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Fawn & Forest Independence Day Sale!Lauren Hartmann
It is a rare occurrence when the words children and good design can be joined in the same sentence, but one look at the online boutique Fawn & Forest and you'll forget why the words were ever kept apart! Clothes, toys, gear, furniture, decor and more…you'll find it all beautifully curated so you won't have to sort through endless internet searches for baby items you won't mind having on display in your living room. Everything in the store is impeccably designed and well-made.
AND…lucky for you , in honor of the relaunch of their new website and Independence Day they're having a sale!
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Everything in the entire Fawn & Forest catalog is 11% off to celebrate! All you have to do is head on over, load up your virtual cart with some cuteness and then type in the promo code: 4th when you checkout. Easy as pie.
Here are some links to a few of my favorites in the Fawn & Forest catalog just to get you started…
Stokke Tripp Trapp High Chair 1 of 5This high chair has been on my wish list for quite some time. I love the clean lines and the fact that it can grow with your child.
High Chair (regular $249.99 - on sale $222.49) from Fawn & Forest
Ferm Living Little Remix Blanket 2 of 5This blanket would look equally great on a child's bed or as a throw in your living room.
Blanket (regular $81.95 - on sale $72.94) from Fawn & Forest
Binth Friends Poster 3 of 5This poster is perfectly cute, but not cutesy and I love that the colors are child friendly, but still not obnoxiously bright.
Poster (regular $55.00 - on sale $48.95) from Fawn & Forest
ever/after Cinchback Tank 4 of 5I'm not a huge fan of pink, but this lovely petal pink would look so sweet on my little girl and I kind of wish they had it in grown-up size!
Tank (regular $28.00 - on sale $24.92) from Fawn & Forest
Earnest Effort Baby Rattle 5 of 5My baby loves chewing on wooden spoons, but this would be a little bit easier for her to grab and I'm sure she's love the rattle noise.
Rattle (regular $16.00 - on sale $14.24)) from Fawn & Forest
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Yeah... Ovi is slated to make $9,538,462 annually through 2020-21.
Somehow I don't see Holland trying to make that deal, since we've never been about super-bloated contracts. And I'm completely fine with that.
What irritates me the most is that standing pat is fine if you've got a good team, but when your team has been woefully inadequate for the last four years, how do you justify doing nothing? Holland says "we like our team". I respond...why? They've continuously gotten worse and proved nothing when it matters.
What's to like? They aren't as bad as Calgary or Columbus?
Aren't we supposed to aim a little higher than that in "Hockeytown"?
I think it's been rebranded to "Little Caesartown"

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Crews are headed to the scene of a gas leak in northeast Oklahoma City.
The leak has been reported at 122nd Street and Kelley Avenue, authorities said.
Fire officials have called for hazmat and traffic control at the scene.
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A common type of contact force is that provided by a taut rope.Suppose that a taut rope is attached to an object. In whatdirection can the rope apply a force to the object? This force isknown as the "tension".
Figure 4-30
(a) A cart being pulled horizontally by a light rope(the word "light" in this context means that you can ignore themass of the rope in all your considerations) has a mass of24 kg and accelerates in thehorizontal direction at 2.2m/s2. What is the tension in the rope?
N (in the direction of pull)
If the same cart is pulled so that it accelerates at 0.68 m/s2, what is the tension? Assumethat the only force acting on the cart is the tension.
N (in the direction of pull)
(b) Suppose that the rope passes over a fixed pulley (Fig. 4-30)and the cart accelerates horizontally at 1.7 m/s2. What is the upward force onthe pulley?
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TRENTON — Calling him "an iconic actor who left a timeless impact upon television and film," Gov. Chris Christie yesterday ordered flags in the state to be flown at half-staff Monday in memory of "Sopranos" star and New Jersey native James Gandolfini.
Gandolfini died Wednesday in Rome at the age of 51.
It marked the third time Christie — who has ordered flags lowered for every service member from New Jersey killed in the line of duty — has so honored an entertainer. In the past, flags in the state have been lowered for singer Whitney Houston and sax player Clarence Clemons, a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. The flag was also lowered for U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), who died earlier this month.
Gandolfini was born in Westwood, grew up in Park Ridge and attended Rutgers University. Though he lived in Manhattan, he owned a $1.5 million country home in Tewksbury, Hunterdon County, and continued to celebrate his Garden State roots long after his success portraying a vicious yet troubled Jersey mob boss on "The Sopranos."
Meanwhile, funeral services have yet to be announced for Gandolfini, whose body remains in Italy pending autopsy results and the issuance of a death certificate.
Family spokesman Michael Kobold told reporters in Rome yesterday the actor died of a heart attack, with no evidence of substance abuse or foul play. He said the family was working with the Italian government to get the body back to the United States soon.
According to Kobold, the process can take up to 10 days, but the family was hoping to have the body repatriated by mid-week with a funeral in New York by next Saturday, at the latest.
There is also no word where he will be laid to rest. The director of the New Jersey funeral home that handled services for Gandolfini's parents, said she has been contacted by the actor's family, but that no funeral arrangements have been made.
"His family has been in touch, but I have no information yet," said Lillian Spearing, manager of Robert Spearing Funeral Home in Park Ridge.
Gandolfini, who won three Emmys and a Golden Globe for his depiction of mob boss Tony Soprano in the long-running HBO series that changed television as well as his own life, arrived in Rome on Tuesday with his teen-age son. They had plans to attend the closing ceremony today of the Taormina Film Festival in Sicily.
Kobold said Gandolfini and his son spent the day visiting the Vatican, then dined together Wednesday evening at the five-star Boscolo Exedra Roma on Piazza della Repubblica, where they were staying.
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Gandolfini was stricken that evening and rushed to the hospital after his son found him unresponsive in his room.
According to 2002 divorce papers, Gandolfini was said to have had "serious issues" with drugs and alcohol. But Kobold said the autopsy found nothing out of the ordinary.
"It was a heart attack," he told reporters in Rome. "There was no foul play, no substance abuse. None of that."
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Frugal Tip: Buy Generic Store Brand Products
In the past, I was a brand conscious person. I would naturally reach for brand name as opposed to the cheaper generic store brand products. But a marriage and a baby put a stop to that now that we have to watch our expenses a little closer. However, it takes time to learn how generic store brand compares to the real thing. Also the quality of generic products can vary greatly from store to store. It's a trial and error exercise, but it's definitely worth it in the long run.
Here are some of the generics that I have tried recently:
- Medicines — Just read the active ingredients and try out the smallest size first. Since medicines are controlled by the FDA, the quality doesn't vary too widely.
- Cleaning products — This should be an easy one to substitute. You could also go a step further and create your own cleaning products — ingredients usually include vinegar, baking soda, and bleach.
- Personal hygiene products — So far, I have tried Target equivalent of Listerine Whitening — possibly the best mouthwash ever.
- Baby diapers — My wife didn't like the CVS diapers I bought because it's not as soft as Pampers Swaddlers.
- Baby wipes –The ones from CVS weren't that good, but the ones from Costco were great.
- CD-R and DVD-R — I have some good, and some bad experience with these.
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The Man Who Laughs Urban Stages 259 W. 30th Street New York, N.Y.Walk into Urban Stages, a small theater in New York City, and a carnival vendor hands you a free bag of popcorn for the show. For half an hour you're entertained by a singer and pianist at the front of a stage designed to look like a Golden Age movie theater. Another pianist, this one in a suit, then comes out, bows, and starts to play the background music to The Man Who Laughs, a 1928 masterpiece of German Expressionism starring Conrad Veidt, based on Victor Hugo's 1869 novel. Thus begins the stage adaptation of The Man Who Laughs, not It is very unusual to watch a play designed as a silent film, with no dialogue and the only sound the tingling keys of the piano.The Stolen Chair Theater Company is famous for unusual plays, and The Man Who Laughs, which opened last week, is certainly in that tradition. If you love silent movies, you'll love The Man Who Laughs.
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on March 30, 2013 - 1:15 AM
American parents have been listening to professional psycho-babblers tell them how to raise children since the late 1960s. I was in graduate school at the time, and my professors thought the babblers were geniuses, sent by some New Age divinity to correct all the egregious wrongs parents had done to children since time immemorial. Children were about to enter a Golden Age in which their opinions would not only be listened to but also taken into consideration, and from an early age. And they would be allowed to express their feelings freely! And parents and teachers were going to tell them how wonderful they were and how everything they did was wonderful and so children would do more and more wonderful things and the Age of Aquarius would dawn and peace and love would fill the universe!
Problem is, it didn't turn out quite the way it was planned. Indeed, parents and teachers did all the "right" things. In fact, nearly everything they did was pretty much the opposite of the way previous generations of parents had done things. The result? Well, let's just say the Age of Aquarius has yet to dawn.
Child mental health in America, across the demographic spectrum, has declined markedly in the last 50 or so years. Compared with a kid from my generation, today's child is five to 10 times more likely to become clinically depressed before his or her 16th birthday. And parenting, as it is now termed, has become the single most stressful thing a woman will do in her adult life. Mind you, her great-grandmother probably raised a lot more kids and experienced very little stress. She was, however, able to stress her kids rather effectively.
When are parents – mothers, especially – going to get it? When are they going to wake up to the fact that the babblers have done nothing – and yes, I mean nothing – but damage? In my estimation, the Age of Aquarius will begin when American parents shut the babblers down and return parenting – to borrow from the vernacular of the 1960s – back to the people!
I am a proud member of the last generation of American kids who weren't allowed to have high self-esteem. When a child back then had an outburst of high self-esteem, his parents told him he was acting too big for his britches, which is what high self-esteem is all about anyway – popping one's britches.
And yet, we were happier. We may have missed the Aquarian train, but I hear it ran off the tracks sometime around 1975 anyway.
Family psychologist John Rosemond answers parents' questions on his website at www.rosemond.com.


