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Not the prototype.
R&A is developing top secret golf balls
By mustang6560 on 6/7/12
The R&A is developing a top secret golf ball, which, if successful, may change golf as we know it.
It was the most significant day of golf perhaps in the recorded history of the game. Tiger's 73rd victory on Sunday? Nice, but not that significant. How many wins he now has will have no impact on the future of the game, but a golf ball that goes 10 or 20 yards shorter? That could change things forever, and that's why the weekend's activities outside of Stockholm, where the R&A conducted events with a shorter golf ball, were infinitely more important to the game than anything that happened outside of Columbus, Ohio, greenside miracles from the greatest player who ever lived notwithstanding.Rumors of the top secret golf ball have been circulating for a few weeks now, but we've yet to see visual evidence of the prototype - until now. Gene Oberto, a Swedish golf writer, was invited to participate in one of the R&A's experiments and posted the following story about his experience - including a picture of the golf ball.
Physically comparing the ball to a Titleist Pro V1, the dimples are pronouncedly deeper which, I guess, cuts into the aerodynamics of the balls flight by creating more drag. From a purely unscientific perspective, our group felt that when we hit it good the ball carried well, like throwing a javelin. Mis-hit causing the slightest error in capturing that optimum flight and the ball seems dead and goes nowhere. This lack of carry, for me was most apparent on approach shots, where less than pure hits saw balls land ridiculously short. It played havoc on all of us where water was a factor. Short shots over water have permanent results. The ball rolled well on cut fairways. Thick and wet grass or standing water, however, made the ball act like like a stone. Putting on the greens showed no difference in roll or feel.People laughed at John Solheim's Ball Distance Rating System, but it looks like golf may be headed to a place where amateurs and professionals play different golf balls.
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Scott Shields says:
I hope this never happens.
Scott Shields says:
And as an aside .... a ball flying lower will not in fact help speed up play - which is what is killing golf in my opinion.
birdieXris says:
This is insane. Absolutely insane. I too hope this never happens. We don't need less distance we need faster play. We also don't need minor mishits causing huge problems. At most, there's a 5 to 10 yard difference if you mishit the ball slightly. If you increase that to 20 or 30 yards as the article suggests, it's just not going to be fun anymore. nobody wants to see someone lose a tournament because they missed the sweet spot by a fraction of an inch. These guys are good, but they're still human. They make mistakes and taking the long ball out of play makes it not as exciting and when you start having scores like +7 winning tournaments that aren't the US Open or The Open Championship, then you have issues.
bkuehn1952 says:
First, it does not sound like this particular test was valid. How can one evaluate a ball's performance in a gale? Second, if the ball design was intended to punish mishits severely, then the R&A is pursuing a crazy policy. We amateurs are the ones mishitting the ball and we certainly do not need the game to become more difficult for amateurs. Finally, the 95% of us that pay most of the greens fees and buy most of the clubs are not creating the problem and pretty much don't care to see a solution. We are never going to play the likes of the Olympic Club and if the members want to spend a fortune to lengthen the course, go ahead. Were we ever lucky enough to play there, we would tee it up from the "White" tees anyway.
Matt McGee says:
Change the grooves in the club, make a shorter golf ball, etc, etc.. Is it really that hard to make longer golf courses?
Banker85 says:
DUMB IDEA. Matt, that is very subtle sarcasm there.
mustang6560 says:
@bkuehn1952- I think the R&A is more focused on changing the ball the professionals use and not the ball us amateurs are playing.
bkuehn1952 says:
@mustang6560: If the R&A is testing for a professional ball, my advice would be to use professionals in the test. I did not get the impression that the test they ran involved professional golfers. While a golf writer may be a pretty good player, I suspect he is better with a pen or keyboard than a golf club.
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birdieXris says:
I say they don't need another step between amateurs and professionals... that would basically mean that amateurs who are serious about playing golf need to play with this ball to post scores --- on courses where other people are using a regular ball.... not a good idea. then we'll need two handicap systems i would say. The first time they get someone who's a +3 on the course with one of these balls and they end up shooting a high score, that's gonna cause a stink.
mmontisano says:
does it really matter THAT much? i love golf. i'm going to play it even if the USGA/R&A make me go back to persimmon on 8000 yard courses with Rock Flights. i'll take my 115 and just try to beat it next time.
just play faster!
Geoffre14 says:
yup, bad idea
jcstoll says:
If that ball's specs become the new standard, it certainly wouldn't make me quit, though it would increase my frustration level with less distance, and probably slower play as a result of everybody swinging out of their shoes to make up the lost distance.
joe jones says:
As I have written before, the distance the pros are hitting the ball today in comparison to years past has had little effect on scoring average. The one stat that hasn't changed over the years has been the lowest scoring average are the best players usually. Obviously there are exceptions but the fact is, a 30% increase in distance since 1992 has reduced the scoring average by less than 1%. Don't change the ball for amateurs. They need all of the help they can get.
Kurt the Knife says:
Pros already play different balls than I do.
Their's go in the hole more often than mine.
Gotta get me some of those.
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EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) -- Suzann Pettersen of Norway beat teenage star Lydia Ko of New Zealand by two shots to win the Evian Championship on Sunday and clinch the second major title of her career.
Pettersen calmly rolled in a putt for par to seal the victory, then leaned back and held her head in her hands, hugged her caddy and laughed as she was sprayed with Champagne.
''I might start to get a bit emotional,'' Pettersen said, her voice wavering, as she collected the trophy.
It was her first major since the LPGA Championship in 2007.
Pettersen shot a 3-under 68 to finish with a 10-under total of 203 after the tournament was reduced to three rounds when Thursday's play was rained out. The 16-year-old Ko, who was trying to become the youngest major champion, finished with a 70.
American Lexi Thompson shot a 68 to finish four shots back in third place, with South Koreans So Yeon Ryu and Se Ri Pak five shots behind in a tie for fourth.
Top-ranked Inbee Park aimed to become the first golfer to win four majors in a year, but finished way out of contention. This was the first year that Evian counted as the fifth and final major of the year on the women's calendar.
It marked Pettersen's second straight tournament win after the Safeway Classic this month.
''I don't know if it's quite sunk in yet that I've won another major. It's been a while but I'm pretty lucky to say that I've won two,'' Pettersen said. ''Hopefully this is just the start. It's been such a great month, five weeks for me, starting off with the Solheim (Cup). It was a great kick-start for what became the best month of my career.''
The third-ranked Pettersen plans to have ''one heck of a party'' to celebrate, before focusing on her goal to earn the No. 1 ranking.
''This is part of the process, you have to win tournaments, you have to win majors,'' said Pettersen, who in the past has been hampered by a fiery temperament. ''I've had my hurdles over the years.''
Mika Miyazato of Japan held a one-shot lead going into the final round but struggled to a 79 that left her in a tie for 19th.
That left Ko - at 16 years, 4 months, 22 days - as Pettersen's main challenger. But the New Zealander bogeyed the 13th to fall two shots behind and never looked likely to make a comeback. Her chip for birdie at the 18th - which would have put some pressure on Pettersen - stopped just left of the hole.
''She's such a great competitor. She keeps us on our toes,'' Pettersen said. ''She's 16 and she's good enough to win tournaments, to win major championships. She's a future star for this game.''
Ko will have to wait until next year for a chance to break American Morgan Pressel's record of youngest major winner. Pressel was 18 years, 10 months, 9 days when she won the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2007.
''I don't think I felt that nervous today, but coming down the last two holes I thought Suzann had it in the bag,'' Ko said. ''It was really good to know that I could come close to a winner at a major. Hopefully, next year it will be a 72-hole event.''
An overnight downpour rendered the course soggy and led to a 90-minute delay in the morning.
''I thought today we would fight the weather more than we did, so it was a walk in the park just to stay dry,'' Pettersen said. ''I didn't know what to expect with the weather we had overnight. But the greens were good.''
When play got started, Ko opened her round with a birdie while Pettersen had birdies on the second and third holes. Pettersen bogeyed the seventh when she over-hit her approach shot.
She recovered with a birdie on the next hole and led Ko by one shot and Ryu by two after the front nine.
Ko looked stern-faced after missing a chance to tie it on the 12th, and Pettersen shook her head in disbelief as her second shot on the 13th drifted wide into the choppy rough. But she ended up saving a tricky par while Ko had to settle for bogey, leaving her two shots ahead.
Ko looked downbeat when she missed another birdie chance on 17.
''I didn't feel confident with my putting today. I left a couple short,'' Ko said. ''I misread some putts. I won't blame the greens that were bumpy, and blah, blah, blah. I don't blame others.''
Stacy Lewis won last month's British Open, but after a solid start the American finished six shots from Pettersen in a tie for sixth along with American Angela Stanford and South Korea's Chella Choi.


