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Park City Peaks Hotel • Park City, UT
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- Bottle of Wine or Cider Upon Arrival
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The Destination
Park City, Utah, has always had a penchant for silver and gold. In the 19th century, it was a hot bed for miners looking to strike it rich, but for the last half century, it's the ski slopes that have sparkled most brightly. But that doesn't mean the rest of the year isn't equally alluring. From hiking and mountain biking the aspen-thick hills to soaking in the natural hot springs, the Wasatch Mountains shine year round.
The Digs
A podium-worthy pad, the Park City Peaks Hotel knows a thing or two about host-city hospitality—you'll receive a bottle of wine or sparkling cider upon check-in and the wireless Internet is complimentary. Change into something more comfortable—a cotton bathrobe, perhaps—and admire the view of the Wasatch Mountains from your pillow-top king-size bed. Then, swim a lap in the hotel's indoor/outdoor pool, or take a dip in the hot tub.
The Diversions
• Make a reservation at The Spa at Hotel Park City, where you'll have two $15 gift certificates to spend on treatments of $75 or more
• The on-site Upper Deck Sports Pub offers a selection of appetizers, salads, and sandwiches
• Indulge your athletic appetite with world-class hiking, biking, kayaking, and horseback riding at nearby Canyons Resort, Park City Mountain Resort, and Deer Valley Resort
• Visit Utah Olympic Park, home to the 2002 venue for Nordic jumping, bobsled, luge, and skeleton
"It was our 31st wedding anniversary. We had a great time, the staff was wonderful, and we will go back!"-- LivingSocial Member
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Wood Photo Front Wall-Mount Jewelry Armoire With Black Finish
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Organize all of your jewelry and display your favorite photos with this classically designed black wall-mount armoire. Inside the rectangular velvet-lined case are hooks, racks and more to make all your baubles easy to manage and arrange. Each unit comes with three different size picture mats to display pictures of you and your loved ones in the front of the case. Perfect for the closet, bedroom, or bathroom to add jewelry storage with ease. It's a great security measure too, because it does not look like jewelry storage.
Photo display jewelry armoire with black finish.
Holds up to 14 pairs of earrings on earring racks, 6 hooks for necklaces and bracelets, and 6 cubbies for rings and earrings.
Displays five 3" x 5" photos, four 4" x 6" photos or three 5" x 7" photos.
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After a year of playing Championship football, 'The Magpies' have earned the right to compete in the Premier League once again. Watch the club that plays home football at St James' Park, a stadium which can hold more than 52,000 fans!
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The BBC looks at how the search engine war has moved to a new battlefield.
No longer do the different search sites compete on how many results they can provide to people not least because, as even Google admits, most people get what they want in the first five results returned to them.
Instead, the BBC suggests that whichever search engine can develop "sticky" communities is likely to be the one that sees the most growth. On that basis, my money is on Yahoo, with IAC/Ask second, followed by AOL, then MSN. While Google is doing a great job of launching lots of cool tools, the others are doing a better job of integrating their offerings with well-defined communities.
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Re: st: Question about interactions
K Jensen <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: Question about interactions
Fri, 8 Mar 2013 10:36:22 +0000
Thanks Maarteen--that was very helpful. The only part I didn't
understand was "...in the conventional model you explicitly look at
differences (actually ratios) between effects, which is what you
typically (but not always) want when you include interaction terms".
Could you clarify this?
On 7 March 2013 11:29, Maarten Buis <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:03 PM, K Jensen wrote:
>> Thanks for the replies I received on interactions. They were very
>> helpful and I think that I understand the model now.
>> Say we are looking at the interactions of two variables. A colleague
>> wondered why we don't just fit the possible group combinations as
>> indicator variables (i.e. 1-1 as a group (baseline), 1-2, 1-3, 1-4,
>> 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, etc) and get an OR (I am doing logisitic
>> regression) for each group combination except 1-1 .
>> What is the advantage of fitting the conventional model?
> What your colleague proposes should be equivalent to what you called
> the conventional model. So you will get the same predicted values and
> there is no way to statistically choose between the two; they are just
> two different ways of looking at the same object.
> One of the advantages of the conventional model is that it is
> conventional. This may seem trivial, but as you noticed interactions
> are hard, so it can make a real difference if you stick to patterns
> that your readers expect so they don't have to rethink the entire
> model (basically recalculate everything in their mind to fit in their
> usual pattern). However, this only applies when this pattern is indeed
> the convention for the people with who you correspond.
> Another is that in the conventional model you explicitly look at
> differences (actually ratios) between effects, which is what you
> typically (but not always) want when you include interaction terms.
> If you change the setup you need to take care that it is indeed the
> equivalent model as the conventional model (unless you explicitly want
> a different model). It is very easy to get this wrong. One check you
> could perform is predict probabilities for both models and check
> whether they are the same.
> If this is the way you want to go, than there are couple of tips in
> this Stata tip that may help:
> M.L. Buis (2012) "Stata tip 106: With or without reference", The Stata
> Journal, 12(1), pp. 162-164.
> <http://www.maartenbuis.nl/publications/ref_cat.html>
> In essence, your collegues model was to remove one of the reference
> categories but leave the other in.
