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How corporations act according to Tim Robbins.
Tim Robbins: Let me explain to you how this works: you see, the corporations finance Team America, and then Team America goes out... and the corporations sit there in their... in their corporation buildings, and... and, and see, they're all corporationey... and they make money.
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text: I'm thinking about putting a beehive in my backyard. I've been planting the yard with plants that are attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. The anise hyssop is very attractive to hummers, and I also put up a hummingbird feeder. Both hummers and butterflies began to show up with some frequency last summer, along with many bumblebees. I want them to keep coming and I'm wondering if having a backyard beehive will deter them. I would be grateful to hear of the experience of any other backyard beekeepers in this area. Thanks.

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Sigmar Polke has constantly defied aesthetic boundaries in his work, extending the visual vocabularies of painting, photography, and printmaking through a mercurial working process. His investigations into the effects that can be achieved by embracing a vast range of materials, pictorial sources, and art practices have been highly influential to successive generations of artists. Within his wealth of material can also be found mystery—he is frequently called enigmatic, elliptical, obscure. Over the past forty years, he has created a body of work that continues to provoke and entrance, marking a significant bridge between the twentieth century and the twenty-first.
Polke was born in 1941 in Oels, Silesia (the eastern part of Germany at the time), now Olesnica, Poland. His father was trained as an architect and descended from ironworkers who had decorated Baroque churches. When Polke was twelve, his family immigrated to West Germany. At eighteen, he apprenticed with a glass painter, learning a centuries-old art form that was experiencing a revival due to the need for restoration after the war. From 1961 to 1967, he was enrolled at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, an environment rife with ideas.1 The highly influential artist Joseph Beuys taught there from 1961 to 1972, and its students in the 1960s were eager to bring to their work a new sense of the social and democratic. Many felt the reverberations of American Pop Art, with its appropriation of commercial images, and the more international movement of Fluxus, which drew from performative impulses and pedestrian, often found materials. It was during this period that Polke, together with fellow students Gerhard Richter and Konrad Lueg,2 cofounded a movement that was coined "Capitalist Realism" in 1963.3 The term was a rhetorical play on Socialist Realism, then the official style of East Germany. Polke's paintings of the period embraced banal subject matter and verbal and pictorial clichés of advertising. His "dot paintings," or Rasterbilder, produced between 1963 and 1969, were hand-painted renditions of mechanically generated images (mainly found photographs), and were both a parody of and commentary on the slickness of mechanical reproduction appearing in American Pop.
Polke has always been an avid documenter, and has used photography as a tool to record both his surroundings and events performed for the camera. In his earliest photographs, such as Bamboostange Liebt Zollstockstern (Bamboo Pole Loves Folding Ruler Star) (1968–1969), he continued to embrace the quotidian subject matter of his paintings. The series of fifteen deadpan black-and-white photographs was taken with a Rollei, a box camera that produces 120-millimeter square negatives. Polke's camera had a faulty shutter, which could yield somewhat hallucinatory double exposures.4 Arrayed in three rows, the photographs depict a curious lexicon of commonplace objects—a ruler, a pitcher spilling paper "liquid," a pair of scissors suspended over a glass of water—that through the artist's deft staging appear to take on magical properties. The images are imparted with his signature merging of the playful and the serious, and though seemingly straightforward, emerge as eerily iconic. In the 1970s, Polke began an intensive exploration of photography and film, traveling in France, Brazil, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States. The rich and innovative work from this period would influence his activities in other media as he explored the mutability of imagery via the chemical world of the darkroom.
As he matured as a painter, Polke increasingly began to draw upon allusion as subject in his work, invoking not only the here and now of contemporary life but also history, art history, allegory, and myth. His experimentation with photographic chemicals in the 1970s laid the groundwork for a body of paintings in the 1980s that were grandly scaled pictures made on a panoply of synthetic fabrics with metallurgic substances and chemicals that changed color with variances in temperature and humidity. He also began to explore the effects of painting on translucent surfaces, creating a tour de force body of large-scale paintings executed on skins of synthetic fabric in lieu of traditional canvas. His use of common textiles was not new: earlier paintings had combined representational imagery with the existing textures and patterns of such supports as tablecloths, upholstery fabrics, blankets, and dish towels. On the sheer polyester of the later paintings, which revealed the grid of wooden stretcher bars beneath, Polke layered washes of lacquer, artificial resin, and varnish. These abstractions became a veil for an arsenal of appropriated material—the artist is an omnivorous collector of images—ranging from early European engravings and illustrations to graphics drawn from contemporary print media and advertisements.
In 1994, the Walker Art Center acquired a comprehensive archive of prints and other editioned works spanning the first thirty years of Polke's career. This growing collection comprises a remarkable body of work, including prints, photographs, three-dimensional constructions, artist's books, and other special publications. Just as Polke's paintings have been a means for him to explore his experimental attitude toward materials, his editions are fashioned from an eclectic array of pigments on surfaces that include velour, imitation leather, and wallpaper. He has also made forays into sculptural editions, as in the 1969 multiple Apparat, mit dem eine Kartoffel eine andere umkreisen kann (Apparatus Whereby One Potato Can Orbit Another), an offhanded homage to Marcel Duchamp's iconic bicycle wheel, in which Polke affixed a found object—in this case a potato—to the underside of a stool, where it circles a second potato with the aid of a simple motor.5 Many of his editions also incorporate photography, both in their imagery and in the use of photographically derived printing techniques, as in Freundinnen (Girl Friends) (1967), an early "dot" print based on an image enlarged from the newspaper, then commercially reprinted.
One of the artist's seminal print works is the photo-based series Higher Beings Command (1967). The images in the portfolio initially seem to suggest a narrative, though their relation to one another is ambiguous.6 A number of the prints reference the palm tree, an image Polke cunningly constructs from such unlikely materials as cotton, glass, bread dough, buttons, a glove, and the human body. He appears in action in at least five of these prints, inviting the series to be read as both a performance and a fragmented self-portrait, one that might provide insight into the mind of an artist who has continued to elude, fascinate, and expand the possibilities of his craft.
At the Kunstakademie, Polke studied primarily with Karl Otto Götz and Gerhard Hoehme. By the end of the 1950s, German art academies were dominated by German versions of post-Surrealist automatist movements such as Tachisme (exemplified by the 1953 Group, of which Hoehme was a part), and Art Informel. ↩
Konrad Lueg (1939–1996), a painter, also had an illustrious career as an art dealer under the name Konrad Fischer. ↩
In October 1963, Lueg and Richter staged a performance in a Düsseldorf furniture store, where they positioned themselves in lounge chairs perched on pedestals. The action was entitled "Life with Pop: A Demonstration for Capitalist Realism." See Karl Ruhrburg, "Revolt and Acceptance—Düsseldorf in the Sixties," in Klaus Schrenk, ed., Upheavals, Manifestos, Manifestations: Conceptions in Art at the Beginning of the Sixties, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Munich, (Cologne: DuMont Buchverlag, 1984), 86–97. ↩
For a discussion of Polke's earliest photographic techniques and imagery, see Maria Morris Hambourg, "Polke's Recipes for Arousing the Soul," in Paul Schimmel, ed., Sigmar Polke Photoworks: When Pictures Vanish, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1995), 39–50. ↩
Potatoes are a food whose generative capacity fascinated the artist. He used them as the subject of a number of early works, including Kartoffelhaus (Potato House) (1967), which he documented in photographs. ↩
The images in the portfolio are based on photographs taken by Polke and Chris Kohlhöfer between 1966 and 1968. ↩


text: guys, i have a 1990 k1500 with 5.7 v-8. to clear all check engine light codes, is it enough to just remove the positive battery cable for a few minutes, then reconnect ? i just ready online someone suggest pulling both battery cables, then turning on the inside interior light, to discharge all stored power, then reconnect. is all the really necessary ? thanks guys


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Zumba Your Way to Amazing Abs!
In the mood to tone up that tummy? Then go play a video game! Yep, you heard it right — the Zumba Fitness video game series just launched another workout game and this time, it promises to blast those abs!
Zumba Fitness Core incorporates dance routines that focus on sculpting your core. The routines are choreographed around 40 new songs by some of our fave artists, like
Kat Deluna and hottie Enrique Iglesias (we'd love to salsa with him!). If you don't have time for an entire 60-minute cardio sesh, the game offers 25 or 40-minute full dance workouts. Plus, there's the option of creating ab workouts by creating a playlist of all the different dances. Sounds like a little more fun than your average sit-up!
The game will be released on October 16 — roughly two weeks before we get hit with Halloween candy heaven. Drop the candy corn and concentrate on that core!


