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LDS missionary dies after crash
BLACKFOOT, Idaho - A missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was in a car crash near Rockford died Friday, Portneuf Medical Center said.
The hospital did not release further details.
The Bannock County coroner earlier told Local News 8 that after Tuesday's accident, Taylor Ward, 19, of Vacaville, Calif., was on life support and was clinically brain dead.
Ward was riding in the passenger seat of a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze driven by John Floyd, 20, of Deep Run, N.C.
Idaho State Police said Floyd failed to yield from a stop sign at the intersection of State Highway 39 and 100 South in Bingham County. The Cruze was struck on the passenger side by a southbound 2010 Ford F350 driven by Joshua Morris, 23, of Blackfoot.
Ward was taken to Portneuf Medical Center.
Floyd was taken to Bingham Memorial Hospital for treatment. Church spokesman Eric Hawkins said Floyd's injuries were minor and he was released from the hospital Wednesday morning.
Morris was not seriously hurt.
According to members of the LDS church in Ward's hometown, Ward was working to become a professional hockey player. He quit playing to serve his mission.
"Every member of the Church feels the loss of a missionary," said Hawkins. "We are deeply saddened, and share with his family, friends and fellow missionaries in their grief. We extend to them our love, our prayers and our deepest sympathy."


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To make preventive maintenance (PM) cost effective, you need to strike a balance. Service intervals should be short enough to catch problems and prevent breakdowns, but if you can stretch out service intervals, you may save some money.
"Our biggest challenge is to maintain our PM schedule," said Gary Schmaltz, acting fleet manager for the city of Dayton, Ohio. "A significant amount of our work results from our PM checks, which is good, and it means our PM program is working. You don't want to change oil too often, but you don't want to go so far that you cause yourself breakdowns, which are very costly." Schmaltz and his staff of 33 technicians maintain 1850 pieces of rolling stock.
Schmaltz wants to increase his PM intervals by 1000 miles on both police cars and passenger vehicles, up to 4000 and 5000 miles, respectively. Police cars need shorter intervals because of high engine idling times, he said. Preliminary evidence shows that Dayton should have no problem increasing the intervals, Schmaltz said. He tests oil samples and has found no problems with oil breakdown in vehicles that have gone farther between oil changes. He may, however, implement some kind of inspection program to check brakes and tires between extended oil changes.
To manage the city's PM needs, Schmaltz uses FASTER, a fleet management software program from CCG Systems Inc., Norfolk, Va. "I love the system because it allows us to anticipate when a PM is due, and we can have different types of PM checks on the program," said Schmaltz.
For example, Dayton has an "A" level of service and a more extensive "B" level. The "A" service includes complete vehicle inspection (lights, brakes, tires, and leaks), along with adjusting the breaks and changing the engine oil and filter. The more extensive "B" level service includes everything in the "A" level, plus changing the fuel filter, transmission fluid and filter, and in some cases the hydraulic fluid and filter. Plus, the city can run reports on which vehicles need an exhaust emissions test. And Schmaltz said he plans to study how much money he can save by doing a transmission PM.
Vehicle miles are reported by drivers. When fueling up, drivers enter their vehicle mileage into a touch pad at the fueling site. And they swipe a credit-card-like card that bears the type of fuel and limits the amount that can be drawn. The mileage and vehicle information are automatically uploaded into the FASTER software. Fuel sites are polled automatically, and the information is sent to the central office in city hall.
In Topeka, Kan., fleet manager Ron Raines is beginning the switch from financial software to an activity-based software program for managing PM. The change will save him and his staff hours that are now spent manipulating data reported by the fleet management section of the accounting software.
"The big change will be the standardization of reporting and the elimination of two software programs that we're now using to poll the database, assemble, and do reports," said Raines. "This software is great for bean counters, but the problem is, we're not financially based, we're activity-based.
"If I want to know how many vehicle tows we've had in a year, it won't tell me the number of tows, but it will tell me how much money I spend on tows," said Raines. "Quality fleet management programs are activity-based."
Currently, if a user department needs more detail on one or more pieces of equipment, "We have to spend hours sorting the data, dump it to a spreadsheet, and then manipulate it," said Raines. "But with activity-based software, I can point and click and it's done.
"We'll be able to upload the fuel information on a daily basis," he said. "It's going to free up a lot of time and make us more efficient. We're also looking at bar-coding technology for parts and labor. We're writing that into the request for proposals for the new software package. Most of the software companies either offer bar coding themselves or hook up with another company that does."
— Daniel C. Brown is a freelance writer in Des Plaines, Ill.


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I have been working away in the studio on machines and all but I am starting to take time to do some quilting. I am working on a quilt for my FIL that just moved in the nursing home not long ago. I wanted something really bright and cheery and a scrappy was the way to go. I had bought a quilter out and have a huge amount of fabric and needed to start to clean out my scraps to make room for some of the fabric I have. So this was a way to do it!
Paw Paw has Alzheimers and that is the reason behind the quilt. I still have to do the border and sashing but that will be done tonite and then I will be basting away and ready to start quilting. But it will have a bright Orange 2" inner border and a 10" deep Wine sashing. I have a friend who offered to make me the label for it so it will come back to him after they wash it. I still want to frame a few photos I have taken back when I used to free lance years ago. I want his room to feel like home.
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Guido's personal home page
|The tuxgraphics online shop: shop.tuxgraphics.org
Recent articles:
My blog: "No Preservatives Added"
My pocket watch shop: Molnija pocket watch shop
ftff, ftwhich and whichman: fault tolerant search utilities
ftff, ftwhich and whichman are fault tolerant search utilities. whichman allows to search for man pages that match approximately the specified search key. ftff is a fault tolerant file find utility and ftwhich is a fault tolerant version for the 'which' command. The error tolerant approximate string match is based on the Levenshtein Distance between two strings. This is a measure for the number of replacements, insertions and deletions that are necessary to transform string A into string B.
ethwireck -- check if the wire in the Ethernet port is live
ethwireck can detect if the physical layer of the Ethernet is up. This can then be used in the init script for your network card to determine whether or not an interface should be brought up. You can branch then and bring e.g the cooper ethernet interface up if a wire is plugged in otherwise use wlan.
ethwireck implements basically the link state of ethtool and mii-tool in one program.
# this is how you can use ethwireck: if ethwireck eth0; then echo "eth0: physical layer up ..." else echo "eth0: no wire plugged" return 1 fi
ethwireck may not work with all network cards. It depends on the driver. You have to try if it works on your PC
Unicode::UTF8simple - Conversions to/from UTF8 from/to charactersets
Unicode::UTF8simple provides UTF-8 conversion for perl versions from 5.00 and up. It was
mainly written for use with perl 5.00 to 5.6.0 because those perl versions do not support Unicode::MapUTF8 or Encode.
exifdate: sorting and renaming digital camera images by date and timeThis application allows you to consistently name files taken with different cameras. It makes sorting and archiving very easy.
It is basically the same as the below exiftimestamp but it is written in C++ instead of perl. It is much easier to install because it has no dependency other than standard libraries and itself. It runs under Linux, Mac and Windows.
You can use it from the shell (command line) and it integrates easily with with a graphical user interface as you can just drag-and-drop you images onto an icon:
p0444.jpg -> 2014-04-19_1240-444.jpg
p0445.jpg -> 2014-04-19_1240-445.jpg
Please see the README file inside the package.
exiftimestamp: sorting and renaming digital camera images by date and timeexiftimestamp is a little command line utility to rename jpg camera image files by using the exif date information inside the image.
exiftimestamp works unchanged on Linux and Mac. Windows users should take a look at the above exifdate application which can be used with "drag-and-drop" from the file manager.
--------------------------------------------------------- USAGE: exiftimestamp [-h] filename1.jpg filename2.jpg ... or let the shell do the work: USAGE: exiftimestamp *.jpg OPTIONS: -h this help exiftimestamp is very useful for sorting and archiving your various digital images. The file names are constructed such that they sort automatically by time. The date/time information is read out of the image exif data. The new filename will look like this: year-month-date_time-3digitserial.jpg Example: 2013-05-31_1710-668.jpg The 3digitserial are the last 3 digits of the serial number that the camera assigns to the image e.g pict04668.jpg ---------------------------------------------------------
Installation instructions:
exiftimestamp needs a basic perl installation and Image-ExifTool. Image-ExifTool is avalable from http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ (local copy: Image-ExifTool-9.60.tar.gz, 3821772 bytes).
HTML::TagReader, perl extension to process html tags
HTML::TagReader is a perl extension module which
allows you to read html/xml files by tag. That is: in a
similar way as you can read textfiles by line with
"while(<>)" you use HTML::TagReader::getbytoken to
read a file by tag.
Perl 5 Quick Reference Guide
The cpan.org documentation tree used to contain a very
good Perl Quick Reference Guide written by Johan Vromans.
This this small booklet is now also available as a Pocket
Reference from O'Reilly ("http://www.ora.com). Since the
move of documentation out of the cpan.org directory tree
this Quick Reference Guide is no longer part of the perl
lfwmail -- a light weight but full featured webmail program
lfwmail is a light weight web mail program written in
perl. It will run with acceptable speed even on a Pentium
100Mhz Linux mailserver. It has just basic features and
no calendar or folders but it is fully mime compatible
and can handle attachments.
webgrep, web-page search and check utilities
Note:webgrep will not be developed further. It
is now replaced by Tagreader (see above).
ftdibb, a BitBang mode library for the ft232 and ft245 chips from ftdichip.com
sled, a shutdown button for your server
plhtml -- server side scripting in perl
plhtml is a preprocessor for html documents. Its purpose is to simplify the work of writing large numbers of HTML documents. It acts like a compiler, i.e. you provide an input source text and plhtml produces the HTML documents. Unlike many other programs of this type plhtml does actually report the line number in the html input file if it comes across a syntax error. This makes it very easy to find faults.
cdspeed -- decrease the speed of your cdrom
Modern cdrom drives are too fast. It can take several
seconds on a 60x speed cdrom drive to spin it up and read
data from the drive. The result is that these drives are
just a lot slower than a 8x or 24x drive. This is
especially true if you are only occasionally (e.g every 5
seconds) reading a small file. This utility limits the
speed, makes the drive less noisy and the access time
faster. cdspeed is also very good if you prefer to listen
to the musik on your mp3 CDs rather then the noise of
your CD drive.
blkcrypt, three block encryption algorithms
The link below goes to a page from which you can
download three programs that implement the block
encryption algorithms des, blowfish and idea.
Go to the download page:
amr2wav -- A linux shell script to convert amr files from Ericsson or Nokia phones to wav
This is a simple script based on http://xa.bi/mms/.
To use it do the following:
gpppwrap: a graphical user interface wrapper around the ppp-on/off scripts
gpppwrap is a graphical user interface to conveniently
select a phone number and dial into your ISP. It's very
convenient if you use different ISPs.
BNG, an awesome daycare on the west island
This is a really nice pre-school/part time daycare on Montreal's West-Island.
Beaurepaire Preschool or "Beaurepaire Nursery Group" (BNG) is a community and volunteer supported pre-school for children from 2 to 5 years old. Everybody has only positive things to say about this small daycare.
LinuxFocus.org , an international Linux Magazine
Linux Focus is the multi lingual magazine about the
Linux operating system. Linux Focus is managed and
produced by Linux volunteers, fans and developers. There
is no subscription necessary to read LF, it is freely
available on the web all over the world.
Wedding of Katja and Guido
Here is a picture of our wedding (16 July 1999). More information about my wife can be found on her homepage.
Shell, awk and Perl scripts, litte GO programs
This is a collection of some Shell and Perl scripts.
The scripts are most of the time plain text
files. Therefore DO NOT try to download them under
Windows. Windows will change the character set and some
scripts will not work any longer:
Links to GO resources:
tips for Linux
Linux friendly use of the middle mouse button in firefoxDo you hate it that firefox simply opens a URL when you copy/paste data into a form and you hit accidently the body of the page rather the input field? Here is the solution:
Navigate to about:config
search for middlemouse.contentLoadURL
set it to false
Firefox with emacs key bindings, much betterIt is possible to support standard emacs key bindings for firefox. I use it all the time to change the url (crtl-a = jump to begining, crlt-u erase line, ...).
create a .gtkrc-2.0 file in your home directory and add the following in that file
include "/usr/share/themes/Emacs/gtk-2.0-key/gtkrc" gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs"
Old historical map of the Isles of Montreal, CanadaI have this old map of Montreal (around 1800). It might be of scientific and historical interest to other people. Click on the map to get a more detailed view.