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten
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> Germany
> http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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Just as the Great Depression helped complete such famous California parks as Balboa Park in San Diego and San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, one of the nation's largest public projects under way today — the 1,347-acre Orange County Great Park in Irvine — could showcase the achievements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
According to Economic Research Associates, the park and contiguous residential/commercial developments could create tens of thousands of jobs and generate millions of dollars in tax revenues over the next 12 years. City officials in Irvine, which is developing the Great Park, have applied for millions of dollars in energy, water, and transportation stimulus funds to support the $1.4 billion effort to make a former military base the final link in a chain of open space stretching from the Santa Ana Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.
Current city residents won't pay a dime to build the park because of development fees and tax increment financing. Instead, owners of property to be built in the dedicated redevelopment district will pay for park construction and maintenance through their property taxes.
"Other cities and counties seeking public works projects that could result in substantial economic benefits may want to take a serious look at their own park development," says Larry Agran, Irvine mayor pro tem and chairman of the Great Park board.
Referred to as the first major metropolitan park of the 21st century by such planning luminaries as the American Society of Landscape Architects, the dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas in Austin, and the president of interdisciplinary landscape, architecture, and urban design firm Sasaki & Associates, the park combines habitat and preservation areas with sustainable recreation, education, and entertainment venues that the park's designers say are unlike any other city park in the nation. In fact, they've planned for operations to ultimately become carbon neutral.
Recognizing the potential revenue and community-building opportunity inherent in the former 4,700-acre El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, which closed in 1999, Irvine's city council established the nonprofit Great Park Corp. to seek partners to finance and develop the decommissioned property.
Governed by a nine-member board of five council members and four public members, the corporation oversees design, construction, and maintenance. Its financial plan sets the funding structure for the park's design, landscaping, and development costs.
Lennar Corp., a public builder and managing partner of the investment consortium Heritage Fields LLC, bought the old military base for $649.5 million at a 2005 online auction. Its former owner, the U.S. Navy, is responsible for mitigating environmental impacts from past operations.
The property was split into two components: Orange County Great Park, the redevelopment's focal point; and the Great Park Neighborhoods, the contiguous residential and commercial community to be developed by Heritage Fields.
As part of Lennar's agreement with Irvine, Heritage Fields deeded the park parcel, valued at $249 million, to the city at no cost. The company has paid half of the $401 million it agreed to pay for the park's infrastructure and other development; to raise the rest it will help create the Mello-Roos Community Facilities District, which — through special tax assessments paid by in-district property owners — will provide funding for public infrastructure and facilities such as roads, parks, and schools.


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Much to Boast in Fort Bragg
Emerald Dolphin Inn • Fort Bragg, CA
Escape Kit
- A One-Night Stay for Two, Sundays through Thursdays ($75) or Fridays and Saturdays ($90) in a King or Double-Queen Suite
- Continental Breakfast for Two
- Unlimited Mini-Golf Pass Two
- Two Tickets to the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
Idling at the corner of Indoors and Overworked? Bust out of the cubicle and onto the coastal bluffs and sprawling beaches of Fort Bragg, California, about three hours north of San Francisco on the redwood-lined Mendocino coast.
The AAA Three Diamond Emerald Dolphin Inn, just steps from ocean cliffs and walking trails, is offering a one-night stay for two, Sundays through Thursdays ($75) or Fridays and Saturdays ($90), in a quiet and cozy king or double-queen suite. Each is equipped with Wi-Fi, TV with cable, and a private bathroom with granite accents.
Continental breakfast for two comes compliments of the pet-friendly inn, as do unlimited mini-golf passes and two tickets to the 47-acre Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. The MCBG is known for its rhododendrons, which are native to Southeast Asia but thrive in the cool, foggy climate that's landed atmospheric Mendocino a role in dozens of movies and TV shows. March and April are the best months to catch these vibrant flowers at their most fragrant.
Fresh off the Fort Bragg Whale Festival, this charming coastal community of about 9,000 still offers myriad chances to spy the migrating beasts from atop the paved paths of Todd's Point or Pomo Bluff. Or, catch a ride on the Skunk Train, a restored railcar that winds through towering redwoods and tunnels, over bridges, and alongside meadows, following the same and mostly unchanged route since 1885.
And if you're still looking for more, fret not; the Emerald Dolphin Inn earned big-time props on CBS's Eye on the Bay and E! Network's Great Escapes, thanks to its in-the-thick-of-everything location in Fort Bragg—it's close to good food and wine, antiques shops, scenic views, horseback riding, bird watching, and quiet reflection.
And isn't location everything? Break out of the workaday gridlock and take the road best traveled with this week's Escape to iconic Northern California.
"The Mendocino coast has made appearances on too many television shows ... and movies ... to mention. But what makes this stretch of oceanfront real estate so stirring is its profound natural beauty and fierce independence."-- The New York Times
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FOX throws Sarah under the bus: Becomes just another lamestreamer media outlet
Original post made by She\'s been my light, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Jan 25, 2013
A "source close to Palin" told RCP that she had turned down a new offer of $50 dollars annually from FOX News CEO Roger Ailes. After being "rebuffed" by Palin, Ailes told the New York Times in a hasty statement that she wasn't worth more than $50, but that he wished her the best just the same.
