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The romance novel has the strange distinction of being the most popular but least respected of literary genres. While it remains consistently dominant in bookstores and on best-seller lists, it is also widely dismissed by the critical community. Scholars have alleged that romance novels help create subservient readers, who are largely women, by confining heroines to stories that ignore issues other than love and marriage. Pamela Regis argues that such critical studies fail to take into consideration the personal choice of readers, offer any true definition of the romance novel, or discuss the nature and scope of the genre. Presenting the counterclaim that the romance novel does not enslave women but, on the contrary, is about celebrating freedom and joy. Regis offers a definition that provides critics with an expanded vocabulary for discussing a genre that is both classic and contemporary, sexy and entertaining. Taking the stance that the popular romance novel is a work of literature with a brilliant pedigree, Regis asserts that it is also a very old, stable form. She traces the literary history of the romance novel from canonical works such as Richardson's Pamela through Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Bronteuml's Jane Eyre, and E. M. Hull's The Sheik, and then turns to more contemporary works such as the novels of Georgette Heyer, Mary Stewart, Janet Dailey, Jayne Ann Krentz, and Nora Roberts.
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Melissa "Missy" Moyer lost her life on July 23 while on vacation in Maine, and in the wake of a tragic event, her family wanted to celebrate her life while also giving back to the community that Missy was passionate about.
On Oct. 5, "Missy Moyer, Festival of Life," will start at 10 a.m. with registration in Beiter's parking lot, 1125 N. Fourth St., Sunbury, for a benefit motorcycle ride. Megan Aikey, sister of the late Missy Moyer and organizer of the festival, said the funds from the motorcycle ride will benefit a local autism charity, which is what Moyer did for a living. The rest of the funds will benefit her 13-year-old son. The ride will begin at noon and end at the Spyglass Ridge Winery, 105 Carroll Road, Sunbury. The festival will begin with the gates opening at 1 p.m.
Aikey started this festival to remember her sister, Missy.
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Supporters have been plastering the area with flyers to advertise the Missy Moyer Festival of Life benefit.
"She didn't want a funeral. She wanted to be remembered as someone who lived life to the fullest. I want to continue celebrating for her," Aikey said.
The day will include food vendors and children's activities, as well as four local bands all coming together to support a good cause. "These bands are all local bands, friends of the family. They were some of my sister's favorite bands that she would go out and see on a regular basis," Aikey said.
Duck Duck Goose, Counterfeit Dreams, Timothy's Burden and Willie Jack and the Northern Light will all perform at the "Missy Moyer Festival of Life."
Butch Showers, drummer for Counterfeit Dreams said he was more than willing to be involved in the festival; Missy was his wife's niece. For the festival, the audience can expect Counterfeit Dreams to bring their mix of '60s and '70s style rock that Showers said is not something every cover band is doing.
"People enjoy that kind of music, nobody's really doing it. Either they are playing earlier or later stuff. That's what we're doing and we're having a good time," Showers said.
The band will covers hits from bands like ZZ Top, Cream, The Rolling Stones and Steppenwolf. "We play hits that make you wanna get up and dance," Showers said.
The band Duck Duck Goose - made up of James Echoles on drums, Rick Norris on lead guitar and vocals, Ian edinger on lead guitar, Jose Teran on percussion and Jane Whitmer on backup vocals - said the benefit was something that was close to their hearts. "The benefit has deep meaning to us because it's a celebration of life of one of our close and dear friends. Missy was a beautiful soul. She was a regular 'goose head' and would tell people, 'If you want to hear good music, check out Duck Duck Goose!' We wanted to show our love and support for her and the family, the same as she did for us," the band said through a group message.
Timothy's Burden, a band that plays modern classic rock, wanted to keep Missy's memory alive any way they could.
"I have been friends with the family for years. We grew up in, and still live in, the same neighborhood. I am sorry for their loss. The families are great people and my heart and prayers go out to them," Johnny B., bassist and vocalist for the band said. "Anything we can do to help keep Missy's memory alive. We will be there, and to help the families and friends celebrate her love of life, her spirit, and her very being. I feel thisis one of the greatest gifts you could give," he said. Timothy's Burden also includes Billy Bones on lead guitar and vocals, Hoj and drums and Joe Joe on rhythm guitar.
The gates will open at 1 p.m. at Spyglass Ride Winery and music will begin with Willie Jack and the Northern Light at 3 p.m. All throughout the day, there will be activities such as face painting, cupcake decorating, magicians and caricature artists. Ticket cost includes a pork sandwhich and snack, but various food vendors will be available. There also is free camping for anyone who would like to stay.
Aikey said there will be two tattoo artists at the festival.
"They're two long-time friends, Chris Booker and Nickem from Body Mods in Sunbury," she said.
"I'm want to show my nephew what people are willing to do So many people are willing to support us and the whole family," Aikey said.
The night will end with a sky lantern release at 10 p.m. in memory of Missy.
To purchase tickets, visit www.spyglassridgewinery.com. They also may be purchased the day of the festival. Visit www.MissyWasHere.com for more information. Megan Aikey may be contacted 556-8151 for any inquiries.

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The saga of deeply troubled actress Brittany Murphy-who died at 32 last December from pneumonia, anemia and multiple-drug intoxication-has taken yet another dark turn. Jeffrey Morgenroth, the actress' business manager for three years before her death, tells Scoop that Brittany's mom, Sharon, 57, is in danger of losing the Hollywood Hills mansion she shared with her daughter and son-in-law Simon Monjack, who died in May at 40 of anemia and pneumonia. (Rumors that toxic mold caused their deaths are "absurd," says Sharon.) Morgenroth alleges that Monjack decimated the late actress' cash reserves by 80 percent, forcing Sharon into financial uncertainty. "There were huge amounts of money in the pension plan and bank account," says Morgenroth. "All of that's gone." Just after Simon's death, Morgenroth's assistant Jeannette Bycott says she witnessed a scene in which Monjack's mother, Linda, approached Sharon "and stated the house was now hers. She said, 'You better leave!'" Linda-who denies making that demand-says that neither she nor her son took anything from Sharon. "If there is money missing, I have no idea where it is."
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Pierre LeBrun at ESPN.com reports that an anonymous player has stated that the NHL has made a new offer to the NHLPA.
There is no scheduled meeting between the sides set for today as the NHLPA needs time to review the lengthy and detailed offer from the league.
Details of the new offer include:
• Term limit on player contracts moves to six years from the five years NHL asked in previous offers (seven years if you're re-signing your own player).
• Year-to-year salary variance moves from 5 percent (NHL's previous offers) to 10 percent.
• Each team will be allowed one compliance buyout before the 2013-14 season that will not count against the salary cap but will count against the players' share.
• The Make Whole provision stays at $300 million.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly would not confirm the report.
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The Worst Video Game Glitches
A collection of the most game breaking-est bugs in recent memory.
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Fallout: New Vegas - The mysterious floating guts
Gore is common to Fallout, as body parts fly fast and loose when you use powerful weapons on hapless bandits. We even had a laugh at the head-twisting glitch from New Vegas in this article's sister edition. But a moment of bizarre hilarity is much better than walking along the sweltering wastes and occasionally finding a set of entrails suspended in mid-air. Besides being incredibly nasty, the sporadic guts scavenger hunt acts as a constant reminder that the game engine seems like a complex machine barely held together by bubblegum and duct tape. A misplaced sneeze could rip apart the fabric of New Vegas' fragile universe.
