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on 5/15/2017 12:44:00 AM
Age: 56 & Over
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
The reason I gave 5 is Everyday Minerals is an excellent product. However, I will not purchase again because the number of color choices have been discontinued by 50%. I started purchasing their products in 2009 & loved the color's, perfect match for my skin tone. The current choices are so limited that I cannot find a suitable match. Very disappointed that the company has imposed limitations on long term customers, limitations are my worst pet peeve.
on 2/1/2017 5:56:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I have been using Em in shade 2N (fairly light neutral) for several years and it is the only shade that I've found to match my freckled, fair-olive weird skin tone. It doesn't contain bismuth, which is AWESOME, because so many mineral powders do and bismuth gives me an instantaneous itchy rash! This has great coverage for my sometimes flushed cheeks, and has never caused a breakout. After eight hours, I do need to blot my T-Zone and reapply. My only complaint is that the holes in the tub used to be bigger, but now they are so tiny that I have to bang the tub on the counter to get any powder to shake out into the lid- not cool when the husband is sleeping.
on 10/14/2016 12:30:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Red, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
I bought this in the color 2w . perfect yellow based but I like the way the semi matte makes my face look way better . I also felt that the matte didn't do any better then then semi matte and controlling oil. I still got Shiney after 6 hours and it would wipe off so easily . good product but I feel like I could really do better for that price . cheaper then bare minerals yes but not the best out there. ( I'm currently experimenting with meow Cosmetics, Lucy minerals, and ulta minerals )
on 3/13/2016 1:48:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
Of the three EDM base samples I tried in the free trial kit, this is the one I expected to like the least and actually ended up liking the most. However, I would not actually use it as a regular foundation, so did not mark that I would purchase it.
While the semi-matte formula moved/shifted on my skin on a balmy day and left me a bit shiny/sparkly, the matte formula stayed in place and even through a one hour cardio workout. Although that's the hottest/sweatiest I was able to put this to the test in March on a sample pouch, I was still impressed by its staying power.
The coverage is on the fuller side of medium, though it's not actually full and doesn't create a cakey, powdery or otherwise mask-like effect. It provides even coverage, blurring minor blemish remainder marks and neutralizing light redness. I still used liquid concealer for my dark circles. The shade 1W was a perfect match for my skin and the finely milled powder went on easily and blended nicely. It felt fairly light on, though not as weightless as the semi-matte.
The reason I would not commit to this on the regular is because it did feel somewhat drying on my combination/dry skin. I think that may generally be the case with many powders (and I'm used to using a liquid CC), even if the mineral formulations are purported to be the lightest. So I wouldn't say wearing it was completely "comfortable"; I was still aware that I had makeup on. I will give it credit though, in that in the short trial I used it, it caused no itching, irritation or skin problems. Also, you needed the least amount of powder of the three bases to get the "right" amount of coverage.
It's worth a try though - especially since you can try for free - if you're looking for medium, even coverage in an affordable mineral formula.
on 3/4/2016 9:04:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Acne-prone, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I had ordered samples years ago (they used to give you little jars now its in packets) and back then before I had been using RetinA my pores were too big to handle it, it looked awful if I did my entire face. Now I'm 44 and still have to be careful with anything powdery or my lines will be enhanced and even more pores though they are smaller. So now what I do is use it along my chin/jawline and forehead, that's it. The only reason I even do the jawline is I have redness and some old somewhat faded acne scars, basically it looks a little red and blotchy at jawline and chin especially. Doing the makeup that way now looks very good and natural. I never go where there are wrinkles ie the crowsfeet area! I skip the cheeks too. I will use under the eye if there are dark patches from allergies using the smallest brush. Anyway the sample of this one concealer I truly loved and want more of they no longer have. Go figure. So I ordered a couple more sample kits to see if I can find something I like.
on 1/5/2016 9:10:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Straight, Coarse
Eyes: Black
I'm very happy with this foundation (I use the Matte Base, Rosy Light 2C). They called it a base but it's actually a foundation. It goes on well with both the Real Technique buffing brush and the Beautyblender. The coverage is decent; if I need more coverage, I just wait a little while before applying a second layer. Staying power is quite decent, last even longer if I apply primer first.
A lot of people find mineral powder foundation difficult to handle, but I don't have that problem. In fact, I find that it demands that I be disciplined with my skincare routine, which after a while, I really appreciate because, to me, good makeup starts with good skincare.
I've done repeated orders of this foundation over 2015. Most likely, I won't change brands because it does everything I need a foundation to do. It's also organic and animal cruelty-free, which, to me, makes it tons better than most of the effective commercial foundations in the market.
on 12/30/2015 9:44:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I love this foundation! I use this foundation quite a bit. It is reasonably priced, gives light to medium coverage with a very natural look, but be careful applying it with a flat kabuki brush. Tap off the excess very well. It CAN look cakey if you apply too heavy, or try to layer it, but NEVER breaks me out. Lasts me about 6 months. I will repurchase.
on 10/1/2015 2:33:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Blond, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Blue
Everyday Minerals was my HG foundation for years.
Before I found mineral foundation I hated foundation, it was my enemy. It always felt uncomfortable on my skin and didn't help my acne. I needed foundation so much because of my bad skin, but I could never find one that worked. It felt like foundation was a cruel joke, it was only for people with already perfect skin.
I still like it, but don't love it anymore.
The formulations have changed so much over the years... I find the new ones just aren't as reliable as they used to be.
