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Fish, marine mammals, and carrion are three staples in the diet of Somniosus microcephalus. Fish include herring (Clupeinae), salmon (Salmonidae), smelt (Osmeridae), cod (Gadidae), pollock (Theragra), haddock (Melanogrammus), halibut (Hippoglossus), redfish (Hoplostethus), sculpins (Cottoidei), lumpfish (Cyclopterus), and skates (Rajiformes). Seals (Phocidae) and small whales (Delphinidae) are also common food items. Drowned horses and reindeer have also been found in the stomachs of captured specimens. Somniosus microcephalus has been observed feeding in great numbers on carrion produced by commercial whaling and fishing operations. (Compagno and Fowler, 2005; Compagno, 1984)
Animal Foods: Mammals; Fish; Carrion; Mollusks; Aquatic Crustaceans; Echinoderms; Cnidarians


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CSPAN For 3rd Week A Row This Sunday Talking Fiscal Cliff
Hey Stan,
Time to get more coffee or get more sleep. "...3rd week in a Rom..." Ha...we still love you anyway. Keep up the good work.
Budget Wonk Needed
Run for it.
Congress could certainly use a budget wonk to explain budgets to the clowns currently in office. OTOH, they appear to need more help than any one person can deliver.
How much tax on the top 5% is enough? We have a spending problem not a tax problem.Look at Detroit.....population down 1m people and the remaining workers with big pensions.
Fiscal Cliff Discussions Should Include State Cliffs
Thank you for your insights ths AM on WJ. However, I am concerned that discussions regarding the fiscal cliff are discussed in a vacuum, excluding the fiscal distress many states are presently experiencing.
I live in Illinois, and the state is in a slow motion train wreck. The state's largest problem appears to be state and local government employee pensions, which are consuming a larger and larger share of public revenues. And because of the symbiosis between state and local politicians and government employee unions, it appears the private sector will be destroyed to the extent needed to pay off what I call "the new aristocracy" of state and local government employees.
California appears to be undergoing the same problem, but at least there local goernment units are seeking bankruptcy protection.
Apparently, more revenue is needed at all levels, but no one is considering what impact additional federal taxation to bolster Medicare and SS will have when states like Illinois will certainly also increase revenue demands to support "the new aistocracy." A holistic approach is needed.
Run for Congress??
You'd fit right in. But a better perch for you would be the White House. No one there can tell the truth about the origin of "the sequester," either. Check Bob Woodward's attribution as documented here on Politico.


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LAKOTA, Iowa – Services for Elsie A. Koppen, 84, of Lakota will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Lakota.
Koppen died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center, Fairmont, Minn. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Lakota and one hour prior to services Friday at the church. Oakcrest Funeral Services of Bancroft is in charge of arrangements.


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Barry Matchett elected Chairman of the Board
The board of directors of United States Modern Pentathlon has elected Barry Matchett (Chicago, Ill.) as chairman for a term ending January 1, 2011. He will serve the remainder of the term of board member Atif Sidiqqi who will continue to serve on the board as the chairman of the Ethics and Audit Committee.
Matchett competed in pentathlon on the U.S. National Team from 1997-2000 while living at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. After retiring from the sport, Matchett founded Windy City Fencing, a youth fencing club in Chicago, with former pentathlon national team member Josh Holmstrom. The duo started the club after seeing the lack of youth fencing opportunities in the heart of Chicago. Matchett sold all interest in the company in 2006.
"I am honored to serve on the board of USA Pentathlon and as chairman," said Matchett. "As a board we will continue to work to build the sport from the grassroots up. We will improve the opportunities for athletes of all ages from around the country to participate in this great sport. We will also continue to seek to provide our elite athletes what they need to compete at the Olympic level as we prepare for the 2012 summer games in London. I look forward to working with our executive director, Brad Camp, and the entire pentathlon community in this endeavor."
Matchett is the co-legislative director of the Environmental Law & Policy Center, the Midwest's leading public interest environmental legal advocacy and environmental business innovation organization. In this role he works with legislators throughout the Midwest to pass legislation to accelerate the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Prior to his current role he served as senior policy advisor to the chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission, the state's public utility commission. In that role Matchett worked on the deregulation of the telecommunications and energy industries in Illinois. He serves on the board of directors of the Illinois Environmental Council, the Illinois Renewable Energy Association, and the associate board of directors for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
Matchett has a bachelor of arts degree from Grinnell College and a masters of public policy from the University of Chicago. He lives in Chicago with his wife and two young children.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (10 votes).
In short: Fab new spooky race - loved it!In full: Fab new race! Really enjoyed it! Previous bad weather made the course a bit treacherous but that just added to the fun! Great to see everyone dressed up and marshalls really getting into the spooky spirit of things. Loved the scary movie inspired signage and lanterns. Best value race I've done for a long time, brill goody bag, best medal in my collection and excellent toffee apple. Well done Rob and team for organising. Will be back next year and put a bit more effort into my costume. Join me if you dare! (and remember your head torch!) :-) Date of review: December 14, 2012
In short: A fun, enjoyable race, through the spooky side of PortsmouthIn full: In short, many thanks to Rob Piggot for organising this one. Many people turned out in fancy dress, which added to the atmosphere. Rob led the way in his mad jesters outfit and dissapeared into the dark on his bike. Loads of people dressed up in costume doing their best to scare the runners. I felt sorry for whoever was at the front, as I could hear plenty of screaming! A head torch is a must, especially in the darkest parts of the forest, but it also helps if you run with a friend, or keep close ot the person in front. The medal, as promised, was second to none, and combined with the sweet toffee apple, made for a memorable race. Get yourself in for this next year. Dont aim for a PB. Its not what this race is about. Its about having fun and dressing up. Many thanks once again to Rob for organising this.Date of review: November 7, 2012
In short: A top race event- loved it!In full: Loads of fun, a great atmosphere. A big thanks to the organisers. Marshalls, and event team were great. Loads of enthusiasm, and effort went into making it a fun, and enjoyable event. Route was great, mixed terrain and kept it interesting. A great goody bag at the end. Look forward to the next one!Date of review: November 4, 2012
In short: Great route with some spooky fun along the wayIn full: I really enjoyed this race and am glad I turned up despite having a last minute wobble about it being cold - wimp! The atmosphere was fun and loads of people turned out in fancy dress. I loved the pumpkin lanterns leading the way across the darkest parts of the course.I was nervous about being jumped out on. In was supposed to be running with a friend who had to pull out so was a bit of a scaredy cat about doing it alone. I needn't have been worried - while the mischeivous marshals might spook you, there's no Freddy Kruger-esque/Dawn of the Dead-style chasing. The medal made my week! For such a low cost run (£10/£11 from memory) the medal was top notch and who doesn't love a goody bag with actual running goodies in? Oh, and the festive toffee apple as a sweet post-race treat. I really enjoyed this race. It was a great bit of Hallowe'en fun and something I would do again for sure. My advice to future participants - invest in a headtorch. It's an absolute must! You don't want to get left behiiiiiiind!Date of review: November 3, 2012
In short: Great fun, good value, not your average race!In full: This was a great race, 5 miles in the dark through the woods and by the water dressed up as Halloween Spooks with a few scares thown in along the way! Great value for money and the best medal I think I have ever received! This must have taken loads of organisation, with lots of marshalls and "scarers" along the route! I screamed like a 6 year old at one point! Made a nice change from chasing PB's all year. Hope this is staged again next year, I would certainly do it again!Date of review: November 3, 2012
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Early drinking went to ****. Better late than never I suppose.
