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I like UT's Tauren Poole as a guy flying under the radar more than both.
I agree Poole is a good player. I would not say he is flying under the radar though. I think plenty know of his ability.
He was running behind an atrocious offensive line this year which kept his numbers down. He may not be "under the radar" but he's going to drop more than he would have had he been running behind even an average SEC OL.


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Collection of personal and business papers of Thomas Herbert (d.1712) of Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, and of his son, Edmund Herbert, of Gray's Inn (d.1769). From 1672 to 1712 Thomas Herbert served as bailiff on the estates near Whittlebury of Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington; his daughter, Isabella, and her husband, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, who became Ranger of Whittlebury (or Whittlewood) Forest in 1685; and Charles FitzRoy, 2d Duke of Grafton, who became Forest Ranger in 1712. A detailed history of Whittlebury Forest may be found in George Baker's History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton (London, 1836-1841), II, 70-86. It is interesting that this forest, situated between Towcester, Stony Stratford, and Lillingstone Dayrell, adjoins to the southwest the area of Stowe, Bucks., for which the Library has so many early deeds, manorial records, etc.
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The Louvre is taking art out of Paris, writes Anthony Peregrine.
Until now, you went to Lens, 180 kilometres north of Paris, for slag heaps and other fine mining memories. You might also have used it as a base from which to see Great War battlefields. What you didn't get much of was world-class culture.
This is precisely why the place has opened an art gallery of astounding breadth and brio, containing works from across the history of human creativity. In the year's biggest French cultural initiative, the Louvre has broken out of Paris to establish its first provincial base on a disused colliery site hemmed in by housing estates.
The Louvre-Lens opened on December 12. The €150 million ($185 million) building is of deceptive simplicity, a succession of four connected rectangles and a square, all in aluminium and glass. It has been kept long and low - a single storey - to avoid crushing locals with worthiness. The Japanese architects want the neighbours to come in, not stay outside, awestruck.
"The idea is to bring culture to people who are distant from it, to say that culture is for them, too," says the museum director, Xavier Dectot.
The other idea is to boost the economy of France's hardest-hit region. The model here is the Guggenheim in Bilbao. "We're already modifying Lens's image, even before we open," Dectot says.
It's a hell of a trick to pull off. Mention Lens to French people and they think muck, not masterpieces. Granted, the 19.4-hectare park around the museum wasn't ready for the opening. But the entrance hall, all light, space and glass, is terrific.
So to the main attraction, the great Gallery of Time. Here is a vast space, about 122 metres by 24 metres, with reflective aluminium walls on which nothing at all hangs. Instead, the 205 works, chosen from all eight of the Louvre's Parisian departments, are disposed on little freestanding walls and "exhibit islands". They cover the gamut of world art, from the fourth millennium BC to about 1850. From the raised area at the front of the gallery, you have a sweeping overview of what man has done best for 6000 years. Then you plunge in.
The approach is chronological along the length of the building with, across the width, what was happening in different countries and civilisations at any given time. Cross-cultural references were never easier or more entrancing. You weave about, comparing, say, a simple Cycladic feminine idol with much fancier stuff going on in Egypt at the same epoch. You note different depictions of the human body, and their evolution, in classical times.
It makes for the most stimulating, instructive show I've seen for a long time, possibly ever. Whatever your level of artistic knowledge - mine's low - you're grasping things not even guessed at before. You can't do that at Louvre HQ, where all the works are tidied away in their own departments and never meet. Here, they're observing one another and, of course, being observed.
Beyond, a second, glass-walled gallery amplifies the time-related themes in the main show. Shows in both these galleries will be in place for five years, with about 15 per cent of the works changing annually. Meanwhile, the third gallery will have exhibitions lasting three to four months, opening with a magnificent introduction to the Renaissance, showcasing works from the Louvre and elsewhere.
For some time, Dectot has had teams out and about in the Lens region, knocking on doors and bidding locals not to be intimidated: the new Louvre really is for them. "The main message is that this is an open place of pleasure," Dectot says. "Don't come here to be taught, but for enjoyment and delectation."
The stream of human genius can, in short, be a joy for all. And it takes only a morning or an afternoon. Getting a similar overview in the Parisian Louvre would take a couple of years of intensive study. The Louvre-Lens is a magnificent short cut many of us crave.
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"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..
I have no way of knowing who is responsible for handing the cap for the Giants, do they have a person whose only job is finding ways of handling the cap or does it all fall on Jerry Reese. Whoever is responsible for this mess needs to hand over the job to someone else because they obviously aren't doing it well because this team is in cap hell for the second straight year and it looks like we'll be losing players we don't really want to lose because of this, same as last year and who knows what kind of a mess we'll be in next year. Obviously I'm not happy about watching other teams fill out the rosters and fixing their needs each off season while we stand around watching hoping for some cheap crumbs that we might be able to afford but won't necessarily be of any help..


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"Pineapple Grenade is a topsy-turvy, slap-happy romp through Florida." (Sun-Sentinel )
"Pineapple Grenade displays Dorsey's talents as a comedian, a Florida historian, a political and social commentator, and a well-seasoned writer." (Gainesville Times )
"A "guy" book, a real "man's man" kind of novel. But kind of fun for the ladies to enjoy as well - they kind of give women an insight into the weird, wonderful way a man's mind works when the boys are let loose with their toys." (Ventura County Star )
"A blast… side-splitting satire." (Richmond Times-Dispatch )
"Bestseller Dorsey dishes up his Miami mayhem with a side order of mordant wit … neither Dorsey's fast-paced prose nor his delight in skewering human foolishness has lost its mischievous sparkle." (Publishers Weekly )
"Hilarious" (Oklahoma City Oklahoman )
"A successful blend of high stakes thriller action a la Miami Vice with laid back beachcombing style." (Denver Examiner )
"Up a notch … Dorsey's 15th pits Serge against what may be the only folks as dysfunctional as he is: members of the international intelligence community." (Kirkus Reviews )
"Bestseller Dorsey dishes up his Miami mayhem with a side order of mordant wit … neither Dorsey's fast-paced prose nor his delight in skewering human foolishness has lost its mischievous sparkle." (Go386.com )
"A rollicking ride" (All Good Things and More )
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Miami has always set the weirdness bar, but Serge Storms is back in action and ready to pole vault over it.
First, there's the media frenzy over the "Hollow Man," a gutless corpse found on the beach. And yet people think it's perfectly normal to find dead sharks in the middle of downtown boulevards—or to spot black mushroom clouds behind the airport. Then there are the roving bands of carjackers who suddenly find themselves inconvenienced. Not to mention people lurking outside sex-addiction meetings.
Could this be the work of Serge, that eccentric trivialista and one-man vigilante? And why is he extensively photographing foreign consulates right before the critically important Summit of the Americas comes to town? Does it have something to do with Serge's declaration to tell his ever-stoned sidekick, Coleman, that he's decided to become a spy? Of course he's not working for anyone yet, so Serge is content to just spy for himself until he shows up on radar and his talents are appreciated. His ace in the hole? Serge's newly revamped Secret Master Plan! His spider senses tell him something big is about to go down in Miami, and it just might involve the recently reactivated CIA cell operating in the same historic building that plotted the overthrow of Fidel Castro.
The intelligence community isn't amused, and they want answers:
How did Serge and Coleman get so cozy with the president of a banana republic?
Who is the femme fatale with a heart of gold—and national pride?
Why is the congressman in favor of the latest oil spill?
When did everyone in the city forget how to drive?
And what about the Most Laid Man in Miami?
Meanwhile, a mysterious international man of intrigue is shipping military arms around the clock, in competition with clandestine flights of souvenirs, causing the office of Homeland Security to take measures against people who aren't scared enough. The crossfire of chaos continues to escalate as Serge plays Extreme Dominos in Little Havana, hurtling everyone toward a fateful climax that seems destined for the hemispheric summit jamboree on the shores of Biscayne Bay.
So put on your favorite pink flamingo shirt, hit the dunes of South Beach, and find all the answers in . . . Pineapple Grenade!


