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RE: st: ci question
"Nick Cox" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
RE: st: ci question
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:20:19 +0100
When I want to do something similar, I use tactics like these:
1. Reduce (e.g. -collapse-) the dataset to what you want to show.
2. Alternatively, typing the results into new variables, or even a new
dataset, may be quicker and
easier than working out how to automate that, especially if your graph
design is a little unusual.
3. Although there are exceptions, using -twoway- is more flexible than
-graph bar-, -graph hbar-, or -graph dot-, especially for combinations
of graph
elements (most obviously point symbols plus bars or other intervals).
4. Overlaying is your friend.
5. An axis for categories can be constructed by working out a simple
integer scale.
A group of three, another group of four, then a group of two might be
plotted against 1 2 3; 5 6 7 8; 10 11.
If you want finer control of spacing, use larger integers, not
fractional values.
The -egen- function -axis()- from -egenmore- on SSC is one tool in this
area. A better tool called
-seqvar- is in preparation.
6. Once the spacing is good, attach text to the integers as value
labels. -labmask- from -labutil-
from SSC is one tool here.
7. Despite tribal conventions in many fields, text plotted horizontally
is easier for the programmer to manipulate
and the reader to follow.
Something in this territory should appear in Speaking Stata in Stata
Journal 8(2), or so I gather.
Chris Witte
I'd like to be able to have multiple levels by which the plots are
separated/grouped along the x-axis (like the "over" command in "graph
box" allows). For example, using eclplots, I'd like to be able to
include two "parmid_varname" variables....or using ciplots, I'd like to
include two variables in the "by" option.
Now, I've also plotted this data by overlaying rcap plots with scatter
plots of the means. Using this plotting method, is there a way to
horizontally offset the rcap plots within a single x-axis value so that
the rcaps do not overlap? This might be an acceptable presentation for
me as well, although it would be better if I could do this through
ciplot, eclplot, or serrbar.
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Clinton: Let's stop attacking Romney's "sterling business career," mm-kay?
posted at 9:21 am on June 1, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
I know that Barack Obama wants Bill Clinton to act as a campaign surrogate, but perhaps he should consider hiring him as his campaign manager instead. President #42 gave some good advice and a little bit of political wisdom last night in suggesting that the Obama campaign stop talking about Mitt Romney's "sterling business career" and, er, move on to what Team Obama's agenda for a second term might be:
So I don't think that we ought to get in the position where we say this is bad work, this is good work. I think, however, the real issue ought to be what has Governor Romney advocated in the campaign that he will do as president? What has President Obama done and what does he propose to do? How do these things stack up against each other, that's the most relevant thing. There's no question that in terms of getting up and going to the office, and you know, basically performing the essential functions of the office, a man who has been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold.
The "sterling business career" remark will sting Team O, but it's an accurate reflection of what most voters will believe, especially in this economy. Why would Team O want to get into a debate over qualifications for the office is a mystery in and of itself, one which apparently has Clinton stumped, too. Not only are the attacks alienating allies on Wall Street that Obama desperately needs with Romney in the race, the constant Bain references reminds people of Romney's deep background on economics, and leaves an opening for attacks on Obama's public-equity record.
So why does Team O insist on continuing those attacks? Clinton more or less says why when he asks, "What has President Obama done and what does he propose to do? " So far, Obama hasn't laid out a second-term agenda at all; in fact, he and his team still haven't even figured out a theme, even after more than a year of campaigning. Obama has to distract voters from the fact that he's offered no vision at all.
Addendum: Does this sound like a man who would want his wife to hitch her wagon to Obama's star and join the ticket as a running mate? Er … not really.
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Savane - News: Release 1.0.3: bugfixes, cosmetics improvements.
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Release 1.0.3: bugfixes, cosmetics improvements.
Item posted by Mathieu Roy <yeupou> on Mon Aug 23 13:57:58 2004.
I'm glad to announce 1.0.3 release.
Thanks a lot to everybody involved in this release. :)
The release tracking has been made with the item task #313 at Gna!
Feel free to send comments there.
Obtaining it:
- GPG-signed tarball is available at <http://download.gna.org/savane/>
- It is downloadable via CVS, with the tag REL_1-0-3
Installing it:
If you are running Savane < 1.0.3, you should run sql scripts included
in savane/update/1.0.3, as described in savane/update/README.
These scripts will handle the trivial changes on the database needed.
Also, take care to the section [SITE SPECIFIC CONTENT] of the
ChangeLog below, it will tells you which files should be added in your
site specific content directory.
Otherwise, just follow INSTALL, or INSTALL.verbose if it not enough.
Reporting bugs:
Same place as usual, go at <http://gna.org/bugs/?group=savane>
Changes from 1.0.2 to 1.0.3:
- admin/user_email.txt no longer exists.
- my/request_for_inclusion.txt has been added.
- register/projectname.txt slightly modified about the lenght of
unix group name (details in the frontend section below).
* Cosmetics improvements (closes: task #404).
* Can handle mysql persistant link, if available.
- Clarify message sent when an user request membership, remove
an extra slash from the link given (closes: bug #441).
- Fix broken link on membership page (closes: bug #422).
- Hide CVS link if unused (closes: bug #631).
- Give appropriate information about lenght of unix group name
(closes: bug #376).
- Add anchors/links in the trackers page, to ease browsing inside
the items (closes: task #304).
* Add a special submit, only for project members, allowing them to
update a report and get back to it directly. It can be useful to
do some tasks that cannot be done at once (closes: task #256).
- Add a link to the top of each page (closes: task #554).
- Item can now be private, which means they are shown only to
tracker technicians/admins and submitters. This require some
trivial modifications of the database that can be done by running
the command:
mysql databasename < update/1.0.3/private-items.sql
or by executing the SQL commands within the file
update/1.0.3/private-items.sql by any other mean
(closes: task #111).
- Show priorities of dependencies (closes: task #553).
- Return to the item page (instead of the items list) after removing
a cc/dependancy/attached file. It will ease heavy changes made on
one item (closes: bug #462).
- Reporting trackers section now renamed statistics, heavily cleaned.
- Fix error in attached file size mentioned in mail notifications
(closes: bug #468).
- Fix a bug that made field usage "show on add" option the same
for non logged in users and logged in users (closes: bug #286).
- Feature boxes dates are now i18n compliant (closes: bug #493).
* CVS.pm: make CVSROOT/history group writable by default.
- Users and groups are now created with id starting at 5000
(closes: bug #431).
- Use single quotes by default in the configuration file, escape
single quotes. It allows admins to use non purely ascii characters
within their installation name, like @, without running into
troubles (closes: bug #283).
- Rename some initvalues: Later is now Postpone, Works For Me is now
Unreproducible (wording more common) ; For patch we talk about
applying, for task and support about doing, instead of fixing
(closes: task #566).
|Subrelease 126.96.36.199 (posted by Mathieu Roy, Tue Aug 24 06:29:25 2004)
Savane 188.8.131.52 is released.
It only fixes a bug that makes less convenient the interactive building of the conffile (bug #633), when running sv_update_conf.