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BROOKHAVEN, Mississippi -- The city of Brookhaven is banning weapons on all municipal properties.
The Daily Leader reported that the board of aldermen adopted the ordinance this week.
The Mississippi Constitution allows individuals to carry a firearm or weapon without a permit as long as it is not concealed. House Bill 2, which clarified what constitutes a concealed weapon and the requirements to obtain a concealed carry permit, brought renewed attention to open carry in Mississippi.
Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Winston Kidd, however, issued an injunction preventing House Bill 2 from taking effect July 1, apparently believing House Bill 2 allows for open carry. He will hold a hearing on the law July 8.
Brookhaven Municipal Court Judge Raymond Boutwell recently banned weapons in the city courtroom.
The board of aldermen's action applies to municipal property outside of the government complex, including The Jimmy Furlow Senior Center, the City Barn, city parks and playgrounds, the airport as well as all recreation department offices.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is now facing a federal investigation for alleged misappropriation of Hurricane Sandy relief funds to produce tourism ads in which he and his family featured at a time in which he was running for reelection.
Congress allocated a sum of $25 million for the Sandy aid package which Christie allegedly used for a controversial Jersey Shore "Stronger than the Storm" ad campaign that featured his family.
The ads sparked a controversy in the state at a time he was running for reelection.
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) told CNN Sunday that following an initial review of the matter, the office of the inspector general of the Housing and Urban Development has notified him that it agrees the matter warrants a "full-blown" federal investigation.
Pallone said: "There's reason to believe there's a problem here."
He told CNN: "This was money that could have directly been used for Sandy recovery. And, as you know, many of my constituents still haven't gotten the money that is owed them to rebuild their homes or raise their homes or to help."
In August, Pallone, who represents the northern Shore region of New Jersey, petitioned the inspector general of the Department of Housing and Urban Development about the "Stronger than the Storm" ads.
Part of the letter read:
While promoting tourism at the Jersey Shore in the wake of Hurricane Sandy is certainly a worthy endeavor, recent reports have led me to believe that the state has irresponsibly misappropriated funding allocated by Congress from the Sandy aid package and taken advantage of this waiver for political purposes. I respectfully request that you review and investigate the contract, bidding process utilized by the State of New Jersey, and appropriateness of the content of this marketing campaign.
Pallone alleged irregularities in the bidding process for the ads.
His questioned the Christie administration's decision to award the ad project to a firm with a more expensive pitch.
According to CNN, the bid by the firm that won was $4.7 million while another presented a cost of $2.5 million.
The significant difference it seems was that the more expensive pitch presented an idea to feature Christie's family while the less expensive did not.
The ad which showed Christie saying that New Jersey was "stronger than the storm," came at a time that Christie was running for reelection as governor.
Critics immediately pointed out that Christie starring in taxpayer-funded ads at a time he was running for reelection involves an essential conflict of interest.
In a statement released Monday, Christie's office said that the ad campaign was part of a plan approved by the Obama administration to showcase New Jersey's business and tourism potentials as part of recovery effort.
The statement said:
Federal agency reviews are routine and standard operating procedure with all federally allocated resources to ensure that funds are distributed fairly. We're confident that any review will show that the ads were a key part in helping New Jersey get back on its feet after being struck by the worst storm in state history.
Christie's overwhelming victory at the last election was due largely to voter approval of his handling of the Hurricane Sandy disaster that hit his state and New York in 2012.
His praise of President Barack Obama's response to the disaster brought him in conflict with Republicans.
The rift worsened after he refused to campaign for Republican nominee Mitt Romney at the height to the 2012 presidential campaign.
Christie's aides have tried to fend off criticism about his administration's use of the federal funds for the commercials.
According to Christie spokesman Michael Drewniak, "It's pretty hard to argue that (the Christies) are in a uniquely qualified position to tell a very wide audience beyond New Jersey that our state and our Shore are open for business."
The latest allegations come at a time that the governor is already neck-deep in trouble
Recently released emails reveal that his staff and political appointees at the Port Authority had apparently engineered closures of the access lanes to the George Washington Bridge in a political payback scheme allegedly targeted at Mayor Mark Sokolich of Fort Lee who refused to endorse Christie's reelection bid.
The bridge scandal is now also under federal investigation.
It remains to be seen what more the embattled governor has to say in self-defense when he delivers his State of the State address.
Calls for investigation of Christie's use of the Hurricane Sandy funds came not only from Democrats but also from Republicans.
ABC News reports that last year, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan: "In New Jersey, $25 million was spent on ads that included somebody running for political office. You think there might be a conflict of interest there?"
Paul added: "People running for office put their mug all over these ads while they're in the middle of a political campaign... It gives a little bit of a black eye to something."


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LEWISTOWN - A horse show will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hilltop Riding Club, located along state Route 103 in Lewistown.
The show will be held in memory of Gina Llewellyn and proceeds will be donated to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Llewellyn lived with MS for more than a decade before passing away last year of unrelated causes. Her daughter Lynall is the organizer of the event, the first she's put together since her mother's passing.
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A horse show will be held Saturday in memory of Gina Llewellyn, pictured here.
"That was a cause she felt very, very strongly about," Lynall said.
Participants can register at the event for $5 per class.
Available classes include: youth 11 and younger, juniors ages 12 to 17, seniors ages 18 and older and in open-age categories barrels, poles and keyhole, scudahoe, down and back, relay race, and dollar bareback..
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Tennessee had one more big hit up its sleeve than Alabama on Friday.
That's why the Crimson Tide is one game away from seeing its 2013 season come to an end.
Cheyanne Tarango's two-out, two-run single in the third inning proved to be the difference in the Lady Vols' 3-2 victory in Game 1 of the best-of-three Super Regional in Knoxville.
Click here to see how it all unfolded.
Game 2 is slated for Saturday at 4 p.m. (ESPN). If necessary, Game 3 will be at 7 p.m. (ESPN2).
Alabama (45-14) will need to win both if it wants to return to the Women's College World Series and defend its 2012 national title.
The Crimson Tide offense mounted numerous threats against Tennessee's Renfroe sisters, Ellen and Ivy, but came away with just the two runs, as it stranded nine runners.
Alabama took an early, 1-0 lead on an RBI single from Courtney Conley in the second inning. The threat was stifled, though, as back-to-back Crimson Tide hitters couldn't move the baserunners any farther.
With the game tied, 1-1, after Hannah Akamine's solo home run in Tennessee's half of the second, the Lady Vols (48-10) loaded the bases with one out against Jackie Traina in the third. Traina struck out Rainey Gaffin but couldn't sit down Tarango, as the Tennessee designated player slapped a two-run single to center.
The inning was doubly painful, as Alabama failed to do anything after it loaded the bases with one out during its half.
Alabama drew one run closer in the fourth thanks to Haylie McCleney's RBI double.
The Crimson Tide left a runner stranded at third in the sixth inning and saw the game end with pinch-hitter Lauren Sewell's groundout in the seventh.
Traina worked six innings, allowing just four hits and one earned run. The junior ace struck out five and walked two.


