should focus less on expanding highway capacity and more on public transit, biking, walking and other alternatives to personal cars."
While this might indeed be helpful, U.S. 59 is still clogged in both directions during the morning and evening commutes in Houston and is likely to stay that way — even though we are logged on more than ever. Maybe everyone is on their phone and headed home simultaneously. It seems with so many people coming to the region, and job and school demands still dominating when many of us hit the road, we're still creating record traffic even with more transportation choices and better at-home online opportunities.
At some point, though, the technology and the traffic are going to cross and maybe make things a lot better. U.S. 59 might not get a lot bigger, but it could carry more traffic if that traffic were smarter. Shifting to automated cars, ones that remove the biggest problem (idiotic human drivers) can help traffic flow much more efficiently down the road. No more stopping and starting and lost pavement to some guy driving 45 mph in the fast lane or some freak scaring all the other drivers into slamming on their brakes so he can buy a Mountain Dew at the Buc-ees two minutes sooner.
Between accurate mapping, radar technology, advances in sensory or other wireless devices and even faster computers, pretty soon the car (or maybe, more importantly, the long-haul truck) can move itself with minimal oversight from us.
A handful of states are already looking at changes to laws to encourage development of self-driving cars. Federal officials will again take up the topic on Oct. 9.
It will be years before autonomous cars are available for sale. The first ones General Motors is making will roll off the line about the same time work starts on the Hardy Toll Road downtown extension in 2020.
Self-driving cars are going to take years, if not decades, to catch on. They're likely going to help initially on freeways, where technology can be deployed on a greater scale, while we do our own city driving.
Whenever it happens, this development will return our time to us for our own uses. One of the real advantages of transit is it affords the rider their own time. Listen to music. Read a book. Catch up on emails or whatever.
Research, like the new study by TexPIRG, shows people use that time and depend on it. That's why better connections to online platforms was one of the authors' suggestions for catering to drivers who want to go car-free.
Some people think better wi-fi service is unnecessary on short bus trips, though a case can be made for upgrading the service on lengthy commuter routes. Battery life of devices is improving, so power outlets might not be a wise investment on every bus and train.
There are other improvements, like quality cell phone service at all bus stops and on vehicles, that might be a better move. Smart fare systems that enable phones to pay for trips can also improve access and ease of use.
Whether it is a car that drives us most of the time or better ways to get around without the car, the technology is rapidly coming of age to make it happen. How we use it is up to us.


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Wine List and the Grand Award
Graycliff's wine cellar has garnered the Wine Spectator's Grand Award since1988. The Grand Award is
Wine Spectator's Restaurant Wine List Awards recognize restaurants whose wine lists offer interesting selections, are appropriate to their cuisine and appeal to a wide range of wine lovers.
This award is given to restaurants that show an uncompromising, passionate devotion to the quality of their wine program. These restaurants typically offer 1,500 selections or more, and feature serious breadth of top producers, outstanding depth in mature vintages, a selection of large-format bottles, excellent harmony with the menu and superior organization, presentation and wine service. (from the Wine Spectator)


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How To Improve Ecommerce Sites For Increasing Tablet Usage?
The Internet market is ever-exploding and with ever-expanding technologies, there are more reasons for Internet users and businesses to rejoice. If inferences are to be made by checking out survey and figures estimations, tablets are considered to be the biggest game changers of Internet usage and consumption in the present day.
According to Online Publishers Association (OPA), 31 per cent of US Internet users now own a tablet, an increase of about 12 per cent from 2011. The numbers are expected to rise next year. According to a Pew Research Center's report, 22 per cent of Americans now use tablets every day.
While most still prefer using iPad (which holds 52 per cent market share), the number of Android users is significantly rising too. Moreover, tablets are more often being used as shopping devices. This definitely is seen as a boon to the E-commerce sector. From a research done by Monetate in the first quarter of 2012, 6.52 per cent traffic to E-commerce sites come from tablet users.
Yes, all the above reports and research point to positive development of the Internet, especially the tablet market and ecommerce store. Unfortunately, while more and more Internet users are using tablets to browse for information and buy goods, retailers are not optimizing their websites to make them tablet-friendly.
What Makes Shopping through Tablets Difficult
According to a recent study conducted by ecommerce tool vendor Skava, only seven per cent of retailers optimize their website for tablets. This means that 93 per cent possibly assume that their desktop version or at best their smartphone versions will work well for tablets. They couldn't have been more wrong as there are several issues that need to be addressed to make a website tablet compatible.
Websites are not optimized for switching between landscape and portrait modes, images displays are not clear enough, drop down menus are a hassle and links can get difficult to click. These are some of the frequently found problems that tablet users find while browsing through ecommerce websites. Each of these problems can affect Internet browsing habits largely, causing serious repercussions on the ecommerce industry.
It has to be understood that tablet users are affluent and will indulge more in online shopping. Moreover, a user spends more time with the tablet than with any other gadget. It has been noted by Skava that an average tablet shopper's purchase is 153 per cent higher than that of a smartphone shopper. The average purchase equate to $123. Unless and until retailers pay attention to this grave issue of compatibility, they will surely lose a huge chunk of the market.
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Sprinter Shawn Crawford says he's puzzled by his rep as a bit of a space shot. "Maybe people that think I'm crazy just don't know me," he says. Maybe, but there was that time in 2002 when, on a whim, he ran a 200-meter sprint in Milan wearing a silver Phantom of the Opera-style mask. (It slipped over his eyes and he was disqualified for stepping out of his lane.) Or his appearance last year on FOX's Man vs. Beast, when he raced against a giraffe (he won) and then a zebra (he lost). "I think if I could get hold of that zebra right now," says Crawford, 26, "I could take him."
