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Oh, the people of Walmart. All a big supermarket chain wants for their costumers is to feel comfortable at the store. In the biggest grocery retailer in the US, some people take this feeling too seriously. (For more pics check out People of Walmart)
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?p=2931. (Source)
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Well, it's almost summer, which means that we all get to witness more gems like this one. (Source)
This guy really needed to buy a shirt.
I didn't know you were allowed to take a goat into Walmart. (Source)
Right from the hospital. (Source)
Wet pants. (Source)
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Another one running for the prize of Mother of the Year. (Source)
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At what point does a person just say "F*ck it, I don't need to put on shoes or pants"? Most people in the world would put pants on to walk into another room of the house, or if not that, then they would put some on if they are going to the street to get their mail. This woman made it to Walmart. (Source)
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Until recently, the only way to get your hands on a system camera with a full-frame sensor was to buy a Leica M-system camera, a practice that typically involves remortgaging your house. By placing a 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor into a mirrorless compact system camera, Sony created not one but two world firsts: the Sony A7 and its stablemate the A7R.
While the two models are very similar there are several key differences, chief among which is that the Alpha 7R boasts a significantly higher resolution of 36.4MP, compared to the Alpha 7's 24.3MP. It's got a few other tricks under the bonnet too, as you'd expect given the fact that it costs a few hundred pounds more. So, is it worth the extra cash?
SEE ALSO: 10 Best Cameras You Can Buy
What really sets the Alpha 7R apart from its compact system camera (CSC) competition is its sensor. The full-frame CMOS sensor housed within the compact body (127 x 94 x 48mm) has more in common with the kind you'd find on a pro-standard DSLR than any other CSC on the market at the moment.
The whopping resolution of the Alpha 7R's sensor would mean that a lot of similar cameras might struggle to keep up with image processing demands, however Sony has equipped the A7R with its new BIONZ X processor, which it says will process images three times faster than the processors found on prior Alpha models and Sony's NEX cameras.
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There do still have to be sacrifices though, and Sony has chosen to make them in the Alpha 7R's shooting speed. The A7R's maximum shooting speed is just 2.5fps, significantly slower than its CSC rivals. You can increase this to 4fps by switching off AF and metering between shots, but the A7R will never be a camera for high-speed photographers.
Electronic viewfinders can be a little divisive – some photographers can't stand them – but the 2.4million-dot specimen supplied on the A7R is a very impressive bit of kit (although perhaps edged out a little in quality by recent Olympus and Fujifilm offerings such as the Olympus Stylus 1 and Fujifilm X-T1). There's also a 3-inch rear-LCD screen, with a resolution of 921,000 dots.
SEE ALSO: 5 Best DSLR Cameras
This is all very similar to what you'll get on the Alpha 7R. Elsewhere there's also Full HD 1080p video capture possible at a frame rate of 60p. Support for external microphones means the A7R is not a bad option for videographers. It's also equipped with Wi-Fi and Near Field Communication (NFC) connectivity, and it's possible to instant transfer images from the camera to another device like a smartphone thanks to Sony's excellent PlayMemories app.
The Alpha 7R is either equivalent or superior to its cheaper brother spec-wise in pretty much every way except one: autofocus. The A7 uses a combination of two types of autofocus, called phase detection and contrast detection, to deliver lightning fast AF. The A7R, on the other hand, uses only contrast-detect, and is therefore a little slower.
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It's without peer as it's the only FF mirrorless camera. Yes sensor is great, but there are issues with the camera such as poor AF, slow lenses to help give the illusion of a small system. Sony has been careful not to release the fast lenses normal FF DSLR users love so much as they would show up the flaw in the system; tiny camera and big lens is unbalanced. Also battery life is just woeful, very limited native lens selection, no electronic first curtain shutter on the A7R, which by the way the A7 has, which is bad news for slow shutter speeds say in the 1/2-1/30s range for landscape say.
I'd guess you don't own the camera as you've merely listed all the stuff that's listed ad nauseum by canikon / M4/3 owners across the many photography forums on the web. Also because, if you owned one, you'd have listed a different flaw - in fact in general usage the only one that really matters - shutter lag. All the other complaints you make are massively overblown. With lenses, the camera takes pretty much any lens ever made, OK, so they're MF, but no other FF camera system can do this. If you want tele- don't forget the camera takes e-mount too if you want to keep the size down. The AF isn't up there with the very best PDAF / current camera stuff, but go back a couple of years and its on a par - its certainly not poor, its just not in the top 10 - lastly, battery life - I honestly can't fathom this one and I wonder what the person who originated this comment was doing with the camera. I shot a wedding over XMAS, I used three different lenses, the LEAE-4 adaptor and shot 1100 (RAW) pictures - I used two batteries and had 15% left in the second when I was done.
My Zeiss FE 55mm f/1.8 is far from slow and is nowhere near unbalanced on my A7.
AF is excellent in decent light, and certainly no worse in low light than some DSLR/standard 50 combos I've used in the past - it's an overblown issue.
Sony weren't careful not to release the 70-200/4, so your point about large lenses is kind of redundant.
Why do people keep parroting Sony's claim that this is the first or only FF mirrorless camera when the Leica M9 has been out since 2009?
"1 According to survey conducted by Sony as of October 2013, for non-reflex interchangeable lens digital camera equipped with auto focus function."