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Cadillac or competing brand model ? Why ? Discussion, Hopefully gonna buy a '96 Town Car! in Item Specific Cadillac Discussion; Hey, I'm gonna trade in my '92 Sedan deVille on a '96 Town Car Executive Series with 138k miles for ...
Hopefully gonna buy a '96 Town Car!
Hey, I'm gonna trade in my '92 Sedan deVille on a '96 Town Car Executive Series with 138k miles for $3495. The Town Car is Silver with Silver Leather. It's all in very very good condition. The leather is immaculate, no cracks or tears. The carpeting is extremely clean, and surprisingly, the engine bay looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor. The paint, while it may not be my favorite color, it is in great condition, no rust or fading anywhere.
My father and I came to this conclusion because my car leaks coolant from the side of the block, which may not sound SO bad, but when I read that "Holes in the side of the block are usually due to corrosion on the inside of the block casting. Corrosion won't attack one microscopic spot, it affects a large surface area inside the water jacket.
Odds are you could push a screwdriver right through the side of the engine.
Welding may not do you much good as it requires the existence of metal, you may not have much left and the welder just might open up a bigger hole also." When we read this, we finally realized how bad this situation really is.
I told my father that I thought that it would be in my best interests to sell this, and get a Town Car or a Park Ave. To my surprise he agreed
I know that the Town Cars are built to last. I have seen many with more than 225k miles on ebay, actually theres a '96 Signature Series on there now with 520k miles!!!! Well anyways, I know that the Town Cars are very reliable, with a somewhat simple design. They are very very smooth riding cars due to their air spring setup (which also, can be a big problem :/ ) But for the most part, they are extremely reliable and extremely comfortable. I believe the "Panther" platform on which the T/C Grand Marquis and Crown Vic are based on has been around since about 1980, so I know it's a time tested design. The motor is the excellent, reliable, surprisingly efficent 4.6 liter SOHC V8. And it's RWD, which I've always preferred even though the FWD may be better in the Minnesota winters. The motor, by comparison to the 4.9 V8, is much easier to work on, more advanced, more efficent and has similar power, and most importantly, much more reliable.
What I liked about it:
- very smooth
- very quiet
- 4.6 V8 because it's so reliable, and it's decently quick
-digital dash
-trip computer
- great looking car
- L-O-N-G hood
- hood ornament
-CD Player (my '92 deville only has cassette)
-very reliable car, built to last, well engineered
-easy to work on motor compared to my car
-Body on frame
- the engine sits longitudinal (the correct way!)
- 4R70W is the most reliable tranny in the 90-97 Town Cars
-simpler design than the FWD devilles
- time tested design and Panther chassis
- variable steering ratio
- cupholders are in dash
- MASSIVE trunk
- storage bins in front doors
What I didn't like about it:
- It feels HUGE compared to my deville
- lack of steering feel, but I would get used to that
- it handles like a wet sponge (but it rides VERY VERY smoothly
- Higher dashboard, beltline
- it didnt have the storage armrests of the Signature/ Cartier series
- seats felt like they had less padding then my deville does.
- actually, the seats were less comfortable than my deVille
- lots of plastic on dashboard
-Executive is "bottom rung" Town Car
- the 95-01 4.6's Upper Intake Manifold will go bad, but I think this was already done on this car.
I'm gonna a 93-97 Town Car because they are so reliable, built well, and ride so nice, easy to work on, decently fast, great looking and are cheap to come by and insure!
I'll let ya know!
Here's the car!
What should I look for on this car? What are the big problems? (other than the intake manifold)
Re: Hopefully gonna buy a '96 Town Car!
My uncle used to have a '96 Towncar. I loved it, good luck with it!
Re: Hopefully gonna buy a '96 Town Car!
Great car, but you gotta change your name now!!!
Re: Hopefully gonna buy a '96 Town Car!
You can change your name on here?
How's IrishMafia8796 sound??? lol!
Can you give me any tips and advice on what to look for?
It's gonna be so cool to surprise my friends and family with another big boat on thanksgiving!
Re: Hopefully gonna buy a '96 Town Car!
Hey just cause you got a Lincoln doesnt mean you dont still love Caddys!!
BTW... Will this be taking the place of the mid nineties Mercedes and BMWs you were lookin at?
Re: Hopefully gonna buy a '96 Town Car!
Yeah, for the most part, I still prefer Caddys to Lincolns
Playdrv4me, No, I still would like to get a W140 S Class, but later, in like 5 years. I just need something now to get me through college with as little trouble as possible, and the TC's are very reliable.
Re: Hopefully gonna buy a '96 Town Car!
the best part about the ford mod engine is how well it keeps the valve seats and sparkplugs lubercated with oil ....
still hate mod motor ford ....the 4.9 PFI caddy engine is actually much simpler , but the damned thing is turned the wrong way ...
as for holes int he 4.9 block , had one int he shop the other day , by the time the tech was done picking at it he openined up a hole the size of a grapefruit ..there is no way out of that that ends good for you ....so id agree , time ot move on ...but please go get a park avenue .....at least it will last ...whereas the ford mod motor will smoke more than your weedwacker ....
Re: Hopefully gonna buy a '96 Town Car!
I thought that the 4.6 had the burning oil problem only on the 1991 & 92 4.6's. I think they fixed that by '96
A friend of mine had a '94 Bonneville SSE or SSEi, when the tranny decided to go, it had 74k miles on it. I wonder why? It's the same 4T60-E I have in my deVille, and my tranny is in great condition.
That makes me worry about cars with the 3.8 and 4T60-E
Re: Hopefully gonna buy a '96 Town Car!
nope seen em burn even in the latest body style crown vics ....whats strage is how mustangs were expempt , they seem to burn very clean late in there lives ....but crown vics and the big cars with the lower output 4.6 ...
tell ya another thing , they warp rotors like a sonfabitch ...there known for it ...
its too bad they got rid of the 302 ....
even tho the park is front drive , its a beatter car ....but i will admit nothing rides like the airsprung lincolins .....even the newest caddys dont ride that nice ...not since fleetwood has caddy made a really soft car
Re: Hopefully gonna buy a '96 Town Car!
hmmm you seem to really dislike big body fords
Re: Hopefully gonna buy a '96 Town Car!
Is the oil burning problem very common? I have seen these Town Cars last 300k miles on the same motor, I've even seen one on ebay with 520k miles! When I test drove the '96, I didnt see any blue smoke in my rear view mirror, and my coworker had a '91 Signature series for 153k miles, and his never burned or leaked anything by the time he sold it at 167k miles in 2002.
Re: Hopefully gonna buy a '96 Town Car!
Town Car. Rock solid reliable."Every American who ever had a dream dreamed of driving a Cadillac."
RIP, JD! You are missed.
The National Motorists Association -- Fairness and justice for motorists.
Re: Hopefully gonna buy a '96 Town Car!
GM 3800..... far more rock solid then nearly any current Ford engine.
I like Ford too.
but 3800 for me.
I helped my father replace the transmission in his '99 Grand Prix GTP when it had aorund 100k miiles on it.. 3rd and 4th gear clutches were shot... we actually had to take it back out, faulty part... but it has a shift kit and whole buncha beefed up stuff now.
Oldsmobile Intrigue powered by the 3800 Series II... get the sports package.
Its an Oldsmobile.... that alone would seal the deal (for me)
far, far better styling inside and out then a last gen Eighty Eight.
Very advanced chassis... nice car.
sports package adds fog lights, fancy wheels, spoiler, dual exhaust etc....
3800 Series II don't need to say a thing about it. If you wanna go fast.. PLENTY of go fast parts.
Re: Hopefully gonna buy a '96 Town Car!
Thats a really nice one... that is fully loaded with heated leather seats, dual zone climate control and the baby Northstar... the 3.5L "Shortstar" Make sure to click the link to view all pictures.
If I was getting one, I would want cloth seats (somewhat prefer them) and the electonic climate control would be nice. I would actually rather have the 3800 just for the fact that I like the engine so much.... but the 3.5L Twin Cam is quite a peppy little bugger.
damnit, why do I have to have such a bond with Oldsmobile.....
They are CHEAP too... '98's with the 3800 are going for like $4,000 for a nice one... even cheaper.
I like them alot, its a new looking car both inside and out, shiney, good paint (since mine is going to hell) and a perfect daily driver... build up the sound system as i have done to the Caddy (though that is nice.... tweeters on the top of the doors) and it would be a perfect car for me to use as a car.... for some reason, the '93 Coupe has never felt like a "car" hard to explain it... my '89 Olds 88 does though.... I can't explain it.
Re: Hopefully gonna buy a '96 Town Car!
i dont hate big body fords , just the mod motor ....302 powered towncars were about the best thing out in the late 80s ...great cars ...
i see alot of them burning oil out on the roads ...ive had ford mechanics tell me that "yes that happens ALOT" and ive had other mechanics "nope never happens" .....to me it looks like as big of a problem as chrysler had with the 3.0 V6 built by mitsu ....
there killer cars , dont get me wrong , i rented one every chance i had in california when i lived there in 99 ...