I used to find that the Intensive Base when applied lightly was the absolute best. It just wouldn't budge. That was my biggest HG of all time. Weightless, invisible, buildable, comfortable. It had everything I wanted. It was perfect.
Now, like all powders, the new formulations have migrated into my pores and lines at the end of the day.
A big issue I have with this company is how unreliable their products are. Reliability is the #1 thing you want from makeup! Too much reformulation, and discontinuing/introducing foundation shades going on in my taste.
My skin is aging and changing, and this could contribute to my falling out with this product. I think it's a combination of both.
Anyhow, I'm trying cream/liquid foundation for a while.
on 7/9/2015 4:08:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Very Oily, Fair, Cool
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
This powder matte foundation didn't work for me. Let's start with the package. The holes are so small in the plastic lid that no powder came out not matter how hard I shook it. I took the cover off and it made a mess on my vanity. I applied it with a brush and the coverage was very light. I couldn't build it. I am 46 and my skin is oily and I have some large pores. This powder foundation did nothing to blur my pores or for oil control. I don't need a lot of coverage form a foundation but this coverage was so minimal. I tried to use a primer, no primer with the product, it didn't make any difference for me. I am disappointed in this product. I didn't know about their sample kit. Definitely try it before you commit. I am going to try and use this as a setting powder. I will not repurchase or recommend.
on 7/6/2015 6:02:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Olive, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
Let me start by saying that I have used this product for at least the last 6 years. The reason for my long history is the fact that they have a wonderful olive shade that matches me perfect. Sadly since having aging skin (fine lines under my eyes and the my pores more pronounced) I have had to not be a return buyer. Sniff. This stuff is a great mineral power with lots of coverage and LOVE that it's also matte but the powder is simply not fine enough for more (clears throat) mature skin. It tends to show EVERY bump and line on your face making me look haggard. I do recommend for younger faces and they offer a great free (you pay for shipping) free try out package. I think it's also a great buy for the price. I did give one star for packaging since I find the loose powder container frustrating. Small holes that either release no powder or tons of it if you forget to slide the cover over it. I used an empty mineral powder container from a different brand. So turning a page , I now buy a more pricey but great powder by Jane ordeal called PurePressed Base in Golden Glow.
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Voith to introduce new composites for rail
German innovator offers lightweight while the U.K. "is at materials crossroad" for High Speed Rail 2 set to start construction in 2017.
Front end for the new ICx intercity trains of Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) featuring composites. SOURCE: Voith.
"Future rolling stock and infrastructure in the UK is at a materials crossroad," noted Justin Cunningham, editor of Engineering Materials magazine, in a recent blog "Is rail industry set to lightweight with composites?" He related that the national trade association, Composites UK (Herts), held an event to introduce composites to the rail industry for consideration on future projects such as High Speed 2, the high speed rail project to begin construction in 2017, initially extending from London to Birmingham (Phase 1) and then branching to both Manchester and Leeds (Phase 2).
Cunningham relates, "There is genuine interest from the [UK] rail sector to lightweight, increase efficiency and better exploit materials technology. It knows it is behind the technology curve compared to other industries and wants to see improvement on the new projects now coming through. Indeed, Chinese trains and rail infrastructure have seen composites applied to great benefit." But he is unsure when and how the UK rail industry will move forward with composites.
Voith Turbo has no such hesitation. A division of the global engineering company Voith GmbH (Heidenheim/Brenz, Germany), it has announced it will introduce a lateral energy absorber made of glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP) and aluminum at this year's InnoTrans, International Trade Fair for Transport Technology (Sep. 23-26, Berlin, Germany). Offering a potential 60 percent weight reduction vs. standard steel absorbers, this new GFRP energy absorber was developed as part of the crash energy handling design of Voith Turbo's new Galea vehicle head and front end systems.
New GFRP energy absorber offers 60 percent weight reduction vs. standard steel absorbers. SOURCE: Voith.
Train front ends must bear extreme loads when impacts occur. Voith's new GFRP energy absorber comprises a fiber composite crash tube with an aluminum bearing and an anti-climber plate to provide excellent corrosion resistance and longevity. The system also complies with fire protection requirements according to the standard EN 45545-2:2013, class R7/HL3. With a total weight on only 70 to 95 kg (154 to 209 lb), it offers a constant energy absorption behavior at an outstanding energy to weight ratio, saving up to 600 kg (1,323 lb) per vehicle when equipped with four absorbers.
Other benefits include reduced size and mounting space required. In the case of a crash, the fiber composite crash tube defibrates (i.e. separates into its fibrous components), and thus can be easily deflected below the vehicle underframe. This allows mounting space behind the absorber to be reduced to 30 cm (≈ 1 ft). The absorber can also be adapted to the customer's requirements, for force levels between 600 and 1600 kN at a maximum consumption length of 1000 mm (3.3 ft).
Galea integrated crash structure for rail vehicles offers maximum energy absorption at minimum weight. SOURCE: Voith.
Meanwhile, Voith's Galea vehicle head, designed for intercity railway transportation, is comprised mostly of GFRP, making it a lightweight solution compared with steel front ends. It not only significantly reduces the vehicle's fuel consumption, but also minimizes the axle load and thus the wear of train and tracks. Alternatively, the load capacity of the train can be increased. Galea's modular and flexible concept makes it a standard platform for all types of exterior designs, minimizing mounting and replacement times and, accordingly, the train's downtimes.
