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Lang Labor
Lang Labor was the name for three successive break-away sections of the Australian Labor Party, all led by the New South Wales Labor leader Jack Lang, premier of NSW (1925–27, 1930–32).
Initial opposition to Lang's leadership[edit]
Lang was elected party leader in 1922 by the NSW party caucus after two interim leaders had been appointed during a conflict between the NSW state executive of the party, (dominated by the Australian Workers' Union), and the ALP Federal Executive. From very early in his leadership, Lang faced opposition within the caucus due to his domineering manner. Particular areas of contention were the establishment of a Government Insurance Office and Lang's role in an attempt to increase the party's parliamentary majority through the appointment of Alick Kay as the consumer's representative on the Metropolitan Meat Board. However Lang continued to enjoy the overwhelming support of the party branches and he controlled a large majority at the annual conference, which was the party's ultimate forum. Conflict within the caucus culminated in a leadership challenge in October 1926 by Peter Loughlin, Lang's deputy leader. Lang survived this challenge on the casting vote of the Chairman.
The Lang Dictatorship[edit]
Lang responded to the challenge by calling a special meeting of the party conference where, at his request, the conference took a supervisory role in the pre-selection of party candidates, took away from caucus the power to elect the parliamentary leader and allowed the party leader to select the cabinet. In the press these rule changes were referred to as "the red rules" or "the Lang dictatorship".
Lang still faced significant opposition within the caucus and the caucus appointed cabinet but he was able to defeat his opponents by returning his commission as Premier to the Governor, Sir Dudley de Chair on 25 May 1927. This automatically resulted in the dismissal of the cabinet. As there was no viable alternative government, De Chair recommissioned Lang to form a caretaker government on the condition that he would recommend a dissolution of the Legislative Assembly and call an election. The new government was formed solely of Lang supporters, and Lang used the four months prior to the election to ensure that his opponents were denied ALP pre-selection. In part due to the switch to single-member electorates, the ALP lost the election. However, the ALP caucus that was elected was firmly under Lang's control, ensuring that he would dominate NSW Labor for the next 12 years.
Australian Labor Party (New South Wales)[edit]
In 1931 Lang had the support of the state party when he repudiated the Premiers' Plan for the economic management of the Great Depression and imposed a moratorium on the New South Wales government's overseas loans. This led to a split between the state and federal labor movements and Lang's first break-away party, the Australian Labor Party (NSW), became the dominant Labor force in New South Wales from 1931 to 1936, when unity was again achieved.
Defeat as leader[edit]
Lang's lack of success at state elections eroded his support within the labour movement. In his 16 years as state Labor leader, he only won two elections, in 1925 and 1930; he was defeated in 1927, 1932, 1935 and 1938. This led some members of caucus, including Bob Heffron, to break away to form the Industrial Labor Party. In 1939, following intervention by the Federal Executive, the two factions were reunited at a state conference. This gathering also reversed the "red rules" and returned the power of selecting the party leader to the caucus. Lang was replaced as state leader by William McKell.
Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist) and expulsion[edit]
In the meantime, left-wing forces had gained control of the extra-parliamentary executive of the New South Wales Branch, and in 1940 the state executive adopted a resolution calling for a "Hands off Russia" policy, which was seen as a policy opposing Australian involvement in World War II. Lang denounced this policy; despite his radicalism, he had always been strongly anti-Communist. He seceded from Labor, along with several supporters, and formed a new party called the Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist), which operated in the Federal sphere from 1940 to 1941 but had only minority support in the Labor movement of NSW. The Federal Executive again intervened in the NSW branch and expelled the leftist elements. Some members joined the Communist Party of Australia, but most joined the short-lived State Labor Party which was also known as the State Labor Party (Hughes-Evans). Following the Federal intervention, Lang and nearly all of his followers rejoined the ALP. Lang's own reconciliation with the ALP proved short-lived. In 1943, having published newspaper articles attacking McKell (NSW's Premier since 1941) and the Prime Minister John Curtin, he was expelled from the ALP and restarted the Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist). This manifestation of Lang Labor contested the 1944 NSW election, electing two members – Lang and Lilian Fowler, Australia's first female mayor. When Lang transferred to federal politics, he was succeeded as the Lang Labor member for Auburn by his son, James. Although Fowler and James Lang were both re-elected in 1947, the party was essentially defunct by 1950, and Fowler and Lang were defeated.
Federal Lang Labor[edit]
Lang Labor's final appearance in federal politics came when Lang was elected to the House of Representatives for the federal seat of Reid at the 1946 election, being elected with the benefit of Liberal Party preferences. Lang was a nuisance to the Labor government led, since 1945, by Ben Chifley, whom he repeatedly castigated in public. He lost his seat at the 1949 election. In the double dissolution 1951 election he stood for the Senate, but was not elected.
Lang was re-admitted to the NSW branch ALP in 1971 at the age of 94 after a campaign by his protégé Paul Keating. He died four years later.
- Green, Antony (2009). New South Wales Election Archive, Parliament of New South Wales
- Lang, J. T. (1970). The Turbulent Years, Alpha Books
- Lang, J. T. (1956). I Remember, Invicta Press
- McMullin, Ross (1991). The Light on the Hill: The Australian Labor Party 1891–1991, OUP
- Nairn, Bede (1995)Jack Lang the 'Big Fella':Jack Lang and the Australian Labor Party 1891-1949
Melbourne University Press Melbourne ISBN 0-522-84700-5, OCLC 34416531.
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Responding to widespread speculation that Warner Bros. engineered the leak of footage from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as a sort of extended teaser for the movie, studio sources called the theory "absurd."
CNN.com wondered aloud if this week's leak would be good for the movie, and other news sites said the high quality of the watermarked source material suggests the leaker had close proximity to the Potter production's inner circle.
"Since it's a screener, my best guess would be an industry insider," TorrentFreak founder/editor Ernesto Van der Sar told Wired.com in an e-mail. "Despite [the Motion Picture Association of America]'s million-dollar antipiracy efforts, nearly all leaked screeners are made available by people from within the industry."
News site paidContent headlined its story on the leak "Harry Potter Leak Seems More Like Publicity Than Piracy," and suggested that Warner Bros. should check with its marketing department.
"Given the timing of the piracy and the duration of footage in this instance, it's not the craziest notion," said paidContent. "Releasing 36 minutes rather than the whole movie is a way of whetting appetites without satisfying them entirely — for that you'll need to fork over at least $10 in theaters. And with just 48 hours until Potter starts unspooling, it's just the kind of pre-release jolt that would have been ineffective as a marketing tool were it advanced far earlier."
But studio execs called such conspiracy theories hogwash.
"This was not leaked by the studio," Warner Bros. spokesman Paul McGuire emphasized. "Harry Potter is the most successful franchise in film history."
An executive at 20th Century Fox, which was stung by the early release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine last year, said anybody that thinks a studio would gamble with a high-profile movie is nuts. "I couldn't think of anything more absurd," Fox's Chris Aronson told E Online.
Warner Bros. stood by its earlier vow to prosecute the leaker, even though CNET reported that the studio has not reported the leak to the FBI.
Motion Picture Association of America spokesman Craig Hoffman said the lobbying group, which represents Hollywood studios in Washington, D.C., had "no comment" on the case, although MPAA President Bob Pisano had plenty of comments Tuesday when he came out swinging with an opinion piece in The Hill slamming websites that host leaked material.
Calling for passage of the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, Pisano wrote: "Livelihoods are endangered by the rapid growth in rogue and unlawful internet sites. Rogue websites threaten the heart of our industry and the livelihoods of the people who give it life. These sites do not represent a problem that lies on the far horizon."
Even before this week's Deathly Hallows leak, anticipation for the new Potter movie was approaching historic proportions.
According to MovieTickets.com, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is the fifth-biggest generator of advance ticket sales in history, with 1,000 sellouts nationwide and 94 percent of this weekend's early receipts.
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Our pumpkin patch is also open to purchase your pumpkins, stalks, gourds and more!
The playground, haymaze and the petting zoo is also open for the kids (all other attractions are open ONLY on the weekends and Columbus Day).
During weekdays we host group tours from area schools, daycares, special education classes, seniors and other groups that PRE-BOOK a tour. Tours include a hayride out to our pumpkin patch where they can pick a pumpkin, a guided tour to the petting zoo as well as the haymaze. Also included is a private show of the Cackling Hen Review. Tours are also welcome to bring their lunch and enjoy a free glass of cider. At the end of the tour everyone gets a treat bag, coloring book and crayons.