The Orange Box - A harsh lesson in console ports
This takes a special place on our list for not just one glitch, but as a whole game that became infamous for its glitchiness. The Orange Box made for a great value, packaging together three Half-Life titles, Team Fortress 2, and the breakout original game Portal. Its console versions left something to be desired, though. While the Xbox 360 community suffered from some glitches, particularly multiplayer exploits in Team Fortress 2, critics panned the PlayStation 3 version for its frame rate problems. The issues were so widespread that even Gabe Newell himself acknowledged them and publicly apologized. Valve's extra care in the PS3 version of Portal 2 was largely seen as a way to mend fences for Sony fans.
Assassin's Creed 2 - Hanging in the Hangout, long-term
Game-breaking bugs are always a pain, but when they strike near the end of the game, they become almost unbearable. Assassin's Creed 2 was our first introduction to Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the guild member who's come to define the series more than any other assassin. But some players were black flagged at the last lap in Ezio's debut story, in Sequence 11, when they chose the wrong time to quit the game. If players quit right after finishing the sequence, they would be stuck in the hideout. No crew members, no Templars to beat up, and no way to reenter the Animus. The final chapter, Sequence 14, closed itself off and players couldn't finish the game. Fortunately, Ubisoft has since repaired the glitch with a patch.
Modern Warfare 2 - Boom goes the Javelin
If one thing is more annoying than a game-breaking glitch, it's one that grants exploiters superhuman abilities far beyond the game's limitations. While some glitches have become adopted by the tournament community, Modern Warfare 2's "Javelin" glitch was so outrageous and overpowered that it couldn't possibly sustain itself as a legitimate part of the game. It allowed a player to dash around the map and trigger an explosive weapon upon death, wreaking havoc on the opposing team. The name came from the Javelin, a particularly nasty explosive weapon with a wide radius. This allowed players to sacrifice one life for plenty of enemy deaths, for a net gain. It's been patched now, but it was the most infamous exploit in a series known for the raptors testing its fences.
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and yetPosted: Apr 29, 2012 12:00AM PST by smile_kill
where the testers be
that is not the worstPosted: Apr 29, 2012 12:00AM PST by SuperSledge
The worst would be Morrowind freezing all the time causing you to lose progress, Oblivion A-Bomb glitch, after a certain number of hours played (in the hundreds)the game can stop producing animations resulting in frozen fire, etc. and an inability to complete the main quest no less, and corrupted save data (loss of high level characters) in Dead Island, also losing thrown weapons in Dead Island because they sink through the ground, or zombies with your weapons stuck in them simply disappear
Skyward SwordPosted: Apr 28, 2012 12:00AM PST by Darkhawk
Thank you for the warning on Skyward Sword. Just about to start the game, so it's good to know before I dive in!
Nintendo...Posted: Apr 27, 2012 12:00AM PST by MikkiSaturn
...after years of nearly flawless first party performance, released two major titles with game breaking glitches recently. Psh, and people act like they're not making modern games?
The Orange BoxPosted: Apr 27, 2012 12:00AM PST by Clone01
I was expecting the glitch from Orange Box to be the fact that you can't step on the garden gnome in Half-Life 2 Episode 2 without getting launched into the sky. I never encountered the multiplayer bug.
Also wasn't there a glitch in Indigo Prophecy for the original xbox that prevented the game from registering the last QTE press causing you to fail and never beat the game ever? (it was so long ago I was basically in my gaming infancy)
Lord of the Rings: War in the NorthPosted: Apr 27, 2012 12:00AM PST by pyrocloud7
You forgot the several game breaking glitches in Lord of the Rings: War in the North, a game that I loved despite poor critical reception. I'd enjoy it much more if I could finish it.
The REAL Worst Glitch Ever Is...Posted: Apr 27, 2012 12:00AM PST by Mr.LametoWatch
... in the Sega Genesis Collection for PS2. You can play any game and save any game, but the minute you turn off the PS2 then try to load a game, you will NOT be able to find your data. EVERY game save becomes corrupt.
Whatever the worst glitch is...Posted: Apr 27, 2012 12:00AM PST by Sablicious
It will be from this gen.
The Skyward Sword one was pretty bad...Posted: Apr 26, 2012 12:00AM PST by steelerzfan101
Luckily I was not a victim of the glitch because I probably would have been pretty mad. Game-breaking glitches are always the worst and they can be glitches that can really hurt the game's sales if people start hearing about it before they buy the game.
Also, memory-deleting games can also be pretty bad too!
Naruto: The Broken BondPosted: Apr 26, 2012 12:00AM PST by Vantice
While exploring, I went to the Enemy Camp area, before the main story had me go there. A split-second after I entered the area, my whole group of characters fell through the ground into nothing, and were hurt in the process. After a few seconds of free-falling through the ground, my characters would be brought back to solid ground, only to fall through it again and again. Loading an old save fixed the problem, but still almost quit after this bug.
Half-assed excuse for an articlePosted: Apr 26, 2012 12:00AM PST by Danielzilla
This current gen collection of dumb issues that for the most part aren't even game breaking is the best the writer could come up with?
Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring for Gameboy Advance features numerous glitches that prevent you from being able to progress in the game. (Insert list of glitches)
See what I did there? It's how this list should of went. My very infrequent visits to 1up always seem to reinforce why I never come here anymore with shit like this list.
TruePosted: Apr 28, 2012 12:00AM PST by goldeneye7
He has a semi-truthful point. It's kind of a filler article masquerading as an accurate list. I'm not as upset as he is, but I must admit--I'm not enjoying the new trend where they break up a list of 8-9 items to THREE PAGES to mazimize site pageviews. That's right out of the IGN playbook. lol
Uh...Fallout:New Vegas....whyPosted: Apr 26, 2012 12:00AM PST by BanditReturns2
wasn't the game-breaking bug at the end that wouldn't let you finish the game included ? That was a much more serious bug than "floating guts".
Or...how about the game by Sierra that was called Red Baron II that once you installed the game to your PC you couldn't even play it until a patch was released because the game was basically unfinished ?
Persona 4Posted: Apr 26, 2012 12:00AM PST by Jbumi
The most frustrating glitch I've ever hit is in Persona 4 (PS2 version). When you get to Nanako's dungeon (on an initial playthrough) every time you try to cast magic the scene semi-freezes - if you shake the controller & just randomly hit buttons you can continue. However, in New Game +, the game completely freezes, & there's no way to continue.
Attention 1UP: PLEASE READ!!!Posted: Apr 26, 2012 12:00AM PST by WarMachine12
I have to be honest, that was probably one of the worst articles/ video I've ever had the misfortune of seeing. When I saw the title, i thought "This sounds like it will be funny". Instead it was one paragraph stating that not all glitches are created equal, and a video that shows just how meaningless someones time can be spent.
You should take down that video immediately! I've seen some bad videos on YouTube over the years but this takes the cake. I've even seen the video where two Japanese guys find a sea creature, pour coke in it, and then it explodes. That still made more sense, had higher production value, and simulated the concept of a purpose. This was just a 5 minute video of a man with an unknown accent (sounded like a hybrid from a Soviet block country and new jeresy) talking about how he didn't like the way that mass effect 3 changed his girlfriends cheekbones. That couldn't have been made interesting if Morgan Freeman was narrating it. Forgive me, but i could not even read on after that.
This is my first time checking out this website, but if this is the kind of coverage you have for video games, I think I'm better off reading a book.