Terrorist attack count against the Anything Goes Thread: 5
And CashForFisting is great. That dude is like a comedy clock. Jump on here and plead to get unbanned, post some barely rational thoughts for a week or two, then spiral out of control and vehemently rage against anyone who is different....and come back a few weeks later to say "hey guys, i dont remember that, what happened?" Who the **** does that dip**** think hes fooling?
Mods, i applaud you. Rob, Cedar, Gonzo, and others(not Tyler, degenerate) who actually give these people a second chance. Personally, id keep their ass in the depths and laugh in their mouth breathing face. How the **** HatchettJack earned a second chance is beyond me, but you guys clearly let him return and hes chilled out. I suppose my praise isnt completely altruistic ....because we all know ill be pleading for a second chance eventually.


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But Lincoln says that the States have no autonomous power...therefore a collection of States also has no autonomous power...therefore the Federal Union is not just a collection of States...there has to be something added to that collection to suply it with legitamate power.
That "Thing" is a Federal Government autonomous of the State System...The Extra, Golden State, that distributes power, and provides for all the individual States. This is something I dont think that George Washington would have wanted for VERY obvious reasons...its just a form of dictation of One State, over all the others. That One State is Primarily in the Federal Triangle of the Capitol City....and then in Federal Outposts in each of the States.
When times are good, I suppose they are fantastic...BUT without each individual State fighting its OWN CAUSE, which it can not do because of the Bi-Partisan issues...noone fights for their State anymore, they fight for their political party...and thats how each State has slowly been reduced to nothing more then a Council...which is now so completely hardwired into an illicit Federal System, that if you were to remove the Golden State...there WOULD be anarchy because the States are absolutely reliant on the Federal Government...Infact, the method the Federal Government use now is deprivation to any State Government that decides it wont play ball.
The Federal Government holds the money...and now that times are hard, you see the extent of the damage done. It appears that every single President from the time of Abraham Lincoln, to the Present, has unfortunately, and probably unwittingly, at least a few generations after the civil war, been aiding and abetting a system contrary to Constituional Values.
The President of the United States of America is more of a Monarch then ANY Monarchy of the current world. Forget the "checks and ballences" because those doing the "checks and ballences" they are dependant upon the Federal System for their existance...
The US needs a period of Devolution. It needs an INDEPENDANT President who will break up the Bi-Partisan System, transfer powers back to the State Governments, and be the figure head that he is supposed to be outside of war.
Only with a Constituionalistic approach can one really claim that dream. Im sorry, but its Constituion FIRST Union Second...and THATS the grave error that Lincoln made. He comprimised the beliefs of the Constituion to try and save the Union...and he basically turned the Union into a monster which then devoured the constituion. The United States has never been the same since...The reason no other country really knew this was because of the pre-world war issolationism. Thats the other trouble...if you depend on yourself as a Union, then you bind yourself together against soverignty...which only works as long as coorperation works...and nothing Gold can stay, as Robert Frost would say
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Affordable Care Act may cost city $46K
BLUE EARTH – The Affordable Care Act could cost the city of Blue Earth about $46,000 a year, according to city administrator Kathy Bailey.
On Monday, Bailey explained to the council how the health care reform could impact city coffers, due to the mandate that employees working more than 30 hours a week be offered health care.
The extra expense could come from five city employees – two police officers and three librarians – who typically work 30 hours a week.
These employees' schedules must be monitored during what Bailey called a "look-back period." A look-back period is set by the city, and must be at least three months and less than 12 months long.
If those five employees get more than 30 hours in any week of the look-back period, they will be considered full-time, and the city will have to provide health insurance to them for the next year. Health insurance for all five would add up to $46,000, Bailey calculated.
During that three-month time slot, she said the city must control the part-time employees' work schedules so the five do not get more than 30 hours a week, which can be done by bringing in other part-timers or having full-time employees work overtime.
She recommended drafting a resolution for the March 18 meeting that will set a three-month look-back period.
Blue Earth is avoiding some regulations and expense that come with the Affordable Care Act, since it is not considered a large employer. Bailey explained that a large employer has 50 or more full-time equivalent employees. Blue Earth has 23 employees that are full-time at 40 hours year-round.
"As long as we remain under 50 employees, we will be exempt from the reporting requirements, reporting of benefits on W-2s, from penalties and will not be required to offer expensive benefits to part-time personnel working less than 30 hours a week," Bailey said.
The city will have to calculate how many employees it has each year.
In other business, the council raised wastewater rates 3 percent.
"We want to keep a cash balance so we don't run ourselves too short of operating revenue," Bailey said.
She explained the projected impact on customers through 2016 with the 3 percent increase.
"The residential per 1,000 gallon rate increased 14 cents, and the base rate 47 cents. A bill for 3,000 gallons would increase from $30 to $30.89," Bailey said.
"The commercial rate increases 17 cents per thousand gallons used, and 60 cents on the base rate," she added. "Commercial properties include all business property other than our two industrial users, Kerry and Seneca. The industrial users are covered in the industrial rates and separate contracts that are based on the materials that are being sent to the wastewater plant."
Handling an old topic, the council accepted a low bid of $36,500 by Blue Earth Environmental of Mankato for demolition and asbestos abatement of the Avalon building on Main Street. Other bids ranged from $42,835 to $89,900.
"Let me reassure the council the low bid is an acceptable one," Bailey said. "The EDA did review these and were comfortable with that, too."
Bailey added that she had worked with the firm in the past and found them to be competent and able to complete the contracts.
No date for demolition has been set.
Looking ahead, the council put the fairgrounds land swap with the fair board on the work session agenda for March 18. They will discuss the land swap subcommittee's findings.


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Panasonic will likely survive because it focuses on more than just consumer electronics
A credit rating agency said that Panasonic would likely survive longer than Sony after downgrading both electronics companies.
Credit rating agency Fitch recently lowered Panasonic's rating down two notches to BB, but cut Sony down three notches to BB minus. Other credit rating agencies have put them at the same level.
The reason for Fitch's credit ratings? It claims Panasonic has a "relatively stable consumer appliance business," such as refrigerators and washing machines, aside from just consumer electronics. Sony, on the other hand, is mainly depending on the extremely competitive consumer electronics market.
Right now, tech giants like Apple and Samsung have a strong hold on the electronics market, such as smartphones and tablets.
Sony's troubles largely stem from its failing TV business. It has seen eight straight years of quarterly losses, and last December, Sony decided to shake up its TV division by
negotiating a buyout
of its 50 percent manufacturing stake with Samsung in the LCD joint venture. It also
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While Hirai is trying to make Sony profitable again, Fitch said "most of their electronic business are loss making" and "appear to be overstretched."
Fitch said Panasonic, on the other hand, is focusing on areas other than consumer electronics like home appliances, lithium batteries, solar panels and automotive parts.