The news is not very surprising, especially since FOX News ratings have fallen behind CNN and on high-volume news days even MSNBC. Unconfirmed reports have seemed to underscore how FOX, seeing its ratings slip in what the Liberal networks are saying is a demographic shift toward liberal policies, is now considering becoming a Liberal network itself. Stated Ailes: "For some time now we've seen nothing but communist news reporting from the NYTimes and mainstream networks. It's about time we pried away some of that good Marxist stuff from the lamestream." He went on to say that Palin being "stupid" had nothing to do with his decision.
Palin, upon arriving at her decision, announced she's returning to Alaska with what remains of her hillbilly family and that she's looking forward to once again spending days marvelling at the gorgeous Russian tundra viewable from her front porch.
Comments (8)
a resident of Livermore
on Jan 25, 2013 at 6:33 pm
the poor thing...tee hee
a resident of Oak Hill
on Jan 26, 2013 at 12:03 pm
"A "source close to Palin" told RCP that she had turned down a new offer of $50 dollars annually from FOX News CEO Roger Ailes. After being "rebuffed" by Palin, Ailes told the New York Times in a hasty statement that she wasn't worth more than $50, but that he wished her the best just the same."
Gee, all this time I thought that conservatives were just nasty to liberals, but they're not even nice to each other!
a resident of Livermore
on Jan 26, 2013 at 5:53 pm
i feel sorry for the bus
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 27, 2013 at 7:06 am
Somewhat caustic and unnecessary, even for you mentally challenged liberals. Slow news day? No gaffes from uncle joe? No flies landing on obamas face thinking it was a pile of .....?
a resident of Livermore
on Jan 27, 2013 at 4:55 pm
for the record, i don't that sarah is a bad person just because she can see russia from her porch...how lucky can some folks be? duh...
a resident of Livermore
on Jan 27, 2013 at 5:09 pm
what size tires would a truck need to roll over palin?
a resident of Downtown
on Jan 28, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Just another sick and immanure post by a know nothing lib. Palin could beet Obama hands down in a one on one election. She's spreading her wings now. At FOX she was merely preaching to the choir. Now she'll be able to branch of and reach new audiences, cure the liberals of there disease.
a resident of Livermore
on Jan 28, 2013 at 4:03 pm
the P loves to chew on raw "beets"...tee hee hee...
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The Gadget Geek's Guide to Coffee
This week the Gadget Geek goes coffee crazy.
Some of us can't start the day without a cup of coffee. Others embrace the coffee 'lifestyle' by exclusively drinking at certain shops, buying beans that are only harvested from Peru or Guatemala and looking down on people who slurp Venti Peppermint Java Chip Frappuccino's with extra whipped topping. Whatever kind of coffee drinker you are, these gadgets will get your heart racing the way your favorite caffeinated drink does.
Scanomat's TopBrewer
This revolutionary coffee device is straight out of a coffee addict's dream. Designed to fit perfectly onto your table top, the days of bulky coffee, espresso and Keurig machines taking over your counter space have been replaced with a single sleek tap that is connected to a machine below. The TopBrewer can make up to 13 kinds of different beverages, including macchiatos, lattes, americanos and cappuccinos. Oh, and you can also connect your iPhone or iPad so you can punch in what kind of drink you want so when you're ready, so is your coffee.
Price: Over $13,000
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Coffee Joulies Set of 5
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Aeropress Coffee Maker
In the world of coffee, there are two people. Those who love the AeroPress Coffee Maker and those who have not heard of it. The AeroPress is designed to create the perfect single cup by taking out the bitterness many coffee machines cannot extract from the beans. Those who use the Aeropress claim that this device is better than some of the most expensive machines on the market (some can go for upwards of $6,000) and for such a low price, we can't complain about the extra step you take to make a perfect cup of coffee. Buy here!
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Caffeine Zone App
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Cut Your Own Christmas Tree in Utah
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SkyCity Entertainment Group's A$350 million riverside Australian development is forecast to increase annual pre-tax earnings by A$62 million in five years.
Morningstar analyst Nachi Moghe predicted A$3 billion annual VIP turnover from Adelaide in 2018, generating A$41 million revenue.
The Auckland-based company's deal was transformational and once its Australian push was completed the gaming business would enjoy a significant jump in revenue, Moghe said.
"We forecast Adelaide's ebitda to increase by A$62 million on an incremental basis by 2018, implying a post-tax return on investment of 10.5 per cent which will rise to 18.3 per cent by 2022.
"We are increasing our valuation to $4.70 per share, mainly driven by Adelaide's expansion and the roll-forward of our earnings model.
"Consequently the stock appears undervalued compared to our intrinsic value," he said, putting an accumulate recommendation out until the share price gets to $4.23.
SkyCity, with a market capitalisation of $2.3 billion, has been trading up at $3.99 although Moghe said the entire expansion would be funded by debt so gearing would rise from 2.3 times ebitda to 2.4 times in 2016 before trending downwards.
"This is within the company's banking covenants of 2.7 times," he said, projecting net after-tax profit of $146.8 million from $894.1 million revenue in 2013, rising to $164.7 million on revenue of $1 billion by 2015.
The redevelopment will run from 2014-16 and the addition of new gaming machines and tables will dramatically change the revenue mix in favour of premium VIP customers.