There is no charge to come to during the week for visitors who are NOT on a tour.
Please NOTE: Monday Columbus Day is part of our festival Weekend and there is an admission charge for that day.


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FY Q3 Q3 9M 9M 2011 2011 2012 2011 2012 378 193 232 408 546 US Fuel Sector Operations 199 68 (31) 165 (6) Oil and Gas Exploration 12 17 26 19 66 Delek Europe 9 (2) 15 16 13 Israeli Fuel Sector Operations (23) 8 8 (13) 1 Road services in the UK (48) (4) 46 3 61 Insurance and Finance Operations 19 (39) (1) 9 27 Automotive Operations 2,064 (101) (202) (156) (465) Capital Gains & Others Net Income attributed Group's 2,610 140 93 451 243 shareholders* Parts of the above table have been extracted from Delek Group's First Nine Months 2012 Directors Report. Please review the full report available on the Group's website http://www.delek-group.com to view the notes for each of the items above. Energy & Infrastructure Oil and Gas Exploration Sector Highlights. The activities in Israel are carried out mainly through Delek Energy Ltd., Delek Drilling LP & Avner Oil Exploration LP, of which Delek Group has a controlling share. Yam Tethys ; A significant decline in natural gas production due to the depletion of the "Mari B" reservoir continued. However, its impact was minimised in the third quarter of 2012, through the increasing natural gas production from the Noa and Pinnacles reservoirs. Yam Tethys' project operator, Noble Energy Mediterranean, is producing natural gas from the "Mari B" at a rate of production that is designed to continuously maintain the reservoir production capacity, while maintaining the integrity of the production facilities of the Yam Tethys project. Tamar, a 9.7 TCF natural gas discovery off the coast of Israel remains on track for production in the first half of 2013. Following the implementation of the requested changes by the Public Utility & Electricity Antitrust Authority, the Tamar partners have signed amendments to the agreements with the Israel Electric Company as well as many of the other natural gas consumers in Israel including Hadera Paper, Ramat Negev Energy, Ashdod Energy and Dalia Power Energies. In addition, the partners signed a take or pay agreement to supply natural gas to Dorad Energy of up to a total of 11.2 BCM. In August 2012, all conditions were met to enable the Group's gas subsidiaries to begin withdrawal of the $800 million project financing facility. Leviathan, a 16.7 TCF natural gas discovery off the coast of Israel . The Ensco 5006 rig completed the planned work for sealing the Leviathan 2 evaluation drill. The estimated total cost of the work thus far was $85 million (at 100% of the rights). There was also an additional cost of $23 million (100%) for surveying and monitoring. It should be noted that the partnerships are covered with control of well insurance which includes all the above work with a limited liability of up to $200 million per case. The Leviathan partners have received a refund from the insurance companies for the work implemented so far. The Leviathan #4 appraisal well started in November and is expected to last for approximately 4 months at an estimated budget of $110 million (100%). The Leviathan natural gas field is spread over a wide area and therefore it requires a number of appraisal wells. It should also be noted that Leviathan 4 is expected to be used in future for production drilling, as part of the future development plan of Leviathan. The expected depth of the well is approximately 1,600 meters, and the planned final drilling depth is approximately 5,300 meters beneath sea level. Finally, as part of the Leviathan strategic process, a proposal to acquire 30% of the rights in Leviathan was received in September from Woodside Petroleum Ltd. It should be noted that this offer together with the other offers received are subject to, among other things, various conditions such as due diligence and additional information that may be a basis for negotiation.


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Bozeman locals gather for Affordable Care Act anniversary, discuss Medicaid expansion
BOZEMAN, Mont. - Folks with the Gallatin City-County Health Department say there's a significant health problem in the county- one in five working-age adults don't have health insurance.
They say there's a need to find a better way to serve more people for less money. That's why folks with the health department say it's important to come together as Montanans to start a conversation and come up with a solution.
James Nausadis doesn't have health insurance but says he's most concerned about the folks he knows who need it more than he does.
"My best friend who has the two-year-old daughter, a wife that's due in May and she's still working as a waitress at Olive Garden because they can't afford not to," says Nausadis.
He says the Affordable Care Act Three Year Anniversary event gives him hope that something can be done for his best friend.
"People are thinking about it and if we work hard enough, it just might happen," says Nausadis.
Gallatin City-County Health Officer Matt Kelley was one of the presenters.
"The fact that we have so many people in Montana and in Gallatin County who are uninsured means that the costs are being passed onto us through hospitals, through insurance companies. The health insurance premiums we pay and the medical costs we all pay. We're paying for that every day," says Kelley.
He says one solution may be to bring those people into the system by expanding Medicaid. Kelley says the expansion would make 70,000 more Montanans eligible for Medicaid and 4,500 more eligible in Gallatin County alone.
"When you make them a part of the system and you empower them, they're more likely to get preventative care...You make it less likely that they're going to get really sick later on and have to be admitted to the hospital later on or have costly tests that they can't pay for. When that happens, we all pay for that," says Kelley.
Some folks who oppose the bill say Medicaid expansion could cost Montana as much as $300 million a year.
I talked to Senator Art Wittich who tells me there are better ways to get better healthcare without expanding a broken system. Instead of putting people on Medicaid, Wittich says a more favorable approach would be to expand programs that encourage folks to work, like Insure Montana. It's a two-part program designed to help make health insurance more affordable for small businesses.
Matt Kelley is set to testify in a committee hearing on HB 509, Monday.
Senator Wittich says he's for a different bill. HB 604 would create a committee to study Montana's Medicaid program, including ways to make it more efficient and cost-effective, as well as the potential impacts of expansion.


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New OpenSocial Community Groups on Facebook
July 25th, 2011 | Published in Google OpenSocial
Hello Everyone,
This will be a quick update for the OpenSocial community. I wanted to let everyone know that we have two new upcoming avenues for people to reach out to us on Facebook. This will allow us to build more communication channels for those wishing to talk with others who are working with or interested in OpenSocial, or the many open source technologies that it is integrated with.
So, with that said, here are the two new channels on Facebook for to take a look at - a page and a group:
I will be adding and filling in the content on these pages in the coming days so that they are complete. Please feel free to use these channels to engaged with others in the community.


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There is a good chance the 2015 NBA All-Star Weekend will be in New York City.
In response to a question about the All-Star festivities likely being at Barclays Center or Madison Square Garden, NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver said, "Yes." The comment came during Silver and commissioner David Stern's annual All-Star press conference on Saturday at the Toyota Center.
"There are two applications in, one from Brooklyn and one from the Garden," Stern said. "And I really think that Commissioner Silver is going to have a great time with those applications, I really do, and I asked him to send me a postcard to tell me how they go."
The last time All-Star Weekend was held in New York came in 1998 at Madison Square Garden, where Michael Jordan was named game MVP during his last season with the Chicago Bulls.


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Stick Rafter not attached to bottom chord & sagging, new Trusses
I have an older bungalow with "A" frame stick rafters (32 ft total span ..16 ft ridge centers) that are sagging and pushing one wall out about 2". The roof sheating has been removed to jack up the rafters and then the plan was to install webbing into the stick rafters...BUT the stick rafters are off center from the ceiling chords by about 4"!! NOT sure what to do.
There is an interior load carrying wall that runs along rafter ridge (16ft in the middle of the rafers)...could one attach a "Y" webbing from the plate of the inside carrying wall out towards the middle of the top cord on the rafters? HELP the sheating is off and weather is not good. :(
First a little scolding. Did the rafters move 4" to the side after you removed the sheathing? Of course not, they were always that way. So why would you have ripped off your roof knowing that your plan of repair would not work? And if you did not know ahead of time the structural details before you started then you certainly shouldn't have started the project. Seems like once a week or so someone posts on here that they have ripped into a project full speed a head and end up in a real mess/crisis because they didn't know how they were going to perform a critical step before they started. I know you don't need to hear this now but am posting this to remind others who might read this thread the importance of planning ahead rather than ripping into something before planning.