But first things first. At the upcoming Athens Olympics, he faces a showdown against defending Olympic gold medalist Maurice Greene—as well as his own training partner Justin Gatlin—in the Games' glamor race, the 100-meter sprint. Though Greene and Gatlin finished ahead of him in the blistering 100 final at the Olympic trials, Crawford owns the fastest time at the distance this year (9.88 seconds). Not coincidentally, the free-spirited "Cheetah Man"—as Crawford began calling himself before the FOX special—has finally embraced the virtues of training and the art of self-discipline. "He has awesome potential, and now that he has buckled down we're beginning to see it," says ESPN track and field commentator Larry Rawson. "He definitely has gold medal potential."
No news to Crawford's family and friends back in tiny Van Wyck, S.C., where his mother, Sylvia, 44, a sales associate at Home Depot, raised Shawn and his sisters Takelia, 24, and Christoria, 22. "He used to always run from a whuppin'," says cousin Chadric Crawford, 28, who remembers the 8-year-old Shawn eluding one of his uncles after some childish mischief. "They never could catch him, and he'd be cryin' and runnin' and cryin' and runnin'. So when he finally got tired they'd never whup him because we'd all be laughing. He had no technique but you could never catch him."
That's been the pattern for much of Crawford's career: a world of talent, scattershot direction. "It takes a long time to break a wild mustang," says the bachelor, who says his off-track pursuits include "music, fishing, women...but sometimes the order changes." Raw speed was good enough to earn the A student a track scholarship to Clemson, where he won two NCAA titles in the 200 despite a relationship with track coaches that was so turbulent he was twice booted from the team. "I do have a problem with authority," Crawford admits. "I have trouble with somebody giving me orders." After turning pro in 2000, he moved back home to train again with his high school coach and mentor Michael Gordon—a move that stalled his career. "Shawn stayed with what he was comfortable with," says Gordon, 43. "But in order to get faster, you gotta train with fast people."
In November he reluctantly moved 150 miles to Raleigh, N.C., to train with Trevor Graham, former coach of Marion Jones. He chafed under Graham's stringent six-day-a-week training regimen (the coach doesn't accept excuses for lateness, absence or skipping weight training). But after a month the runner began to see the improvement in his performance, especially at shorter distances like the 100. "He's taught me the art of sprinting," says Crawford, "how to get the most out of each movement in the race."
Crawford says he has also benefited enormously from training with rising star Gatlin, 22, one of his chief rivals. "He's a cool dude; we support each other like brothers," says Crawford of Gatlin, against whom he will race in the 100 and 200 in Athens. (Gatlin returns the compliment, saying, "It's us against everyone else.") "I don't have to worry about hyping myself up at competitions," says Crawford. "I'm already going head to head against one of the best in the world every day."
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Marie Sabo spent the halcyon days of her childhood at the Girl Scouts' Camp Low Country near Huger.
But future generations of girls likely won't get that summertime experience unless someone miraculously shows up with a big donation to save the 153-acre camp.
The Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina, struggling with budget woes, has decided to sell the property along with three others -- the Girl Scout Building on Cross County Road in North Charleston, the Florence Service Center building and about 400 acres that surround Camp Sandy Ridge in Bennettsville.
The group will hold on to a small part of Camp Sandy Ridge so Girl Scouts still can camp there.
"We're financially not where we should be," the group's chief executive officer, Loretta Graham, said of the organization. "We looked at all properties and decided we had to put everything up for sale." She is not yet sure of the asking price for Camp Low Country.
Sabo, who is now 34, loved the horses best. She learned to ride, care for the animals, and even clean stalls. She attended the camp, a former plantation that the Girl Scouts purchased in 1963, for about five years in the 1980s.
She even participated in the counselor training program when she was 14.
Sabo said she was sad when she learned that the Girl Scouts were selling the property. And she wonders if the group could have saved the property if it had gotten the word out earlier that the camp was in jeopardy. "Maybe they could have found other adults with fond memories to save it," she said.
The group's financial problems escalated after a 2005 decision by the national organization to merge councils, Graham said. Two eastern South Carolina councils merged, she said.
The move was supposed to save money, but it had the opposite effect. Legal and other merger fees were costly, and the new organization lost members. That meant fewer Girl Scouts were selling cookies and participating in other fundraising events.
The good news is that membership is rebounding, Graham said. In 2009 the council had 7,800 members, and that jumped to 8,400 in 2010. But the numbers aren't growing fast enough to save Camp Low Country, she said.
The group reached a point where it was borrowing money each year to operate the camp, she said. And the camp had many historic structures, which the group simply couldn't afford to take care of.
Sabo, who doesn't have children, returned to the camp recently with a friend, Libby Heise, a Girl Scout leader.
The camp was run down, she said, with many historic buildings rendered uninhabitable. But the site on the Cooper River is beautiful, she said.
Heise, whose 11-year-old daughter, Caetlyn, has been attending the camp for the past five summers, said it's a unique place for girls. "And there aren't many places just for girls anymore," she said.
Losing her summer outdoor experience at Camp Low Country was bad news for Caetlyn. She will miss riding horses, climbing a rock wall and archery.
"There's a lot of stuff there," she said, "and it's really cool."
Reach Diane Knich at 937-5491.
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Susak & Powell, P.C., Prominent Personal Injury Law Firm is Closing its Doors After Over 50 Years of Service to the Portland, Oregon Community
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the Staff and Clients who have supported us over the years.
It has been a pleasure meeting and working with all of you.