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Wall Street pays close attention to the quarterly 13f reports from hedge funds as a way to scrutinize the portfolio moved of titans like Carl Icahn and Dan Loeb.
What do we learn if we look at the actions of the top 50 hedge funds? According to FactSet Research, hedge funds grew more bullish on stocks, expanding their exposure to equities by 2.9% during Q3. The biggest purchases were in shares of P&G (PG) and Apple (AAPL), while drug maker Allergan (AGN) was the biggest sale.
Here's some suggested morning reading:
Regulatory guidance that seeks to limit the use of borrowed money in takeovers has hampered the business of debt-laden acquisitions. – Gillian Tan, Wall Street Journal
Gold's relationship with the dollar is "complex," and is set to "diminish" as the market shifts to Asia. – Myra P. Saefong, MarketWatch.com
Is it time to rotate away from U.S. equities? – Tyler Mordy, ETF.com
Which ETFs will benefit from M&A in consumer staples sector? – Todd Shriber, ETF Trends
Nearly six months after Bill Gross's exit, Pacific Investment Management Co.'s flagship Total Return fund is beating most of its rivals. – Min Zeng, Wall Street Journal
A House lawmaker whose Connecticut district is home to one of the highest concentrations of hedge funds introduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday that would ban insider trading, taking aim at a financial crime that has tripped up some of his own constituents. – Andrew Ackerman and Aruna Viswanatha, Wall Street Journal
There's a lively debate in the fund industry over whether risk-averse investors should go after low-volatility stocks or focus instead on companies with above-average dividends. Well, PowerShares is launching a fund this week that aims to do both.
After the big success of the PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio (SPLV), the firm is launching the PowerShares S&P 500 High Dividend Portfolio (SPHD) on Thursday. Here's the prospectus, which shows an expense ratio of 0.30%.
The index picks the last 12 months' 50 least volatile stocks from the group of the 75 highest dividend payers in the S&P 500. There's a max of 10 stocks per sector. The stocks with the heftiest dividends get the highest weighting in the fund:
S&P identifies from the S&P 500® Index the 75 securities with the highest dividend yields over the past 12 months, with no one sector within the S&P 500® Index allowed to contribute more than 10 securities. From those securities, S&P selects for inclusion in the Underlying Index the 50 securities with the lowest volatility over the past 12 months. Volatility is a statistical measurement of the magnitude of up and down asset price fluctuations (increases or decreases in a stock's price) over time. The Index Provider weights each of the constituent securities in the Underlying Index by its dividend yield, with the highest dividend-yielding securities receiving the highest weights. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising its Underlying Index in proportion to their weightings in the Underlying Index.
The sector limit is interesting, because accusations of overexposure to a few staid sectors has been a common criticism of SPLV. There will be no more than 10 stocks apiece from each S&P 500 sector, so the fund shouldn't be dominated by dividend-rich utilities, health-care or consumer staples stocks. Consumer staples are 31% of SPLV, utilities are 29% and health care is 15%. Of course, that hasn't stopped investors from plowing $2.5 billion into the low-volatility ETF since its May 2011 launch, making it one of the most successful new ETFs of the last few years.
Stay tuned. We'll have more on what the ETF will hold and whether the problem of unintended exposures also crops up in this product, as analysts at Axioma have argued is a problem in SPLV. From our March 24 column on the subject:
THE POWERSHARES S&P 500 LOW VOLATILITY PORTFOLIO (SPLV), one of last year's big ETF launches (May), is built to track the 100 least volatile Standard & Poor's 500 index stocks of the past 12 months.
That's been enticing for investors seeking shelter from market swings like last August's; they've plunked $1.6 billion into the fund over about 10 months, and they've kept pouring in this year, even though the fund is up only 1.5% year to date.
However, screening for staid, stable stocks can bring its own quirks. Anthony A. Renshaw of risk-modeling firm Axioma unpacked the fund's holdings to discover a few predictable issues—and a few that were surprising.
Unsurprisingly, the fund has a heavy bias toward the consumer staples and utilities sectors, which together make up more than half of the ETF as of this month. That means that investors are making sector bets by buying into this fund, whether they realize it or not.
But the fund also lacks a number of the S&P 500′s very large companies like Chevron (CVX), effectively giving it a bias against massive companies. It also has what Renshaw says is a healthier-than-expected dose of companies that prefer a strong U.S. dollar.
The larger issue may be that investors who seek out low-volatility stocks are at risk of lumping together companies whose shares aren't budging lately for a range of very different reasons, not all of which are permanent.
For instance, while some companies' stocks may always be shelters in a storm, others may simply have withstood 2011′s market downdraft for idiosyncratic reasons that won't be repeated, like banner earnings or buybacks. …
Axioma's own aim in publishing the study is to push "purified factor ETFs" that strive to control for such issues. But it should be clear even to investors who've never considered the matter that there's likely no magic ETF recipe for ridding their portfolios of market volatility.
With exchange-traded funds ballooning in popularity, it's harder to and more important to separate fact from fiction. On the Focus on Funds blog and ETF Focus column, L.A. native Crystal Kim lifts the hood on ETFs, mutual funds and hedge funds to highlight overlooked values, actionable ideas and potential pitfalls.


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Movie Review: Warm Bodies
Hollywood's given us a few memorable movies narrated by corpses, but not one narrated by a zombie corpse,
Director: Jonathan Levine
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Hollywood's given us a few memorable movies narrated by corpses—Sunset Boulevard and Reversal of Fortune among them—but not one narrated by a zombie corpse, and certainly never in a warm, fuzzy, likeable romantic-comedy-of-the-living-dead the likes of Warm Bodies.
Based on a smart and edgy novel by Isaac Marion, adapted and directed for the screen by Jonathan Levine (50/50), the love story plays out against the backdrop of a dystopian future post–zombie apocalypse, a world in which tough, ever-wary survivors live in walled cities beyond which prowl hungry hordes of the undead, who spend their hours hunting and meandering endlessly through such locales as a deserted airport.
But even those lost souls face constant competition and warfare with Bonies, the most craven, devolved and voracious of all members of the zombie nation. We're meant to think of these warring zombie factions as Montagues and Capulets or, if you like, Sharks and Jets because Warm Bodies is littered with allusions to Romeo and Juliet. Naturally, the movie gives us star-crossed young lovers—they even get a balcony scene. There's a funny, self-deprecating, lonely zombie named "R" (Nicholas Hoult) who develops an unlikely crush on "Julie" (Teresa Palmer) after he and his gang slaughter a few of her friends during a hunt for medical supplies. After R devours the brains of Julie's boyfriend (Dave Franco), he kidnaps her and spirits her back to his home in an abandoned airplane where he shows her kindness and plays her love songs on vinyl. Yep, you're supposed to make The Phantom of the Opera let alone Beauty and the Beast connections.
Warm Bodies is the kind of end of the world movie in which an airport's power grid still functions, humans find time and materials to wall in their cities and Polaroid cameras are still hanging around, but, hey, if you're looking for logic, remember: this thing's a zombie movie, for Pete's sake. Anyway, our lovebirds' sweet little affair sends them rushing to Julie's military leader father (John Malkovich, in an MIA performance) to try and convince him that the zombies (including R's Mercutio-like friend "M," played by Rob Corddry) are not only regaining their powers of speech and empathy but also their humanity, leading to a human-zombie kickass kumbaya and an all-out war to defeat the really, truly, definitely dead Bonies.
Okay, so maybe the messages of peace, love and tolerance get hit overly insistently, but at least Hoult and Palmer are pretty and charming, if lacking in heat or passion. Anyway, they're certainly more fun to watch than those two flatliners in the Twilight movies. Corddry, who usually tries way too hard, is really good, scoring a couple of big laughs, and the film's wry running commentary on contemporary life as already detached, robotic and zombified is fun, if more economically explored in Shaun of the Dead. The whole movie has a winning whimsy, let alone some terrific use of tunes by Bon Iver, M83 and Bruce Springsteen, among others.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A's general manager Billy Beane sat back comfortably in a suite high above the crowded lobby at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, content with letting the offseason process play out.
As other teams scramble to fill pitching staffs, the A's have a surplus of quality young starters that they intend on keeping. While rivals bid on outfielders, the A's have at least four -- Josh Reddick, Yoenis Cespedes, Coco Crisp and Chris Young -- who are scheduled to get 400-plus at-bats. The reigning American League West champions feel similarly set at most spots in the infield, but Beane is poised to pounce if the right fit comes along at one important position.
The A's still are in need of an everyday shortstop and are eyeing two in particular: Stephen Drew, who was acquired last season but now is a free agent, and Hiroyuki Nakajima, a Japanese veteran.
"You want to get the best player you can -- it's a critical position," Beane said. "You have a chance to significantly improve your club if you get the right guy (at shortstop)."
Drew was the right fit last season, stabilizing the position after coming over from the Arizona Diamondbacks in August. In an extremely shallow shortstop market, the 29-year-old Drew is far and away the most attractive option, and Beane plans to touch base with Drew's agent, Scott Boras, during his time in Nashville.
Nakajima, 30, is known as a top-notch fielder and hit .311 with 13 homers for the Seibu Lions last season in Japan.
"We've talked about him," manager Bob Melvin said. "We do know quite a bit about him. I'm sure there will probably be quite a few suitors."
The paucity of quality shortstops on the market might leave Beane in a familiar spot, scouring the trade market. The Cleveland Indians are reportedly ready to clean house, leaving Asdrubal Cabrera (.270, 16 homers) as an intriguing option for any club willing to meet the right price. A cheaper option could be Yunel Escobar (.353 career on-base percentage), who was acquired by the Miami Marlins in last month's blockbuster deal with the Toronto Blue Jays and already is back on the trading block.
Beane said the trade market could present more options than free agency, but regardless of which route he takes, the A's have one requirement. With 2012 first-round pick Addison Russell on the way, the A's aren't looking for a long-term solution.
"We're looking for a guy mainly to help in 2013," Beane said.
With few other roster holes to fill, Beane is happy to wait until that right fit comes along.
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.