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We are totally new to beekeeping and our mentor has moved far away. Please help!
Yesterday I checked our 2 new hives - we picked up the nucs last week. Both nucs have plastic foundation but we have the first hive set up with beeswax foundation, the second on plastic with beeswax painted on. We have 10 frame langstroth. We have setups for both plastic and beeswax. We are trying different things so we can experiment and decide for ourself what we like. We had bought our beeswax frames from a local supplier and they were so shoddy my husband added support to the frame itself as just touching them they fell apart. We did not have extra wire to add horizontal support. (We will not buy from them again!) When hiving them both nucs had some swarm cells at the bottom of 1 frame. I cut them off and was curious and a bit worried but hopeful we had a good queen and all was well. I never found her on either (they were supposed to be marked but the beekeeper we bought them from said he couldn't do it because the weather had been so poor the week before). They looked great as far as we can tell with brood and larvae easily found.
I fed both hives - the first with the jar feeders, the second with the plastic bags. The second hive ate alot - had to refill the bags, the first hardly any. I removed both feeders this week. SO many different opinions on when to feed and I just wanted to give them a start in their new home. I did notice that the second hive had less activity than the first. I wondered if it was because they were eating more of my feed. I fed a 1:1 sugar syrup. We live in Vermont and so much is blooming and we can see pollen on the bees legs.
I checked the hives yesterday (week 1) and could hardly check the first hive the beeswax was bowing and one actually fell out of the frame. That did not make for happy bees! I was as careful as could be but with the heat of the day and weightt of the drawn out combs it was difficult. I decided to stop checking our frames. As far as I can see the 5 frames we picked up are fully drawn out, and 1 or 2 more maybe. I know 2 are empty as I pulled them first. I was able to see eggs and larvae.
The second hive looked ok as far as I could tell. It looked different from the first but hard to say how. Less bees maybe? Beautiful colourful patterns. I did not see eggs, but did see larvae. Only 2 new frames were being drawn out, the other 5 original seemed full.
I put propolis traps on hive one because I want to try to get that going and everything I read suggested starting it at any time was ok. I took the innercover off and plopped it on and then added the telescoping cover.
That night, there was a ton of bees on the front of the entrance of hive one. We took the propolis trap off and then added a second deep super full of the plastic frames (sorry but I am so very unimpressed with the pure beeswax at this point and plastic was all we had that we trusted - we will strengthen them and use them but last night was not possible). I know they were probably trying to just cool off the hive as the ventilation was lacking - but since I had cut off swarm cells when I hived them I was concerned. I also did not know exactly how much was drawn off - it may have been 70% or more). My concern is maybe it was way too early. In my panic I overreacted for sure, but now am hoping I did not create a situation that is not good for the bees. I wanted to add ventilation and extra space in case they were swarming. Will they continue to fill up the bottom super? The weather is lovely and should be from here on out - though one or two light frosts are always possible.
This morning there were bees in the top hive and as I couldn't find the queen for certain I am leaving it on. Nothing is drawn out yet.
Hive one seems to have alot more bees than hive two -but it is hard to say for sure.
Another question, I am interested in starting my own nucs. When is the best time? This year? Next? There is a workshop in July I plan to go to but cannot decide whether to have equipment ready to start my own or just attend this year and listen. After last nights experience I wonder if it isn't a good idea to split this year.
Thoughts, suggestions, advice? Thank you in advance!


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I'll be responsible for linking to Rahkamo and Kokko. They were among the most appealing ice dancers ever. Their style was innovative, narrative, emotionally connected to each other and the audience, always meticulous. Here is their La Strada. Look at their beautiful costumes--imaginative without being glitzy.
I also love Renee Roca and Gorsha Sur. He was trained in the Soviet Union and came the the States and found Renee Roca. They had a brief amateur career and a sizable pro career. They always conveyed warmth and simplicity, with a pure style that I think grew out of Sur's classic Soviet training.
And I remember Olga Markova. Here she is:
I thought I'd already linked to Lisa Marie Allen, but that was on another thread. I've lost my mind while watching Olympic swimming. Here's what's considered one of Allen's best performances, the 1978 Worlds LP:


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I'm feeling pretty good about my latest one. I scored a set of Plantronics Pulsar 590A Bluetooth Stereo Headphones. They included a charging stand, an extra USB charging cord, a Bluetooth transmitter that plugs into the headphone port of a non-Bluetooth device, a standard wired adapter cord for use on airplanes, and a hardshell case for the whole thing. My phone synched right up with it with no problem. I can listen to music, pause for calls, and even do voice dialing without touching my phone.The whole shootin' match retails for around $130 but I got it for $44 delivered. I'm pumped!
-------------------------------------------Bad decisions make good stories.
I bought a beautiful '60s vintage Hagstrom bass guitar.It was in perfect shape ( looked like a Les Paul ), sounded great andcost only $350 delivered. Since traded it on another bass.
If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
Got a pool table with 4 cues for $400 bucks delivered.
God Bless the V8 Engine
I only sell on eBay.I buy everything full retail because, well, I'm kind of well off.
I bought a vintace 1973 Chevrolet Caprice 1/25 scale model car in the original shrink wrap for $125.
_____If you don't look around you'll never knowIf you don't step up you'll never knowIf you don't jump off you'll never knowand you'll never find another lifeBroken Circle-Sam Phillips
CircusPie:I only sell on eBay.I buy everything full retail because, well, I'm kind of well off.Then why bother selling on ebay?
CircusPie:I only sell on eBay.I buy everything full retail because, well, I'm kind of well off.You buy everything full retail because, well, you're kinda stupid.
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The Best Short Hairstyles to Turn Heads in 2016
We all know that mascara is the secret to instantly playing up your eyes, but who says it always has to be black? Try painting your lashes blue to spice things up, or if you're feeling super-daring, go for purple (looks great on hazel eyes) or even green (for brown or blue eyes)!
Switching up your lip color is an easy way to transition your summer beauty look into fall. This season, orange is the new pink, so trade in your rosy-hued gloss for a subtle peach or coral shade. Or, if you're a fan of bold lips, try a bright tangerine lipstick for a pop of standout color.
12 Cute Hairstyles You Can Pull Off No Matter How Many Times You Hit Snooze


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Today's hectic lifestyle has left many people wondering how to manage the stress that comes along with it. Exercise not only helps manage weight, but it also helps increase longevity and quality of life; improve energy, strength, balance and coordination; and act as a potent pain reliever and antidepressant. The mind-body connection has become more and more apparent. With ancient and popular practices such as yoga – flexibility, strength and muscle tone improve quickly as the mind and body work together in harmony and unison.
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Considering it's thousands of years old, it might seem silly to say that yoga has come a long way in recent years. But as mind/body exercise continues to take hold of the fitness industry, the practice of yoga has moved from the alternative to the mainstream.
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Go Dutch in Whatcom County
Homestead Resort • Lynden, WA
Escape Kit
- A Two-Night Stay for Up to Four in a One-Bedroom Unit, Sundays through Thursdays ($129)
- Or, a Two-Night Stay for Up to Four in a One-Bedroom Unit, Fridays and Saturdays ($149)
The Destination
Ninety-five miles north of Seattle, Lynden, Washington, is close enough to Canada to kiss it (just five miles south)—and visitors often do pass over for a quick dalliance with the US's neighbor to the north. Home of the Northwest Washington Fair, Lynden is awash in sights and attractions—walkable streets, hike-able trails, and shopable boutiques make the downtown area a destination in and of itself. Dutch-inspired windmills and buildings are a huge draw as is fishing on the scenic Nooksack River.
The Digs
The Homestead Resort offers air-conditioned condos with queen-size beds dressed in billowy linens, sleek kitchens with granite countertops, and community pools and hot tubs. On-site amenities include a golf course, tennis courts, and biking trails. Complimentary laundry service is also available.
"Love this little piece of Heaven on Earth. Staff was wonderful—nice condo, beautiful views. I give this wonderful place an A+++++!!!! Thanks guys! "-- TripAdvisor
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Beach House in Venice
Size35 m²
Floor No.
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Pets allowed
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Smoking allowed
Accommodation summary
|Duodo, 30126 Venezia, Italy
|Property type
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
The well-furnished holiday home offers a nice sleeping space for 2 people under its sloped ceiling. A light breakfast can be prepared using the fitted kitchen area, while adequate storage space is also provided.
Use the vaporetto to reach Piazza San Marco Square. The city's main meeting place, it is lined with cafes, shops, and museums. Guests should also be sure to visit Doge's Palace, the superb Basilica of San Marco and the Rialto Bridge.
Visit the Venetian Islands and lagoon, wear a typical leather or porcelain mask and enjoy the city at its most festive and colorful by taking part in one of its magical masquerade balls.
House rules
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 229 HKD per guest/night extra
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|On arrangement
|Check-out before
|Cancellation Policy
Reviews of this property
We chose Federicas place, because we wanted a quiet place outside of the old town of Venice, where we could stay with our dog. Yet the beautiful island Lido has its own beach and is only a few minutes away from the old town. The little house in the garden of their villa was very cosy, clean and had everything you may need. Since we stayed there only 2 days, we didn't have much contact with Federica and her husband, but the little talks we had were very nice. Best thing was the welcome-prosecco and the cookies! Thank you :)
Excellent choice.
A cosy cottage just a couple of vaporetto stops from San Marco. A peaceful place to sleep well and cook a little and get back to the center to catch more...Friendly and helpful owner.
In Finnish: Mökille Lidolle...suurin piirtein samoihin hintoihin kuin Suomessa? Rauhallinen pikku pihamökki, kymmenen minuutin käppäily lauttarannasta, ajallisesti paljon lähempänä Toria kuin Rialto. Suosittelen.
Our stay at Federica's place was really good. The cabin is easy to reach by ship, there is a direct connection to Lido from the airport (Marco Polo). It takes 20 minutes to get from Lido to the center of Venice, the ships are leaving frequently. The cabin was clean, cozy and comfortable. Federica brought us the best biscuits in Venice, I forgot the Name, but they were amazing. We would definitely stay there again.
We had a short (48hours) but great time in Venice!
Gianluca was a helpful and friendly host. As soon as we arrived he offered us bikes for the "warm up" in Lido.
And 10min by vaporetto we could arrive every time the City. There is a lot of turbulence and tourists so we were happy to stay on Lido, a cosy Island with a beautiful view to Venice Center!
Thanks a lot, Gianluca:-)!
I loved my stay at the beach house in Venice and I would recommend it to everybody. My host, Gianluca, picked me up at the waterbus station, which is only 10 Minutes form the beach house .The contact with him was immediatly warm and very friendly and he let me spoke in italian so I could train the language. he is a very nice person.He proposed me to use a bicycle if I wanted. He showed me the sweet house and I felt immediatly very comfortable. You have everything you need: a very nice and clean bathroom, a cooker ( I cooked everyday, so it can save you a lot of money), a fridge,the tv in italian,the wifi, an oven , a table with 3 seats (3 persons can sleep there),you have the heating and finally a nice view on an orangetree. And it is so calm, it was very important for me after having been among tourists the whole day.There is also a beautiful garden and a table and chairs between the beach house and the big house, which is also beautiful . The Lido is very quiet and you have a wonderfull view on the sea to the way to the vaporetto. 5 minutes from the vaporetto, you find a supermarket, which is opened until 11p.m. I met Gianluca on the way to the vaporetto one morning and before I left and we hope to see eachother again because it was such a good contact.It takes only 15 minutes to get to Marcus'square. The next time I will go to Venice, I want for sure to to stay there again.
We had a great experience at Gianluca's house. He was a great host and the house was really cute. It was more than clean and Gianluca and his wife were so nice to leave us a bottle of prosecco, some juice and a little breakfast for the mornings. They even let us use their bikes to explore the island. The location of the house is perfect. It's about 5-10 min on foot to the next Vaporetto station (water bus) and to Piazza San Marco it's about 20 min all in all. The house is located on the island of Lido. It is a great location because it's a little bit away from the massive amount of tourists on the main island. The water buses run all night and we never had troubles getting back home. The longest it took us was 20 mins. When I go back to Venice, I am sure I will stay with Gianluca again. It was a great experience and his hospitality is outstanding.
The little house is located in walking distance to the vaporetto stop, supermarkets, little shops and the beach. Gianluca was a very welcoming host. He gave us two simple bikes that we could use. Kitchen and bathroom have been clean and fully equipped (there is even a washing mashine). We were happy with our stay there and would go there again!
Perfect location - perfect stay - very kind host: We spent some nights at the beach house in venice, everything worked properly, when we had questions the host helped us. we were happy overall.
Beautiful clean gardenhouse in the back of the garden.Good heating in the cold season.
We had breakfast in front of the house in the garden, there is a table and chairs for guests. When you like to sleep with open window, a mosquitonet is recommanded because one of these tiny animals can disturb you very much.
The host gives simple bikes for free.Two supermarkets are nearby.The host said us how to find a good taverna around the corner and gave us informations where to buy fresh fish.
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Estes Park will host an exhibit of art and photography as part of the CU This Summer cultural outreach program of the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The exhibit, Exploring Our Place in Nature, will be shown from June 5 through Sept. 7 in the Estes Park Conference Center, sponsor of the exhibit, at 201 South St. Vrain. Hours are Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.
The exhibit includes paintings by Eve Drewelowe and Henry Varnum Poor, photographs that convey natures mystical power and maplike images examining a sense of natures grand scale, including Lowell Nesbitts Moonscape in honor of the first lunar landing.
More than 300,000 people throughout Colorado have attended CU This Summer programs in the nine years the art and museum exhibits and music and dance performances have traveled throughout the state.
CU This Summer cultural events are sponsored by each community for the enrichment of residents and summer visitors. The host communities this year are Brighton, Burlington, Cortez, Durango, Grand Junction, La Junta, Lamar, Montrose and Pueblo, as well as Estes Park.
CU This Summer sponsorship is shared by the host communities and the Boulder Campus Outreach Council, the CU Office of Business and Community Relations, the department of theater and dance, CU Art Galleries, the University of Colorado Museum and the College of Music with support from the Office of Public Relations.
For information about the Estes Park CU This Summer exhibit call Linda Vogel at (970) 586-9203.