Is it just me or looking at the sample pictures posted they seem to have a bad attack of the measles! - I'm thinking this must be dirt/dust on the sensor? - Is this common to this type of camera - obviously having to spend hours on Photoshop correcting this is a BIG put off!
This camera has probably been passed from reviewer to reviewer and nobody has bothered to clean it. Imagine how many product shots have been taken with the lens or body cap detached, allowing dust to enter the chamber.
I don't find that any NEX I've owned or the A7 is any more susceptible to dust than any DSLR I've used - plus, when they do get dirty, they're much easier to clean.
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Author Ellis takes "Less Than Zero" past the '80s
By Christine Kearney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Less Than Zero" author Bret Easton Ellis is sick of being seen as the poster boy for 1980s narcissism.
In 1985, Ellis was propelled to stardom when he was just 21 years-old and still a college student after his crisply-written tale of a spoiled ambivalence and materialism within his generation of kids became a huge hit and spawned a cult-hit movie starring Robert Downey Jr and Andrew McCarthy.
His newest novel "Imperial Bedrooms" has just been published in the United States, and features the same characters at a time when the 1980s are back in vogue.
"I don't feel like I am the '80s spokesperson," Ellis, now 46, told Reuters in an interview.
Critics may have felt his most famous book and others, such as "American Psycho" were about the 1980s, but Ellis insists otherwise. "They were actually about myself."
Still, Ellis noted that a return to the '80s in pop culture -- as evidenced in the current movie remakes of the "A-Team" and "The Karate Kid" to the latest fashion styles -- could bode well for drawing readers back to check out the mid-life events of his "Less Than Zero" characters Clay, Blair and Julian.
"The people who came of age in the '80s are now controlling the culture, and I think that is why you see a lot of '80s influences everywhere," he said.
Nevertheless, the attraction puzzles him. "I don't why that decade seems to resonate with people," he said. Continued...


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One Purple Jacket
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It's a fabulous color on you Pam, and that particular purple especially goes with so many other colors it's almost a neutral! Great find.ReplyDelete
DSW! Im going there asap. Love the shoes.ReplyDelete
Very pretty in purple, Pam, and I love the flower necklace. I am loving all the dark shades of blue everywhere this fall.ReplyDelete
That is one beautiful jacket, Pam and you're right. Purple is like a neutral in so many ways in that it plays well with so many colors. I think it would be great with that other amazing neutral, leopard print too. Loving your unique accessories and your radiant smile.ReplyDelete
I love that you're budget shopping and fashionable too.ReplyDelete
I love the purple jacket. Such a powerful color. Most of all I love the flats. So versatile. You look great in all. I'm happy to have found your blog and fashion tips for women over 40.ReplyDeleteReplies
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love the purple and blue comboReplyDelete
Purple is such a great color for you. Love the 2 looks.ReplyDelete
Pretty in purple! xoReplyDelete
I love you in any colour, but it is true that purple loves you nearly as much as I love you in that gorgeous skirt, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.ReplyDelete
Love both purple combo's!! I really am intrigued by the flower necklace and I'm studying it to see if I can recreate it!ReplyDelete
You are so right about making our wardrobe work hard for us, Pam - and this purple jacket is wonderful. I bet you will be loving it all different ways.ReplyDelete
Purple looks fantastic on you! The olive necklace really works well with your color scheme.ReplyDelete
This purple jacket is really a winner! Like you said it combines well with so many colours, and your hair is so beautiful against it! The flats are lovely too, and the necklace that we don't talk about...ReplyDelete
I'm loving that beautiful, bold yet delicate, flowered necklace... heaven!ReplyDelete
Purple is one of my fav colors, too! You wear it SO well!ReplyDelete
My go to fall garment has to be the trench coat. Great for cooler mornings and late evenings.
Purple looks good on you! I'm a big can of it, too (as you can tell by my chosen name).ReplyDelete
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I found a thread for this forum off google regarding a front end clunk/rattle that you can also feel in the steering wheel while driving. Apparently this is a very common problem with a repair bulletin that states to add a washer somewhere.
Sorry if this has been beat dead on this forum.. I couldn't find a search function anywhere.
Thanks for any advice or links to more info.
2006 GMC sierra
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It is a quiet, almost emersonian sort of paradox that invites reflection, not action.
When we come to consider the technique of Mr. Russell's art, we find him anything but emersonian.
It has its merit, this emersonian way, particularly for souls easily disillusioned.
I was so much worried about this emersonian mask that I resolved to lay it off.
Thoreau quitted the emersonian study to get fresh inspiration from the woods.
I loved it and left it on the stalk, in the true emersonian spirit, and here I do my little best to embalm its memory.
Like most other American essayists, she has couched many of her phrases and ideas in the emersonian mould.
There is a compactness in his stories which I can only describe as emersonian.
In Emerson's Journal one sees the emersonian worlds in their making—the essays, the addresses, the poems.
At that time he was under the emersonian spell of which he speaks in his autobiographical sketch.


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Interactive theatre has been gaining in popularity for some time but never before have I had cause to sit in a rehearsal room-cum-locker room deep in the bowels of the Barbican, with a swimming hat on my head and goggles over my eyes, answering personal questions in front of 11 strangers. Immersive theatre specialists non zero one certainly score highly for novelty.
So the deal is that there are 12 of us and we are a water polo team imminently facing a big final. Coach Ken, bouncing up and down in front of the lockers, is taking it all very seriously, despite alarming admissions that some of us can neither throw nor catch.