About 200 electronic gaming machines will initially be installed, then a further 305 machines with an extra 110 tables.
The existing casino's archaic coin-based gaming system, higher taxes on electronic gaming machines and the lack of restaurants and bars meant VIP players shunned it, Moghe said.
New VIP areas would be modelled on Auckland's Horizon suite with about 16 tables. That had been a big success, instrumental in boosting VIP revenues from $26 million in 2011 to $51 million last year.
Problem Gambling Foundation chief Graeme Ramsey said SkyCity was unable to expand its casino operations in New Zealand so it was no surprise it looked to other jurisdictions.
Moghe remained bullish about Auckland, which generates 60 per cent operating profit, noting how the Government's blanket ban on new casino licences meant SkyCity faced little competition.
"This has allowed the company to operate at very healthy profit margins and generate abundant cash flows. Judicious investments are being considered to lift growth in the longer term."
Moghe also remained hopeful SkyCity would expand its presence in Auckland, predicting an increase of 70c a share if it wins the right to build the National Convention and Exhibition Centre. SkyCity shares closed down 2c yesterday at $3.98.
Adelaide ambitions
• Existing casino to be expanded.
• 150-room, six-star boutique hotel.
• Celebrity restaurants by 2016.
• VIP gaming suites and salons.
• Reconfigure existing building to add 200 new machines.
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NCSE's archives house a unique trove of material on the creationism/evolution controversy, and we regard it as part of our mission to preserve it for posterity — as well as for occasions such as Kitzmiller v. Dover, where NCSE's archives helped to establish the creationist antecedents of the "intelligent design" movement. And we are beginning to amass a similar trove of material on disputes over climate change education.
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Apr 14, 2013 at 5:27 pm #1301735
was perusing Montbell's site a couple of weeks and found some 130 weight "Super Merino LW Shirt" offered in both t-shirt and long sleeve
I ordered a couple of the t-shirts and so far I like :) I've had them out on a couple of trail runs and they really perform well
fit is definitely athletic, if you don't like your base layers tight- order up a size, my size Large was 4.1 oz which jives w/ their list 3.9 oz for a Medium
I couldn't find these for sale anywhere else but their website- the packages had quite a bit of Japanese writing on them so maybe they haven't arrived in full in the US????
anywho I know there have been several threads looking for lighter merino, here's one anyways
MikeApr 14, 2013 at 5:35 pm #1976616
PineyBPL Member
Looks like these might come in a bit lighter than the Patagonia Merino 1. My Merino 1 in size XL weighs 4.9 ounces.Apr 14, 2013 at 6:00 pm #1976623
a little lighter looking at the specs, merino 1 is 120 g/m^2, but also has 35% poly as well
the MB are a little cheaper ($44 vs $60), I've been waiting about 8 months for Merino 1 to go on sale- no luck :(Apr 14, 2013 at 8:06 pm #1976672
And the MB ones are purely Merino? I can't imagine they would last that long at that weight/thinness, if so. With 35% poly, the P. Merino 1 should be significantly more durable, so maybe in the long run it's worth the extra $?Apr 14, 2013 at 10:50 pm #1976716
PineyBPL Member
The Montbell website lists them as a 92% wool/8% nylon blend.Apr 14, 2013 at 11:38 pm #1976721
David McBrideMember
@vintagegentLocale: Galveston TX
Out of curiosity, does anyone know where these are made? I've been trying to avoid purchasing items made in countries (e.g. China) where it's more likely that the workers making the item in question were treated poorly and paid a substandard wage.Apr 15, 2013 at 5:01 am #1976743
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@messiahkhanLocale: Newcastle, UK
I love merino, and all my base layers are now Merino. For the PCT I used 150 g/m^2 Icebreaker and Smartwool tops and they worked great. However, they were not very durable at all, and all of them wore through on the back and shoulders from abrasion with the pack. 120 g/m^2 would be great to wear on their own, or maybe for trail running, but unless they are seriously reinforced with other fibres, I think they would be too fragile for use with a pack.Apr 15, 2013 at 6:35 am #1976752
the MB ones are made in China, interestingly the Patagonia Merino 1 I have is made in the USA!-kind of encouraging
my Pat 1 thus far has been pretty durable (it's been on several 2-3 day trips), time will tell on the MB ones :)Apr 15, 2013 at 9:55 am #1976824
Drew wrote, "The Montbell website lists them as a 92% wool/8% nylon blend."
Thanks for the info Drew. That 8% nylon should help, a little. I've noticed that a percentage of wool sweaters will often have between 10 to 20% nylon, but they are already much tougher to begin with, especially if you deliberately and carefully felt them (felted wool is so much more durable than non felted).
Here's another thing i don't quite get. Why these companies don't do higher nylon ratio blends. First off, nylon is a good fiber to mix the merino with because it's the least innately stinky of the synthetics, it's the lightest, and the strongest. Granted it's also the least thermally efficient/most conductive but most people don't rely on baselayers for serious warmth so much anyways. A 60% Merino and 40% nylon supplex or microfiber blend, even if thinner will be significantly durable, lighter, warm enough, odor resistant, should be cheaper, etc. If you wanted to keep the full odor resistance, but increase strength and durability some still, you could mix the merino with some linen–hey, it ain't kosher (in the literal sense) but i don't care.