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Remember the Word
The second coming of Christ is another fundamental doctrine of which we will be reminded over the next few days. However, as we will see in 3:11–12, even this doctrine is given to us so that we might be motivated ...Read More
Entangled Again
That we struggle with particular sins does not mean we do not have true faith. In his comments on today's passage, John Calvin reminds us that true believers sin but live lives demonstrating they are not under its dominion. If ...Read More
Slaves of Corruption
While we know that all true converts will never fall finally away, we still must do all we can to help those professing faith not to fall away, for that is one way God keeps His people faithful (Ezek. 3:16–21; ...Read More
Waterless Springs
In John 4:14, Jesus promises us that the water He gives to us will so satisfy us that we will never be thirsty again. Jesus has appointed many in the body of Christ to be preachers and teachers through whom ...Read More
Gain from Wrongdoing
Even a broken clock is correct twice a day, or so the saying goes. False teaching is particularly dangerous because rarely will false teachers speak no truth at all. That truth is spoken on occasion, however, does not make one ...Read More
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Most of us would readily leave a church in which a leader is promoting a view of sexuality not in line with Scripture. However, though today's passage is primarily a warning about false teachers, we should all likewise beware lest ...Read More
Blots and Blemishes
False teachers who leave the church to start their own cults are, in a sense, easier to deal with because they have clearly set themselves apart from the Christian community. More insidious are those teachers who hold onto the name ...Read More
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That Peter calls demons "glorious ones" does not suggest they have some goodness left in them. Rather, it warns us of the power and might they still possess even though they are fallen. Though we must not fear evil if ...Read More
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The Bible is filled with contrasts between the ways of the righteous and the ways of the wicked. Though only the perfect righteousness of Christ can justify a person, those who have been justified endeavor to obey God's righteous law. ...Read More
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Talk to any athlete and they will say enjoyment is paramount. For Shane Van Gisbergen, that is non-negotiable and was why he walked away from V8 Supercars at the tender age of 23.
It was a decision that shocked many but not those closest to him. He was not enjoying his year with a Stone Brothers Racing team undergoing massive changes and walked away despite having recently signed a new three-year contract.
It was couched as retirement - something he now takes umbrage with - and contributed to the disbelief and incredulity among fans and fellow drivers when only six weeks later he announced he had signed with Tekno Autosports to race a Holden in this year's series. He's always driven a Ford.
Van Gisbergen isn't too worried about the sort of reception he will receive when he returns to the track this month. He doesn't seem to worry about much, except one thing.
"I just want to race," he said, "to enjoy it. I just love driving.
"I never said retirement. That word was put in a few releases. Retirement is final and I never wanted to retire. I'm only 23.
"Just the way it came out last year was not right, but it was what the team wanted. I went along with it at the time because I didn't plan to come back. I didn't have any desire to. Of course, now I'm in a Holden and it's a bit of a change as well. People are probably going to be disappointed or shocked, I don't know. I just tend to stay away from it and get on with it."
The thing he used to appreciate about Stone Brothers was that it was a family operation who just loved to race. All that changed when they were taken over by Erebus Motorsport last year. Tekno echo the Stone Brothers of old. They are another family operation who just love to race and his co-driver Jonathan Webb is also the team owner and son of a billionaire.
Last season Webb was even able to race without any sponsorship and he intends taking some of the pressure off Van Gisbergen, who dislikes all of the fringe activities like media and sponsorship that comes with the job. They will also drive cars built by Triple Eight Race Engineering, which should see the pair near the front of the grid.
"Being a small family business we are quite close and work quite well together," Webb said. "And being an owner and a driver I probably understand more than a lot of the team owners out there. It's a matter of trying to make it work where you can still enjoy it but get the essential parts of the job done, like looking after sponsors but still having enough time to really get your head back in the right space before getting in the race car."
Van Gisbergen has got himself in the right headspace after a stint back home with his parents. He started working for his father, who sells cars, and planned on racing in the New Zealand V8 SuperTourers, drifting and rallying.
He will still do all that and his new deal also allows him to live in New Zealand for six months of the year.
"I will be a lot busier than I have ever been but it will be enjoyable," he said. "It will be a lot more fun but a lot more work, too."


text: My name is Austin Leonhardt. I'm from Cowley, Wyoming, but I currently live in Laramie, Wyoming. I'm only 21, but I've had already had 7 Chevy trucks, including my newest addition that I got last week. It's a 2007 Chevy silverado 1500 ext cab. It's stock for now, but this summer I plan on a 6-inch lift, 35 inch tires, 20 inch wheels, and some painted pocket flares.


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I dont remember being too excited about Beatty when we drafted him. Beatty seems to be a bit stronger. Interestingly enough they are the exact same height and weight. Beatty has longer arms of course
Beatty had a monster senior season at Uconn while Pugh was more consistant throughout his 3 years.
Maybe some of you draft gurus can help out.. who was the better prospect coming out of college?


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This is a form of dogging that happens in markets or bazaars and is usually accompanied by shouts from the crowd of "bak sheesh, bak sheesh". The couple copulating usually have to have intercourse in a small contained place reserved for urinating and faecal waste hence they form a pyramid shape to avoid the shit on the floor.
Even though Susan was from Rightford she still dogs egyptian like a seasoned pro. Her proffered ass and pyramid stance meant I could give her good and made for a fantastic egyptian dogging scenario. The cries of "bak sheesh" made me ejaculate into the pocket of her carrybag.
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The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush


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Town Square
A round of applause
Original post made by Hal Bailey, another community, on Apr 9, 2008
We have seen volunteers and supporters on all sides of Alamo incorporation, media from all points of view, and neighbors in pursuit of answers. We have seen all parties struggle with each other in earnest attempt to find common ground and public discussion.
We have come to a defining point in the discussions that definition is needed in incorporation proposal and in public discussion.
That, neighbors, deserves applause for coming to a starting point. Definition in public discussion is next and we can all applaud that result.
Nice work!
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a resident of another community
on Apr 10, 2008 at 8:38 am
Posted at the request of the author
"What is a contract-services municipality"
A contract-services municipality is divided into seven commissions/committees led by a Chair for each that is a member of the city council.
• Administration & Finance (Chair is a council member and city treasurer/clerk)
• Public Safety (Chair is a council member and city public safety officer as "Police and Fire Chief")
• Environment (Chair is a council member and public works director)
• Planning (Chair is a council member and planning director)
• Economic Development (Chair is a council member and economic development director)
• Community Relations (Chair is a council member and city attorney)
• Services (Chair is a council member and procurement director)
Each Chair is elected by the voters to the specified position based on the qualifications for nomination, such as community relations must be a member of the bar. All Chairs are volunteers without compensation and have a budget for their operations and expenses. There are options for selecting the committee members as 5-7 members including the Chair:
1. The Chair may nominate a proposed committee to the city council for appointment.
2. The voters may nominate a proposed committee for city council appointment
3. The voters may nominate and elected proposed committee members
Each committee has paid administrative staff specified in the incorporation proposal and any additional staff services are contracted for the period of need. The administrative staff is managed by a General Manager with duties to fulfill council and commission/committees directives.
A contract-services municipality is specifically suited to our (Alamo) region because we need little more than a part-time government with a small full-time general management staff. Further, this form of government offers the ease of forming various ad hoc committees and taskforces for the short-term projects of dealing with various tasks needed in the community such as underground utilities/street lighting, drainage enclosure, walkways and pathways, municipal emergency/wifi network, business district revitalization, etc.
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a resident of another community
on Apr 10, 2008 at 10:31 am
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"Why shouldn't a city council be elected to form a government?"
In the opinions of the Alamo neighborhoods (2006/2007), city councils form governments as dictators and not in a citizen-led democratic manner. As the ad hoc neighborhoods committee members researched surrounding cities, they found the city councils to be dictators in-charge of governments at-odds with their citizens. As a result, neighbors concluded that a city government must be defined at time of incorporation with sufficient citizen oversight and review to insure that the people remain in-charge and the government is simply compliant to advisory.
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a resident of Alamo
on Apr 10, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Let's see...
Kathy Bell seems to be unclear on the concept of representative government. I can try to help: We, the people, through the electoral process select certain people to REPRESENT us in carrying out our wishes for government.
When you say, "city councils form governments as dictators" it indicates that you have an astonishing lack of knowledge about local government and a profound disrespect for the democratic process.
Maybe a night school course in Fundamentals of America Government would be in order.
Please think about it...
a resident of another community
on Apr 11, 2008 at 9:01 am
Dear Ron,
As you review the oxymorons in your commentary, you will realize that representative government means any elected official only represents our will, interest and advisory. Such representatives are not our leaders or do they establish policy for a democratic people. Thus, governments, by our will and participation, establish and define governments or they are quite appropriately defined as DICTATORS.
I fear you have been sadly conditioned by the current national administration that assumes they are our commander-in-chief, when they are only representative of our will as a people. Night and day, and everyday, we must learn and remember WE, the people, are in-charge and our representatives must comply with our leadership.
We cannot be a Democratic people among DICTATORS,
One HAL of a Pal
a resident of another community
on Apr 11, 2008 at 9:19 am
Dear neighbors,
Alamo Ron has very sadly conceded his/her right to participate in democracy and defined a care-taker government that is only elected by the people. If we were all to accept that role, very soon we would not be needed as voters and government participants.
Do not surrender your freedom or your right to lead,
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a resident of another community
on Apr 11, 2008 at 9:28 am
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Dear neighbors,
In eights years of tyranny by the Bush Administration, WE needed to reclaim our role in our democracy as its leaders. WE cannot accept dictators in any role in our governments and must remove them from any future role.
Alamo Ron ernestly defined the tragedy of such surrender of leadership by the American people and the willingness of an uninformed people to concede to tyranny. WE are now awakening as a people and WE will remove tyrants at national, state and regional levels of our governments.
Remember, WE lead!
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a resident of another community
on Apr 11, 2008 at 9:43 am
Dear neighbors,
In this new enlightenment of WE, the people, may I offer the words of Thomas Jefferson, 1787:
"A little revolution now and then is a good thing; the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
Hal Bailey
CDSI Research Fellowship
a resident of another community
on Apr 11, 2008 at 10:28 am
Dear neighbors,
No matter what contempt Alamo Ron has for our region's neighbors, we must demand definition of any government to be created by our votes. No council, no matter how elected, should have the right to dictate definition of our government. The tyranny of our county supervisors is an easy lesson for us all and shall not be duplicated by any vote of neighbors within our region.
If I may paraphrase Patrict Henry, "Give me definition or give me nothing (to warrant my vote)."
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on Apr 11, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Dear neighbors,
Alamo Ron is a mirror for reflection of all thoughts and commentary and challenges all of us with a smile and points to consider. Alamo Ron should not be labeled or otherwise personally reviewed in this forum's commentary.
Our goal is issues and answers among all points of view and I want all commentary invited to respond to my thoughts and to the thoughts of others.
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Matt Tolson, a representative from John Brown University's Advance Program, will be at Pulaski Technical College's main campus on Tuesday, Feb. 1, to talk with students about JBU's bachelor's degree in organizational management.
Students with at least 60 hours of college credit can complete a bachelor's degree from JBU in about 18 months by attending class one night a week in North Little Rock.
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UTSA screens Spike Lee film 'Do the Right Thing'
By Kareem el Dahab
Student Writer, College of Liberal and Fine Arts
(Feb. 7, 2006)--As part of Black History Month events at UTSA, the University Center's U-Cine presents director Spike Lee's acclaimed movie, "Do the Right Thing," at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 8 in the University Center Laurel Room (2.01.28) at the 1604 Campus.
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The event is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a dinner and discussion with free food provided by Anne Marie's Catering.
The 1989 movie is set on the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn, N.Y., where racial tensions are growing in a predominately black neighborhood.
A Korean grocery, Sal's Pizzeria and Mookie, Sal's delivery boy, manage always to be at the center of the action. Everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
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[quote user="Raptor22"]We've talked about sleepers, and risers... but what about the guys going in the other direction?
What diamonds do you think will/could fall into JR's hands?
Personally, I've been thinking that Micheal Brockers will be the DT to fall. The kid is raw as hell, and he played too heavy, but he fits JR's mold to a T. If he could get down to a semi-lean 305, he could be a terror.
Also, I'm looking at Kuechly as a possible faller. I love the kid, but given how the LB market has moved, or rather, hasn't, I don't see much interest in LB's this year in the NFL. Also, I'm wondering how much of his combine numbers are the product of post-season workouts. His combine numbers were as good if not better than Patrick Willis', and while Kuechly is a great prospect, I don't see "best LB in the league" when I watch him play. And given how prone GM's are to talking themselves out of picks, if I'M thinking that, they probably are too.
Thats what scares me a little about Kuechly as well. He's a very good athlete, no doubt. He can stick his foot in the ground, create a burst, and close on ball carriers. However, I just don't see that elite lower body explosion in games that you saw in the combine. He gets engulfed by blockers his fair share of times. His short shuttle was phenomenal and better than most receivers at the combine but you don't see that elite change of direction ability in games either
I think maybe the post season workouts may have made him even better. It's a new facet and dynamic of Kuechly game's that he's worked on and we haven't seen in college. Or, well, that's at least my theory. Because unless he took some human growth hormones or something, you don't put up those numbers unless you're a heck of an athlete.