Voith will also showcase the front nose of the new ICx high speed trains of Deutsche Bahn (German Railways). From 2016 on, these will gradually replace first the current Intercity/Eurocity trains and later the ICE1 and ICE2 vehicles. New developments in aerodynamics and optimization of interior space have realized savings in weight and energy consumption.
Voith explains that composites offer not only weight savings, but also the forming of complex geometries and free-form surfaces which help with innovative aerodynamic surfaces as well as specific geometries in an easy and cost-saving way.
The compact CFRP adapter coupler can be carried and fitted by one person alone. SOURCE: Voith.
Finally, carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) will be featured in Voith adapter couplers, used whenever a train needs to be towed. Legal requirements demand that every train has one on board. Versus steel, the CFRP adapter coupler cuts weight by nearly 50 percent, weighing only 23 kg (51 lb), and enabling it to be carried and mounted by only one person. This saves significant time and improves safety since adapter couplers are mostly used in emergency situations and must be fitted by train personnel on short notice. Furthermore, CFRP requires considerably less material thickness vs. steel to achieve the same strength characteristics, a definite benefit in the usually restricted mounting space between the vehicle front and the structure to which it is being attached.

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i have a 1981 pontiac trans am that origionally came with the 301 turbo i swapped in a small block 350 i built myself, the engine block was from an 84 corvette, stock crank, rods, pistons. i put on a set of edelbrock performer heads with 10.5-1 compression, a comp cam 280H cam with .480 .480 int ext lift. hydraulic lifters. .100 long push rods, comp cams 3.5 roller rockers, edlebrock performer intake, with dual four barrel 650cfm performer carbs. i have a full up mallory ignition system to include a hyfire6A ignition box, an Ecoil, and a mallory magnetic breakerless distributor, 8.5 mm mallory spark plug wire into accell short header spark plugs , and a set of hooker full length race headers 3.5 out let.
ok lol now onto the issues at hand when i start the car cold it fires right up if i let it sit and run or go drive it around after i shut it down it will not fire back up until the water temp is almost completly cold, if i loosen the distributor and quickly advance the timing while the engine is being cranked over it will fire up, which brings me to issue #2 timing, i know for a fact that my timing gears are properly lined up and my valve train was adjusted properly but i cannon seem to get this engine to run right for the life of me it sounds like it has very subtle misses through the exhaust when at idle and when in gear it has no bottom end really at all, but once moving takes off like a bat out of hell but starts popping and not running smooth under load,
so hopefully someone out there can help me iv been working on this car for a very long time and im bout ready to call it quits thanks
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So far this is three threads, so sorry to the people whom have helped me. I don't like jumping back with questions at people, but i've hit a new problem with alignment.
Im just not getting the principle of alignment yet, so my questions might be repetitive.
I have four images, and I am unsure how to code this so that they appear in such a way.
Do I wrap all four images in a single div tag, then create a seperate div tag for each image? If that's right, how do I position them so that they fit properly?
I suppose my main question is, are websites entirely structured with div tags? And can someone help me understand the concept of the Float tag? I think I know how to use it but it's relationship to other elements is still eluding me.
Im going to attempt to do this with relative/absolute positioning because I am unsure of any other way of doing this. Any advice would be great. Thanks
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As a resident in our program you will experience a balanced approach to your clinical education. Each year, residents spend time on two to three of the inpatient teams (Head and Neck, Subspecialty, and Consult services). The Head and Neck service is dedicated to the in-patient care of patients requiring head and neck oncologic surgery, endocrine surgery, and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. The Subspecialty service emphasizes in-patient care of rhinology, laryngology, cosmetic facial plastic surgery, sleep surgery, endocrine, and skull base surgery. Lastly, the Consult service manages consultations from both the emergency department and other inpatient teams within TJUH. The remainder of the rotations for each year are primarily structured by subspecialty (with the exception of the 20 week research block during PGY4) and are designed in such a way that time is split evenly between the clinic and operating rooms. During these "off-service" rotations, residents do not have any inpatient responsibilities outside of the operating room. Time is also reserved each week during the subspecialty rotations for research and studying.
As of 2005, the intern year has been incorporated into the Otolaryngology training program. Interns will spend three consecutive months on the Head and Neck Service at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. They will also rotate one month each on Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine and Neurosurgery. The remaining six months will be spent in a traditional general surgery internship that is coordinated with the Department of General Surgery.
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There is no in-house or home call while on the ENT service. However, the intern will assist in the hospital on Saturday mornings only. Call responsibilities while on other services are handled at the discretion of those services.
The Head and Neck rotation PGY2 is separated into two distinct blocks- one during which the resident works exclusively with two different Head & Neck attendings in the clinic and OR. These rotations introduce residents to the breadth of head & neck oncologic surgery early in training and provide excellent continuity of care. Ten additional weeks are spent on-service with the Consult Team. While on this rotation, PGY2's enjoy a diverse case mix in the OR, work up new consultations, formulate treatment plans with the assistance of senior residents, and become adept at handling common ORL problems such as epistaxis and peritonsillar abscesses. During the Facial Plastics block, the resident spends two days per week in the office engaged in facial analysis, injections, and minor procedures. Two days are also spent in the OR participating in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. A third component of the rotation involves a microvascular lab. The final rotation is at A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children. During this time, the resident begins his or her experience in pediatric OTO-HNS. Time is split between the office and the operating room and all aspects of the care of pediatric OTO-HNS patients are covered. While at A.I. DuPont, service responsibilities are shared with a PGY-4 resident and a pediatric OTO-HNS Fellow.