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Tom Thomson Ottawa's Major Cultural Event of 2002
Ottawa, Canada - October 5, 2002PRESS RELEASE
« Tom Thomson le principal événememt culturel à Ottawa cet été »
You've waited impatiently for this event… you've counted down the days on your calendar. Well wait no longer and come to the National Gallery of Canada because the Tom Thomson exhibition is finally opening its doors to visitors.
Those who believe everything has been said about the iconic Canadian artist Tom Thomson will be surprised when they visit the first major retrospective of his work in over thirty years, at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa in summer 2002. Over 140 oil sketches, paintings and designs by Thomson and additional paintings by his contemporaries will reveal to new audiences the diversity of Thomson's oeuvre and his outstanding abilities as a colourist. This is a fresh and imaginative look at the work, life and times of Tom Thomson that, for the first time since his death in 1917, establishes a sound chronology of his artistic development and considers his life and work in the context of the period in which he lived. The exhibition Tom Thomson will be on view from 7 June to 8 September 2002 at the National Gallery of Canada.
"We are delighted to present the Tom Thomson exhibition, which is anticipated as Ottawa's major cultural event of 2002", says Pierre Théberge, Director of the National Gallery. "Thomson's paintings forged new directions for Canadian art. His life and his art encouraged other artists to explore and paint the north. He, and the artists who would later form the Group of Seven, developed a style of painting that they felt was uniquely expressive of the Canadian experience and environment ".
Born 5 August 1877, near Claremont, Ontario, Tom Thomson began painting in oil in 1911 but devoted himself to painting full time only in 1914. His contributions to pictorial art were unique. In Thomson's oil sketches one is able to follow the seasons' passing, from the late winter snow to the budding of spring; from the skies of summer and changing of fall leaves to the first snows of winter. We have learned to see the colour and light of the northern landscape through Thomson's art. His name has always been associated with the Group of Seven because his painting and his life were an inspiration to his friends, the artists who formed this group in the spring of 1920, three years after Thomson's death.
The Tom Thomson exhibition will be presented by Export Development Canada (EDC), which helps Canadian firms succeed globally by providing them with trade finance and risk management services in up to 200 markets. "EDC is proud to present the Tom Thomson exhibition in Ottawa in recognition of arts' contribution to the vibrancy of our nation and Canada's image abroad. This image is integral to the success of Canadian exporters and complements the role of EDC," says A. Ian Gillespie, EDC president and CEO. "As one of Canada's most influential artists, Thomson pointed Canadian artistic expression in new directions that to this day helps define Canada on the world stage."
The exhibition is divided into five sections: a chronological section looking at Thomson's paintings through the sketching seasons from late to early winter and the canvases painted in his Toronto studio; the changing character of his subject matter in Algonquin Park, from logging to tourist development; his links to the Arts and Crafts movement and to the work of his contemporaries; his painting techniques and use of pigments; and the posthumous formation of a mythology around his life and death.
It is also sponsored by Le Droit, Ottawa Citizen, CBC Television and La télévision de Radio-Canada. The National Gallery of Canada is producing, with the Art Gallery of Ontario and Douglas & McIntyre, a full colour illustrated catalogue with essays by a diverse range of authors. An extensive program of lectures, tours, and workshops will be offered for all ages.
Organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario, and circulated by the National Gallery of Canada. Supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canada Travelling Exhibitions Indemnification Program.
National Gallery of Canada: 7 June - 8 September 2002
Vancouver Art Gallery: 5 October 2002 - 5 January 2003
Musée du Québec: 6 February - 4 May 2003
Art Gallery of Ontario : 30 May - 7 September 2003
Winnipeg Art Gallery: 29 September - 7 December 2003
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An "election" was held in Afghanistan a few days ago and its results undoubtedly bring joy to the hearts of all dead political leaders who used to stuff ballots in Chicago or New Jersey or Pittsburgh. The Election Complaints Commission(ECC) already has received 225 complaints about voter intimidation, ballot stuffing and violence as well as interference by local police authorities. Correspondents for the British The Independent witnessed fraud at a polling station where officials claimed 1,200 showed up to vote but independent witnesses only saw a few dozen people actually vote.
Naturally, President Karzai hailed his apparent victory and dismissed complaints as due to "losing candidates often try to justify their loss this way." Then again, "winning candidates" often try to justify their "victory" this way. Abdullah Abdullah, who was thought to constitute an electoral threat to incumbent Hamid Karzai, is convinced there was widespread manipulation of the election to ensure Karzai won.
Lost in the squabble over the fairness or accuracy of the election was the reality half the population really did not participate in any election– women! How can an election reflect a nation's feelings if half the people were not allowed to vote?


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Re: st: Comparing Variable Name Labels Between Datasets
Tim Wade <email@example.com>
Re: st: Comparing Variable Name Labels Between Datasets
Fri, 14 May 2010 09:47:05 -0400
Beth, how about something like this:
*save variable labels as local macros
sysuse auto.dta
foreach var of varlist _all {
local `var'd1: variable label `var'
sysuse auto.dta
*create erros in variable lables and save as local macros in second dataset
label var make "price"
label var price "Make"
foreach var of varlist _all {
local `var'd2: variable label `var'
*compare and list differences
foreach var of varlist _all {
capture assert "``var'd1'"=="``var'd2'"
if _rc~=0 {
if "``var'd1'"~="``var'd2'" {
di "Error in `var'"
di "First label: ``var'd1'"
di "Second label: ``var'd2'"
Error in make
First label: Make and Model
Second label: price
Error in price
First label: Price
Second label: Make
hope this helps, Tim
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Beth Gifford <email@example.com> wrote:
> Hello
> We are working with a large dataset that goes back to 1976-through
> current. One challenge in working with these data is that the
> variable names change frequently (the same variable may be name V453
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> I'd like to do the following:
> a) for each year, pull together a dataset with about 75 variables (DONE)
> b) rename the variables to something sensible and also consistent
> across years (ex. from 1976-2008 the variable for gender would always
> be named gender) (DONE)
> c) compare the variable name labels across years to double check that
> the new sensibly named variable is measuring what I think that it is
> measuring. (HELP)
> d) append the datasets (easy)
> *I have looked at cf, cf2 and cf3 but I think that they only let me
> compare observations. Encode won't work because it works on the
> valuable labels but not the name labels
> I am using Stata SE 11.0 on a windows machine. This problem is
> applicable to working with Monitoring the Future data as well as the
> Youth Risk Behavior Surveys.
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How To Date A Friend's Family Member
"Being single is super exciting! Instead of being tied down, you're free to meet new people and explore your options. It's fun to meet all different kinds of guys, and through that process find out more about yourself. Plus, it's always exhilarating to see what happens next — 'Will he text me?,' 'When will we hang out again?'" —Jamie, 21, NJ
"Being single is seriously the best. Every day is filled with possibility, you never know who you'll meet or what the night will bring!" Katherine, 21, MA
When you're single, you never know who you'll meet and where. When you don't have someone you feel obligated to hang out with, you're more open to going places and doing things with friends — where you can potentially meet awesome new people!
How I Broke Up With a Friend


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Pulaski Technical College's Business and Industry Center is registering middle-school students for a free summer camp being offered July 18-22 at the Business and Industry Center.
Camp will be in session 9 a.m.-3 p.m. daily and will include field trips, hands-on lab experiences, snacks and t-shirts.
During the weeklong camp, students will learn about "green" careers in renewable energy, energy efficiency and transportation. Career areas include wind, solar and nuclear energy, residential energy efficiency, building sciences, and careers in alternative fuels including electric automobiles, compressed natural gas and hydrogen-fueled automobiles.
To register, contact Gina Hall, director of community education, at 907-6670 ext. 3407, or e-mail her at firstname.lastname@example.com
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text: I installed an aftermarket trans cooler on my 09 Tahoe this weekend. 5.3, 6-speed trans. The cooler is a Derale plate/fin. After completing the install and checking for leaks, I took it on a quick 3-4 mile test drive and everything seemed to run smoothly. I did not add any fluid at this time (probably should have). Later that evening, we went out on a longer drive and I started to notice a vibration or fluctuation that felt almost like an engine misfire, but I have to assume it's related to the transmission (too odd a coincidence otherwise). It only does it under normal acceleration, if I accelerated hard, I didn't feel it any longer. but under normal acceleration, it shifts at the expected points, but after each shift, it shudders or vibrates, and I can see the tach needle jumping up an down 100-200 rpm's. I took it home and checked the fluid level hot and it was reading low, which is to be expected since the cooler and additional lines would add capacity to the system. I added a quart of fluid (seemed like a lot) to get it to the appropriate "hot" level. However, the problem persists. At this point it was late so i gave up. Are these symptoms something that could be caused by a fluid issue? Could it be something as simple as a hose kink, restricting fluid flow back to the trans and causing low fluid like behavior? Could the cooler be restricting proper fluid flow? This evening I'm going to check for hose links and if I don't find that I'm going to bypass the cooler altogether and see if the problem goes away.


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Lightning strikes down International Falls, Detroit Lakes
Alex Palm scored twice as the visiting Northern Lakes Lightning defeated International Falls 3-1 in a non-conference game for their fifth straight win on Saturday, Jan. 5.
Northern Lakes, 9-6 overall, play at Morris-Benson on Thursday, Jan. 10, and then host St. Cloud Cathedral on Tuesday, Jan. 15.
Lightning 3, International Falls 1
On Saturday, Jan. 5, Northern Lakes held on to win on the road against the Broncos. The Lightning had defeated International Falls 3-2 in overtime on Dec. 29, in the Green Division title game at the Schwann's Cup tournament.
Palm also recorded an assist on Courtney Kittock's goal in the third period. Winning goaltender Kat Jensen made 30 saves for the Lightning while Taylor Fish stopped 17 shots for the Broncos.
Lightning 4, Detroit Lakes 3
On Thursday, Jan. 3, Northern Lakes edged the Lakers on Palm's late goal in Mid-State Conference action. Palm also added two assists.
Mariah Reed, Kim Jessen and Megan Snyder scored the other goals for the Lightning. Morgan Demars, a Pine River-Backus senior defenseman, Kaylyn Eggena and Hannah Zimmerman each had assists and goaltender Kat Jensen saved 21 shots.


text: Below are samples of luxury yacht charter itineraries for private crewed yachts which cover Trinidad. Please note that these itineraries are here to offer inspiration and give you a feel for the area and some of the best things to do whilst sailing there. A good yacht charter broker will be able to create a bespoke yacht vacation itinerary for you and your party, based on your own requirements as well as the type of yacht and time of year you wish to travel.