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I thought I would post some pictures of how I made my hive top enterence. The idea came from M.B. website.
First I purchased 15" cedar shims from Home Depot for $4.
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I also purchased a 1/4" 3' piece of wood for $1.
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I trimmed the shims with a utility knife. Stained and varnished them, and tacked them on top of the super.
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Did the same with the 1/4" piece of wood, then tacked it on the front of the super.
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Ms. Violette came to IPFW in 1974. She was a reference librarian, head of public services, assistant director and in 1996 became director of the Walter E. Helmke Library. In 1995 she received the Women of Achievement Award. She received degrees from Ohio State University (B.A., 1966) and Indiana University (M.L.S., 1973). She retired as Librarian Emerita in 2008.
Photo: Current, September 1995, p. 10.


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This is the first year that I am doing taxes for our LLC. I am just not sure if we should file with a CPA or use Turbo Tax Small Business.
I hear that if I run with a CPA, all I have to turn in is my Profit and Loss Statement and Balance Sheet. Then they simply put the numbers into a program that is similar to Turbo Tax.
Any thoughts, opinions, or suggestions?


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My comment is "Awaiting Moderation". Would anyone care to guess how long it might be before my comment actually get published?
I invite others to visit the link above.
My comment is "Awaiting Moderation". Would anyone care to guess how long it might be before my comment actually get published?
I invite others to visit the link above.
USDA Zone 7A Elevation 1400 ft
From 6:59 to 7:30 Borderbeeman apparently had too much coffee and free time. It ended with "European Science just crushed your gonads in a vice." Does that honestly pass for civil? Not sure what it takes to get banned or at least flagged on this site any more.
This is the same style study supported "science" that was used to justify all types of European governmental actions in the 30's and early 40's. Notice how Borderbeeman is already creating an out for not finding the results they need to justify banning "Big Ag" pesticides in the 2 years they've got? They need more time... more time... more time. In fact all they want to do is destroy some large argicultural suppliers, by any means neccesary. At this time it's with inuendos and public opinion, not repeatable scientifically accepted result based studies. They don't care, the end justify the means.
Ninja, is not in the dictionary. Well played Ninja's, well played...
Aside from being amusing, it will also get you branded as a "lead attack dog" and make you eligible for a bribe/payoff check from the industry. What's not to like? Free money! Note that Barry has already cashed in and got his big buyout!
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So is that outright blatant lying? I think so given who it is coming from. What the denial had originally been and what the past has revealed to us about contamination of the environment. I simply cannot believe that anyone can really think they will not contaminate the environment with a product that is coating seed. What I do find surprising is that there are still so many that will believe it. They knew without a doubt that anything and everything would end up exposed to this stuff and they don't care.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
Daniel, your in an area that has no crops how are your winter losses?? should be nirvana out there.......
No one has ever claimed they do not invade the enviorment, anymore than our breathing invades the environment. but as pointed out in many real studies, these are the better of the problems. seed coatings to stop cutworms and their friends, are much better for our world and the bees than the other Chemecials used. I realize your not in farming ground, but without these treatments our yields would be imediatly cut by 25% just by cutworms alone....... Cutting the worlds food by 25% is not realistic to most people ( I realize a few nutjobs are all for it) and in this case those seed coatings are the best way known right now to accomplish it. I posted a link to a very good article by Randy Oliver. I hope you read it... I know borderbee won't because it does not agree with his thoughts...
As Mark Twain said "its easier to fool the people, than convince them they have been fooled"
We should keep in mind that they have a ban on neonics in the EU starting at the end of December AND they won't grant any new GMO product approvals till 2014!
I can't imagine what the EU farmers are going to do to recover their margins.
I think that the reality of that is going shake them back out of any delusions they may have about how beneficial the decision to ban is, and the chain of repercussions it can have.
If you can't pay back your debts, you go broke. And, this is on top of a bad economy.
I think the commission may have some dogs of its own.
There is a reason we split from Europe a few hundred years ago. Let's hope were smart enough to not go down that road--but I'm building my farm just in case and have means to defend it.
I found the articles/linksthat BorderBeeman provided to be insightful. Some of the comments that were placed on this thread and other threads that he/she created were useless to the discussion as it seemed that they really were bullying and ridicule. And I have a personal distaste when I see it.
Having said that, I suffered large percentage of losses on my country beeyards but didn't suffer so much with my town beeyards and I really want to know what caused the differences.
Charlie, I am sure you believe what it is you say you believe. But in regard to our missing agriculture. I know for a fact how wrong you are. I happen to come from Kansas where I grew up on a farm. With what I learned there I now grow Tobacco in Nevada where we don't grow anything. Just a few years ago it Was Nevada Hay that we do not grow that was saving Texas cattle. And we did it with less rainfall than they got. I wonder why they where not able to grow their own. I do not for one second think that mature suddenly went haywire. I think it is lazy dependent methods.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
France is doing just fine. Even though the neonics were banned 13 years ago, I could not find a single reference to the French Farmers Union petitioning to have neonics brought back. And since the farmers wre the ones who were most likely to 'suffer' as a result of the neonics ban - this should tell you something.
You should treat yourself, go for a visit. France is the most beautiful farming country in Europe, wildflowers are chest high along every rural road, wildlife is everywhere and the wine, bread, cheese and beef are the best in the world.
Wikipedia - French Agriculture
France is the world's second largest agricultural exporter, world's sixth-largest agricultural producer and European Union's leading agricultural power, accounting for about one-third of all agricultural land within the EU.
Northern France is characterized by large wheat farms. Dairy products, pork, poultry, and apple production are concentrated in the western region. Beef production is located in central France, while the production of fruits, vegetables, and wine ranges from central to southern France. France is a large producer of many agricultural products and is currently expanding its forestry and fishery industries.
As the world's second-largest agricultural exporter, France ranks just after the United States.[21]
The destination of 70% of its exports are other EU members states. France also provide agricultural exports to many poor African countries (including its former colonies) which face serious food shortage. Wheat, beef, pork, poultry, and dairy products are the principal exports.
Exports from the United States face stiff competition from domestic production, other EU member states, and third world countries in France. U.S. agricultural exports to France, totaling some $600 million annually, consist primarily of soybeans and soybean products, feeds and fodders, seafood, and consumer products, especially snack foods and nuts. French exports to the United States are much more high value products such as cheese, processed products and wine.
I am betting that means you didn't/wont read the article........ learned to grow tobacco in Nevada??? Hmmm which hand would that be in? I am betting its left handed!(just kidding) Nevade doesn't even begin to show up on the neonic maps....... We both know that, and yet are your loses better than ours out here? you should be in Nirvana... all that virgin ag....
One of the most extensive monitoring approaches is
being conducted in France to survey the bee safety of the
thiamethoxam seed treatment in maize. The implemented
survey is aimed at evaluating the potential side-effects of the
use of coated seeds on pollinating insects, and more particularly
on the honey bee.
This survey was implemented over 3 years, covered 3 to 6 regions and involved several monitoring sites
for each region. Sites had intensive maize cultivation grown from either treated or non-treated maize
seeds. Apiaries were settled before sowing and remained until overwintering. Final data indicated a very
low exposure of bees to residues of thiamethoxam over the entire growth period, and highlighted no
product-related effect on colonies, even after several years of cohabitation.Pollinator.org P32, P35A very extensive national long-term bee health monitoring project, the "Deutsche Bienenmonitoring"
(German Bee Monitoring), is currently ongoing in Germany. In terms of the monitoring, more than
1,200 bee colonies from about 120 apiaries all over Germany are surveyed for their health and survival
in connection with all environmental factors that may potentially affect bee health. Concurrently, the
monitored hives were surveyed for pesticide residues.
The project was started in 2003, results of the first years were published by Genersch et al. (2010).
Factors that were found to be correlated with colony losses include
V. destructo
r infestation, certain
virus diseases, age of the queen and weakness of the colony; no correlations were found with
infestation and the exposure to pesticides.
A similar study was conducted in the years 2002-2005 in France. In total 125 hives from 25 apiaries
distributed over the country were surveyed over the study period regarding their health and their survival,
and pesticide residues were measured in several relevant hive matrices like pollen, beeswax and honey.
The results were published by Chauzat et al. (2006; 2009; 2011) and Chauzat and Faucon (2007). Although
a relatively high number of pesticide residues were detected from a rather broad range of compounds,
there was no correlation between pesticide residues in bee hives and colony mortality.
You should start taking detailed notes on honey stores, rates and timing of build up, and temps at the hive locations to see how different they are. Make notes of the landscaping in the town and talk to your neighboring farmers to see what they actually grow and how they grow it. Is it hayfield and dairy operations, no-till commodities w/ GMO products, organic market gardens (think there are a few in your area) etc. From there you could begin to probe reasons for the differences. Neonic use may be negligible in the area. Would take several years and then your data are still conjecture but at least you could form a semi-informed opinion on your particular situation.
This is what I'd do since it seems you may really be curious as to the cause and not just anti-neonic for the simple reason that it is a chemical made by a corporation. Much harder than fingering a villain for sure. I, personally, grow all my own veggies in a suburban lot and would not use neonics in my production unless it was to combat something VERY severe where the benefits drastically outweighed the risks. Much easier to do when I don't rely on it as a matter of survival though. Can't sit here in my comfortable home and full belly and condemn those that rely on products to better their situation (whether it ultimately betters their situation for real is a whole other debate).