Yet a female voiceover, beamed directly to the inbuilt headphones in our numbered hats, is intent on gently deconstructing the concept of teamwork, the idea of diverse individuals coming together to form a collective whole.
Guided by our unseen voice, we go through a series of trust and confidence-building exercises, stepping forward to a microphone to admit what we're bad at (patience, in my case) and then where our strengths lie (boxing, with knitting and listening intriguingly offered elsewhere). An atmosphere of intimacy and confession of sorts is created, but the zeros could usefully push things further and deeper, could usefully not be so darn pleasant the whole time. A little edge would work wonders, but as it is the piece remains genial rather than genius.
It would also help if the framing device of the water polo match were established with greater emphasis, before we slide off into more abstract affairs. Even so, another audience member and I walked back to the Tube afterwards, chatting happily all the way, and it's not often that theatre makes this happen.
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Garden Junk - Chair Planters
How to turn old wooden or metal chairs into planters.
I love chair planters. This chair was given to me by my Mother-In-Law. It's probably 100 years old. Once I cleaned off the dirt, I realized the navy blue paint was in great shape for it's age, so all I did was dry brush some light colored paint over the blue and add a couple coats of polyurethane. It lasted in my garden for about three years before it fell apart.
I used a wire basket with a coconut liner to hold the soil for the plants. You can find these baskets inexpensively at dollar stores or discount chain and big box stores. Just remove the chain hanger, and then staple it to the underside of the chair as shown in these pictures.
I filled it to over flowing with various annuals, and it looked great right up until frost. I also added a frog pot sitter on the top. This planter was featured on ThriftyFun.com and at Birds & Blooms.
To the left is another way to make a chair planter. The opening in this chair was smaller, so all I did was push in a willow basket. I lined the bottom of the basket with newspaper to keep the soil from falling out.
The above chair is metal so I made a cone out of chicken wire and wrapped the edges of the wire around the edge of the chair where the seat once went. Once finished with step 1, I pressed sphagnum moss into all the chicken wire holes so that it would hold the soil. I imagine this chair will last forever and will just need a fresh coat of paint from time to time and new moss as the old decomposes or gets thin from wear.
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Marquez-Esquer collide April 19
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Hernan "Tyson" Marquez (34-3-0, 25 ko's) is confident about returning to where he was until his most recent fight, a world champion and Mexican boxing idol. The first step is a ten round clash against Juan "Panterita" Esquer (29-11-2, 22 ko's) on April 19 in the Gimnasio del Estado in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
Marquez: "I'm very excited about my return," said Marquez. "I'll give my people a great fight and regain my winning ways. There are many plans for me in 2013, but this is the first win on the 19th against a warrior like Esquer, experienced and with international exposure…we are prepared to go to war! I have 7 weeks of preparation with a lot of motivation."
Esquer: "This fight will be another war and it will not come to a decision as before (July 2009, when 'Tyson' won by unanimous decision). This fight is a great opportunity against 'Tyson', a great ex-world champion and an elite fighter. I'm sure I'll win, but the biggest winner will be the people going to see this fight."


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Yes, sometimes they might stick a little, but thats is what they are supposed to do. The 1911 is a great, easy gun to tinker with.
This is a discussion on Detail stripped my 1911 for the first time last evening within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Well I finally worked up the nerve to completly dissasemble my Springer 1911. It is amazingly simple to do, it took me less than 10 ...
Well I finally worked up the nerve to completly dissasemble my Springer 1911. It is amazingly simple to do, it took me less than 10 minutes to get the pistol apart and a little less than an hour to reassemble. Of all the times I have looked at the diagrams and thought about doing a detail strip, I never really understood the relationship between the Disconnector, Sear and Sear Spring. My hammer hooks looked very clean and sharp. I would like to learn more about how to fit the pieces togather with the intent of one day building my own pistol from a frame and parts kit. My one question is, do the Hammer and Sear pins ussually come out of the frame with only finger pressure?
Yes, sometimes they might stick a little, but thats is what they are supposed to do. The 1911 is a great, easy gun to tinker with.
"Just blame Sixto"
I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.
Here's a good place to start learning about the 1911 platform.
"The pistol, learn it well, carry it always ..." ~ Jeff Cooper
"Terrorists: They hated you yesterday, they hate you today, and they will hate you tomorrow.
End the cycle of hatred, dont give them a tomorrow."
All back together again and no little pieces left over?
Absolutely you should try building your own pistol some day.
Doing it is Much Easier than it used to be because the aftermarket parts are such high quality and held to extremely tight tolerances.
Call Brownell's Request One Of Their 1911 Catalogs.
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I was kinda proud of myself..... no left over parts and everything worked like it is supposed to. I just got some replacement grip screws from Brownells.
I bought this gun last spring from a guy who had installed a full length guide rod and a set of bulky rubber finger groove grips. The first thing I did was replace the grips and order a standard guide rod and recoil spring and barrel bushing. Then I bought a set of smooth cocabola grips, but 2 of the grip screws were a little chewed up from someone not using the correct screw driver.
It is all good to go now. Well maybe it needs a Commander style ring hammer and a grip safety and a fresh blue finish.
Ah...... the joys of 1911 addiction
Good job. Now to get it down so you can do it blindfolded. I can't if you wondered.
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MOSCOW – French actor Gerard Depardieu, who has threatened to forsake his homeland for Russia to avoid massive new taxes, traveled Sunday to the central region of Mordovia, where he may next hang his hat.