At this point your best bet is probably to upsize the rafters. You'll get a straighter roof than unbending sagging rafters that will fight you and you won't need to worry about webs. The span isn't that big (12' from outside wall to center interior load bearing wall, right?) and you should be able to get the correct rafter size from the appropriate IRC table. Chances are it will be 2x10 but depending on the details and lumber grade available 2x8 might work. Get really good quality straight lumber. Surprisingly, around here the Lowes currently carries really nice straight Douglas Fir that is graded #2 or better and about 1/3 of the bundle actually grades out at #1.
If you can't find the correct IRC table your building department might even be able to help if you have one that doesn't mind DIYers. Mine is very helpful.
Stick Rafter not attached to bottom chord & sagging
With pain I agree that one needs to know what the roof structural details are before starting ...and know what the ramifications are. Yep the bottom cord was not attached to the stick rafter...so we can no longer jack up to eliminate bows in the "A" stick rafters and insert webbing between the bottom and top cords.
There is talk of placing a large "Y" support ...from a plate on top of the loadcarrying wall which runs under the ridge of the stick rafters ....to the mid section of the upper cord. The Y support would have a long span and would not be as strong as a fabricated truss
It seems that replacing with new engineered/fabicated truss rafters on a roof that is actually spans 32 ft spans (16ft centers) on a low pitch is a preferred going forward solution.... HOWEVER ..it seems a contractor has a problem with getting a overhang beyond the exterior wall with any new truss given the current pitch...so he is talking about attaching overhang to the new fabricated/clipped truss by notchng into the 2 by 4. I am vulnerable and in a crisis! ( my roof is open and tarped...it is raining...and the full truss solution is not known .) :huh:
Do you have any pictures?
What size are the roof rafters? 2x6 or x8 or x10 ??
How far apart are the rafters ?
16" OC you need 2x8's as a bare min, my last house I used 2x10's
Are there any collar ties installed ?
Where are you located ? Snow load?
Is a contractor doing this work ?
Stick Rafter not attached to bottom chord & sagging - replace with new fab truss?
Here is some of the facts:
Determing correct replacement truss
You are going to use a 25' truss on a 32' span??
A truss is an engineered design
They need to be designed for the specific load & installation
Nothing sounds OK
Truss Determination
The total truss span will 32 ft (end to end) and the roof length is 25 ft.
Question: What size of lumber is required for a 32 ft fabricated truss span on a low pitch bungalow with snow load: (2X4 or 2X6 lumber ) ?
robear...never would have thought to ask that question on a DIY forum. Trusses are engineered and they take all variables into account when you order them. Ask the people supplying your trusses.
I'd GUESS 2x6.:wink:
But trusses are engineered
They need to be built based on designs for the load you have
Any notching or cutting allowed will be specified in the engineer report/design
Usually NO modification is allowed to a truss
There is no guessing on this
If you are going with prefabricated trusses the the truss company will actually determine the lumber size.
I'm having difficulty figuring out why the trusses cannot extend past the wall plates. What is in the way? Can you post photos? Is your concern how to get the overhang at the gable end? For that you would order dropped truss for the end walls. They are made shorter so that you can extend a 2x4 out across the tops. Your truss designer does this all the time. Talk to him and he'll walk you through it. Ask him a gazillian questions.
Never ever notch into trusses unless the truss designer/engineer oks it.
BTW placing trusses on an existing ceiling with wires, ceiling joists, ductwork etc can be very difficult. I'm not sure why you can't just go with new rafters. Seems far easier.
Your contractor seems like the wrong choice for this job. His original plan of adding webs would probably just make your ceiling joists sag too. He seems to be way over his head. Can you find someone else... quick.
Robear - when you say trusses do you really mean rafters? Are you just talking only about the top chord that goes from the top of the wall to the ridge of the roof that the roof sheathing is nailed to? That's a rafter.
The IRC has a table for sizing rafters. They definitely won't be 2x4 or 2x6 for a 16' span (your rafter span would be from the center to the wall so 16'). I'm guessing a 2x10 or 2x12 but you need to get it from the IRC table or an engineer.
If your "roofer" doesn't know how to do a gable end overhang you need to get someone else. I hope you didn't hire a shingle slammer for this job. You need a real framer. A real framer could put new rafters (with overhang) on a simple gable roof and sheath it in one day.
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By the way, your link to the electrodes? It leads to your internal edit product page :P. Obviously we can't access that, but you may want to change it haha.
If you go to his page:
And scroll down a bit, you can see where he got the case and how he modified it to work.
I agree with Quazar. I had never heard of Kv, and kV was freaking me out thinking about 3000 kilovolts!
Any chance of these coming back in stock soon? :(
ARGH! I HATE that tutorial! It tells you to use resistors, etc. which are ABSOLUTELY not necessary. Here's a better "tutorial" (The code explains what's going on and how to wire, etc.), posted on the Arduino.cc forums:
@Tycho Vhargon
I thought you were being sarcastic, then I read it. It was actually pretty helpful haha. ;)
Any idea what the size of this screen is (in pixels?) I'm trying to figure out a formula to determine the pixel location from the value of the analogRead().
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Taylor Swift Announces 1989, Her First "Official Pop Album" — Get The Details!
Taylor Swift announced her new album called 1989 on Monday. During her Yahoo live stream, the singer revealed she's been secretly working on the record for two years, describing it as her "very first, documented, official pop album."
"The inspiration behind the record, I was listening to a lot of late-80s pop," revealed Swift, noting the period "was a time of just limitless potential; wear what you want, be who you want, love who you want." 1989 of course, was also the year Swift was born.
"I like to work on albums for two years because two years gives you enough time to grow and change," she went on to explain. "I woke up every single day that I was recording this record not wanting, but needing to make a new style of music that I had never made before."
The superstar, who also deemed the project "my favorite album I ever made," went on to call it a "rebirth," while many fans on Twitter commented it marked the start of Swift's fifth era, since it's her fifth studio album. Swift further said the record is the "most sonically cohesive album I've ever made."
In a nod to the album's old-school cover art, the deluxe edition will also feature 13 special polaroid pictures. And that's not all. "I have three bonus tracks that are just voice memos from my phone," revealed Swift.
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Meadowlands Selections and Yonkers Driving Battle
It recently came to my attention that people miss me. It is always nice to feel wanted and apparently my Saturday selections from the Meadowlands are in higher demand than I thought. Quite a few people have approached me lately asking why I stopped making picks for Saturday and when I would start again.
First off, let me say that my Saturday replacement, Jay Bergman, is a first-rate handicapper and I would be glad to use his picks to accompany my handicapping. Secondly, my Saturday selections should return in late March or April.
As a one-time treat (for the few of you who consider my picks a special offering), I've looked over the Saturday card and have an abbreviated look at the races at the bottom of this post.
Yonkers Driving Colony
Now that Brian Sears has joined the Yonkers Raceway driving colony, I have heard plenty of talk as to how much better he is than reining Yonkers Kingpin George Brennan. People point to his 52 wins in 205 starts versus Brennan's 40 wins in a higher 230 starts.
Certainly the early returns have Sears with a healthy lead and appearing to be the clear top dog. But let's take into consideration that Brennan has accumulated his total with his main client, the Gilbert Garcia-Herrera stable, having started just a handful of horses through the first six weeks of action.
Most will agree that harness racing is a trainer's game and you can't win races without power. Look at driver Matt Kakaley. He is a wonderful young pilot who is actually second in the Yonkers standings with 42 wins in 188 starts, but do you think he would have quite as many wins without getting first call for the powerful Ron Burke barn?
Is Sears ultimately better than Brennan? That would be a good debate. While either is capable of winning from any spot on the track, each has unique skills which make them better in certain circumstances. Brennan can fire a horse up at a moment's notice and Sears has a knack for working out good trips and having "something left" in the stretch.
One thing is certain, With a top three of Brennan, Sears and Kakaley, and a strong supporting cast of Jason Bartlett, Eric Goodell, Jordan Stratton, Cat Manzi, Brent Holland, Mark MacDonald and others, the group at Yonkers is one of the best the track has seen since the days of Walter Case Jr. and Luc Ouelette.
Six weeks is a decent sample size, but before we crown the Yonkers driving champion, perhaps we should let the race play out a bit more.
Saturday Meadowlands Selections
Race 1 – When I conclude that (3) STALLONE BLUE CHIP looks best on paper, it is time to move on. I haven't been impressed with this 4-year-old and I'll be passing on this race.