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Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles presents Cuatro Corridos: A Chamber OperaPosted by s21concerts in Concert Announcement, tags: Aleck Karis, ayano kataoka, border issues, chamber music, classical music, concert, contemporary music, Cuatro Corridos, Downtown Los Angeles, human rights, human trafficking, LAFLA, legal aid foundation, new music, Pablo Gomez, Pasadena, Santa Monica, Susan Narucki, UCSD, US Mexico border
On Friday, August 8, 2014, the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) will present Cuatro Corridos, a chamber opera addressing one of the most critical human rights issues of our time: human trafficking. Based on true events, the one-hour production tells the stories of women trapped in a cycle of prostitution and slavery in and around the San Diego/Tijuana border region and represents an unprecedented collaboration between internationally acclaimed Mexican and US-based creative artists.
The benefit event will take place at 7:30 p.m. at The Colburn School's Zipper Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Ticket price for the benefit is $100 and includes general admission to the performance and to the post performance reception. $75 of the ticket price is a tax-deductible contribution to LAFLA and will help support its services to victims of human trafficking who are forced to work in the sex trade, sweatshops, fields and even private homes under exploitative and abusive conditions and for meager or non-existent wages.
Celebrating its 85th anniversary as Los Angeles' frontline law firm for poor and low-income people and communities, LAFLA's services include a range of specialized legal services to aid and empower human trafficking victims to escape exploitation and pursue their legal rights. LAFLA's Executive Director Silvia R. Argueta says of the event, "We feel that Cuatro Corridos is a beautiful, engaging, and innovative way for LAFLA to draw attention to this critical issue and rally support to help fight against this form of modern-day slavery and a humanitarian crisis that affects those most vulnerable among us."
Led by Grammy Award winning soprano Susan Narucki and noted Mexican author Jorge Volpi, Cuatro Corridos features original music by composers Hilda Paredes, Arlene Sierra, Lei Liang and Hebert Vázquez. Three distinguished performers of new music, percussionist Ayano Kataoka, pianist Aleck Karis, and guitarist Pablo Gomez, accompany Narucki in sharing the compelling stories of four women whose lives are scarred by human trafficking.
Cuatro Corridos had its first performance at the Conrad Prebys Music Center at the University of California, San Diego in May, 2013, with subsequent performances in Tijuana, Dallas, and Albuquerque. The innovative project seeks to heighten public awareness about human trafficking by offering public forums in conjunction with performances. Cuatro Corridos has been the recipient of support from the MAP Fund for the Performing Arts/Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, UC MEXUS, and most recently, by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Indian Health Service The Federal Health Program for American Indians and Alaska Natives
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At the Nashville Area Indian Health Service (IHS), our primary mission is to raise the physical, mental, social and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level. In order to accomplish this objective, we work diligently to assure that comprehensive, culturally acceptable personal and public health services are available and accessible to American Indian and Alaska Native people. The basis for these goals is rooted in our duty to uphold the Federal Government's obligation to promote healthy American Indian and Alaska Native people, communities and cultures and to honor and protect the inherent sovereign rights of tribes.
The Nashville Area is the most geographically and culturally diverse Area within IHS. This poses unique challenges to our staff and requires the use of creativity, flexibility, and understanding in accomplishing our mission. The Nashville Area logo tries to capture this on a number of different levels, using image and color associations found in Native American culture and traditional heraldry.
In the center a representation of the states that make up the Nashville Area is shown. This symbolizes the geographic extremes and diversity of the Area. The individual states are not identified symbolizing that we work together as a unit to accomplish our mission. The light blue background behind the states traditionally represents health, healing, and understanding; qualities that form the core of our mission. The dark blue of the outer band is symbolic of knowledge, integrity, and sincerity. These are the qualities that bring our actions together into an effective and efficient organization. The caduceus and feather is the traditional symbol of the Indian Health Service and serves to remind us that we are part of a larger, nationwide organization dedicated to health and well-being of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Integrated into the outer band of the logo is the medicine wheel, a traditional symbol in Native American culture. The medicine wheel has many layers of symbolism. It represents the four directions (North, South, East and West) brought together in a common union. It is a symbol of how we bring together ideas from across the Area to solve our problems. The colors each have their own significance and also represent the stages of life. The wheel is a physical representation of the cycle of life and symbolizes our journey toward a common goal.
Nashville Area Indian Health Service 2013 Annual Report [PDF - 7 MB]
Project TransAm, a source of medical equipment available for reutilization to IHS and Tribes running IHS programs. In the last 10 Years, the program has distributed $33 Million worth of medical equipment and supplies to Tribes across the country from the US Department of Defense (DOD), Veterans Affairs (VA), and other federal sources. Visit the IHS Project TransAm web site to learn more and to view a list of equipment and supplies available for transfer.


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In addition to Mark and Raj Mills, the C.C. Riders cycling team also includes friends and family members -- Matt Arnold, Todd Morris, Jeff Petrillo, Dave Thiebeau and Mike Mills. This unique ride, approximately 130 miles, will take the group from suburban Westchester County in New York, through the Bronx and Manhattan, onto a ferry into New Jersey, then across New Jersey to Philadelphia, ending up at the place of the Mills twin sisters birth – the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP). To-date, the C.C. Riders have raised over $30,000 for the Pennsylvania Chapter March of Dimes.
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Mark Mills and his wife, Rajasi, understand firsthand what it means when a baby is not born healthy. On June 14, 2006, their twin daughters Chloe and Chessa were delivered ten weeks premature. It was one of the brightest and darkest days of the Mills' lives. They welcomed into the world 2 pound, 7 ounce daughter Chloe, but also lost her twin sister Chessa, who died just prior to delivery. Their emotions swirled dramatically as they celebrated Chloe's birth, mourned the death of Chessa, and worried about the struggle that Chloe would have in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Chloe spent seven weeks in the intensive care nursery at HUP and endured intubation, c-pap breathing, a blood transfusion, bacterial infection, and more. But after those seven weeks, she came home as a healthy, little girl weighing 4 pounds, 12 ounces. While the months that followed included a tremendous number of doctors visits including several specialist visits, Chloe is an energetic and adorable three-year-old today. The Mills are sharing their family's story to help the March of Dimes raise awareness and funds to help all babies get a healthy start in life by fighting serious threats to infant health.
In 2006, the family decided to hold their first special fundraiser, a rigorous bike trek, to raise funds and awareness for the March of Dimes. The Mills thought it would be fitting to have a two-day bike ride starting at the March of Dimes national headquarters in While Plans, New York, and finishing at HUP where their daughters were delivered. The bike team was dubbed the C.C. Riders to honor the Mills twins, Chloe and Chessa.
"I was involved with the March of Dimes before our daughters were delivered. But since then, I wanted to go beyond my involvement in their annual walk, so this is how the idea of the C.C. Riders was created," said Mark Mills. "The scariest moments of my life were those sitting in the NICU, not knowing if Chloe would survive. Today, thanks to the support of the March of Dimes, Chloe is a happy and healthy. Now, I'm raising money and awareness for the March of Dimes so no other families will have to face such scary moments."
The most urgent infant health problem in the U.S. today is premature birth. It affects more than half a million babies each year, with the number growing every day. Babies born too soon are more likely to die or have disabilities. The March of Dimes is committed to reducing this toll by funding research to find the answers to premature birth and providing comfort and information to families who are affected.
Over the last 50 years, the specialty of neonatology (newborn medicine) has developed to improve the chances of survival for babies born ill or prematurely, and to improve their developmental outcomes. Dramatic advances have occurred in the field over the past decade. These advances focus on creating an environment that meets an infants' physiological, emotional and developmental needs.