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Here's some update pics of the Female Tusken sculpt , I decided to use a different clay that was alittle more firm and would have good texture memory .
Still some detail work to finish but all and all I'm happy with it so far . I'm looking to get the apperance of several layers of metal fitted togeather and spot welded.
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The act of hitting a minority while bombed on Vodka and wine coolers with an expensive automobile and ditching their mangled ass and your Mercedes bumper as you flee to your 6 story house in the suburbs.
Guy 1: Dude I have to hide the Po Po 50 is after me cuz they caught me Pulling a Senser!
Guy 2: You creamed a minorty?! I'm dippin'!
Guy 2: You creamed a minorty?! I'm dippin'!
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Plaka, modern one bed apt, Cathedral Sq.
Size65 m²
Floor No.1(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Elevator in building
- Towels
- Dishwasher
Accommodation summary
|Plateia Mitropoleos, 10556 Athens, Greece
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The apartment is overlooking the square of the Athens Cathedral, an impressive temple built in the mid1800's. The bell tower chimes to mark the time.
It is three minutes away from Monastiraki Metro Station and five minutes' walk from Syntagma metro station. If you choose to stay in here you will find yourself in the heart of historical Athens and within short walking distance to all archaeological sites, museums and galleries, as well as the commercial pedestrian zone of Ermou and the central flea market.
Numerous restaurants, tavernas and bars to cater all tastes. Organic food markets, fruit and vegetable stalls and all kinds of markets are located around the apartment. You may also access various beaches by public transport. Kalamaki, Aghios Kosmas or Glyfada.
We provide a mobile phone upon request and you buy the credit.
House rulesOther things to note
• We are happy to provide flexible check in and checkout times....so just let us know when you would like to arrive and depart and we will do our best to satisfy your requests. Please note that depending on availability check in will be by 3pm and check out is by 11am.
• Check in between the hours of 9pm and 7am.
Our staff work from 7am un¬til 9pm every day. So, if you are checking in between 9pm and 7am we have asked our reliable taxi drivers to check you in. This allows you to arrive at any time you like. You can check in at any time after 9 pm and before 7 am by simply booking your transport to the apartment via one of our trusted taxi drivers. They charge no extra to check you in. On arrival he will let you into the apartment and ask you what time you would like our permanent staff to take you on a tour of the area and to show you the apartment in detail.
House rules
• If you would like to bring a pet with you please ask if we can accommodate your pet
• Smoking is allowed only outside the apartment
• Please be respectful of our neighbours. Remember siesta is between 3pm and 5pm. Many people sleep at this time so please be careful to keep the noise level down. Also keep noise to a minimum after 11pm.
|Weekly rate for up to 3 guests
|£ 569
|Monthly rate for up to 3 guests
|£ 2354
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Reviews of this property
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It is basically the best place to be in Athens. Its location is perfect, allowing you to visit the Acropolis and its surroundings and to have drinks in very nice bars just down the street. The apartment itself is huge and very usable. We were 8 people in it and felt all very happy of it. With 220 m2, everyone could have its privacy. Also the terrace is the place we used the most with a beautiful view on the Acropolis.
If you are a group of 7 or 8 people, don't hesitate, this apartment will fit all your needs and expectations.
Thank you very much for professional service! Appreciated!
very nice and friendly team, very nice flat and nice location.
the only minor disadvantage is the view from the windows(((
hope to stay there again
We had an amazing time in Athens. The 3 nights we spent at 3 of the apartments were great. There were 11 of us altogether, with 2 being infants, the accomontions worked out perfectly. The apartments are very secure & quite at night & the air conditioning was great.Everything you need is close by, food, entertainment, shopping & site seeing. I would recommend these apartments to anyone wanting to visit Athens.
What a gorgeous apartment in a central location. Perfect for exploring Athens. I could see it eoukd nit be to everyones taste, however it was to mine.
The apartment is located on a street surrounded by wonderfully decaying other buildings, covered with vibrant street art. The apartment itself is cool and bright. The bedroom is small and could get a little stuffy, however there was aircon.
The apartment is very well presented and is filled with greenery and street art which gives it a an edgy modernist feeling.
2 minutes walk and you have a good selection of bars and restaurants. 5 minutes walk and you are in the middle of Athens. What more could you ask for. I only needed to use the metro twice and one of those was to get to the airport.
Very nice apartment, clean and fully equiped with all the necessary things. The location is a privilege.
I strongly recommend it.
Great apartments and a terrific roof terrace.
The apartment is in very good conditions.
Position couldn't be better: only 5 minutes walk from metro Akropolis, 3 minutes walk to Acropolis Museum.
Furniture, decoration and servies are perfectly working (washing machine is a plus), Wi-fi is good.
Lia's treat at check-in was impeccable, the documentation provided very comprehensive and detailed . We'll sure recommend this accomodation in the future.
Very centrally located in a nice area and the handover of the apartment worked smoothly.
Thank you
The reception by the owners is excellent and puts you in the neighborhood and in the city. The situation is very good, you can walk to visit the most important sites of the city, in a quiet and safe neighborhood at all hours; Metro is very close, also easy and simple.
It is an apartment in a low in low light, but very nice and with a nice terrace in summer. The only drawback is, in winter, the sound of an engine heating probably not very relevant.
La recepcion por parte de los propietarios es excelente y te situa en el barrio y en la ciudad. La situacion es muy buena, permite visitar andando los sitios mas importantes de la ciudad, en un barrio tranquilo y seguro a todos horas; tiene el metro muy cerca, tambien facil y sencillo.
Es un apartamento en un bajo con poca luz, pero muy agradable y con una terracita agradable en verano. El unico inconveniente es, en invierno, el ruido de un motor probablemente de calefaccion, no muy relevante.
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Johannes Geyer <firstname.lastname@example.com>
st: margeff
Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:08:38 +0200
Dear Statalisters,
recently there was an upate for -margeff-, so I tried to reestimate some ordered probit models for a categorical variable with four categories with the updated -margeff-. However, now I am confused:
I tried both, Stata SE 8.2. and Stata SE 9.2. with mfx and margeff, e.g.
oprobit Y X1 X2
mfx compute, predict(outcome(1))
this works fine with Stata 9.2. but does not work with Stata 8.2. - there I get an error message (198): option version() not allowed -- anyway I prefer the newer Stata version and that might not be a severe problem.
But margeff - before the update - seemed to me faster and in many respects more convenient than mfx, e.g. I was interested in average marginal effects and the options for dummy-variables. When I try to use the updated version with Stata SE 9.2. I get the following:
oprobit Y X1 X2
ERROR (504): estimates post: matrix has missing values
This does not occur with Stata SE 8.2. - however with Stata 8.2. it is so(!) slow compared with mfx and until now I was not patient enough to wait and see what the outcome looks like, because I doubt that the command works correctly - before the update it was much faster on my computer than mfx. I tried also other specifications, but with extended commands it produces even more strange erros, e.g.:
oprobit Y X1 X2
margeff, percent outcome(1 2 3 4)
ERROR (198): Only one number can be specified in the outcome() option
Again, when I first used the command this did not happen and I could produce nice outputs with -estout- and other commands.
So I am really lost, maybe I forgot something or you have an idea what I have not tried yet, any help would be appreciated!
Thank you,
Johannes Geyer
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Carol Smith gets carried away with the stage return of an old favourite.
Remember the 80s when we swooned over Richard Gere in his crisp, white US Navy uniform?
He was an officer and a gentleman when he marched into the factory to sweep love interest Paula Pokrifki off her feet and away to a better life. I'm still humming Up Where We Belong when a bump alerts me that we have landed on Sydney tarmac.
I'm here to see the world premiere of the stage show, An Officer and a Gentleman, in the Lyric Theatre, part of the newly renovated Star building.
New Zealand director Simon Phillips, who lists Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies among his Australian musical successes, hopes the public will embrace the show as they did the 1982 film.
There was a physical element to casting the show - as well as singing and dancing, the recruits had to be fighting fit.
"The physical requirements for the men are unbelievable. The lead has to meet the usual requirements for a musical and also do five push-ups and climb a wall with a rope," Phillips says. "You can't cheat onstage."
Enter Zack "Mayo-naise" Mayo, played by Ben Mingay, who recently starred as Tommy DeVito in Jersey Boys.
Gere never had abs like this, though he had more charm. Mingay is suffering a torn groin, which doesn't slow him down - he bounces around the stark military set with ease, does dozens of push-ups, gets in fist fights, belts out his numbers, gets frisky with his girl and presents himself shipshape for inspection.