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Tioga Pharmaceuticals raised $10 million in a Series B equity financing round led by new investor, Thomas, McNerney & Partners. The firm will use the funds to continue Phase III development of its kappa opioid receptor agonist asimadoline in the treatment of diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (D-IBS), under a special protocol assessment with FDA. The ongoing Phase III study in 600 patients is one of two registrational trials that will be needed for registration of the drug in the U.S.
Tioga was established as a spin-out from Merck KGaA in 2005 to develop asimadoline as an oral treatment for IBS. In 2009 Ono Pharmaceuticals negotiated rights to develop and commercialize asimadoline in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
The drug is believed to act within the gut wall to inhibit sensory nerves that transmit pain signals and enteric nerves that regulate bowl movements. A previously completed Phase IIb study in 596 IBS patients showed that treatment with oral asimadoline resulted in significant improvements in a number of parameters including pain (the primary endpoint), urgency, frequency, and bloating.
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Our rover has a camera on it to take pictures of rocks. It also picks up rocks with the claws and puts them in the back. The rover has steel solar walls. The hubcaps are made of the hardest rubber on Earth. The reason why we have a camera is because we want to see if it is a lava rock or a crystal rock. The reason why we have the hardest rubber is because in can handle the rough terrain on Mars. The reason shy we have steel solar walls is so that the people inside can breathe easily. Whenever the rover flips over the balloon flips it back on its wheels. There is an adjustable attachment driver. A control panel is used to turn off the attachment driver and the retro-jets. The retro-jets are used to slow down instruments and to make the rover go faster.
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User Story: How Smart Matches helped Andrzej discover new relatives and new friends
(This is a translation. The original Polish version can be found here.)
Today we would like to present a story about Andrzej Pfeiffer one of our polish users and how the MyHeritage Smart Matches feature helped his family history research. Andrzej started his family's genealogy a few years ago and tells his story below.
I was very happy when "Smart Matches" was launched, but in the beginning I did not realize how much time I would spend working with this feature.
In my tree there are more than 1,400 people and it is not surprising that the program informed me of more than 800 matches. I have reviewed all of them, which of course does not mean the end, because the program is adding new matches every time I change some info in my tree. By the way, I learned that there are a lot of people that have more than one tree at MyHeritage, and ... I do not know why?
To fully benefit from "Smart Matches" is sometimes impossible. This is the case for very common surnames, with the lack of basic data and data on their relatives is hidden. In this situation, I would love the ability to remove them from the list of incorrect matching results, or at least indicate that a tree has already been checked and is wrong. It is interesting that in the program Family Tree Builder 4.0 that possibility exists. From reported Smart Matches I learned that currently there are ten trees on MyHeritage whose authors are also people who appear in my tree. If the Matches indicated that my data was complete I did not contact the webmaster of those trees. On the other hand, I wrote to those who have similar data with a different day or month of birth of a specific person and asked on what basis they submitted this data. Most of the webmasters I asked replied and then together we set the reliability of the information.
Thanks to "Smart Matches" I was able to verify or complete data of 86 people and added 12 new people to my tree - in four cases we were able to enjoy discovery of new family members collectively. In addition, I acquired a few pictures of my family and allowed others to copy many photos from my albums.
It is interesting that despite appearances, there is a problem with the information about well-known people in our existing trees. As is the case of General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski. Different sources give different dates of birth, place of birth or place of death or even burial. We performed a tiny survey together and found which data was most believable.
"Smart Matches" also allowed me to establish contact with people who wished to help me to solve problems e.g. to establish a common spelling of a town or to identify someone's location. This was very important, especially for tracking relatives who were born in places such as Kresy.
For people from these borderlands we already had names, but now we were able to find someone who was willing and able to go there and look for our ancestors. In this way, we were able to determine, amongst other things, the burial place of several people, and, as a result, on two occasions I have had the opportunity to visit these burial places and light a candle for my relatives.
There is one more particular benefit I found from the existence of "Smart Matches." It happened that on a few occasions there were two trees where there were the same names, but ... it was a completely different person. While it turned out that often that information wasn't useful for me, for others I spoke to the information was very valuable.
Also, even when the information wasn't useful for the other person either it was still nice to make connections with other researches and to go through the process of comparing data.
I have one last request to everyone reading this and to all users of MyHeritage, especially to those who use "Smart Matches". If it is possible please try to find and record the middle and second surnames of people. There are many Jan Nowaks, but far fewer Jan Seweryn Nowak. Family history research will work better for us all if we can remember these middle and maiden names and also if we make data of people who have passed away available.
I would like to say thank you to everyone with whom I had a chance to meet and work with as I built my family tree - thank you very much.
Andrzej Pfeiffer from Sandomierz, Poland
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- Dear Andrez,
I read your story about smart searches, this tool in our programme, I have not yet used, but amazing is your search for your family, you have achieved, with that.
I am doing on my Talwar surname research, and I find some are linked with English / European names, did U come across any one, please let me know or send my request to them. I would love to know about those families.
Arun Talwar, Auckland, NZ
- Hello, I'm glad you liked my family research. Of course if I ever come across any information about people with your surname, I will send it straight to you. Greetings!
- Andrzej,
My Pfefer ancestors were from the Radom-Kielce area (Ostrowiec), near where you live now. But they were Jews. I also hired a genealogical researcher who lives in Kielce. Contact me if you'd like to know more.


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When: Tonight, Friday, June 6th, 5-8 p.m. and tomorrow, Saturday, June 7th, 12-3 p.m.
Why: Drawings for FREE art camp and studio time. Light refreshments will be served and there's free parking.
Where: Art Nest, The Monroe Center at 720 Monroe Street Studio E505
Art Nest will be hosting an Open House to celebrate the opening of Hoboken's first Art Therapy Studio and Gallery. Come meet the Art Nest staff and learn about upcoming events at Art Nest, like art workshops, kids' summer art sessions, art therapy groups, and open studios. Summer sessions are currently enrolling and begin June 16th!
And attention, Hoboken parents: Looking for something to do with the kids this summer?
This summer Arts Nest is offering 4-Day Kids' Summer Sessions and 2-Day Art Workshops for children ages 6-11. Young artists will be introduced to various art mediums and techniques in a creative space free of judgment and criticism where creative exploration is encouraged.
Themes for our Kids' sessions include:
* Comic Creations - learn drawing techniques while creating personal super heroes.
* Making Magic - create worlds of unicorns, goblins, fairies, boggarts, pixies, wizards, and more.
* Art Around the World - learn and experiment with art making techniques and traditions from around the world.
* Robot Revolution - use 2D and 3D materials to create and build robots.
* Under the Sea Puppets - design and create underwater themed puppet that can be used for imaginative play.