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2013 Social Media All-Star Prospect: Ben Boulware
One of the last great frontiers in rivalry trolling will be the rise of an underground blood sport between, say, USC and UCLA boosters, or warring factions of the Iron Bowl, to get as many opposing players into NCAA trouble via social media violations as humanly possible. This is a frontier that right now only exists in our imaginations, complete with a scoring system jotted down on assorted cocktail napkins, but until it coalesces into reality, a Frequently Asked Question:
Q. Should I be spending a lot of time tweeting at high school athletes in an attempt to sway their college choices?
A. No. This is invariably some combination of gross, dumb, unnecessary and a secondary violation.
If you decommit from Clemson you probably wear crocs and listen to One Direction.
— Ben Boulware (@benboulware7) January 7, 2013
Q. What if I, myself, am an elite high school athlete?
A. Then it is funny. Ben Boulware is a Rivals three-star linebacker out of Anderson, South Carolina, and the first addition from the class of 2013 to our social media all-stars roster. Good topical awareness; great reach; diabolical hitting power. Tremendous upside.


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History of Brandon Cockrell
Colorado Springs murder investigation
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo - The Colorado Department of Correction is now revising its files to see if the system worked or didn't work when it comes to inmates freed under supervision. 33 year old Brandon Cockrell is accused of Colorado Springs latest murder investigation. Officers link him to June 28th's shooting death of 19 year old Ismal Matthews. Cockrell was not on parole like Evan Ebel, the man being linked to the death of Prisons Chief Tom Clements. Cockrell was considered low risk and an inmate who was living on his own under supervision after serving time for a burglary conviction in Gunnison.
Brandon Cockrell worked at the Title Boxing Club off Centennial near Garden of the Gods. He went by the name Maliq. I talked with Ted Byer who owns Title Boxing. Byer said this about Maliq, "My first reaction was shocked when I found out that Maliq was accused of murder. He was a model employee, customers loved him." Brandon a.k.a. Maliq was fired June 21st after not showing up to teach a class. Title Boxing's Ted Byer also told me he knew about Brandon's criminal past which included a murder acquittal in Denver in 2007 after one witness recanted on the stand and two others didn't show up for court. Byer said he believed in second chances and Maliq was a person who could have had a future in personal training.
According to the paperwork that I received from the Department of Corrections, Brandon Cockrell model employee and an inmate status started changing at the end of May. He talked to his officer about marital problems and also didn't show up for scheduled meetings.
No one at the Department of Corrections would go on camera to talk with me about the Cockrell investigation because it's an ongoing case. Interim DOC Director of Parole Steve Hager did give me this quote about how the DOC is looking ahead, "After any incident we review our operations to insure that we are providing optimum public safety and to meet the vision and mission of the Department of Corrections."


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Implies that your subject is in a really bad way, and is beyond any dignity or self worth. More often that not, drunk or stoned. Of having no value, much like a Cubs fan.
Craig - dude, not again, ummm she's not a SHE, she's a HE, yer hurtin! Hold the rrrrrrrr" for maximum value, as in...yerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrtin.
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Michael Moore, who writes produces and directs documentaries, has created an amazing look at what the United States and other
countries are doing with Universal Health Coverage in Sicko. We pay outrageous medical and pharmaceutical bills in this country and according to Moore, we do it for political reasons. He shows happy reports from Canada, France, Great Britain and Cuba, where the government subsidizes health care.
Moore does not compare tax rates or how tax money is appropriated. Instead, he focuses on the human interest generated by those losing homes or fighting lung disease caused by 9-11.
He knows how to make his case with carefully-reasoned storytelling and plaintive questions. He is wonderfully entertaining on the trip to Guantanamo Bay and in the movie's final shot with the Capitol in the background.
Whether you love or hate this film-maker, he raises some concerns about health care that Americans will be forced to address as the baby boomers age. Thanks for reopening the health care discussion, Michael Moore.


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It's useful having a players manual as you survey Blues training.
Half the group are new to Super rugby or the Blues and have not been in focus since the ITM Cup finished.
New skipper Ali Williams has a clump of men who battled through last season and others who were on the periphery of that inglorious results chart but the impression is of widespread regeneration.
All of them are getting a shot at making the opening game of the season as new coach John Kirwan and his staff rotate and inspect more of the squad for Saturday's trial game against the Waratahs in Whangarei.
"They are playing to be selected as we have heaps of new guys," Kirwan said.
"There is a lot of pressure on positions so our goal is to be facing the Hurricanes and having a hard selection choice. Guys stepped up last weekend and it is other guys' turn this weekend."
Kirwan was enthused by the response from many of the new players in their opening hit-out against the Reds last weekend in Toowoomba.
There was still a great deal of work to be done to get the group ready for their competition start on February 23 against the Hurricanes in Wellington. But they had shown the right sort of expression against the Reds and delivered many of the ideas Kirwan and his staff wanted.
That emphasis would continue for the Blues this weekend, he said. Trial matches were all about working on their plans and strategies instead of countering the Waratahs.
Those ideas had been at the core of the team's planning and fitness work as they readied themselves for the type of rugby they want to produce in this year's competition.
"So last weekend was making sure we got our lineout, scrums, attack and defence right," said Kirwan.
This next game against the Waratahs was about developing more of those patterns and the combinations they wanted.
"That is our focus for the pre-season so that when the Hurricanes come round, everyone has clarity about what we want to do," said Kirwan.
Selection was not always straightforward. Some players trained better than they played or vice versa, recent hot weather affected some more than others.
A number of new players had responded strongly when they were put under the pump by the more experienced Reds.
Williams is likely to get his first trial run this weekend after returning early to training following the All Black tour.
Rene Ranger will get time on his home track in Whangarei, prop Charlie Faumuina will have a turn and Piri Weepu is likely to have his first foray in the final practice game against the Highlanders.
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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by Cbz40, Oct 15, 2006.
Post your game thoughts and comments in this thread. Thank You.
I want a decisive "W" today.
No Turnovers.
5 sacks
No penalties
35 points.
I want a win that doesn't go to the last minute.
Great..we get to listen to anti Dallas Randy Cross. Oh, well off to watch the game.
Ohhh. that's what you get when you play the Texans - the "Z" team.
Randy Cross on ANY telecast is the pits.
sucks that the Philly game is on at the same time.
We need another blowout game like the Ten game a couple of weeks ago.
Texans have the ball first! Let's get it on!!!!!!!!
Kick to the 5 by Vandy brought down at the 23 penalty down.
the only game messed up on my direct tv is the cowboys game im going to kill myself if i cant watch the game
Whole Family went to the sports bar . I'm here relying on you guys and ESPN Gamecast.
Keep me up .
That's a 15 yarder! Sucks!
15 yd, penalty for personal foul face mask. 1st and 10 Houston - Carr back to pass slant for 7 or 8.
Just Great...give them 15 more.
Carr quick pass to the TE for a 1st. 10 yd gain.
1st and 10 Texans - Carr HO up the middle for 1.
texans off to a quick start, not worried though as we are much more talented
2nd and 9 - Carr draw that goes no where, but flag down.. Spears with the tackle. - face mask 5 yards on Ellis.
2nd and 4 - Carr HO up the middle for nothing, hit behind the LOS by Canty.
3rd and 4 - Carr fake ho quick pass to Walter for a 1st down. 10 yd pass, over Henry.