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a girl with this name is usually very creative. she is usually a very loyal and kind girl but can be easily irritated-especially with those that do not pronounce her name correctly as a girl with this name does not think it is that hard to actualy pronounce- but for those who can't it is pronounced SHAY-LEE. yes it sounds chinease but actually isn't and the knowledge of where the name comes from is unknown.
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A greasy girl, usaully ghetto. Cant be trusted and will get revenge when ever she can, Normally friends with all guys becuase of her slutty ways.
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The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush


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A Slice of Old Florida in Mt. Dora
Mount Dora Historic Inn • Mt. Dora, FL
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- A One-Night Stay for Two in a Premium Guest Room, Sundays through Thursdays ($119) or Fridays or Saturdays ($124)
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- $30 Off a One-Hour Segway Tour through Downtown Mt. Dora for Two People
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Just 30 miles northwest of Orlando—and worlds away from the scurry of it all—the charming town of Mt. Dora pays homage to a Florida that once was. The historic downtown is lined with well-preserved architecture from the town's early days, the late 1800s. It thrives with locally owned wine tasting rooms, art galleries, specialty shops, outdoor cafes and restaurants. With Lake Dora only a few yards away to the west, one can experience not only scenic vistas but also plenty of opportunities for outdoor recreation. This town of about 13,000 is perfectly content to while away the day as the crowds bustle in Orlando.
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Authentically quaint and perennially low-key, Mount Dora Historic Inn boasts a perfect five-star rating and more than 130 reviews on TripAdvisor (no wonder it's a 2012 Certificate of Excellence winner). This canary-yellow jewel sits just a few blocks from the historic downtown and features four tastefully appointed rooms, each fit a king or queen bed draped in 300-thread-count linens, a private bath with soaking tub or shower, a sitting area, wireless Internet, and cable TV. Gourmet, yet simple and delicious, breakfast is prepared with 20 years of experience and includes dishes like raspberry-stuffed French toast, three-cheese soufflé, and Polynesian soup.
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• Choose from a red or white flight of three 2.5-ounce pours for each of two people at Wine Den
• Breeze through historic Downtown Mt. Dora, past the lighthouse, and out to Palm Island Park on an hour-long Segway tour with Segway of Central Florida
• Pick from several two- to three-hour kayak tours with Central Florida Nature Adventures
"The owners of this B&B do a wonderful job! The lodging is clean, charming, and inviting. The breakfasts are delicious! The quality of the food far exceeded our expectations! We will certainly return!"-- TripAdvisor
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Ratanakiri - Red dirt and a tender tail-bone
Trip Start May 17, 2009
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Lakeview Lodge,Banlung
Joe decided to come along with me to Ban Lung (thanks for that Joe- certainly makes sitting in a bar drinking cocktails more acceptable with company) and after only 11 1/2 hours in a crowded bus , including 3 hours on rutted dirt roads, we faced the hostel-touters at journey's end. Thanks to a chance meeting on the bus, Lakeview Lodge had already been recommended to us and we picked Mr Den out of the crowd for our $5 a night twin room with fan. This place is one of the old governor's houses, just beside Terres Rouge which gets a good wrap in Travelfish and Lonely Planet for location
We took 2 motorcycle day trips with Den, who has a great sense of humour and provided good info and company throughout the hours of bumping around on the less-than-perfect roads. Crater Lake was very peaceful and relaxing – of course, some of the pleasure went out of the whole experience once Joe and I got it into our heads that it all seemed too much like one of those teen horror flicks where someone is floating around without a care in the world one second, and dragged to the 70metre depths by a Neolithic monster the next.
The power shower at Chaa Ong was also a highlight but the trip to the Seven Steps Waterfall was disappointing in that it was long and uncomfortably rough without the payoff of amazing views at the end. Our elephant ride was not quite as expected – we basically chilled out while the large mammal beneath us ate in a small patch of jungle. Our young mahout kept himself amused singing and chopping at things with his machete, that is when he wasn't playing snake on his mobile phone. (Talk about a clash of technologies) He also showed us his scar from a recent injury to his back which made us a lot more wary of his machete action after that.
We checked out some gem mining as well – basically, families dig one hole after the other in their back yards in the search for a seam
Ban Lung is one of those sleepy places that doesn't seem to have a lot going on – wide red dirt roads, quite a lot of gem shops, and the normal weird assortment of market stalls selling anything from motorcycle parts to endangered animal body parts (This is apparently the centre of the trade in such animals – the Vietnamese market continues to drive the local tribal people to persist in their traditional hunting). Did make a couple of visits to Geckos for pizza and cocktails – seems the local men might like their lunchtime beers a little too much, not that it stops them riding their motos home afterwards!
Despite the extensive logging of the area, the place is beautiful and I dread to think of the changes that will come with sealed, all-weather roads.
Meantime, there is a lot of work to be done in terms of health and education for the local tribal people – unfortunately, I'm told they have been tricked into selling their land underprice by the lure of technology such as motorbikes and mobile phones.
Locals play dodge-the-police who are out to collect "Donations" from those driving motorcycles without mirrors, registration or helmets
Hard not to be embarrassed about how close and personal the middleman (me) gets with the driver when you are travelling 3 on a moto.
Women and children smoking big fat cheroots or pipes as they wander around. Didn't notice the men doing the same.
The things you see on motorbikes – pillion passenger holding 2 metal rods for reinforcing concrete as they drive along the main road. Each piece was probably 12 metres long, and held in the middle so that the rods drag along the road behind him, threatening to take out the ankles of poor pedestrians.
Don't wear white when travelling all day on a motorcycle in Ratankiri unless you like the rust-tie-dyed look.


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Before every Arsenal fixture, we'll bring you a Scouting Report on the Gunners' next opponents.
Former Arsenal midfielder Stewart Robson will give his pre-match view and you can get his post-match verdict in our Talking Tactics feature on Arsenal Player.
Arsène Wenger and his side face Swansea in the Premier League on Sunday so, to find out more, we also asked journalist Gareth Vincent for his thoughts and analysis.
"Swansea City's biggest threat will come from wide areas when they welcome Arsenal to the Liberty Stadium on Sunday. In particular Nathan Dyer has been outstanding this season, both with his ability to go past players and with his final pass. Midfielder Leon Britton drops between his centre halves to pick the ball up from Michel Vorm to start Swansea's passing moves. They were brilliant against Aston Villa in attack but their defensive organisation was even better so Arsenal face a tough test."
"I think Swansea have been close to delighted so far to be honest. Obviously they came up from the Championship to the top flight for the first time in three decades and everybody would be thrilled if they just stayed up. So far this season they are looking like doing that and maybe even better. It's all gone extremely well for them so far.
"I think Arsène Wenger will know what to expect from Swansea now. They always line up the same way and have done for the last few years, going back to when Roberto Martinez was manager. The formation is still 4-3-3 with two wide players who are important. Even Thierry Henry picked them out this week for praise! That's the shape whether they are at home or away, playing a top side or a lesser side.
"Their defensive record has been strong this season but I don't think the whole focus should be on the back four particularly. They tend to control possession against a lot of sides, although against Arsenal it will maybe be a bit more of a 50-50 battle. But they do tend to have the majority of the ball against most sides, and as any manager will point out, if you have the ball then the other team can't attack.
"They do use width a lot and in Nathan Dyer, Wayne Routledge and Scott Sinclair they have three wingers in decent form right now. They are a major part of the way Swansea play, absolutely. They only play with one striker up front and the pace that the wide men give the team is crucial to the success they have had.
"I'm sure they would like to score more goals, there is no doubt about that. I guess what Brendan Rogers would say is that they've scored enough goals to be in mid-table. They don't concede too many to have to rack up many goals, and I don't think a team coming up to the Premier League is expected to score freely anyway. The points column is the crucial part and that is looking fine at the moment.
"I think Swansea will be relatively confident going into this one. They played very well against Tottenham in their last home game and that has given them extra belief, as well as winning away from home for the first time in their last game against Aston Villa. Maybe I'll go for a draw in this one."