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Actually Calico is a U.S. weapons manufacturer. The weapon you are thinking of is the model 950 which is made by Calico. It uses a two part roller rocker bolt with a cylinder style magazine sitting on top. It usually holds 50 rounds however a 100 round version is available. Another close cousin to the model 950 is the 960A which is a submachine gun version which fires from a closed bolt position and is approximately twice the 950's length. Both weapons use the same magazine however.
People better stop getting their definitions of Calico from 50cent songs.
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A type of gun which can hold up to 100 rounds since the clip is a horizontal cylinder which sits on top of the barrel.
Calico, 100 shots... "50 cent - guns for sale"
FETUS5000 tərəfindən 09 Sentyabr 2003
The process of loading a "clip" or "magazine" in a pistol or rifle "mixxed" etc full jacket, hollow point, lead tip, slug etc... a mix of bullets that have all different uses to cross any lines from bullet proof vests to pcp drug induced fiends
fool better watch it before i hit him with the CALICO
oLIFERUINERo tərəfindən 18 May 2010
An older woman in their late 60s to mid 70s. She has been through it all: wars, depression, and the plague. She is coming around the block for another go at the young men. She bares flashy jewelry, diamonds, etc. She has a "If you got it, flaunt it" attitude.
So I skipped the cougar bar and went straight for the calico's, what a good time.
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A champion exhibit of a woman, one that is clearly superior or has the attributes of a winner.
did you see that foxy chick with the blue eyes?
She is calico all the way!!
She is calico all the way!!
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1. A sexy lady, usually a cougar, that has three different colors in her hair. Usually this is an effort to look hip and young and even though it fails, it certainly catches attention.
Jack- "Dude, check out that cougar"
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A champion exhibit of a woman
A:Hey who's that foxy, blonde haired, blue eyed girl?
B:Thats Calico!
B:Thats Calico!
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text: Steve Sundquist Goodloe-Johnson fired; Enfield to lead Seattle Schools By Jennifer Wing & KPLU News Staff • Mar 3, 2011 ErikaJSchultz / Twitpic Listen Listening... / Seattle's school board fired Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson and Don Kennedy, the district's chief financial officer, Wednesday evening, as was widely anticipated. The votes were unanimous. The action was swift retribution following revelations of a financial scandal that drew the anger of board members and the public. The board then voted 6-1 to appoint Susan Enfield as interim superintendent. Alleged fraud in Seattle Public Schools could mean staff changes, criminal charges By Charla Bear • Feb 23, 2011 Gary Davis / KPLU Listen Listening... / The Seattle School Board could soon decide whether some district employees should lose their jobs over alleged fraud within the school system. This week, the board expects to receive the results of an investigation into $1.8 million dollars in contracts for services that might have never been completed, or even started.


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CookieCrazie's Week in Review
Personal Side
It's been quite a week.
Going without my own computer has been a huge test.
I'm not sure I made a very good grade. :(
Thankfully, my son, Kyle, let me use his computer.
I was able to pulled together all my Valentine week photos and posts.
That was a rich blessing.
It made me feel a bit of normalcy in the midst of chaos.
I got my new lap top Wednesday evening.
For the most part, it has been a good transition.....but my brain still hurts.
My biggest problem is moving away from Paintshop Pro.....my beloved photo editing software.
It's not Mac compatible. :(
And I'm not thrilled about letting it go......
In fact, if I can help it, I WON'T let it go. haha
We'll see.
I am catching up with so much I couldn't do for a week.
I'm still not there, but the burden is lessening with each day.
I couldn't include all my Instagram photos this week on
the CookieCrazie chatter because I couldn't watermark them.
My son's PC is down.....and I'm lost here on this lap top.
It will have to wait until next week.
But at least I'm posting, right?
The speed at which I can do things on this Macbook is INCREDIBLE!
Plus......it doesn't blue screen on me every few minutes. ;)
I'm grateful for the new lap top.
I've got a million photos to edit.....and no photo editing I'm capable of using.
Change is hard. I thought I was good at it. But this week says I'm not. :(
On the happy side of life, I made lots of spring-y cookies this week.
Oh what fun it was to use lots of pastels.
Cookies are definitely my therapy.....
Instagram photos for this week:
Honey bee theme coming right along......
Fun special project..... :)
Things are buzzin' around here. :)
Honey bee theme coming right along......
Fun special project..... :)
Things are buzzin' around here. :)
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Anyway...let's see...Raphaella is my age, my height, loves indian food and lives in SoCal, where I want to live? Oh good grief I have a thinner version of me already living down there. I'll move to the boonies instead where everyone can worship my heightly godliness.
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Plymouth lost to Livonia Churchill in their early season matchup, but the Wildcats got their revenge in a bigger game Friday, winning, 20-14, in the Division 1 football district finals.
Churchill (10-1) took a 7-0 first-quarter lead, but Plymouth (9-2) took control of the game with 17 points in the second quarter and then withstood a late Churchill rally.
Matt Janke and Nate Emminger made big plays for Plymouth - Janke intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown in the second quarter, and Emminger intercepted a pass with 30.3 seconds left in the game to clinch the win.
"This is huge, because back in Week 3 we lost to them in a close game," Emminger said. "We didn't want to feel like that again, so we came out and practiced hard all week and put it on the field."
Plymouth will face Detroit Catholic Central next weekend. Catholic Central (7-4) beat Walled Lake Northern, 42-17, Friday.
On the final drive of game, after scoring earlier in the fourth quarter to close the gap to 20-14, Churchill got the ball at its own 30-yard line with 1:08 remaining.