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SHEPHERDSTOWN - With Shepherd taking a 21-4 victory in the early game of the doubleheader with Lock Haven Saturady at Fairfax Field, things seemed to be sailing smoothly for the Rams.
In the third inning of the nightcap, the tide turned unexpectedly.
The Bald Eagles scored a pair of runs in their half of the third. Although Shepherd responded by scoring a run, it left a runner stranded 90 feet away from tying the contest at two.
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Shepherd's Ryan Pansch delivers a pitch in the second game of a doubleheader Saturday against Lock Haven. (Journal photo by Spenser Leatherman)
Shepherd surrendered another run to suffer a 3-1 defeat.
"Our problem this year is that our offense has been anemic," Rams interim coach Matt McCarty said. "We got things going in the first game, but lost focus in the second.
"That came back to bite us."
The Rams committed four errors, and Lock Haven took advantage of the lapses.
The Bald Eagles capitalized on Shepherd's second error of the nightcap on a throwing blunder on a fielder's choice by Ryan Henritzy that brought in Aaron Lidgett, who singled to right to start the third. The error advanced Jay Hartman, who also singled, to third. Scott Zuback hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Hartman to give Lock Haven a 2-0 lead.
The Rams responded quickly with a run, but they were unable to tie the contest in the bottom half of the frame.
Bryan DiRosario singled to start the inning for Shepherd. T.J. Weisenburg, a former Martinsburg and Potomac State standout advanced DiRosario to third. A sacrifice fly by Michael Lott scored DiRosario to cut the lead in half. Weisenburg advanced to third on a Jake Cook flyout, but a strikeout swinging by Kyle Porter left Weisenburg stranded.
"We weren't executing offensively," McCarty said. "We had multiple opportunities to score with runners on second and third, and we can't score a run.
"We really didn't do our part offensively."
The Rams stranded five runners in scoring position, two of them in the fourth.
The Bald Eagles scored another run in the top of the sixth as a result of an error.
In the early contest, Shepherd's offense came out with all cylinders rolling in a 21-4 victory.
The Rams jumped out to a 2-0 advantage on a run-soring double by Messina and an RBI single by Brandon Coffey.
The Rams led 10-4 through four.
In the fifth, Shepherd sent 14 batters to the plate in the inning to score 11 runs and put the game out of reach.


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Offensive film review: Falcons force Kap to be methodical
Kaepernick: 'This is a great team win'
Colin Kaepernick threw a touchdown pass to Vernon Davis and handed two more off to Frank Gore via the read/option. (USA TODAY IMAGE)
Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Mike Nolan made a decision: He wanted to get the ball out of Colin Kaepernick's hands.
In doing so, the 49ers were forced to used more of a methodical approach to defeating the Falcons 28-24 on Sunday in the NFC Championship Game.
When the 49ers ran the read option, the Falcons' outside contain players positioned themselves up the field to take away that path for the 49ers' quarterback, who rushed for 181 yards and two touchdowns in the NFC semifinal win over the Green Bay Packers.
As a result, Kaepernick continued to hand the ball off to running back Frank Gore and backup LaMichael James against the Falcons. All three of the 49ers' rushing touchdowns came on the read-option play:
First quarter, trailing 17-0: Kaepernick froze left defensive end Kroy Biermann with the read option and he handed to James, who blasted around right end. What made this play work for the 49ers was the combination of James' speed and the blocking of tight end Vernon Davis and receivers Ted Ginn and Michael Crabtree. James picked up those blocks and outran linebacker Stephen Nicholas and safety William Moore into the end zone for a 15-yard scoring run.
Third quarter, trailing 24-14: This time, Kaepernick handed to Gore over the right side. Again, the 49ers got exceptional blocking to enable Gore to carry it into the end zone for a 5-yard touchdown. Center Jonathan Goodwin made the block on defensive tackle Peria Jerry. Right tackle Anthony Davis took care of defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux. And fullback Bruce Miller cleaned up linebacker Akeem Dent.
Fourth quarter, trailing 24-21: Again, Kaepernick made the proper read with defensive end John Abraham crashing up the field and taking himself out of the play if Kaepernick chose to hand off. Again, Anthony Davis and Miller made the key blocks -- Davis on Peters, and Miller on Nicholas -- for the go-ahead touchdown on a 9-yard run with 8:23 remaining.
Here is a look at the 49ers' key offensive plays from a victory that sends them to Super Bowl XLVII against the Baltimore Ravens:
--You knew exactly what the 49ers were thinking on their first play when Kaepernick threw quickly to Michael Crabtree, who was covered by Asante Samuel, one of the worst-tackling cornerbacks in the league. Samuel, however, stopped Crabtree immediately for a 1-yard gain. So much for that.
--Tight end Vernon Davis saw single coverage against safety Thomas DeCoud on third-and-9, and DeCoud broke up the pass 15 yards down the field. That single-coverage strategy on Davis would eventually backfire.
--About the only poor decision Kaepernick made was throwing into triple coverage for Moss on the first play of the second drive. Kaepernick got lucky that the pass was incomplete, not intercepted.
--Kaepernick had good protection throughout the game. About the only time he did not have a clean pocked was on the 49ers' second possession. Defensive tackle Corey Peters beat left guard Mike Iupati for a 9-yard sack on third-and-4 play. According to Pro Football Focus, Kaepernick was pressured only four times (one sack and three hurries), each of which was surrendered by Iupati.
--The game shifted after the 49ers took over down 17-0. Offensive coordinator Greg Roman slowed down the Atlanta onslaught with four consecutive run plays. Gore got things going with a 9-yard run on a read option. Goodwin, Anthony Davis, right guard Alex Boone and Miller each made blocks on the play.
--Three plays later, Kaepernick changed the play at the line of scrimmage. He shifted Miller from the right side to the left side, and Miller provided a block on a linebacker, while left tackle Joe Staley took care of defensive tackle Vince Walker for a 7-yard gain and another first down.
--As loud as it was, the 49ers did not seem to be affected by the crowd noise too much. Kaepernick was generally able to get the 49ers to the line of scrimmage in enough time to make his adjustments. But that was not the case on a third-and-2 play from the Atlanta 37. Either Kaepernick or coach Jim Harbaugh should've called a timeout to avoid the delay-of-game penalty.
--It didn't matter, as Kaepernick went back to the Davis-on-DeCoud matchup for a 27-yard gain, nearly half of which came after Davis broke a tackle along the left sideline.
--Another Davis catch against DeCoud, this one for 25 yards, was wiped out on Iupati's holding penalty against Walker in the middle of the second quarter. The 49ers would go on to score a touchdown on that drive. Davis again beat DeCoud for 19 yards two plays later.
--Kaepernick's only positive-yardage run play came on a scramble for 23 yards when the Falcons brought five pass-rushers. Iupati pushed his man, Peters, past Kaepernick, and Kaepernick outran linemen Biermann and Cliff Matthews, as well as linebacker Sean Weatherspoon at the left sideline.
--Vernon Davis beat Nicholas in coverage, as the 49ers again exploited a five-man rush for a 25-yard gain to the 4-yard line. Goodwin, Anthony Davis, Boone, Iupati provided Kaepernick with a clean pocket, and Gore and Staley held up strong on the outside, as Gore picked up the blitz.
--In addition to his best receiving game of the season, Davis also had his second-best blocking performance, according to PFF, which charts Davis' two best blocking grades as the 49ers' two playoff games.
--On the next play, Kaepernick's play-fake enabled Vernon Davis to work out into the pattern all alone for a 4-yard touchdown, cutting the Falcons' lead to 17-14.
--Wide receiver Randy Moss does not run like he did in his prime, but you could not tell by the cushion cornerback Dunta Robinson gave him in single coverage on the first play of the second half. Moss caught a Kaepernick pass for 21 yards on a comeback pattern.
--Boone had the block on Peters for an 11-yard Gore gain two plays later.
--Yes, Gore had 90 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries, but let's not overlook his work in pass protection. Again, on a five-man rush, Gore picked up Moore on a blitz to allow Kaepernick time to hit Delanie Walker for a 20-yard gain.
--Kaepernick was 9 of 12 for 129 yards and a touchdown when he was blitzed for a 137.2 rating, according to PFF. He also had a 23-yard scramble against the blitz.
--The only planned run for Kaepernick resulted in a 2-yard loss. His quarterback sweep to the right side in the third quarter did not fool anyone on the Falcons' defense.
--Receiver Chad Hall, newly activated from the 49ers' practice squad, saw one snap of action. It came on a third-and-5 from the Atlanta 20-yard line in the third quarter, and William Moore got the tip of his fingers on the ball to break up Kaepernick's pass.
On Monday, I asked Harbaugh why Hall had leap-frogged rookie A.J. Jenkins on the depth chart. Harbaugh said, "I can't make that statement."
He explained, "We had a specific play that we felt Chad would be very good at. And that play got called in the game."
I asked whether there are specific plays for the backup wide receivers to mix and match.
"Well, that does occur," Harbaugh said. "And also they have to be ready to go in in case somebody goes down, with the whole game plan in mind. But A.J. was ahead of Chad on the depth chart had something happened to Michael or Randy."
Jenkins, the 49ers' first-round draft pick, did not see any action in the game.
--Two other 49ers offensive players got into the game for just one snap -- and they were very notable.
In the second quarter, No. 3 tight end Garrett Celek was inserted to block on a running play. He apparently stuck to his block to an annoying degree against Nicholas, who threw him to the ground and was flagged for a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty. Two plays later the 49ers scored.
And running back Anthony Dixon, who was stopped last year in the NFC Championship Game against the New York Giants on a key third-and-1 running play in the fourth quarter, got a similar opportunity in the fourth quarter. This time, Dixon plowed through the right side for 4 yards on the 49ers' go-ahead touchdown drive. Vernon Davis, Delanie Walker and extra blocker Daniel Kilgore had exceptional blocks on the play.
--Crabtree was clearly the focus of the Falcons' pass defense, as it was difficult for him to create separation against a stead diet of double-teams and bracket coverage. He made a nice catch against tight coverage and ran hard to pick up half of his 33-yard gain early in the fourth quarter.
--But two plays later, Crabtree caught a pass near the goal line and was hit immediately and stopped by Robinson, who then stripped the ball before Crabtree broke the plane. Obviously, the turnover was a huge play at the time. But Crabtree and the 49ers' offense was bailed out when the 49ers' defense forced a punt and Ted Ginn returned that punt 20 yards to the Falcon's 38 with 11:46 remaining.
--Iupati and Staley had blocks as Gore picked up 7 yards on first down. Iupati appeared to sustain a right knee injury on the next play, but he remained in the game.
Staley had a tremendous block on Weatherspoon as James picked up 8 yards to the Atlanta 17. And Crabtree had an 8-yard catch against Samuel to set up Gore's winning touchdown run.
Offensive play time
Includes plays nullified by penalties
55 (100 percent) -- QB Colin Kaepernick, LT Joe Staley, LG Mike Iupati, C Jonathan Goodwin RT Alex Boone, RT Anthony Davis
54 (98%) -- TE Vernon Davis
48 (87%) -- WR Michael Crabtree
44 (80%) -- RB Frank Gore
36 (65%) -- FB Bruce Miller, WR Randy Moss
28 (51%) -- TE Delanie Walker
11 (20%) -- WR Ted Ginn
10 (18%) -- RB LaMichael James
3 (5%) -- OL Leonard Davis
2 (4%) -- OL Daniel Kilgore
1 (2%) -- TE Garrett Celek, RB Anthony Dixon, WR Chad Hall