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The weather has done a total 180 in the last week and I was not disappointed. I am rather a fan of gloomy days (I know, weird.) This shoot was so much fun in the rain, and I decided we need to start incorporating more props into posts… umbrella, check.
Wore this fit out for a dinner "double date" with the hubby and some friends and it was the perfect way to brighten things up.
Thanks a million for following SOTL! As the blog continues to grow, I am so thankful for all my readers. Happy Tuesday!


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Training » Competitions
Crossfit Open 16.1
The Crossfit Open workout 16.1 is out and it's not for the faint hearted.
The first of five workouts throughout the open competition consisted of the following:
- 20 minutes AMRAP (As many reps as possible)
- 25ft Overhead Lunge (5ft per rep)
- 8 burpees
- 25-ft. overhead walking lunge
- 8 chest-to-bar pull-ups
- Men lunge 95 lb.
- Women lunge 65 lb.
One to watch, athlete Emily Abbott who took last years eighth place, completed a mighty 290 reps!
We spoke to our Personal Trainers competing in this year's games to see what they made of this year's first challenge.
Personal Trainer Liam Scott, 26, from Crossfit Southeast Witham, has been training 6 times a week, rotating strength, skill and endurance as well as completing WODs (Workout of the Days) and previous open workouts in preparation for this years challenge. Liam gave himself a trial run competing in The Icon Online Championship last month, where he took 34th place. Prior to the games, he told us, "I'm excited for the open to get started and see what crazy stuff is in store for us over the next 5 weeks, preparations been going well!" We're excited too Liam, so let's see how he got on with 16.1.
"The moment I saw 16.1, I knew it would be a great test. Overhead walking lunges are a rather difficult exercise and with 42.5kg overhead, let's just say it's not going to get any easier. I watched Emily Abbott do the workout live via the Crossfit website which got me more excited" he said.
There were 10 other athletes competing from Liam's box, which created a great atmosphere with all the competitors spurring each other on.
"When I noticed that the other guys were scaling down and using 30kg front rack lunges and only getting 6 rounds it made me more nervous about my turn, but on the beeps I started with my power snatch to get the 42.5kg above my head and the first 25ft walking lunges began. They were definitely the hardest part of the workout, but once I'd done 2 rounds I started to relax a lot more, like everything I'd been working towards was starting to come together."
When the clock struck Liam completed a whopping 205 reps, his legs were cramping and he even had to go outside in fear of being sick, but he didn't give in. When we asked how he felt the rest of the day, he joked it "wasn't too pleasant either".
In true macho competitor style Liam was chuffed to have beaten his best friend and coaches score, he told us he is "confident for the rest of the open" and is currently sitting around 600th in England. Watch this space with Liam, we have a feeling the best is yet to come.
Our female athlete Beth, 42, is a Personal Trainer and a great lover of the outdoors, she has been Crossfit training for two years but this was the first open which she completed without scaling the workouts (well done Beth). At just over 5ft Beth has well and truly proved herself small and mighty.
She told us, "16.1 was a good workout for me. My first RX! The overhead lunges were not a problem nor the burpees. I have only just started being able to do chest to bar pull ups so these were the real challenge as Rounds progressed." Despite having to go down to singles there was no stopping Beth and she gave it her all til the very last rep.
"Overhead lunges are a challenging move for the shoulders and core primarily more than the legs, well in my case anyway. It was good to see them included."
Beth has proven that lifting heavy doesn't make women bulky and has toned up and lost weight since starting her Crossfit training and following a healthy diet.
"I never push myself over the edge...I'm too old now and it takes too long to recover" she joked. When we asked her about her aches, she rather modestly told us they "weren't too bad". Clearly age is just a number because Beth could outperform women half her age and twice her height with her inspirational performance.
Crossfit 16.1 has no age limit, whether you're 26 or 42, what the Crossfit open shows is if you're prepared to work, it pays off. The diversity of entrants and spontaneity of the workouts are what makes the open so exciting. These Personal Trainers have proven they've got what it takes and we will be following their progress over the next few weeks of the competition. They're ready, so bring on 16.2!
If you want to try Crossfit yourself but are intimidated by the challenge why not scale down the workout and give it a try next time you're at the gym, without the pressure of competing.