Quarterback Seth Suida completed several passes to move the ball into Plymouth territory, but Emminger stepped in front of a pass and picked it off at the 18-yard line with 30.3 seconds left on the clock.
"It feels awesome," Emminger said. "The team voted me as a captain, which means I have to come up with big plays in big games. That's what I just did, and it feels better than anything."
The first big play that started Plymouth's scoring run happened with 11 minutes left in the second quarter. Suida tried to throw a pass away out of bounds, but Janke intercepted the ball before it could make it to the sidelines and ran it back for a touchdown to tie the game, 7-7.
Plymouth then scored on a field goal from Brenton Zuzo and a touchdown pass from Jamarl Eiland to Connor Stella right before the half to take a 17-7 lead.
Plymouth coach Mike Sawchuk was pleased with his team's execution, especially compared to Churchill's 35-31 win earlier in the season.
"We just went back and watched (the film from the previous game) and said 'we can't make the same mistakes that we made in the first game,' " Sawchuk said. "Our plan was stay off them a little bit, make them dink and dunk us, and grind the football to keep it out of their hands.
"We did a good job of it."
Plymouth kept the ball out of Churchill's hands for most of the second half with strong rushing from Eiland, D.J. Rossell and Mike Kennedy, who combined for over 200 yards.
But Churchill put together a nice drive early in the fourth quarter, capped off with a 20-yard touchdown run from Romello Brown with 7:33 to go. Brown finished with 141 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries.
This cut the lead to 20-14 and brought the huge home crowd back into the game, but Plymouth moved the ball into Churchill territory and took over six minutes off the clock before punting.
Churchill couldn't quite complete the comeback to continue its undefeated season, but coach John Filliatrout was proud of his team.
"It was a good high school game," he said. "High school football is about mistakes that you make, and we made one more than they did tonight.
"I thought our kids hung in and played hard, but we just couldn't make enough plays to get off the field or to stick it in the end zone tonight.
"I told these guys tonight just how proud I was of them; it's really a great bunch of kids who worked hard. This is really heartbreaking to see it come to a close."


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June 19, 2000
She is survived by her parents, Jerry and Michele; sisters, Maria and Megan; grandmothers, Elizabeth Mondulick and Barbara Keister; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Erin was a junior at Woodinville High School. She played in the WHS band and on several local fastpitch softball and basketball teams. Skiing with her family was also a favorite activity for Erin. She was a young woman of courage, kindness, wit, strength, and poise who was an inspiration and taught all who knew her to live and love.
Visitation and vigil will be held on Tuesday, June 20, at 7 p.m. with a funeral mass on Wednesday, June 21, at 11 a.m. at St. Jude, 10526 166th Ave. NE in Redmond.
Memorials may be made to Make-A-Wish Foundation, Children's Hospital, Lifecenter Northwest Donor Network, or the American Cancer Society.
Ed. Note: Readers may remember a Letter to the Editor written by Erin in the April 1999 Woodinville Weekly in which she was thankful for her transplant and urged people to become organ donors.
A natural caregiver, Carmen ran a daycare out of her home for nearly 20 years. Her impact on countless children was great. They often kept in touch by traditionally visiting her on Halloween or sending photos in the mail.
She is survived by her four children: Gilbert Tilley, Jr., Catherine Wilson, Eileen Nordeen, and Joseph Tilley; her sister Rosie, and her brothers, Tom and George.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested all donations be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Born May 26, 1929 in Terre Bonne, Minnesota, she graduated from Red Lake Falls High School in Minnesota in 1947. She married Cliff Nordlinder on Oct. 24, 1929. The couple divorced five years ago.
A 30-year resident of the Woodinville/Bothell area, Mrs. Nordlinder was a longtime member of St. Brendan's Catholic Church in Bothell, and for the past seven years, has been an employee at the Woodinville McDonald's.
Mrs. Nordlinder enjoyed traveling and was a special mom, grandma and friend.
She is survived by daughter, Linnea Nordlinder of Duvall; son, Brent Nordlinder (Carla) of Woodinville; grandsons, Leif and Kyle Nordlinder, Woodinville; sisters, Marietta Sauve of Vancouver, Washington; and Virginia St. Yves of Red Lake Falls, Minnesota.
Memorials may be made to Evergreen Hospice or to cancer research.
Dan spent his early years in the Genessee area of Seattle where he grew to love the hydro races. In 1955, the Williams family moved to Bellingham, where he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in 1963. Dan graduated from Bellingham High School in 1964.
After high school, Dan briefly attended Skagit Valley Community College and then joined the Navy in 1966. He spent four years in the Navy and achieved the rank of Sonar Technician Third Class.
After leaving the Navy, Dan worked at a number of jobs, including longshoreman, restaurant manager, real estate sales, musician, videographer, and consultant. Also, during this time he earned a B.A. in videography from Western Washington University.
In 1991, he married Dorothy Shadwick and they moved to Duvall in 1992. Dan enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening, woodworking, and being licked by his dogs, Sparky, Pennie, and Latte. He was the current two-time defending blue ribbon brittle maker at the Western Washington State Fair.
Preceded in death by his father, F. Perry Williams, and his mother, Mary W. Williams, Dan is survived by his wife, Dorothy; his brother, Bill; four nieces and four nephews.


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Return Of The Vintage Busties, over 35 & fabulous,dahling!
Sep 22 2007, 01:34 PM
Post #61
Hardcore BUSTie
Posts: 1,103
From: chi town
for me it is all about moisturizing, all the time.
I teach water aerobics and one of the older women in my class has a saying, " See a wrinkle, eat a twinkie! "
So twinkies all around.