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Building a Narrative: The Story of Daniel Ghita Featured
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When fight fans think about a fighter, especially a rising star, I'm surprised how few think about the term narrative. To me, the narrative of a fighter's career and of each fight is one of the most alluring parts of the fight game, and partially why Kickboxing has always aced Mixed Martial Arts for me. Sure, the kicks, the clinch game and the constant action helps, but K-1 especially did a great job in the 90's and early 00's of building up new stars and telling a story to the world, as opposed to simply pushing out fighters and booking them in competitive fights.
I'm not trashing competitive fights, just saying that simply booking them alone is not always enough in building a star. This line of thought crossed my mind when it became clear this week that K-1 had Daniel Ghita on the hook for the K-1 World Grand Prix, and instead of reeling him in and claiming the biggest star and most talented Heavyweight in Kickboxing today, they opted to let him go due to fears of him jumping to the competition after fighting for them and winning their tournament. I understand that line of reasoning, but the truth is, there is a good chance of Daniel Ghita, potentially the best Heavyweight alive in the world right now, might have to sit out the 2012 tournament season due to politics. This is all happening right when his star has been cemented and the narrative has been in place that Daniel Ghita is the best in the world, just ready to claim his throne.
No, passing on Daniel Ghita might not cost K-1 ticket sales right away, because as talented as he is, his star has not yet been established like Badr Hari's star has been. Of course, Badr Hari is potentially done with the sport, as well as a public life, for good, leaving Daniel Ghita as the lone man in the discussions for best in the world along with Semmy Schilt. If you look at It's Showtime's history of booking Daniel Ghita, he was not selling out arenas across Europe like Badr Hari could do, but instead he was being built into a star. There is something in professional wrestling called a "squash match" where a wrestler on the rise will perform against "enhancement talent" (read: jobber) and this match is simply a way to present them to the fans and highlight their strengths. It is essential to building a star, but is not the only step on the road to stardom.
This also happens often in Boxing, and I've seen a lot of MMA fans over the years be critical of it, but the truth is, it works. It is tried and tested as a method, has been in use for years, and takes a fighter and gives them a winning streak, some material for the highlight reels, and helps to sell future fights against better talent. This is part of the reason why fans were drooling over the concept of a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; because both men were on a roll. Both men looked unstoppable and while they both had legitimate wins, they both had some easier feature fights for them as well. It is the concept of tension and release. You build the tension and then you hold on for as long as you can before the pressure begins to drop and you release. If you wait too long, things can go wrong (such as Manny Pacquiao losing, Floyd going to prison for tax evasion, etc.) and all of your hard work is down the drain, but if done just right, it pays off.
Daniel Ghita has all of the talent in the world, and is still developing into the fighter that he will one day be. Ghita is on a seven-fight win streak now, and there seems to be no end in sight to it, but peculiarly enough, not all of those fights were against top opponents. Instead, It's Showtime featured Daniel Ghita against lesser opponents in many cases, keeping him active (five fights this year alone), but out of harms way. If booked against a legitimate threat, Ghita could prove himself to be the star that many believe him to be. The chance for payoff was coming for those behind the monster that is Daniel Ghita, with him entering into one of the big tournaments. As of right now, while there is a chance for him fighting for Glory, it is still uncertain. For K-1, they had a chance to have the best Heavyweight in the world in their tournament, and if he lost to one of their up-and-comers, they'd have created an instant star. Hell, even if a guy like Randy Blake or Jarrell Miller stood toe-to-toe with Ghita, their name value would skyrocket and the questions about American talent would all-but vanish.
If Ghita ends up in Glory, a win in the Glory Grand Slam will cement him at the number one spot and the payoff will be felt for those in It's Showtime who helped build up the star that is Daniel Ghita. For me as a fan, I want to see where the story of Daniel Ghita goes; does he sweep whatever tournament he's in this year and take his place as the greatest Heavyweight alive, does he sit out due to politics, or does he enter a tournament and lose, getting set back for a year? I sure hope it isn't him sitting out, as when it comes to storytelling, that is just poor storytelling.
Dave Walsh
Dave Walsh has been covering MMA and Kickboxing since 2007 before changing his focus solely to Kickboxing in 2009, launching what was the only English-language site dedicated to giving Kickboxing similar coverage to what MMA receives. He was the co-founder of HeadKickLegend and now LiverKick. He resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he works as a writer of all trades.
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As if there was any lingering doubt, Jim Harbaugh indeed is on speaking terms with his brother, John, who coached the Baltimore Ravens past younger brother Jim's 49ers in the Super Bowl on Feb. 3.
"We discussed some facets of the game and some other football talk," Jim Harbaugh told reporters Friday at the NFL's scouting combine in Indianapolis.
The Harbaugh brothers were last seen shaking hands at midfield after the Ravens defeated the 49ers 34-31 in Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans.
"We've got a strong relationship and it always seems to get stronger. Very close," said Harbaugh, noting that he's the one who called his older brother.
Prior to attending the combine and helping evaluate how the 49ers might use their expected 14 draft picks, Harbaugh traveled Thursday to Indiana University and attended the Hoosiers' basketball practice.
Indiana is coached by his brother-in-law, Tom Crean, who tweeted: "Jim Harbaugh was here for practice yesterday. Every1 loved it. He had his #iubenchmob tshirt on under the 49er sweatshirt. He is invested."


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With the release of Opera Mini 5, the Opera Mini Forums have been flooded with newbies complaining that they can't find the signed versions of Opera Mini or even that Opera has "screwed them" them by not allowing them to download it their un-supported phone.
Actually it's very easy to download the latest signed or unsigned versions of Opera Mini 5, 4.2 or 3.2 to any phone or PC. Here's how:
Visit mini.opera.com using your phone browser, You will see a screen similar to the two below.
If Opera recognizes your phone it will display the make and model and offer a version that it has verified as working on the phone. It may not be the latest version, many devices that Opera recommends 4.2 for can actually run 5.0. The default download may or may not be signed and there is no indication whether it is or is not. The default is designed to make things easy for non technical users. If you are a power user click the "Other download options" link to get the long list of available downloads shown on the right or at the top of this post. See the "Select Code Signing Certificate" links at the very bottom? Unless you are using a BlackBerry (which doesn't need certificates) or a Windows Mobile or Android device (the downloads for these are always signed), you will want to click one of the Code-Signing option links which will take you to the screen shown below.
Using a signed version, if your phone supports it, generally lets you turn off some or all of those annoying security prompts that you get accessing the internet, saving pages or downloading when you use an unsigned version. So how do you get the right signed version? If Opera detects your device there is a good chance the default download link on the first screen at mini.opera.com will give you a working signed version. If you have an un-tested phone or the default version turns out to be unsigned or doesn't work for any reason, try downloading one of the other versions. I'd start with the "All Certificates" one followed by the "Verisign", "Thawte and "no certificates" versions, in that order until you find one that works.
So what if you want to download a signed version of Opera Mini to your PC for sideloading? The PC downloads at http://www.opera.com/mobile/download/ are all unsigned and if you go to mini.opera.com with a PC browser you will get redirected to the PC page. The trick is to make your PC browser impersonate a phone. This is easiest with Firefox, follow this link to install the User Agent Switcher Extension. Then switch the User Agent to either the Googlebot or iPhone ones, or better yet add your own phone's user agent (visit ua.yeswap.com with the phone's browser to find it) to the User Agent switcher. Now when you visit mini.opera.com you will see the mobile page and be able to download any version you want.
Downloading to a PC only gets you a .jad file however. It's a text file that contains the signature and other information that tells the phone where to download the .jar file, which is the actual executable. To get the jar file open the jad in a text editor. Don't use Windows NotePad as it runs all the lines in the jad file together making the next step harder, WordPad works as do any of the many free editors like NoteTab Lite or Notepad++. Once you open the jad file look for a line beginning with "MIDlet-Jar-URL:". The rest of that line, everything after the "MIDlet-Jar-URL:" is the jar file download URL. Paste it into the Firefox URL bar, hit enter and the jar file will download.