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Here's the reality when it comes to the vehicles our teenagers drive. Too often, budget takes precedence over safety.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting parents don't care about their children's safety. Of course they do. Probably more so than their own.
That being said, a recent study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) found that more than half of all used cars purchased for teenage drivers were 2006 or earlier model year vehicles.
Also, the study found that two-thirds of teenagers who drove a vehicle already in the household were driving models from 2006 or earlier.
What Changed After 2006?
I know what you're thinking. "What is it about cars from 2006 and earlier that make them less safe?"
The fact is that vehicles from 2006 and earlier aren't likely to have safety features like Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and Side Airbags – both proven in their ability to help keep drivers and passengers of all ages safe and sound.
Electronic Stability Control (sometimes referred to electronic stability program, stabilitrak or vehicle stability program) is a technology that improves a vehicle's stability by detecting and reducing loss of traction.
When ESC detects loss of steering control, it automatically applies the brakes to help "steer" the vehicle where the driver intends to go. Braking is automatically applied to wheels individually, such as the outer front wheel to counter oversteer or the inner rear wheel to counter understeer.
A pretty impressive technology and I'm sure if you had the choice, you'd prefer your children were driving a vehicle that came with some form of ESC, right?
Once a feature that was mostly found on European Luxury cars, the technology quickly trickled down to all automakers by the mid-2000's.
It became such an effective technology in preventing accidents, that in 2008 some form of Electronic Stability Control was mandated to be a standard feature on all vehicles weighing under 10,000 pounds.
Budget AND Safety
As a parent, we should never have to choose between budget and safety. Continue Reading…


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[REACTION] This was supposed to be the World Cup at which Lionel Messi would prove his critics wrong. He would duplicate
the success with Argentina he has had with Barcelona. But the 23-year-old star was left in tears after Argentina fell to Germany, 4-0, in Saturday's quarterfinals. He was not a factor in the game and
finished the tournament without scoring a goal in five games.
Messi had played well in Argentina's first four games, all wins, but was unable to stamp his authority on the tournament.
Argentina coach Diego Maradona, to whom Messi has often been compared, supported his star.
"To see Messi cry in the locker room, whoever says that he doesn't feel pride for his shirt is stupid," Maradona said.
The loss ended the possibility of Messi facing his Barcelona teammates on the Spanish national team in the semifinals.
Messi's success with Barcelona is largely due to the better supporting cast he has at the Catalan club than on the Argentine national team.
Germany isolated Messi in midfield and he was never a factor in the quarterfinal game.
Messi finished with no goals on 30 shots, the second most of any player in the tournament.
33 Asamoah Gyan, Ghana
30 Lionel Messi, Argentina
23 David Villa, Spain
21 Lukas Podolski, Germany
21 Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
20 Park Chu Young South Korea
20 Clint Dempsey, USA
20 Wesley Sneijder, Netherlands
20 Diego Forlan, Uruguay
20 Luis Suarez, Uruguay


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Event planners from western Pennsylvania have a unique opportunity to learn how to execute more successful events during the "Strategies for Successful Events" seminar on Nov. 1 at the Cranberry Highlands Golf Course in Cranberry Township, north of Pittsburgh.
The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be hosted by the Pittsburgh & Its Countryside Tourism Marketing Group. Participating destination marketing organizations from Armstrong, Butler, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Mercer and Washington counties are sponsoring and underwriting the event.
Organizers of festivals, fundraisers, special events and more will learn strategies to increase attendance and revenue and get tips to enhance logistics planning, public relations and marketing efforts.
Topics and presenters include:
• Operations: Holly Muchnok, East Wing Events
• Finance/Budgeting: Michael Peuler, CPA
• Sponsorships: Ken Cuccinelli, Quest Four
• Public Relations: Patti Jo Lambert, Butler County Tourism & Convention Bureau and Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival
• Marketing: Melanie Querry, Beyond Spots and Dots
"The seminar is ideal for tourism-oriented organizations and businesses that host or want to begin hosting events," said Penny Perman, executive director of the Indiana County Tourist Bureau, said in a release. "We all know that successful events are one way to bring tourism dollars to our communities. Participants will walk away with new ideas and strategies to improve their event and make a bigger impact."
A fee of $5, including lunch, will be charged to members of the participating agencies. Nonmembers will be charged $10. Transportation will be provided for the event. The bus will leave Indiana at 7 a.m. and return at approximately 6 p.m. Those interested may attend the event by using their own transportation, but must still register through the Indiana County Tourist Bureau. Space is limited to 150 people. Reservations must be made by Friday, Oct. 25. To register for the event, call Indiana County Tourist Bureau at (724) 463-7505.