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Five in-house calls per month. Two of these calls are a Friday and Sunday of one weekend. The remaining three weekends are free of clinical responsibility. Residents do not round on the weekends unless they are on call.
The PGY-3 on-service rotations include 10 more weeks with the Consult team, as well as 10 weeks with the Subspecialty service. The Consult rotation again offers a diverse, high volume operative experience. Outside of the OR, there is a level-appropriate escalation of responsibility, as the PGY3 essentially runs the Consult team and presents plans directly to attendings during one-on-one rounds. During the Subspecialty block, the residents are immersed in the peri- and post-op care of patients undergoing Endocrine, Laryngologic and Sinus and Skullbase surgery. The remaining 30 weeks of the year are spent off-service. During the Neurotology rotation, one to two days are spent in the office and two to three days are spent in the operating room, where there is a focus on tympanoplasty and mastoidectomy. During this time, the residents are also exposed to audiology. The Laryngology rotation affords the resident an opportunity to see a variety of patients suffering from voice, swallowing, and sleep disorders, and to participate in office-based procedures such as transnasal esophagoscopy, video stoboscopy, and transcervical vocal fold injections. Cases in the operating room range from micro direct laryngoscopy with vocal fold injections to the laser treatment of subglottic stenosis and formal laryngotracheal reconstructions. Lastly, the Rhinology block provides a vast operative experience with both functional endoscopic sinus surgery and complex cranial base surgery. While in clinic, the Rhinology resident is also introduced to allergy testing and immunotherapy.
Call Schedule
Two in-house calls per month. One of these calls is a Saturday. The remaining weekends are free from clinical responsibility. Residents do not round on the weekends unless they are on call. The PGY-3's are also responsible for the office home call, answering questions and directing patients that call the outpatient office after hours.
PGY4 residents rotate through the Consult service one more time and return to the Head & Neck team as well. During both of these rotations, residents are starting to take a lead role in many of the operative procedures, including thyroidectomy, parathyroidectomy, rhinoplasty, facial fracture repair, and neck dissection. The PGY4 on the Consult team provides oversight and takes on a teaching role. While on Head & Neck, the PGY4 runs the weekly Tumor Board conference. Residents also return to A.I. DuPont Hospital in the 4th year for ten additional weeks dedicated to pediatric otolaryngology with a heavy emphasis on otology and airway reconstruction. Finally, a 20-week block is reserved for research. Aside from one operative day per week, research time is completely protected from inpatient obligations.
Call Schedule
Four to five home-calls per month backing up to the junior in-house resident. Two of these home call days are absorbed by a Saturday/Sunday shift. The remaining three weekends are free from clinical responsibility.
During the final year, three months each are spent as chief of the Head & Neck and Subspecialty services at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. During the resident's time as the Head & Neck chief, he or she spends two days in the office. All aspects of patient care are coordinated by the resident under the guidance of the attending, from arranging for pre-operative imaging and testing, to scheduling surgery, to arranging for ancillary services when appropriate. Two days are spent in the operating room. Here the resident takes a lead role in the operative cases, ranging from neck dissections to parotidectomies to thyroidectomies to free flap reconstructions. This is a longitudinal experience wherein the resident sees the patient from the initial office visit to the operating room and finally during post-operative management. In addition to the outpatient and operative experiences, the Head and Neck chief resident is responsible for all aspects of in-patient care of the Head and Neck Service patients, as well as managing the team of residents and mid-level practitioners (Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants) who are providing that care. While chief of the Subspecialty team, the resident spends 3-4 days per week in the operating room further gaining mastery of the surgical procedures in OTO-HNS. The final subspecialty rotation is the chief level neurotology experience. Here, the resident splits time between the operating room and the office, often operating on the more complicated neurotologic patients. Finally, a three-month period as Academic Chief Resident is dedicated to departmental administrative duties and medical student education. During this rotation, the resident will operate approximately 2 days per week.
Call Schedule
Four home-calls per month. As a senior resident you provide back up to the junior in-house resident. There are no weekend calls for the chief except for one Friday night per month.
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On September 28, 2016 the total number of shares of the Company issued is 239.707.359 and the number of voting rights is 234.245.637. The number of voting rights does not include the treasury shares held by the Company.
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Hi I Just Bought The New Yukon From Alpine Archery And Was Wondering If Any One Else Here Has Or Had Shot Alpine Before And There Thoughts. I Would Of Asked This Question Before I Bought It(seems Like Theres A Lot Of People That Know Alot About Bows Here) But I Just Found This Place Today. Thank You For Any Comments Good Or Bad. Oh One More Question Dose Any One Know Why They Dont Post The Speeds Of There Bows?
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That is easy, get the 19. Much better choice in my opinion. 9mm ammo is much cheaper, and if you ever plan to carry the weapon, the 19 is easy to conceal, the 20 is not.
at the moment do i buy my friends G19 for $375 or do i use that money and get a G20. I know im gonna get his glock because he isnt in a hurry to sell it and he said he would sell it to me first over anyone else, the kid is like my brother so i trust him.
That is easy, get the 19. Much better choice in my opinion. 9mm ammo is much cheaper, and if you ever plan to carry the weapon, the 19 is easy to conceal, the 20 is not.
Buy the G20, and give me your friend's phone number. I'll take the G19 for $375.
Don't worry im gonna get both first the G20 then my buddy gonna transfer the G19 and pay him later, thanks best friend
I never had a G20, but the 19 is a sweetie. You are going to like them both I bet. They grow on you. There are still about 3 models I want to add to the collection. I'm a Glockaholic and love it.