LeavePosted: Apr 26, 2012 12:00AM PST by Starswinger
If you don't like the article leave, or at least dont read it. I get so tired of all the complaining here. If you don't like it... move on. Its a simple solution.
Really?Posted: Apr 28, 2012 12:00AM PST by goldeneye7
@Starswinger So we're not able to voice our opinions now? Or are we only supposed to voice them when tye're "good?" And exactly how is he supposed to know if an article stinks if he "doesn't read it?"
True, the guy may ave gone overboard, but the general point is true: This is a filler article at best. Sure, it doesn't warrant crazy vitriol, but people have the right to post a comment in the comments section of an article.
fallout new vegas should be included as a slide showPosted: Apr 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by nsonic79
I swear there are certain areas I can't go because the game just starts to slide up. and it's not even consistant. one area would seej fine yet the next time it's someplace very different. don't know if it's because of certain compainons/quests/progresion but there are times I have to restart or just give up for the rest of the day.
NV - king of glitchesPosted: Apr 26, 2012 12:00AM PST by jayskatanic
in NV you have to go through the small subway tunnel to reach the bomber guys base. in this tunnel towards the end theres a room to the left up some stairs. unfortunately, when you try to climb the stairs, you clip through, fall through the ground, and get teleported to the end and end up behind the remaining enemies. I tried everything to get in this room, including stacking barrels and trying to jump in, but it's just too high. At the time i was pissed cuz I felt like there would be a snowglobe in the room, but there wasn't. I'll never know what was in there, but I'll always remember the worst part of the post-apocalypse is fake stairs tiger pit traps
You forgot Skyrim PS3Posted: Apr 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by Yum16
The entire game is one giant bug
huhPosted: Apr 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by bigdiggitty
did you not read this article?
MW2Posted: Apr 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by NateEpicDrake
lol, I remember how mad I would get when I was effected by the "Javelin" glitch. I stopped playing MW2 for a solid 3 months, but started again when they released the patch.
ThePosted: Apr 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by sepewrath
face thing in ME3 isn't game breaking, it was just annoying. However post patch, I could finally import a face and I notice, they don't look nearly as good as they did in ME2. The changes they made to the faces makes a mess of imported faces. The face I was forced to make for my first playthrough looked great. This article should have just said "Bethesda"
DemoPosted: Apr 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by Cary Woodham
I was affected by that demo disc glitch. I'm still a little leary of Sony because of that.
I'm luckyPosted: Apr 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by ngamer-90
That I never ran into the Skyward Sword glitch, and I usually have a habit of talking to all the NP's in the Zelda games. Sucks for everyone who ran into this. Also the Other M glitch should get a mention cause if it glitched up you'd either had to send in your Wii or the SD card with the save file on it.
shadowmerePosted: Apr 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by j0spehB
In the 360 edition of ESIV Oblivion after completing the Dark Brotherhood missions you sometimes didn't receave Shadowmere - the reward for completing that whole quest line. I can't remember why this happens but its bloody annoying. That lag issue with Skyrim looks awful in that video - I had no idea it was that bad.
Jak IIPosted: Apr 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by KBABZ
Surprised this one from Jak II hadn't been mentioned in the list. Basically there's a mission near the end of the game that's started near the Stadium. You can also trigger events inside the Stadium like Hoverboard Challenges and Air Bike Races. However, if you activate one, and then never compete in it, it makes the end-of-game mandatory mission untriggerable, thus rendering the game unable to be completed. Keep in mind that Jak II is a long game that takes about 8 hours to complete if you know where everything is, and that this glitch, as stated, occurs pretty much at the end of the game.
Fortunately the glitch was fixed for the HD Collection.
MissingnoPosted: Apr 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by Errol
That stupid Pokemon caused my save file with all 151 Pokemon to be erased in Pokemon Blue
was trying to find PikaBluPosted: Apr 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by Errol
I had a Gameshark and tried every possible trick on the Internet to find a Pikablu. Last one I tried was to catch Missingno then use it as bait to find Pikablu. Never found a Pikablu, but I would've been the coolest kid if I did lol.
Really?Posted: Apr 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by Duke_Nukem~1985
I was always under the impression that it was Red that it was the game that if you caught it, it would ruin the game. Weird. Never did for me, only thing it did was screw up the hall of fame pictures.
The rare candy code is probably among the most famous from that era. You could do so much with it, rare candies, master balls. great times. If you catch a specific missingno. (it had to be a level zero) and raise it to level one, it would evolve into a Kangaskan, which is really cool since it was only in the safari zone and very hard to find in said zone. because it was only in one patch of grass.
No Pool of Radiance?!Posted: Apr 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by Blizzard36
I'm amazed they didn't mention Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor. A game so buggy that when you uninstalled it, because it was so buggy, that it would delete your system files.
It didn't just delete your game saves, it killed your whole computer!
Mass Effect 3Posted: Apr 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by jgusw
There are glitches all up in that game.
Aye. It's a rushed mess.Posted: Apr 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by DenGreatshot
My favorite is the "reset to level 1" glitch, which I had the misfortune of running into very deep into the game. Thankfully, my experience with another buggy Bioware game (the infamous Stealth Karth glitch in KOTOR) taught me the value of multiple save files and I was able to restore without losing a whole lot.
Apart from the freezes...Posted: Apr 26, 2012 12:00AM PST by Dark_Scizor
In MP, it would have to be the missile launcher ignoring targets and engineer pets as well as awkwardly placed invisible walls or w/e not allowing shots to hit, even when standing a few meters from the target.
In single player, crash a few times just as I was going to enter the Illusive Man's room.
I'm always suffering thePosted: Apr 29, 2012 12:00AM PST by SuperSledge
too many character packs, no weapon mods, and few weapons glitch when I buy the packs for multiplayer
3 CrashesPosted: Apr 30, 2012 12:00AM PST by gensurvivor
Lost my trophy info twice.
The Orange Box...Posted: Apr 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by AJAPAM_34
It wasn't nearly as bad as I was led to believe, but it was still pretty bad. I had one instance of extremely bad framerate issues, and several that were more than just annoying. That's mostly in the Half-Life games. TF2 had some bad lag at times as well. At least Portal worked fine


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ORLANDO, Fla. - Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said in a March 13 interview here that the 2012 elections offer the nation a choice between two completely different philosophies: one that says job creation and rebuilding of the middle class are essential, and another that says "you are on your own, pick yourself up and then when you do it, do everything I tell you to do."
She talked with peoplesworld.org during a break in proceedings at a meeting of the AFL-CIO's executive council where the federation is mapping its plans for the 2012 elections. The AFL-CIO had voted to endorse the president's reelection bid shortly before Weingarten was interviewed.
The AFT, like a number of other unions, had already endorsed President Barack Obama before this meeting.
Weingarten drew a graphic picture of what the choice she opposes in this election means in human terms.
"My union represents a janitor in Wisconsin who was impacted by Gov. Walker's attacks on collective bargaining rights," she said. "He now pays 16 percent more in health care costs, and this man is paying more taxes than are paid by the General Electric Corporation in total."
Weingarten said with all the talk about rebuilding the middle class, everyone needs to remember doing so is a matter of public policy.
As unions grow weaker, she said, "you find more and more people in poverty. It is no accident that you see poverty growing from 1973 until now. You saw union membership during that period slip from 34 percent to eight percent."
Weingarten said for the labor movement the 2012 elections are about fighting "to turn that around."
"This unfairness is the direction in which the other side wants to take us," she said, "and this is why the issue of economic fairness and Occupy Wall Street now has so much traction across the country."