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I am a reader. I love many types of books, and I can often find something to interest me in even the dullest of books. It is rare that I have to read something I strongly dislike. Many of the books I read fall into the "This is a great book! I highly recommend it!" category. Very rarely will I get a book that I love to the moon and back. But when I do get a book like that, and (heaven forbid!) read it... beware. I am afraid I bore my siblings and mom to death by constantly saying how much I ADORE this new book. :)
The Scarlet Pimpernel is one of those books. I almost love it more than (gasp!) Pride and Prejudice. *gulp* So, proceed with caution, or thus risk inflicting this terrible disease upon yourself...
The Scarlet Pimpernel
By Baroness Orczy
It was the worst of times. The French, inspired by the Americans' recent win in the Revolution, have now contrived to begin their own revolt, known as the French Revolution. The French seek to destroy all that was of the past... including the wealthy aristocrats. Daily, these "aristos" are beheaded on the guillotine. It was the Reign of Terror. Only one hope lies in the hearts of those who are to be executed: that they will somehow be rescued in time by the daring Scarlet Pimpernel, a mysterious Englishman who, with his League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, sneaks many French aristos into England and saves them from Madame la Guillotine. No one knows this secretive stranger's true identity. He is simply known as "The Scarlet Pimpernel", named such after the small wayside flower, known as the pimpernel, that he employs as a calling card.
Marguerite Blakeney is one of the many women who is enraptured by the Pimpernel's heroism. An actress in Paris for many years and known as "the cleverest woman in Europe", Marguerite is now the wife of Sir Percy Blakeney, one of the wealthiest, best-dressed, and silliest men in all of England. No one knows the reason why they married, for they are very different in personality. The rumor is that Marguerite, despite the fact that she tosses her head at money and social standing, really married Sir Percy for his money. Sir Percy has grown more distant as of late, and Marguerite has given up hope that her husband really loves her.
For all that she despises her foppish husband, Marguerite loves her brother, Armand, all the more. She waves goodbye to him as he sails off in Sir Percy's yacht, the Day Dream, thinking that he is going to fight on the side of the revolutionaries. Despite the fact that she and her brother do not agree with all of the French tactics, they are French, and so they are on the side of the French. It is not until later that she is confronted at the opera by Chauvelin, a French spy and former admirer of hers, who tells her the truth: Armand is really working in the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Now, in order to save her brother, who is all the family she has in the world, she must help Chauvelin discover the identity of The Scarlet Pimpernel, and thus be a weapon used to kill him. Her only hope is that the daring hero will find some way to escape from Chauvelin's clutches...
Goodness, this is an exciting read. It's the type of book that, when you read it, you almost can't sit still. The tension is so high for most of the story that it makes you anxious along with the characters. It is the dictionary definition of a page-turner--that's a fact. But isn't that a good thing?
As I said before, I almost like this book better than Pride and Prejudice. I know, that's something so out of character for me to say. I can literally hear your jaws hitting the floor. I'll explain quickly before I'm faced with a huge medical bill for all of your jaw replacements.
I've read Pride and Prejudice many a time, and watched the BBC movie even more. I love the story so much--and I always will--but for now, I needed something new. I believe passionately that the more times you re-read a book, the more you'll like it, but sometimes it's nice to read something different. I've read the Anne books, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Little Women so much that it felt good to read a book in which I actually didn't know how it ended.
If I were asked to describe The Scarlet Pimpernel in one word, I would label it as intense. That is it exactly. The story is very exciting, and it moves very quickly--you almost feel winded when you're done reading it.
The characters are marvelous! I love their personalities, especially Marguerite's. From the surface, she seems like the typical wealthy lady who constantly sticks her nose in the air and looks down on other people. But throughout the story, Marguerite loses more and more of that haughty nature and the "little girl" in her comes out more and more. Just like Elizabeth Bennet, Marguerite is very witty and very quick--that's what I love about her. She's now one of my favorite heroines.
I feel as if I should be telling you more about the plot, what happens, what my favorite parts were, etc., etc., etc., but if I told you all of that... well, you'd know the end. And I can't reveal the end--that would be the most heinous of crimes I could commit as a book-reviewer. I pretty much told you the first half of the book in the summary, leading us up to the climactic "Either--Or?" So, all I can say is PLEASE READ THIS BOOK. If you don't get anything else out of this review other than that, I will be content. And if you do read it, please leave a comment and let me know what you think! I'd love to know. :)
Warning: there are times in this book in which characters swear, a few of which are the equivalent today of taking the LORD's name in vain. Read with caution.
I give it 5 out of 5 stars.
"All these conflicting thoughts raged through Marguerite's brain, while, with a smile upon her lips, she glided through the graceful mazes of the minuet. She noted--with that acute sense of hers--that she had succeeded in completely allaying Sir Andrew's fears. Her self-control had been absolutely perfect--she was a finer actress at this moment, and throughout the whole of this minuet, than she had ever been upon the boards of the Comedie Francaise; but then, a beloved brother's life had not depended upon her histrionic powers." ~The Scarlet Pimpernel, chapter 13
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March 16, 2012
Maj. Gen. Rita Aragon
Oklahoma secretary of military and veterans' affairs Maj. Gen. Rita Aragon will speak about the "History of Women in the Military" at Northwestern Oklahoma State University-Enid in room 202 on Monday, March 26, at 7 p.m.
The public is invited to attend this free event.
Her presentation will be broadcast via ITV to Northwestern locations in Alva – Carter Hall room 107; Woodward – room 114; and Ponca City – room 119.
Aragon was born and raised in rural Oklahoma and worked through college to become an elementary teacher. As a single mother she decided to join the Oklahoma Air National Guard to financially support her family. She is the first female Oklahoma secretary of military and veteran's affairs, and also serves as liaison to the governor for all Oklahoma military and veterans' issues.
She also participates and facilitates the Oklahoma Military Strategic Planning Group that helps ensure the stability and growth of the communities and facilities of the five military installations in the state.
MISSION STATEMENT: Northwestern Oklahoma State University provides quality educational and cultural opportunities to learners with diverse needs by cultivating ethical leadership and service, critical thinking and fiscal responsibility.


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Cézanne : a life / Alex Danchev.
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- Description: xx, 488 p., [40] p. of plates : ill., ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, 2012.
Available copies
- 8 of 8 copies available at NOBLE (All Libraries). (Show all copies)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Stoneham.
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| Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-466) and index.
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| The right eyes -- The dauber and the scribbler -- Le papa -- Self-portrait: the brooder -- All excesses are brothers -- I dare -- Self-portrait: the desperado -- Anarchist painting -- La Boule -- Self-portrait: the dogged -- The lizard -- Semper Virens -- Self-portrait: the plasterer -- L'Œuvre -- Homo sum -- Self-portrait: the inscrutable -- A scarecrow -- Non finito -- Cézanne by numbers.
| This volume is an assessment of the life and work of Paul Cezanne that offers insight into his views about an artist's role and his self-doubt about his own capabilities, demonstrating how his beliefs revolutionized the ways subsequent artists would see and depict the world. One of the most influential painters of his time and beyond, Cezanne was the exemplary artist-creator of the modern age who changed the way we see the world. Here the author tells the story of an artist who was originally considered a madman, a barbarian, and a sociopath. Beginning with the unsettled teenager in Aix, the author takes us through the trials of a painter who believed that art must be an expression of temperament but was tormented by self-doubt, who was rejected by the Salon for forty years, who sold nothing outside his immediate circle until his thirties, who had a family that he kept secret from his father until his forties, who had his first exhibition at the age of fifty-six, but who fiercely maintained his revolutionary beliefs. The author shows us how the beliefs Cezanne held and the life he led became the obsession and inspiration of artists, writers, poets, and philosophers from Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso to Samuel Beckett and Allen Ginsberg. A special feature of the book is a series of Cezanne's self-portraits, reproduced in full color. This work is not only the fascinating life of a visionary artist and extraordinary human being but also a searching assessment of his ongoing influence in the artistic imagination of our time. Includes 86 color and 52 black-and-white illustrations.
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St. Petersburg Times media critic and Huffington Post contributor Eric Deggans offered a tribute to departing ABC World News anchor Charles Gibson, but it came with a very typical liberal slant on the 2008 campaign. Gibson had a "theatrical seriousness" in grilling Sarah Palin, but it was a "surprise" that he lowered himself in a Democratic debate to "gossipy questions like Obama's supposed ties to William Ayers."
Since when is a man who blows up police stations and bathrooms in the Capitol qualify as a "gossipy" subject, like he'd be grist for TMZ? Deggans merely called him a onetime "radical" without any acknowledgment of his bombings. Here's how he put it:
When he took apart vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin in a series of interviews, he could look a bit like a stern college professor -- John Houseman from Paper Chase, for anyone old enough to get the reference -- scowling over his reading glasses with a theatrical seriousness.
Which is why it was such a surprise when he and George Stephanopoulos, considered among the most serious network news anchors, spent almost the first hour of a two-hour Democratic debate last year grilling Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on gossipy questions like Obama's supposed ties to William Ayers, a onetime '60s-era protest radical.
Sadly, this is how the 2008 election will probably be taught in many secondary schools and colleges, that the Ayers issue was a trashy tabloidish subject that "real journalists" didn't lower themselves to cover.
Deggans also noted that Gibson didn't start a parade for himself about his departure (like Brian Williams did for his fifth anniversary in the NBC anchor chair), and he wasn't the new-model anchor that pops up like a "frustrated stand-up comic" like Williams:
Gibson also leaves ABC as the last old school TV anchor. He's not very active online and takes his anchor role seriously. Despite a long history in morning television, he is not willing to pop up in comedy sketches the way NBC anchor and frustrated stand up comic Williams does for Jay Leno and The Daily Show. And he's not about to become a fixture in either tabloid news or the online world, in the way Katie Couric has managed.