Race 2 – This is a weak-looking bunch with not much to sink my teeth into. (5) BUCKEYE IN CHARGE would seem to be in a good spot this week. (6) MR HALLOWELL and (7) PAN GRAD are both getting interesting barn changes.
Race 3 – I don't see a lot of speed coming from the outside horses, which could leave (4) MR DENNIS sitting a nice trip either first or second. He really didn't look great on the track last week. Perhaps that sharp 1 1/16 from the prior week got the best of him. Let's look for him to perk back up this time in the easier division.
Race 4 – (4) ALEX BULLVILLE gets aggressive every once in a while and brings a strong effort on the front. He had no shot last time into a 56 4/5 half and this seems like the perfect spot for him to take charge.
Race 5 – Nothing jumps off the page.
Race 6 – Since returning from a layoff, (2) IDEAL MATTERS has been making steady progress and displaying more life with each outing. This B-1 race did not come up very tough and he is simply fastest of this bunch.
Race 7 – Another pass for me.
Race 8 – (2) OSCAR OSCAR ran into a "ready to roll" A J Corbelli last week. After Oscar posted a 26 and change opening quarter, he seemed to lack enough of a stretch kick in the lane. Now he moves inside from post 8 to 2 and should have much more in reserve for the final stages.
Race 9 – I don't like anything per say, but (2) FREDDY DAY HANOVER looks like a decent option on the drop-down angle.
Race 10 – (3) COME ON RIDGE put in a valiant effort while challenging on the rim and basically tackles a similar group this time. If the trip is slightly better he should get a big piece.
Race 11 – Everyone will be all over (3) HOLDINGALLTHECARDS and (4) YO CHEYENNE ROCKY, but to me (5) SHAWS CREEK BUFF could be the play. This guy was flying in the stretch last week, his first start on Lasix. At the expected nice price, it is worth taking a shot that Lasix made all the difference and this guy is ready to be much faster.
Race 12 – You are on your own here.
Race 13 – (4) I DO HANOVER has shown versatility in rolling to consecutive victories and this field doesn't come up very tough.
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I would like to preface this by saying I have been around this game for a long time. I was there in the 70's when the Meadowlands opened and helped a friend take care of his trotters and pacers at a farm near Freehold. I know a little bit about the game and what trainers do for their horses. Or in some cases what they do TO their horses. My question is; when are they going to load Ron Burke onto the same bus they used to drive Lou Pena out of the business? For exhibit A I give you Perrito Caliente. Burke took over this horse from Joe Seekman at Balmoral. I have been watching and betting Balmoral going on 6 years now and believe me when Seekman had Caliente he was a gutless piece of garbage. Then a few weeks ago he debuts for Burke at the Meadowlands, wins and when they get him to the winners circle his eyeballs are about to burst from their sockets and he is almost impossible to hold. Then last night he wins first over (something he never did at Balmoral against inferior competition) and is so out of control they didn't even attempt to get him into the winners circle. Are the judges so blind that they can't see this stuff? Do they really believe that Burke puts a puppy dog in the stall and gives them vitamins and all of the sudden these horses become world beaters? There was one from last year, the name escapes me for the moment, but in the horses second start for Burke in a stakes race at Balmoral (how ironic) the horse went 1:19 to the 3/4 while pulling the drivers arms out of his sockets. He went on to win in 1:48 and change and better his lifetime mark by a substantial margin. Until they take guys like this and make them race out of detention barns (maybe everyone should) the Meadowlands will continue to be a joke.
i remember when Sears left the Meadows for the Meadowlands and to the surprise of many he blew the place apart! :)
Thanks. Some people where I bartend and I really wanted to find out whether the name came from its geneology or not.
It's inconceivable to me that the management at Yonkers & The Meadowlands are so out of touch that they cannot find a way to coordinate their races so there are at least a few minutes between post times of the 2 tracks. As a last minute bettor, it's impossible to bet one and then run to the other before their race goes off. Then they wonder why the handle is not what it should be. Unreal!!!
Watching Meadowlands last night on TVG, and trying to figure out how the favorite for the 5th race got the name Veal Marsala? Anybody know?
While I enjoy the racing at Yonkers, the short track distorts the racing and distorts driver statistics more so than at most tracks to the point of making the numbers almost meaningless. I would like to see stats (like they do in baseball sabremetrics) of how drivers fare relative to the odds (what are the average odds on their wins, places and shows?) and, just for Yonkers, how they do from posts 1-3, 4-6, and 7-8. That all said, Sears is IMHO is head and shoulders the top harness driver in the NY area. His absence at the Meadowlands is still felt every night, and his ability does not show like it should because of the short track effect at Yonkers. He adds class and credibility to a "sport" dearly lacking in both. I don't understand the business of jockeys, but Gural should find a way to get him back to the big track before the grandstand opens. Sears presence affects how everybody else drives and has everyone on their toes. With Sears across the river, the Meadowlands many races feels like a cheap casino, a crap shoot, with little sport or personality.
Matt Kakely is good and young but , at least in my opinion , still gets involved in some terrible drives. Joe bongiorno is also a solid up and comer as is Jim Marohn jr
Different drivers have different strengths. Brennan is awesome leaving the gate and getting quick speed from a horse but not as good off the pace. McDonald is very aggressive almost too much so sometimes . Sears always seems to put his horse in a position to win. That's said none of them come her Walter case at his best he is still the best 1/2 mile 5/8 track driver I ave ever seen. Herve is still the best going uncovered that I have ever seen though tony Morgan is pretty good for drivers today
Mike you are nuts - Bartlett, Stratton, and Mcdonald would compete anywhere and dare we exclude Manzi from any competitive discussion he is far from finished. Derick I agree with your assessment of a competitive colony but also I know we are aligned in that just as I am defiant that Michael Jordan types will rise again it is far fetched for me to believe that another Walter Case Jr. is right around the corner. As for your picks - thanks for the saturday night treat and kudos to both you and Jay for continued correspondence on some of the games best racing venues!
If Kakaley keeps getting more and more drives he'll win the title, far better than Sears or Brennan and Kakaley is still on the upswing of his career. Other than the top 3 and maybe Holland it is a terrible colony though


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Swimming in Montreal, Wollach posted a time of 53.63 breaking a mark set by Mark Tewksbury at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
At Indianapolis, another former Tiger, Huntsville's Margaret Hoelzer, finished third in the women's 100 meters freestyle. Only the top two swimmers in an event advance to the world championships.
Rising senior Melissa Marik placed seventh in the 100 freestyle with a time of 1:01.35. She swam a career best time of 1:01.12 in prelims. Former Tiger Emile Ewing place 15th with a new personal best time of 1:02.13.
Rising junior Robert Looney placed sixth in Wednesday's 200 butterfly finals in a personal best time of 1:58.47. Senior Will Dove was 23rd with a time of 2:05.96.
Rising senior Melissa Marik placed seventh in the A final, coming in at 1:01.35. The Naperville, Ill., native set her new career best time of 1:01.12 in prelims, advancing as the 5th seed to finals. Former Tiger Emile Ewing place 15th with a new personal best time of 1:02.13 after tying her previous career best in prelims, a 1:02.30.
In the men's 100 backstroke, rising sophomore Max Murphy was 11th in 55.16. Rising junior Jared White was 14th with a 55.80 after posting a new personal best (55.10) in the prelims. Rising senior Jordan Anderson placed 18th with a 56.00.
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By Stephen Graham, Associated Press Writer
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Thousands of soldiers rolled across northwestern Pakistan on Friday, a day after President Gen. Pervez Musharraf vowed to follow the storming of Islamabad's Red Mosque by eliminating extremism from "every corner" of the country.
Anti-Musharraf protesters took to the streets of every major city to blame the U.S.-backed leader for the violence at the mosque, some chanting slogans in favor of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
But the rallies were smaller than expected, and there was a lull in the violent backlash from militant groups that had staged suicide bombings and attacks on foreign aid groups in reaction to the mosque siege.
Officials said thousands of soldiers were deploying to various parts of North West Frontier Province, which borders Afghanistan and where militant groups are increasingly active.
An army brigade was heading up the Swat Valley, 75 miles northeast of Peshawar, where a suicide car bomber killed three policeman at a checkpoint Thursday, said Mohammed Javed, the valley's top administrator.
That attack raised to 35 the number of people killed in bombings and shootings in the northwest since the Red Mosque crisis began July 3.
Television footage showed army trucks, some pulling heavy artillery, lined up on a road in the area.