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|LJMS volleyball teams downed by Kenilworth
Lawrence Jones Middle School volleyball coach Donna McKenna was pleased with her seventh-grade team's performance despite falling in three sets to visiting Kenilworth on Dec. 19.
"The level of playing was exceptional," McKenna said. "The team came together for some very exciting rallies and our setters, Lia Misi and Camille Spackman were sensational."
The Lady Jaguars are now 1-3 in league play.
Eight-grade girls
The eighth-grade Lady Jaguars, McKenna said, "have been plagued with injuries but we continue to play hard and hang tough."
After winning the first set in convincing fashion, 25-6, Kenilworth battled back to win the final two sets ands the match 25-19 and 16-14.
Jaxen Brazell served 21 for 22, scoring 13 points in the first set.
Rei Rei Peleti served 14 for 15, Malia Kuka served 10 for 10, and Corrinne Ladner served three critical serves in the third set. Kaela Velles, despite playing with an injury, had 13 authentic kills.
The Lady Jaguars are 2-2 in league play. LJMS' next home game is Jan. 10.


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OFJ Field Journal from Ed Hirst - 11/29/95
CONFIGURING THE DEEP SPACE NETWORKLast night it hit me... SMACK... right in the face... eight days, EIGHT DAYS!
You see, on the west side of JPL, right near the main entrance, there is a mall and in that mall there is a billboard-sized sign. The sign currently contains trajectory information for Galileo and Ulysses*, showing the solar system (out to Jupiter), so people can see the locations of the spacecraft. As Jupiter Orbit Insertion (JOI) day got closer, the public affairs people added an "Orbit Insertion" countdown to the Galileo section and went from weekly updates (every Monday) to what looks like daily updates. Last night, as I walked out to my car, I glanced over at that sign. It is not like I was looking for something new or different. I had seen that sign hundreds of times, but this time it hit me... EIGHT days to ARRIVAL!
About a week ago, the January 1996 issue of Astronomy magazine showed up in my mailbox (Isn't it weird how when you subscribe to a magazine you get your issues one to two months before it hits the newsstands? I've already received my February issues of my surfing and bodyboarding mags, but..). Galileo got the cover. I recall thinking "cool, the cover," and proceeded to read the article.
It was a good article, but that was the end of it. No big deal. But then it was prior to the Thanksgiving holidays, so maybe that had something to do with it. I guess there was too much going on between then and Arrival Day, but now... eight days, wow. I've only been waiting for this for two years, but for some people, the wait has been a couple of decades.
I also saw a fawn grazing on the grass just a few steps from that sign. JPL sits at the base of some mountains, and when there isn't enough food or water, the deer will come down onto the Lab for a little snack. I had heard about this, but had only seen one once before. It was pretty cool. Maybe it was some kind of symbol. Maybe Galileo is like that fawn, which looked like it was out on its own for the first time, and we're also about to cross one of the big steps in our....
Nah, I don't think so. Galileo has a team of close to 300 people looking out for its well being, so that can't be it.
So, what have I been doing since my last journal entry? Well, a little bit of this, a little bit of that. That is the nature of being in the Mission Planning and Outreach Coordination Office.
For the mission planning part of my job, I spent the last few weeks applying what we had recently learned about telecom performance (basically, how well we can "hear" the spacecraft) to the Arrival Day time period. Just a few days ago, we issued the final decisions on how we'll be configuring the Deep Space Network and telecom from the end December 5th through the beginning of the 9th of December. The configuration for Arrival Day itself is of particular importance.
On Arrival Day, Galileo will perform some of the most important activities for the mission: Io Torus science data collection, the Probe entry and relay of its data, and the JOI. We had a very complicated set of requirements to juggle: we have to maintain the best real-time visibility into spacecraft operations (that is, get as strong a radio signal as possible), send real-time commands to the spacecraft at specific times, and get navigation data so that we can see how the JOI burn went (this information is needed so that the nav team can start the design of "cleanup" maneuvers, specifically the first Orbit Trim Maneuver which is only about a day and a half after orbit insertion). If you recall my previous journal, two-way antenna setups are needed for sending commands to the spacecraft and for getting navigation data, while one-way setups provide the best real-time visibility ("best" as in giving higher radio signal strength for locking onto Galileo's signal). There is even a special one-way setup called "ultracone" which provides even better real-time visibility (this configuration is only available at the Canberra antenna, see below). Well, what did we end up with?
Fortunately, two of the three antennas that we are using on Arrival Day have overlapping "view periods" (view periods are the times when a particular antenna can point at Galileo and receive its signal). The 70-meter diameter antennas that we use are in Madrid, Spain; Canberra, Australia; and Goldstone, California. The view periods of the antennas at Goldstone and Canberra overlap for 4 hours. The layout of activities to antennas goes kind of like this: Io Torus Science and preparation for Relay occurs over Goldstone only, Relay occurs over the Goldstone / Canberra overlap and JOI occurs over Canberra only. The best real-time visibility possible is required (or highly desired) during this whole period. Commanding is required all the way from just after the Io Torus science collection through just prior to the end of JOI and then stops for awhile and, depending on the how the spacecraft is doing, could start back up a few hours after JOI. Navigation data, again depending on how the spacecraft is doing, is required for a couple of hours, starting a few of hours after JOI. Juggle away!
The commanding requirements forced us to set up Goldstone in two-way mode. Fortunately, the Goldstone view period was long enough and the timing on the commands was such that we were able to schedule the transmission of all the required commands over the Goldstone antenna, even those for just after JOI (you see, it takes the commands about 52 minutes to get to the spacecraft, so even though JOI does not occur over Goldstone, we can still send commands from Goldstone because they'll get to the spacecraft right around when JOI will be near completion). The two-way configuration for Goldstone did hurt our visibility for Io Science collection and preparation for Relay, but doing all of the commanding over Goldstone allowed us to set up the Canberra antenna using the "ultracone," which will provide the best visibility possible for Relay and JOI.
But, what about the commanding and navigation needs *after* JOI? If Canberra is in ultracone mode, we can't meet those requirements, can we? Yes, yes we can: antenna configurations can be changed in the middle of a "track" ("track" is just another name for a view period, except it is called a track once it gets allocated to Galileo by the antenna time planners - officially called Resource Allocation Team via the Resource Allocation Process - get it, RATs that RAP - I know, it's bad). The key is that these requirements are dependent on how the spacecraft is doing. The idea is the following: after JOI, once we are convinced that the spacecraft is in good health, we will change the setup of the Canberra antenna from ultracone to 2-way. That allows us to collect navigation data and send commands. After those requirements are met, we will switch the antenna back to one-way mode (but not back to ultracone because switching in and out of ultracone causes a 30 minute gap in our data and we already have had one of these gaps to be able to get into 2-way mode) to once again boost the signal strength as high as possible. Pretty fancy, huh? Well, it took *many* hours of work from *many* people to convince ourselves that this was the right thing to do. The good thing about it is that it is flexible and it meets all our requirements. And that is what mission planning is all about.
So that was a little bit of this, what about a little bit of that? My other tasks have been in the outreach section of the office (I don't know why I am calling it a section since our office has only 3 people in it). In order to get ready for Arrival Day, there is a lot of information that has to be transformed and compiled into summaries and non-detailed descriptions of the events that will be occurring... around here we tend to call it "putting something in human-readable form." So, I am producing a time-ordered listing for Arrival Day that will list orbiter, probe and antenna events starting from the 7th of December at 1 o'clock in the morning (Pacific Standard Time) through the 8th of December at 8 o'clock in the morning. The listing will be used by many different people, but mainly by the Public Information Office as a guide to what important events are occurring during the day. One other product I am currently working on is a Post-JOI Sequence of Events. This is a chart that shows the events that take place in the week after JOI. Most importantly, it shows when the first Orbit Trim Maneuver and the first Probe Symbol return are scheduled. I understand that these charts will be used at Arrival Day press conferences.
Well, that is enough about work. I am really looking forward to tomorrow. My sister and a cousin are coming into town. We plan to go to Disneyland on Sunday and up to San Francisco to visit some other cousins the weekend of the 9th. They will be staying in LA with me until the 13th of December which is when my holiday vacation starts. We will be going out to Thailand for 3 weeks. I have brother who works for an oil company out there and he wasn't going to be able to make it home for the holidays (for the second straight year). We decided that we would go out and visit him and his family instead. It should be a blast.
As far as my sporting activities, WE WIN, WE WIN, we finally won a basketball game. It has been a hard season, we lost most of our games in the final minutes, but yesterday we managed to keep it together for the whole game. The tournament play is scheduled for the weekend of the 9th, but I will not be able to play due to my trip to San Francisco. I'll find out how we do when I get back. Volleyball and Softball seasons are over. I am looking forward to when they start up again in January. As far as surfing, we finally have been getting some good swells. They are winter swells out of the west. I guess the south just didn't want to produce anything this past summer. Last weekend I went out at Zuma Beach in Malibu. It was Saturday and I had missed the bulk of the swell that hit the coast on Thanksgiving day, but the waves were still tasty. Water: 61-63 degrees F, chilly, full suit for sure. I caught this really good "right" (that's a wave that peels to the right). Had to paddle hard for it, but once I caught it I was in surf heaven. It had good size and was peeling nicely and was pretty long. No surf in Thailand, or so my brother says. Maybe we will take some trips to the surrounding islands. Some of the best surf in the world is in that part of the globe.
* The Ulysses Mission is the first spacecraft to explore interplanetary space at high solar latitudes. Ulysses is a joint endeavor of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the USA.