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#1 Tue 29 Apr 08 8:03pm
Vegetable leftovers
To get the last out of my veggies I keep an empty 3 liter freezer bag in my freezer. All vegetable leftovers go in there:
the woody bits of kohlrabi, asparagus etc.
the stalks of cabbages, broccoli etc
the dark part of leeks, if very tough or not used in a recipe
the peels of veggies that don't need to be peeled, but often are for texture or looks: carrots, zucchini, asparagus etc.
the seedy, watery bits of tomatoes, zucchini etc if not used
any veggies that got forgotten or not used up (we are a small household with irregular schedules - so every now and then that happens), when they start to lose their crunch (or so that they don't).
the "end" of veggies that I could not safely hold when grating
you get the idea.
I chop them very coarsly and chuck them in that freezer bag.
When the freezer bag is full I cook vegetable stock:
I slowly fry a coarsly chopped onion (brown skins included, but washed) in a glug of olive oil until just before it takes color. Than I add the vegetables from the freezer bag and cover with water. Bring that to a simmer and simmer for about 45 minutes.
Discard the vegetables.
I freeze the stock in half liter portions. I do not salt it until I want to use it, to adjust saltiness to what I want to do with it.
#2 Tue 29 Apr 08 9:39pm
- Member Occupation Purchasing & Part Time Therapist
- From Nr Colchester, Essex
- Member since Sun 16 Mar 08
Re: Vegetable leftovers
Fab idea - thanks - from now on - I will also adopt this -cheers honey x
#3 Wed 30 Apr 08 8:42am
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- From melbourne australia
- Member since Mon 28 Apr 08
Re: Vegetable leftovers
great idea thanks
#4 Wed 30 Apr 08 10:57am
- Forum super champ Occupation avoiding housework
- From The land of song.
- Member since Tue 04 Oct 05
Re: Vegetable leftovers
We are a family of 6 , but as 3 are now away at uni / working in London we do not have the quantity of veg peelings that we used to.
I do often make a stock using the veg peelings and the odd bits of trimmings as Susanne mentions , but unlike Susanne, I do this as I cook the meal and then I freeze smallish portions of the stock.
I do not do this as frequently as I used to as I am trying to get some compost going in the garden at the moment and so most peelings go in there. But when we are all together and there is a larger quantity of veg peelings than I generally make a stock.
I never put cauliflower peelings or sprouts, broccoli in the stock as I find that it makes the stock a bit bitter.I do not use potato peelings either as I find that they do not enhance the flavour.
Last edited by mummza (Wed 30 Apr 08 10:58am)
#5 Wed 30 Apr 08 1:43pm
- Member Occupation High school, senior year Student
- From Alexandria, Egypt
- Member since Wed 16 Apr 08
Re: Vegetable leftovers
thnx guys for those helpful tips
#6 Wed 30 Apr 08 3:43pm
Re: Vegetable leftovers
I do use cauliflower and broccoli (it never turned bitter), but also don't use potato peelings - don't want the starch in a stock, and they don't have much flavor.
Would make stocks as I go like Mummza in a larger household. My idea is only good in a small household where not so many peelings come in one meal - the three liter bag is easily full at once when I cook for a group of guests too. - thanks Mummza
Depending on the season the stock will taste differently because of what goes in it: lots of cabbage stalks, leeks, and carrot peel in winter - in summer more tomatoes, zucchini etc.
#7 Wed 30 Apr 08 5:48pm
- Forum champ Occupation Retired Clergy & Computer Consultant
- From Bradford, West Yorks
- Member since Mon 03 Jul 06
Re: Vegetable leftovers
All good stuff. SusanneH - you are a woman after my own heart
I make stocks from everything, whether veg or bones, and freeze the stocks in ice-cube trays to make them easier to use. The only things that go in the compost bin are starchy veg peelings, and bits that are too rough even to make stock from.
I work on the principle that nothing potentially edible leaves my kitchen, unless it goes for compost - can't stand waste of any kind. Means that the wheelie-bin men have it easy here - can only fill a bin every two or three weeks!
#8 Wed 30 Apr 08 7:04pm
Re: Vegetable leftovers
I am not as successful at saving waste as I would like to. But I keep trying.
The ice tray idea is very nice! Now that you mention that: my Mom has done that with wine and with cream if either wasn't used up - just pop into a sauce when needed.
#9 Wed 30 Apr 08 7:46pm
- Forum champ
- From Oregon
- Member since Fri 23 Sep 05
Re: Vegetable leftovers
Also the stems from mushrooms, we use shiitakes a lot and I can't bear to throw the stems away, so I chuck them in the freezer and make a mushroom stock with those and some dried porcinis when I have enough. It's just the two of us most of the time so I have to do as Susanne does and save scraps. What doesn't get saved gets composted, we have a nifty little bucket with a charcoal filter to keep in the kitchen and it gets emptied once a week or so.
Also dogs generally love veggies so if you have leftover bits you can always cook them up for your canines. You may not want to eat carrot peel but it's a real treat for your dog.
P.S. great topic Susanne
#10 Wed 30 Apr 08 8:07pm
Re: Vegetable leftovers
Thanks, Eilen!


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Budding photographers will also notice scant options and controls. There's no HDR, no ISO settings, no grid, no geotagging, no option to drop resolution, and -- one of its worst offenses in my opinion -- no way to silence the shutter's loud clacking.
I've heard phone makers argue that most casual users don't need features overkill, but I submit that it's nice to have, especially if you'd like phone owners to leave the dSLR at home and use your phone as their camera instead.
Despite the thin toolset, image quality was pretty decent. Naturally, photos looked better outside than inside, where there was plenty of ambient light and where I could hold the image steady. Some pictures looked very noisy in full resolution, but other times, the Z10's camera picked up more detail than some others; for instance, in one comparison photo I took with an HTC Droid DNA.
More detailed comparisons are on their way. Stay tuned for a thorough camera shootout between the Z10, the iPhone 5, and the Samsung Galaxy S3.
Let's switch gears and talk about video. I was not disappointed. Video looked clear, and audio sounded good. Clips played back smoothly, without jerkiness, and I didn't detect any graininess either.
Again, you'll have few alternate settings options. Stabilization turns on by default, but you can turn it off. You can also shine the flash or not. If you want to limit the size of your video for MMS, you'll just have to keep it short on your own.
I used the 2-megapixel front-facing camera mostly for video chats through BlackBerry Messenger, but if you wanted to use it for self-portraits, you'll be happy to know it has 3x digital zoom and takes video. I'm not the biggest fan of photos taken with this camera, but the image quality is acceptable for what you get. I'd stick with it just for video chats, myself.
A note on your photo album: the way RIM throws together screenshots and camera images is a mess. (iOS does this too, by the way.) You may not notice this if you take the odd screenshot, but as a phone reviewer, the problem of differentiating them leaps out. You can create separate albums, but it isn't at all clear how to do this from the Photos app. Instead, I got a bullet point instruction list from RIM's friendly customer service explaining how to make folders in the file manager app (!). Because going through a file manager is exactly how people want to use their mobile phones to complete simple tasks...
RIM is pushing its StoryMaker app, which combines video, photos, and music to make a mini, multimedia presentation. Cute, not as intuitive or extensive as I'd like, and, in my opinion, somewhat limited in appeal to the mostly younger set.
The real story here is that the very good built-in photo-editing tools can crop, rotate, and straighten photos, reduce red-eye, and add any number of filters. Here's where you adjust contrast and white balance, and attempt to cancel out noise. The app feels complete and intuitive, and in my opinion, it's RIM's biggest camera value-add.
I understand that the designers cut back on camera features to lead you to editing, but I think the two should go hand in hand. A little redundancy when it comes to photo perfection never hurt anyone.
See our photo shootout with the Z10, iPhone 5, and Samsung Galaxy S3 for an even deeper look at camera quality.
The Z10 gives you 16GB flash storage for your multimedia, and 2GB RAM. The microSD card slot holds cards with capacities up to 64GB -- so long as you format the card using FAT32. (BlackBerry's reviewer's guide and online spec sheet read "32GB" until a CNET reader pointed out that he uses a 64GB card just fine.)
Call quality
I tested call quality on the BlackBerry Z10 in San Francisco on both AT&T and Verizon's networks. With AT&T, audio was acceptable on my end, but better on everyone else's. I used the Z10 for multiple calls to land lines and cell phones throughout the U.S. One thing I noticed consistently was a persistent haze of white background noise on every call. Voices could also sound a tinge hollow and tinny. That's not great, but if I disappeared into the conversation, I eventually forgot about it.
Because of the background buzz, voices didn't seem ultracrisp, but there weren't any distortions or interruptions, and I didn't notice any hissing. I did, however, hear a lispy sibilance on the letter S, but without exception, I was able to have a long conversation.
On their end, my callers said audio sounds fairly clear and static-free. Once in a while a faint crackle reminded them I was on a cell phone, and I did sound a little flattened and muffled, they said. One listener heard distortion when my vocal volume peaked, and proclaimed the call quality not the best but very good; an A-minus.
On Verizon, voices sounded wan, both weak and lacking energy. Frequent inconsistent audio quality plagued my test calls -- sometimes amplified sound and other times skipped, and the lines never sounded clear. My calling partner said I sounded a little scratchy and slightly distorted on peak volume, but generally liked the phone's quality and found audio pleasantly loud.
AT&T: BlackBerry Z10 call quality sample Listen now:
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BlackBerry's speakers have traditionally been strong, so I was looking forward to testing the Z10's speakerphone at hip level. The first thing I had to do with the AT&T version was raise the volume, and I noticed that that pesky white noise lingered still. Overall, speakerphone quality impressed me, making my callers' voices sound concentrated, focused, and controlled. This is in contrast to other speakerphones where you can almost see the decibels spraying all over the place. Trust me, RIM's effort is a good thing.
On his end, my primary test caller thought the speakerphone could use some work. My voice sounded blocked at high volumes, he said, which created distortion. In addition, I apparently sounded hollow and was a little hard to hear. Speakerphone quality was serviceable, he said, but not excellent. A solid B-plus.
On Verizon, speakerphone performed very well. It was clear, loud, and distortion-free. Audio became more echo-y and a little more buzzy when I boosted the volume, but most of the time, it was fine on medium-high. My test caller also really enjoyed using speakerphone and declared it very clear.
A sign of the times, the Z10 supports 4G LTE, HSPA+, and global roaming without question. AT&T's 4G LTE is nimble in San Francisco, and showed its zippy might on the Z10 most of the time. I must confess that during my testing period, my pre-release Z10 review unit frequently hung on sturdy Wi-Fi and over the data network; however, the finalized Z10 zipped along over Wi-Fi and 4G on the version of the phone that's optimized for AT&T.
At peak speeds, the Z10 loaded sites quickly (like CNET's mobile site in about 3 seconds.) Other parts of the OS seemed slower; it took about a minute to boot up the Z10 from its off position to its lock screen. A lot of smartphones take as few as 30 seconds to go from zero to ready.
|BlackBerry Z10
|CNET mobile site load
|2.2 seconds
|CNET desktop site load
|4 seconds
|CBS Sports app download
|6 seconds (622KB)
|CBS Sports app load
|2.9 seconds
|Boot time to lock screen
|56 seconds
|Camera boot time
|2.2 seconds
|Camera, shot-to-shot time
|1.2 seconds (already focused, doesn't include burst mode)
Qualcomm's 1.5GHZ dual-core Snapdragon S4 Plus processor (pause for breath) gives the Z10 its va-va-voom. This is one step below the company's fastest dual-core processor, the S4 Pro, but it's still pretty good, and I could play back videos and play games smoothly. My biggest lag problems had to do with the aforementioned aborted network connections.
The Z10 has a rated talk time of up to 10 hours over 3G, 12.7 days of standby time over 3G, up to 60 hours of audio playback, and up to 11 hours for video playback. That's not bad for its 1,800mAh battery, and anecdotally, battery life lasted a day. Of course, my battery demands were all over the place during testing, including spans of full brightness and an always-on screen, interspersed with mass Web browsing and addictive game-playing. (Word Hero. Download it.)
In our battery drain tests, AT&T's Z10 gave us 10.62 hours of talk time, while Verizon's gave us 9.97 hours. According to FCC tests, the Z10 has a digital SAR of 0.97 and 1.42 watt per kilogram for AT&T and Verizon, respectively.
Should you buy it?
There are two questions at hand. The first is: how well did RIM do with the Z10? The second is, should I buy it?
From where I sit, RIM did a good job with the Z10. For a company with a short, terrible track record with touch-screen devices (see the Storm and Storm 2, prior to the acceptable Torch 9850,) the Z10 looks good, has desirable specs, and gets the basics right.
But this time around, the Z10 represents more than just itself. With its first BlackBerry 10 device, RIM stands at a crossroads, bearing the weight of its unevenly-provisioned OS. On the one hand, BlackBerry 10 is a brand-spankin'-new mobile platform that can only grow and mature. On the other, RIM has had plenty of maturation time, drawing on a legacy of secure e-mail and messaging that predates the iPhone takeover. BlackBerry 10 wasn't some rush job; RIM all but suspended production for years to work on the hardware and software to make the Z10. For a future that hinges on this first device, shouldn't there be fewer missteps?
Buy the BlackBerry Z10 if you:
-Have been waiting for a new BlackBerry for a long time
-Prize personal and corporate security
-Like the idea of a wholly gesture-based OS
-Seek an iOS and Android alternative
-Love to give an underdog a chance
Skip it if you:
-Have no patience to learn a new UI
-Rely on walking or public transportation in maps
-Prize a wide breadth of apps to choose from
-Seek a strongly customizable OS
-Prefer buttons to gestures