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yes there is some vibes at idle only= but its well worth it.
I have less vibration with the BSD and Dogbone mount now. The reason is my upper motor mounts were shot and I didn't know it until I did the BSD and Dogbone...the car shook like hell!! So I changed the upper mounts the next day and the car was quieter and smoother than before.
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The BSD gave noticable gains?
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Moxie, a blue racoon, lives up to her name in this story about facing difficulty with spirit and courage. She also sees this in her friends, Kelly and Jon, who are learning how to do the same through the bond of having a parent with cancer. There's also a journal within the book that was "written" by Jon when he found out his mother had cancer. His insights and examples provide an easier way to explain cancer, as written from a childs point-of-view. This is a great book and story for children and families facing cancer.
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Lindsey Takes Out the Libertarian Right
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Oven Mitts - Puppet Style
8 comments:
- SugarShop (Dena Rooney-Berg) said...
Non Stop fun around here!! Love these. My almost 6yr old is just starting to really help in the kitchen. He just peeled all the carrots last night. I'll have to make these since he'll be hang'en around the kitchen with mommy!
p.s. thank you for the trims! All the boxes coming to our door before xmas were all gifts I had ordered for others so to get a box with my name from MM was fun. fun. fun!
- January 16, 2008 at 12:03 PM
- Strawberry Cat said...
Cute! Would the hotness of an oven not be so good for button eyes?
Thanks for the tutorial!
- January 18, 2008 at 11:22 AM
- Mary's Cottage Quilts said...
Love the oven mitts - very cute! Hey, anytime I can make cooking more fun, i'm all for it!
- January 27, 2008 at 9:18 PM
just stopped in to say hello. I loved reading about your travels to Japan and China...sounded fascinating. I continue to design products, just went to the Atlanta show to meet up with some clients. Lots going on but I haven't forgot you...found a stash of 60's fabrics from my old sewing days...mmmm...could there be some inspiration here?
- January 29, 2008 at 6:31 PM
- modkidboutique said...
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Submitted to: American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/16/2007
Publication Date: 5/21/2007
Citation: Dowd, S.E., Lyte, M. 2007. Microarray analysis of Norepinephrine-Escherichia coli O157:H7 gene expression in a porcine ligated ileal loop model and comparison to in vitro data: In vivo veritas? [abstract]. American Society for Microbiology 107th General Meeting, May 21-25, 2007, Toronto, Canada. Abstract No. B-256. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: The ability of stress-related neurochemicals, such as norepinephrine, to influence bacterial growth and virulence-related properties, termed microbial endocrinology, has been demonstrated by a number of groups. Recent microarray gene analysis has further shown the induction of key virulence factors by norepinephrine. However, while the majority of studies of neuroendocrine-bacterial interactions have utilized in vitro systems, it is not known if similar changes occur in vivo. In order to examine the in vivo ability of norepinephrine to affect virulence gene expression in E. coli O157:H7, we utilized a porcine ligated ileal loop model. E. coli O157:H7 (ATCC 43895) harvested from overnight LB culture was resuspended in a minimal salts medium supplemented with pig serum, incubated 5 hrs at 37 deg C in 5% CO2 environment, and then injected into ileal loops in anesthetized 5 week old female pigs (6 pigs per group). Immediately thereafter, either control (diluent) or norepinephrine (final concentration 500 uM) was injected into loops. Following a 2 hour incubation period in the loops, the loop contents were collected into RNAprotect bacterial reagent and RNA extracted for use in microarray analysis and for subsequent quantitative RT-PCR validation. Results from in vivo data were then compared to that obtained from an in vitro simulation of this study. Using a false discovery rate of <0.05, we found similar regulation of 45 genes in both in vivo and in vitro studies. The most repressed genes included a set of phage shock genes, while induced transcripts included stx1 and stx2. Other induced genes were associated with LPS biosynthesis and iron transport. It can be concluded that norepinephrine-bacterial interactions which have previously been identified in vitro to affect a number of key virulence properties of E. coli O157:H7 also occur in vivo; thereby demonstrating the utility of in vivo model systems, such as the porcine ligated ileal loop, to study the microbial endocrinology of E. coli O157:H7 pathogenesis.


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Elves \Elves\, n.; pl. of {Elf}. [1913 Webster] Elvish \Elv"ish\, a. 1. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See {Elfish}. [1913 Webster] He seemeth elvish by his countenance. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Mysterious; also, foolish. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Elf \Elf\, v. t. To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do. [1913 Webster] Elf all my hair in knots. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Elf \Elf\ ([e^]lf), n.; pl. {Elves} ([e^]lvz). [AS. [ae]lf, ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. [=a]lfr elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. [.r]bhu skillful, artful, rabh to grasp. Cf. {Auf}, {Oaf}.] 1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks. [1913 Webster] Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird from brier. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf. [1913 Webster] {Elf arrow}, a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric make in the fields and formerly attributed them to fairies; -- called also {elf bolt}, {elf dart}, and {elf shot}. {Elf child}, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen. See {Changeling}. {Elf fire}, the ignis fatuus. --Brewer. {Elf owl} (Zo["o]l.), a small owl ({Micrathene Whitneyi}) of Southern California and Arizona. [1913 Webster]
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Gnome \Gnome\, n. [F. gnome, prob. fr. Gr. gnw`mon one that knows, a guardian, i. e., of the treasures in the inner parts of the earth, or fr. ? intelligence, both fr. gnw^nai, gignw^skein, to know. See {Know}.] 1. An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) A small owl ({Glaucidium gnoma}) of the Western United States. [1913 Webster] 4. [Gr. ?.] A brief reflection or maxim. --Peacham.
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GNOME, n. In North-European mythology, a dwarfish imp inhabiting the interior parts of the earth and having special custody of mineral treasures. Bjorsen, who died in 1765, says gnomes were common enough in the southern parts of Sweden in his boyhood, and he frequently saw them scampering on the hills in the evening twilight. Ludwig Binkerhoof saw three as recently as 1792, in the Black Forest, and Sneddeker avers that in 1803 they drove a party of miners out of a Silesian mine. Basing our computations upon data supplied by these statements, we find that the gnomes were probably extinct as early as 1764.