Sep 22 2007, 10:54 AM
Post #62
brown delicious
Posts: 2,938
From: here, there, everywhere
wow. i've seen those tree. do you worship the sun?? tanning seems to bring those. and shagging skin. damn aging.
"I'm not impressed easily. Wow! A blue car!"-Homer Simpson
Sep 21 2007, 11:26 PM
Post #63
Hardcore BUSTie
Posts: 456
From: Aotearoa (aka New Zealand)
I thought those looked good! I have three of them in the mornings that fade during the day (I'm sure they're gradually becoming more permanent) and I think they sort of make my chest look more interesting and my breasts look more defined. But I'm a weirdo.
Sep 21 2007, 09:01 PM
Post #64
Hardcore BUSTie
Posts: 147
From: Brooklyn, NY
lol no u didn't.
I have those too. In fact i thought it was honorable that you mentioned them first... but you know what makes them less noticeable/ go way some?
I use the oil of olay microdermabrasion crap once a month on my chest, bust (heh) area. any more than that damages the delicate skin there, but it helps.
"A lot of Christians wear crosses around their necks. You think when Jesus comes back he ever wants to see a f@*#ing cross? It's like going up to Jackie Onassis wearing a rifle pendant."
Bill Hicks
Sep 21 2007, 05:39 PM
Post #65
cryostat bitch
Posts: 1,717
And...I killed the thread....
Sep 18 2007, 07:48 AM
Post #66
cryostat bitch
Posts: 1,717
Okay...I'm developing chest wrinkles. They're vertical. This distresses me much more than the facial wrinkles and the grey hair.
Sep 13 2007, 07:51 AM
Post #67
35. le sigh. i don't even feel all that grown up most of the time.
these days though i find myself checking with the younger set to make sure they're getting my references (thank maude for Retro or i would be SO out of it!).
think about it, the smurfs haven't been on tv since before i hit the teens man. what about Jem and the Thundercats? Barbapapa anyone?
ok, those are all cartoon references but i've got kids yo!
*laughing at self*
Sep 12 2007, 05:23 PM
Post #68
Hardcore BUSTie
Posts: 147
From: Brooklyn, NY
LOL what 33 means to me.....
The when are you and Ed going to start a family question still irks me. We ARE NOT HAVING CHILDREN. PERIOD, EXCLAMATION POINT now mind your goddamn business. It's always the ones most irritated with their own children, that push and ask the most I find. Those and the adults that are so miserable with their own that they question the validity of our 11 year relationship because there are no kids. Yes we have an active sex life, I probably have way more sex than you do and it's not always the quickie slipped in variety when the kids are bathing, at a friend's or the inlaws are sitting variety either.... (Not that quickies can't be fun, but that's for another thread.)
I went to meet my nephew (23) and a bunch of his friends at a bar two weeks ago. Having not seen some of these kids, (I babysat for many of these boys/men...lol) I sat at the bar alone until I saw my nephew. I would occasionally glance over at the group of twenty-something guys, a couple of which were definitely giving me the once, twice, three times a lady once-over, so I went outside for a smoke. Out strolls my nephew about 5 minutes later, and told me I should come inside, but did I happen to see the hot chick his friends had been gawking at leave the bar? I cracked up and went inside with him, where I visited with half of the kids that I tucked in with a story when they were 5,6,7 years old except this time instead of complaining about going to bed they were more interested in getting me in one.
Proving yet again that men mature slower than women, I heard variations of "pretty hot for an old chick" a couple of times over the next 3 hours.
Most of the time I don't feel like I'm in my 30's at all. But I do get a bad case of the "Fuck, I am OLD!"('s) from time to time.
Um like last week when I had to explain my oh so cool "Back to the Future" references to a 22 year old.
"A lot of Christians wear crosses around their necks. You think when Jesus comes back he ever wants to see a f@*#ing cross? It's like going up to Jackie Onassis wearing a rifle pendant."
Bill Hicks
Sep 12 2007, 09:03 AM
Post #69
Hardcore BUSTie
Posts: 1,617
From: Toronto
I don't remember ever getting any pressure over marrying, having kids, etc. My mother didn't marry until she was 30, which was pretty unusual in the 50s, I think, and I don't think my mother particularly liked kids. My dad always said that she shouldn't have had any.
I think the most I ever got was "When are you getting a real job?" at Christmas dinner, no less.
Because of my gray hair, I never get taken for younger than I am (mid-forties) but I rarely get taken for older, either, as far as I know.
Sep 11 2007, 04:35 PM
Post #70
PANTIES! ew.
Posts: 1,762
I owned property in my 20s and now I rent.
Last week someone in her 50s told me she thought I was in my 20s, not my 30s. I have poise/manners/social graces, I'm polite, I'm smart, I'm well-spoken, I can interact with a wide variety of people of different ages and backgrounds. I know all of this. And I know she meant well in trying to clear up the misunderstanding, but I'm not taking it as a compliment anymore and I know that's 100% my problem not to foist on other people. I want to make up t-shirts that say "This is what 3_ looks like!" (fill in the appropriate number) because the whole "Oh, you DON'T LOOK 3_" is getting to be really stale. But then again, maybe it's part of the myth that only people in their 20s wear t-shirts.
Sep 5 2007, 04:02 AM
Post #71
cryostat bitch
Posts: 1,717
Heh...you feel really OLD when you get your first "you're eligible for an AARP membership!" notice. Gaaaaa!
(although it was because I had spent more than ten dollars at Walgreens; not my actual age)
Sep 4 2007, 05:05 PM
Post #72
Hardcore BUSTie
Posts: 1,103
From: chi town
The weird thing about being in the 30's is that sometimes the conversation turns to mortages and shit like that.