HUP's Intensive Care Nurse is Level III the best equipped and staffed by neonatologists who are highly trained in infant intensive care, from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. HUP Level III ICNs offer the highest level of care for sick and premature infants.
To date, the C.C. Riders have raised over $30,000 for the Pennsylvania Chapter March of Dimes.
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Penn Medicine is committed to improving lives and health through a variety of community-based programs and activities. In fiscal year 2015, Penn Medicine provided $253.3 million to benefit our community.
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My complicated loyalty to county
I pledge allegiance to Chautauqua County and here's why. I was a very shy kid with a tendency to daydream and overeat. I never fit in very well with classmates and school was a hellish battle between me and my parents; they struggled because they couldn't fix the problems for me and they didn't like having to force upon me a day-after-day trauma. I think more than anything my parents wished they could normalize me and that conformity would lead to acceptance and ultimately to happiness.
My mom would offer to buy me the clothes with labels other kids were wearing. She tried to motivate me to lose weight with money. Considering that money was always tight, it was a very serious gesture. But I was stubborn, and never wanted to be normal, so I dug my heels in and resisted. I didn't see any appeal in becoming like kids who I recognized as emotionally immature and spiritually bankrupt.
As a young adult, venturing downtown in search of acceptance – I didn't feel welcome there either. Only people on the bleakest fringe could even notice I exist – people on drugs, people with vague disabilities, people with dysfunctional families, people struggling to protect their sexual orientation from hateful reactions. So it would seem, I have never received a very welcoming feeling here, why do I pledge my allegiance? I was never on a sports team, never went to prom, or the senior class trip, or graduation, never even had a real boyfriend until I was 23.
I was lucky to have, between both parents, a robust extended family who had lived here at least a couple generations, and for the most part, stayed here – lots of cousins, aunts, uncles, three grandparents. All the hot summer afternoons spent at places like the Stockton Fireman's Grounds at a big family picnic, time seemed to slow to a sluggish, dreamy pace – it seems like I've spent eternity with a plate loaded with homemade potluck potato salads and charcoal blackened hot dogs, variously tuning in and out of the stunning amount of voices around me, having exclusive and sometimes even, if you're lucky, scandalous conversations.
Through my youthful encounters at the big annual picnic, the borders of my memory have additional layers of measuring the passage of time – I've held the trembling hand of great-aunt Lil as she looked up with shining clear blue smiling eyes, and in my life watched her eclipse 100 years old and beyond, while still testifying her Christian mission to the very last. Though I don't belong to any church, I saw something important in her faith.
My cousins provided friendship that I couldn't find in my peers at school. They had gotten to know me before the age kids start to form ranks. I've also got family who died before I was born, but left a big impression in their absence. I have a reverence for the past and for the dead, as I've wondered about relatives who were Italian immigrants; when I knead homemade bread I think of being connected to a great-grandma I never met. I've wondered about my grandpa, who was a judge, and his son who died in Vietnam. I've wondered about pain, and how much pain a person can bear, and about why life seems so hard for some and so easy for others. I've felt that I was connected in history to my family and these towns, and that history had something important to tell me about how to live.
Some of my family is connected with the wild, with hunting, fishing, with turkeys and forage and known the names of trees. I've got family who like to gather at fires and their sense of God is something they carry with them at all times, privately, who maybe can't even put into words how they feel.
When you have a diverse extended family, and you're a kid, you notice that there are subtle differences in the protocol. What you can say and how to word it at one picnic, and what you can say and how, at another. All centered around a love of food and getting together – that seems universal. And it made me realize, that culture depends on where you're sitting, and that I had to choose how I wanted to become, and that it was a serious and confusing undertaking.
Before I hit puberty, I liked to go with my dad during hunting season, and I remember once walking across great uncle Alvin's pasture to the treeline. We might have stopped to talk on the porch and have a snack before we left. I remember a wind ornament that would twirl different colors. I remember it was a farm he spent time growing up with cousins working hard, but there were just a few cows left, and yet you could smell the history of the family in the very air of the house, maybe the wallpaper, maybe a perfume Aunt Bea had worn to church for years, I'm not sure what it was. But it made me think of the past and of my dad's childhood-ghost-life, on the same land.
The sight of lace curtains blowing lightly in front of a screen window, can move me to tears. It reminds me of women, imaginary mothers, alternate imaginary versions of myself, my mom, grandmas, I don't know why. Women I've known leave their essence in the careful way they choose and care for their curtains – a fading art. I've watched my grungy second-hand curtains blow away from the window and float back, and I wondered what they said about my soul.
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Today, Secretary Clinton met with President Michelle Bachelet in Santiago, Chile. Secretary Clinton said:
"President Bachelet, I first come with the great sympathy and support from President Obama and the people of the United States. This devastating earthquake has wrought so much damage across your country. The ferocity was 800 times greater than the earthquake that hit Haiti, and your leadership and the extraordinary efforts of your government and the people of Chile are responding with resilience and strength. And the United States is ready to respond to the request that the government of Chile has made so that we can provide not only solidarity, but specific supplies that are needed to help you recover from the earthquake.
"I was planning to be in Chile today anyway for a long-scheduled trip and I was so looking forward to meeting with President Bachelet who is a leader whom I admire greatly and consider a friend. And when I spoke with the president, I said, 'I will not come if it will interfere in any way.' And we changed the itinerary so that I could come and I brought with me 25 of these satellite phones. We have identified 62 as the highest priority for the government's request. I had 25 on my plane loaded on and I'm going to give this one to you, Madam President.
"And let me just add after consulting with the president and her ministers, we are sending eight water purification units. They are on their way. We have identified a mobile field hospital unit with surgical capabilities that is ready to go. We are working to fill the need for autonomous dialysis machines. We are ready to purchase and send electricity generators, medical supplies and are working to identify and send portable bridges so that some of the places that are remote that lost their bridges will be able to be reconnected to the country. People are working. That's a good sound.
"And finally, Madam President, after discussing the needs that Chile has, we will look to see if we can provide additional equipments from portable kitchens to helicopters to assist you in this massive rescue recovery effort that you are undertaking. And additionally, we will let the people of America, who are very anxious to help Chileans, know that they can contribute to the Chilean Red Cross; that they can contribute to the Caritas Chile and the ONEMI programs. We will get that information and give our press the specifics."Full TextRelated Entry: Ambassador Simons Provides Update on Earthquake in Chile
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Our thoughts and prayers are with Chile over this shocking experience.
Godbless and looks like the State Department has well in hand.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
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When the rehabilitation becomes accomplished accurately quickly, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet long-term centralization of powers (?)Thinks that is this possibility. Chile economic situations with harmony of economic main stream layer and population main stream layer the cooperation will become accomplished and think the thing which will develop more.
"Chile from this region the freedom of expression and democratic development are become accomplished are visible a high income disparity well with Gini's coefficient"
Is stabler and the case underground resources which is necessary to Chille the politics which is long-term, accomplishes a social stability and is upright and thinks the political leader which keeps the will which is powerful.
Where is Ambassador Bosworth? and Is the satellite telephone price expensive? The thing which is holding in the hand sees and to purchase wants… Will use falls does not know in where but,
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Xà JìnpÃng, is visible the interest where also the political man of the People's Republic of China is many in Chille earthquake rehabilitations?