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New shoes and bright smiles in Bend
Needy kids treated to new Nikes and dental exams
BEND, Ore. - Nearly 200 kids got some free, brand-new Nikes in Bend on Saturday.
They also had the chance for a free dental exam.
The Assistance League of Bend recently received 400 pairs of athletic shoes from Nike to give away to needy children.
The donation was used as part of "Operation School Bel,"' a program that provides qualifying school-aged children with new wardrobe items.
Dental hygienists with Kemple Memorial Children's Dental Clinic also were on site, offering free dental exams and oral health packages.
Organizers said the joint event was all about reaching out to community members to meet several needs in one stop.
"We're working very hard to improve the oral health of those children in this particular vicinity, because one of the things that's a problem,is that Oregon's one of the worst states in the nation right now, in terms of oral health," said the clinic's executive director, Susan Browning.


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Prince is the surname of a pure-blood wizarding family. It is unknown if this family is still extant or still pure-blood, as the only known family member, Eileen Prince, married a Muggle and had a half-blood son. If she had been the only child then they would no longer be deemed pure bloods. However if Eileen had other siblings then the rest of her family could still be pure-bloods.[1] Upon the death of her son, Severus Snape, the female line of the Prince family likely became extinct, as Severus never had any children.
Family Members
- Eileen Prince
- Severus Snape, also known as "The Half-Blood Prince", is a member of the Prince family, as his mother was a Prince.
Prince is a general term for a monarch or a member of a monarch's family, and is a hereditary title of some European royalty, likely alluding to the aristocratic status of pure-blood families in the wizarding world. The word is derived from the Latin princeps, meaning "first", which was one of the titles of the Roman Emperor, in which case it was generally translated as "First Citizen". The Prince is also the title of a famous political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli; an interesting point considering that the adjective derived from the author's surname, Machiavellian, is defined as "attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming and unscrupulous methods", which may allude to the ideal traits of Slytherin house.[2]