I sometimes will be doin laundry on a saturday night, enjoying every minute of it and then I wonder:"HOw did I become such a functional adult with a career, husband, and house?" It is just so wild to me.
Sep 4 2007, 08:12 AM
Post #73
it's cards on the table time
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I've never really wanted kids, although when the mister and I got together it became intense quite quickly and he brought up having kids early-ish. I think the look of shock on my face clarified my position on that for him. Saying that, as our relationship became solid I deliberately thought long and hard about having them... so I now feel I've come to an informed decision, full circle really: no kids for us. The mister has one of his own so he's happy either way, and is actually I think quite relieved, as a new baby would put quite a dent into our plans for travelling and/or eventually emigrating.
I've posted about this before, but I've been lucky in that my parents don't put any pressure on me to have children at all; in fact I think my dad, for one, is relieved. My sister wants them though, so the 'family line' will continue.
I admire (good) parents and feel the job of parenting is one of the hardest, albeit also potentialy the most rewarding. It's just not for me/us, and I relish our relative freedom from that responsibility.
What I increasingly run into is the property conversation. Most of my good friends own their houses but for me that's still a couple of years down the road. I honestly don't mind, particularly as property prices where I live have been ludicrous. I try to resist that sense that I'm not a proper adult until I own my house, though.
Sep 2 2007, 06:23 PM
Post #74
Hardcore BUSTie
Posts: 522
From: Texas
We never had the "someday maybe" phase. Not long into our marriage, perhaps even before, we decided there would be no kids. My parents never did really push it much. But from time to time something would slip out. It amuses me that around ten years ago at a family reunion, there were several small children around and my parents were visibly agitated by their presence. Maybe they realized that they weren't so disappointed after all.
No one should have kids unless they want to (visions of Caucescau's Romania where 5 were expected - most became orphans). It's great that we can make that decision on our own without having to justify it.
I've never thought about the "looking for a birth father" scenario because no one has been looking to me for that role (uh, not that I'm aware of). North may have seen it, though.
Sep 2 2007, 04:54 PM
Post #75
uh huh.
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From: the world.
billy -
I think I'm probably pretty lucky in that area, because my parents actually stopped asking a long time ago. I have a couple of brothers who have kids, so that's taken any pressure there might have been, off. (but I never really felt any, actually) What I hear more often from them is "when are you going to settle down and get a real job..." (uh.. never)
Really, I think that any expectations of having kids were probably more self-imposed - it's never been a huge priority for me, nor has it ever been a deal breaker in a relationship to have or not have kids - but I think that somewhere in my head, I always just thought "ok, I'll have kids someday" without giving any real, deep thought to the whole subject. So now that I'm getting older, I'm actually giving thought to something that I'd never thought about before: what do I CHOOSE in terms of having kids? (as opposed to something I was socialized to figure I'd just do as a matter of course)
Something that a guy friend of mine brought up that I'd never even thought of before (and i don't know if this is true, northpole and billy, maybe you can weigh in on this) is that some guys think that just because you're in your late 30's, are single, dating, and don't have kids, that you're on the prowl to find a husband / father. ie: in your mind, when you're dating, you just want to hunt for a husband and get knocked up quick. Which couldn't be further from the truth. I mean, yeah sure, I really really want to be in a good, healthy, mutually exclusive committed relationship with someone I'm really compatible with - but I'm not looking at every single guy as someone I want to immediately marry and have babies with.
Makes me wonder if that is part of the reason it can be more difficult for us older girls to meet someone (although I've not had any real problems with meeting guys..Specially the somewhat younger ones.)
Sep 2 2007, 03:16 PM
Post #76
Hardcore BUSTie
Posts: 522
From: Texas
Raisan, Zoya & North, perhaps at some point, your parents will quit asking or wondering. I dont' recall when that happened with my family, but they eventually came to terms that there will probably be no grandkids. My older brother, long divorced & single, won't have a family unless something bizarre happens. The only sad part of this is that it creates a deadend for the family line. I have regretted that over the years, but not enough to volunteer to do anything about it.
Stargazer, I think it's generally hard to grow older as a single. Society isn't particularly geared to handle that. But I agree that it's probably harder for a woman. And society is still weird about people being childless. Everyone thinks it's their business
Sep 2 2007, 12:44 PM
Post #77
uh huh.
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From: the world.
yeah, northpole, I concur... If I had to choose between being in an excellent relationship with no kids, or to 1) keep looking for someone who wants to have kids or 2) get into a relationship that ends up coming second to the kids, I'd choose the relationship.
At this point, I know that the chances I'll have kids are probably 50% at most, (especially since I'm not in a relationship and have no real prospects of one - and I would only have kids if it was a mutual decision with a partner in a committed relationship) so I would really rather focus on having a great relationship when the right person walks into my life.
Totally different way of thinking than I did, shit, even a year ago. But I think that, for me, that has been a big part of becoming a healthy, mature person. Coming to terms with that has helped take any self-imposed pressure off finding a certain type of partner, in a certain period of time..
Sep 2 2007, 09:57 AM
Post #78
Posts: 45
From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
While reading this thread, it was like hearing a familiar old tune. Even though I'm a guy (just turned 40 this spring), my parents (well, my mom mostly) are wondering when I'm going to settle down, get married and give them a grandchild. I have one older brother and one older sister, both of whom are married and have chosen to not have children.