Costumed women greeted Depardieu with folk dancing on the tarmac as he arrived in the regional capital of Saransk and was served blini, a traditional pancake.
The eccentric star — a multimillionaire and a household name in France, with nearly 170 films to his credit — was seen on Russian television showing off his new red passport. Depardieu has said he does not want to live in Moscow because it is too big and he prefers a village.
"I am very happy. It's very beautiful here," the Interfax news agency quoted the portly actor as saying. "Beautiful and soulful people live here."
Among the gifts the star of "Cyrano de Bergerac" — which earned him an Oscar nomination — and "Green Card" received in Mordovia were a pair of felt boots, or valenki, and two kittens for his new Russian home, television reports said.
Saransk, with a population of some 300,000, is about 600 km southeast of Moscow in a snow-covered region known for gulag labor camps.
Mordovia Gov. Vladimir Volkov suggested that Depardieu could select an apartment or a place to build a home in Mordovia, Interfax reported.
To benefit from the Russian tax rate of 13 percent — compared with a proposed 75 percent for those earning more than €1 million ($1.3 million) in France — Depardieu, 64, would have to spend at least six months of the year in Russia.
The tax plan of France's new Socialist government was struck down by the highest court, but Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac said Sunday that the government is reworking the law so the superrich will still be asked to pay an elevated rate. He said the government is also considering putting the new tax in place for longer than the two years initially imagined.
"I find it a bit pathetic that for tax reasons this man — whom by the way I admire infinitely as an actor — has decided to exile himself," Cahuzac said.
Depardieu is reportedly selling his historic Paris mansion amid reports of a €50 million price tag. Depardieu also has extensive business interests, including wine estates and three restaurants in the center of Paris.
On Saturday, when he picked up his passport, he met President Vladimir Putin at the strongman's sumptuous Black Sea dacha in the resort town of Sochi.
TV footage showed the pair hugging each other and sharing friendly banter over a meal.
Mordovia on the other hand is famous for its harsh climate and a large number of prison camps, which appeared in the 1930s as part of the gulag system of forced labor camps implemented by Josef Stalin.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of punk band Pussy Riot, is serving her two-year prison sentence in Mordovia, after she and her band mates performed an anti-Putin song in a church last year.
On Sunday, a French journalists' union called on Depardieu to press his "friend" Putin to shed light on the deaths of more than 20 journalists in Russia in recent years. "Since you are the friend of the president of this great democracy, the SNJ-CGT would be grateful if you could ask him about the actual progress of investigations into the killing of journalists," the union said in an open letter to the actor.
It also asked him to ask Putin "why the television channels are entirely under his thumb, why some of our counterparts are in jail and why news websites are regularly harassed whenever they publish reports that bother your friend and his entourage."
Depardieu had gushed in a letter published Thursday that Russia was a "great democracy."
The actor has been a huge star in Russia since the Soviet era and still enjoys cult status among many movie buffs.
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Around 200 people formed a human chain in a French zoo on Sunday to call for a reprieve for two ailing elephants whose death sentence has led Brigitte Bardot to threaten to go into exile in Russia.
"Justice for the elephants," chanted the crowd as they surrounded the cage in which Baby and Nepal live in the Tete d'Or zoo in Lyon.
The two elephants face being put down because they have been diagnosed with tuberculosis and are deemed a threat to the health of other animals and visitors to the zoo.
Authorities in the central city ordered the elephants be put to sleep last month, prompting an outcry that resulted in them being granted a temporary reprieve over Christmas.
Bardot, a cinema legend and veteran animal rights campaigner, said on Friday that she would leave France if the reprieve for the elephants was not made permanent, emulating actor Gerard Depardieu's move into tax exile in Russia.


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Egyptian starlet Sharihan has turned down an unnamed satellite television's offer to participate in this year's Fawazeer Ramadan (Ramadan Riddles), reported 'Al Masa'a' newspaper.
According to the Egyptian daily publication, although the beautiful actress was offered a large sum of money and complete artistic control of the show, she declined due to a lack of time.
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Massachusetts governor signs mixed martial arts bill, regulation on its way
It's awesome, not only that it's getting closer to Virginia, but MMA is continuing to grow. :thumb02:
"calls for the Massachusetts State Boxing Commission to become the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission and oversee MMA events."
Awesome... more shitty boxing judges to regulate MMA events. But, that is good that it's coming back to Massachusetts
^This doesn't sound good at all. :laugh:
hey guys, baby steps... first we get it legal, then we start training new judges.
that and UFC in the Boston Garden would RULE!
i wouldn't trust a game in the open topped Fenway; New England weather would be a nightmare.
soon, more schools and more local events happening everywhere! yeah!
also, much closer than having to drive all the way down to the damn Mohegan Sun in CT.
It's weird that it's not legal everywhere, it's a sport. Welcome to common sense MA. :thumbsup:
Any new state is going to assign the already existing athletic commission to oversee MMA. It is simply more efficient.
In fact, I don't see any reason to create a different commission to oversee MMA. All that needs to be done is to educate the people in charge, as well as change the way current commissioners and such view MMA. It doesn't seem to get much respect IMO. Almost as if MMA is a redheaded stepchild to almighty boxing.
By the way, I don't know the history of MMA outside of the ring/cage very well. Was the NSAC a boxing commission before?
Good news.