The Swat Valley is a stronghold of a radical cleric who has pressed for the imposition of Taliban-style rule, much like the leaders of the Red Mosque.
Maulana Fazlullah, who has close links to a militant group outlawed for sending followers to fight U.S. troops in Afghanistan in 2001, reportedly told supporters to prepare for holy war in response to the battle in the capital.
Asif Iqbal Daudzai, spokesman for the provincial government, said Fazlullah had broken an agreement to stop using FM radio broadcasts for anti-government agitation. If he does so again, security forces "will react," Daudzai told Dawn News television.
Troops were also sent to Dera Ismail Khan, a town near the tribally governed Waziristan border region, a Taliban stronghold where Washington says al-Qaida is regrouping.
Police said they raided a house in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday, arresting three suspected suicide bombers and seizing five explosives vests.
The military said it also deployed soldiers near Battagram, a northern town badly affected by a 2005 earthquake. According to aid workers and media reports, mobs broke off from a Thursday protest against the Red Mosque raid to loot and set fire to the offices of several international aid groups.
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More than 1,200 people chanted slogans denouncing Musharraf after they emerged from mosques following afternoon prayers in Karachi, the country's largest city.
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Red Sox still searching for some consistency from Alfredo Aceves
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In search of the old Alfredo Aceves.
It's what the Red Sox continue to strive for ' consistently uncovering the pitcher that had made such a positive mark day in, day out backing 2011. Unfortunately for the Sox, that version of Aceves continues to come and go with no rhyme or reason.
The latest example of how much of a conundrum the righty has become came Tuesday night, when Aceves suffered through an eight-run, 3 1/3-inning outing in what ended up as the A's 13-0, seven-inning win over the Sox.
This after admirably filling in for John Lackey with a five-inning, three-run outing against the Indians in his last start. And before that, he allowed just two runs over five frames in his start vs. the Orioles.
'It's varied, I will say that,' said Red Sox manager John Farrell off Aceves' results. 'He's healthy. He's got the ability to manipulate the baseball, as we've seen. You'd like to think that there would be or a known commodity in a given role, particularly in a starting role, when you've got five days to prepare for the next outing. His preparation today was consistent with what it was prior to the game in Cleveland. Tonight wasn't one of his better performances.'
Aceves has made no secret that he prefers starting and wants to find a way to fill that role. (Although he most likely will now be taken out of the rotation with Lackey trending toward making a return Sunday.)
But the reality is that Aceves hasn't been able to prove his worth on a consistent basis in the role since joining the Red Sox, totaling a 6.29 ERA in seven starts since the beginning of 2011.
Perhaps even more disconcerting is Aceves' overall performance over the past two seasons. During that span, the pitcher has gone 3-11 with a 5.93 ERA in 101 2/3 innings. Opponents have managed a .269 batting average and .807 OPS against him.
Since last Aug. 1, Aceves has pitched in 25 games while managing a 8.51 ERA, with the Red Sox going 6-19 during the stretch of appearances.
'I don't know if I'd go into the effort level,' Farrell said. 'There seemed to be a lack of focus given the way Alfredo has pitched this year for us, and in particular his last outing in Cleveland. It wasn't a good night.'
This time around, Aceves reported he was having trouble with both the mound — thanks to a hole dug by Oakland starter Bartolo Colon — and the strike zone of home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt.
'If the strike zone gets small, out of your hand, you have no confidence to throw the ball in the middle because you're going to get hacked,' he said. 'It's the big leagues. It is what it is. You have to adapt to it to get a better result for your team. That's my main point.'
And as for the hole dug by Colon, Aceves said: 'It was not the same mound. He was digging a hole. Colon had his hole in there. I don't want to step in his hole. That's it. That was screwing up in my heel. That's the little things that you keep in your mind. I was trying to put myself and the team in the best position to have success.'
Craig Breslow was back in the Red Sox clubhouse after arriving from his rehab appearance with Double-A Portland at Hadlock Field. (He said the temperature dropped 11 degrees during his trip down I-95.)
The lefty explained his disappointment after not retiring a batter in his 23-pitch outing, giving up three runs on three hits while walking a batter.
"I felt good. I'm not one of those people who just dismiss the results, like it was rehab and I got my work in," Breslow said. "I definitely need to be better. But it was definitely a step forward.
"I wasn't really able to throw anything but a fastball for a strike. In the 'pen I felt really good. I was comfortable. I was throwing the ball really well. But I think when I got in the game I was trying to do a little more and lost a little bit of the feel. Obviously at any level when you eliminate anything but a fastball you're not going to be in a good place."
Breslow will remain with the Red Sox for the next few days with an eye on making another rehab appearance with Triple-A Pawtucket, perhaps Saturday.
"It as awful, but again '¦ it's probably a good sign at this point I'm thinking about how the results went rather than how I feel," he said. "At the same time, the results have to get better pretty quickly."
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Arts @ Fort Tilden: ARTSPLASH: RAA's month-long arts festival featuring visual, performing and spoken word artists. On view through October 15 at the Rockaway Center for the Arts. Admission to the exhibition and special events is free. Gallery hours: Saturdays: 12-4 p.m., Sundays 1-4 p.m. and by appointment. For information: (718) 474-0861; firstname.lastname@example.com, www.rockawayartistsalliance.org.
Upcoming performance @ ARTSPLASH: Saturday, October 7 at 3 p.m. the highly praised Mariana Bekerman Dance Company will perform "Taro," a fifty-five minute dance concerning mysticism and the human psyche. It is performed to original music. More about "Taro" in next week's column.
Save the date! At RAA's next monthly meeting, Monday, October 9 @ 7:30 p.m., Joseph Rothenberg will present an illustrated slide lecture on John Singleton Copley the foremost portrait painter in colonial America in pre-Revolutionary days. The talk will feature a discussion of Copley's visit to the Rockaways in 1771 to paint the portrait of Josiah Martin's granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth Martin, which hung over the mantelpiece at Rock Hall - the magnificent Georgian home that Josiah built in 1767 and which is now Rock Hall Museum. Rothenberg is a docent at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where several of Copley's portraits hang. The meeting will take place in Building T-149 at Ft. Tilden. Members and non-members are cordially invited to attend. Rock Hall presentation: Sunday, November 5 at 1:30 p.m. More information next week.
New deadline for submission of entries for "Gifted," RAA's member exhibition: September 30, 2006.
RAAis excited to begin the 2006-2007 season of kidsmART After-School Program. The following positive changes will take place or have already taken place. kidsmART will begin earlier in the school year.
The start date is October 10, 2006. This will enable us to offer 26 weeks of programming during the school year. Our tentative end date is April 26, 2007. kidsmART is free to all children ages 6 -13. In addition to the visual and performing arts curriculum we've offered in the past, we are proud to announce that we now also offer homework assistance, a multimedia library with two computer work stations and a relaxed space for the children to discuss what's on their minds.
One of the main components that makes kidsmART such a dynamic and inspiring program is the staff. This fall we are pleased to announce that the following instructors will be returning for the 2006-2007 season: Nancy Cusack, painting; Kalin Callaghan, clay and papier maché sculpture; Khadyjah Alleyne, dance and rhythm and beat; Bernard Smith, music and chess; Arianna Rose, drumming and digital photography; Emily Green, multi-media and arts and crafts; Cindy Rosin, environmental art; Ross Radusky, Carolyn Cryan and Christen Kiernan, recreation and arts and crafts; and Ellen Fabbricatore, theater.
It is the goal of kidsmART to provide a safe and nurturing after-school environment for as many children as possible. We ask that if you choose kidsmART to be a part of your child's life, you and your child honor that commitment the same way you would honor your commitment to their playing a sport, pursuing music lessons, etc. As for our end of the bargain, we will continue to help them with their homework, encourage them to form new friendships, simply play, run around and have fun, laugh, use their imaginations, sculpt and paint and do arts and crafts, dance and sing and play music.
In order to register your child, please come to Building T-149 in Fort Tilden on Saturday, September 30 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Registration is on a first-come, firstserve basis and space is limited.
Marina Callaghan will be one of the honorees at the annual dinner of the Good Government Regular Democratic Club on November 16 at El Caribe in Brooklyn. She is the Education Program Coordinator of the Rockaway Artists Alliance and Co-Director of camp kidsmART. Callaghan has served in many roles in this organization, not the least of which is as a devoted friend and colleague both within RAA and the community. Congratulations, Marina. Well deserved.