I suspect most companies and manufacturers involved don't want to make significantly durable merino baselayers because merino is such a golden cash cow, and oh so replaceable as is.
Maybe we should sign a petition and contact a reputable company, and tell them "We want durable, odor resistant baselayers at a better price, just add 30 to 40% nylon or linen" Perhaps someone more clever than myself can come up with a catchy, rhyming chant and we can picket even.
A rough draft: "You will sell, if i don't smell, but it's gotta be light, cheap, and last more than a night!"
Now, everyone chant in unison. We CAN get'er done, change is in the air, can't you smell it (oh, wait, that's my polypro, nevermind) :)Apr 15, 2013 at 2:06 pm #1976925
Alasdair FowlerMember
@messiahkhanLocale: Newcastle, UK
@justin. Have you looked the the RAB MeCo fabric based clothing? This is their blurb;
"Rab® MeCo fabrics combine 65% ethically sourced Australian merino wool with 35% recycled polyester with Cocona® technology. The two yarns are intimately blended to produce a high performance fabric that offers all the natural benefits of warmth, softness and odour protection of merino wool, but with the added performance of Cocona® technologies. This produces a garment that dries 5 times faster and offers increased odour protection over 100% merino fabrics."Apr 15, 2013 at 5:50 pm #1977000
Hi Alasdair, i have not, but thank you for the tip–looks promising. Generally i have ignored Rab, and many other brands like that because of the commonly found outrageous prices that tend to be associated with brands like these.
But i will look into it, and hopefully can snag some on clearance, sale, or what not sometime. It's the only way i can afford to buy these name brand stuff. Like i bought two houdini's recently, both fairly discounted and on clearance.
Do you have some, and if so, do you like it so far?Oct 3, 2014 at 7:34 pm #2139388
a little update on this older thread: I've worn the two MB t-shirts on numerous hikes and runs now and they are holding up well; I do insure they are washed in cold water and hung dry. They are light enough that I was a little worried about longevity, but so far, so good (my Pat Merino 1 crew is holding up well too). Because of their light fabric, they do a great job of moving moisture and drying quickly, as you would hope a good base layer would do.
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Welcome to the inaugural post of the Playful Parent! WPPL's Youth Services collection includes many great books on crafts, activities, party games, boredom buster books, experiments for home and school and much more. I will strive to get your creative juices flowing by tapping into those books on our shelves and pulling out some simple ideas you can incorporate into your family time.
Now that spring has finally arrived, it inevitably brings rain, but rainy days usually translate into extra screen time. Today's inspirations come from Go Outside: Over 130 Activities for Outdoor Adventures by Nancy Blakey.
RAIN PAINTING - Let the rain turn your artwork in watercolor masterpieces!
Supplies: Poster or tempura paints, paintbrushes, watercolor or typing paper
Instructions: Paint your picture - shapes, designs or scenes - and lay flat outside in the rain. Check after a few minutes to see how the picture changes. Results will vary based how much paint and what colors are used, and whether it's drizzling or pouring. Light rain will make a splatter effect while a downpour will make your paper look like it's been tie-dyed. Once dry you can hang your masterpiece, cut into note cards or tape several together to use as wrapping paper.
Fill a pie plate or shallow pan halfway with flour and place in the rain for a minute or two until you have collected several raindrops. Bring in and let it dry – may take several hours. Pour out contents into strainer or colander, letting the loose flour shake out in to the garbage can. What's left will be the raindrops you've collected. The larger rain pellets are formed closest to the earth while the smaller ones fell the farthest distance. If you have younger children who may have a hard time waiting, this would be best done with an evening shower, so the rain drops will be ready in the morning, or before an outing or other scheduled activity that will lessen the wait.
This is a fun thing to do when the sun comes back out. The use of divining rods to locate water has been done for thousands of years, even by the 13th century explorer, Marco Polo. No one can really explain how it works, though some suggest that there is an attraction of wood or metal to water. Others feel that water disrupts the earth's electromagnetic field, causing the rods to sway.
Supplies: 2- 24 inch lengths of 4-gauge copper ground wire, available at hardware stores. The store can cut them for you or use bolt cutters at home.
Instructions: To make your divining rods, bend approximately 4 inches on one end of each wire end to create a 90 degree angle to create a handle. To search for water or "dowse", hold a rod loosely in each hand, at waist level, and walk slowly around your yard. When you pass over water pipes underground, then rods will cross over each other to form an "X".
If you'd like to continue along the rain and water theme with some reading, the following can get you started and feel free to stop by at the Youth Services desk for additional suggestions.
Rain, Linda Ashman (Picture book)
Splat the Cat: The Rain is a Pain, Rob Scotton (Picture book)
Mudkin, Stephen Gammell (Picture book)
Puddles, Jonathan London (Picture book)
The Water Wars, Cameron Stracher (ages 12+)
The Water Seeker, Kimberly Willis Holt (ages 10+)
Drought, Pam Bachorz (ages 12+)


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Play-By-Playmate: Around The Horn
Jaime thought she was daredevil until see saw Felix Baumgartner. Now she knows better. Plus her thoughts of the MLB postseason and the NFL.
So we haven't done an "Around the Horn" in a while, and considering all the craziness happening in the world of sports, this seems like a good time to take a look around and recap the past few weeks.