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i guess they'll get around to traing the mass. judges right after they finish teaching vegas judges how to score. lol.
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In fact, it's so large that county animal officers have not yet been able to visit all the addresses owned by Francine Derby, owner of all the malnourished animals.
While Derby is nowhere to be found, many neighbors and horse lovers offer to do whatever they can for these neglected animals.
"Me and my neighbor have seen stuff you can't even imagine- horses being neglected, three, four, five in a stall, eating feces, no water," said Justine Frankenstein, neighbor.
Frankenstein and many other neighbors do not believe that's an animal rescue operation.
"If, it was a rescue, it would look better," said Frankenstein.
Marion County Code Officers have been out here numerous times over the years, but they were focused on getting compliance from Derby and not on seizing the animals. However, the department was reorganized last month.
"We got some fresh eyes in this situation," said Judge Cochran, a Marion County Public Information Officer. "We have a new leader in this position so we've looked at in a different way. And from this particular investigator's opinion, we moved on it."
Those fresh eyes were Dawn Stephen's. Stephen spent most of her day just feeding and watering the animals on just two of the properties.
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Deer Park First Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite [GCM]), was located near Deer Park, Spokane County, Washington State, USA, but is now extinct, was established as a result of a colonization attempt for Russian Mennonite refugees from Harbin, Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China, 1929-30, sponsored by H. P. Krehbiel. It joined the Pacific District (GCM) Conference in 1939, when it had a membership of ca. 25, but it disbanded in 1943 when the members moved away, largely to Newport, some 30 miles (48 km.) north.
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Fox Chapel wraps up successful boys tennis season
The season ended for the Fox Chapel High School tennis team on May 6 as it fell to North Allegheny, 4-1, in the WPIAL Class AAA team championships.
Coach Dave Prevost's team ended up at 14-5 and he was pleased with how the season went.
"I think we exceeded expectations," Prevost said. "Finishing second in the section behind a very good Shady Side Academy team had to be considered a success.
"We had a very young team with only two seniors — Ben Short and Karthik Narayanan. Our young players, of which we had many, had a lot of talent."
Prevost said everybody on the roster improved during the course of the season.
"That didn't surprise me," he said. "I expected them to improve. We will have a lot of talented, experienced players coming up and I expect that we will be very competitive for the next few years."
The key for next season, Prevost said, is seeing who can step up and replace Short at No. 1 singles.
"He'll be tough to replace," Prevost said. "But, again, everybody improved during the season and I expect them to improve during the offseason.
"We're all looking forward to next year."
While the team is looking forward to next year, two players —Short and Sid Rajupet — still have some work to do this season.
By virtue of their second-place finish at the WPIAL Class AAA doubles tournament, they will be heading to Hershey on May 24 and 25 to compete in the PIAA AAA doubles championships.
"They played well at WPIAL's and I expect that they will put on a good performance at states," Prevost said.
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Do you alternate your conditioners?
Use different ones or the same one all the time, and why?
I dig my main squeeze (TJ's Tea Tree Tingle) most of the time because it always works. But I think alternating conditioners can be good for keeping our hair on its toes. I got some of SM's Yucca Baobab for a shot of protein once a week. . . This is a really interesting topic. I'd like to know how often people rotate conditioners too.
I use suave coconut mostly. That's my favorite, but i also use devacurl conditioner one, and kcnt.
Just like to switch it up.
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you use Suave Coconut as a rinse out and not as a co-wash, kaj? I thought most curlies here use it as a co-wash - I dont co-wash.
I mix 'em up all the time.
I have been using the same co wash and rinse out since I started, I guess it just works fro me right now and I am a bit too lazy trying to decide what to use early in the morning :-)
Now my daughter (13) is a whole different story, right now she is rotating at least 6 different conditioners. When I ask her why ( the shower looks like the shampoo isle at target lol ) , she says she can tell which conditioner her hair needs when its wet. Beats me, her hair looks great though whatever she's using.
Nope, I don't need to and I prefer to keep it simple.
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80% of the time as my leave in I use AOWC and the other 20% I use Natures Gate pomegranate....Shea Moisture restorative.....YTC. My DT is AOIN.
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I use Tresemme Naturals nearly all the time but I do use Aubrey's GPB once a week or so for the protein hit and I have some Giovanni stuff that I use if I straighten. Now and then I'll get the urge to try something new but not so much these days.
Sorry for the guano post, DB reviews are great but not necessarily from people with issues so similar to mine. I'm gonna start a dedicated thread.
I co-wash and use 4 or 5 different Suave and VO5 conditioners. The only reason I use more than 1 is because I like the different scents.
I use pretty much the same conditioners year round - Tresemme to detangle/cowash, because its cheap and I use a lot of it; CJAO for my RO in winter, CJ Daily Smoothing for summer; CJ Curl Rehab for DTs, Repair Me for the (very occasional) shot of protein. These conditioners are consistently reliable for me, so I don't switch. Where I do find myself experimenting a lot is stylers (particularly for winter, as Spiral Solutions CEJ and FHG are extremely reliable for me in summer, but if I could find a good winter combo that gave me consistent results, I'd stop looking). I don't like to have a jillion opened and partially used bottles of stuff lying around.
I have been rotating conditioners depending on if I need protein or not (and how much I need). I use Aubrey Organics GPB conditioner as a rinse-out when I need protein, but I found I can only use it three days in a row before my hair goes a little crazy. I don't get the straw-like sensation from protein overload, it's just that I have some strands that go into tight corkscrews with a lot of protein. The rest of my hair is wavy, so I just end up with a bunch of random hairs sticking out of the top of my head in tight kork screws and it ends up looking like a ton of frizz. I don't know why some strands are such over achievers.