Regarding public education, Weingarten said the main challenge comes from income inequality, not teachers, who are being used as scapegoats.
"Public education is key to helping build broad prosperity," she said, "but we cannot expect teachers to solve all the problems created by the income inequality in this country. We must get to the cause of the problem, the weakening of bargaining power and to the solution, stronger and bigger unions."
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6 Tips for Photography (At Your Ex-Girlfriend's Wedding)
A marriage is both the end of a life-chapter and the beginning of another chapter that isn't quite as interesting and the characters aren't as likable. Try to remember that. Remember all of that as you crouch in your suit before sunsets, immortalizing the day on film for you and your true love, and also that doctor guy she's marrying.
Tip #1 Focus!
Most cameras come equipped with the ability to focus on a single object and obscure the rest. Focus allows you to create a depth of field and really bring each picture to life! Using this feature properly can help draw the eye toward certain objects and away from others, allowing the photographer to ascribe his own value to everything in the picture.
In this photo, I've utilized the camera focus to concentrate on the most important object in frame. This is a useful tip when unsightly or disgustingly successful elements hog the background. By drawing attention to the subject, you demonstrate priorities. A good sense of priorities, it turns out, is admirable quality that women look for in men. In fact, a lack of priorities may even be a reason why two people, who were goddamn great together, split up in the first place, two and a half years ago.
Tip #2 Write History Through Photographs!
Memories, as luck would have it, are faulty. So faulty in fact, that over time, photographs will crowd out memories of a wedding so completely that the bride and groom won't remember the event itself, but rather the pictures of the event. That means your job as photographer is a crucial one; you are writing (or righting) history!
I was able to capture this scene just seconds after a feral cat caught the newly released dove. Notice how I waited until the background was empty of feet to enhance the isolation of this omen. At the time, both sides of the family chuckled about the irony of the situation but no one will be chuckling years from now when the marriage is struggling from infidelity and alcoholism and the picture of a dead dove is the only memory of how nature aligned long ago to speak out against this unity.
Tip #3 Leave a Photo Calling Card!
Remember, a good photographer takes photographs that are a constant reminder of his presence; when you dust off the photo album and see one of his pictures, you automatically think of him every time. Every. Time. The secret is to keep the photos looking natural and candid while simultaneously adding your personal signature to each.
For this picture, I asked the newlyweds to sit on a bench away from the rest of the party and to concentrate on an object outside of frame. Then, before snapping the photo I shouted, Pretend a giant manifestation of the rest of your life is coming to destroy you. And Snap! I was able to catch the groom in a delicious mixture of confusion and anger, while also picking up the mild terror in the bride's eyes, or as I like to call them, broken face-windows that used to lead to a soul. By choreographing then capturing the right moments, each photo can be an excellent reminder of the man behind the camera and his signature style. In this case, my signature is spelled, Impending Doom.
Tip #4 Use The Rule of Thirds!
A common mistake among photographers is centering the subjects in the middle of the frame. Instead, utilize The Rule of Thirds to make photos more dynamic and interesting. Just as it sounds, The Rule of Thirds composition divides a photo into thirds on a vertical and horizontal grid, then allows the most important elements in the photo to fall along the lines of that grid. If executed properly, the grid lines can also create natural paths for scissors when cutting extraneous people out of photos.
A prime example of this type of composition, the photo above highlights the most important elements on the bride and the most vulnerable killing points on the groom. A quick horizontal cut could easily remove his head from the picture or slice gracefully through his genitals. Both of these can be equally rewarding, so it really doesn't matter which you choose, just have fun!
Bonus Tip: Catch the Bride in Profile!
By setting the bride's focus away from the camera in this picture, I was able to display her profile, exposing the striking angles of her body and catching just the right amount of shadow on the supple skin around her clavicles. The turn of her face highlights the perfect jaw structure and the brilliant white teeth, as she smiles a smile the photographer hasn't seen in a long time. The type of smile that feels like a destination. So, turning the bride slightly away from camera will I'm pretty sure she's lost weight too. Yeah. God, she looks good. She makes a beautiful bride. It shouldn't be that asshole there, it should be me. I've changed, I'm a professional goddamn photographer now, I have ambition.
Tip #5 You Can't Cry Here!
C'mon man, get it together. Don't let her have this, this is exactly what she wants. Look, just stay calm, it's like any other day. The sun's out, there's a breeze. Anything could happen today. Hey, maybe you'll meet a great girl. Maybe the wind will topple the reception tent and crush everyone. Maybe the groom forgot to put on sunscreen and he'll get melanoma. Oh shit, you forgot sunscreen this morning didn't you? Jesus, after you put it out and everything. You. You're just a giant child trying to function as an adult. You'll never be a doctor, you'll never be anything. You don't even know what you're doing with this camera. Your whole life is bullshit. You insufferable waste of space. You have to get out of here.
Tip #6 Know When to Leave!
A great wedding photographer always knows when to bow out and let the families celebrate the momentous occasion together. Remember that you are here to capture the story, not to live it with the guests. At a certain point the photographer's job is over, there is nothing more he can do. It can be a sad moment, but I find that locking myself in the car with my head on the steering wheel helps. Just experiment and you'll find your own way that works! If you choose, you can always leave disposable cameras for the wedding guests to take pictures in your absence. Or, you can leave your own camera, but always be certain to include a note so that the bride and groom can return it to you after the wedding! Here's a note I like to use:


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Best Flogging Molly songs: A St. Patrick's Day playlist
We're coming up on St. Patrick's Day weekend, and that can only mean Flogging Molly are on their way to celebrate the wearin' o' the green. This is the 10th consecutive (and 11th total) year the folk punks have spent St. Paddy's in the Valley.
Formed in 1997 by singer Dave King, an Irish ex-pat who had formerly fronted the British hair-metal veterans Fastway, and fiddler Bridget Regan, who would later become King's wife, Flogging Molly play Celtic-flavored punk in the spirit of the Pogues or Dropkick Murphys. Regular visits with the Vans Warped Tour and plenty of alt-rock radio airplay for tunes like "Drunken Lullabies" and "Tobacco Island" earned them a loyal Arizona following that has developed into a March tradition.
Joining Flogging Molly at Tempe Beach Park on Monday, March 17, will be LA's Ozomatli and the Valley's own Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers. So in honor of Flogging Molly's 11th St. Patrick's Day visit, here are their top 11 tunes guaranteed to get your feet moving and the Guinness flowing.
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Who Harasses Women on the Street
It's getting to the point where I can feel it in my posture. The inevitability of street harassment makes my shoulders tense up before I even leave my house. I don't make eye contact on the street, ever, but especially with men. I wear headphones all the time anyway, but because of them, I probably don't hear things that are said to me when I'm walking, for better or worse. None of these things stop street harassment, of course, but at least it makes it easier to get where I need to go.
Recently, photographer Hannah Price used her camera to document the faces of men who street harass, taking a picture of them in the moment immediately following their catcall. In an NPR interview Price remarked, "Just turning the photograph on them kind of gives them a feel of what it's like to be in a vulnerable position…. It's a different dynamic — but it's just another way of dealing with the experience, of trying to understand it."