That G20 is going to be expensive to feed if you practice a lot. You say you're getting both, so what was the original question? Which to get first?
get the G19
Get the 20, and go blow stuff up
Having owned both, they are both great guns. The smart side will tell you to grab the 19 as it conceals easily, is a great carry gun and is cheap to shoot. The devil is telling you that 15 rounds of full blown 10mm will make a man out of you, and you just can't pass up that sort of firepower.
I only own the G20, now. Might grab another G19, but in the meantime the 20 is doing me just fine. 10mm is WICKED fun!
well since i already have a G19 I went with the G20 and next month ill buy that other G19 I cant pass it up if you know what i mean
Both are great guns. I have both and could not be happier.
i had an interesting conversation with the guy at the local gun store (hes ret. leo) and i was askin him about the 10mm, ha said that even with hollow points its very easy to over penetrate, he said i was pushin it with my G32 .357 sig. i think that if in a self defense situation if you can control yourself and put those rounds in the chest of the bad guy, i think the 9mm will be suffice plus if you cant stop them in 13 rounds you should probably be running
I don't understand if your going to get both why bother asking? Especially if you already
own the g19. Should be a no brainer or did I miss something?
Triple thread necro for the win!
Seriously though, this one needs to be locked...OP was in Nov 2008, and dredged up in May 2009 and Aug 2009 previously.


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Beryl Ayn Young, creator of the Momtographie Online photography class, believes that there is magic hidden inside your camera, and she's here to help you discover it. She is a professional photographer by chance and a teacher to the core. Pop over to her site beryl ayn young and you'll bond over love of your little ones, Chipotle's guacamole, TOMs shoes, and of course photography. Today she is sharing her 5 tips to ensure your DIY holiday photos are perfect.
In a flurry activity I tear around the house packing a diaper bag filled with toys, snacks, and goodies, trying on outfit after outfit because I can never make up my mind on what to wear anymore, and wrestling a fickle toddler (and husband) out the door.
It's my inlaws year for official Thanksgiving dinner, so today we're on our way out the door to my parents house for "Pre-Thanksgiving".
We've finally made it to the car and that's the moment I realize our outfits happen to coordinate, the weather is pure perfection, and it's likely the last week of autumn color before the brisk winter wind blows the leaves away and puts a chill in the air for what will surely feel like an eternity .
"Let's stop at the park on the way over and take our family photos, it's a gorgeous day!" I sing to my husband.
Eye rolls.
I take that as a reluctant yes and run back inside to grab my half charged camera, tripod, and remote.
By the time I get back to the car, the toddler is screaming her head off for a drink and my husband is clearly agitated.
But I press on, because I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER AND I'M DETERMINED TO HAVE PRETTY PICTURES FOR OUR CARDS THIS YEAR!
Of course, the pushing and forcing only makes my attempt for natural, happy, loving photos that much more difficult to capture.
Because we didn't go into our holiday memory making with a plan.
Planning is key when it comes to photographing winning, natural smiles for this year's holiday card.
Today I've got 5 practical and simple tips help ensure your DIY holiday photos aren't a mess of eyes rolls, whines, and cheesy 'let's get this over with' grins.
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- Have a plan – Planning is key to a positive photo experience. Are Mom and Dad going to be in the photo? Do you need to set a timer and get a tripod ready in order to make that happen? Will you be calling on a friend to push the shutter for you? Or maybe you just want to focus on your kiddos this year while you rock your camera skills. Make sure you have a location, time of day, and creative "smile-maker" plan in mind BEFORE you start shooting.
- Happy kids, Happy camera – Think through the time of day your kids are going to be the most cooperative and the happiest. Happy kids = Smiling kids = Beautiful photos. Bribes can work wonders too. Plan a trip to their favorite ice cream shop when the photo taking is over. Or let them stay up past their bedtime that night to watch their favorite movie with you. Remind them of that special activity while you are taking the pictures.
- Creativity is key – Use this time to work your creative magic! Set up a tea party in your backyard and capture photos of your little girl serving hot cocoa and candy canes to her stuffed animal friends. Light a fire outside in the fire-pit and take a photo of everyone snuggled together under a blanket. Do you lack creative inspiration? Check out the Tiny Prints site and explore a world of inspirational cards and photo ideas for styling an activity. Get those creative juices flowing and your kids will be having so much fun playing and using their imagination that getting them to turn your way and give a smile or two for the camera will be a breeze.
- Turn off the flash and find the light – Keep in mind these are holiday photos and not Halloween photos. The pop-up flash on your camera can leave your kids looking ghostly. The best times of day for outdoor photos will be early in the morning or late in the afternoon when the sun isn't directly overhead. Before you click, make sure you as the photographer are looking into the sun to avoid squinty eyes, hard sun light, or shadows on faces. If you decide to do photos indoors enlist your kids to help you find the room in your home where natural light is best. Find the places where you have sunlight streaming in and use those places to your advantage.
- Know when to call it quits – When the kids start throwing a tantrum, are getting bored, or running you ragged it's time to call it a day. Remember there's always tomorrow to capture a great shot for this year's holiday card.
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Some Women Living with HIV in the Brong-Ahafo Region have appealed to the Ghana Pharmaceutical Association to end their strike action to enable them have access to Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) drugs.
They said the strike by the pharmacists was a threat to their lives as they supplied the ARTs, which they needed for their survival.