So yeah, I rotate a protein heavy conditioner (Aubrey Organics GPB or sometimes Nature's Gate Tea Tree calming conditioner) with a protein-free conditioner. Right now I'm loving Yes To Carrots Pampering conditioner for that.
I am still experimenting though. I had a $100 WalMart gift card as part of a promotion, and I kind of used it to buy just about every CG conditioner WalMart sells online... :blob3: Perhaps someday I'll find a single conditioner that has the right balance for everyday usage!
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All the time. I have several different conditioners that I use. I've actually narrowed down my favorites but still experiment occasionally. For my rinse out conditioners and DT conditioners I love, Tresemme naturals (moisturizing), Darcy's botanicals pumpkin seed conditioner, GVP conditioning balm, CJ curl rehab, Kenra moisturizing, suave and Vo5.
As far as a leave-in, I alternate between using the above mentioned or CK satin roots, MD red clover, Oyin HH/HD (don't know if I will reorder), and SM hair milk. It just depends on how my hair feels that day, what the weather is doing, and what scent I prefer. :)
I'm also testing out Giovanni direct leave in and KC knot today. I'm thinking of ordering a liter of the Giovanni smooth as silk conditioner, I used to love it when I first went CG.
As to why? My hair sometimes needs more or less conditioning and the various conditioners meet the different moods of my hair. I like to have conditioners from light to heavy for that reason. I also like having at least 2 conditioners that I can pick up locally just in case I'm ever in a pinch. I've tested a ton of conditioners and have found that I love these, they never let me down. One thing that I look for, other than performance, is the option to purchase bottles in larger amounts. Also, a good conditioner that is multi-purpose...as a RO, LI, DT, and for co-washing.
Good response. I love Giovanni Smooth as Silk also but I wash and condition daily and that conditioner seems to not work great for me for everyday.
Yes, I rotate conditioners. 1) I'm anxious about the possibility that TN NM will stop working for me & 2) I'm always looking for that perfect product (for me, that would be the one with TN's price and results but with a Curl Rehab coconut-gardenia scent). I'm really hoping to narrow the field down, as I hate wasting money and space on extra stuff.
The SAS was wonderful in every respect, but it was just too much protein for my hair :sad: I haven't given up on Giovanni though - I've just started using the Avocado and Olive Oil conditioner, which I'm hoping will knock off TN for the top spot in my shower. So far so good.
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A year ago I posted about the World Naked Bike Ride, and the Bikejuju page view statatistics jumped up tenfold. And, amazingly, a few folks still click through to Bikejuju every single day to read the year-old WNBR post. Which I find totally bizarre. So when I saw that my stats looked like the graph above, I figured it had to be WNBR weekend. And sure enough, it was.
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Alumni from all graduating classes of Rutgers University, Newark, are invited to reunite with friends and classmates at an All-Class Reunion on April 12 and 13.
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Plans include a young alumni mixer on the evening of April 12 and a full day of activities on April 13, ranging from brunch, a walking tour, biking through Branch Brook Park, a wine and chocolate reception, alumni receptions for former members of the campus chorus and the campus radio station, and individual reunions of the schools of Law, Business, Nursing and Criminal Justice, as well as several academic program reunions. Most events take place on the Rutgers-Newark campus. For a full listing of all of the day's activities, and to register, go to http://ralumni.com/NewarkReunion. Alumni may contact the Rutgers University Alumni Association at, 973/353-5242, or email@example.com, about events and registration.
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Young Alumni Mixer; $20; 6-9 p.m., Adega Grill, 130 Ferry St., Newark
Reunion Brunch with the Golden and Silver Raider Societies, $25; 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Ackerson Hall, Third Floor Atrium, 180 University Ave.
- Campus Walking Tour: Hidden RU–Newark, $5, 1:30 - 3 p.m.; meet in front of Ackerson Hall, 180 University Ave.
- Bicycle Tour of Historic Branch Brook Park, $5, 1:30 -3 p.m.; meet at bicycle parking lot opposite 155 University Ave.
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I am currently a senior lecturer at the Mechanical and Automotive School where I am an active member of the Industrial Control Research Group and the Digital Imaging Research Centre.
Before coming to Kingston University, I was with the Communications and Signal Processing Group, at Imperial College London, and previously at the Centre of Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP) at Surrey University in the same project. The research emphasis was in the area of remote sensing, trying to go beyond the limits of hardware resolution and in particular applied to automatic object identification with sub-pixel accuracy. In this work, I investigated computationally efficient methods for sub-pixel, real-time anomaly detection, tracking and adaptive background and endmember selection.
I completed my PhD at the Mechatronics group at King's College London. The work focused in another inaccessible application area, namely underground pipes. Progressing in this direction, my thesis pioneered a laser-based novel automated inspection system by enhancing conventional CCTV systems and applying intelligent analysis and classification techniques to the acquired images.
I have also acquired experience in an industrial environment working in several companies such as Guartel Ltd (development and implementation of advanced classification and detection algorithms into existing mine detectors), Cetecom (instrumentation and calibration), D+T Microelectronics (microelectronics, MEMS), Protovale Ltd (metal detectors).
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Good quality. Very flexible.