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The Australian Association of Social Workers is the professional representative body of social workers in Australia, with more than 10,000 members. It was formed as a national association in 1946 and has since supported its members through the profession's many developments and changes.
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PARIS: England and unbeaten South Africa are playing down the significance of the Springbok rout of the defending champions in pool play as they prepare for the World Cup final at the Stade de France tomorrow.
That record 36-0 loss was achieved when England were without talismanic first five-eighths Jonny Wilkinson, who memorably kicked his team to World Cup glory four years ago, and replacement No 10 Olly Barkley.
England rebounded from that humiliation, effectively playing pool knock-out games against Samoa (44-22) and Tonga (37-20) before a powerful forward display saw them record a shock 12-10 win over Australia in the quarter-finals.
Calm heads and six late points from Wilkinson's trusty boot then led England to a 14-9 semifinal victory over old rivals and tournament hosts France, who had themselves eliminated New Zealand.
With Wilkinson, the top World Cup points scorer with 243 from the three tournaments he has played in, back at the helm, England have defied the odds and an average age of almost 31 to set up the match against the Boks.
England, bidding to become the first side to win back-to-back World Cups, also named nine other veteran squad members from that winning side of 2003 in Jason Robinson, Mike Catt, Andy Gomarsall, Ben Kay, Mark Regan, Simon Shaw, Martin Corry, Lewis Moody and captain Phil Vickery in their starting XV to play the Boks.
Two others, Lawrence Dallaglio and Joe Worsley, are on the bench.
Vickery said he believed the squad's memories of winning the World Cup four years ago against Australia, and their previous matches against South Africa would count for little come match day.
"I'd like to be able to erase the memory of a 36-0 defeat but unfortunately they don't go away," said Vickery. "It's a World Cup final. Whatever has happened in the past counts for nothing, it's a one-off game."
South Africa, who were given a scare by Fiji in the quarter-final before winning 37-20 and outplayed a disappointing Argentina 37-13 in their last-four clash, have a team that is bursting with talent, power and pace.
Built around a solid front row of 1995 World Cup winner Os du Randt, captain John Smit and CJ van der Linde, and the world's top lock combination of Victor Matfield and Bakkies Botha, the Boks also feature some outstanding runners.
The wing pairing of Bryan Habana, equal with Jonah Lomu's try-scoring record of eight at a World Cup, and JP Pietersen are nothing short of exceptional and the defensive role of England's Robinson, in his last game, along with that of wingers Mark Cueto and Paul Sackey, could be decisive against the Springbok speedsters.
In veteran fullback Percy Montgomery, South Africa possess a cool head and the leading points scorer in this World Cup, a proven sharp-shooter who is also capable of playing an effective kicking game out ofhand.
The hard-running midfield duo of Francois Steyn and Jacque Fourie will doubtless target England's South African-born Catt, 36, and Mathew Tait, who has come of age in this tournament.
Halfback Fourie du Preez has turned in a series of outstanding harrying performances and partner Butch James is capable of launching the aerial bombardment that led England coach Brian Ashton to name the experienced Mark Cueto at wing in place of the injured Josh Lewsey.
Broken play will also be a key area of the game and the fearless Moody and the more workmanlike duo of Corry and Nick Easter will have their work cut out to nullify the strong Bok trio of Danie Roussouw, Juan Smith and the irrepressible Schalk Burger, who missed the pool win over England through suspension.
"England have got a good forward pack," admitted Burger. "They're strong at the breakdown, they've got a good scrum, a good lineout, so it's going to be a really good contest, and whichever team dominates there will have a very easy afternoon."
Centre Fourie said that South Africa would be happy to take a win at any cost, even if it meant "playing ugly", a strategy England know all about, having racked up an average of only 22 points per match.
"It's a final," Fourie said. "At any knock-out stage, it's not by how many points you win it, you just have to win it. Nobody's going to remember how you won it, just that you won it.
"I think we've had an uphill game against some teams, a lot of hard games with the island teams so it will be just great to perform. It will be excellent."


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Spanish Inspired Photo Shoot from To Love Photographie + Persnickety Events
My favorite holiday of all time is Cinco de Mayo. So much so, that my husband and I host our own fiesta each and every year that includes more salsa and guac than could ever possibly be consumed, a ki...
My favorite holiday of all time is Cinco de Mayo. So much so, that my husband and I host our own fiesta each and every year that includes more salsa and guac than could ever possibly be consumed, a killer playlist and ever flowing margaritas. It's pure heaven and I'm kicking myself for not turning that love of fiestas into our own wedding day celebration. Now fastforward to this inspiration shoot, which technically is no where near Mexico being Spanish inspired, but it still holds that vibrancy and beautiful cultural tradition with an undeniable elegance. And I'm guessing it would pair beautifully with margaritas so we're running with it. Crafted by Persnickety Events, with florals by Julia Rohde Designs and images by To Love Photographie, this is one gallery full of inspiration not to be missed!
From To Love Photographie + Persnickety Events...It was a rare night in Miami where the weather was actually pleasant. Roxanne of Persnickety Events and I met for a brainstorming session over green tea and warm cinnamon-spiced soy milk. A photograph she showed me during the course of our conversation of delicate hand-painted Spanish tiles was the spark that led to us planning a Spanish-style intimate wedding shoot. We both love bespoke weddings, intimate celebrations, and culture and wanted those to be the ties that bound all of our ideas together. We envisioned a destination wedding in Valencia, Spain with beautiful details and the warmth of only the bride and groom's closest friends and family.
When looking for a venue we wanted a place that was true to the region and that would be a canvas for our decorative elements. After scouting many locations we chose the Ancient Spanish Monastery in Miami, Florida. It was originally constructed in Northern Spain in 1141 AD and 100s of years later brought over to the United States piece by piece and reconstructed. Its rich history and authenticity made it the perfect backdrop. We then began to pinpoint what visual aspects we wanted to incorporate and between collectively pinning our ideas and conversing with one another we decided on a modern and simplistic approach to the décor. We focused on reds and burnt orange, greys and blues to pay homage to the coast, and greens picked up in our floral and herbal elements. Julia Rohde of Julia Rohde Designs flawlessly added to the ambience with her bright bouquet of garden roses, dahlias, and clementis bound together with lace that played off of the bride's stunning Monique Lhuillier "Arielle" gown from Chic Parisien. The soft white lace, corset top, and formfitting silhouette coupled with her knotted veil appealed to our design aesthetic and was a modern take on a Spanish wedding look for an unconventional and forward-thinking bride; the crystal headpiece she adorned during the reception added a touch of sparkle befitting a glowing bride on her wedding day.
As for the reception, we wanted it to be simple and beautiful. Julia's garland centerpiece lay delicately across the table as a runner with such lovely points of visual interest like the grapes, ranunculus, and magnolia and olive tree foliage tying in with the florals in the bride's bouquet. These elements complimented the arrangement of light grey silk linens, gold flatware, bone white etched plates from Spain, and carved wooden chairs that Roxanne conceptualized. Bottles of wine meant for sharing were scattered throughout the table to encourage interaction and family style dining. Chef Lubin of Semaj's One Way Catering created a spread of fresh seafood and tapas with the show stopper being his Paella de Mariscos with whole lobster held in a beautifully patinaed silver vessel. All of these visual elements were tied together with the invitation suite and menu cards from KT Smail. Her work is so pretty and whimsical and she was able to incorporate the soft and simple design of our shoot in the stationary by creating a hand-drawn floral motif which complimented Julia's centerpiece and bouquet. Denise of The Cake Collection created a simple and clean two layer honey almond cake with candied kumquats which melded the flavors indigenous to Spain. The Prayer Well of the Monastery gracefully encased our beautiful cake.
In Spanish weddings, during the banquete de bodas, or wedding reception, often times the bride and groom offer their guests favors that usually incorporate something edible. Roxanne prepared a station of cigars as favors for the "Senors" while The Cake Collection created mini versions of the wedding cake as favors for the "Senoras". Another tradition we wanted to incorporate was the use of the wedding lasso during the ceremony. The lasso is made in the form of a figure eight, or the infinity symbol, and is placed over the couples' heads after their vows have been exchanged. It is a symbolic declaration of intention that the bride and groom voluntarily bind themselves together before family, friends, and God. We loved the meaning of this ritual and felt it was a beautiful element to include. The wedding lasso we chose from Chic Parisien was a crystal double rosary with intricate beadwork in the cross; a true statement piece.