Ken Hirsch and Robin Lerner had to compose a masculine musical score to suit the show's gritty theme. They had the advantage of the hit movie song but had to please Phillips, a perfectionist known to make changes up until the curtain opens.
"When you do the first workshop run you suddenly see cracks. And it's a new process again once we get it in the theatre," says Phillips.
I'm transported from Mayo's early life with his whoring Navy father Byron (Bartholomew John) in the Philippines to signing up for the Navy's Aviator Officer Candidate School where he meets badass Sergeant "stop eyeballing me, boy" Foley.
Bert Labonte does a fantastic job of filling Lou Gossett junior's boots and steals the show with his one-liners and rich, resonating voice. The drill instructor attempts to get his Sweet Peas to D.O.R (drop on request) before their 12 weeks' training is over. He's particularly hard on Mayo who, despite not believing in love, hooks up with his factory girl Paula (Amanda Harrison) as well as hitting the books hard enough to realise his dream.
Yes, it's a happy ending, but you knew that. If you loved the movie, you'll be pleased that the transition from celluloid to flesh stays true to the original formula.
Sydney is preening its artistic feathers, revelling in its $53 million redevelopment of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, which has a prime spot overlooking Circular Quay. If the artwork doesn't inspire you, just look out the giant glass windows at the moveable feast on the harbour.
I am entranced by the funky orange triangles that lead up the staircase entrance. Tango, by Australian artist Helen Eager, will be shown for a year and then another artist will get the chance to create in this space.
The museum is Marking Time with the exhibition I view and so am I as The Clock, a 24-hour video work by Christian Marclay, stops me in my tracks. It's a collage work made into film with thousands of short clips from cinema history, each showing a particular time of day, edited together to form a visual sequence synchronised with the real time of my visit. Genius.
My rumbling tummy requires food so I leave via the back entrance, which takes me on to the quaint, cobbled streets of The Rocks, where the only obstacle to finding fabulous food is the lack of deep pockets. I settle at Pony Lounge and Dining where I salivate over crisp, fried king prawns with Szechuan spice and sigh when the last bit of potato gnocchi sauteed with sage, pumpkin and walnuts has disappeared. Like other top restaurants I sample - Balla and Black by Ezard, both in The Star building - the restaurant's design is an artwork itself and diners can watch the chefs cooking.
Appetite sated, I am ready to tackle the Art Gallery of NSW which houses a superb collection of Aboriginal art. Entries for the Archibald Prize, awarded to the best portrait painting of a distinguished personality, also fascinate me. This gallery is evolving - it's so hip it has an iPad app that lets viewers discover stories behind some of the gallery's most famous works.
On my last day I stop to view the Danks St art galleries in Waterloo, a neighbourhood with working-class history and a multi-ethnic population that is changing as contemporary art and foodies move in.
Isobel Johnson from Sydney Art Tours will tailor-make a walking tour for you. We visit established and emerging commercial galleries, everything from the bright, colourful work of up-and-coming artist Damien Sydney at Kaleidoscope Gallery to the sleek, silhouette work of established Berlin-born artist Stefan Thiel at Dominik Mersch Gallery.
Thiel's Black Facebook silhouette works feature "100 Berlin-based men" and fashion works, which refer to the dictation and fetish of the consumer world that rule his surroundings in Berlin's Kurfurstendamm, an area occupied by fashion boutiques and flagship stores such as Prada.
Then it's on to something different from artist Debra Dawes, who has produced an unsettling work in Sentencing, done after 18 months of exchanging dozens of letters with a prisoner. Dawes hopes by reproducing the letters as art she might help people understand what it's like to be in jail. A room of these texts is daunting.
My Polish driver asks while on our way to Kitchen by Mike for lunch - a huge warehouse-type cafe which serves mouthwatering super-fresh food - if I've enjoyed the different galleries and "the poofs", referring to Thiel's half-clad black silhouettes, some of which are in risque poses.
Yes, I have, and before I get on the plane home I manage to see garden art in the form of Patrick Blanc's Vertical Garden in the Qantas Lounge.
If you get a first-class pass you can lie in the spa surrounded by Blanc's creation.
It's a good season to visit Sydney, which is basking in late autumn sun. In a role reversal, the flies are mercifully absent while the taxis are not. Cabbies queuing on ranks is a sign the recession is biting. But that's not stopping Sydney putting its best foot forward.
There'll be no tourists wanting to D.O.R. during their time here.
Getting there: Qantas flies to Sydney daily.
Where to stay: The Sofitel Sydney Wentworth is a five-star hotel in the heart of Sydney's CBD.
Further information: An Officer and a Gentleman is playing at the Lyric Theatre, Star building. Isobel Johnson from Sydney Art Tours will tailor-make a walking tour for you.
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The Reserve Bank warned this week that house-price inflation could spill over into wider inflation, and endanger the stability of the banking system. It also said the over-valued New Zealand dollar was hitting exporters and jobs.
And then it did nothing.
All it did was talk.
One fund manager jokingly referred to its statement as "open mouth operations".
Financial markets have watched the Reserve Bank's empty warnings for a decade. They then chuckled and pushed the dollar up by a full cent to about US84c. That day another exporter shut its doors, putting another 192 people out of work.
Looking back at the past decade of Reserve Bank actions is sobering. In 2002 mortgage-lending growth and house-price inflation were relatively modest, as was the dollar at just over US40c. The Official Cash Rate was 5.75 per cent.
Then Governor Alan Bollard cut interest rates in April 2003 and the housing market began to stir. A burst of competition between banks and a fall in fixed mortgage rates, powered by cheap foreign borrowing, started a fire under the housing market.
The foreign borrowing also pushed up the New Zealand dollar. By 2004 the Reserve Bank began to warn about the high currency and was noticing surprising strength in house prices. It put up interest rates, which simply increased pressure on the currency.
By 2005 and into 2006, the Reserve Bank found itself painted into a corner by its single inflation target and its single tool of the OCR. It even started investigating the use of supplementary stabilisation instruments, including loan-to-value ratio (LVR) limits. Eventually it decided not to adopt them. While it stuck to the orthodoxy of the Reserve Bank Act, the housing market and currency launched into the stratosphere.
Fast-forward to 2013 and it is doing the same thing again under its strict new governor, Graeme Wheeler. Faced with a surge in bank competition, cheaper mortgages, faster borrowing and a blast higher in house prices in the second half of last year, the Reserve Bank stuck to the script.
It is now looking at other "macro-prudential tools" to help it break free of its catch-22. It's an echo of the hunt for supplementary stabilisation instruments, which the Reserve Bank appears reluctant to try. A paper to the board last May even pointed to an IMF study showing countries with LVR limits had lower house-price inflation, and such a tool would be a useful add-on to the OCR.
Yet still the Reserve Bank dithers, saying last week it would put out a discussion paper by the end of March. Wheeler said in December that even if he had these extra tools he would not use them, because house-price inflation and lending growth weren't strong enough yet.
Now it's February and house-price inflation is at 10 per cent, and lending growth has doubled inside six months.
Banks are regularly offering 95 per cent mortgages, giving away thousands of dollars of "cash back". The NZ dollar is near record highs. Unemployment is at 15-year highs.
The current account deficit is headed for 7 per cent of gross domestic product. Yet still the orthodoxy reigns.
As Karl Marx said: "History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce."
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The BCC reviews cases with students that display behavioral concerns which may pose imminent harm to self, others, or the community. The BCC consists of staff representatives who work with the student to develop a course of action that will best suit their needs as well as balance the needs of the University community. Examples of situations which may be referred to the BCC include suicidal ideation/attempts, disordered patterns of eating, cutting and/or self mutilation as well as other similar behaviors. The Dean of Students, or Dean's designee, chairs this committee and works with University faculty, the University Counseling Center, Disability Services, and the Office of Student Responsibility and Community Standards to coordinate student care.
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The below topics areas are designed to assist faculty and staff in understanding common behaviors that when observed may indicate a student in possible distress. There are also some general DOs and DON'Ts provided for each topic that may assist when encountering specific types of student distress.
A student who has experienced a recent death (or who is anticipating the death) of a loved one or community member, might appear lethargic, tearful, irritable, or distracted. They may have difficulty concentrating and may have a hard time focusing on schoolwork.
• Tell the student what you notice
• Consider initiating a discussion about how the situation may be impacting the student's school functioning, and how the student might make a realistic plan for dealing with academic obligations
• Refer for emotional support and academic planning
• Be afraid to acknowledge their grief or the impact it may be having
• Assume you know what it means to the student