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Casey Wilson, who starred as Penny Hartz on the sitcom Happy Endings, married the show's creator David Caspe at the Ojai Valley Inn in California on Sunday, a rep for the couple has confirmed to PEOPLE. Wilson's brother officiated the ceremony, according to their wedding announcement in The New York Times.
Comedian Whitney Cummings Tweeted a photo of the bride and groom, with this caption: "Baby girl @casseyrosewilson is off tinder folks."
Wilson, 33, and Caspe, 35, got engaged on Labor Day weekend last year.
Although the couple kept their engagement private for some time, the former Saturday Night Live cast member couldn't help but show off her pear-shaped engagement ring at a Beverly Hills pre-Emmys party last year.
The couple met when Wilson auditioned for Happy Endings in 2010, learning that, in a twist of fate meant for TV, they'd lived on the same street in New York years earlier, the Times reports. They began dating in July 2011.
"I liked him the whole time because he is the most kind, genuine and funny person I have ever met," Wilson tells the paper. "But David felt it was not a good idea to get involved with the actresses."
"I was the boss," Caspe adds. "I didn't want to screw anything up."
Wilson will star in a new NBC comedy this fall called Marry Me.
Baby girl @caseyrosewilson is off tinder folks pic.twitter.com/tVGVQcpNYP— Whitney Cummings (@WhitneyCummings) May 26, 2014


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If they redesign to change into an iteractive glassless 3d gaming company they will succeed....The pvho
technology is so awesome. the peope at the stores just stare and grab at thin air. its funny. im buying blocks slowly
great! social media phones freaks + 3d gaming goggles driving on US streets will make US streets and highways way safer. :p
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Kalya Scintilla | Dance the Spiral Never EndingJanuary 22nd by Mr Ed Tags: Dance the Spiral Never Ending, Kalya Scintilla
Kalya Scintilla is ready to beam you to a totally different dimension with the new release "Dance the Spiral Never Ending" Ever release I have heard of his as been excellent in pulling my head out of every day life and transport me to somewhere totally new. This multidimensional tranmission is no exception. Grabbing influences of dubstep, glitch hop, and sounds from his home star system,"Whomp" and blending them naturally with the seductive sounds of the middle east and traditional gypsy. Hard to believe I'm sitting here watching snow fall as I listen to the release because my mind is somewhere all together much more exotic. Pick up "Dance the Spiral Never Ending" over at Kalya Scintilla's Bandcamp!
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Tasting Notes
Colour: Intense ruby red Nose: Full, with cherry, plum, raspberry and strawberry aromas supported by spiced pepper and clove Palate: Warming, well-structured and smooth, with refined tannins and a background of fruit and spice notes
Wine Maker Notes
Classification: DOC red Grape Variety: Piedirosso 100% Type of soil: Volcanic Training system: Guyot and pergola Period of harvest: Mid-October Yield per hectare: 8000 Kg Aging in oak: Four to six months in 2.25 hl oak barrels Alcohol content: 12,5 %
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Intense ruby-red with layers of cherries, plums, raspberries and black pepper on the nose with a hint of smokiness in the finish. Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Rosso is rich with refined tannins and matches a wide range of foods.
Food Pairing
Pair with pasta or polenta with meat-based sauces, red meats, and can even make a surprisingly great companion to grilled swordfish.
Additional Notes
A wine with a prestigious name and origins lost in legend, which entranced the great Voltaire in 1700. The grape is Piedirosso, mentioned by Pliny two thousand years ago. It is grown, in soil rich in ash, in the area surrounding Vesuvius. The fiery passion of the land finds direct expression in the wine, even after long aging.