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Spectrum licensing and spectrum commons - where to draw the line by Martin CAVE.
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June 25/26, 2011; SOS6 (Sunrise or Sunset) Swimsuit Photography/Modeling Workshop Photo Shoot Weekend; Surfside, TX. This is a Swimsuit Beach shoot with Swimsuit Models shoot. Models must be over 17 or older at the Beach. This is our 6th annual Swimsuit SOS Event.
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The people who stay at the beach house for the weekend will also get a private shoots with the Models staying at the beach house at night. The other people will not get to attend the after hour Photo Shoot. We feed you all weekend and supply you with all the Models and shooting you can handle. I promise by Monday you will be dead tired, but have the time of your life.
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A quick and easy, healthy sweet potato dish with a little Indian flare. Perfect to add a little spice to the dinner table!
It's truly amazing the things that you find when you move. For instance, the life time supply of Kraft Dinner that I found in the back of our cupboard. Seriously, there is SO many boxes of it guys, and it's not something we ever eat. The Hubster says he bought it from Costco awhile back. Leave it to Costco to sell Mount Kilimanjaro sized boxes of products. I do love Costco though…all those delicious little samples from the nice ladies in white and red aprons! I remember I used to always try to change my appearance so I could go back to the good sample tables twice, and try to pull a fast one on those ladies. Life lesson: Never go to Costco when you are hungry, unless you want to have to sell your first born child to pay for your grocery bill. Side note: Don't actually try that, they don't accept children as payment- just visa and cheques.
Anyway, shall we move on to the actual recipe?
You know what is so great about this recipe? Well, many things. It is super healthy, super tasty, super quick, and can be done in one dish. Can I hear it for easy clean-up! That is huge to me now that oh-so-adorable farm house does not come with a dishwasher. You guys know how I feel about easy prep meals, so this one is right up my ally.
Anyone who knows me knows that I <3 sweet potatoes. Like, a lot. Sweet potato noodles, scalloped sweet potatoes, sweet potato salad. I want sweet potatoes ALL the ways. Before I met kabocha squash, I had that same, obsessive relationship with sweet potatoes. I had them EVERY day for lunch and sometimes dinner too. If I was doctor Seuss, I would say that I could eat them on a plane or a train, I could eat them in a moat with a goat…you get the picture. They are just such a healthy complex carb, that doesn't need a whole lot of additions to make them taste amazing. I literally just eat them mashed with sea salt usually. Plain Jane. Delicious.
As good as plain Jane sea salt is, sometimes you just need that little extra kick to make something ordinary extraordinary. This recipe does just that, without adding much extra cook and prep time either. If you need an idea of what to serve these with, I love them as as side to peanut butter lime tilapia. Happy eating!
Curried mashed sweet potatoes
- 1 grams Large sweet potato around 400
- 3/4 cup Unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 2 tsp Curry powder
- 1/2 tsp Garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/2 cup Loosely packed cilantro chopped
- Peel the sweet potato, and cook on HIGH in microwave until soft (about 6-8 minutes)
- Combine all ingredients in a small food processor and process until well mixed.
- Serve and eat!


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Results from Tijuana
By Felipe Leon
Photos: Renzo Novara
In what looked more like a street fight than a boxing match, Tijuana flyweight Brenda Flores (5-1, 1KO) fought Diana "Mamba Negra" Gonzalez's (5-6, 1KO) fight but still took the unanimous win last night at the Las Pulgas night club in an overall stellar fight night presented by Promociones Mayen in downtown Tijuana. A modest but enthusiastic crowd witnessed Flores fall into the shorter Gonzalez's mauling style but still score the sharper punches, most of them in combinations.
At the opening bell both women looked like amateurs, closing their eyes and throwing punches at the wind with neither of them landing anything of note. Still at a frantic pace, Flores settled down a bit by the second and began to land combinations let by a three straight punches flush to the face of Gonzalez of Tijuana by way of Toluca, Mexico.
Gonzalez, who is coming off three straight losses in the last three years but whose claim to fame is going ten rounds with former champion Mariana Juarez, attacked the body but Flores was able to weather the attack and keep landing punches although fighting on the inside. Gonzalez at times was content in just putting her head down and winging punches which Flores was able to block the majority of.
At the end it was no secret who the winner was and it was only confirmed when all three judges, Carlos Flores, Diana De La Mora and Jocelyn Ortiz, scored it exactly the same with a 40-36 from each.
Filipino Rolly Lunas Outpoints Reluctant Meraz
WBC #6 bantamweight Rolly Lunas (32-8-1, 19KOs) started off rusty but then took off against mover German "Panteonero" Meraz (44-27-1, 23KOs) of Agua Prieta, Mexico, in an international eight round super bantamweight eight rounder presented in association with San Diego based promoter Bobby D Presents. Lunas, in his first performance in North America, took a unanimous decision with scores of 78-74 twice and 77-75 over the proven veteran.
The slightly shorter Lunas, the current OPBF bantamweight champ, landed in the United States earlier this year and immediately hooked up with trainer Vince Parra. In only his second fight out of Asia, Lunas out of Tabaco City, Philippines, faced off against a proven journey man who has been a tough out for including Tomoki Kameda, Gerry Penalosa and Raul Hirales among others.
Meraz began the fight with circling the ring well, forcing the Lunas to be the stalker. Lunas had no problem in chasing Meraz around the ring looking and landing his devastating right hook to the body. The almost year out of the ring was noticeable early on in Lunas as his timing was still not there yet which led to Meraz making him miss plenty.
The determined Lunas was not deterred and kept looking for openings, especially to the body, as he hoped to slow down the still moving Meraz.
By the sixth Meraz finally began to get winded and stood in front of Lunas a bit more than before but the crafty veteran resorted to clinch as a way to stop the now swift combinations from Lunas. Lunas never gave up going to the body and along with the right hook began to land hard left uppercut to the ribs that looked to slow down Meraz a bit more.
By the seventh Lunas was able to land a straight right which snapped Meraz head back. Knowing that he was behind on the cards, Meraz came a bit more aggressive in the last round which played into the world ranked fighter's fists. Lunas was able to land power shots to the body and head a bit more before Meraz clinched and was able to take the round.
"I felt a bit rusty but good to get back in the ring, I am glad we went the eight rounds, I needed the work," Lunas said immediately after the fight. "I came to the states to fight the best and now that I am here, in my first fight, I am ready."
Other Results:
Undefeated Tijuana super featherweight Erick Martinez (7-0-1, 5KOs) stopped Joan "Amarillo" Sandoval (1-2-1, 1KO) with a devastating straight right in the third of a scheduled four. Official time was :39.
A body shot at the 2:09 mark of the third round of a scheduled super featherweight four gave Jose Galvez (5-0-1, 5KOs) the win over matched Antonio Villa (1-9, 1KO).
Popular super bantamweight Heriberto "Tremendo" Delgado (8-0, 4KOs) forced Artemio Garcia (1-4-1) to stay on his stool after the third round. Delgado was too much for Garcia who refused to come out for the fourth and final round. Official time was :10.