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Palgye in South Korea writes:
When Chile is included in 13 nations(?). When with wide territory with consuming the scalpel mote trillion which depends so far will take charge of a production in low-end income and rises the mestizo and Indio participates to an economic activity, thinks the thing which will contribute with the contiguity nations together on a large scale in economic development of South America.
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ASUS Announces Next Gen Wi-Fi Devices and New Portable Projector (Updated)
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As we roundup our coverage of Computex 2013, here are other interesting sights we saw from the show floor and probably what you've been waiting for... the show girls!
Intel Reveals Prototype 128GB Thunderbolt Thumb Drive
At the recently concluded Computex 2013, Intel showed off its prototype 128GB Thunderbolt thumb drive. The company claimed it is the world's fastest thumb drive.
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Kabini Boards Spotted at Computex 2013
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AMD Announces its Elite A-Series Desktop APUs at Computex 2013 (Updated)
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The Emancipation Proclamation
While the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in the nation, it fundamentally transformed the character of the Civil War. After January 1, 1863, every advance of federal troops expanded the domain of freedom. Moreover, the liberated themselves became liberators, for the proclamation announced the acceptance of black men into the Union army and navy. By the end of the war, nearly 200,000 black soldiers and sailors had fought for the Union and freedom. The Emancipation Proclamation added moral force to the Union cause and strengthened the Union both militarily and politically. As a milestone along the road to slavery's final destruction, the Emancipation Proclamation has assumed a place among the great documents of human freedom. Read more in "The Meaning and Making of Emancipation," a free eBook that presents the Emancipation Proclamation in its social and political context with documents in the National Archives' holdings that illustrate the efforts of the many Americans, enslaved and free, white and black, by whom slavery was abolished in the United States.
National Archives, General Records of the U.S. Government
- Abolition and the Road to Freedom: 200th Anniversary of the Slave Trade Act of 1808
- American Conversations - John Hope Franklin
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- Teaching With Documents: Letters, Telegrams, and Photographs Illustrating Factors that Affected the Civil War
- Teaching With Documents: The Unfinished Lincoln Memorial
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- Voices of Emancipation: Union Pension Files Giving Voice to Former Slaves
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I personally have really dry skin, but a lot of my clients and readers ask for recommendations on how to apply make-up on oily skin. Consider yourselves lucky because oily skin will keep you looking young longer, you just need to know how to control it. I get this question a lot so I decided to do a post on it. This is a method which I find works for my oily-skin clients. You can probably switch out some of the products but these have worked for me.
Here is the process:
- Start with clean face
- Moisturize with MAC Oil Control Lotion
- Use blotting sheet to absorb excess moisture. I like the Tatcha Blotting Sheets.
- Use primer - for super oily skin I use Nurturing Force Blot Out Offensive. For less oily skin I use Embryolisse Hydra Matte.
- Apply Anti-Shine to T-Zone - I use Eve Pearl Anti-Shine
- Apply foundation and concealer as usual. Avoid foundations with silicone for oily skin.
- Set with powder with a regular powder brush. Then take a powder puff and push powder into the spots that get super oily like the forehead, nose, chin and cheeks.
- Set with anti-shine, makeup setting spray to preserve makeup- I use Skindinavia or Model in a Bottle
- Pack some blotting sheets for touch-ups
This is just the way I apply makeup to my clients with oily skin. After trial and error, I've found this to work the best. You're good to go!
Do you have any tips for applyig makeup to oily skin? Let me know in the comments, below. Happy Friday!
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Skip to comments.NYT GOES BIRTHER: ATTACKS 'CANADIAN-BORN' CRUZ, CALLS HIM 'MCCARTHYITE'
Posted on 02/17/2013 6:52:48 AM PST by SMGFan
Liberals, the mainstream media, and establishment Republicans often reveal which conservatives they fear by their level of disdain and vitriol.
This week, they put their crosshairs on freshman Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), a Tea Party conservative of Hispanic descent who undermines the mainstream media's ability to advance their false notion that being a minority and Tea Partier are mutually exclusive. He is a conservative who showed no desire to defer to the Senate's "courtly" ways, the preferences of the institution's old bulls.
The sinking ship that is the New York Times, the so-called paper of record, provided evidence of what it fears most in its Saturday edition: strong, distinct full-throated conservative voices from folks who ain't "country club," geriatric, and white. The Washington Post and Politico joined the times in assailing Cruz this week for similar reasons. The Times did a thorough review of the freshman senator's stunning seven-week run:
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
They have a lot more to fear from Cruz regardless of whether he's eligible to run for president or not.
Just what we need, new senators coming into DC and being assimilated into the machine....its worked so well for the past 50 years</sarcasm>...don't know much about this Cruz fellow, but anyone willing to shake up the status-quo is OK in my book.
Why even have confirmation hearings if it is already pre-determined that someone should be confirmed?
Libs are most vociferous agains Republicans who happen to be of non=caucasian ancestry . . . Cruz, Rubio, West . . . racist much?
it is painfull obvious the left wing media sets their news by reading the NYT. No news gathering or thought.
Chris Mathers looked LITERALLY drunk this morning.
The mccarthy meme does not counter the fact mccarthy was 100% right about the communists.
The racists at the NYT only attack conservative minority members who don't know their place. And of course, "their place" is feeding at the government trough with Democrat minority members.
"The mccarthy meme does not counter the fact mccarthy was 100% right about the communists."
Why would they let the facts taint their opinion! Ever notice there was little mention of the commies and fellow travelors in the government in the 30s-50's when those details became known after the fall of the USSR? Little mention of Ted the Swimmer's activities either. The press makes me sick.
The NYT are racist and that is not a joke.
I guarantee you if hispanics started voting republican, liberals would start depicting illegal immigrants as the most loathsome creatures on earth. They already do this with any whites, blacks and hispanics who think the "wrong" way.
Hispanics will start voting R when GOPe fields a charismatic Hispanic candidate.
One of the main characteristics of politicians winning elections in Texas. Politically speaking the people Of Texas are spilling alot of establishment blood. I would bet money John Cornyn is in the process of reevaluating some of his "bi partisan" views...they hit with a thud when they were unveiled and he hasn't recovered since.
McCarthyite! Wow, makes me think of my very intelligent son (now a brand-new engineer) who graduated high school in 2008. He once brought up the fact that his public high school history teacher spent a full week talking (teaching?) about Joe McCarthy. On his own, my son surmised that it was just an effort to introduce to kids the idea that opposing or exposing communism is ridiculous, and that it's "not cool."
Love that photo. It says it all. Schumer looks positively insane and in need of a straight jacket. Stat.
We need ten more in the Senate like Ted Cruz, then we will be getting somewhere. Senate Conservatives Fund has already started to work on this for 2014. They have already identified the states we need to concentrate on that have vulnerable Senate seats coming up.
Doubt it.
The NYT is identifying who they fear.
Cruz is on the right path. We need more like him.
As one who signed on during the first primary, my heart beats faster every time I see Cruz on TV...
Correction to previous post... I have not seen TV news since early November 7th. I see Ted on youtube or some other internet source... I also view the other Ted the same way...
I can not stand to look at or hear that communist dictator currently occupying the Whitehouse.