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Take Heart program brings lifesaving AED training to the public
Essentia Health's Take Heart Coordinator Colette Larson will present a free AED training session from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at the Northland Arboretum in Brainerd.
Larson will present how to perform conventional CPR, but will focus on hands-only CPR for bystanders.
The Brainerd Lakes Heart & Vascular Center at Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd has the goal of improving outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest patients by deploying AEDs (automated external defibrillators) and providing CPR training throughout the community through the Take Heart program.
The most important treatment for a sudden cardiac arrest victim is immediate CPR and AED implementation. If both of these are performed within the first few minutes of the cardiac arrest, the patient will have a chance at a much more positive outcome.
This training session is not a certification course. To register, call the Northland Arboretum at 218-829-8770 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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seems years ago i was on bushmasters mailing list and they sent me a few catalogs after i bought that m17s or XM15 back in the 90s somewhere.
the catalog i am looking at is from 1998.
some interesting prices straight from bushmaster--
bushmaster xm-15 lower stripped--$109.99
bushmaster xm15 lower assembled with a2 stock set --- SALE $209.99
lower parts kit $59.99
m4 barrel assembly $214
xm-15e2 kit $595 complete minus lower
m4, a2,complete upper $485
flat-top stripped upper rec $119
m16/ar-15 blot carrier group BCG $109.99
assembled ar-15/m16 bolt $44
firing pin $5.95
my favorite! hell why didn't i buy this??--LOL 37mm flare launcher kit $199!
40rd mag $24.99
30rd mag $29.99 civilian leo $9.99
aside from the BCG prices of today and some of the other scarce parts--the prices ain't that much higher today.
and you got to consider a 1998 dollar was worth quite a bit more than a deflated 2013 "obamma" dollar.


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One thing that makes the beautiful game beautiful is the way the ball moves so effortlessly from foot to head to chest and back. But those skilled and deliberate headers may be ever so slightly but very definitely decreasing the player's cognitive skills.
Even repeated light blows to the head can harm cognition, according to a study by neuroscientist Anne Sereno and her team at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. They don't know if the impact is permanent, or if there might be cumulative effects over time, and concede more research is needed. But the findings add to a growing body of knowledge about the long-term risks of head trauma in sports and evidence suggesting repeated sub-concussive blows may be detrimental over time.
"Even these sort of relatively non-violent, or thought of as so, traumas are causing cognitive changes," said Sereno. "I don't want to over interpret it, but it definitely shows that these blows are affecting cognitive performance."
Recent focus on concussions in sports left Sereno wondering what effect sub-concussive head trauma, as might be experienced during a header, could have on cognition. Her previous research into higher cognitive functions like attention, short-term memory and impulse control used sophisticated eye-tracking equipment, which helps identify exactly what parts of the brain are involved but cost $50,000 to $100,000 and must be used in a lab. Sereno developed an iPad app to test players on the field.
The scientists enlisted a high school women's soccer coach and 12 players between the age of 15 and 18. The study was observational so as not to interfere with normal play. The number of headers wasn't controlled, which Sereno said helped the study because it more accurately represented what typically occurs in practices and games. The control group included 12 students of the same age who, if they were athletes, played only non-contact sports.
The iPad program consists of a simple two-part test administered immediately following practices. In it, a spot appears at the center of the tablet. During the first part of the test, the subjects were directed to touch the spot, which would cause a box to appear on the screen. They were to move their finger from the spot to the box as quickly as possible. In the second part of the test, the target appeared at random, and the subject was to touch its opposite as quickly as possible.
"We found there was no difference in pointing to a target immediately after a practice," said Sereno, "but that there were subtle changes in reaction time when they had to use these cognitive functions that lie in the frontal lobe, which is most sensitive to traumatic brain injury."
The team also recorded how many times each player headed the ball, how many hours they spent playing each week and how many years they've played. Although it was a relatively simple test and not nearly so elaborate as standard neuro-psych tests, there are fewer variables involved, making it easier for researchers to spot subtle differences in cognition.
The researchers found that a relatively small number of headers — two to 20, on average, with a median of six — slowed reaction time by 30 to 50 milliseconds. That's too small to see with the naked eye, but in this instance is a significant change.
"The results show that soccer playing in which participants headed the ball did indeed disrupt voluntary performance in female high school soccer players tested immediately following practice," the researchers note in their conclusions. "These findings demonstrate significant and specific cognitive changes in female high school soccer players who head the soccer ball during practice."
Sereno must still explore what happens over time. She didn't conduct any tests to determine whether reaction time reverts to normal, and if so, how long that might take. Although the long-term effect remains to be seen, the data did reveal a direct correlation between increased response time and the number of headers performed, time spent playing each week and how many years the subject had been playing. That suggests a cumulative effect over time, though Sereno concedes further study is needed to confirm that.
"That said," said Sereno, "I'm a neuroscientist, I would not use my head to hit something, so I am biased. But we have to better understand blows to the head, and what role repeated blows have, and what we can intervene with to potentially do something to slow down these post-traumatic brain injuries."Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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East Gull Lake City Council discusses city vehicles
At the first 2013 regular session of the East Gull Lake City Council on Tuesday, Jan. 8, Mayor Dave Kavanaugh and council members Carol Demgen and Dennis Lang recited the oath of office to officially begin their terms after being re-elected in November.
The city appointed the Brainerd Dispatch as its official newspaper and Bremer Bank as the official depository. John Fitzpatrick was named city attorney.
Weed inspector Joel Jasmer requested a new city truck. Jasmer frequently uses his personal vehicle for city business, though he would like to stop that practice. The council discussed the price of a new truck purchased from different dealers. Jasmer noted that a cost was already reached by consulting the state contract.
The council noted that the cost of the new truck was not included in the line item budget. Jasmer said the truck was excluded originally because the council wished to decide on the vehicle as a separate expense.
The purchase was approved 3-2 with Kavanaugh, Demgen and council member Jim Ruttger supporting the purchase and council members Lang and Rob Mason opposing it.
In other business Jan. 8, the council:
• Discussed a sewer rate increase from $96 to $99. Brian Thuringer of Madden's Resort expressed concerns over the impact of the increase on resort owners. The council decided to discuss the matter further at the April 2 meeting.
• Discussed a fireworks permit for the MN United Snowmobilers Association. The city was asked to publish details concerning when the fireworks would be set off in order to give residents sufficient time to prepare. It was noted that that information may be posted on the city website.
• Discussed the capacity of the wastewater plant located at Squaw Point. The plant is almost at peak capacity and would require an upgrade if any expansions are added.
• The possible construction of a fire substation was addressed by Peter Mann. The project is currently being discussed with the Brainerd Fire Department. Before construction could start a location must be found and purchased. Further research is being done.


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Why I "Assaulted" Defense Chief Leon Panetta
Posted by Admin in Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 20th October, 2011 | 2 Comments
CODEPINK's Alli McCracken guest blogs: On the morning of October 13th about 25 activists who are occupying Washington DC, as part of the nationwide occupations, went on a field trip to Congress. We wanted to attend the House Armed Services Committee hearing where Leon Panetta, the Secretary of Defense.
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Madison sheriff employee to be charged in theft
REXBURG, Idaho - About $3,500 is missing from the Madison County Sheriff's Office.
The office found on July 12 that the money was missing over the previous 30-day period.
In a news release Tuesday, the office said an independent investigation was conducted by the Tri-County Sheriff's Association, as is policy when a sheriff's office employee is possibly involved in a crime. Two civilian employees were placed on administrative leave during the investigation.
One of the employees was cleared from criminal involvement in the thefts. A report has been turned over to the Madison County Prosecutor's Office for review and for formal charges to be filed against the other employee.
More information will be released when the charges are filed.