• Devalue the impact the situation is having
• Immediately advise the student to drop out of school
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Anxiety is a normal response to a perceived danger or unknown situation. For some students the cause of their anxiety will be clear, but for others it is difficult to pinpoint the source of stress. Regardless of the cause, the subjective experience is similar, and includes: rapid heart palpitations; chest pain or discomfort; dizziness; sweating; trembling or shaking; and cold, clammy hands. The student may also complain of difficulty concentrating, always being "on the edge," having difficulty making decisions, or being too fearful to take action. In some cases, a student may experience a panic attack in which the physical symptoms occur so spontaneously and intensely that the student may fear she/he is dying.
• Let the student discuss their thoughts and feelings; often this alone relieves a great deal of pressure
• Be clear about your parameters and recommendations
• Stay calm
• Provide a safe and quiet environment until the symptoms subside
• Call for consultation if the student is unable to calm down
• Discount the thoughts and feelings the student expresses
• Overwhelm the student with information or too many ideas
• Try to "fix" their condition
University Counseling Center - (314) 977-TALK (8255)
You may observe a range of evidence of self-injuring behaviors including scars, cuts, missing hair, burns, etc. You may receive written assignments disclosing self-injury. You might feel horrified, disgusted, angry, overwhelmed, sad, helpless, concerned, or compassionate. In response,
• Talk to the student in private about what you see
• Express your concern in a neutral, compassionate way
• Express hope
• Give referrals
• Convey the intensity of your emotional response
• Order the student to stop
University Counseling Center - (314) 977-TALK (8255)
Student with Disordered Eating
You may observe a student who is:
• Very thin or a very thin student with unusual downy hair on her/his skin
• With discolored teeth, or scars on the back of her/his hands (this is from vomiting)
• Preoccupied with food and exercise
A student may disclose quite restrictive eating, eating large quantities of food at one time, vomiting, using laxatives, or exercising compulsively.
• Talk with the student about your concerns in a supportive way. It is important to discuss these issues with honesty and respect
• Talk with the student at an appropriate time and place - in private, free from distractions
• Be prepared that the person may deny that she/he has a problem
• Listen with a nonjudgmental ear
• Encourage the person to seek professional help as soon as possible. Suggest that she/he see someone who specializes in eating disorders (a physician, therapist, or dietitian)
• Be aware of how much you talk about weight, food, calories, or appearance
• Try to solve her/his problems or help with the eating disorder on your own
• Confront the student with a group of people, or in front of a group of people
• Make any comments on what students look like
• Try to force or encourage the student to eat
• Get into power struggles
• Let his/her peculiarities dominate you or manipulate you
• Gossip about her/him to others
• Be scared to talk with her/him
• Expect a student to be "cured" by treatment; Recovery can be a long process
University Counseling Center - (314) 977-TALK (8255)
Student Suspected of Substance Abuse/Addiction
Alcohol is the most widely used psychoactive drug. Drugs and alcohol are commonly abused in the college environment. Student drug or alcohol use may come to your attention when students are actually under the influence in class, or when use outside class sabotages student performance.
• Express your concerns in terms of specific changes in behavior and performance
• Offer support and concern for the student's overall well-being
• Express confidence that the student can change this if they decide to. If there is a problem, there is effective help.
• Maintain contact with the student after a referral is made. Ask if you may check in.
• Consider calling DPSEP at (314) 977-3000 if a student is disruptive in the classroom
• Attempt to discuss the situation if the student is under the influence
• Attempt to elicit "confessions"
• Be surprised or thrown off by denial
• Convey judgment or criticism about the student's substance abuse
• Make allowances for the student's irresponsible behavior
• Ignore signs of intoxication in the classroom
• Attempt to rescue the student, or get overly involved in the problem
• Step outside your role
University Counseling Center - (314) 977-TALK (8255)
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Ironman World Championship Kona
The Ironman World Championship is the ultimate test of mind, body and spirit. Only the best triathletes converge on Kailua-Kona, HI, to embark on this 146.6-mile journey. Officially, there are 63 half-Ironman triathlons and 31 full-Ironman triathlons held around the world -- the biggest competitions are the Ironman World Championship, Ironman European Champion, Ironman US Championship and Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship.
Ironman Lake Tahoe
In California, Lake Tahoe's Ironman competition begins with a 2-loop swim at historic Kings Beach. Athletes hop on their bikes and then finish competition with a run along one of the most scenic stretches in the world.
Ironman New Zealand
Head to Taupo, a 45-minute flight or an easy 3 to 4 hour drive from Auckland, New Zealand. This Ironman competition attracts international athletes from more than 35 countries. Taupo has become an increasingly popular venue for sporting events because of the town's compact size, clean environment, central location and friendly community.
Ironman UK
In the summer, hundreds of athletes head to Bolton, England, to challenge themselves in the Ironman UK. Triathletes must embark on a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and run 26.2 miles to the finish line. In case you didn't know, Bolton is located 10 miles northwest of Manchester.
Ironman 70.3 Panama
Before running 13.1 miles through the Panama City's Amador Causeway, triathletes must swim 1.2 miles in the Pacific Ocean -- at the entrance to the Panama Canal -- and bike 56 miles, crossing the Bridge of the Americas en route to the Pan-American Highway.
Ironman Lake Placid
Ironman Lake Placid is the 2nd oldest Ironman competition in North America. It's usually held mid-summer in the Olympic Village of Lake Placid, NY, where more than 20,000 people converge on the town. Athletes take a 2.4-mile swim in Mirror Lake, a challenging 112-mile bike ride through the Adirondacks Mountains and a 26.2-mile run, circling the downtown area 4 times.
Ironman Melbourne
The Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship in Melbourne -- the sporting capital of Australia -- is usually held in March. With the spectacular city as the backdrop, athletes take a 2.4-mile swim in Frankston, a 117-mile bike ride on the EastLink Tollway and a 26-mile run along Port Philip Bay to finish the grueling challenge.
Ironman 70.3 Racine
If a full Ironman is too much, then head to Racine, WI -- located 30 miles south of Milwaukee -- to participate in the half Ironman. Triathletes must swim 1.2-mile along North Beach in Lake Michigan, bike 56 miles through the rolling countryside of Racine County and run 13.1 miles through the Zoo and surrounding Lake Michigan coastline.
Ironman Los Cabos
Los Cabos -- located at the tip of the Baja Peninsula in Baja California, Mexico -- is known as a great place to relax and unwind, but on March 17, 2013, athletes will converge on the resort town for its first Ironman competition. Nearly 1,500 participants from more than 50 countries are expected for the inaugural event. The course will include a swim in the Sea of Cortes, and then a bike ride and run along a 20-mile corridor between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo.
Ironman Wisconsin
In Madison, WI, more than 45,000 spectators line the Ironman course through Wisconsin farm land and the downtown streets of state capital. The finish line is the most recognizable of all the US Ironman events; it is located in front of the Wisconsin state capitol in the heart of Madison.
Ironman Cozumel
Cozumel -- located in Quintana Roo, Mexico -- is often a port of call for many cruise lines, but this fun travel destination is also host to the Ironman Cozumel and Ironman 70.3 Cozumel. Like many Ironman competitions, the Cozumel Ironman awards a predetermined number of slots that will allow athletes to participate in the "granddaddy" of all Ironman challenges, the Ironman World Championship in Kona, HI.
Ironman Arizona
Ironman Arizona, set in Tempe, begins with a swim in the Tempe Town Lake, followed by a challenging 3-loop bike course through the Sonoran Desert and then competition wraps up with a spectator-friendly run around Tempe Town Lake and Papago Park.
Ironman Coeur d'Alene
Welcome to Coeur d'Alene, the 2nd largest metropolitan area in Idaho. While wiping the sweat from their brow, athletes take a dip in beautiful Lake Coeur d'Alene and a become eyewitnesses to spectacular views of rural northern Idaho by bike and on foot.
Ironman Louisville
In August, the Ironman Louisville, KY, takes triathletes on a course through some of the city's most scenic areas, including Waterfront Park, Oldham and Henry Counties and the city of LaGrange. Their journey ends with a finish line celebration at Fourth Street Live, an exciting entertainment and retail district in downtown Louisville.
Ironman Western Australia
Busselton -- a 2.5-hour drive from Perth, Australia -- hosts 2 Ironman competitions, Ironman 70.3 Busselton and Ironman Western Australia. Ironman 70.3 Busselton is held in October as part of a big festival, which includes the Kids Triathlon. Ironman Western Australia is held in December, when athletes swim Busselton Jetty, bike through Tuart Forest and run along Geographe Bay and through the heart of Busselton Township.
Ironman Switzerland
More than 2,000 athletes compete in the waters of Lake Zurich during the swimming leg of the Ironman Switzerland Triathlon in Zurich. In the 2nd leg of the race participants hit a challenging bike course with a breathtaking view of the Swiss Alps before ending the competition with a run on the shore of the lake.