And like zoya, I'm learning to embrace the fact that I may not have children of my own as women my age either already have them, or do not want to have them. In my younger years, it would have been a deal breaker if the woman wasn't interested in having children, but it's not a deal breaker anymore. Finding that special someone with whom I 'click' is much more important.
Sep 2 2007, 09:39 AM
Post #79
brown delicious
Posts: 2,938
From: here, there, everywhere
you are right raisin, this thread originally for +30 and over.
anywho, yeah, i agree with you about feeling like wasting their time in their 20s. actually, there is research that believes adolescence lasts until the age of 27. so, maybe i'm finally growing up now.
unfortunately, growing old as a women is harder than for a man. i mentioned this statement to a male friend. cause we get harped on about the whole "have babies now before you can't" thing. it is ok for a man to grow old and be single. that's stupid.
"I'm not impressed easily. Wow! A blue car!"-Homer Simpson
Aug 30 2007, 09:53 PM
Post #80
PANTIES! ew.
Posts: 1,762
Hey..... yeah, this thread used to be 30+! Increase for inflation?
Well, I'm not yet 35 and I don't feel old, either, and I'm only reminded of my age when people (still) have the nerve to ask me when I'm going to get married and settle down.
A few of my friends have had children only within the last couple of years, but before that I didn't have any friends or family members of my generation with children.
I think the competition thing exists no matter what age people are; in my experience it has more to do with the people than their ages. Then again, maybe I don't care much what others think of me, so I'm not one to notice it.
Anyway, my parents still drive me absolutely bonkers from time to time and did so again tonight. Deep down I think they don't always know how to communicate with me because I'm not married and don't feel a biological clock going off with regards to having babies. We live within driving distance of each other and it feels like they're breathing down my neck sometimes. I get along better with them when we are living thousands of miles away, not a double digit number of miles away from each other.
I was one of those teenagers who thought she was going to die a horribly tragic accidental death at 27 like Hendrix and Morrison, and so I never really gave much thought to what my life would be like as an adult. Weird, eh?
It's only within the last year or so that I've really truly felt grown up, more than I ever did before. Something deep in me has shifted -- I can't quite pinpoint it tonight, maybe I need time to think about how best to word it -- and I finally feel like okay, I want and need to be making some long-term goals and plans and get excited about them. I did too much physical and emotional drifting in my 20s and I've had enough with this coasting through life with seemingly no real inner direction.
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Sharpen Up: September 28, 2016by Chris Ryndak @ChrisRyndak / Sabres.com
"So who exactly is Derek Grant?" you may be asking on this Wednesday morning. He's the man who posted a goal and two assists in last night's 3-2 preseason overtime win against Ottawa. Yeah, that's right, he had a hand in every goal.
His signing on July 2 may have flown under the radar, but he's definitely on it now after a strong first few days of training camp and Tuesday's breakout performance.
Grant's three points lead Sabres in OT win over Sens
Baptiste makes most of opportunity; Lehner looks sharp in preseason debutby Jourdon LaBarber @jourdonlabarber / Sabres.com
If you had thought about what the storyline might end up being prior to Buffalo's preseason home opener on Tuesday night, you probably wouldn't have considered Derek Grant. Kyle Okposo was making his Sabres debut, and Tyler Ennis was playing in his first game since ending last season early with a concussion. Robin Lehner was also making his first start since a season-ending injury, and against his former team at that.
Yet there was Grant, forcing his name into the conversation yet again with a three-point performance in his own Sabres debut. He scored a goal and an assist in regulation and then set up Jake McCabe's game-winning goal in overtime in a 3-2 win for the Sabres over the Ottawa Senators, only the latest installment in a series of good impressions that he's has made in his short time in Buffalo.
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It may only be a preseason game, but that isn't going to stop Robin Lehner's competitive juices from flowing. The Buffalo Sabres goaltender last saw game action on March 16 before undergoing season-ending ankle surgery.
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Sharpen Up: September 27, 2016by Chris Ryndak @ChrisRyndak / Sabres.com
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Girgensons scores, Nilsson impressive in first preseason gameby Jourdon LaBarber @JourdonLaBarber / Sabres.com
STATE COLLEGE, Penn. - With scoring chances abound, a large lead in shots and some solid play in net, there was plenty to like about the Sabres' first game of the preseason against the Minnesota Wild on Monday night. The only thing that didn't end up on their side was the score - 2-1 in favor of Minnesota.
Sabres announce preseason broadcast schedule
All games will be on WGR 550, 4 preseason games to air on TVby Press Release @SabresPR / Sabres.com
The Buffalo Sabres today announced the broadcast schedule for the team's 2016 preseason games. All seven preseason games will be broadcast live on WGR 550 and the Sept. 30 game against the Toronto Maple Leafs will be broadcast live on television with Rick Jeanneret providing play-by-play on MSG.
In addition, the Sept. 27 game against the Ottawa Senators and Sept. 29 matchup against the Maple Leafs will be shown on MSG using a simulcast of the TSN feed for both contests. Furthermore, the Sabres' Oct. 4 showdown with the Carolina Hurricanes will be live on NBCSN from Marquette, Michigan. Marquette was named Kraft Hockeyville™ USA 2016 in April, and was awarded the preseason game in Lakeview Arena.
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Reinhart and Kane remain linemates; Eichel to return to practice on Tuesdayby Jourdon LaBarber @jourdonlabarber / Sabres.com
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It's also the first NHL game for Alexander Nylander, Buffalo's first-round draft pick this summer. After skating with Sam Reinhart and Evander Kane through the first three days of practice, Nylander will play on a line with Cal O'Reilly and Cole Schneider against Minnesota.