The Women made the appeal at a capacity building and sensitization workshop for Women Living with Living HIV and AIDS and their service providers at Abesim near Sunyani.
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA Ghana) with support from United Nations organised the workshop as part of its, ?Increasing Access to Property and Inheritance Right of Women Living with HIV and AIDS in Ghana? project.
Main objective of the workshop was to address the structural inequalities that create difficulties for HIV positive women to access their property and inheritance rights after the death of their husbands.
The participants appealed to the government and the Fair Wages and Salary Commission to negotiate with the striking pharmacists and seek solutions to their concerns.
They also called for a radical approach in addressing stigma related issues to enable them to open up and join the national campaigns including the stigma reduction campaign.
Speaking on the topic ?Property Rights of Women in Relation to Succession?, the Executive Director of FIDA Ghana, Mrs Jane Quaye, said many women and their children were being deprived of their properties after the death of their husbands.
She said many women were being made to undergo widowhood rites and ritual servitude saying this was unacceptable and needed to be immediately halted.
The Executive Director also called on the legislature to amend a section of the Children?s Act, 1998 (ACT 560) which stated that ?property of a deceased husband that is less than ten million old Ghana cedis must go to the spouse and children? saying the amount was very small.
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Transport for London drivers employed by First Group are being given "awareness training" to alert them to people who may be lost or confused. First aims to train all 17,000 drivers as part of their annual training courses, with the help of the Alzheimer's Society. About 70,000 Londoners have dementia, with more than half suffering from Alzheimer's.
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"Imagine that at every moment we each embraced the world as the gift it is: an apple is a gift; the color pink is a gift; the blue sky is a gift, the scent of honeysuckle is a gift."
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"There is a fire song in the depths of your soul that makes your heart sing. It doesn't matter if no one else can hear your melody, this is your song, not theirs. So move to your own beat and dance to your own drum. Follow your light and see where it leads. This is your story; this is your dream."...
So often, when I volunteer to lead a ceremony or a class, I haven't a clue of what the group activity should actually be. In the time leading up to it, inspiration seems to come in little puffs.
I really like creative activity in any group setting. Recently, I had a puff of inspiration in preparation for a women's ritual I conducted in New York City this summer. It worked well, but had a couple of hitches....
As some of you know, I grew up in a funeral chapel family. All throughout my childhood, my brother and I would tag along when our dad went to work, and we would run around the back of the chapel while he embalmed or made funeral arrangements. We had two phones at our house: our house phone, and the chapel phone, which could ring at any hour.
This proximity to the certainty of mortality came with so many blessings. One of my favorite is my ability to remember - in an instant! - how exceptionally lucky I am to spend even the tiniest of moments with a loved one. Another is my ability to bring myself back to an awareness of the unfathomable preciousness of every individual breath.
Still, it's easy to forget these things during the daily grind and the relentless hypnotism of our cultural messages. So, in the spirit of gratitude (and to warm us up for the upcoming holiday) I thought I'd share 8 of the countless things that make you the luckiest person ever.
2. Your relative degree of health and ability. Wherever you fall on the spectrum of health, you very likely have a number of wonderful abilities, including (but not limited to) any or all of the following: the ability to walk, run, dance, speak, hug, laugh, see, hear, taste, smell, and touch. You also very likely have many or all of your appendages. We don't think of these things much when we have them, but if one of them disappears, how much we miss it, and treasure the memory! But just by remembering this, we can treasure these things now....
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of raw possibility
hope and wonder.
My bounty is in moments of despair and hopelessness
that break like waves on the shore
and make way for sunrise.
My bounty moves quickly
fluttering like a butterfly
and traversing continents of desire
before alighting on a thistle
and beautiful.
You know how action movies usually include some kind of chase? Usually it's one car chasing another through tight alleys or the turns of a parking garage. Depending on the period, the chase might launch itself on foot, on horseback, or through interstellar space by starship.
One of my yet-to-be-finished screenplays lays out a skateboard-and-bicycle chase.
Yesterday, my spiritual journey (and my career as Belly Queen) took on the flavor of an action film: Driving my red Honda Element, I chased a white Ford Explorer through the streets of Asheville.
I was on my way home when I noticed, and deciphered, the license plate on this vehicle in front of me. I so wanted to get a picture of it. One hand on the wheel, one hand rummaging in my purse for my smart phone, I more or less kept my eyes on the road. The Explorer kept pulling ahead and out of camera range. I passed the turn off that would have taken me home and kept going, praying the traffic light at the top of the hill would be red.
The light was red, but the Explorer was turning right on the green arrow. I followed, hoping the next traffic light would be red. It was. I whipped out my camera and clicked just as the light turned green and the Explorer veered left onto the interstate. I followed, not sure that the snapshot I'd taken through my windshield had captured the plate.
Once on the interstate, the Explorer pulled out of sight. I took the next exit and went home.
Checking the photo on my phone, there it was: IMGR8FLL
Thank you, synchronicity. Thank you, bestower of grace. Thank you, personalized alert system that messages me however it can.
Yes, gratitude. Yes, I'm grateful.
I'm currently in love with Barbara Fredrickson's book Positivity (Random House, 2009). Gratitude is one of ten positive emotions she champions. Along with joy, hope, interest, pride, serenity, amusement, awe, inspiration and love, the felt sense of gratitude leads to human flourishing — feeling "more alive, creative, and resilient" as she says.
The key to flourishing is embodying these positive emotions three times more frequently than negative emotions, which she identifies as various shades of anger, fear, contempt, and shame.