Red Bull Stratos
Before I laid eyes on this video I was pretty sure I was the most hardcore person alive. I mean, I'm a "try anything once" kinda gal; when I was on The Amazing Race I got to bungee jump, 007-style, off the GoldenEye bridge, a good 720 feet in the air, and I thought I was the Adventure Queen. Then I saw Felix Baumgartner ascend 128,000 feet in his little stratosphere balloon and free fall to the earth and I gracefully conceded my title. Baumgartner is the new Adventure Queen or King or whatever. Kudos to Red Bull, too, for pushing the boundaries of extreme sports; what some of those athletes do is intense.
The MLB Postseason
By now you all know about my love of baseball, but I've got to be honest: I'm bored. I'm bored with these teams. No offense intended; St. Louis and San Francisco deserve to be where they are, but I feel like we've all seen this before. Like, we just saw this. The Cards and the Giants have each won one of the last two World Series and now they're at it again. These playoffs started off with so much hope. They had Baltimore, Atlanta, Washington, the Athletics, lots of good underdog stories, but nope. St. Louis. San Francisco. One of them is going to the World Series.
…And they're playing Detroit. That's better than the Yankees, but I don't like it. I like Detroit, but I think this will impact the Cy Young voting. I don't care what they say: with Verlander still pitching, I think they'll give him the Cy Young over the more deserving David Price. Out of sight, out of mind kinda thing. And that sucks.
Main Attraction: A-Rod
While we're (sort of) on the topic of the Yankees, what's going on with A-Rod? It seems all these rumors just came out of left field. All of a sudden A-Rod became the hottest thing around.
Well, I think it's a conspiracy. I think the Yankees couldn't handle losing so they leaked all kinds of stuff into the press about A-Rod so everyone would talk about him going to Miami, or him going to the Rays, or him throwing baseballs to girls in the stands. Really? You think A-Rod is the first player to try and pick up girls from the dugout?! This was all a cover-up so no one paid too close attention to the fact that the Yankees got SWEPT out of the playoffs.
Is it just me or is this the weirdest NFL season in recent memory? I mean, other than the Texans, there are no real scary-good teams. Even the Falcons, who are undefeated, seem beatable. The Patriots aren't looking like the same team; neither are the Packers. The 'Niners look pretty good, but I don't know. We're almost halfway through the season and a lot of teams are still in it.
Jaime's Fantasy Football Update
ATTENTION ALL: I, Jaime Edmondson, am currently sitting alone atop my division in Fantasy Football. My record's not sparkling, but it's good enough to be among the best. I get my biggest challenge of the season next week against my cross-division rival Live 2 Drew, who's a perfect 6-0. Well, not for long…


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Saturday's football game between the University of Colorado and Fresno State has been postponed, university officials decided Friday morning.
After careful consideration, CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano has decided that the university will not hold a football game on Saturday, Sept. 14, and that school officials will discuss a possible make-up date for the game.
"Even though the weather is improving, Boulder is still designated as a national emergency site," the chancellor said. "Our community is hurting. Many of our students are displaced from their homes, including many of our student-athletes. This is not an appropriate time for us to hold a game that would put pressure on the community, both in terms of security/emergency personnel, but also in diverting attention from people in need."
DiStefano also said that "ensuring the safety of CU affiliates and fans has always been the No. 1 priority."
Athletic Director Rick George said the decision was made with fans' opinions in mind.
"At the end of the day, our decision was 'what is the appropriate, what is the best thing in light of the devastation that we've had in this area?' and we're very confident that we made the absolute appropriate and right decision."
CU head football coach Mike Macintyre said his players are supportive of the decision.
"Our players have a strong desire to compete, but many of them and many of their friends have personally been affected and I know they support this decision to postpone as well," he said. "This is bigger than a football game, and I think it's a great life lesson for young people. They'll recover from it, they'll bounce back and we'll practice well and be ready to play whenever we play next."
The Athletic Department will be communicating details as soon as possible with tickets holders regarding how they will be able to utilize the tickets for the make-up date.
This is the third game in CU history that has been postponed; in 1963, the CU-Air Force game in Colorado Springs was delayed two weeks after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; and in 2001, CU was set to travel to Pullman to play Washington State on Sept. 15 but all college games were called off after the terrorist attacks on 9/11. That game was made up in the 2004 season but was played in Seattle.


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Decker School of Nursing co-sponsors Alzheimer's support group
Binghamton University's Decker School of Nursing and the New York State Department of Health will be sponsoring an Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group at the Northern Broome Senior Center in Whitney Point, on the last Thursday of every month, starting October 26. Meetings will run from 11am-noon. The group seeks to educate and provide support for caregivers of people with memory loss and Alzheimer's in the Broome County area.
Jana Ambrogne-Sobczak, assistant professor in the Decker School of Nursing will host the event. The Northern Broome Senior Center is located at 12 Strongs Place in Whitney Point.
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Rice flour is the "secret ingredient" in this dish and is used to make the flavorful coating for the shrimp. But if you can't find it, cornstarch makes a fine substitute. Serve with rice noodles or brown rice and a sprinkle of chopped scallions.