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I have noticed a few SHB in my hives. I've also read on this forum that you don't want to attract SHB TO your hives, but given that there are already some there, should put traps in the hives? Or put them 600 or so feet away?
I have noticed a few SHB in my hives. I've also read on this forum that you don't want to attract SHB TO your hives, but given that there are already some there, should put traps in the hives? Or put them 600 or so feet away?
I took a class the other weekend specifically on hive pests. The instructor said that SHB can detect food aromatics from miles away, so I don't think there's really any way to hide hives from them. She recommended the style of trap that replaces the bottom board and puts a reservoir of oil below hardware cloth. Freeman trap? Anyway, they're on the pricey side, but I'm planning on picking a couple up over the winter and starting them in the spring. I haven't had much luck with the home-made fermented bait traps. She also recommended the hang-between traps that you fill with vinegar and oil, though lots of people report those are hard to remove and often result in spills.
You know, her top piece of advice, not just for SHB but for everything, was to use only the number of boxes that the bees need. She repeatedly said, "Reduce your real estate," so maybe the way we should be looking at this is that hive pests are an indication that there's one box too many on our hives. I'm a first year beek, so hopefully people who actually know things will chime in soon.
This is my second year in beekeeping, so you can take this with a grain of salt. I have freeman beetle traps and like them. I have seen some beetles and larvae in the traps. Yes, they are pricey but worth while. I also have the little oil traps between 2 frames. I havent caught many beetles in them, and the spillage of oil, sometimes causes dead bees.
Look up milky spore. It,s the greatest.
Milky Spore is ineffective against shb. It only works on the youngest, most vulnerable stage of larvae/grub development, which occurs within the hive for shb... placing Milky Spore inside the hives does have an effect on bee brood as well, which leads to the development of brood diseases... it is not a threat to honey bees in their adult state, and as larvae, it can not come into contact with them as a feed because they are confined to the cells... but if applied in the hives, the bees will work to clean it out, and in turn, take it in which leaves spores in their guttural systems which passes them on to the brood during feeding...
Shb can detect 2 ppb (parts per Billion) of pollen from miles away... there is no hiding hives from them... baited traps cannot compare to the attractant of the hives... the purpose of the bait within the hives is to encourage the shb to enter the traps as a safe place to feed, away from the bees...
The best place to install traps is inside of the hives where the beetles will go no matter what..
Robert, I think jengalill is thinking along the lines of something that I've thought about trying...once I get my colonies going. That is to build some small "hives" as traps for shb. My thoughts are enclosed boxes with access doors for baiting, etc.,. Vented areas large enough for shb to enter but too small for honey bees. Bait them up with some honey smeared on the inner walls, maybe some lemongrass oil, and plenty of combat roach gel. Place these a distance from the honey bees, maybe into the edge of the woods. The beetles are going to come regardless, so what if they ran into a perimeter of mini-hives baited up for them? For my little bee yard maybe four placed a hundred yards distant from the yard...maybe favoring upwind from the prevailing winds to catch the beetles coming in on the breezes? Just trying to think outside the box.
Killing them anywhere is good as far as I'm concerned, but as Robert says, you can't keep them out of your hives. In heavily infested areas you have to have in-the-hive traps or kiss your bees goodbye.
The OPer is from Connecticutt (or however it's spelt). Unless there is a real need to, I wouldn't sweat a few adult SHB in a colony in CT. I wouldn't install traps in my hives or outside my hives. I would not drench the surrounding area w/ chemicals.
All the previous responders are in the South. Conditions in CT are different. At least Climatewise and Seasonally speaking. Y'all down in Dixie have much milder conditions than Up North, which allows the SHB to reproduce and do damage.
have you noticed any damage? How many beetles did you see? Are you certain they were SHBs? There are other beetles that one will find in beehives from time to time. What are CTs recommendations on how to react to and handle SHB? What's good in GA is not necassarily necassary in CT.
Mark Berninghausen
Shb overwinter inside the cluster with the bees, so winter has little effect on them... the shorter warm season does keep them from reproducing as many times as they can in the south, but they do still have time to reproduce many cycles... the sbb traps may be a bit excessive due to the added wear and tear and expense... but some simple cd cases will give the bees somewhere to trap the adults instead of allowing them to hide in the cluster and be fed by the bees through winter.
Exterior traps are not as effective as in hive traps for a few reasons...
1. Shb follow the bees when they see them entering the hives, so a mock hive with no bees going into it will not get the attention that the hives do...
2. Shb are seeking queenright colonies that are bringing in fresh pollen and fanning to counter the heat of large populations... in other words, its the strong, healthy hives that attract them... these colonies are the ones that can provide the best nurseries for their young and thus they are the main objectives... weak or queenless colonies are just easily overrun and thus people mistakenly assume that these are the ones that the beetles were after...
shb are social creatures... they work as a team for the benefit of their species... once a beetles eggs begin to hatch, the slime produced by the larvae is an extremely potent attractant to other shb (and deterrent to bees) that alerts other shb to hurry in and lay their eggs in safety...
The jelly and pollen are what the shb are most after... the jelly is what the adults feed on the most and the bee bread (pollen) is what the larvae will mainly feed on... most shb larvae that are found in supers with only honey take nearly twice as long to reach the next stage of development... they are mainly in the supers because the female found the corners of the honey frames to be the safest place to lay, or the best nutrition for her young in the situation...(such as a honey house where no brood and pollen would be found).
I have the backloading freeman traps--love 'em for several different reasons. Today I inspected oneof my hives and saw a small cluster of beetles in the top corner--I smashed as many as I could. But below in the trap were A LOT of shb drowned in oil. I only use a this layer of oil, not a fill to the top of the trap. The reason I like these is because I get a reading of what's going on in the whole hive by what's being dropped. Brood cappings, pollen shb larvae--it kind of gives me another indicator for reading the hive. And since they're backloaded from the back of the hive, I never disturb the bees and have never had a bee drown. I just clean it out every week or so to keep things fresh and clean.
I love how the Freeman trap works but the construction is as shoddy as can be. They tell me they have improved it but are non-responsive to my request for replacement. Sent pix in showing how the screen extends out to where the reducer sits, a gap at the tray that allows bees to enter and drown and the cross brace at the bottom hangs below the framework - won't sit flat, wobbles. Pitiful. Did i mention no response from customer service? Caveat emptor! Waiting for a competitor's model!
Bad cross brace
Zone 7b ~ Central Arkansas
8fr medium equipment
I had amazing success with the sticky board in my country rubes screened bottom board, when I painted it with olive oil, and yes, I reduced my real estate. BUT with the drought on, shb probably can't burrow into the ground to pupate, so I would say my success is partly, there weren't many shb to begin with - most I ever caught in one day was 7.
I'm a klutz, the little oil traps and I are not friends. If I went to anything else it would be the freeman.
Stuck in Texas. Learning Permaculture in drought, flood and strange weather. The bees are still alive.
I bought 2 of the IPK Small Hive Beetle Traps from greenbeehives.com. I guess this is a style of the Freeman trap? I put them in use and I see SHB in the oil, dead and I have not seen one SHB up in the hive. I actually think that the bees are chasing them into the bottom on purpose? I have not seen any larvae in the oil so I do not think they are in long enough to reproduce. The drawback is that there is a lot of pollen that is wasted with the SHB.
I recently heard that apple cider vinegar attracts the SHB to the traps--so I'm trying that--actually seein more moth larvae than anything--but only 1 or 2 at a time...
we've tried all kinds of different deals ,but garlic salt ,open bottoms,and cedar inside the hive seems to be working in central alabama
I guess chickens, ducks and newly acquired Guinea hens "treat" most bee enemies including ants all right I guess....
This treatment is 100% organic and free.
My birds do not charge me for this treatment, and give me meat and eggs as a bonus.
I kept birds before my beekeeping adventure so I thought I may as well employ them to control bee enemies.
i live in south Mississippi and the shb are very bad down here, the solution i have found to my problem with them, keep in mind i'm a small timer,only 4 hives, is the IPK beetle trap, it replaces the bottom board with a tray, the tray has a tray in side that holds vegi oil. as the beetles come in they fall through the screen and drown in the oil. this has kept my hive's from being slimmed and helps keep the shb under control. i have tried all kinds of things but this is the one thing that has helped me, the only draw back is you need to check it every 2-3 weeks to replace the oil in the tray. if u have large quantities of hives it may not be cost effective. they are a little expensive but the web site shows how u can build it yourself if u like.
kindest regards
God helps those who help themselves, the government helps those who don't want to work!
On occasion I have found one or two live beetles in my hive running for cover before I squished them. At what point are they a problem to the hive when you live in an area that has sub freezing temperatures? Surely, the beetle traps do not get all the adult beetles and in the south there is no killing temperatures during the winter to curb their populations. So there has to be a minimum population where the bee and the beetle can coexist otherwise there would be no hives in the south.
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping