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I've had my Sgt. Fang helmet here for a while now, but as of yet had done anything to it. While cutting out the visor area I started really paying attention to how many litle dips there were over the surface. Most everything is smooth as can be, but the dips were going to bug me to no end.
Especially that one big dent right up front!!! That was a beast to get bondo'd up. J/K
Just wondered if I went a bit overboard on my sticklerism or if it's justifiable?


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text: Well as i have started to improve the garden soil in hopes of a fruitful spring harvest i have been looking for a used canner. Well this weekend i scored a 17 quart Pesto canner from 1982. Got it at the yard sale for $10! Now i just need to freshen it up and learn t use it!


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Texas Brags: What Others Are Saying
Texas is a land of ongoing success and endless opportunity; Texans aren't too shy about telling people about it, either. It's not bragging if it's true, however, and the Lone Star State's winning mix of low taxes, reasonable regulatory structure, fair court system and world-class workforce has been paying dividends in terms of press recognition, economic rankings and, most importantly, good jobs for hard-working Texans. Here is just some of the evidence supporting Texans' contention that the Lone Star State is the best place in the nation to live, work and raise a family.
List of Texas Bests:
Business Startups (U.S.)
Business Tax Climate
Business, Best State
College Graduates, Best for (U.S.)
Cost of Living, Lowest (U.S.)
Harlingen, #1; Wichita Falls, #8; Temple, #9, 2014
Economic Climate
Energy Prod., Natural Gas
Energy Prod., Oil
Energy Prod., Wind
Engineering Schools (U.S.)
UT-Austin, #10; TAMU, #11, 2015
Engineers, to be hired (U.S.)
Families, Best for (U.S.)
Texas leads the nation in number of farms and ranches, with 248,800 farms and ranches covering 130.2 million acres. Texas has more women and minority farm operations than any other state in the nation.
Fast Growing City (U.S.)
Austin, #1; Dallas, #4; Houston, #10; San Antonio, #20, 2014 (from 6 socio-economic metrics)
Fast Growing Fortune 500s
Fortune 500s, Number
Most Free State - Texas, #1, 2014
Friendliest City (U.S.)
Future Job Growth (U.S.)
Austin, #2; McAllen, #3; Dallas, #5; Houston, #9; San Antonio, #10, 2014
Hispanic Entrepreneurs (U.S.)
Corpus Christi, #2; Laredo, #3; El Paso, #7, 2014
Job, Best Place to Find (U.S.)
Sugarland, #1; Flower Mound, #2; Allen, #4, 2014
Job Creation, All Pay Levels
Texas leads the nation in job creation at all pay levels. (1Q2014 report based on 2013 data. Is there more current?)
Job Growth by Sector
Job growth in every industry sector, 2014
Miles, State Highways
Texas, #1, 2014 at 80,323 miles
Place to Live, Best (U.S.)
Retire, Best Place (U.S.)
Satisfied Employees (U.S.)
San Antonio, #9; Austin, #10, 2014
Small Business Friendliness
STEM graduates (U.S.)
Houston, #4; Austin, #6, Best Places for, 2014
Universities, Best Value (U.S.)
Veteran-Owned Businesses
Veterans, Best to Live (U.S.)
Austin, #2; San Antonio, #4; College Station, #9, 2014
Women-owned Bus. (U.S.)
Texas, #2 Women; Texas, #2 Hispanic Women; Texas, #3 African-American Women


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Native American flute player to present program Saturday
Jon Romer, maker and player of the Native American flute, will weave history and tradition of the Native American flute along with songs embraced within Native American culture at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at The Warehouse in Pine River.
This Legacy Program is funded in part or in whole with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota, which dedicated funding to preserve Minnesota's art and cultural heritage.
The presentation is being brought to Pine River by the Kitchigami Regional Library System.