What do positive and negative emotions have to do with belly wisdom? How do positive emotions such as gratitude relate to deepening breath and awareness into our body's center and energizing our hara?
My friend and Integral Bodywork originator Everett Ogawa says that, for him, lowering the breath into his body's center leads him into a bigger circle of understanding. He recognizes how life is so much larger than any human can comprehend. In the presence of such enormity he's thankful for whatever may be the span of his life, his tiny place in the great scheme of things. And he's moved by compassion to devote his time to helping others. Deepening his breath, gratitude becomes a whole-being experience, a felt sense of the precious gift that is the body, that is life itself.
Witness Everett's expression not only of gratitude but also of awe, inspiration, interest, serenity, and hope.
These and the other positive emotions that Fredrickson names are forces of attraction, connection, and bonding, linking us with others and with our essential selves.
In contrast, her roster of negative emotions are forces of separation, distancing us from others and from our essential selves. (James Joyce describes one of his characters: "Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body.")
My hunch: If we need to get all bioscience about it (and I'm not sure we do), the negative, separating emotions follow from the cranial brain's capacity for analytical thinking — a.k.a. sequential sorting and ranking and judging. The positive, unifying emotions follow from the gut brain's capacity for simultaneous synthesizing and encompassing.
With all of psychology's current fascination with neuroscience, the goings-on between the cranial brain and the rest of the body, I'm waiting for the day when these investigations expand to include the gut brain, the enteric nervous system.
[Be forewarned, this paragraph gets technical.] Cranial brain and gut brain communicate with each other through the tenth cranial nerve, the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve also connects cranial brain and heart. Current fascination with neuroscience includes detailing the vagus nerve's role in, for example, heart health and social engagement. Fredrickson's research suggests that positive emotions increase a person's perception of social connection, which in turn increases vagal tone, an indicator of physical health.
Energetically, emotions such as joy, serenity, and love reflect a state of being in which a person's life force (prana, chi, ki) is flowing fully and freely. Emotions such as anger and fear reflect a situation in which life energy is stuck and unbalanced — too much in one place, not enough in another.
Deepening awareness into the belly, energizing the body's center with movement and breath, activates the hara as our central powerhouse. Our body's center serves us as a dynamo, generously pulsing vitality through our whole body and being.
With our hara-powered life force flowing fully and freely, we're susceptible to feeling all kinds of positive emotions. Chances are that we and our lives will flourish.
For that, for the dynamo of life energy centered in our bellies, I'm grateful.


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UMBC Retrievers concluded their historic season, which resulted in our maiden NCAA Tournament appearance, with a program best 13 victories and UMBC's first ever regular season and America East Conference championship titles. Here's how that AEC championship game panned out in pictures.
Up: Pre-game warm up. Coach Leslie Wray watches as Dailey demonstrates how they are going to stun and dispatch challengers off the field.
Below Left: Asst. Coach Paul Keeling testing Lauren's unflinchingly quick reflexes.
Above and Below: While Retrievers strategize for the battle on hand, the Seawolves indulge in some mundane pregame ritual of desecrating our beautiful Bermuda grass field. They plucked a handful and threw it over their shoulder, which I think only makes the soccer gods angry.
Below: Jessy gets serious right from the beginning of the game; as expected she is brought down, many times....without penalty.
Above: Our midfielders kept centering the ball all game long, and made it really tough for the seawolves defense.
Left: The best defense seawolves came up against our midfielders was to grab the white shirts, but there's no stopping the Dailey express.
Below: Fresh legs in.
Above: Jessy kept heading them in relentlessly.
Above: When the going gets tough, suddenly the seawolves had a flurry of nose bleeds.
Above Left: Until finally Jessy send one scorching header across four seawolves defenders. Above Right: Women's Basketball team watch in anticipation as Jessy's header flew right past the goalie but then bounced off the goal post.
Above Left: Boretti unmindful of the tackle kept her footing and nudged it securely past the goalie one more time for the equalizer, and her career 2nd goal of the season. Above Rigth: Burress follows the ball into the net, just in case.
Above: Boretti celebration.
Above Left: #7 really wants Jessy's shirt. She got most leeway for the amount of fouls committed no whistle, no warning. Strike-1. Above Right: Alexa was another of our forward who got tackled relentlessly.
Above Left: But she is really nimble on her feet and prevailed more often than the tackler, this one was probably her 60th shot of the season. Above Right: Retrievers celebrate as Jessy's championship winning header finds the net.
Above Left: Boretti can really jump. Above Right: Strike 2 against Seawolf #7, referee probably forgot he had a whistle in his hand.
Above Left: Strike 3 for seawolf #7 Above Right: Finally, Seawolf #7 gets a yellow card, but looks like she still feels victimized.
Above: For the final few minutes of the game, ball was mostly restricted to the seawolf half. Retriever midfielders and forwards rush across the field to pile up on Lauren in celebration of historic first ever victory at the America East Championship game, that too on home field (because we are regular season champions as well) how sweet is that!
Above: Trophies and their winners
Above Left: Alexa Quaranta receiving her "2013 All-Tournament Team" award from AEC Commissioner Amy Huchthausen. Above Right: Nikki Boretti also made it to "2013 All-Tournament Team" and receives her award from the commissioner.
Above Left: Lauren Kadet my fellow Ontarian receiving her "2013 All-Tournament Team" award from AEC Commissioner Amy Huchthausen. She finished her career as the program's All-Time-Saves leader at 397 saves. Above Right: Jessy Brown receiving her "2013 All-Tournament Team" award from AEC Commissioner Amy Huchthausen.