They fear him. He is eligible to run for president since his parents were both Americans. He scares them because he is a contender for 2016 and the MSM will have a hard time attacking the GOP as the 'angry white' party if we have 2 Hispanics running. They'll try, but Cruz has bite. With a little coaching, I'm sure he could decimate the media in a way Romney couldn't. It's time we smacked these people down.
Ted Cruz' gravitational pull is indeed starting to yank Cornyn to the right. John's been doing the McCain/Hatch "I have an election coming" conservative camoflage dance lately.
Sarah Palin found out what happens when you speak out the wrong way,I hope MR.Cruz does not suffer the same fate
I believe only his mother was. Doesn't really matter. He was born a U.S. citizen. He didn't have to naturalize. I'm sure if he wanted to run, the Senate would extend the same courtesy they did to McCain and declare Cruz natural born by resolution. The courts don't seem interested in addressing the issue of eligibility and the Roberts court in particular has already shown itself willing to defer to the voters.
So there you have it.
Is this true?
Is Cruz not actually Canadian, but is American?
If so, that would absolutely explain why the NYT is trying to damage him now.
I take back any references to Canada I have posted. Please illuminate us on the Canada vs America issue with Cruz.
Is he American?
"The Venona Secrets" is a long and tedious book, but it sheds a bright light on all the infiltration of our government by commie spies. Indeed, McCarthy was 100% right.
Even in the 20s and 30s, the commies and fellow-travelers had a tight hold on much of the press in the US and worshipful articles about the old Soviet Union were commonplace.
There was an excellent article by Norman Berdichevsky on FR this week (Feb 13) about this very phenomena in the film industry: Hollywoods Intentional Ignorance of the Crimes of Communist and Muslim Regimes in the New English Review.
Interesting article over here: Could Canadian-Born Ted Cruz Be President?
"Bottom line: Despite being born in Canada, Cruz can be considered a natural-born U.S. citizen because his mother was also a U.S. citizen who lived in the United States long enough for him to qualify, according to constitutional experts."
Very interesting article.
Thanks. Cruz 2016 is a possibility. Interesting
High on the list of candidates.
Thanks very much.
(Bookmarked that link.)
If you ask me, McVeigh parked his Ryder in front of the wrong building.
They have been asking for it since the Civil War, agitated against a peaceful solution after Secession and for conquest of the south, as well as freeing the slaves and then not repatriating them back to where they came from.
In short,responsible for the murder of millions of Americans by the Federal government and by the descendants of freed slaves, and our coming third world status.
A 150 year record of relentless smear attacks and propaganda against real Americans.
Cruz could just make up a birth certificate that says all the right things and then igonre the critics just like BO does.
There will be people who claim that Cruz (same with Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal and Barack Obama) are ineligible because both parents weren't U.S. citizens when they were born. They'll shout this from the rooftops but their argument hasn't gotten much traction and little support outside of the fringe birther circus.
I predict if Cruz were to run, there might be a few angry birthers stomping their feet but there'd be no legal hurdles in regards to his eligibility that he would challenge.
From Drew68's #22: I believe only his mother was. Doesn't really matter. He was born a U.S. citizen. He didn't have to naturalize. I'm sure if he wanted to run, the Senate would extend the same courtesy they did to McCain and declare Cruz natural born by resolution. The courts don't seem interested in addressing the issue of eligibility and the Roberts court in particular has already shown itself willing to defer to the voters.
I am personally strongly pro Cruz--far more effective and more qualified candidate than Rubio. So I view all this commentary as a disaster.
The Natural Born Citizen eligibility question turns solely on the question of whether the individual was born within the geographical limits of the several states--all the rest of this stuff is pure nonsense. That is the substantive Constitutional Law answer.
The stuff about the Robert's Court is applicable to the effort to conceal the place and circumstances of the birth of the current occupant of the White House whose political supporters have obviously developed an effective way to control Roberts. If the Constitutional Law answer were uncertain, which it is not, it is a dreamworld for anyone to believe that a Roberts Court would influence the outcome in our favor.
The Senate action would be as irrelevant as it was in McCain's case--the Senate does not have the Constitutional Power to tell the Supreme Court how to decide questions of Constitutional Law; the Court has historically demonstrated an offensive reaction to this kind of Legislation. McCain was not eligible no matter who was on the Court--he was born in Panama.
Further, the citizenship answer itself is a little more complex--I have not studied Cruz's facts. But if his mother alone was a US Citizen, his citizenship at birth is not a clear answer either--depending on when he was born, citizenship from a US mother citizen requires compliance with several specific conditions.
Even worse, most Constitutional Law authorities (see the article in the Cornell Law Review) view the mother citizenship statute as unconstitutional because it does not provide for equal citizenship access to a person whose father was a US Citizen and the person's mother was not.
Surprising if true that this issue has not come up earlier--because citizenship is required (Article I, Section 3) to serve in the Senate: "No person shall be a Senator who shall not have . . . been nine Years a Citizen of the United States . . . . "
If only his mother was a US Citizen and she does not pass citizenship to Cruz, how does he get to be a Citizen at all absent a nationalization proceeding?
Was looking for that photo. Thanks for posting.
His father left Cuba when Casto came in so I don't believe he would have still been considered a Cuban citizen and probably couldn't pass Cuban citizenship to Ted.
It's not about racism so much as it's about stuff. The lib voters vote for stuff, not hteir country, which they should, as voting is something that's done for the good of the country.
They will turn on their own race as certainly as they turn on their own country.
What is that from? The SOTU?
He won't get the air time. We'll have to get the word out by ourselves. It won't be easy.
Apparently she did, per U.S. code. If this weren't the case, Cruz would be an illegal immigrant as he never naturalized --a detail I'm sure his political opponents would have seized upon by now.
Is he a natural born citizen? I don't know. This would be for the courts to answer (or they can continue to evade the issue). I do believe that if Ted Cruz decided to run for President, he'd face no serious legal challenge in regards to his eligibility.
McCarthy WAS right. The Communists were all through out FDR's cabinet. They knew every time FDR took a leak. The problem was that the press never told the American people so they think it is just a wackos that believe that stuff.
Fast forward to today, we have the same thing happening with Islamists. They are controlling the way we fight the war on terror and if anyone tries to out them they are labeled nut jobs and fired.
Evil is all around us and we had better wake the hell up.
Love that photo! You can certainly tell who the Patriot is in that pic...
He will suffer the same treatment from the MSM. It is not about what he says; it is about what he believes. As long as he continues to believe in conservative principles, they will go after him.
Not only were they throughout FDR's cabinet and many cabinet offices below the Secretaries, but many of them were actively passing information to Soviet spies. Eleanor was a fellow-traveller.
Read "The Venona Secrets" for the full story. It is indeed frightening.
So the bottom line is that Ted Cruz *is* a U.S. citizen, and therefore eligible to run for President?
Not nit-picking here, I'm just trying to get it straight...
"Hispanics will start voting R when GOPe fields a charismatic Hispanic candidate."
Nonsesnse. For one thing, hispanics of Mexican descent do not identify with hispanics of Cuban descent, so the race card would give Cruz and Rubio a slight edge in south Florida and that's about it.
Yup. they sure do.
"For one thing, hispanics of Mexican descent do not identify with hispanics of Cuban descent, so the race card would give Cruz and Rubio a slight edge in south Florida and thats about it."
ssshh! You're not supposed to tell all the secrets!