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Concerned about terrorist attacks at the Winter Olympics, the Transportation Security Administration has temporarily banned carry-on liquids, gels, aerosols and powders for travelers flying from the United States to Russia.
The Department of Homeland Security issued warnings Thursday to U.S. airlines that terrorists may try to conceal explosives in toothpaste tubes and cosmetic containers to disrupt this month's games in Sochi, Russia.
A DHS official said that the agency does not know of a specific threat at this time, but House Homeland Security Chairman Mike McCaul said during a CNN interview on Wednesday: "The terror threat has been around for several days. I find it to be very specific and credible."
He had been briefed that day by multiple intelligence agencies, according to his office.
McCaul added that Homeland Security is "taking a lot of precautions in terms of tightening up screening at the airports" to ensure that explosives will not be smuggled onto airplanes or into the Olympic village.
The DHS official declined to provide further details about the ban or the warnings, but said the department uses measures "seen and unseen" to protect Americans from ever-evolving threats, including intelligence gathering, random canine searches, temporary restrictions, and using federal air marshals and new technologies.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, who is responsible for the host nation's Olympic preparations, told reporters that law-enforcement services in his country were on top of the security situation.
"All the information we have at this moment on threats and risks allows us to say that security at the Olympics will be provided," he said, according to a report from the state-owned RIA Novosti.
As part of the new DHS security policy, passengers heading to Russia will have to check in personally with airline representatives at airports, as opposed to checking in online, through their mobile devices or at kiosks, according to an announcement from Delta Air Lines.
Airport screeners will still allow passengers to carry prescription medications on their flights, the announcement said.


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- 1 and 2 Timothy ( Real Audio, Windows Media), by R.C. Sproul
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- Faithful Women in Christian Ministry: A Reading of 1 Timothy 2:12 (PDF), by Robert W. Wall (non-complementarian view)
- What Does It Mean Not to Teach or Have Authority Over Men: 1 Timothy 2:11-15, by Douglas Moo
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We sent in two on the 1st in separate envelopes. My wife's check cleared on the 14th and mine on the 17th. She used a training certificate from one of my classes and I had to use hunters safety from 30 years ago because my NRA certification is not valid as it does not have all the BS info on the cert. Still waiting on both permits. I am beginning to think there is one person wildly ripping open envelopes and tossing the check in a basket for deposit. Then they toss the paperwork into a paid bucket that folks grab a handful of as their pile on their desk runs low.
I guess the only saving grace is that I am still waiting for my new Black Ops Pro holsters from Rocky. It is probably better that I don't get the permit until the holsters get here. Otherwise I may be forced to grab one of my wife's extra purses, toss the gun in and call it a European Carry All.
No joy at the mailbox today. But I did get some junkmail.lol
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I got my conceal carry purse today, at least I got something! I ordered the Crossbreed mini tuck holster and waiting on that too.
But no permit yet.
Well maverick, you kinda nailed that one on the head.. i got back from.the gas station maybe 30mins ago. Considering it was a semi nice night decided to walk the three blocks. Saw a group of people on my way there... i crossed the street went about my business. On the return trip 3 squad cars and an ambulance.... dont know what happened so ill wait for the news all i know that group wasnt so big th second time i saw em....
i just hope it gets here friday....
Hello Wisconsinites, I live in VA and have been keeping up with your State guns laws for a long time, my wife grew in Racine. So glad to see you now have a shall issue permit system. When we visit again, I can use my PA non-resident permit to be legal there because my VA permit doesn't have resiprocity yet with WI. RTKBA even applies to WI now!
I believe the DOJ has just had a huge "open up the envelopes and cash the checks/money orders" party. I've seen a couple reports of people mailing on the 7th and having their checks cashed so I checked on my money order. It was mailed on the 8th and was cashed on the 21st.
They reported having over 30,000 apps on or around the 8th. So they've cashed 30,000 plus checks and are on about 12,000 issued permits right now...I'm still expecting to wait another 3-4 weeks for my permit to arrive. And am expecting to see a whole lot of angry posts saying "they cashed my check weeks ago and I still don't have my permit!"
I sent mine in on Nov 1st. used my DD214, got my permit on 11/10 number 4088. Sure feels good having it on my hip.
Sent from Sparta on 11/1/11
Training: Retired Federal Law enforcement Creds and DD214
Check cashed: 11/15/11
Nothing Received yet
Sent my application on Nov. 1st ,with delivery confirmation, & all the required info - Copies of training certificates , copies of valid out of state permits, etc., check cleared my bank on the 15th.......still waiting.....I'm guessing they are just grabbing & sending randomly.....some got their permits in less than 10 days......oh well -been carrying for years anyway , but it would be good to be legal !
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Just came across this forum as I'm a new member. I'm in the same boat as quite a few here, still playing the waiting game!
11/3 --- Application, Check, & Training Requirements Sent Out.
11/15 --- Check Cleared Bank.
11/24 --- No Permit, No Mail, Plenty Of Turkey.
11/25 --- ????? If Not Received, Another Turkey Will Be Sacrificed.
Will wait IMPATIENTLY, but until then I'll just Open-Carry where I know I can. I just don't like some of the stares I get when I do.
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It's my understanding that Wisconsin is not a must inform state but the pamphlet that came with my permit states to inform the officer that I have a permit and that Im carrying it seems like they are asking something that is not required.


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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, something that I take to heart!
I live near Seattle, Washington, in the USA, and in many ways, Washington State is a gardener's paradise!
Consequently, there are some incredible examples of good garden design in my area!
There is no end to the ingenuity of residential gardeners who have grasped the basics of garden design. I love to wander and see what local homeowners have done with their gardens.
I've started keeping a camera in my car as I go about my daily business. You can see me stopped by the side of the road snapping garden pictures if you live in the Seattle area on a fairly regular basis!
Will Your Garden Be Next?
Garden pictures can be great sources of landscape design ideas. Especially when they are done by residential home owners! If someone else did them at home, you probably can too!
I'll be highlighting great garden ideas, unusual garden treatments, and strong solutions to problematic design dilemmas often faced by homeowners.
I hope these garden pictures will become a great source of ideas for your own gardens!
Here is a solid, newly planted garden design! A great example of Visual Texture in action.
Color abounds in this garden, present in foliage and in flowers. But it doesn't stop there!
This homeowner understood the use of textural elements in the garden. Ferns, Astilbe, Mexican Feather Grass and Coral Bells all add a visual interest unusual in most residential designs.
Visual texture is achieved by varying the heights of plantings and the use of hanging baskets and a container near the porch. Adding to the visual experience is a beautiful flagstone walkway.
I love the way that this homeowner has used these elements to create a sharp, interesting composition.
As this garden matures, it will remain wholly textural and beautifully composed, as the permanent elements of the garden and the maturing plantings will meld together to create a tapestry of quiet beauty.
Ever wonder what to do with that long, extremely narrow strip between your driveway and the neighbors? Garden spaces such as this can be problematic to design.
This is a situation where less is much, much more for the average homeowner. Check out this homeowners solution for managing a difficult space!
Limiting the design palette to a very few, extra special plants such as these Japanese maple varieties gives this small garden plot a unity and appeal that is unusual in these small spaces. The delicate leaves and varied height of the maples adds a visual texture and variety to the space, and the contrasting colors of the foliage creates a strong counterpoint that draws your eye.
The best part? This homeowner lives just a few doors down from me! I get to see this almost every day and enjoy their creativity!


text: In all the discussions I've read about the BB treatment, I've not read where anyone discussed the number of passes their stylist made with the flat iron. So I thought I'd mention it. For what I wanted from the BB, I think limiting the number of passes with the flat iron was key.