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'Breaking Dawn: Part 2′ London Premiere Red Carpet — PICS
Rob and Kristen looked absolutely beautiful together as they attended the London premiere of the final 'Twilight' film on Nov. 14! The carpet was also filled with A-listers like Taylor Lautner and Ashley Greene — click to see our gallery filled with stunning pics!
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Poly Bags Offer Storage and Packaging Options
Thick poly bags and supplies are a great way to organize small tools and keep them together, such as screws, nuts, bolts and many other items used on a construction site. Contractors can place large items in poly bags to keep them in one place, such as drawer handles and knobs, light switch plates, and faucet handles. These bags are great for clinics as well; for example, dental offices might pack these bags with a toothbrush, toothpaste and dental floss to send home with each patient after a teeth cleaning to help keep them on track with their dental hygiene.
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Quill carries Quill brand and Bags and Bows poly bags and supplies so that your contractors can always have a way to keep items together on a busy job site. Keep these bags on hand make it easier for your roofing contractor to keep up with nails without climbing on and off the roof multiple times. When a workman takes apart a bookshelf or removes the hardware from a door, he can quickly drop the pieces in a bag to keep them all together.
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Crosslake/FL/PL Legion swept by Pierz
The Crosslake/Fifty Lakes/Pequot Lakes American Legion baseball team was swept by Pierz 4-1 and 4-2 on Tuesday, June 25, in Crosslake.
Pierz led 2-0 before Crosslake/FL/PL scored in the fourth when Hunter Leslie doubled, Gage Kennedy singled and then Leslie scored on a squeeze bunt by Zach Cogan.
Pierz added a pair of insurance runs in the fifth. Leslie and Kennedy each had two hits, but Pierz enjoyed a 9-6 edge in hits.
In the second game, Crosslake/FL/PL grabbed a 2-1 lead after three innings on a two-run single by Austin Mesenbrink. Pierz assumed a 4-2 lead in the fifth with a pair of runs.
Losing pitcher Aspen Florey allowed six hits while winning pitcher Cody Meyer allowed just two hits.
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New Center Recognizes Educators as the Drivers of ChangeSupporting School Change Where It Counts— in the Schools
The new National Center for Literacy Education (NCLE) brings together leading education associations, policy organizations, and foundations to support powerful learning about literacy in every discipline. NCLE provides a structure for educator teams and schools engaged in innovative practices to share and learn from one another through exchanges centered on development of locally viable plans for inspiring student achievement.
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NCLE Director Kent Williamson notes, "Schools that sustain progress in literacy learning pay attention to the little things and the big things. They create organizational conditions that promote communication about student learning across disciplines and outside of classroom walls. They expect their faculty to deepen their knowledge not only about content, but about how kids learn, and they give them the flexibility to act on their findings. NCLE brings together the leading professional groups for educators to provide insights about how these schools and faculty work and to connect them with every school that aspires to fully prepare the next generation of readers, writers, and thinkers."
Through the free Literacy in Learning Exchange website NCLE will provide cases and vignettes from schools engaged in innovative practices; it will also provide expert commentary, research, and insights about how those practices can be adapted in varied local contexts.
Schools or school systems that embrace the challenge of sponsoring and supporting a community of practice will be eligible to apply for recognition and support as Literacy in Every Classroom Sites. NCLE will then draw from the data and practices shared by these sites and sponsor collaborative research projects with findings shared across school teams and with policy leaders at all levels. Feedback will be provided to school teams who seek information or advice about their work. And NCLE stakeholder organizations will make available what we learn from participating schools through peer-reviewed publications, seminars, and colloquies.
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The Need for Teacher Communities: An Interview with Linda Darling-Hammond November 2011 Council Chronicle
Communities of PracticeA Policy Research Brief from the National Council of Teachers of English November 2011 Council Chronicle
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Fans of the highly celebrated Legend of Zelda games will be excited to learn that a remake of one of the series' favourite titles is set to release in Australia and New Zealand on 5 March.
Fans of the highly celebrated Legend of Zelda games will be excited to learn that a remake of one of the series' favourite titles is set to release in Australia and New Zealand on 5 March.
Australian indie game developers Flat Earth Games have released versions their laid-back village building simulator — TownCraft — for the iPhone and Mac.
Angry Birds Go! is Rovio Entertainment's first move away from the traditional style of its Angry Birds franchise (Bad Piggies aside). While its graphics and design are reminiscent of Mario Kart, the mobile racing game retains its Finnish developer's points- and star-based completion system, clearly distinguishing it from the Nintendo classic.
Logitech's newest iPhone accessory makes use of the 'game controller' features in iOS 7 to deliver console-like control in compatible games on the iPhone 5 or 5s.
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DENVER - Is Peyton Manning, the professional NFL quarterback and namesake of a children's hospital, responsible for making children fat? A new study in the journal Pediatrics suggests he endorsed some of the worst foods, according to KMGH, KRDO's news partner in Denver.
The study examined 512 brands endorsed by 100 different athletes. Roughly one quarter of those endorsements involved food or beverages.
Manning and Miami Heat star LeBron James were identified as endorsing the most undesirable foods and drinks.
They "had the most endorsements for energy-dense, nutrient-poor products," the study found.