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The Bookham Community Association (BCA) is a registered charity and is an association of some 100 local societies and clubs, an astonishing number for a village the size of Bookham. A principal responsibility is the management of the Old Barn Hall in Great Bookham (Church Road, Great Bookham, KT23 3PQ). The Old Barn Hall has three halls to cater for the many local events.
Every quarter it produces a magazine, the Bookhams Bulletin which is distributed to every household in Great and Little Bookham and reports on local activities and has articles of general interest and local history. For those outside the bounds of the village copies of the magazine can be obtained from the Old Barn Hall. The Bookhams Bulletin is now past its 300th edition, first starting in 1933!
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Here's how RW members rated this race (370 votes).
In short: Fantastic race in the beautiful Surrey hillsIn full: Only did the half, but a fantastic experience over an extremely tough course......oh that hill at the end.No chance of a half PB but that shouldn't put you off. Without a doubt one of the best half marathons in the UkDate of review: October 11, 2015
In short: Loved it! Apart from the hills ...Date of review: October 11, 2015
In short: Excellent!!In full: Fantastic trail marathon, great route and the views help take your mind off the hills!! Well organised, great atmosphere, superb marshals and capped with an excellent medal, t-shirt and cooked breakfast!! Will definitely be back.Date of review: November 6, 2014
In short: HILLS HILLS HILLSIn full: small affair, very friendly. loads of extra goodies within price like breakfast & drinks, cap, t-shirt, medal...very hilly throughout, last couple of miles are a killerDate of review: October 29, 2014
In short: What a gem of a race!In full: The course is hard (have someone mentioned hills?), but views are cracking. The atmosphere is simply amazing (it really feels like a family event). Do I really have to mention hot showers and cooked breakfast? Absolutely brilliant. I'm so coming back next year!Date of review: October 29, 2014
In short: Tough race but great funIn full: I ran the Greensand half marathon. Was a great race lovely scenery and hills! Dr Rob deserves praise for putting on such a great event. Where else could you get a medal, t-shirt, cooked breakfast and a carrot! I will be back next year!Date of review: October 29, 2014
In short: Great atmosphere and a well organised, enjoyable raceDate of review: October 29, 2014
In short: A cracking race!In full: I should confess from the off that I am a big fan of Trionium events. I love the deliberately challenging courses, the cracking scenery and the friendliness of the runners who take part. And this year didn't disappoint: another well organised race, the best facilities I've come across(pristine showers, a full English in the canteen afterwards...)plus lots of support on the out and back course (no congestion as far as I am aware, just lots of high fives and whooping to each other!) I'd sum up the ethos of all of the Trionium events I've been to as old school running at its best - always tough but very rewarding.Date of review: October 29, 2014
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In short: So much fun you forget you're running a marathonDate of review: October 28, 2014
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"Explaining variation in life history timing: Fish spawning time in a changing climate"
Abstract: The capacity of a species to tolerate and/or adapt to environmental conditions will shape its response to future climate change. Of the many life-history processes affected by climate, timing of reproduction greatly influences offspring success and resulting population production. Here we explore temporal and spatial changes in spawning time for Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) across the species' range. We estimate spawning time using a physiologically relevant metric that includes information on fish thermal history (degree days, DD). First, we estimate spawning DD among years (within populations) to show recent changes in spawning time can be explained by local changes in temperature. Second, we employ spawning DD to identify temperature-independent trends in spawning time among populations that are consistent with the evolutionary history of the species. Finally, we use our results to estimate expected spawning time under future climate regimes, and discuss the implications for cod ecology across the species' range.
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Yup, Boys and Girls, Freddie Prinze Jr., 24, is all that. Our judges like the way he dresses too. "He does young well," says model Mia Taylor. "He knows how to do the suit thing and the casual thing." Adds Sisqó: "He's got a brain when it comes to clothes. He gives you a good image, good variety." The singer is especially partial to "the accessory" on Prinze's side–Buffy the Vampire Slayer star and girlfriend Sarah Michelle Gellar, 23. But quiz show host Ben Stein is more impressed with the 6'1" actor's unassuming sweaters and sleek suits. "He's casual, confident, not showing off," says Stein. "He's a guy I would let my daughter go out with." Relax, Vampire Slayer. Stein hasn't got a daughter; this lady-killer is all yours.
"It's a gorgeous sweater and I like it with the khaki pants," says designer Dana Buchman of Prinze's choice for the Hollywood premiere of End of Days last November. "I love the baggy look," adds Mia Tyler. "And since he's got dark hair and eyes, the light colors are great on him." Ben Stein gets a boy-next-door vibe: "This is a guy who's going out on his first date and not quite sure if it's the right thing." Absolutely, assures designer Elie Tahari, "It's very nice."
"What's not to like?" asks Dana Buchman of the monochromatic shirt and pants Prinze wore to the MTV Music Video Awards in Manhattan last September. As Elie Tahari says, "It's conservative and classic." Ben Stein admires the "casual, unassuming, friendly" feel of the outfit–as does Mia Tyler: "He looks like a good schoolboy."
At the L.A. premiere of The Talented Mr. Ripley last December, it was Mr. Prinze who proved talented. Elie Tahari praises the jacket and square-front shoes. Mia Tyler thinks the glasses make the actor "look smart." Ben Stein calls the ensemble "down-to-earth." And Sisqó loves it all: "This is right."
The judges rule that leather–not to mention girlfriend Sarah Michelle Gellar–agrees with Prinze. "I'm not a fan of shiny leather, but it works on him," says Mia Tyler of Prinze's blazer at the MTV Movie Awards in June. Sisqó, too, endorses the actor's subtle spin on city chic: "He's rockin' the basic black."
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