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Join the San Francisco Green Film Festival for a special screening of
"With My Own Two Wheels"
A film about the bicycle as a vehicle for change around the world.
Screening followed by panel discussion with activists and members of the bicycle community.
Free admission.
With My Own Two Wheels
Jacob Seigel-Boettner, Isaac Seigel-Boettner, USA, 2011, 44 mins.
For many Americans, the bicycle is a choice. An expensive toy. An eco-conscious mode of transportation. For countless others across the globe, it is much more.
For Fred, a health worker in Zambia, the bicycle is a means of reaching twice as many patients. For Bharati, a teenager in India, it provides access to education. For Mirriam, a disabled Ghanaian woman, working on bicycles is an escape from the stigma attached to disabled people in her community. For Carlos, a farmer in Guatemala, pedal power is a way to help neighbors reduce their impact on the environment. For Sharkey, a young man in California, the bicycle is an escape from the gangs that consume so many of his peers.
"With My Own Two Wheels" weaves together the experiences of these five individuals into a single story about how the bicycle can change the world—one pedal stroke at a time.


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There is something for everyone at the Berkshire Botanical Garden. Below is a list of our scheduled events classes, and exhibits. For details on any individual listing, just click on the event for more information. If you still have questions, feel free to call the garden at 413.298.3926. See you at the Garden!
Much like high school, the garden is a popularity contest, and as gardeners, we tend to be as sentimental about plants as we are about our school days. What to do when the prom queen of yesterday's garden grows up to be a pampered mess and a constant source of maintenance? The answer lies in all-star plant problem-solvers. Author Andrew Keys talks about why we go to such lengths to grow problem plants, and counters with new favorites that prove to be sexier and more sustainable in every way.
Andrew Keys is a writer, designer and lifelong gardener. He is Garden Confidential podcaster at Fine Gardening magazine and author of Why Grow That When You Can Grow This?: 255 Extraordinary Alternatives to Everyday Problem Plants (Timber Press). Andrew's feature articles have appeared in Fine Gardening, he's written for Leaf Magazine and Coastal Home and he divides his time between plants and his work as web manager for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
Join landscape designer Bridghe McCracken for a detailed program on how to create a biodiverse garden habitat for birds, bees, butterflies, bats and dragonflies—good for both the garden and the gardener. This program will give participants practical knowledge for how to plan and provide for wildlife based on ecological principles. Learn about the plants and plans needed to design a garden full of life for the property.
Bridghe McCracken has been designing biologically vibrant landscapes for over ten years. Her design and building company, Helia Land Design, specializes in ecological landscape design, land stewardship, ecosystem restoration and designing food systems. She is a certified Organic Landcare Professional from the Northeast Organic Farmers Association. In 2006 she began a partnership with Project Native as their Chief Landscape Designer, which allows her to stay abreast of the latest available native plants. She teaches permaculture as an adjunct professor at Bard College at Simon's Rock.
This class has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for a future date. Please call the Garden at 413.298.3926 for more info.
All materials included in cost of workshop. Bring a plug-in hot glue gun with glue sticks (instructor will provide if needed).
Join floral artist and perennial-garden guru Barb May to learn how she creates charmingly wonderful, magical fairy houses and gnome homes. Designed for permanence, these tiny constructions appeal to old and young alike. This workshop will acquaint participants with ways to collect and prepare natural material from fields and forests and then demonstrate how to manipulate these found objects to create unique and charming structures. Participants will build a structure to take home using found natural material collected at the Berkshire Botanical Garden.
Barbara May is a professional gardener, prize-winning floral arranger, past president of the Lenox Garden Club and an accomplished teacher.
We're sorry for any inconvenience, but due to the teacher of this course being called to jury duty, this class has been cancelled.
Bring pruners and gloves. Materials included in cost of class.
Create a beautiful evergreen wreath for the holidays using the bounty of the fields and forests of the Berkshires. Learn about the natural history of common and not-so-common plants that can be used to create interesting holiday decorations. Consider a wide selection of plant material, including evergreen boughs, berries, seedpods, fern fronds and moss. Construct and take home a simple evergreen wreath and the skill to create wreaths for holidays to come.
Classes meet on Thursdays, 6-9pm: February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2014.
Permaculture is multi-disciplinary approach to designing and maintaining productive, regenerative human ecosystems. In this class, students will gain the framework and information to design, build and maintain permaculture landscapes with specific focus on food systems such as gardens, orchards and edible forest gardens, water systems, strategies on steep slopes, soil building, productive conservation and restoration, as well as urban and broadscale applications. This course combines lectures, slideshows, classroom exercises, handouts and online resources to expose students to current thinking and strategies in permaculture design.
Instructor – Jono Neiger synthesizes his diverse expertise in permaculture design, conservation biology & restoration ecology to create productive and integrated landscapes. Working as collaborator, teacher and guide, Jono empowers individuals, communities and organizations to understand and steward their land and landscape through design. He is principal at Regenerative Design Group (www.regenerativedesigngroup.com), faculty at the Conway School of Landscape Design (www.csld.edu), board president of the Permaculture Institute of the Northeast and stewards his homestead, Hickory Garden, as well as Brook's Bend Farm in Massachusetts.
10% discount for 3 or more Spring Level III courses
Bring bagged lunch. Dress for limited outdoor fieldwork.
Discover the many plants that lend bark, buds, fruit and structural interest to the garden in fall and winter. Develop or enhance your ability to identify winter trees by twig and bud anatomy, bark features and plant architecture. Students will practice their skills with winter tree dichotomous keys. Participants should have The Illustrated Book of Trees by William Carey Grimm ISBN 0-8117-2220-1. Must be 1983 edition. Three copies will be available to share. Class enrollment is limited.
Brad Roeller is a private landscape garden supervisor for Altamont Estate in New York. He is the former Garden Manager for the New York Botanical Garden and has spent his entire career in horticulture with a focus in sustainable gardening. He lectures extensively and instructs at the New York Botanical Garden, Berkshire Botanical Garden and New England Grows.
Bring work gloves and dress for the weather.
Learn by doing in this hands-on shrub and tree planting/transplanting workshop. All aspects of successful planting will be demonstrated, and participants will assist in transplanting a multi-stem shrub and planting a small tree. Learn how to successfully transplant shrubs by correct timing and placement and techniques designed to create minimal disturbance and ensure smooth transition to a new site. Consider the differences between bare-root, container-grown or balled-and-burlapped trees and understand the importance of siting.
Ken Gooch is the Forest Health Program Director for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Additionally, he is a Massachusetts Certified Arborist and teaches arboriculture at the Garden.
Consider the showgirls of the garden, the small flowering trees. At a perfect time for planting, join Elisabeth Cary for a comprehensive tour of hardy trees under 30 feet tall. Each selection will be discussed for garden-worthiness, growth habit, aesthetic consideration, siting, planting, cultivation and maintenance. Tips on how to integrate these beauties into the mixed border or woodland setting, or to use as a focal point, will be covered. Following the talk, tour the Berkshire Botanical Gardens to view what's in bloom and discuss the merits of each tree.
Elisabeth Cary is the Director of Education at the Berkshire Botanical Garden and has been gardening for over 25 years. She specializes in perennial, vegetable and mixed-border gardens.
Select peonies will be available for sale.
Gardeners have always loved peonies but recently have refocused their interest on the genus Paeonia. With new availability of woodland peonies, tree (suffruticosa) peonies and the explosion of intersectional crosses, gardeners are taking a closer look at this much loved genus. Join Dan Furman from Cricket Hill Garden for a lecture that covers basic botany, wild species descriptions and cultivation history in China, Japan and the US. The program will also cover practical aspects for creating a successful peony garden, including growing requirements for New England and discussion of select cultivars for the peony lover.
Dan Furman is a second-generation peony grower at Cricket Hill Garden in Thomaston, CT. Since joining the business in 2010, he has worked to expand the peony hybridization and production programs at the nursery. In addition to peonies, he is interested in growing pawpaws, persimmons, Asian pears and other unusual fruits in northwestern Connecticut.