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Key Largo residents are getting more county services than they are being taxed for, according to initial documents provided by Monroe County.
A small group of influential Key Largo and Tavernier residents have begun meeting monthly to explore breaking off from the county and forming their own municipality.
As part of their investigation, the residents have made multiple public records requests in an effort to determine whether Key Largo is carrying a high tax burden relative to the services it receives.
The sentiment among incorporation proponents is that the Upper Keys island is a donor community, and that Lower Keys residents benefit the most while Key Largo is treated by the county as a "red-headed stepchild."
Key Largo, though, at least according to Kevin Madok, the county's senior director of strategic planning, is getting more than it gives. The numbers show that the island, excluding the private Ocean Reef Club, sends the county about $17 million in tax revenue and gets back $21 million in services.
County Commissioner Sylvia Murphy, a Tavernier resident, has met with members of the group and believes the county is meeting the needs of Key Largo.
"I ask them what they want, and they're getting it," Murphy said. "It might not be next month."
Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District Manager Margaret Blank, however, dismisses the numbers crunched by the county.
"Off the top of my head, it doesn't pass the sanity test," she said in an email. "It also doesn't match up with previous incorporation studies."
Previous feasibility studies paid for by incorporation proponents described Key Largo as a donor community.
Blank said Madok's numbers are misleading because they include funding from the state and federal governments.
"If they are including that silliness in their calculations, then it would certainly skew the numbers," she said.
Blank believes the county's data has provided more questions than answers.
"My sense is that the county does not have any mechanism to determine where revenue is collected and where it is spent," she said.
The wastewater chief is upset with the county for what she describes as a lack of support in Key Largo's effort to pay down debt for state-mandated sewer construction. The Key Largo district is carrying about $80 million in debt and is paying about $7 million a year to service it.
As far as wastewater is concerned, Murphy said she and the county are focused on getting the last area of unincorporated Monroe County hooked up to a central sewer -- the Cudjoe Regional Wastewater System -- before the state's December 2015 deadline. Paying down debt, she explained, is not an immediate priority.
For Key Largo residents, that debt means monthly rates that now average $60 might increase in the coming years. After the state Legislature this spring failed to send an expected $20 million grant to Key Largo, the district is now mulling whether to refinance a $21 million loan due in 2017. Waiting until next year or after to refinance could mean higher interest rates, officials explain.
Jon Sorenesen, a Key Largo contractor and airline pilot, said the incorporation group is prepared to conduct its own feasibility study.
"I don't know that I agree with those numbers," he said of the county's figures.
Another member of the incorporation group, Tavernier's John Hammerstrom, said he too wants to see additional financial data.
Incorporation was voted down in Key Largo in 1999 by a 2-1 margin. Murphy said she believes the margin of defeat would be 3-1 if a vote to incorporate were held again.


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ICHEC provides direct consortium support to a number of projects. This support takes the form of a member of the ICHEC scientific staff committing a portion of their time to that individual project over a given period. Below you will see listed the activities that are underway in 2009 along with some details. This type of work complements the normal issue specific Helpdesk support by being broader in nature and more long term.
Typically the process begins by the user and ICHEC staff defining the scope of the work. All users are strongly encouraged to engage in this activiity. It is a great opportunity to work hand in hand with ICHEC staff, pick up tips and tricks and help ICHEC to better understand your objectives.
If you already have an ICHEC project and feel consortium support is something that could be valuable to your project or would like to discuss the possibilities for such support in the context of preparing a project application please feel free to contact us.
|Consortium Support Activities
|Project title: Effects of electric and electromagnetic fields on nanoparticle-protein systems
|PI: Dr. Niall English
|Project Code: ndphy010a
|ICHEC computational scientists: Mr. Gilles Civario
|Duration: March 2009 - March 2011
|Aim: By working in close collaboration with Dr English, we aim to provide assistance in code installation, script development, job creation and adaptation, data preparation and analysis.
|Outcome: Numerous scientific packages have been installed and tested on all the ICHEC machines, and several PRACE ones. Furthermore, for all of them, some sample submission scripts and job settings have been created and/or adapted from existing ones. The PI is now in a position to submit efficiently his jobs on almost whatever machine he has access to.
|Project title: Minimum Number of Clues Problem
|PI: Prof. Gary McGuire
|Project Code: ndmat003c
|ICHEC computational scientists: Mr. Gilles Civario
|Duration: July 2009 - July 2010
|Aim: Evaluating the feasibility of a class A application to solve the underlying hitting set problem, according to the current computing time limits in ICHEC. Parallelising and optimising the code so that it could run efficiently in as many different machines as possible. Defining a proper data representation and storage format for both the inputs and outputs.
|Outcome: The code has successfully been parallelised. Furthermore, in close collaboration with its initial developer, it has been optimised and debugged in a way that wouldn't have been possible otherwise. The code has been successfully used on all ICHEC machines and several PRACE ones. Some more work has to be carried out to prepare it ready for a class A application, or for an international grand challenge application.
|Project title: Parallel algorithms for protein molecular dynamics
|PI: Professor Giovanni Ciccotti
|Project Code: ucd01
|ICHEC computational scientists: Mr. Alin Elena
|Duration: December 2009 - July 2010
|Aim: Together with Dr Grazia Cottone the aim is to explore and revisit parallel algorithms to speed up protein molecular dynamics. The long term goal is to specialise a general molecular dynamics code eg dl_poly3 and/or 4. A set of utilities is to be created and updated.
|Outcome: Progress was made in the investigation of adding different constraints to a protein. dl_protein utilities to prepare the input for dl_poly were updated.
|Project title: Electronic Properties of Oxidised Silicon Nanowires
|PI: Dr. Giorgos Fagas
|Project Code: tiphy012b
|ICHEC computational scientists: Mr. Alin Elena
|Duration: December 2009 - July 2010
|Aim: Parallelisation of TIMES, code written by Dr Fagas. The work is to be carried in 3 distinct phases. Phase 1: Data replication parallelism. Phase 2: New algorithms investigations, optimisation, refactoring and documentation. Phase 3: Data parallelism implementation.
|Outcome: Phase 1 was completed. Preparing to start phase 2.
|Project title: Development of a large scale ab initio electron transport simulation program
|PI: Dr. Ivan Rungger
|Project Code: tcphy016b
|ICHEC computational scientist: Mr. Alin Elena
|Duration: January 2010 - January 2011
|Aim: Working together with Dr Rungger we aim to develop an efficient way of computing the inverse of a large tridiagonal matrix for applications in electronic structure and transport calculations and integrate it with the group's existing code. This is a continuation of a previous collaboration with the group. We intend to enable the investigation of systems with 100000 orbitals, increasing by a factor of 3 what can currently be achieved.
|Outcome: Work in progress.
|Project title: Seismic source modelling and propagation in complex 3D Earth models
|PI: Dr. Gareth O'Brien
|Project Code: ndear008b
|ICHEC computational scientist: Mr. Ivan_Girotto
|Duration: June 2009 - June 2010
|Aim: The aim is to assist research activity that already ICHEC computational resources. The optimisation of the codes now running on Stokes will be first step. Then, the analysis will also focus on the scalability performance to possibly examine a problem which may be suitable for the Blue Gene architecture. Furthermore we will move data to standard formats, improving portability and reducing the effort necessary to access both standard data visualisation tools and the advanced ICHEC data visualisation hardware.
The second objective will be to integrate all the codes now used from the research group in an unique collection of tools. A central code repository will be initially hosted by ICHEC providing shared access to the research group and collaborators.
|Outcome: Initial code optimisation has shown good improvement. Code analysis pointed out that enhancement and reorganisation of the code will be beneficial and complementary to a 3D data distribution which is to be implemented. It is foreseen that this data distribution and associated communication pattern should give greater scalability to satisfy next scientific challenge planned by the group.
|Project title: Performance Analysis of Low-Density Parity-Check Codes Derived from Finite Inversive Spaces
|PI: Dr. Marcus Greferath
|Project Code: ndeng003a
|ICHEC computational scientist: Mr. Gilles Civario
|Duration: September 2008 - Dec 2009
|Aim: The aim of this activity is to port the PI's code to ICHEC systems and to develop and/or re-develop some modules of the existing code.
|Outcome: New code has been developed and is being used for production runs.
|Project title: Topological phases in quantum lattice systems
|PI: Dr. Jiri Vala
|Project Code: nmphy002a
|ICHEC computational scientist: Mr. Gilles Civario
|Duration: July 2006 - June 2009
|Aim: The aim of this activity is to port their code on ICHEC HPC systems and help them in the development of new features in this code.
|Outcome: Completed.
|Project title: The Tree of One Hundred Percent
|PI: Dr. James McInerney
|Project Code: nmlif004b
|ICHEC computational scientists: Dr. Simon Wong
|Duration: February 2009 - June 2009
|Aim: Concaterpillar is a package used for phylogenetic analyses that may be executed in parallel using an MPI library written in the Python language. It had consistently failed to complete when executed on the local compute cluster in Maynooth, as well as on Stokes, owing to obscure memory issues. The problem appeared to be a conflict between the MPI library and thread handling, or issues with the MPI library itself.
|Outcome: Concaterpillar (v1.3) was installed on Stokes along with corrective code modifications. The user in question was able to carry out the originally-intended analysis to completion. The results from the analysis have been incorporated into the user's PhD thesis and they are likely to be included in a journal publication.
|Project title: Identifying Taxon Restricted Genes in Higher Plants and Epigenomics of genome dosage in Arabidopsis thaliana
|PI: Dr. Charlie Spillane
|Project Code: uclif007b
|ICHEC computational scientists: Dr. Simon Wong
|Duration: : February 2009 - April 2009
|Aim: Interproscan is a software package that combines a range of protein domain/motif searching algorithms and databases that is designed to run on compute clusters; by default it achieves parallelism by multiple job submissions to a batch scheduling system. The default set-up, while possible to implement on Stokes, is very inefficient, to the point where sequential runs may be preferable. Hence modification of the code was carried out in order to improve efficiency.
|Outcome: Interproscan (v4.4) was installed on Stokes along with code modifications which allows it to carry out different searches in parallel. While there is room for improvements in the speed-up and it is still limited in its scalability, the installed software module on Stokes have enabled the group to carry out domain searches on large datasets (full genomes with ~28,000 queries) which would have otherwise taken weeks/months instead of days. It is expected that the output from the analyses will be incorporated into a publication. The package on Stokes is also easily available to other users, saving the required effort for what is arguably a time-consuming installation process. At least one other user from a different project has taken advantage of the installed package on Stokes.
|Project title: Identifying Taxon Restricted Genes in Higher Plants
|PI: Dr. Charlie Spillane
|Project Code: uclif006c
|ICHEC computational scientists: Dr. Simon Wong
|Duration: January 2009 - April 2009
|Aim: Modification & configuration of Interproscan 4.4 for use on Stokes. Set-up of sequence databases. Assistance with running packages such as mpiBLAST.
|Outcome: Completed, work carried forward to uclif007b.
|Project title: Annotation & analysis of the Panagrolaimus superbus genome.
|PI: Prof. Ann Burnell
|Project Code: nmlif007c
|ICHEC computational scientists: Dr. Simon Wong
|Duration: September 2009 - March 2009
|Aim: Gene repertoire comparisons among species (especially those with more than two species) are not straight-forward due to difficulties in determining homologous/orthologous relationships. Following discussions with the user, a scheme based on graphs and BLAST reciprocal best hits was devised to generate comparative gene repertoire results among three nematode species.
|Outcome: The new method had resolved some incongruent numbers previously encountered by the user; it avoids unnecessary complexity. The results from the analysis was to be used for a conference presentation.
|Project title: Coupled Ocean-atmosphere Climate Modelling
|PI: Dr. Michael Hartnett
|Project Code: ngear003b
|ICHEC computational scientists: Mr. Alastair McKinstry
|Duration: April 2009 - April 2011
|Aim: Coupled ocean-atmosphere model with improved geochemical processes
|Outcome: REMOTE20 model has been OpemMP-optimised, resulting in a 5-fold speedup on Stokes nodes. The ECOMSED chemistry code has been translated to Fortran90 enabling vector-speedup; It is being parallelized with MPI now.
|Project title: Present and future statistics of extreme European storms
|PI: Dr Rodrigo Caballero
|Project Code: ndear009b
|ICHEC computational scientists: Mr. Alastair McKinstry
|Duration: March 2009 - March 2010
|Aim: Ensemble prediction of extreme storms over the next century
|Outcome: Work in progress on optimisation and optimal nested scheduling of runs.
|Project title: Optimisation of WRF community Weather model using GPGPU units
|PI: Prof. John Sweeney
|ICHEC computational scientists: Ms. Nicola McDonnell, Mr. Alastair McKinstry
|Duration: September 2009 - September 2010
|Aim: Experimental porting and scaling of WRF weather model used by NUI Maynooth to Nvidia GPGPU hardware
|Outcome: Initial porting work in completed and benchmarking carried out.
|Project title: Theory of ferromagnetism in diluted and defective oxides
|PI: Prof. Stefano Sanvito
|Project Code: tcphy004a
|ICHEC computational scientists: Mr. Alin Elena & Dr. Michael Browne
|Duration: January 2009 - July 2009
|Aim: Working together with Dr Ivan Rungger we aim to develop an efficient way of computing the inverse of a large tridiagonal matrix for applications in electronic structure and transport calculations and integrate it with the group's existing code.
|Outcome: A serial and parallel OpenMP enabled MKL method using MKL has been implemented. The code is now in production use. Systems up to 10 times larger than before can now be investigated.
|Project title: Spin and charge polarons and their impact on magnetism and charge transport in oxides
|PI: Dr. Charles Patterson
|Project Code: tcphy008b
|ICHEC computational scientists: Mr. Alin Elena
|Duration: March 2009 - March 2010
|Aim: The aim is to refactor and optimize exciton code written by Dr Charles Patterson.
|Outcome: This work has been completed.
|Project title: A finite element analysis of the microscale forces that drive cell-derived tissue formation: a tissue engineering solution
|PI: Dr. Noel Harrison
|Project Code: ngeng012b
|ICHEC computational scientists: Dr. Michael Browne
|Duration: November 2008 - March 2009
|Aim: The aim is to assist in optimising memory usage and environment configuration to allow increasingly large jobs to run.
|Outcome: Completed. The work enabled the team to complete an important series of simulations which has lead to the following publication: A prediction of cell differentiation and proliferation within a collagen-glycosaminoglycan scaffold subjected to mechanical strain and perfusive fluid flow. By: AJF Stops, KB Heraty, M Browne, FJ O'Brien, PE McHugh. Journal of Biomechanics, November 2009
|Project title: First Principles Simulations of Shape Memory Alloys Based on NiTi
|PI: Dr. Michal Nolan
|Project Code: tiche010b
|ICHEC computational scientists: Dr. Michael Browne
|Duration: October 2009 - December 2009
|Aim: The aim is to use compiler based bounds checking and tools such as Valgrind to uncover a number of bugs in the lastest release of the VASP package. Where possible workaround or fixes will be produced and feedback to the maintainers.
|Outcome: A number of overrun bugs have been found that effect parrallel runs, some of which can be masked by differing compiler output.
In addition ICHEC has supported the following users who have been successful in gaining access to European systems via the PRACE prototype programme. Due to the nature of the systems involved the work involves porting codes to new systems and scaling to take advantage of those systems.
|PRACE Prototype Access Project Support
|PI: Dr. Niall English, University College Dublin
|PI: Dr. Turlough Downes, Dublin City University
|PI: Dr. Damien Thompson, Tyndall National Institute
|PI: Prof. James Greer, Tyndall National Institute
|PI: Prof. Gary McGuire, University College Dublin