We ended the day with a flamenco dance number by Celia Fonte of Siempre Flamenco accompanied by her acoustic guitarist and husband, Paco. It really made for a celebratory atmosphere as our guests, in their rococo colored attire and scarves, formed a semi-circle to watch them perform. The bride and groom were invited to take center stage and end the day with a final dance and sweet kiss as husband and wife.
Photography: To Love Photographie | Wedding Styling: Persnickety Events | Venue: The Ancient Spanish Monastery | Floral Design: Julia Rohde Designs | Catering: Semaj's One Way Catering | Cake: The Cake Collection | Bridal Gown and Accessories: Chic Parisien | Invitations: KT Smail | Printing: Ariel Mendoza of Pixelwarps | Rentals: Panache Party Rentals | Flamenco Dancer: Celia Fonte of Siempre Flamenco
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February 2, 2010
Here's the good news: President's Budget Proposal included $2.05 Billion for McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants. It's a step up from last year – and more than we expected – but it's still not enough.
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants are the largest federal investment in homeless services and prevention. First enacted in 1987, they provide funding though local Continuums of Care, as well as provide money for emergency shelter and services to homeless children.
Isn't this a large increase? Yes…
…but we're not crazy! The HEARTH Act, passed in May 2009, reauthorized the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Programs for the first time in nearly 20 years! A lot has changed in those two decades, and these changes – at least initially – are going to cost money.
The HEARTH Act moves towards a housing stability-centric approach to ending homelessness – which we know is the best way to end homelessness permanently. The HEARTH Act also:
- Expands prevention strategies
- Places new incentives on rapid re-housing, especially for homeless families
- Continues the emphasis on permanent supportive housing, this time including the chronically homeless
- Offers flexibility to rural communities to use McKinney-Vento funds for capacity building as well as services
(For a more detailed analysis of HEARTH, please visit the website.)
We are asking for $2.4 billion. It sounds like a lot – we know – but it's what's needed to implement all the great new changes that the HEARTH Act makes to the McKinney-Vento programs, all the whilecontinuing the core programs that already exist. This year, we'll need enough money to implement the HEARTH Act and provide your community with new funding.
Now, with the President's recommendations in mind, Congress is embarking on its own budget and appropriations process, so this is a CRITICAL time for constituents to voice funding concerns. The McKinney Appropriations Campaign (that's us!) must get as many letters as possible to our Senators and Representatives from Feb 1 through Feb 22.
Our sample letter can get you started.
What are we asking for?
We want your Senators and Representatives to ask the leaders of both the Budget and Appropriations committees to fund McKinney at $2.4 billion in FY 2011. This represents a 28 percent increase over last year's level and $345 million more than the President's request.
Timing is everything!
Right now, the Budget Committee in the House and Senate will begin writing a budget, which sets spending guidelines for their respective Appropriations Committees. The Appropriations Committees, in turn, are beginning to gather request from their colleagues regarding funding recommendations for specific programs – those requests must be made by mid to late March.
So now is the time to start influencing your Members of Congress. They need to hear from constituents EARLY in this process, so we can be sure that they prioritize funding for McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Programs.
Step up and organize!
And just to up the ante, we're making it a contest. The people who get the MOST LETTERS sent to Congress will win a special invitation to a Capitol Hill Day in late March, courtesy of the Alliance. See the contest details on our website.
To kick-start your advocacy efforts, here's a sample action alert.
To participate in the Letter Writing Contest, please collect copies of any letters you get people in your community—board members, colleagues, friends, family, and clients—to send and forward them the Amanda Krusemark.
Sooner is always better – and the contest deadline is Feb. 22. After the 22, we follow up with offices to get commitments for site visits and our appropriations requests. So the need is urgent – let's get writing!


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The Lone Star International Film Festival officially kicked off Wednesday with a screening of the documentary Marwencwol, but most of the nearly 50 screenings and panels begin Thursday and continue through Sunday. With such an impressive list of filmmakers coming to town, including Jeff Bridges, Peter Bogdanovich and producer Marty Bowen, there's always the danger the films themselves might be overshadowed. At first glance, though, this year's lineup looks solid. Our tipsheet comes with the usual caveats: It's impossible to see everything, and what we've seen represents just a quarter of the films. (For a full schedule, consult the quick guide in today's INK.) We urge you to take a chance on something unknown -- that's often where you'll stumble upon your best festival experiences.
What we've already seen
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
A treat for film buffs, this affectionate documentary traces the career of cinematographer Jack Cardiff, whose career has stretched from the silent era to sound, and black and white to color, and who worked with dozens of legendary directors (Alexander Korda, Michael Powell) and actors (Marlene Dietrich, whom Cardiff helped to light in order to soften the size of her nose). He died last year at 94, though not before conducting extensive interviews with the makers of this film.
Screens: 7 p.m. Thursday, AMC Palace
At some point in the hopefully not-so-distant future, an intrepid politician will pass a law banning American independent films about the anomie of urban-dwelling, creative types in their twenties. Until then, we must suffer through efforts like Monogamy, a comedy-drama that follows a self-absorbed photographer (Chris Messina) who becomes obsessed with one of his subjects (Meital Dohan), threatening his relationship with his musician girlfriend (Rashida Jones). Tedious and utterly charmless.
Screens: 8:30 p.m. Thursday, AMC Palace.
This low-budget psychological horror movie has an intriguing premise -- a family reunion at a cabin in the Minnesota woods steadily goes haywire when the dog is killed and a stranger turns up on the doorstep -- but the performances aren't especially convincing, and the movie isn't nearly as unnerving as it wants to be.
Screens: midnight Friday, Four Day Weekend Theater
One Hundred Mornings
Set in the aftermath of an unexplained disaster that has left a group of villagers with few supplies and dwindling hopes for salvation, this Irish thriller might easily have turned into the apocalyptic-movie-of-the-week. But writer-director Conor Horgan creates a spooky, slow-burning atmosphere of unease that steadily gets under your skin.
Screens: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, AMC Palace
Sons of Perdition
Perhaps the strongest entry in this year's festival is this engrossing documentary about three young men who have either run away or been exiled from the polygamist community in Colorado City, Utah, run by Warren Jeffs. Comparisons to HBO's Big Love are inevitable, but there's no hint of Hollywood glamour here: Only the sad stories of young people struggling to re-invent their lives, even as they still yearn for some kind of connection to family.
Screens: 8:30 p.m. Saturday, AMC Palace
Night Catches Us
One of the most intriguing (if least appreciated) films from this year's Sundance Film Festival. Anthony Mackie and Kerry Washington are excellent in a romantic drama that also explores the rise of the Black Panther movement. First-time writer-director Tanya Hamilton does a particularly strong job of bringing Philadelphia in the 1970s to life onscreen.
Screens:: 1 p.m. Sunday, AMC Palace.
What we're psyched to see
Another Year
The latest from British director Mike Leigh (Secrets and Lies, Happy-Go-Lucky) premiered this year to raves at Cannes. It follows Leigh stalwarts Ruth Sheen (Vera Drake, High Hopes) and Jim Broadbent (Topsy-Turvy) as a longtime married couple over the course of four tumultuous seasons. Lesley Manville's performance an alcoholic, middle-aged single friend has been tipped as a likely Oscar nominee.
Screens: 7:30 p.m. Friday, AMC Palace
The Art of Screenwriting with Callie Khouri and John Lee Hancock
Saturday brings a full day of panels and live interviews, all of which should be worth checking out. This may be the most intriguing ticket: Callie Khouri, who wrote Thelma and Louise, and remains one of the few women ever to win the Best Original Screenplay Oscar, in conversation with John Lee Hancock, who wrote and directed The Rookie and The Blind Side (and The Alamo -- but, hey, nobody's batting average is perfect).
Panel: 2 p.m. Saturday, Fort Worth Public Library
Chuck Workman is best known as the guy who assembles the clips at each year's Academy Awards ceremony, but here he turns his attention to the legendary avant-garde director Jonas Mekas and a number of his contemporaries, including Kenneth Anger and Stan Brakhage. If you've even been curious to learn more about avant-garde filmmaking, which doesn't get much attention around these parts, here's your opportunity.