Mourning Trayvon Martin on Tisha B'Av
Shock. Anger. Sadness. Three emotions that I felt acutely this weekend, when a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the murder of Trayvon Martin. But those three emotions can't begin to describe the heartache and sorrow I feel. I've had a heavy heart these past few days. So heavy that words seem inadequate; I haven't been able to fully name the feelings that occupy my mind and fill my heart with a heaviness I've not experienced. As a black woman living in America, I've known since childhood that racism exists, but it seemed — at least I hoped — it was confined to the Civil Rights area or the south. This weekend and this verdict remind me that racism is not dead.
When Miss Israel Meets President Obama
This week Yityish Aynaw, the first black Miss Israel will sit down with Barack Obama, the first black U.S. President. The former may be a beauty pageant winner and the latter the leader of the free world, but beyond the different job descriptions they have a lot in common. Their respective victories made them "firsts," and by making the strides they have, they've also been subject to unfair and unwarranted vitriol, much of it downright racist.
Talking Honestly About Jews and Racism
A few week ago I had two very different experiences having to do with my necklace. At a party a friend of a friend asked about the Chai around my neck and then asserted that there weren't any black Jews. On the ride home another person, a stranger, noticed the Chai and then pulled out his gold Magen David. He shook my hand and, with a genuine smile, called me sister.


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LANCASTER, Pa. -- There are two proposed plans to help the financially troubled Lancaster County Convention Center.
Mayor Rick Gray told Lancaster County commissioners Wednesday morning he wants to increase the hotel tax from 3.9 percent to 5 percent. He calls for 10 percent of that revenue to be directed to the Visitors Bureau.
Gray also wants Penn Square Partners, which is in charge of food and beverages for the center, to kick in $350,000.
Commissioner Scott Martin also unveiled his plan, which would keep the hotel tax at 3.9 percent and would not give any money to the Visitors Bureau.


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China has been the motor of the chemical industry's recovery since the dark days of Q4 2008. Polyethylene (PE), the largest of the polymer markets, saw volumes rise 53% between then and 2010. But the party has now come to an end, as the government battles the inflation that followed its 2008 decision to double […]
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English children have a card game called 'Beggar my Neighbour', where the aim is to win all the cards from your opponents. Central bankers seem to be learning its rules, and applying them to currency trading. OPEC's weekend summit showed it is clearly worried that it will have a losing hand if oil remains priced […]
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Lynn Hosegood has been on a creative journey for over 25 years. Her medium of choice is watercolor which she uses it in a very painterly manner with high value contrast and intense color spots. After graduating with a studio arts degree from Salisbury State College (now Salisbury University) in 1985 Lynn worked as a portrait artist and turned her attention to the landscape and architectural subject matter when she returned to her native England for three years. While there she studied miniature painting and was accepted as a member and exhibited with The Hilliard Society, The Society of Limners and she was included in group shows with The Royal Miniature Society and London's Westminster Gallery and Mall Galleries. Working from her Williamsburg, Virginia home studio, Lynn now works on children's book illustrations, paintings for her print series and large watercolors for regional, national and international juried shows and competitions. Her main focus is the large watercolor paintings resourced from her travels throughout Europe, Singapore, Caribbean and Central America. Her prints are found locally in Williamsburg and Jamestowne at Barnes and Noble, Merchants Square, Jamestown/Yorktown Foundation, William and Mary Alumni Association. Also at college campus bookstores at Roanoke College, Hollins University, University of Mary Washington, Salisbury University. Lynn teaches classes in Watercolor and Principles and Elements of Design at the Williamsburg Landing and Gloucester Arts on Main, Virginia
Artist Statement
I love the process of painting, especially since I have found my niche in my travel paintings. Contrary to most art methods and philosophies, I am an analytical painter. All my work starts with 100's of digital images shot on my travels. Browsing my images, I am prompted to start a painting project with recalling the experience, referring to sketches, creating the concept, using my images and finding bits and pieces from maybe 10-12 digital pictures. My painting projects then become a series of questions, I jot in my notebook with sketches until all is clear: the concept, the stylizing, the composition, the color temperature, contrasts and palette. Of course there are adjustments along the way and even new starts but I feel blessed to have the journey as my life's focus.
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BA Studio Fine Arts, Salisbury State College, 1985; workshops with Katherine Chan Liu; Robert Wade, Skip Lawrence, Alex Powers, Carla O'Connor
Recent awards include Best in Show at Virginia Watercolor Society, 2008 Juried Show; VWS Award of Merit, 2011. She has been juried into: The Transparent Watercolor Society of America, 2009, 2010 Kenosha, Wisconsin; Southern Watercolor Society, Columbus, Georgia, 2009, 2011. She has also been juried into North Light Books, Splash 11(2010) and Splash 12(2011). She was also given an award by the Colonial Dames of America for her illustration work for 'Stonewall Jackson's Black Sunday School'.


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'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: A Family Affair
As is the case with most television series, Boardwalk Empire seems to deliver episodes of especial quality when all of the storylines within are linked over a common theme. On this week's installment of the HBO program, all featured characters celebrate — in highly disparate ways — Easter Sunday. As you'd imagine from Boardwalk Empire, many of these endeavors don't exactly go off without some exhibition of hostility, violence, and in one case, even murder, with provocations ranging from politics, to business, to personal matters, to whatever mysterious psychosis has a hold of the twisted Gillian Darmody. But every one of these vile transpirations is rooted in the emotionally erratic foundation that makes itself a fixture of holidays like Easter: family.
The Thompson Family Reunion
Featured foremost on the episode is the unlikely union of the households of Nucky Thompson and his brother Eli. After the more-than-your-average-sibling-rivalry that took place between the pair last season, we have seen Nucky and Eli begin to mend their relationship through recent episodes. So far, this has largely taken place in a professional forum. But on this episode, Nucky brings Margaret, Teddy, and Emily over to Eli's home for them to finally his wife and eight children.
What takes place is largely pleasant: a home cooked meal, an Easter egg hunt for the kids, and some wholesome entertainment delivered by the family members: a charming, comical Nucky (the sort of Nucky we met early on in the show's run) offers a pun-infused comedy routine, and Margaret sings a joyful song. But behind closed doors, the adults are eager to share their discontent.
Eli addresses the maintained distance between them, growing hysterical and accusing Nucky of his eventual murder. Meanwhile, Margaret attempts to confide in Eli's wife regarding her slew of reasons to be unhappy with her marriage. While the former conversation amounts to some good — Nucky decides to throw Eli a bone and promotes him in the scheme of their business (he is now Mickey Doyle's level partner in running the warehouse) — Margaret receives little condolence from the frazzled June Thompson, who seems to have managed a long, happy marriage to Eli by keeping herself in the dark regarding his professional life. But as Margaret asserts to Nucky at the end of the episode, it's too late for them. She can never be happy with him again.
Richard Comes to Dinner
Prompted by an ostensibly ailing Gillian to leave the house (and to send all the girls and employees away as well), Richard takes young Tommy to Easter dinner over at the home of the Sagorskis — Paul, the older fellow to whom he tended following a spat among the war veterans on last week's episode and said gentleman's attentive, if not frustrated, daughter Julia. Richard and Tommy join the Sagorskis and three neighbors in a hostile feast, prompted by the patriarch's alcohol-induced angry exclamations, political tangents, and jabs at every one of his dinner guests. After Tommy wanders into the obsessively preserved room of Paul's deceased son, the man grabs him in anger and loudly announces his issue with this outrage, only to settle down and lock himself in the room after being calmly threatened by Richard.