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For all of those in the process, or planning to be, it's a great experience, you'll learn a lot, even if you are well-versed, already, and you'll have a really good time along the way. Just be prepared for long hours and lots of self-paced study!
"All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer,
but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved."
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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Gear (General) › mattress strategies: back soreness on the road to a good night's sleep
Jul 6, 2013 at 10:15 am #1305032
Rafi HarzahavMember
@rhz10Locale: SF Bay Area
I've been searching for a good air mattress and have tried many (Neo Air All Season, Synmat UL 7, and others). Some allow for marginally more comfortable sleeping than others, but I always seem to wake up with soreness on either side of the spinal cord mid-way down my back beneath my shoulder blades. I suppose this could have something to do with either mattress firmness or pillow thickness, but I have yet to find the magic formula for alleviating this pain–it goes away after an hour or so. I alternate between side sleeping and back sleeping.
Has anyone else experienced this (and, ideally, found a solution)?
rhzJul 6, 2013 at 10:18 am #2002993
Ken T.BPL Member
What are you using as a pillow? Sounds like me when I don't have a tall enough one for side sleeping.Jul 6, 2013 at 10:19 am #2002994
Katharina LångstrumpBPL Member
@kat_pLocale: Pacific Coast
My solution, without a doubt, has been a hammock. No pad, mattress, 4"down…come close to the comfort I get in my hammock. It does not work for everyone and you need to try things out and fiddle with the set up a bit, but you may be a good candidate for " hanging".Jul 6, 2013 at 10:32 am #2002999
Ryan SmithBPL Member
@violentgreenLocale: Southeast
Kat P. is spot on. Hammocks solve the pressure point issues but do typically come at a weight penalty compared to ground setups. The more I hike, the more I think it's worth it.
RyanJul 6, 2013 at 10:35 am #2003000
M BMember
I turn constantly back to side as well, but I do that at home too. I will wake up with pain in shoulder, or back, or arm asleep, etc.
Overall, I sleep really well on my xlite. The longer the trip, the better the sleep gets. After a week, Im snoozing.Jul 6, 2013 at 10:41 am #2003001
Rafi HarzahavMember
@rhz10Locale: SF Bay Area
Hi Ken,
You may be right. I'm experimenting with pillows also. I've used the medium exped air pillow (not ul version) which is not bad, but not great. I will try the thermarest down pillow (used with excess clothes underneath). At home, I may try just a regular home pillow to see if that helps.
rhzJul 6, 2013 at 11:12 am #2003009
Paul McLaughlinBPL Member
I agree that the right pillow can make a difference. Sometimes I think a good pillow is more important than a cushy pad. In your case I would try to figure out what is different from home and on the trail. Is it the cushiness of the mattress or is it the pillow height/size/firmness? trial and error is the only way I think. Try the variations at home on the floor.Jul 6, 2013 at 11:13 am #2003010
Nick GatelBPL Member
@ngatelLocale: Southern California
IMO it is about sleeping often on the ground. Nowadays on short trips I am using a NeoAir and an air pillow — still haven't devised a satisfactory method to secure a Kooka Bay or Exped pillow to the mat.
If out for 3 or more nights I can still get by with a foam pad, but the first couple of nights are not the most comfortable sleeping. Also site selection plays a big part to comfort.
On some trips I sleep on the floor at home for a couple nights prior to the trip.
Also keep in mind that I am a lot older than most of you young bucks, and I never needed much of a pad when younger.Jul 6, 2013 at 11:37 am #2003018
John MaricsMember
@jammminLocale: The North Coast
I too tossed and turned and still do at home in bed. Back pain is minor for me but the general discomfort sleeping on various pads kept me searching. A hammock changed all that for me. There is a learning curve and adjustment period, but I knew right away hammocks are for me. Be sure to get the right size hammock and pay attention to the angles. Borrow one first from a friend if possible.Jul 6, 2013 at 12:06 pm #2003025
John TaylorsonSpectator
@heyjtLocale: SoCal
For me, a pillow is key for a good night sleep. Although I never bring a pillow; I sleep on a NeoAir and use my shoes under the NeoAir, plus a Platy and/or a down jacket as a pillow. My pillow system–if done right–is almost as comfortable as my down pillow at home. It's also duel purpose.
I am also a side-sleeper and toss all night. Regardless of the pad I'm using, I almost always wake up with sore hips, even at home.Jul 6, 2013 at 1:04 pm #2003048
Dan DurstonBPL Member
@dandydanLocale: Cascadia
There's two major factors that affect your sleep: what pad you're on, and what ground you're sleeping. Most people spend lots of time mulling over the former and disregard the latter.
Insulation needs aside, the worse the site you select, the better your pad needs to be. This relationship provides the classic UL opportunity of replacing gear with skill and knowledge. Virtually no one can grab a thin CCF pad and sleep well on wooden tent platform or horizontal bedrock. People who use these pads successfully having the skill and experience to choose a microsite that is conducive to comfort.
When I'm solo, I've got complete ability to choose where I sleep so I often take a torso sized CCF pad (mostly for insulation) and spend a few minutes at night finding a great bit of terrain. Soft ground with a depression under the hips is a good start, and ideally I like a bit of a hump under my knees as well (much like a dentists chair), which I find takes a lot of strain off my back.
When I hike with my wife we use a 2 person tent, so it's tougher to find the perfect natural terrain. Accordingly, we take softer mattresses (Exped SynMat UL7) but still try to choose relatively soft ground.
There's also the mental aspect to sleeping well, and the main solution here is simply more time in the woods.Jul 6, 2013 at 3:12 pm #2003099
Nick GatelBPL Member
@ngatelLocale: Southern California
Excellent post. I did point that out earlier. This is the big reason I don't use a shelter — unless I expect bad weather.Jul 6, 2013 at 3:33 pm #2003112
DougBPL Member
"Accordingly, we take softer mattresses (Exped SynMat UL7) but still try to choose relatively soft ground."
Why wouldn't you want harder ground when using a soft/thick mattress? At home, you generally have a solid foundation under your mattress. Why soft ground under a mattress while backpacking? (Serious question. Thought I'd add that since I'm not known for serious questions…..)Jul 6, 2013 at 6:14 pm #2003169
Dan DurstonBPL Member
@dandydanLocale: Cascadia
" At home, you generally have a solid foundation under your mattress. Why soft ground under a mattress while backpacking?"
Fair question. I think what I'm ultimately trying to achieve – and maybe this is just me – is my hips sinking down so they're the lowest part of my body. Dispersing my weight over a larger area of contact is important as well, but I think this can be readily accomplished with just a pad. Conversely, I can't sink my hips into my sleeping pad as much as I can into my mattress at home so I need some external help for an ideal sleep.
So the goal is to get the hips a bit lower, which can be accomplished through soft or shaped ground. A nice shaped depression for my hips is nice, but a bit harder to find when sleeping with two, so soft ground is an easier to find attribute that also helps. Ideally I'd have both.Jul 6, 2013 at 6:52 pm #2003181
DougBPL Member
Makes sense! Thanks.Jul 6, 2013 at 9:51 pm #2003228
Andrew FMember
@andrew-fLocale: San Francisco Bay Area
Nick said: "still haven't devised a satisfactory method to secure a Kooka Bay or Exped pillow to the mat."
I've got a Kookabay pillow too. I used Silnet to glue two loops of grosgrain webbing on adjacent corners of the pillow. I then thread a thin piece of cord through these and tie the cord around my Neoair just like I do with my Katabatic quilt straps. Works perfectly and weighs almost nothing.Jul 6, 2013 at 10:13 pm #2003231
peter vaccoMember
@fluffinreach-comLocale: no. california
i have moved beyond a mattress, and sleep quite nicely on a door. i just love the thing. best bed i've ever had.
the deal is. now that i have this nice (slightly padded) door to sleep on at home, i can right nod off on a cement slab if i care to.
don't zillions of asians sleep on mats ? and they're not dropping lie flies. so perhaps the concept of a mattress is in itself not that great an idea.
just a thought.
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Python 2 or Python 3
However, I have been reading about Python 2, and it seems many people still use it.
So my first question is.
Should I learn Python 2 and then learn Python 3?
Or, am I ok sticking with Python 3 for now.
I want to learn Python, for Iphone programming and script writing.
Also, I heard that python is useful for PEN testing. I assume however, that most PEN testers use python 2. Since it's been around much longer.


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Certificate of Excellence award 2012, 2013 and 2014 Read the Reviews
It can all be a little overwhelming, the city may not be huge but the culture, activities, events, eateries etc. is vast. So we have taken it upon ourselves to amalgamate our local 12 years experience in the city via our blog. Whether you are planning on coming over for the festivals, want to find out vegan eats or general insider information, we will keep you in the loop.
It is a dark, damp October evening, the air lies heavy with fog and I find myself loitering nervously on the Plaça Reial for a man I have been previously acquainted with only by name. Nervously, because this is exactly the sort of climatic condition and location for the set of a classical horror movie (Ancient, labyrinth-esque alleyways? Check. Isolated, gloomy and cold? Check. They didn't film Perfume here for nothing…). And with a name like Tyler McGee, I'm not entirely convinced that a spritely, clover-clad Irishman jubilantly guiding me through the Gothic quarter (as he clarifies the nuances of eighth century witchcraft and bloodshed) would be up to the job. continue reading
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When Mrs Bradley's grandson finds an old diary in her rented cottage it attracts the interest of this most unconventional of detectives, for the book's now deceased owner was once suspected of the murders of both her aunt and cousin. Does the missing diary finally reveal what happened to old Aunt Flora? Is the case of Bella Foxley really closed? And what happened to the boys from the local reformatory that went missing at the same time? As events unfold, Mrs. Bradley faces one of her most difficult cases to date, one that will keep readers guessing until the very end…
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Love the Mrs Bradley books ...Would love to be able to hear more
Interesting story ...quite involved and think the reader does a very good job ...very versatile with her character fortelling
Great story ..Interesting
"narrator brings characters to life"
the narrator, she is really wasted on the thin story line
too convoluted, too many twists in the plot that strain one's credulity, a bit more straightforward action would have been better
The heroine, Mrs Bradley, is depicted as a very clever woman. Then why does she make the most awful mistakes? Apart from that, it's a nice enough book, but not one I should like to read twice.
"A little slow but worth it in the end"
This is my first encounter with Gladys Mitchell's work. I found the story a little slow to get started and it to a while to engage with it. However, I felt it was worth persevering to the end. I found the narration a little slow, but generally OK.
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While bending over like you were in a downhill skiing contest, you reach back and jerk two dudes off. In front of you, you are blowing a third guy. A fourth guy is optional, but that would require vaginal or anal intercourse. Also, you'd be a whore.
I need new friends. After we went Downhill Skiing with that girl, I haven't been able to look them in the eyes. But boy was that handjob good.
by Octavia Spencer July 29, 2010
Down Hill Skiing is a sexual possition where a woman places herself between two men and grabs there genetalia with each hand and pumps up and down in a wanking motion quickly over and over again.
by D.H.SKIIER July 28, 2009
The biggest slut in school gives these to the borders most nights. One dude on each side giving them handjobs.
by jem August 17, 2004


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This is my 07 impreza outback sport wagon with a few modifications. I swapped the motor with an 06 EJ257 shell and slapped a 3076 turbo on it. I just finished the RWD conversion a couple days ago.
Engine: EJ257
APS SR56 30/76 turbo
CP pistons
Eagle H beam rods
ACL race bearings
ARP 2000 series head studs
Cometic head gasket
Rallitek stg. 1 street cams
Custom FMIC setup
Tial 50mmQ BOV
Tial 38mm wastegate
GT spec UEL headers
GT spec up pipe
GT spec dump tube
Custom DP
APS 3.5" exhaust
Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator
Russel fittings
Stainless fuel lines
Turbo XS fuel rails
Bosch 1000CC injectors
Walboro 255LPH pump
HKS honeycomb intake
Kartboy short throw shifter
Kartboy shifter bushings
Welded center diff
Welded rear diff
Rota 18x9 wheels
Seibon wide body front fenders
4 bar map sensor
AEM tru boost gauge
AEM wideband gauge
AEM oil pressure gauge
AEM boost solonoid