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Recently a faction, that is to say not by a unanimous vote of the members, of the Nevada County Republican Central Committee voted to endorse only one of the Republican candidates running for our District 1 assembly seat.
I feel that action may send a wrong message to the voter, perhaps indicating to the voter that the candidate not endorsed does not meet Republican standards in some way. In my opinion that is not the case.
Both candidates, Rick Bosetti and Brian Dahle, as Republicans who both made it through the primary election due to the new rule dictated by the recent passing of Proposition 14, known when it was passed as the Top Two Primaries Act, are both exemplary Republicans in good standing. It is my opinion either candidate would vote on legislation that comes before him in the State Assembly in keeping with the fiscally responsible, limited government, true Republican platform.
So to the voter, I urge you to consider either of these Republican candidates and feel certain in your choice that he will serve you as expected, as a Republican committed to his constituents of Nevada County, State Assembly District 1 and the State of California.
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Beautifully displayed 1905 Naval Commission, with fabulously large signature by President Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth President of the United States. The document, measuring 13 x 16 inches and printed on heavy parchment paper, is dated March 7, 1905, and serves to appoint "William H. Damhoon" to the status of Carpenter in the United States Navy. It is signed at the bottom, above the official U.S. Navy seal, by "Theodore Roosevelt" ("10/10") as President of the United States, as well as "V.H. Metcalf" as Secretary of the Navy. The Roosevelt signature is extremely large and bold, covering more than one-third of the width of the document. The Commission is beautifully (and very expensively) matted and framed with a powerful portrait of the President, to total dimensions of 35 x 26 inches. Ideal for display in a library or office, this is a striking and most impressive official document signed by one of America's most popular and charismatic leaders as President. In exceptionally high grade, with three filing folds (one horizontal, two vertical) and normal wrinkling, as is characteristic of these Commissions. Excellent condition. LOA from James Spence, Steve Grad and John Reznikoff/PSA DNA. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,000/$1,500. SOLD FOR $1,035.00
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I wouldn't call Howard elite but like Osgood I think he is a great value goaltender. He provides solid goaltending at a decent contract so the Wings can spend money elsewhere.
Without Lidstrom and the blueline in its current state, it'll be interesting to see if that strategy is as effective.
My point exactly. I want to see how he does post Lidstrom and without a good defense in front of him. He's proven he can be steady when he's got the best defenseman in the game in front of him but lets be honest what goaltender wouldn't look better with Lidstrom on the team. Not to mention Stuart who is much better than Kronwall in my opinion. I don't expect Howard will be awful, but I'm guessing his numbers will drop.


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Kanye West performs at Twitter headquarters
The same day that rapper Kanye West joins Twitter, he makes a pit stop at the tech co.'s headquarters.
Yesterday (and the day before), the rapper made our headlines for putting on a little lunch room a capella performance for the folks over at Facebook. Yesterday, in between Tweets via his newly christened account, West went to Twitter's Silicon Valley corporate office.
Sadly, the audio on this puppy can't compete with the videos posted yesterday, but he at least tackled a new tune.
In this case, two make a trend and, unless West shows up to another tech HQ in the buff, we'll just call this a tour kick-off and keep our eyes out for when more solid promotional material from West becomes available. So far, there's just "Power," the prospect of the new set dropping in September and an album title change: as previously reported, the set will no longer be dubbed "Good Ass Job." Which is a good ass move.
Today in Twitter land, West has been extolling the virtues of classical music and Leonard Bernstein. And, no, he's still not following anybody on Twitter. Should he pull a Conan?