Afterwards, Richard takes Tommy and Julia for a walk through a fair — he has clearly earned the young woman's affection, although she does confront him with the fact that she is unsure how to behave and speak around him, considering his condition. Richard, pure of heart, assures her that she can say whatever she feels to him. He is seen cherishing her as he did with Angela, and as he did (we assume) with his sister beforehand. But her dad should foster a problem for these two down the line.
Gillian and Her Guest
While Richard and Tommy are away, Gillian has her own guest: the Jimmyesque fellow she met a week back. However, her intentions this time are even more dark and dreadful than anticipated. We know that Gillian took to the young man due to his likeness to her son, so we can assume that her insistence on bathing him is just another manifestation of her perverse approach of the role of motherhood as a sexual relationship. But she catches us all off guard when she injects the guy with heroin while he's relaxing in the bath, and then intentionally drowns him. It seems as though she has done this in some ill-conceived effort to overcome her son's death, emotionally… but who can really identify the rationale behind any of this woman's choices?
Rosetti's Godly Troubles
Finally, the Easter Sunday of Gyp Rosetti, whose family life is just as hotheaded and violent as his business life. After a business meeting gone unsatisfactory and a dinner less than joyful, Gyp goes so far as to beat up a priest and rob a church — not before a long, self-absorbed, profanity-laden tirade against God and Jesus for denying him everything he wants — so that he might pay off his colleague Joe Masseria. Although Joe is at first apprehensive about keeping Gyp on his team, Rosetti's declarations about the ominous rise of the likes of Arnold Rothstein and Nucky Thompson seem to ring true to Joe — Rosetti wants them all dead, and Masseria doesn't seem to think this is such a bad plan. So is that what we'll be seeing in the coming weeks?
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Daddy's big surprise
By Kenneth Fine
Published in News on September 22, 2010 1:46 PM
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AnnaLee Casto, 6, was in Miss Valerie Holden's first-grade class at Northwest Elementary School when her father, Rocky, surprised her after arriving home from a four-month tour in Qatar. Mom Wendee and brother Mick, 3, met Dad at the airport and drove right to the school.
PIKEVILLE -- For a split second, it was as if AnnaLee Casto didn't recognize the uniform-clad man standing in her classroom doorway. But then she looked into his eyes. "Daddy," the little girl said, running toward him. And moments later,...
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SALEM - Scott Cahill, a State Street building owner behind an effort to redevelop the downtown, addressed city council Tuesday about the process being used to put together possible plans.
Called the Salem Downtown Technical Advisory Committee (T. A. C.) Process, he explained how four sub-committees of volunteers with a stake in the downtown will report back to the implementation committee which will make a presentation to council sometime in February
He said the presentation may be in the form of a white paper in which constituents request how to be governed in the downtown, mentioning safety standards and national building codes. He also said they'll offer specifics on what actions may be requested.
A chart he distributed showed three phases, the first being the phase now where the four sub-committees explore what needs to be changed in their areas which include standards, proportion, fiscal and structure evaluation. Next will come implementation and the presentation to council, which could include new ordinances if recommended or increased enforcement of existing ordinances if recommended.
Phase Three would be developing the possible vehicle to construct the changes, such as an LLC, investors and downtown building owners given the opportunity for shares of stock. Phase Four would deal with the possible holding company for the properties after construction, such as a real estate investment trust or REIT.
Cahill said the intent is for a methodology that can be developed to bring back the downtown as a vibrant, fully-occupied downtown.
"Anyone can be a part of this process," he said, noting there's still plenty of time to get involved in meetings.
He invited anyone, whether for or against the idea, to come to some meetings and get involved.
"Be part of the process," he said.
Cahill announced the next T.A.C. meeting is set for 6 p.m. Dec. 4 at Salem Golf Club for open discussion.
Other meetings will follow at 6 p.m. Jan. 8 and 6 p.m. Feb. 5, both at the Salem Golf Club, with public comments encouraged after each of the meetings.
In other business, council held the first reading on an ordinance to amend the language regarding expansion of parking on properties, allowing parking expansion on an existing property instead of only on adjacent properties.
The Rules & Ordinances Committee of city council discussed the issue in a meeting prior to the council meeting, recommending the change to cleanup language in the current ordinance, which does not allow expansion for parking on an existing lot. Committee Chairman Councilman Rick Drummond said an expansion still can't exceed 50 percent of the lot and still requires an applicant to go before the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Councilman Clyde Brown, a member of the committee, said the Board of Zoning Appeals will still have the ability to make recommendations, such as erecting a fence, and neighbors will still be considered for the variance.
The ordinance will now go to the city Planning Commission for review before coming back to council for second and third readings.
Council also approved an ordinance for appropriations and transfers, an ordinance allowing the advertising for bids for miscellaneous items used by the utilities department, such as fire hydrants, iron pipe, water valves and chemicals, and an ordinance to change the starting salary for the chief of police position.
Currently, the starting salary for the chief of police position is $2,104.06 per two-week pay period, which is the same for the fire chief. Police Chief Bob Floor, who's retiring in February, is currently making $2,356.39 per two-week pay period, with the amount increasing to $2,427.08 in January. It would have increased to $2,499.89 per two-week pay period after Jan. 1, 2014.
The new ordinance adjusts the starting salary per two-week pay period to $2,251.34 for the new chief. After one year, the amount will be $2,368, then go to $2,418.37 after the second year and $2,495.49 after the third year. Those will be the same amounts for a new fire chief whenever that occurs.
The civil service exam for the police chief position is scheduled for Dec. 11, with one lieutenant and two sergeants scheduled to take the test. The high scorer will become chief.


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I'm interested in the gelatin too. I picked some up from the store, poured a whole bottle of strawberry extract in it, and some strawberries and bananas and it was positively gross. How do you use it?
I'm interested in the gelatin too. I picked some up from the store, poured a whole bottle of strawberry extract in it, and some strawberries and bananas and it was positively gross. How do you use it?
Primal since March 5, 2012
SW: 221 | CW: 204 | LPW: 166 | UGW: 140 (80 lbs loss)
I take a tablespoon or two of gelatin in the morning mixed with my green juice powder. I was taking it with my fancy vitamins, but I think the dairy eventually overrides their benefits -- I need to swap my jar. I haven't taken gelatin at night in a while, but I can start. The things that have had the biggest impact on my sleep quality: (1) no eating after 4pm, and (2) no dairy. (Even goat dairy. I know.) With those two things I have been falling asleep quickly and I HAVEN'T BEEN WAKING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, WHICH IS A MIRACLE OF HEAVEN. I'll try taking it before bed tonight and for the next few days and see what happens. I could stand to wake up earlier.
When I take it before bed, I just mix a tbsp in a glass of water and chug it down. I don't try to make it taste good. I just throw it down the hatch, and fast. So. Yeah.
Also, thanks everyone for your words of support! I really appreciate it, and it spurs me to keep writing about my progress! ((Hugs!))
Stats time!
Waist at BB: 40".....................37.5" (-2.5)
Waist: 32".....................30" (-2)
Hips: 42".....................42" (0)
Thigh: 24.5"..................22.5" (-2)
Calf: 14.5"..................13.5" (-1)
Chest: 34"....................32" (-2)
Bust: 38"....................36" (-2)
Upper Arm: 13"....................12.5" (-.5)
Lost more inches last night! 12" total if my math is correct! I'll track this more (forgot to take gelatin before bed).
Aaaaaaand...sadness. Just ate a pint of blueberries. They made me sleepy. So I over ate some watermelon. I think this is my first overeating experience in 2.5 months! Watermelon. Ok. Well. Now I know.