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by OneChozen1 January 30, 2011
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A snowmobile brand manufactured by Canada's Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) first to manufacture a Snowmobile, Originally was to be named "Ski-Dog" but followed through with its now-known name which was actually a typo. made the first rider-forward chassis in 2003 with the Rev being unveiled. Rev chassis was Blair Morgans Concept after switching from Arctic Cat to Ski-doo, in 2002. from 2003 to 2011, Ski-Doo built the lightest snowmobile on the market until the new 2012 Arctic Cat was unveiled. from 2010 Ski-Doo has been tailing closely behind Arctic Cat for the Most Horsepower in the 800 twin engines. Dynatest results for 2011 were 155hp for Ski-Doo and 163hp for Arctic Cat
My buddies Ski-Doo 800 E-tec, can't stay up with my Arctic Cat CFR 800. As soon as the light goes green his skis lift and he disappears behind me.
by Catmaster930 June 24, 2011
To magically jump through a T.V. screen, computer monitor, or any other device which uses video into what is actually going on, on the other end. Originally derived from the kids show, Blues Clues to find clues Blue would often skidoo, into the television set finding himself on the other end.
YO!, imma skidoo onto Jersey Shore and pimp slap the whole cast.
by Joey Tea October 31, 2010
A sled with a seat and a motor, used for fun and transport in Canada during the winter. Also, a self-propelled decapitation unit for teens.
by Weens September 10, 2005
The best sled manufacthuered ever. It had dominated in all aspects and all the othoer manufacthuers are playing catchh up with the new Rev Xp and in 03 when they came out with the rev.
I was rideing my ski-doo when i saw a guy sitting on a
F-1000 on the side of the trail thumbing for a tow and I blew past him .
F-1000 on the side of the trail thumbing for a tow and I blew past him .
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When you squat naked on the sides of a slow moving treadmill (preferably .1-.2 mph) and have a girl lay down and ride the treadmill while you teabag her. She will most often lick your balls in thanks for preforming the act.
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"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..
Guys, we're talking about Tom Coughlin here. There is no way he is starting the season without a veteran back on his roster. I am not saying AB will be the starter, but I'm pretty sure he will be here. Maybe in more of a role like Jacobs had his last two years here.
Hope they can keep him. Would be nice if the entire team played with his heart.
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Huge Bradshaw fan and supporter here, but I dont see how hes back without accepting a sizeable reduction. 27 is still so young for a RB but his feet are near retirement age.
He tried the free market last year and he didnt get the offers he was thinking (closest suiter was Miami i think) .. with his documented injury history I doubt someone would pick him up for what he's due from the Giants next year, but someone may pick him up for more than what the Giants can pay him next year.
BOOOOOO... will have to retire my 27 and 44 jerseys in respective years.
Guys, if we are serious about a playoff run next year, we have to not only assume but actually plan that one of our two starting backs will suffer an injury. Having said that, do you keep Bradshaw as insurance in case Wilson or Brown goes down?


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Film & Discussion: Bowling for Columbine
A discussion will follow the screening that is sure to touch on legislation pending in Sacramento.
Sardonic filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence in the 2002 movie Bowling for Columbine. With gun violence again in the news and national consciousness, the sponsors of the Second Saturday Documentary Series decided to return to this classic.
With his signature sense of angry humor, Moore learns that the conventional answers of easy availability of guns, violent national history, violent entertainment, and even poverty are inadequate to explain this violence when other cultures share those same factors without the equivalent carnage. In order to arrive at a possible explanation, Moore takes on a deeper examination of America's culture of fear, bigotry, and violence in a nation with widespread gun ownership. Furthermore, he seeks to investigate and confront the powerful elite political and corporate interests fanning this culture for their own unscrupulous gain.


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"DOLLARS FOR DOGS" 11th-HOUR COUNTDOWN TO JAN 31
11th hour contributions show Canada-wide, dog-owner support as the Banned Aid Coalition seeks to raise immediate funds to pay outstanding legal fees and secure their day with the SUPREME COURT of Canada. The constitutional challenge of Ontario Bill 132, the "pit bull" ban, has not ended yet and is beginning to take its toll on the dedicated individuals so deeply involved.
Before close of business January 31, they must secure $67,000 or…it's over and the door for breed specific legislation in this country will have been forever opened.
"It would be a travesty," said Banned Aid Treasurer, Cathy Prothro "that after going so far with so much work from so many people, we couldn't raise the money to secure our next steps to the Supreme Court of Canada."
Having raised and paid $650,000 to date, Banned Aid, through the "Dollars for Dogs" campaign, looks to all dog owners as their front-line contributors and now as their last hope for rescue.
"Dollars for Dogs" encourages each and every dog owner to simply contribute $1.00…just one dollar for every dog you own. "Dollars for Dogs" hit the cyber world Saturday, January 11 as a last resort effort and it might just pay off.
The concept has taken flight and as of this post time, $50,977 has been contributed, with 12 days to go! Daily updates and contribution totals will be posted right here on the CKC website so you can see your efforts grow until the $67,000 goal has been reached or…time has run out.
To respond now with your "Dollar for Dogs" donation or even a single $1.00 contribution on behalf of the dogs you've loved, please use the Paypal donate button via www.doglegislationcouncilcanada.org or for larger contributions send directly to:
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If the Supreme Court hearing does not happen, then the door of breed specific legislation will be forever open. Help close the door.
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Even so, you can see Cosloy's point: "post-punk" never designated a musical genre so much as a point of origin. Especially in the UK, the bands arrayed by Reynolds took the slate-wiping Year Zero rhetoric of the Sex Pistols and their brethren so much to heart that they quickly shed punk's own drainpipe-straight confines to embrace new instruments and technologies (Pere Ubu, Cabaret Voltaire) and black musics from funk to dub to disco (the Pop Group, PiL). Still others drew from the more academic end of experimental music, like Wire, from whose songbook Cosloy's British label takes its name.
In the face of this forking garden of stylistic options, a recent spate of reissues confirms that many of the offshoots are more fun to sniff to than to taxonomize. Such releases are often by-products of the rage for a given subgenre's current practitioners. Earlier in this decade, the rise of a clutch of New York–based dance-rock acts (Liars, the Rapture, Radio 4) led to an outpouring of material from their early-'80s East Village counterparts, especially those associated with the storied ZE label. More recently, namechecks by — and critical comparisons to — Franz Ferdinand have renewed interest in a pair of their Scottish predecessors.
Wearing its geography on its sleeve, The Glasgow School (Domino) is the first US collection of Orange Juice's singles on that city's Postcard imprint in 1980-'81, along with album sessions scrapped after label mastermind Alan Horne encouraged the band to sign to Polydor. Although Reynolds's book is named for a later line-up's biggest UK hit, these early releases are pivotal to his story. In their time, when the grim, pleasure-denying sound epitomized by Joy Division was de rigueur in British independent music, "Simply Thrilled Honey" and "Falling and Laughing" were signs of a pop-inflected counterstrike.
The songs of Edwyn Collins and James Kirk reveled in middle-eights and clever modulations; meanwhile their guitars found an unlikely meeting ground between Nile Rodgers and Roger McGuinn. The band had its perversely arty side as well, backing one single with the instrumental "Moscow" and its rudimentary dub remix ("Moscow Olympics") and capping Kirk's fey "Poor Old Soul" with a sudden football cheer of "No more rock 'n' roll for you." There are only two unreleased cuts on The Glasgow School, but they mark the pop and punk extremes the band synthesized: "Blokes on 45," a five-song medley modeled on the novelty hit "Stars on 45 Medley," and a rehearsal-room take of the Stooges' "I Don't Care" credited to the members' previous incarnation as the Nu-Sonics.
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It is time to stop pussy footing around with these radical fanatics & blast the mutha!@#$% into the after life. I bet these radicals have taken over all the left over military & financial support
when the USA left Iraq. When are we going to learn we can not kill them with kindness. The only thing they understand is violence. Eye for an eye! Get on with it & nuke that friggin sand pit.
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Posted at 1:46 AM on September 6, 2014
As a former U.S. Woman Marine, I second the motion, NUKE UM… Look at the photos of ISIS radical extremists. The innocent people there have already been destroyed, killed for their religious beliefs by the same terrorists who beheaded Americans. When we were under attack by Japan, Harry Truman made the decision to bomb Hiroshima and as bad as it was, it was the right decision. They are using the military equipment left behind by USA in Iraq to build their army and have already beheaded Americans which is the highest barbaric cruelty and act of terrorism on us. I understand your extreme lack of reaction to this extreme action and challenge to you personally. Now Think of our children, our daughters – how you would feel if it happened in your own family as I would feel if it happened to my daughters. Our Freedom in America is at stake. Mr. Obama, now is the time to sever the head of the snake. Bomb them and Do it NOW…!!!
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and really you're changing the parameters and combining different arguments. you asked for 1rst rd RB's who didnt succeed the first 2 yrs and then did, and I named several off the top of my head. the rest is pure speculation. you have your opinion, which I value and find fair, and I have mine. I believe Wilson can be a quality everydown back, and believe he would be much closer to that peak had he been used much better.
and MS, you're post is fair. TC i guess deserves the attention as much if not more than KG. he is the HC after all. And, that's fair if you think he's just not a good RB. agree to disagree and its not like i'm saying you or gmen46 is wrong. i just believe something different. i do think hes a quality back and if healthy, will end up proving so.
Bradshaw was a 7th rd pick, and again, not expected to replace Jacobs or even Ward for his first yr or two (wound up being yr 3 when he shared the load more equally w/ Jacobs).
With a 1st rder, as you of course know, one expects a hell of a lot more. Even allowing for missing 11 games on IR his 2nd yr. He did give us some thrills his rookie yr as a kick returner, but that's not the most you hope for from a 1st rd pick, is it? And we didn't get even that his 2nd yr.
I take no joy in recounting this. He's a Giant 1st rd RB, I had high hopes for and from him, as did all Giants fans. Jacobs was aging and the mighty warrior Bradshaw was quickly wearing down when we drafted Wilson 2 yrs ago.
But right now we don't know when he will play again, or even if he WILL ever play again. I know you and many others believe he will be back next fall, but the reality is, you don't know that. And the Giants don't know that either at this time, which is why now we are picking up little used 28 yr old back up RBs, signing short contracts with a 1 yr wonder RB that's built like a FB, and still hoping we get lucky with a mid round RB pick in the draft. Because we can NOT rely upon our 1st rd pick of only 2 yrs ago. BTW, I'm hopeful Jennings will work out for us, and I like Hillis as a back up, 3rd down short ydge back, but, come on, that patchwork is not what we've come to expect from Giants RBs, is it?
TC ruined this kid in his rookie year.
Engage brain before speaking.
While I believe Wilson definitely has something to prove next year, don't forget how many times he got hit in the backfield as soon as he had the ball in his hands. I still have nightmares thinking about that.