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Coming to Termsby William Safire
A collection of the author's "On Language" columns.
COMING TO TERMSby William Safire
When William Safire delineates the difference between misinformation and disinformation or "distances himself" from clichés, people sit up and take notice. Which is not to say that Safire's readers always take the punning pundit at his word: they don't, and he's got the letters to prove it. Among the entries in Coming to Terms, this all-new collection of Safire's "On Language" columns, you'll read the repartee of Lexicographic Irregulars great and small. John Haim of New York sets in concrete what properly to call a cement truck, while Charlton Heston challenges an interpretation of Hamlet's "to take arms against a sea of troubles" and Gene Shalit passes along his favorite Yogi Berra-ism. Bringing them all together are dozens of Safire's most illuminating and witty columns, from "Right Stuffing" to "Getting Whom." When William Safire comes to terms, there's never a dull moment.
The First Dissidentby William Safire
One of America's foremost political columnists ties the Book of Job to the news of the day in a provacative exploration of how we can reshape politics by following Job's empowering example.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Full Disclosureby William Safire
What would happen if the 41st President, while meeting with Russian leaders in the mid-1980s, were blinded in an assassination attempt?
How Not to Write: The Essential Misrules of Grammarby William Safire
These fifty humorous misrules of grammar will open the eyes of writers of all levels to fine style. How Not to Write is a wickedly witty book about grammar, usage, and style. William Safire, the author of the New York Times Magazine column "On Language," homes in on the "essential misrules of grammar," those mistakes that call attention to the major rules and regulations of writing. He tells you the correct way to write and then tells you when it is all right to break the rules. In this lighthearted guide, he chooses the most common and perplexing concerns of writers new and old. Each mini-chapter starts by stating a misrule like "Don't use Capital letters without good REASON." Safire then follows up with solid and entertaining advice on language, grammar, and life. He covers a vast territory from capitalization, split infinitives (it turns out you can split one if done meaningfully), run-on sentences, and semi-colons to contractions, the double negative, dangling participles, and even onomatopoeia. Originally published under the title Fumblerules.
In Love with Norma Loquendiby William Safire
The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist describes his lifelong fascination with Norma Loquendi--common speech--in a collection of columns that celebrates the mysteries and continual evolution of the English language.From the Hardcover edition.
Language Maven Strikes Againby William Safire
A sixth collection of his syndicated "On Language" columns.
Let a Simile Be Your Umbrellaby William Safire
Collection of On Language columns from the New York Times Sunday magazine. Safire's observations on language usage are always useful and sometimes amusing.
The New Language of Politics: An Anecdotal Dictionary of Catchwords, Slogans, and Politcal Usageby William Safire
Highly informative and entertaining book about political thought up to the copyright date.
No Uncertain Termsby William Safire
There is no wittier, more amiable or more astute word maven than Pulitzer Prizewinning columnist William Safire. For many people, the first item on the agenda for Sunday morning is to sit down and read Safire's "On Language" column in The New York Times Magazine, then to compose a "Gotcha" letter to the Times. Each of his books on language is a classic, to be read, re-read and fought over. Safire is the beloved, slightly crotchety guru of contemporary vocabulary, speech, language, usage and writing, as close as we are likely to get to a modern Samuel Johnson. Fans, critics and fellow language mavens eagerly await his books on language. This one is no exception. William Safire has written the weekly New York Times Magazine column "On Language" since 1979. His observations on grammar, usage and etymology have led to the publication of fourteen "word books" and have made him the most widely read writer on the English language today. The subjects for his columns come from his insights into the current political scene, as well as from technology, entertainment and life in general. Known for his delight in catching people (especially politicians) who misuse words, he is not above tackling his own linguistic gaffes. Safire examines and comments on language trends and traces the origins of everyday words, phrases and clichés to their source. Scholarly, entertaining, lively and thoughtful, Safire's pointed commentaries on popular language and culture are at once provocative and enlightening. Want the 411 on what's phat and what's skeevy? Here's the "straight dope" on everything from "fast-track legislation" to "the Full Monty," with deft and well-directed potshots at those who criticize, twist the usage of or misunderstand the meaning of such classic examples of American idiom as "grow'd like Topsy," "and the horse you rode in on," "drop a dime" (on someone), "go figure" and hundreds more, together with sharp, witty and passionately opinionated letters from both ordinary readers and equally irate or puzzled celebrities who have been unable to resist picking up a pen to put Mr. Safire in his place or to offer detailed criticism, additional examples or amusing anecdotes. No Uncertain Terms is a boisterous and brilliant look at the oddities and foibles of our language. Not only "a blast and a half," but wise, clever and illuminating, it is a book that Mencken would have loved and that should be on the desk (or at the bedside) of everyone who shares Mr. Safire's profound love of the English language and his penchant for asking, "Where does that come from?"This new collection is a joy that will spark the interest of language lovers everywhere.
Quoth the Mavenby William Safire
The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist discusses contemporary figures of speech, from witty stories about expressions such as "kiss and tell" and "stab in the back" to the evolution of "read my lips."NOTE: This edition does not include illustrations.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Timeby William Safire
For the past twenty-five years Americans have relied on Pulitzer Prize-winning wordsmith William Safire for their weekly dose of linguistic illumination in The New York Times Magazine's column "On Language" -- one of the most popular features of the magazine and a Sunday-morning staple for innumerable fans. He is the most widely read writer on the English language today. Safire is the guru of contemporary vocabulary, speech, language, usage and writing. Dedicated and disputatious readers itch to pick up each column and respond to the week's linguistic wisdom with a gotcha letter to the Times. The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time marks the publication of Safire's sixteenth book on language. This collection is a classic to be read, re-read, enjoyed and fought over. Fans, critics and fellow linguists wait with bated (from the French abattre "to beat down") breath for each new anthology -- and, like its predecessors, this one is bound to satisfy and delight. Safire finds fodder for his columns in politics and current events, as well as in science, technology, entertainment and daily life. The self-proclaimed card-carrying language maven and pop grammarian is not above tackling his own linguistic blunders as he detects language trends and tracks words, phrases and clichés to their source. Scholarly, entertaining and thoughtful, Safire's critical observations about language and slanguage are at once provocative and enlightening. Safire is America's go-to guy when it comes to language, and he has included sharp and passionately opinionated letters from readers across the English-speaking world who have been unable to resist picking up a pen to put the maven himself in his place or to offer alternate interpretations, additional examples, amusing anecdotes or just props. The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time is a fascinating, learned and piquant look at the oddities and foibles that find their way into the English language. Exposing linguistic hooey and rigamarole and filled with Safire's trademark wisdom, this book has a place on the desk or bedside table of all who share his profound love of the English language -- as well as his penchant for asking "What does that mean?" Or, "Wassat?" This new collection is sure to delight readers, writers and word lovers everywhere and spark the interest of anyone who has ever wondered, "Where did the phrase 'brazen hussy' come from?"
Safire's New Political Dictionaryby William Safire
Safire's definitions-- discursive, historically aware, anecdotal-- bring a savvy perspective to our colorful political lingo. It reads like a mini-essay in political history, and readers will come away with a fuller understanding of particular words.
Scandalmongerby William Safire
This book is set at the end of the eighteenth century, and it reveals details about the intimate lives of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. The author recounts the dramatic clash of the Founders and the first journalists, drawn from actual events of the nation's beginnings. Scandalmonger is dramatized history at its best and presidential politics at its most fascinating.
Sleeper Spyby William Safire
In the wake of an important KGB agent's disappearance, an event of international proportions, journalist Irving Fein teams up with a television anchorwoman and stumbles on the story of a lifetime. From the Hardcover edition.
Watching My Language:by William Safire
"The ninth volume of tidbits of stylistic wit and wisdom from a man willing to display his grammar in public. . . . Yet again, readers will find that William Safire's apparently endless capacity to be fascinated by language is highly contagious. " --Kirkus Reviews America's most entertaining language maven is back with more words to live by in his latest exploration of hot catchphrases, syntactical controversies, and other matters of national linguistic importance. Before you scratch that seven-year-itch, you might want to know where it came from. And before someone blurts, "You just don't get it," perhaps you should consult the Pulitzer Prize winning language columnist on the origins of that snappy feminist motto. InWatching My Language, William Safire investigates these questions and many others, including: What language was Bill Clinton speaking when he fumed, "I want to put a fist halfway down their throats with this. . . . I want their teeth on the sidewalk ?" Why is Ukraine no longer the Ukraine? Should there be an insurrection against this usage? Did baseball manager Leo Durocher really say, "Nice guys finish last" ? Who deserves credit for coining the expressions policy wonk, digerati, and Not!? William Safire, a man hip enough to explore the meaning of hip-hop, answers these questions and many more in this witty and enlightening collection. Praise for William Safire "Safire infuses his verbiage with humor, timely examples, and quotes, resulting in mini-essays that are informative and intriguing. " --Nashville Banner "Wonderful. . . . Where once stood your seventh-grade English teacher guarding the narrow gates of good usage and correct grammar now stands William Safire. . . . His true calling is chasing down first-time uses of a trendy phrase, spotting literary allusions, and most of all, keeping the American language on the straight and narrow. . . . Your old English teacher would approve. " --The Dallas Morning News
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Top Definition
When a person takes a fat pull of liquor, then takes a shot of that liquor, then chases with a mixed drink.
Dude he almost died, he did a Triple Threat and couldn't even go out for the night
dgro77 tarafından 5 Şubat 2013, Salı
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Can you define these popular missing words?
Beautiful Face, Body and Personality.
"Wow, Julie is a triple threat, that's why all of the guys fall for her."
LSU Tigers tarafından 4 Kasım 2011, Cuma
A person who excels in singing, acting AND dancing.
Jennifer Lopez, though obnoxious, is a triple threat.
gab tarafından 29 Mart 2005, Salı
Having oral, anal, and vaginal sex with a girl in the same session. Often she may prefer a particular order.
"I gave her the triple threat last night."
zetapi314 tarafından 19 Ekim 2007, Cuma
Los Angeles term refering to a person who can act, sing, and dance well. Probably the least threating person you will ever meet.
Victor was a Triple Threat. He could sing, dance, and act; but he could not watch go to a bar.
Zombie of Belushi tarafından 2 Ocak 2010, Cumartesi
Any entertainer who excels in TV shows, movies, and music.
That Will Smith is the best triple threat, but Jamie Foxx is pretty good too. And Eddie Murphy I guess.
Inari87 tarafından 19 Ocak 2010, Salı
Hitting marijuana from a bowl three times before exhaling.
Wesley: oh my gawhd, hitt this shit three times in a row!
Tyler: damn that hitts harder than a bihhh!
Brendan: yeah that shit is crazy.
Wesley: I'm a call it a triple threat.....
Tyler: damn that hitts harder than a bihhh!
Wesley: I'm a call it a triple threat.....
stoneypony1 tarafından 21 Ağustos 2013, Çarşamba


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What We Loved This Week: Old Souvenirs, 'Moon Belize' and Granta's Chicago Issue
Travel Blog • World Hum • 09.18.09 | 10:24 PM ET
Michael Yessis
Granta's Chicago issue. I got my hands on a copy last weekend at the Brooklyn Book Festival, and loved what I've been able read so far, including stories by Don DeLillo and Aleksander Hemon, and Roger Ebert's online-only piece A Bar on North Avenue. Also pretty great: Chris Ware's cover:
Eva Holland
I'm back home in Ontario for a couple of weeks, and I've been going through some old boxes in the attic. Coming across the one full of mementos from my early travels—postcards, coins, ticket stubs, and of course the odd corny souvenir (Loch Ness monster bobble-head doll, anyone?)—was a thrill.
Joshua Berman
The 8th edition of my book, Moon Belize, was released this week, featuring many new volunteer and alternative tourism opportunities in the country. My favorite is the new "chocolate trail" in southern Belize's Toledo District.
Jim Benning
The New Age of Adventure, the new book from National Geographic that collects 25 travel and adventure stories from Adventure magazine. I've loved every piece I've read, from Tim Cahill's "The Lure of Impossible Places" to Michael Shnayerson's "The Man Who Walked Through Time," about Sir Wilfred Thesiger.
Terry Ward
Finally braving the concept of the wechseldusche here at home (rough translation from German is 'contrast shower'), and on my own free will. For Germans, it's common to finish your daily shower with an icy blast of water, particularly as part of the sauna routine. They like to say it's beneficial to health. As someone who likes her showers consistently hot, I've always found it a form of torture. But this morning I did the wechseldusche thing (guess I'm missing Germany), and I have to admit, it's an invigorating start to the day. Especially in no-sign-of-fall Florida.
2 Comments for What We Loved This Week: Old Souvenirs, 'Moon Belize' and Granta's Chicago Issue
Borneoboy 09.20.09 | 9:02 PM ET
I've always loved Granta when I was able to read it. Sadly back in Kuching it is amost impossible to find.
Lola 09.21.09 | 10:24 AM ET
Currently reviewing "The New Age of Adventure" myself. The cover photo alone sends chills.
Great book.