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Police arrest estranged husband
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Newschannel 13 is uncovering more information about the deadly shooting of a pregnant woman including new information neighbors are sharing with us.
We've also learned Colorado Springs police arrested her estranged husband Monday night (9/9/13) in connection with her death.
A home on Woodstock Street in the Security-Widefield area is where the Jones family used to live.
"We would always say hi in passing. It was just a really nice family," said neighbor Amanda Williams.
Expecting mom 32-year-old Lakeisha Jones has three kids: ages 4, 10 and 12.
Monday morning (9/10/13), police got a call. Lakeisha had been shot and later died in the hospital.
"I was really surprised," said Williams.
Even more surprising to Williams was the man officers arrested: Lakeisha's estranged husband Andre Jones.
"I would've never anticipated that. He was just a really down-to-earth guy working two jobs to support his family," said Williams.
He was a friendly neighbor to the Williams.
"My dog really liked him and would run to him," she said with a laugh.
Known as "Dre", Wlliams says he moved out of the house within the last week, but Lakeisha has been gone for several months. Police tell Newschannel 13 the couple was separated.
A working mom at Walmart, Lakeisha has been living in the Summit Apartments for three weeks before she was shot.
"All around, it's tragic because she was someone's mother," said Colorado Springs Police spokesperson Barbara Miller.
Williams said this when we told her the estranged husband is the main suspect in Lakeisha's death.
"I've never suspected anything," said Williams.
Doctors were able to save Jones' baby girl after a c-section. She was in the hospital in critical condition as of Tuesday night (9/10/13).
Many people reached out to Newschannel 13 on Facebook offering their prayers for the family. Friends said she was a very funny, kind woman.