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Entire Team Let Eli down today - NYG4l
its funny when another QB has a 26td 15 int QBR in the 80's type season, they arent very good but when its eli year in and year out numbers he is a HOF QB. i guess its all perception.
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Jiggers Firebirds is overpriced shit for piece of shit people who want to flaunt their egos at your crappy restaurant. You could serve them marked up McNuggets and they would only come there so they can show off to their friends that look I eat at this overpriced POS. Take your 15 years and shove it. Jimmy Hula's is only there for one thing. College kids. They don't know shit except to waste mommy and daddy's money. The true test is if any of those 4th ave congress businesses survive summer vacation when the kids are gone. Go ask crappy Obon how was their business during that time. Hurting they would tell you Lol.
Second the motion on Seoul Kitchen. Not just good Korean, great food period.
Don't overlook Seoul Kitchen. Excellent Bi Bim Bop.
First Watch is terrible
What about Roadhouse with the best hamburgers in Tucson!!!!!
How come you didn't mention Roadhouse Theatre? You don't have to see a movie to eat there. They even have lunch specials, and their burgers are the best in town!
This article is spot on! Everything Alafia serves is fantastic. It's food you think about for a long time after. The memory will cross your mind unexpectedly throughout the next month, calling you back.
Thank you Adam for writing this story and thank you everyone for reading and commenting on this article. We are excited to open in Tucson using local investment money and to provide 30+ local jobs. We understand and accept we cannot please everyone, but just the same, we hope you all will be open minded, visit our establishment when we open this holiday season and try some fish tacos.
I was part of the team that opened Firebirds at La Encantada mall, countless people told us we wouldn't last a year, but almost 15 years later, guess what? Might not be your favorite restaurant, but Firebirds is still there and going strong. Point is, these guys know they can't make everybody happy, but given their location, clearly they are no dummies, this place will do just fine whether you like it or not.
The location is torn up beyond recognition and no work is happening at all... We'll see when an opening actually occurs. In the meantime, I agree with chow reader... How about promote something that actually exists?
Adam, why are you promoting a restaurant that might be open in three months when there are hundreds open now? What a waste.
Chain restaurant = #fail.
Whoa, someone needs a beer!
I think it's brave to open Jimmy Hula's there. The "if it isn't local it sucks" line is tired. It's being opened by a Tucson guy anyway and if the food and service is good, what's the problem? And frankly the stoned, crazy, loud, wild, colorful, blissed out scene on Fourth Avenue is wonderful. Plenty of lawyers, doctors, cops, city councilmen and others down there too. Mr. Big Shot, in this case you are mistaken, but we will forgive your foolishness.
Yo Mr big shot (oh yeah by the way nice screen name... not), maybe best not to judge a book by its cover, can't say that I've ever eaten at Jimmy Hulas, but word on the street was Starbucks wanted to rent that location, would you rather have them there or a local investor? According to your home page you don't even live in Tucson so why would you care?
It's beyond me why anyone would bring jive Mexican facsimile food to the town that has the best Mexican fare in the U.S. That photo just screams ranch dressing and salsa that tastes like spaghetti sauce. Oh well, people that frequent 4th Ave. are so stoned, they don't know what they're eating anyway.
I've already suggested the owner name something after Boatner's. I was thinking a signature beer from a local brewery, like "Boatner's Seaside Ale" or a Boatner's taco or something.
Another nail in the coffin.
A writer who uses the meaningless word "things" in the first sentence of his article is a writer who needs additional training in the craft.
Am I the only one troubled by the recent profusion of "craft breweries" in this city? Is beer really such a gourmet item that it is worthy of promotion in the Weekly? Is your readership in need of more beer snobs?
If your paper is going to continue to promote businesses that deal in alcoholic beverages, under the guise of journalism, it would be only right and proper to give equal space to the organizations that treat alcohol addiction. This would ensure that readers would be continually reminded that alcoholic beverages are the most dangerous legal drug in our society, responsible for many traffic deaths, murders, rapes, fights, child abuse and the long-term deleterious effects of parental alcoholism.
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congrats to you!! and I love bell peppers, growing them in my garden as we speak. (grow little seedlings, grow!)
What a great picture, these look so good we're going to have them for dinner tonight!
p.s. I made your stuffed artichokes last night, thank you for teaching me the real way to cook artichokes: in the slow cooker! They are no longer a vegetable I love at restaurants but never get right at home! Thank you!
Mmmm....this looks and sounds super yummy! I may add some soy crumbles to the stuffing, as well. Thank you!
how do i follow your amazing blog? i can't find the follow button =(
I realize you will probably delete this comment, but I respect you as a writer and wanted to comment about Smithfield. Are you aware that this company has a long and documented history of animal abuse and very poor employee work conditions? Oh, my dear - rethink this avenue of income and take the higher ground!
Mrs Brewer, there is a 'subscribe' button in yellow under the header that should help you!
anon, no, I don't delete comments unless they are blatantly self-promoting or mean (so far not many of those, knock-wood!).
I haven't looked into the politics surrounding this particular company, and thanks to your comments, I now will. Thank you! I have a signed contract, though, and will fulfill my duties.
I don't know much about food/meat manufacturing, and would like to learn more.
My curiosity was piqued a year ago when I read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, and then I kind of dropped the whole thing due to life and being pregnant and tired.
It sounds like a cop-out, I know, but that's truly what happened.
thank you for the food for thought!
I live very close to Smithfield. Yes, THAT Smithfield, home of pork. Nice little town. Unfortunate when you get stuck behind a pig truck on the road- not so good smelling- and we once made the mistake of trying to take the kids to a playground near the plant. Not a nice smelling part of town. (No clue why there's a playground there).
It's a nice town though with nice people. I don't know much about the plant, etc. itself. But good luck!
This is almost identical to my recipe for the same! I've made it for years, and my family loves it.
The first time I made it though, I had to do a few substitutions. These I recommend to you now:
For a "Mexi" version -
Sub salsa for the pasta sauce and pepper-jack cheese for the cheddar. You could also throw in a can of green chilies instead of the salsa/pasta sauce.
Somehow I *always* end up with extra filling which makes a great burrito stuffing the next day. :)
These sound so super tasty.... this would make a great lunch to bring to work!
I love stuffed peppers! My family are freaks though and always just tell me, "why do you go through the work of putting all the stuff IN the peppers, just chuck it all in a casserole". Ugh! Apparenly, they aren't into appearance! I LOVE them!
One way to learn more about agriculture is to check out choose2choose. Its from Iowa and has farmers, nutritionists, and researchers. You can learn about the farmers and ask questions. There are also a number of farmers blogging on blogger.
Love the pepper! Checking out your new gig too, congrats on that!
I too always sign the Announcements song to myself when someone says they have an announcements. Girls Scout to the death!! Too bad I had all boys...
Yum! Stuffed peppers are one of my favorites. I look forward to trying this version. At our farmers' market, a few farmers will bag up whatever they haven't sold at the end of the market and sell the whole bag for just $3. That's when I make stuffed peppers. Great idea!
These are great! I am vegetarian, hubby not, and 6yo son is a picky eater. My son asked me to leave the rice out of his, which was very easy to do :) Everyone liked these, and we plan to put them on our regular menu rotation.
I had this for dinner tonight! It is SO good, I scarfed down 2 myself! http://asgoodasgluten.blogspot.com/2010/12/slow-cooker-vegetarian-stuffed-bell.html
These are soooo delicious! I prepped them on Sunday night and cooked them yesterday, and my apartment smelled incredible when I got home. They're so tasty :) Thanks for a great recipe!
It's just so hot in NY, I am trying to cook as much as possible in slow cooker, rice cooker and micro. I would never have thought of stuffed peppers. I made some substitutions: didn't have corn, but I had some zucchini and chopped tomatoes, plus I had a little end of turkey meatloaf, so why not? And some basil that was getting a little tired. I threw a dried chipotle and some garlic cloves in the water...the aroma was amazine. I see a lot of variations on this recipe coming this summer. Thanks.
I've had this on a pinterest for a while then decided to do it today with company coming. My stuffed peppers are cooking away in the pot now - looking forward to dinner. :)
How about some riced cauliflower to add a little extra?
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Cisco: Street Ponders Soft Networking, Telco Trends in FYQ3
Multiple analysts today issued previews of Cisco Systems's (CSCO) fiscal Q3 report, expected Wednesday afternoon, after the bell.
Analysts are modeling $12.18 billion in revenue and 49 cents EPS, on average. The outlook for this quarter is $12.5 billion and 51 cents.
FBR Capital's Scott Thompson this morning raised his rating on shares of Cisco from Underperform to Market Perform, and raised his price target to $19 from $17, writing that the company could benefit from the shifting winds of so-called software defined networking which he had a chance to research at last week's Interop networking event in Las Vegas.
Cisco has a bit of breathing room in SDN, with respect to challengers such as VMware's (VMW) Nicira business, and startup Big Switch Networks, writes Thompson, given that for the moment carriers are mostly interested in SDN as an "overlay" to their networks:
Our discussions at Interop revealed that hybrid/overlay SDN networks are beginning to gain momentum among the service provider and large enterprises. Overlay SDN solutions provide network-wide provisioning across both traditional and full SDN-based architectures. While we expect hybrid/overlay SDN solutions will allow large-scale networks to drive significant opex savings, they also appear to slow the transition to new architectures that could significantly affect traditional revenue streams. This is likely to allow traditional networking vendors additional time to shift to more software-based business models. For Cisco, we expect this development could drive two to four quarters of respectable returns before commodity and silicon-based network architectures begin to affect Cisco's financials […] Checks indicate that both service provider and large enterprise channels have found the implementation of NFV and SDN solutions more time consuming and costly than initially expected. Initial setbacks with carrier implementation of NFV and SDN technologies are likely to provide Cisco additional time to develop product that will help to transition its customer base to more software- and service-based revenue […] We expect that by slowing the pace of the service provider and large enterprise shift from traditional architectures to datacenter- based and virtual network architectures, Cisco's chance of effectively transitioning revenue to service and software will improve.
Thompson notes Cisco shares are "reasonably" valued at 9 times calendar 2013 projected earnings, after back out cash per share.
Thompson is modeling $12.47 billion in revenue and 49 cents.
RBC Capital's Mark Sue, who has an Outperform rating on the stock, and a $24 price target, is modeling slightly below consensus for Q3, at $12.15 billion, but he thinks profit per share could beat by 2 cents, thanks to expense control and share-count reduction. He is modeling the book-to-bill ratio to be at 1 at the quarter's end.
Networking news flow hasn't been great, yet Cisco is executing better, so inline revenues with better earnings is the general view, we believe. Bookings in April may have slowed a bit with SDN confusion delaying purchases, so we're not expecting a book to bill > 1.0. Service renewals and stabilizing router and switching trends may imply Cisco can mostly maintain the outlook for July […] investors are most likely calibrated on the revenues and the outlook and we expect the focus to be on gross margins, opex trends, cash-flow generation and commentary related to cash returned to shareholders (buybacks, dividends.) Cisco's P/E multiple closely tracks its gross margin trends and for the stock to move upwards, we believe Cisco must point to better trends than the 61-62% margin outlook for this quarter. Cisco has been selectively paring headcount.
For this quarter, Sue is modeling $12.52 billion in revenue, and 52 cents per share.
UBS's Amitabh Passi, who has a Buy rating on the stock, and a $25 price target, is modeling $12.17 billion and 49 cents:
Given the delayed macro recovery and weakness in key verticals (government & telco), we are incrementally cautious on the July quarter growth outlook. But with the divestiture of Linksys, potential productivity enhancements and progress pruning opex, we think Cisco can achieve at least $0.50 EPS in F4Q […] At a 10.3x PE and 7.2x EV/FCF, Cisco forward valuation trades at a substantial discount (23-31%) to the S&P 500 IT index. Similarly, among a basket of large cap enterprise peers, Cisco's forward PE and EV/FCF are among the bottom third, though if Cisco can execute on its strategy, improving ROE and generating 7-9% earnings growth, we believe shares can trade more inline with the group average.
For this quarter, Passi is modeling $12.67 billion and 51 cents.
Catherine Trebnick of Northland Capital Markets, who maintains an Outperform rating on the stock, and a $25.50 price target, writes that " Our enterprise/carrier checks suggest in line results," modeling $12.17 billion and 49 cents.
Trebnick writes that the quarter comes down to positive reseller trends offsetting some weakness in telco spending:
We expect sales this quarter will be driven data center (UCS/Nexus) with service provider router sales (buoyed by ARS5/55k sales at AT&T, T-Mobile and Vodafone for 4G builds). Cisco now has over 210 ARS 5000 customers. Our checks suggest UCS product sales are up Q/Q and the company has a healthy pipeline. Cisco/EMC's VCE joint venture has roughly a $1bl. plus run rate. Anecdotally, we were told enterprise/cloud providers are looking at Cisco's UCS with chatter regarding IBM selling off their server line and uncertainly around Dell. Our checks suggest, Cisco continues to lose to PANW in security bakeoffs and expect security to be weaker than expected […] We interviewed 35 VARs regarding IT trends for CY13. Roughly, 56% of our respondents see pick up in IT spending 2H13, while 31% indicated spending is flat and 13% responded down. 56% reported RFP activity as up Y/Y and 44% reported RFP activity as flat or down Y/Y. One-third of the participants indicated purchasing decisions were postponed with the sequester serving as an excuse to delay a purchase as opposed to outright cancellation of the investment into the technology. Our EMEA carrier channel checks suggest investments in 4G/LTE drives revenue toward CSCO in CY13/CY14. In North America, checks suggest data centers demand for connectivity is up which benefits Nexus product line.
For this quarter, Trebnick is modeling $12.7 billion and 50 cents, but thinks the revenue number may be more likely to match Street consensus.