Godwin's Law: as an argument grows longer and more heated, it becomes increasingly likely that somebody will bring up Adolf Hitler or the Nazis. When such an event occurs, the person guilty of invoking Godwin's Law has effectively forfeited the argument. Violated most often by modern national socialists.
Godwin's Law II (`Iron law'): under similar heated circumstances, again when the malfeasor arguendo has not a leg to stand upon, he/she/it will accuse the opponent a `McCarthyism'. Always broken by Democrats, liberals, newspapers, magazines, Leon Pitts, and other like-minded hysterical moonbats.
Is he a natural born citizen? I don't know. This would be for the courts to answer (or they can continue to evade the issue). I do believe that if Ted Cruz decided to run for President, he'd face no serious legal challenge in regards to his eligibility.
You are welcome to believe whatever you like. #30 is a fair summary of the existing state of the law. You can bet that if Cruz becomes a candidate, a much more effective attack will be made on his credentials than we have seen in connection with the current occupant of the White House.
Although I agree, it would be really surprising if the citizen issue had not been addressed by his political opponents because he has a fair number of them.
I like Cruz better than any of the alternatives and if this entire story is true, I view it as a disaster.
Cruz is a competent successful person who has a long established record of performance and production at whatever he has undertaken. He is the epitome of the kind of Conservative candidate who would get widespread support.
In order to resolve the citizen at birth question, you need to know the birth date; place and circumstances of birth; mother's age at the date of birth; mother's period of residence in the US; date the mother first became a resident of the US; father's citizenship.
So the bottom line is that Ted Cruz *is* a U.S. citizen, and therefore eligible to run for President?
Not nit-picking here, I'm just trying to get it straight...
Be good if he was--get someone to tell us how he complied with which citizenship at birth statute.
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In short: Nice course, flat route but would be better with chip timingIn full: Pros: good website, easy to book, brilliant value for money at £10 for affiliated runners (medal, water at half way point and at end, Wagon Wheel and a keyring!), flat course, PB potential. Cons: confused start line, didn't even hear the gun go and like previous poster didn't even see a start line as such; people weren't queuing according to their speed and got stuck in traffic, as it were. Could benefit from a few more marshals around the course.Good local race but start needs to be looked at, and I'd pay more if chip timing was introduced. It was fantastic value for money though and it was a nice course.Date of review: November 15, 2012
In short: Good course, great atmosphereIn full: This was my first point-to-point race, liked the contrast between the Wirral and Liverpool. Great supporters, particularly when coming out of the tunnel. The section in Sefton Park unfortunately didn't really attract spectactors, which made it tougher as this was where most runners were starting to really tire. Still, of course not the organiser's fault.There were some hills but generally a flat course. I did Chester Marathon last year and found this one to be less challenging.Date of review: October 14, 2012
Date of review: September 9, 2012
In short: Well organised event, good value for moneyIn full: Very well organised by Spectrum Striders. Well sign-posted and good to have free parking. Good that chip timing was available for a relatively low-cost entry fee. Course wasn't the most scenic but it was mostly flat, apart from some small hills towards the end. Still managed a PB though! Only slight gripe was that I thought that the finishing funnel was quite narrow, which got a little crowded. Very useful towel! A no-nonsense event, good value for money.Date of review: August 21, 2012
In short: Fantastically-run race, great goodie bag!In full: This was my first marathon, was a great introduction to the world of long distance running! Pre-race support was really good, through the website, forums etc and training runs (though I didn't attend it was great to know that they were provided). Information provided was timely and clear.Chester Racecourse was a great starting point, easy to find for out-of-towners like myself, with lots of accommodation choices nearby. The only very minor quibble was that I found it a little unclear on the morning of the event within the racecourse where I was supposed to go as I didn't see any signage and I didn't come across any stewards.Chester itself is a great place which I enjoyed starting off the run from, and the route went through some really pretty villages heading towards Wrexham, but as some others have commented, in between it was a bit quiet and not that scenic. However, that just meant that you really appreciated the support from residents in the villages when you reached the next one. The fantastic thing about this event was the support from marshals and the public, who were really great at cheering on the crowds and really helped to spur people on. Their enthusiasm kept me smiling and marching on throughout. Again, as others have said, there were one or two surprise hills that weren't very welcome (!) towards the end of the course, but nothing significant. The racecourse finish was great and it was lovely to hear people cheering you on as you cross over the line.The goodie bag was great and a fab t-shirt which is one that I will be very pleased and proud to wear!Date of review: October 10, 2011
In short: Friendly atmosphere, good for first timers.In full: At the start of the event: I liked the fact that there wasn't too much hanging around to start with. There were sensible staggered timing 'pens' which seemed to work, so the transition out onto the course was quite smooth and wasn't jostling in the crowds. Good course, the first half was more up-hill than I'd realised, but not overly hilly. Nice downhill sections in the second half. Lots of marshalls around the course, lots of local supporters too. Not too many participants, which is good as it meant I didn't have to weave in and out of other runners. Medal and decent t-shirt in goodie bag meant I was happy with that. Only downsides really were having to wait for the online results (took about a day, not ages but was longer than other races I'd participated in recently). Overall a good race.Date of review: September 21, 2011
In short: Well-organised but short of 10k!In full: I got half price entry as I ran the City of Manchester 10k, which meant that this was good value at £7.50, so that was a good incentive for me to sign up. Salford Quays makes a nice starting point and the weather was great today, but unfortunately despite the fairly small number of runners, it got congested at the start as we were heading out of the Quays.The course itself was nice and flat so great PB potential, but maybe not the most scenic (going through car parks and around mini roundabouts!), and it does quite a lot of looping back on itself. It was good to see two water points out on the course and were well marked out. The City of Manchester race only had one at 6.5km, on a hot day too, so I wasn't optimistic about the drinks situation this time. Fortunately there was lots of water on this course. Also, compared with the City of Manchester run, there seemed to be more marshals and they seemed cheerier.I am not sure if the course was a full 10k - my Nike Plus, though I know not 100% accurate, only measured the course as 9.62km which is quite a big discrepancy. I got a good time but I am left with a few lingering doubts as to whether it was a 'true' PB.I think the weakest aspect of this race was the goodie bag - which was a Club La Santa t-shirt (OK so they usually just end up my drawer but would've been nice to have a commemorative City of Salford one), leaflets, a random keyring and pen (from North West Air Ambulance) and a Go Energy Gel (which would've been great only it expired last month!) That was somewhat disappointing, but as I paid the half price fee I wasn't too miffed. However, if I had paid full price I think I would've felt a little short changed in that department.However, all in all, a simple no-frills race that was nonetheless enjoyable.Date of review: September 4, 2011
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In a time when there were no electric cooling systems, the brewers planted linden and chestnut trees above the cellars where the beer was stored and covered the ground with a thick layer of gravel. Thus the storage rooms remained cool, and the beer kept its freshness in summer. After buying their beer the locals enjoyed staying under the shady trees, and they right away drank the beer that had actually been bought for consumption at home.
King Max I granted permission to the brewers to sell their beer on the spot. The custom that guests are allowed to bring their own food to the beer garden and consume it there is based on this edict of 1812. Thus the beer garden was "born".
Up to the present day.....