So, I didn't have gelatin last night, but I did the night before. I had caffeine late, so I got to sleep late, but I did sleep very deeply, had a lot of vivid dreams, and woke up at 9am when noon seemed much more likely. I had caffeine late again yesterday (4pm?) and it definitely made it difficult to fall asleep, but if I didn't have it I didn't know how I would have made it through my late class (5pm-9:30pm). I made it through, and I had fun, and I have class again from 6pm-10pm. I should probably go to bed early tomorrow, even though I made plans with a friend to go to a tech happy hour.
I think the headaches were DEFINITELY linked to the Jay Robb powder. I haven't had it since last week, and I had headaches for a day or two after stopping, and now I am headache-free again. Real food only, I think is the way to go. It's a pity, since I'm still having trouble waking up early. I think that's linked to the late class nights -- I'm not getting to bed at a consistent time.
The thing about having my hormones back in working order is that now I want a social life too -- which adds to late nights. I want to go out and do stuff with friends, go to shows, go to things that are happening in the city, go on dates. I got an OKCupid account and then immediately took it down. Ha ha. Okay, so maybe not quite ready to go on dates. I saw cute acupuncturist on there and I was like, "Yeah...but you're short." So I like to look now, I guess. I think I'll sublimate that into my creative work and get a whole lot done!
Oh! I SO had energy this weekend! It was crazy! I got up on Saturday morning and just started doing stuff! Instead of lounging around doing nothing. And on Sunday morning I worked on notes for a screenplay all morning. FANTASTIC. I've usually only ever been able to focus late at night. So now I can concentrate and focus better! And I have energy to work on my own projects in the mornings! I've always been a night owl, even as a baby. I bet that's connected to my diet -- I see how sensitive I am if I eat the wrong foods or eat too late. My sleep goes to pot and I stay up. I thought that's just how I was. AND! After I worked on my screenplay, I went roller skating in the park! Let me tell you, it is HARD to skate with these 15 pound things strapped to your legs, but so much fun! Good metaphor for life -- be willing to put yourself out there with the high probability that you will look like an @ss, but the payoff is A LOT OF FUN. I'm 31. On roller skates. I saw a little boy stare at them with seething envy when I came home and took them off on my stoops. Seething, boiling envy. Awesome.
So I googled the chef who was cute and fun on the phone last week. He's really cute in pictures too, AND he's really smart. And he DJs. Bio of NYC's Portable Chef Uri Attia | Personal Chef & Catering | Natural, Organic, Delcious Meals | Home Delivery in NYC | Portable Chef
TERRIBLE CRUSH. ON A PALEO COOK. Ha ha ha, awesome.
Sugar is a Poison: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/ma...pagewanted=all
I just shared that monsterous article on Facebook, of course copying and pasting the parts that I thought were most important - i.e. insulin resistances causes a fatty liver, and sugar feeds cancer. I hope someone takes it and believes it and lives it. I also posted Mark's article which was much shorter but essentially said the same stuff.
Primal since March 5, 2012
SW: 221 | CW: 204 | LPW: 166 | UGW: 140 (80 lbs loss)
My teeth feel weak today. Isn't that weird? I'm probably not taking in enough minerals to remineralize them. I've been aware of them for a few days, and today they feel weak. I have felt this before -- and my teeth have even been a bit loose, which is scary, especially when you're young. I got a sample of a book on my Kindle on how to remineralize teeth, and it's basically bone broths and high-mineral foods, and no sugar. So I'll go that route, and maybe switch my toothpaste. I've been using a Jason toothpaste, and I'm not thrilled about it.
How to Remineralize Teeth: http://wellnessmama.com/3650/how-to-...eth-naturally/
***Looks like I have to cut back on my daily dose of almonds. (Reduce phytic acid...)
Remineralizing Toothpaste Recipe: http://wellnessmama.com/2500/homemad...hpaste-recipe/
In other news, my @ss looks smaller. #winning.
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Misleading reports about Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani are continuing to spread, raising concern among supporters that the world will soon dismiss the severity of his case.
Nadarkhani has been imprisoned in Iran for two years on charges of apostasy. He's now facing the death penalty after refusing several times in court to recant his faith.
The Iranian media is reporting that a retrial has been set over concerns of how Nadarkhani's case was handled.
But the American Center for Law and Justice confirmed with Nadarkhani's lawyer that no retrial was ordered.
"What's worse is that the mainstream media has begun to run these [Iranian] reports as fact," Jordan Sekulow, ACLJ executive director, said.
The ACLJ, which has been following Nadarkhani's case from the beginning, explained that reports about a retrial mistakenly refer to a hearing that already occurred late last month.
The group said these are the facts thus far:
Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, the pastor's lawyer, said these false reports prove that now is the best time to pressure Iran.
Dadkhah himself faces a nine year prison sentence for representing human rights cases like this.
The ACLJ recently sent a bipartisan letter signed by 89 members of Congress, urging the State Department to intervene in Nadarkhani's case.
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Police: Man grabs hundreds of dollars from woman
A woman was robbed Tuesday in Lebanon as she sat on the steps of a store counting cash, according to police.
Police were called about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday about the robbery at 10th and Lehman streets.
The Jonestown woman was counting several hundred dollars when Mario Medina, 29, grabbed it from her hand, police said.
Investigators said the victim resisted, but Medina threw her to the ground.
Another woman followed the man in a vehicle and he pointed a gun at her, police said.
Police said they found Medina at a home in the 1300 block of Church Street.
He is charged with robbery, simple assault, receiving stolen property as well as drug and firearms violations.
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Industrial Revolution has no followers yet. Be the first one to
When the britsh unions win the right to strike they are very happy.
Germany becomes the industrial power in Europe because they get all of the things that are being traded and they are getiing more money.
When the US exoerinences a technological boom, that is the greatest part of the Industrial Revolution for them.
A 23-page pamphlet that they wrote thir ideas down together in about Marxism
He was a mathematical instrument makerat the University of Glasgow, Scotland.He figured out how to make the stam engine work faster and more efficiently while nurning less fuel. Worked with MAtthew Boultoun.
He was a machinist. The flying shuttle doubled the work a weaver could do in a day.
Jethro Tull invents the seed drill. He was one of the first scientific farmers.His seed drill helped solve the problem for seeds failing to take root.


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19.95 was(38) USDblue A sweet and sentimental keepsake for your favorite mom-to-be, so that she can remember when her little one was that little. This set includes air-hardening clay in which to take the impression of a tiny hand or foot and three tubes of acrylic paint, a bamboo stick and a paintbrush with which to decorate it.
- Set includes: clay, acrylic paint, bamboo stick, wood paint brush
- 2.75"H, 5.25" diameter
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Speaking Tonight on Property Value Theory
For those who are interested, I'll be speaking tonight at 7PM at CNU-Houston's April Professional Development meeting. The meeting will be held at "New Living," which is a hardware store in the Rice Village area.
The talk will cover the connection between design decisions and property value impacts. I'll apply these observations to Houston, and look at what the city should and should not do when it looks to invest in infrastructure and revitalize neighborhoods.
Tonight: How New Urbanism Advances Mobility and Safety Goals
This is a "must-see" event for fans of the blog. Eric Dumbaugh will be making the transportation engineer's case for New Urbanism, backed by loads of useful data and case studies. I'll be introducing the speaker, and I'll be hanging around a while afterward in case anyone wants to chat.