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I picked up a roll of this when I worked at an I.T. firm that dealt with a C2G distributor. I didn't want to shell out a bunch of money for speaker wire; I hate going into audio shops for just that reason - anyone who does their research knows that wire is wire. I'm not paying for exotic claims and salesman commissions. That said, I wasn't going to completely cheap out, especially not on the gauge of the wire. I'm running reasonably priced outboard amps, equipment, and speakers; mostly purchased internet direct due to my stated aversion to audio shops. I did my homework though, and have spent a decent amount on great bang-for-buck gear, so that factored in a bit. Given the price I couldn't pass this speaker wire up - but beyond that it is the gauge I needed, it looks like an attractive, nice heavy cable with a healthy amount of insulating material, and is completely 'snake oil' free.
The looks of the cable itself factored in slightly, since I couldn't use in-wall wire for my theater room in the basement - it was newly finished before we moved in, and all are outside walls. I didn't want to tackle in-wall runs. So I picked up this with the intent to lay three runs around one side of the room from front to back. Installation was easy enough, the cable lays nice and flat and its radius in corners is perfect. 100ft was actually exactly the length I needed for my front three speakers. Longest run was no more than 45 feet, which is perfect as it is recommended to keep a run around 60ft or so with 12AWG wire for 8ohm speakers.
My only quibble with this cable is that the insulation is a multi-stranded cotton-type material (not sure exactly what it is) and that it is hard to terminate cleanly. For a better look, I used heat shrink tubing from the main cable to the smaller internal cables, and from the smaller cables to the banana plugs. It looks quite high-end now. The nice thing is the room is dark enough and the cables are a nice flat finish, so you never see them unless they are pointed out with the lights up, and if you do, they look great.
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Works great for your surrounds, easy to work with.
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I used this speaker wire with my old ADS L810 and Bose 301 speakers, connected to a Pioneer analog receiver/amp putting out 200 Watts RMS per channel. The Pioneer allows three sets of paired speakers, so I have 20' of the wire left to hook up the last pair of speakers. Longest run is 10' through the walls, and other pair is closer. Excellent speaker wire but difficult to work with due to stiffness; it took some time to strip outside vinyl and inside wire,but I'd do it again as this is good stuff and the wire shouldn't ever degrade with the excellent covering (and easy color identification inside). I can tell the difference in the sound from the 30-year old speaker wire (10 gauge) it replaced with the new 14 gauge wire. The excellent screw-on banana plug connectors made the connections easy and more secure (although the paired set was too long to fit in my speakers). Product came quickly. However, wish I could have checked shipping information upfront to realize that they would charge State of TN tax.
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I purchaed this speaker wire to install in my new office building. It is very durable and installed easily. We had the building insulated with spray foam and I was glad we had purshased the wire with heavier insulation.
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A Nasty Little Shoving Match In Hong KongDave Lindorff
For almost 150 years, China has borne a grudge against the Jardine group. In the 1840s, its drug trade helped start the Opium Wars. In the 1980s, the British group, whose businesses range from retailing to real estate, shifted its legal domicile from Hong Kong to Bermuda, demonstrating a lack of confidence in Beijing's ability to rule after 1997. This year, the Chinese blamed a Jardines director for allowing Governor Chris Patten's electoral reforms to pass.
Now a new conflict has erupted, with implications for Hong Kong and its huge concentration of U.S., Japanese, and other foreign investment. On Sept. 13, China said it would veto construction of a container-shipping terminal--expected to cost more than $1 billion--as long as Jardines was part of the consortium set to build and run it. Beijing can do that since the contract would extend beyond Britain's turnover of Hong Kong in 1997. With this threat, China has upped the ante in its efforts to shape Hong Kong's future. There was no mistaking the timing: The threat came just days before the first election under Patten's reforms, in which Beijing opponents won big.
British officials say the affair shows that the Chinese are prepared to interfere in the integrity of the colony's economic decision-making. Says one frustrated official: "Here you have clear evidence of Chinese unwillingness--for purely political reasons--to countenance a really good company's involvement in a project."
If politics has intruded into business, however, the Chinese insist that the British are responsible. The Hong Kong government, Beijing says, started the political game by granting Jardines the terminal project as a payback after Jardines director Martin Barrow, a member of the colony's legislative council, abstained during a crucial vote last spring on Patten's reform package. Barrow and Patten deny the charge.
On another front, Jardines is angering the Chinese by pulling out of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In March, Jardine Matheson and affiliate Jardine Strategic Holdings announced they would quit the local exchange, and in September Jardines affiliates Hongkong Land Holdings, Mandarin Oriental International, and Dairy Farm International announced similar moves. Jardines is leaving because it fears that after 1997, when securities rules will be set by China, it might be vulnerable to an unfriendly takeover.
In all, the Jardines moves mean some 10% of the Hang Seng Index will be delisted. To offset the pullout, Tony Chiu, manager at HSI Services, which compiles the index, says one option being considered is to expand the number of companies in the index from the current 33.
The latest row comes at an uncomfortable moment for British business executives. Worried about Chinese wrath after the Hong Kong elections, they had organized a delegation of some 100 top executives from over 70 companies. A week after the Jardines flap broke out, those executives were getting a good reception in Beijing, but the tension was evident. "British companies are operating against an uneasy political background," admits Francis Cornish, British senior trade commissioner for Hong Kong.