The beergarden tradition still enjoys great popularity and is the hallmark of Bavarian Gemütlichkeit, tolerance and ease. While beer gardens sell food, it's also a tradition to bring one's own picnic...On balmy summer nights Bavarians love to pack their picnic baskets and to enjoy the dimming of the day with a beer from the tap, bread, cucumbers, radishes cut in an elaborate spiral, homemade Obatzda cheese, grapes, ham, and sausages. In the beer garden young and old people, locals and foreigners, revelers from all social classes mix in a casual get-together.
Far beyond the borders of Bavaria beer gardens are regarded as a typical expression of the Bavarian way of life.
When you visit Munich, just sit down at one of the tables with locals - it is a custom in Bavaria, to join complete strangers and enjoy each other's company.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Updates...from being sick- to being in a minority based sorority- to doing more makeup!
It's been a crazy week. Sorry for being a bit MIA…I ran out of back up posts lol. As you all know, I had my wedding gig this weekend, Saturday to be exact. All went well…I got a lot of compliments on the makeup. I'll be doing a more thorough post of what I learned and include pics and all that good stuff in a separate entry.
So like everybody and their mama, I've been sick once again. This really isn't a surprise because I'm always sick…I'd say at least 50% of the time. It started on Friday when I was feeling a little weak…it didn't help that it was raining the day of the wedding and I was running around without an umbrella, and up from 5am. Sighhhh…I think the whole infusion of pollen has something to do with it as well. I'm recovering now, I think I'm back to suffering from regular old allergies.
This week is another busy one for me. It's my sorority's founders week. For those of you who don't know what it is…it's a week to celebrate the founding of a chapter with an event each day. Many of the multicultural sororities and fraternities do this, and you have to reserve your week early in advance. This week is especially significant to me because I'm a founding sister of my chapter and this year celebrates our 5 year anniversary. Even though I've already graduated, I'm still extremely active with my sorority…it truly is a lifelong commitment. On top of it all, I'm also chapter advisor. The really cool thing about our sorority is that we're super close to all the chapters in the area…there really is no need to compete since we're a rather small organization, founded in 1975.
With that said, tonight I'll be attending Georgia State University's probate show. For those who aren't familiar, a probate is a show where members of an orientation class "reveal themselves" to the public. Most often, the new members of a multi-cultural frat or sorority are kept secret and it's a big event to see who ends up joining what organization. The show usually involves costumes, and doing chants and traditions in front of a big group of people…mainly a crowd consisting of multi-cultural greeks. I've been requested to do the makeup of our new members in the probate…I gave them two options…if they want the whole shebang, foundation, concealer, primer and makeup…they'd have to pay me a kit fee of $20. This really isn't bad because there are 4 girls and it ends up being $5 a piece for the use of my product. Of course they picked the free option where I'll only do eyes, lips, and cheeks, lol. They are responsible for their own foundation and mascara so I don't have to use my stuff. I'm also rushing to GA state right after I get out of work at 5pm and the show is at 7pm which doesn't give me a lot of time to do the makeup! Our sorority colors are burgundy and grey…so I'm doing a burgundy and grey smokey eye (lol the newbies get so excited to wear anything with our colors), pink cheeks, and subtle pink lips. It's easy! I budgeted 20 minutes for the four girls which should definitely give me enough time.
I did a run-through on my roomy last night and so far I think I'm using burnt burgundy pigment, hepcat, and print eyeshadows. I'll post pics later!
Till then, thanks for hanging in there with me guys. Ciao bellas!
17 comments:
- Bliss said...
Get well soon dear :),your life sound so hectic, im sure you can do their makeup easily and beautifully!
- April 10, 2008 at 12:11 PM
- Joyce said...
Sounds fun and extremely busy week for you! But... I hope you feel better!
- April 10, 2008 at 12:12 PM
- jackeetm said...
Hey Ren Ren...are you an LTA sister?
- April 10, 2008 at 1:09 PM
- mina said...
Hope everything goes well tonight!
- April 10, 2008 at 1:59 PM
- Vanessa said...
Feel better hon! I am the same way, I am always sick too, I have a weak ass immune system, and my allergies don't help. I love Benadryl but it makes me sleepy...
We are sick sisters! LOL
- April 10, 2008 at 2:10 PM
- yummy411 said...
count me in on a sick sister! since i've gotten on zyrtec d, it has cut my sickenss in half! but yeh... i'm a sufferer too. get well soon! ... and you are still busy wow! hey kit fee of $20 for the whole shebang.. i say at least $10 for just eyes lips and cheeks!
- April 10, 2008 at 3:23 PM
- Mrs. Lynne, MakeupFix.net said...
Keep staying busy ma. Thanks for letting us know. Glad to hear everything went well with the wedding and I hope you feel better soon.
- April 10, 2008 at 4:02 PM
- spankedelic said...
i'm gonna have some product giveaways on my page. if you're interested, please go on my page, read the post, and then give your opinion in the comments so i can get the giveaways started. i'm trying to see if i should only have one grand price winner or 3 winners.
- April 11, 2008 at 12:21 AM
- Christiana Divine @ Memoirs of A Shopping Addict said...
glad to hear the wedding was a hit. can't wait for the pictures. have fun this weekend with your sorority thingy thang. :)
i get sick alot too. LUCKILY i'm not sick... yet. *crosses finger* but get well soon!
- April 11, 2008 at 1:55 AM
- mandilicious said...
Congratulations with everything!..You're really on your way "there"..on the other hand, i hope you feel better!..i miss your videos!
- April 11, 2008 at 2:07 AM
- mayaari said...
glad to hear the wedding stuff went well :) hope you feel better soon girlie!
- April 11, 2008 at 2:59 AM
- Victoria said...
get well soon :)
- April 11, 2008 at 7:42 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
bliss: yup life is crazy but it'll be more calm soon...thank goodness!
joyce: lol thanks hon, good thing for meds!
jackeetm: yup, how did you know?
mina: thanks sweety! it went really well, i'll post pics soon!
vanessa: oh yes we are sick sisters...i took a benadryl last night and i was knocked outtttt
yummy: hey chica...they ended up giving me $10 each without me asking...you're psychic!
mrs. lynne: thanks sis! i feel such a load off now that everything is over...now i have time to RELAX
chris: it was fun...had crazy allergies...but it was fun...i'll have pics up soon!
spankedelic: sure, i'll check it out!
mandi: thanks sweety, i'm trying!
- April 11, 2008 at 11:32 AM
- Ethereal Prey said...
Damn girl you are busy! don't work too hard, glad to hear you're feeling better, and yes we all want to see pics of how the wedding went! hee hee!
Thanks for emailing me back :P
- April 11, 2008 at 11:35 AM
- jackeetm said...
Hey there. I knew you were an LTA from the colors....I was a "perla" for a short time before I dropped...it was just bad timing for me and I was a lone star! This was back in Spring 95. Anyway, I was really good friends with the "few" sisters we had at WCU in PA and I was friends with the guys from LTP. I still keep in touch with a few of them (I graduated back in 98...dang i feel old...ha) Anyway, those were some good times.
Hope you're feeling better!!
- April 12, 2008 at 5:43 PM
- Ashley said...
i go to gsu and i just looked at pics on facebook, nice job on the makeup.
- April 12, 2008 at 10:35 PM
- (g)ezebel said...
hope you are feeling better -- i'm on ketchup day #5 and have no idea of the dates of anything...
that's so cool that you're still involved in your sorority activities!!
can't wait to see the wedding makeup!!
- April 15, 2008 at 7:11 PM