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If you've heard of New Urbanism but don't know much about it, you should absolutely attend John Norquist's presentation tonight. As part of Houston Tomorrow's Distinguished Speaker series, Norquist will be giving a free speech at 7:00 at the United Way Center, 50 Waugh Dr. The good folks at Houston Tomorrow have described the event [...]


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China Real-Estate Market Shows Improvement
BEIJING—China's battered real-estate market appears to be turning around, strengthening an important pillar of growth and reducing the chances that China's slowing economy will stall in the second half of the year.
According to a survey of property developers and real-estate firms, the average price of housing in 100 major Chinese cities rose in June from May, after nine straight months of decline. The survey follows other signs that the Chinese market has bottomed out, including a pickup in real-estate investment in May and a far shallower decline in property sales during that month compared with April.
An improvement in China's property market would be important for the domestic and international economy. Real estate and property construction account for about 11% of the Chinese economy, according to GK Dragonomics, and about twice that share when accounting for other industries like appliances and furniture that are tied to real estate.
Internationally, steel, iron ore, copper and other commodities depend on the Chinese real-estate market for growth, as do construction-equipment makers in the U.S. and Europe.
"The worst-case scenarios [about Chinese growth] have been built around a collapsing property market," said Mark Williams, Asia economist for Capital Economics in London. "If the market isn't collapsing and is rebounding, the future looks a lot brighter."
The average price of housing in June rose 0.05% to 8,688 yuan ($1,368) per square meter, according to data released on Monday by China Real Estate Index System, which tracks property prices.
Although housing prices declined in 55 of the cities tracked, compared with 45 where they increased, some of the largest increases came in some of China's biggest cities. In Beijing, prices rose 2.29% in June from a month ago, while in Shanghai the increase was 0.65%; in Shenzhen, prices rose 0.8% from a month earlier. The largest monthly decline tracked, 3.87%, was in Zhangjiagang, a city of 1.3 million in eastern China.
In Beijing, housing sales also rose 10.5% in June, to 25,602 units, Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. That is a 50.6% increase from a year earlier.
Separately, Standard Chartered recently reported that the slide in real-estate sales moderated in the second quarter of 2012, while sales of apartments in China's largest cities have started to increase.
Two years of declining prices have made apartments more affordable to ordinary Chinese, while an interest-rate cut in June has reduced mortgage costs. China's highly publicized effort to boost growth also may have encouraged buyers to believe that prices may be headed up.
Florrie Tang, who bought an apartment in a Shanghai suburb in June, said she had been searching for a place since March and felt that prices had fallen close to the bottom of the market. She said she figures the apartment is a good hedge against inflation, though the 27-year-old design-company manager said she didn't believe property prices would increase at the pace they once did. In major cities, prices nearly doubled from 2006 to 2010.
Cher Cai, assistant president at Shimao Property Holdings, a property developer in Shanghai, said that "as the property market warms up, we will definitely be more aggressive in launching projects and speeding up construction."
Since 2010, the Chinese government has tried to deflate what had become a housing bubble without battering the Chinese economy. The campaign was aimed primarily at the high end of the real-estate market by making it much more difficult to speculate in real estate by buying multiple apartments. The government raised down payments for second homes to 60%—twice as high as for first homes—among other measures.
To prevent the real-estate market from crashing, China also started a massive public-housing program aimed at lower-income workers. While that program is riddled with problems, ranging from phony reporting to substandard construction, it appears to have put a floor under the real-estate market, analysts say.
Even so, the drooping real-estate market, combined with declining demand for Chinese exports in Europe and elsewhere, pulled back China's economy to an 8.1% pace in the first quarter of 2012, the slowest growth since the spring of 2009, when the world was in recession. The economy is widely expected to slow further, to roughly 7.5% in the second quarter. That has prompted Beijing to focus more on growth, easing monetary policy and approving a number of investment projects.
A pickup in the real-estate market should help China to grow more rapidly in the second half of the year on a quarter-to-quarter basis, said UBS economist Wang Tao. But Standard Chartered economist Stephen Green said that most of the gains aren't likely until next year because developers have such a large supply of unsold homes.
Mr. Williams, the Capital Economics economist, said there is an outside chance that sales and prices could shoot up, as consumers become more convinced that real estate is once again a smart investment. That would be too much of a good thing, though, he said. Another big rise in real-estate prices would likely end in a crash.
To avoid such an outcome, Beijing has been wary of easing property restrictions too much. The government has allowed, on a city-by-city basis, some breaks for first-time buyers. The cities of Chongqing, Wuhan and Zhengzhou, for instance, have allowed first-home buyers to borrow more from government-sponsored savings funds. Banks are also permitted to discount mortgage rates up to 30% for first-time buyers.
But restrictions remain in place for those buying second properties. In Beijing, a scientist waiting to register a property she bought for her parents said that even though interest rates have dropped, she had to pay a premium on her mortgage.
—Sandra Hu contributed to this article.
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LIBERTY - A company in business for more than 100 years is investing more than $5 million and hiring to meet demand - and it has nothing to do with the growth of natural gas shale drilling.
Falcon Transport on Tuesday cut the ribbon at its Liberty headquarters in unveiling two of the 50 International Prostar Plus trucks it bought from Cerni Motors in Austintown.
The company plans to add 25 to 30 drivers locally, along with five or 10 mechanics and some management positions, said Mark Constantini, executive vice president and fourth generation of family ownership.
Constantini said the company, which already has 800 semi and flatbed trucks in six locations, might not be done buying trucks, thanks to work the company does for automaker General Motors Co., along with steelmakers ArcelorMittal and U.S. Steel.
"We do a lot with Lordstown, and we thank them for that," Constantini said of the nearby factory that builds the popular Chevrolet Cruze compact car.
The rush by natural gas drilling and supplier companies isn't driving the company's growth, Constantini said, although he added management is watching the industry.
The company will train less experienced drivers, Constantini said. Candidates should visit www.falcontransport.com for details and to apply.
Falcon's growth is helping many other businesses, officials said.
Vince Cerni, fleet sales manager for Cerni Motors, said the average order the dealer gets is for 15 to 20 trucks.
"This helps tire vendors, oil and lubrication and many others," he said.
Liberty Trustee Jodi Stoyak said, "It's very gratifying to see an existing business expand and offer new jobs."
Township Administrator Pat Ungaro said the area benefitted when Falcon moved its headquarters into the former world headquarters of auto parts maker Delphi Packard in 2007.
"This was an empty building for 10 years. We're thrilled to keep (Falcon) creating wealth," he said.


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Nope, just regular edition and $5 down. I wasn't actually expecting it lol, as I was just securing a pre-order in case the exclusive DLC comes separate when you pick it up. All I want is the DLC and I'm going to return the GS copy either way heh.
They generally box the DLC in the case now indays so you can't return it. I tried that with Red Dead.


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The Ohio State Buckeyes have a lot of talent on the roster, including a lot of players who don't see a lot of playing time. Many of these guys could start at most schools outside of the major conferences but chose to be a part of a national title contending team.
These sacrifices will eventually pay off for the team and the players themselves if they are willing to stay the course. The Buckeyes have faced a lot of adversity lately so these players are tested more than most teams in this regard.
2012 will be a year the Buckeyes will be expected to contend for at least the Big Ten championship, as they have in 2011 despite all of the young players and suspensions. This has been as close to a rebuilding year as you can get at Ohio State, who is used to competing for BCS bowls every season.
Storm Klein is a player who will be given a larger role in 2012, and there are four others who you should be familiar with.
Their names will be called a lot next season.


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