Screens: 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth


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- A two-semester fulltime taught masters qualification, with the option for small research projects.
- General engineering options provide a flexible course structure, allowing you to tailor your learning to suit your interests.
- Specialist engineering areas each have a specialised set of courses.
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Flea Market Finds
I had another great trip to the Nashville Flea this passed week. I actually got to go twice. WOO HOO!!
I really didn't buy very much this time, but did find a few pretty cool things I wanted to show you.
I found this awesome letter K that had been cut from some really neat tin.
The sunlight hitting it makes it look a lot more bronzy gold than what it is.
I thought I would show you around the corner from the K for a quick second. I have had the little slate board for a long time, and my mom had it a long time before that. I added a few little things to hang it with to soften it up just a bit.
I got this great ammo box to use in my kitchen. Got this great idea from somewhere to use a crate similar to this to hold cooking utensils, but I can't remember whose blog I saw it on. Sorry…
Love the color, love the handle, love it all.
I don't think I ever showed you my little cart I bought a few months back. This is the neatest thing to take to the flea market. I can just load her up and off I go.
I only showed you a couple of things today of what I bought.
I am going to be showing you a few more things later and one thing in particular I want to ask your opinion on. I have made a change on something and want to show you the before and after. You will have to tell me which way you like best.
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Miitomo Drop: How to win the Vehicle Vogue sets
We've got yet another batch of Miitomo Drop minigames. This time Nintendo's giving us a chance to win Vehicle Vogue fashion!
Nintendo has released another set of 3 Miitomo Drop minigames. In these new Drivin' me crazy! Vehicle Vogue stages, we can win fashion befitting of any racing fan. Don't miss out on the chance to dress your Mii in racing gear! These stages cycle out on June 6th, 2016.
This stage introduces a new environmental hazard to Miitomo Drop: stars. These stars only lightly bounce your Mii as they drop, usually sliding the Mii off at whatever wacky angle the stars may be traveling.
Making good use of these stars is essential to winning this stage's fashion sets. Whether you're going for the Auto-racing helmet and suit near the top or the Tire treat pants and Lowrider layered tee near the bottom, shoot for the stars.
Vehicle Vogue stage #2 pulls inspiration from the past to make another moving platform stage. Two sloped platforms move horizontally across the board, asking you to carefully time your drops in order to net your Mii the articles of clothing you desire.
Trick is, each platform is surrounded by bouncy dots, so if you accidentally hit the top edge, you can kiss your chances of winning that piece goodby as you're bounced over the moon. Try to time it so you land right between the pillars of bouncy dots.
The last Vehicle Vogue stage is a fun mixture of bouncy dots, bumpers, sloped platforms, and the infamous pink triangles. You'll need the first pink triangle's help if you're hoping to net the Pit crew suit and headset.
The Car shoes and Retro-car pin, on the other hand, are entirely up to the grace of velocity and sloped platforms. If you're moving quickly, you'll fly over the bouncy dot in the middle and land on the platform across from you. However, if the drop is slow going, the dot will catch you and you'll probably miss entirely and land on a piece of candy. Never know, though; you may get lucky.
Check back next time for the skinny on how to score big in Nintendo's next batch of Miitomo Drop minigames. Enjoying the Vehicle Vogue set? What'd you win? Chime in below!


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The most embarrasing moment of my life happened when I was in the ninth grade. We were all in health class and everyone was just sitting around quietly or sitting with their head down on the desk, because it was the end of the year and we were all relaxing.Everything was quiet when I bent over because I had dropped the pencil I was doodling with. I didn't even feel it coming... the loudest boom wave ever heard. My nightmare: I farted in my classroom in front of everyone.
All of a sudden everyone was looking in my direction. They still didn't know exactly where it came from, and I was hoping they wouldn't ever find out. I had to think quick, so I blamed it on the girl next to me. Everyone believed me, until the moment when I thought I would die.First I was laughing with everyone else. But as soon as I did, an even louder fart came out and again I didn't even feel it coming. And all of a sudden I felt a pain... it was diarrhea.Luckily no one heard that one with all the laughing going on, but I got up to go to the trashcan and everyone started laughing at me. When I had farted not just gas had come out, and now it was all over the back of my white shorts.
"A big doodoo spot!" this boy kept shouting out, pointing at me. This boy just kept saying "Ooh, gross! She has shit on the back of her shorts!"Boy was I glad it was the end of the year. I guess God punished me for lying on the girl next to me.


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No sign of Assad after bomb kills kin, rebels close in
By Mariam Karouny and Oliver Holmes
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, a day after a bomber killed and wounded his security chiefs and rebels closed in on the centre of Damascus, vowing to "liberate" the capital.
The Syrian leader made no public appearance and no statement on Wednesday after a bomber killed his powerful brother-in-law, his defense minister and a top general.
By the early hours of Thursday morning, residents had reported no let-up in the heaviest fighting to hit the capital in a 16-month revolt against Assad's rule.
Fighting on Wednesday had come to within sight of the presidential palace, near the security headquarters where the bomber struck a crisis meeting of defense and security chiefs.
Assad's brother-in-law Assef Shawkat, who served as a top commander and one of the pillars of the Assad clan's rule, was killed in the blast along with Defense Minister Daoud Rajha.
Another senior general also was killed and the heads of intelligence and the Interior Ministry were wounded, deeply damaging the security apparatus of the Assad family, which has ruled the country with an iron fist for four decades.
Intense clashes were reported late on Wednesday in the capital's central districts of Mezze and Kafar Souseh, while a police station in the Hajar al-Aswad district was in flames.
The army was shelling its own capital from the surrounding mountains as night fell. Government troops, having vowed retaliation on Wednesday for the assassination, fired machineguns into the city from helicopters. Continued...


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The return of veteran midfielder Tana Umaga and fellow backs Brendon Leonard and Stephen Donald are among five changes in the Chiefs' starting 15 for the Super rugby match against the Melbourne Rebels in Hamilton on Saturday night.
Umaga was today named at second five-eighth after sitting out the defeat to the Highlanders last weekend.
His inclusion means Dwayne Sweeney moves to centre, with Jackson Willison dropping out of the 22.
Halfback Leonard and first-eighth Stephen Donald are restored to the run-on side after both came off the bench at Carisbrook.
Leonard is in for Tawera Kerr-Barlow, who has been left out of the 22, with Taniela Moa being selected as back-up halfback.
Donald, who will make his 75th appearance for the Chiefs, swaps jerseys with Mike Delany.
In the forwards, injury has forced two changes, with prop Toby Smith (knee) and lock Hayden Triggs (back) both unavailable.
Their replacements are Ben May and Craig Clarke.
Also sidelined with injury are loose forwards Colin Bourke (shoulder) and Fritz Lee (knee).
The match will the first at Waikato Stadium this season for the Chiefs, who are winless after two rounds.
"We have had two tough weeks on the road, made tougher with not getting the results we wanted," coach Ian Foster said.
"However, we are making good progress and we are very determined to play well at our first home game this year."
Chiefs side:
1. Ben May, 2. Aled de Malmanche, 3. Nathan White, 4. Craig Clarke, 5. Isaac Ross, 6. Scott Waldrom, 7. Tanerau Latimer, 8. Liam Messam, 9. Brendon Leonard, 10. Stephen Donald, 11. Sitiveni Sivivatu, 12. Tana Umaga, 13. Dwayne Sweeney, 14. Lelia Masaga, 15. Mils Muliaina (Captain).
Reserves: 16. Sona Taumalolo, 17.Hika Elliot, 18. Romana Graham, 19. Steven Setephano, 20. Taniela Moa, 21. Mike Delany, 22. Tim Nanai-Williams.


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Give Bradford a YAC receiver
Maybe. Hard to tell since teams and agents usually break the tampering rules and talk anyway but the rumors have been that teams are scared to death about what Goodell will do if they are caught. I still think teams won't like what Cruz is asking for and will back off paying a 1st just to secure him.
In the other hand historically this kind of moves are rare indeed. A huge contract for Cruz and parting ways with a 1st round maybe to much.
Cruz will be a Giant next year.
I hope Cruz stays but the prospect of the Giants gaining some additional Picks isn't bad either.
I just hoe this year Reese and Company pass on all "experiments," "projects" and "tweeners..."
Take rams first this year, trade to jags for their first next year, get first overall pick in 2014, draft Clowney, profit