SEEING A BRIGHT SIDE. Perhaps the most sensitive point of contention between China and Jardines is Beijing's fear, first expressed in December, 1992, that the company is supporting alleged British efforts to subvert and destabilize Hong Kong before 1997. Last January, Beijing officials used administrative rules to force the closure of several Jardine Transport Services offices in China. Yet until now, none of its major business interests had been seriously threatened.
Other foreigners are hopeful that the impact of Jardines' disputes with China can be contained. Says one executive connected to the consortium: "If it's just a one-off hit on Jardines, then it shouldn't be a problem." The Hang Seng shrugged off the delistings announcements, trading in the same narrow range as before.
Optimists can even find a bright side to the dispute. In singling out the port project, the Chinese have shifted their attention away from Hong Kong's new airport. Now under construction, the $20 billion project, with a large number of its contracts extending past 1997, has been an easy target for Chinese officials who want to take potshots at Patten. But many in Hong Kong suspect that even China's leaders now realize the airport's importance.
That means Beijing could focus on the container port. "They need something to stick it to the British," says an executive with a U.S.-based company. "The terminal has got everything: visibility, a big British company with a bad colonial history." So more Jardines projects may be vulnerable, such as plans by Dairy Farm to open supermarkets in China. For a group with Jardines' scope--and history--China will have no shortage of targets to show its displeasure.


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MidraShabang 2014 ~ Honoring Diane Bernbaum's Legacy & Retirement
Midrasha in Berkeley
Sunday, March 23, 2014 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PDT)
Join us for an evening of celebration as we honor and say farewell to our Woman of Valor, DIANE BERNBAUM, for her 33 years of service and dedication to Midrasha!
Come celebrate with Diane and Midrasha as we pay tribute to her lasting legacy in our community and raise needed funds to ensure Midrasha's continued future building innovative and experiential programming for Jewish teens.
The evening will be filled with schmoozing, bidding, music, and fun! We will commence the evening with cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and a silent auction, followed by dinner including a tribute to Diane, live auction, and finally dessert and our annual raffle drawing.
We hope you can join us in honoring Diane's legacy!
Don't forget to purchase an ad in our Tribute Book and write a tribute message honoring Diane! Individuals, groups, and organizations encouraged to purchase space in the Tribute Book!
Tribute Book messages can be purchased with your tickets through the links above.
For More Information: Call 510.843.4667 or Email Anna Martin, Event Chair, at firstname.lastname@example.com or Desmid Lyon, Assistant Director, at email@example.com
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Reservations will be held at the door.
Tickets are non-refundable.
Proceeds support the programs of Midrasha in Berkeley. All contributions, less $40 couvert(s) are tax-deductible as provided by law. We are a 501(c)3 organization, Federal Tax ID #94-2933210.
Parking at the MidraShabang:
The event will be held at Beth El, the home of Midrasha's offices and program. Limited parking available in Beth El's parking lot and street parking is available in the surrounding neighborhood. Arrive headed north on Oxford Street and turn right into the one-way driveway to drop off passengers. Exit onto Spruce Street turning right only. Please do not make u-turns on the neighborhood streets or in our neighbors' or Beth El's driveways. Please be courteous to our neighbors and minimize parking in front of their homes and, of course, be careful not to block driveways. Be sure not to take up every parking spot so our neighbors will have plenty of room to park and receive guests as well.
Midrasha in Berkeley, providing innovative and experiential Jewish education to teens in grades 8-12, is sponsored by the congregations of Aquarian Minyan, Beth Abraham, Beth El, Beth Hillel, Beth Israel, B'nai Israel, Kehilla Community Synagogue, Netivot Shalom, and Sha'ar Zahav. Midrasha in Berkeley is a beneficiary of The Jewish Federation and The Jewish Community Foundation of the East Bay, the Koret Foundation, and our many generous donors.
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A new friend of mine, my girl sally asked me to model for her (and Anna) during "StreetRockaz – Victims of fashion" during Amsterdam International FashionWeek
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I like to open up a random picture (most of the time models or inspiring people or friends) on my screen on my macbook, and then grap a piece of paper and draw that particular person on the paper. 1. I love to draw, 2. this helps me developing my skills more. This time I took this picture of this model with this lovely bighair-do. And after I had drawn her… I scanned it and played a little with it in Photoshop.. here's the result:
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I'm a levle 20 Asura Sorcerer (summoner) and I have a lvl 20 Tortus as a pet. Now I tried using my pet kill monsters by itself but it takes too much damage and it's dmg output is around 60~80. I upped its Passive skills (Atk, Def, HP) and equipped it with Rank 1 Mace and Shield (both lvl 3). I end up killing the monster and taking the damage cuz if I don't, my pet will Die (even when I use Creature Life Transfer.
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Jed's Maple Recipes
Apple, Dried Cherry, and Walnut Salad with Maple Dressing
(by Chris Tierney, WCAX's Across the Fence - Maple Cooking Show, April 2006)
- Ingredients
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- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup Jed's Pure Vermont maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons Champagne vinegar or other white wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons sugar (taste dressing first, may be sweet enough)
- Salad:
- 5 oz bag mixed baby greens (about 10 cups lightly packed)
- 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, cut into matchstick-size strips
- 1/2 cup dried tart cherries
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
For Dressing:
Whisk mayonnaise, maple syrup, vinegar, and sugar in medium bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in oil until mixture thickens slightly. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Dressing can be prepared 3 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewhisk before using.)
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