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Mashed Root Vegetables
4 medium baking potatoes, peeled and thickly sliced
2 medium parsnips, peeled and thickly sliced
2 medium turnips, peeled and thickly sliced
2 ribs of celery, diced
2 medium apples, peeled, cored and diced
2 teaspoons chopped fresh garlic
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 cup sour cream
Salt and pepper to taste
Put the potatoes, parsnips and turnips in a large saucepan and cover generously with water. Bring to a light boil over medium-high heat and cook for 5 minutes. Add the celery and apples, cover and continue cooking over low heat for about 25 more minutes or until the vegetables are fork-tender. Drain and return vegetables to the pan.
Stir in the garlic, butter, sour cream and salt and pepper. Mash with a potato-masher or puree in a blender. Makes 6-8 servings.


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I can't stop myself from sleezedropping when I walk out into the hall and hear the people in apartment 327 fucking.
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Mine shipped yesterday... I eagerly wait
Mine shipped yesterday... I eagerly wait
Live, Laugh, Love, if that doesn't work. Load, Aim and Fire, repeat as necessary...
Buy, Try, Learn, Repeat
Another 2 thumbs up from another satisfied customer. Ordering and communicating was easy and without hitch, product was without flaw.
I like you because you join in on my weirdness!
Ok that's it I'm placing an order.
Placed an order myself last night.
I too have to add a Kudos for Katherina. She does amazing work. All of my tarps have her skins on them.
...Plus I have on her hats. Best. Hat. Ever.
Old Dominion Hangers
Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R. Tolkein
Besides, if we get lost, we just pull in somewheres and ask directions - Captain Ron
The ever striving gram weenie...always updated with the next trip
I should be getting my hat shipped this week, very nice lady. I will order from her again.
Thank you Kat.
Will have to get a set as well!
More praise for Mountain Goat. After switching to my HG cuben fiber tarp I really missed having the skins/sleeves as I previously used for years with my silnylon tarps. Seemed like such a PITA trying to fold and roll the CF tarp up especially in the wind after using sleeves in the past. I know some say it's recommended to fold and roll cuben instead of using sleeves or stuffing but after going back to the fold/roll method i hated it.
I sent off an email to Kat about making me some last Sunday and they arrived today. Great communication, fast service and excellent product. TWO THUMBS UP!
Thanks for sharing this! I never would have known about it..
Ordered some today after I bought a used pack with one of her mesh pockets on it.
Plus she says I'll have them next week.


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State Arts Agency Arts Education Managers & State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education
2013 Professional Development Institute
For more than 20 years, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies have supported the Professional Development Institute (PDI) for state arts agency arts education managers. The PDI provides meaningful leadership development and technical assistance for this diverse field. As a result, arts education managers remain knowledgeable leaders in their field through a peer network that new and seasoned managers find invaluable.
This year's session marked the first joint PDI with the State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE). This opportunity to come together jointly as state agencies and partners brought value and added capacity to state work.
The 2013 PDI was designed to offer shared learning experiences for state education agency arts education representatives as well as state arts agency staff. In keeping with the NEA's emphasis on collective impact, we hope that this collaboration led to a rewarding learning experience for all.


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The University of North Carolina School of the Arts
The UNC Policy Manual
Chapter 100.1 - The Code
Section 901
901 A. Policy.
It is declared to be the policy of the state to foster, encourage and promote, and to provide assistance for, the cultural development of the citizens of North Carolina, and to this end the General Assembly has created and provided for a training center for instruction in the performing arts. [See G.S. 116-63]
901 B. Establishment.
There is established, and there shall be maintained, a school for the professional training of students having exceptional talent in the performing arts which shall be defined as an educational institution of the state, to serve the students of North Carolina and other states, particularly other states of the South. The school shall be designated the "University of North Carolina School of the Arts."17 [See G.S. 116-64]
901 C. Board of Trustees.
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina and subject to the provisions of this Code; provided, however, that notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter IV of this Code, the Board of Trustees of said school shall consist of 15 persons, 13 of whom are selected in accordance with provisions of said Chapter IV, one of whom shall be the conductor of the North Carolina Symphony and one of whom shall be the secretary of the Department of Cultural Resources, each of the latter two serving ex-officio and non-voting. [See G.S. 116-65]
901 D. Powers of Board.
The Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees of the school shall be advised and assisted by the State Board of Education. Entrance requirements shall be prescribed so that the professional training offered shall be available only to those students who possess exceptional talent in the performing arts. In developing curricula, the school shall utilize, pursuant to agreement with institutions of higher education or with any local administrative school unit, existing facilities and such academic nonarts courses and programs of instruction as may be needed by the students of the school, and, at the discretion of the Board of Governors, personnel may be employed jointly with any such institution or unit on a cooperative, cost-sharing basis. Curricula below the collegiate level shall be developed with the advice and approval of the State Board of Education and in consultation with the advisory board of the school. The school shall confer and cooperate with the Southern Regional Education Board and with other regional and national organizations to obtain wide support and to establish the school as the center in the South for the professional training and performance of artists. The chancellor of the school shall preferably be a noted composer or dramatist. [See G.S. 116-66]
901 E. Endowment Fund.
The Board of Trustees is authorized to establish a permanent endowment fund, and shall perform such duties in relation thereto as are prescribed by the provisions of Chapter VII of this Code. [See G.S. 116-68]
901 F. Purpose of School Program.
The primary purpose of the school shall be the professional training, as distinguished from liberal arts instruction, of talented students in the fields of music, drama, the dance, and allied performing arts, at both the high school and college levels of instruction, with emphasis placed upon performance of the arts, and not upon academic studies of the arts. The said school may also offer high school and college instruction in academic subjects, and such other programs as are deemed necessary to meet the needs of its students and of the state, consistent with appropriations made and gifts received therefore, and may cooperate, if it chooses, with other schools which provide such courses of instruction. The school, on occasion, may accept elementary grade students of rare talent, and shall arrange for such students, in cooperation with an elementary school, a suitable educational program. [See G.S. 116-69]