According to Forbes, Manning is the NFL's top product endorser. He earns $12 million a year from endorsement contracts with Buick, Reebok, DirecTV, Gatorade and Papa John's. He also owns 21 Papa John's stores in the Denver area.
Overall, 79 percent of the foods endorsed by athletes were considered "energy-dense and nutrient-poor." More than 93 percent of the endorsed drinks contained added sugar that was responsible for 100 percent of the calories in the bottle.
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So I wanted to make my main account on PSN that I have used for years.
It told me the account was taken. I then added that account to my friends list on another PSN account, it told me the name didn't exist...
(spelling, spacing, etc. was all correct)
So with that info, I called Sony. At first they confirmed that the PSN I wanted was an available PSN. They gave me some stuff to try, still couldn't make the account.
Eventually, on the third call to Sony, the guy puts me on hold, comes back a couple minutes later, and tells me that the PSN I wanted, isn't taken, but it is not allowed to be made by anyone....also saying that this is the first time he has ever come across this situation...
Anyone know why this would be? Or is the PSN I want the only name on PSN that no one is allowed to have....?
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Um, yeah, I never heard of such a thing.
Perhaps you should try an ID that is less profound. Creating a PSN ID has become a strange new art form or something. You should check out THIS thread. It can give you some insight as to how us regular people pick an ID.
Just trying to help.
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It was just a simple ID.
two words, with an underscore inbetween. Follows all the rules.
Heck, the first person I talked to at sony told me it was available. I just don't know why this one account is unavailable to be made.
The reason I want this PSN so bad is because I have used it for years, on PS2 games and the such.
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Just seems strange is all. Maybe you did something a while ago that caught some bad attention, so they decided to ban it going forward. Don't know.
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I'm new to PS3, only have had it for a few months. Havent used the account or anything.
It is rather unfortunate though. Even worse so, cause no one I have talked to about this, has ever heard about it.
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Well, there is always a first for everything. Hope you find a solution, or figure out another name you may like.
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In all of the punditry about the aftermath of the Wisconsin recall and the vote to make Michigan a "right-to-work" state, it is unlikely you will hear much about Joseph Schumpeter. I am going to try to remedy that.
Mr. Schumpeter is most famous for updating and popularizing the concept of "creative destruction" found in the writings of Karl Marx. The basic idea of this -- also known in university political science classes as "Schumpeter's Gale" -- is that capitalism is consistently breaking down inefficient means of production and creating new and better ones. Creative destruction describes how candle makers got replaced by light-bulb manufacturers.
Creative destruction is why there is so much churn in the list of the top 50 companies. Firms grow big, are challenged by more innovative and nimble companies and eventually die (or adapt). Schumpeter (and Marx) recognized that creative destruction generated enormous amounts of productivity and wealth.
So far, so good. But Schumpeter also had a very real gloomy side. He predicted that capitalism was doomed in the long run because the very wealth it created would produce a new class of workers who would undermine it from within. The new class, which would include managers, social workers and intellectuals, despite benefiting enormously the prosperity capitalism makes possible, would personify values hostile to capitalism. It would advocate policies of social democracy and technocracy -- policies that would further empower the new class and severely weaken the host over time. The new class would ensure the demise of capitalism and the birth of corporatism (not socialism, as Marx had predicted).
Anyone looking at what has happened to Europe and the United States over the last few decades can acknowledge the Schumpeter was at least on to something. Just look at the role public-sector unions are playing in California. A diverse coalition of new-class activist has driven this state to the brink of bankruptcy and oblivion. Or look at the chummy relationship between our president and Wall Street, GE, insurance companies, and the auto industry.
What Joseph Schumpeter didn't fully appreciate was the capacity for democratic societies to self-correct. In Wisconsin, the first state to legalize public-sector unions and the intellectual birthplace of the corporatist-progressive project, the election results dealt the new class a terrible and nearly fatal blow. That is the great flaw in Schumpeter's theory. While the new class may be perfectly happy to feed off the host until it dies, the host has more than a little to say about that. The Tea Party groups represent an antibody counterstrike (the new-class infection). Of course, there is no guarantee this immune response will succeed. One doesn't get the sense that the Europeans have as strong an immune system (as we do), which points to the huge importance of our cultural differences.
Democracy has merely a capacity for self-correction. It also has a capacity to fail.
President Obama has shown a clear and strong intent to take this country down the road to European democratic socialism. He endeavored but failed to succeed in doing that during his first term (Obamacare was his only partial success), but he clearly intends to continue to push other new programs and to try to re-establish old ones such as cap-and-trade legislation during his next four years. One of the methods appears to be his increasingly common use of back-door evasions of congressional approval, which was used quite a few times during his first term by the EPA.
President Obama suffers from a clear reluctance to appoint highly intelligent and experienced individuals to his cabinet. It has been suggested that he feels guarded in regard to placing individuals into a position in which they might possibly be more knowledgeable and experienced than he, and thusly more difficult to control. Just one examination of those that he has appointed over the last four years (and not counting the very strange bunch in the West Wing) cannot help but bring one to the conclusion that this president does not find intellectual differences of opinion to his liking.
Without a doubt, these next four years are going to be very interesting and critical to the survival of this nation. The American people are simply going to have to wake up and start again to take control of their country. The self-correction that took place in Wisconsin and Michigan this year is a cause for hope.
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