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5 die in small plane crash in Missouri
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Two adults and three children died in a small plane crash near Willard shortly after midnight on Saturday, an official said.
John Lambert, 44, of Springfield, and Robin Melton, 46, of Ozark, died when the 2002 Cirrus SR22 crashed in a field near the intersection of Farm Road 81 and Missouri 123, said Highway Patrol spokesman Jason Pace. Also killed were Lambert's three children â??Joshua, 10; McKinley, 15; and Grayson, 16.
Pace said the crash was reported at 12:25 a.m. on Saturday, and the plane was believed to be heading toward Springfield-Branson National Airport, which is located about five miles southeast of the crash site. A picture posted on Grayson's Twitter account Friday night showed the family at a Royals baseball game in Kansas City.
John Lambert was believed to have been the pilot, Pace said.
David and Krista Guy of Walnut Grove were at home when they heard what sounded like the plane's engine cutting in and out before the crash."The house shook," Krista Guy said. "It was just unbelievable."
David Guy and his nephew went to the scene immediately afterward."The field was all lit up," said David Guy. "Little fires all around."
Cindy Farmer also heard the plane before it crashed.
"It was getting closer and closer," she said. "I thought, it's going to crash. Then I heard this sonic boom and saw this ball of fire. It was huge."
Farmer said she and her husband went to the crash site, which is on land where they raise cattle."It was burning pretty good," she said. "I saw wings still. We went around trying to see if anyone was still alive. It was burning so fast."
As of Saturday afternoon, Highway Patrol had turned the accident investigation over to the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.
A NTSB representative did not respond to a call for comment. Tom Van De Berg, deputy Greene County medical examiner, said autopsies have been scheduled for Monday.
John Lambert was the owner of Missouri Insulation & Supply Inc. and a 1990 graduate of Drury University, where he was on the swim team. Cathi Sheetz, an officer in Missouri Insulation, said Lambert had been involved in the business since 1994.
"He built it into what it is," Sheetz said. "We've seen some good times."
In June, Lambert was named the chair of the Board of Directors of the OTC Foundation, the fund-raising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College. He chaired a lunch meeting Friday, where he spoke about David Dean Lewis, who lived frugally during 40 years of employment at Sears and donated $1 million to each of three area colleges near the end of his life.
"He kind of challenged the other board members to give the same care and commitment as Mr. Lewis," said OTC Chancellor Hal Higdon.
Higdon said Lambert was very passionate about his work and "crazy" about his three kids, but also very quiet.
"He was not a loud or boastful person," Higdon said.
Jeff Layman, a senior vice president in the Springfield office of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, said he and Lambert owned the plane under a business name. "There are very few times in life that you get the opportunity to meet someone like John Lambert," Layman said. "I feel lucky to have called him my friend."
Melton was the president and owner of Environmental Works Inc., an environmental consulting firm that she founded in 1992. She received a bachelor's from Missouri State University and an M.B.A. from Webster University, according to the company's website. She served on the board of several area nonprofits and was also the co-chair of Springfield's Strategic Planning Committee.
"My sister was a wonderful person; the loss to the community is a great one," said Erin Palicki, Melton's sister. "I also ache for John Lambert's family; they lost a son and three grandchildren. It's a tragedy for everyone involved."
All three of the children attended Springfield schools."This accident is a real tragedy," said David Cheek, who coached Grayson at Lake Country Soccer for six years. "The number of people affected is in the thousands. I doubt the children were even aware of the size of the sphere of positive influence."
The Flock, the name of the student section for Glendale High School, which McKinley and Grayson attended, posted a tweet asking for prayers for the Lambert family.
"They will always be with us and forever be loved," the message said.
Mike Griffin went to Glendale High School yesterday afternoon to watch his son, Aidan, play soccer for Parkview High School during a tournament. Griffin said Aidan was friends with Grayson."Grayson was a good, never-quit kind of guy," Griffin said.
Griffin said Grayson had always been respectful and a good kid.Kallie Todd, a freshman at Hillcrest High School in Springfield, got to know McKinley when Todd transferred to Pershing Middle School in January.
"She was always a really sweet girl," Todd said. "She talked to everyone and always listened."
McKinley was on the girls volleyball team at Pershing, and was on the junior varsity team at Glendale this season.
"At Pershing, everybody really thought of her as a good volleyball player," Todd said.
Todd learned the news when she woke up yesterday and saw friends sharing pictures of McKinley online."I got on my Instagram and saw a few girls from Glendale saying they were going to miss her," she said.
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Pollard worked previously with Franchione when both were at the University of Alabama. Pollard served as the director of strength and conditioning for the Crimson Tide, 2001-03, helping UA to 17-8 overall mark and an invitation to the 2001 Independence Bowl.
He had followed Franchione to Alabama from Texas Christian University, where the two worked from 1998-2000. In his capacity as strength and conditioning coach, Pollard helped the Horned Frogs to three straight bowl games, the 1998 Sun and the 1999 and 2000 Mobile Bowls.
A veteran of 20 years working in the strength and conditioning field, Pollard was the head strength coach and an instructor in the Department of Kinesiology at Sam Houston State from 1990-97. He began his collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant in the weight room at Texas Tech University, 1987-89, under the direction of current Dallas Cowboy strength coach Joe Juraszek.
Pollard is certified by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association as a Master Strength Coach, as well as being a Senior Level Coach in the U.S. Weightlifting Federation. He is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
In 2000, he was one of 14 nominees for the National Strength and Conditioning Professional of the Year. The nomination was a result of his work with a TCU football team ESPN The Magazine called "the strongest in the land."
Born in McKeesport, Pa., but raised in Lubbock, Texas, Pollard earned his bachelor's (1984) and master's (1989) degrees from Texas Tech.
He is married to the former Leslie Willis of Houston, and the couple has three children: sons Harrison and Everett, and daughter Melissa.