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I used to recap Mad Men. No more. I'm already sick of reading about last night's episode just from this morning's 1-hour jaunt around the Internet. I can't imagine that I would have anything novel or interesting to say about Zou Bisou Bisou, except that it reminded me of this:
So if you somehow need to read more about Mad Men, just turn on the Internet. It's fucking EVERYWHERE.
(I will make the following observations, which do not count as recapping in any way:
- Did Lane and that chick just invent phone sex?
- Don's apartment!
- Is there not as much smoking as there used to be?
- Is that another new Bobby? I can't even tell any more.)
Monday, March 26, 2012
4 comments:
- GG said...
I was also wondering if that was a new Sally, or did she just get older? Kids all look the same to me.
- March 26, 2012 at 11:28 AM
- TK said...
Nope, that's the very talented Kiernan Shipka returning as Sally. But WOW did her voice ever drop a few octaves! She sounded like Barry White in that one scene.
- March 26, 2012 at 12:33 PM
- Tamagosan said...
Ahhhhhh like right now on Fresh Air. I was SO counting on Terry Gross to get me through this difficult afternoon but here I am hearing about Peggy and a bean ballet wtf... I feel like all my non-baseball loving friends during the Giants season...
- March 26, 2012 at 1:38 PM
- Annie said...
It was definitely another new Bobby. Damn that's a tough gig to hold!
- March 26, 2012 at 10:17 PM
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