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From private island hideaways to quirky boutique hotels, this year's hottest properties signal a new era of decadence.
Want to be in the hip crowd? Here are 10 of the smartest and sexiest hotels due to open around the world in 2013.
Shangri-La Hotel, The Shard, London
This 202-room hotel (shangri-la.com/london) in the heart of London will be "the" opening of the year.
Located in the architecturally dramatic "Shard" building in central London, the hotel will occupy floors 34 to 52 of the 95-storey skyscraper, with views across the city.
The hotel rooms will be some of the largest five-star digs in London, averaging about 42 square metres each, while there will be 17 luxury suites for those who want more.
A hotel monitoring agency, Tophotelprojects, says the Shangri-La will represent "a new superlative" in luxury hotels. It is due to open in the second quarter of the year. Rates are to be announced.
The Refinery, New York
The latest addition to Manhattan's boutique hotel scene is The Refinery (refineryhotelnewyork.com), so named for its location in New York's Garment District.
Due to open in March, the hotel is positioned in a grand old New York building, the Colony Arcade, and reflects a combination of the old and the new.
Downstairs is a cafe and bar with plaid-patterned wood walls and old tea parlour furnishings, along with an entrance featuring vaulted ceilings that nod to the neo-Gothic facade. Upstairs is loft-like accommodation with concrete ceilings and distressed-hardwood floors, with bathrooms featuring mosaic-stone flooring, polished brass and antique bronze.
The large rooftop terrace offers views of the neighbouring Empire State Building and city skyline and is divided into indoor and outdoor areas for all seasons.
Rates for The Refinery start at about $310 a night.
Parkroyal on Pickering, Singapore
Opening this month in downtown Singapore, The Parkroyal on Pickering (parkroyalhotels.com/pickering) sets a new standard for eco-design, with huge indoor gardens and comprehensive energy-saving features such as light, rain and motion sensors.
The hotel is being described as a "hotel within a garden", thanks to its 15,000 square metres of gardens, waterfalls and planter walls.
The indoor gardens constitute more than twice the hotel's total land area and are kept alive by rain harvesting and recycled water.
The Parkroyal on Pickering is the work of Australian architect Richard Hassell and includes a dedicated "wellness floor" with a terrace pool, fitness centre, "chill out" cabanas and 300-metre garden jogging track.
Opening rates are about $220 a room a night, including breakfast.
The Chedi Andermatt, Switzerland
With a price tag of more than $300 million and only 50 rooms and suites, this Swiss Alps resort (thechedi-andermatt.com) is being touted as one of the most glamorous hotels in Europe.
Tophotelprojects says the Chedi will be the new landmark hotel of the Andermatt Swiss Alps resort and hotel estate, turning it into an international tourism hot spot.
Chedi means "temple" and the resort's facilities will include an elegant wine and cigar room, two fine-dining restaurants and a fashionable apres-ski bar.
The hotel is due to open towards the end of this year.
The Sanchaya, Indonesia
On the northern shores of Indonesia's Bintan Island, this exclusive hideaway (thesanchaya.com) is more like a private island than a resort.
Due to open in the first half of this year, the property has just 19 villas and nine suites, all individually designed and featuring local art and artefacts. The villas and suites will be equipped with the best, from Bang & Olufsen television and sound systems to 400-thread-count Egyptian cotton percale bedding.
Rates will start at about $435 a room a night, including limousine transfers, daily breakfast, laundry service and refreshments.
Access to Bintan Island is via a 40-minute ferry ride or private boat transfer from Singapore.
Capella Washington, DC
Around-the-clock personal assistants will be just part of the bespoke service at this 49-room boutique hotel (capellahotels.com/washingtondc) in Georgetown, Washington, DC.
The hotel is promising its guests behind-the-scenes access to some of the capital's top attractions, to ensure they obtain a true feel for DC. culture, as well as in-hotel niceties such as complimentary in-room refreshment centres, flexible check-in times and complimentary laundry pressing service.
The Capella hotel group was founded by Horst Schulze, who is regarded as the man who defined luxury hotel standards during his time at Ritz-Carlton.
The Capella Washington, DC. opens in April, with rates starting about $570 a night.
Sofitel So Singapore
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is rumoured to be behind the interior design of this quirky hotel (sofitel.com), which is due to open in July.
Just as Christian Lacroix designed the executive lounge of the Sofitel So Bangkok, Lagerfeld is expected to leave his mark on this contemporary Singapore hotel, which is housed in a 19th-century building with a neo-classical facade.
The hotel's atrium will be decorated with floating lighting sculptures made out of crystal and paper and designed to resemble jellyfish, while bee and beehive motifs will be found throughout the hotel, linking to the Napoleonic Empire and French roots of the hotel's owner.
The Sofitel So Singapore is in the central business district and rates will start about $235 a night.
Banyan Tree Kerala, India
Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts will make its debut in India with the Banyan Tree Kerala (banyantree.com), due to open in May.
Set on a private island in the Alleppey district of Kerala in southern India, the resort will have 59 villas, each with private pool and views of surrounding waterways.
The villas feature local architecture such as gabled roofs and carved wooden facades, along with local art and indigenous materials such as coir fibre from coconut husks.
For the health-conscious, there will be an ayurvedic centre with qualified ayurvedic doctors, along with a day spa, gymnasium and a yoga pavilion.
The resort is an hour south of Cochin International Airport and is accessed by boat, with rates starting about $460 a night.
Paris Pajol Hostel, Paris
Proving that good design doesn't have to come with a big price tag, the Paris Pajol Hostel (hihostels.com) combines style, sustainability and affordability in the heart of the city.
The hostel is in a refurbished warehouse previously used by the French national railway company and has a large indoor green space complete with trees and ponds - a "haven in the turmoil and bustle of busy Paris".
Paris Pajol is within a five-minute walk of Gare du Nord, the railway station used by Eurostar, and will have its own restaurant and bar, as well as self-catering facilities.
The hostel is due to open in April and prices start about $35 a person a night, including breakfast.
Mira Moon, Hong Kong
If you tire of hotels that all look the same, the Mira Moon (miramoonhotel.com) is bringing something different to Hong Kong.
Due to open midyear, the funky and unusual property is intended as a modern interpretation of the Moon Festival mythology, with characters featured throughout the hotel.
The 91-room venue also uses traditional Chinese fabrics, carved timbers and crystal in its eclectic and theatrical interiors.
The Mira Moon is in the Wanchai district and will have a cocktail bar, restaurant and gym, with rates yet to be announced.
A few more for the road
- The Thief, Norway (thethief.com), a super-cool, art-themed hotel in the Tjuvholmen district of Oslo, with designer furniture and in-room spa treatments. Opened this month.
- InterContinental Dubai Marina (ichotelsgroup.com), offering luxury rooms, water views, numerous restaurants and a large nightclub. Opening towards the end of 2013.
- The Oak Bay Beach Hotel (oakbaybeachhotel.com), a five-star oceanfront resort, opened this month in British Columbia, Canada, with a focus on wine and fine food.
- The Regent Bali (regenthotels.com), an all-suite, beachfront Bali resort with 24-hour butler service, opening in March.
- Anantara Abu Dhabi (anantara.com); choose between beach villas with views of the Arabian Sea and luxury villas within Sir Bani Yas Island's Arabian wildlife park, opening in February and April, respectively.
- Hotel Indigo, Hong Kong Island (hotelindigo.com), opening in March in the historic Wanchai district, featuring a dramatic glass-bottomed pool and individually styled rooms.
- The Langham, Chicago (chicago.langhamhotels.com), due to open in late 2013 in a historic Mies van der Rohe building on the Chicago waterfront, with some of the largest hotel rooms in the city.


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Those endless hallways in NYC pre-war buildings
I spend about 90% of my day in this hallway. All the rooms connect from it on the right. I'm sure there is an official name for this horrible floor layout, but I like to call it the Let's Make a Deal floor plan. When people come over and ask where the bathroom is, I tell them, "Pick a door!" If I painted numbers on all the doors, my bathroom would be door number 2. Don't pick door number 3. It usually has three goats inside.
When we first moved in, the hallway was my least favorite thing about the apartment. It was endless, boring, and dark. So we made it a mission to decorate it like any other room in the house.
Here's the five things we did to make the hallway tolerable:
1. A carpet runner. We got ours from Flor. I liked that we could customize the length and reshape the carpet tiles the next time we move.
2. Lighting. When we moved in, there was a single ugly light fixture in the middle of the hallway. We replaced it with three of these from CB2 and had the landlord hardwired them. So much brighter!
2. A place to dump my keys and mail. Rob found a small bookshelf off craigslist. It's perfect. See here and scroll down for a pic.
3. Art. Check out this post for more details on how I blew up the pictures.
5. Color. Rob painted the door blue yesterday. I threw out the exact paint color. Sorry. I'll look for it the next time I go to the hardware store.
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- Angie PJune 27, 2011 at 10:59 AM
Love all these ideas! I too have a couple long hallways which are still bare after 4yrs! Thanks for the ideas!ReplyDelete
thanks Angie!ReplyDelete
Wow, way to turn that hall into something worth "hall-ering" about. Yikes, I just typed that! No really, it looks great. Love the lights especially.ReplyDelete
love the blue door! it's amazing what a little pop of color. but, as usual, my favorite thing about these photos are your kids :)ReplyDelete
oh and railroad style, that's what it's officially called i thinkReplyDelete
hello there, fellow new yorker! i love what you've done with the place. i only wish my apartment was big enough to have a hallway! :)ReplyDelete
libby: ha, i read your comment twice and laughed both timesReplyDelete
liz: ah, yes railroad. call me foo
rebecca: thanks!
you've always been so artistic and talented! The hallway looks awesomeReplyDelete
It really looks awesome, you guys did a great job. I especially love the blue door. I bought a chandelier last year that's sitting in a box... do you think Luca will hardwire it for me? I never thought to ask him.ReplyDelete
Great door! And I love the lighting. I have a similar long hallway in my apt...I love it. And my little guy uses it to ride his bike and race his cars.ReplyDelete
Love what you've done... I'm taking notes for my endless hallway.ReplyDelete
Railroad is actually an apartment WITHOUT a hallway. Each room leads directly into the next, thereby requiring you, in some apartments, to go through a bedroom to get to the kitchen.ReplyDelete
The converse is my apartment, which has NO hallways. It means all the space is usable, which is nice, but it also means I feel like I'm living in a suite in a dorm.
Greetings from your neighbor, Samantha's mom, a member of the what I like to callReplyDelete
"The Kids in the Hall." I love that the kids on our floor get to play in the building's hallway every now and then, tho our neighbors w/o children are probably not so thrilled. I'm going to Flor to get a runner for my kitchen, which has hideous faux wood tiling from several centuries ago.
that oversized photobooth strip is AMAZING! i am dying. when my husband and i land ourselves in our new apartment, that will be craft project number one!ReplyDelete
You have the best sense of humor. I love reading your blog!ReplyDelete
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