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Try out your baseball skills at the batting cage, or speed pitch. Both located just inside Gate B, section 106. Bat 10 balls for $4 or pitch 4 for $3.
Don't forget about running the bases. After every Sunday home game, weather permitting, kids 14 and under can run the bases. Line up begins on the concourse, under the scoreboard.
Are located in all restrooms of Comerica Park.
Wish your child a happy birthday, wish your husband a happy anniversary, or welcome a special fan to Comerica Park! Personalized messages may be displayed on the Scoreboard at Comerica Park for a fee of $75. All proceeds benefit the Detroit Tigers Foundation, an affiliate of Ilitch Charities and the official charity of the Detroit Tigers. Requests must be made at least 48 hours before the game and space is limited. For more information, or to purchase a scoreboard message, click the button below or call 313-471-BALL.
Booster seats are available for game use at the Guest Service office, section 130.
Diaper bags are permitted into the Ballpark. Bags must be under 16"x 16" x 8". All bags are subject to inspection.
Food and sealed bottles of water are permitted in the park. For the kids in your party, juice boxes are also allowed. These items can be brought in a small soft sided cooler no larger than 16" x 16" x 8". All bags are subject to inspection.
The Tigers offer wristbands upon which a child's seating location is recorded. This information aids in reuniting lost children with their parents or guardians. The wristbands are available at the Guest Services office located behind section 130.
Children three and under and who share a seat with an accompanying adult are admitted free of charge.
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Commencement caps year
The 2010-2011 academic year wrapped up as nearly 500 University of Saint Francis graduates received diplomas during Commencement on Saturday, May 7. [Read More]
The 2010-2011 academic year wrapped up as nearly 500 University of Saint Francis graduates received diplomas during Commencement on Saturday, May 7. [Read More]
Some of the university's most important donors met the most important people they help—our students—at the seventh annual Scholarship Luncheon on April 27.
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Area veterans can take advantage of 110 new tuition awards at the University of Saint Francis through the Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program beginning this fall. [Read More]
The School of Creative Arts has some superb exhibitions coming to its galleries in the summer and fall. [Read More]
USF bachelor's degree-holders can take advantage of a 50 percent tuition discount when they pursue a master's degree at their alma mater. Two new graduate degrees are available. [Read More]
In spite of a courageous rally in the seventh inning, the Cougars lost to Marian University in the semi-final round of the Mid-Central College Conference Tournament May 6. [Read More]
USF students and staff joined other regional college communities in delivering 2,000 Easter baskets on Tuesday, April 19 to kids who've been abused or neglected.
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Time is running short to help USF students through the Annual Fund. The university's fiscal year ends on June 30. The Annual Fund is the fastest and most effective way to support our students.
The Annual Fund provides students with financial aid, and as you may know, the amount of state aid granted per student is down significantly. Every gift counts. Every gift helps USF students. Thank you for your generosity!
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forum: Food & Drink
#1 Fri 21 Oct 05 1:33pm
Indian Recipes.....by Suresh Nair
Stuffed Tomatoes in Gravy
8 tomatoes-medium, firm and equal sized
oil to brush the tomatoes
250 gm boiled and mashed potatoes
¼ cup chopped onions
chopped green chillies-to taste
2 tbsp chopped coriander
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp mustard oil
gravy of your choice
coriander for garnish
Slice the top of the tomato and scoop out the seeds and flesh to get an empty cup. Keep the lid aside.
Brush the tomatoes inside out with the oil.
Fill the tomatoes with the potato mixture and put the lid back.
Bake in a pre-heated oven for 10-15 minutes, till a very light brown. You can also brown under a grill.
Heat the gravy, place the tomatoes in a serving dish, pour gravy over, garnish with coriander and serve.
Regards with love
Suresh Nair
98700 36905
#2 Fri 21 Oct 05 1:34pm
Re: Indian Recipes.....by Suresh Nair
Chicken Biryani by Suresh Nair
(Serves 4)
1 ½ tsp salt
red chilli powder according to taste
turmeric powder according to taste
1 chicken
2 onions
1 tbsp ginger paste
1 tbsp garlic paste
2 tbsp chopped coriander
6 cardamoms
6 cloves
½ tsp cinnamon powder
350 ml yoghurt
500 gm half cooked rice
3 tbsp oil
Grind all ingredients except chicken and rice. Marinate the chicken in the mixture for 2-3 hrs.
Heat oil in a pan. Add the marinated chicken and cook until tender.
Take a heavy pan and arrange the chicken and rice in layers. Squeeze a lemon on the top layer and scatter browned onions.
Seal the pan with atta and cook over a very slow flame for 40-50 minutes.
Serve hot.
Regards with love
Suresh Nair
98700 36905
#3 Fri 21 Oct 05 1:39pm
Re: Indian Recipes.....by Suresh Nair
2 pomfrets
½ lemon
1 tbsp salt
1 grated coconut
½ tsp cumin seeds
4 flakes garlic
½ tsp turmeric powder
8 pieces red chillies
1 tbsp coriander leaves
3 tsp tamarind water
5 cups water
1 onion
2 green chillies
Cut the pomfret into desired number of pieces. Add salt and lime juice to fish and marinate for 10 minutes.
Grind coconut, cumin seeds, garlic, turmeric, red chillies, coriander leaves, with tamarind water and ½-cup water to a paste. Add remaining water to paste and place on fire.
Add sliced onion and slit green chillies to gravy on fire. Wait for 2 boils and add marinated fish.
If boneless give the gravy one more boil. If with bone, give it 2-3 more boils.
Serve hot with unpolished rice.
Regards with love
Suresh Nair
98700 36905
#4 Fri 21 Oct 05 2:00pm
Re: Indian Recipes.....by Suresh Nair
Use 1 or 2 Tablespoons for an authentic madras curry.
2 1/2 tablespoons coriander seeds, dry-roasted and ground
1 tablespoon cumin seeds, dry roasted and ground
1 teaspoon brown mustard seeds
1/2 teaspoon cracked black peppercorns
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
2 cloves crushed garlic
2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
3-4 tablespoons white vinegar
Put all ingredients except vinegar into small bowl and mix together well.
Add the vinegar and mix to a smooth paste.
Keep for up to one month in an airtight container in fridge
Sweet Regards
Suresh Nair
98700 36905
#5 Fri 21 Oct 05 2:01pm
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- Member since Tue 18 May 04
Re: Indian Recipes.....by Suresh Nair
Lovely recipes Suresh!
Are you a chef?
I was in Bombay 2 months ago and i had fantastic food!
#6 Fri 21 Oct 05 2:08pm
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- Member since Fri 10 Sep 04
Re: Indian Recipes.....by Suresh Nair
Suresh, I love making and eating Indian food (well the British version anyway) so it's a real treat to have some genuine recipes.
My flavour shaker is going to loose it's virginity tomorrow with your Madras paste. Could you give us the rest of the recipe to finish the curry, is it tomato or yoghurt based ?
#7 Fri 21 Oct 05 2:12pm
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- From The Office
- Member since Tue 18 May 04
Re: Indian Recipes.....by Suresh Nair
your chicken biryani recipe sounds like the one for stuffed tomatoes though !
#8 Fri 21 Oct 05 2:52pm
- Forum super champ Occupation Mother of 2 working more than full time
- From Wallerawang, Oz
- Member since Wed 29 Jun 05
Re: Indian Recipes.....by Suresh Nair
Thanks Pete, I thought I had lost something there, I wondered what happened to the chicken?
Hey Suresh, right ingredients, wrong method?
#9 Fri 21 Oct 05 3:48pm
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Re: Indian Recipes.....by Suresh Nair
Hey Suresh,
thx for starting the thread, I'll definitely be a regular user . Could u also post some delicious recipes for vegetarian curries?
BTW, a question for everyone - if you had to cook a first Indian meal for someone(=unaccustomed to Indian spices!), what would u make?
Sunny autumn greetings to everyone!
#10 Fri 21 Oct 05 4:03pm
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Re: Indian Recipes.....by Suresh Nair
Urska,I'd make butter chicken!
I'll let Suresh do the honours of posting you a recipe...sweet stuff coming from you Suresh,keep it flowing!


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Screening of inspiring film AMANDLA! followed by discussions
Global Exchange, Priority Africa Network and Bay Area allies invite you to join us on MONDAY, AUGUST 12TH AT 7:00 PM At the Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave, Oakland
Purchase your tickets online at http://www.globalexchange.org/Amandla [1]
AMANDLA: A REVOLUTION IN FOUR-PART HARMONY tells the story of black South African freedom music and the central role it played against apartheid. The first film to specifically consider the music that sustained and galvanized black South Africans for more than 40 years, AMANDLA'S focus is on the struggle's spiritual dimension, as articulated and embodied in song. Named for the Xhosa word "power," AMANDLA lives up to its title, telling an uplifting story of human courage, resolve and triumph.
"We are at a crucial historical juncture" and "We shall not turn back!" said Nelson Mandela the Oakland Coliseum summer of 1990 where he was cheered by nearly sixty thousand people. Mandela, known affectionately as Madiba, is the symbol of resistance and struggle not only in his home country of South Africa, but to the world. It took many years, many individuals working to build a movement to bring his release from prison after 27 years. We gather to celebrate his legacy and learn about the challenges to building a new South Africa. What do we learn from the man and the movement that helps inspire us for global action? Join us to learn, teach and connect with history and people for social justice.
Suggested donation of $10 for adults, $7 for students
no one turned away for lack of funds
Info/Questions: Contact Kirsten [at] globalexchange [dot] org
(415) 255-7296 or www.globalexchange.org [2]
Sponsoring organizations:
Clarity Films
Global Fund for Women
International Development Exchange (IDEX)
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
United Support of Artists (USA) for Africa


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