Above: Jessy Brown called once again by AEC Commissioner Amy Huchthausen to receive her "Most Outstanding Player" award.
Right: Final trophy of the night 2013 Championship trophy being awarded to Retriever captains Lauren and Jessy by AEC Commissioner Amy Huchthausen.
Below Left: Don't know what they are talking about, may be "Jessy's saying...Hey this trophy matches your outfit"
Above: Number 1
Below: Quite a few twinkling eyes in there, eh!
Above: She is the one, she turned it around 180 degrees, and not only did she put us on path to victory just less than 22 months ago; but took us from Zeros to Heroes. While other programs dilly-dally around #2 or #3 spot for years at end, she went straight for the kill at number 1 or shall we say Venimus, Vidimus, Leslie's Retrievers vicit.
Clicky Link for more pictures in gallery.
Retrievers started with a team of 36% freshman for second straight year, with 567 spectators in attendance at UMBC's lush green Bermuda grass Soccer Park.
(L) Fistbumps and handshakes. (R) Captain and goalkeep Lauren rallying the troops.
(L) Ouch!!! (R) Lauren with a prolific 308 career saves in 2012 ranked 19th nationally in total saves, bumps one more up and away.
(L) Fresher Amanda Dailey Stopping one in midair. (R) Foul!! one of quite a few not noticed by officials.
(L) First year forward/middle Amanda Dailey seen squeezing past Mount defenders. (R) Lily Rydon scouting for a receiver
(L) Halfhearted tackle. (R) Local Marylander Destinee Morris with what would be one of her 4 shots of the day, 2 from inside the box.
(L) Captain Jessy executing a tough borderline extraction. (R) Lauren saves!
(L) Lauren with one of the six saves of the night. (R) Nikki Boretti an America East Commissioner's Roll honoree takes on a tackle to get the ball past a hostile midfielder.
Link to more pictures in gallery
UMBC Retrievers have been knocking at NCAA doors for last four years but each time Binghamton Bearcats slyly slinks past them with an America East Conference Championship win. This year was no different; Binghamton continued its recent dominance of America East tennis, cruising to a 4-0 win for its sixth straight conference championship.
In singles, matches at Nos. 1 and 6 featured a hard fought first sets. In the sixth position, sophomore Daniel Gray (Bowie, Md./The Bullis School) captured that first set, 7-5, over Bearcat's Floridan van Kann. But Retriever No. 1 freshman Justin Carter (Randallstown, Md.) lost a see-saw affair to Bearcat freshman Sid Hazarika by that same 7-5 score, Sid then went on to win the second set 6-0 sealing the match and championship for Binghamton.
Following the men's finals on this very overcast Sunday, Stony Brook girls went rampant at the UMBC Tennis complex to win their second consecutive AEC championship title, this year against Albany. Nini's (# 115 ITA national ranking) win also earned her the Most Outstanding Player honor.
Nini Lagvilava (SBU) def. Santos-Bravo (UA) 6-0, 6-1
Polina Movchan (SBU) def. Lopez (UA) 6-2, 6-1
Cassie Dix (SBU) def. Crummey (UA) 6-1, 6-2
More pictures from the AEC Men's finals
More pictures from the AEC Women's finals
On the March 30 event, Dennison Long claimed his first title of the outdoor season by winning the 200m dash (21.83), in addition to qualifying for the IC4A meet in the 100m dash with a time of 10.81
Sprinter Mercedes Jackson led the Retrievers on the day, breaking a pair of school marks. In the 100m dash, Jackson led a group of four Retrievers in the top-five, winning the event with a time of 11.65 and qualifying for May's ECAC meet. Jackson made it a sweep by taking top honors in the 200m dash with a new personal-record time of 23.60. She along with freshman D'Nique Phillip (24.51), the second-place finisher, qualified for the regional meet with Phillip recording the third-fastest time in school history.
The Retrievers owned both the women's relay races, claiming the 4x100 and the 4x400 events, both in ECAC-qualifying time. In the shorter of the two, Ebonique Jones, Phillip, freshman Tessa Seale and Jackson combined to cross the line in 47.28
More pictures of the event in gallery
(Statistics courtesy of Paige Schneider, UMBC Athletic Communications)
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Montana had five players in double figures and held Northern Arizona to 23 percent from the floor in the second half to post a 62-56 comeback victory in the Walkup Skydome Wednesday night.
Montana (5-4, 1-0 Big Sky) had five players in double figures with a balanced scoring attack with four players with 12 points on the night. Will Cherry, Mathias Ward, Jordan Gregory and Keron Deshields each scored 12 points in the contest.
"They are a well-coached team and very talented," said Head Coach Jack Murphy. "Getting Will Cherry back was a boost for those guys. I thought that they looked winded as times in the second half but they played through it and were tough. They are the defending conference champions. They have been where we want to go and have an attitude about winning that we are still trying to develop."
NAU (4-6, 1-1) led by as many as nine points in the first half behind 10 points by senior guard Gabe Rogers, who eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for his career in the opening 20 minutes. He is the 26th player in school history to accomplish the feat.
The Lumberjacks held off the Griz rally in the second half, holding onto the lead until a layup by Kareem Jamar at the 8:49 mark gave Montana their first lead since the opening minutes of the first half.
"It was a sloppy game at times especially in the second half," said Murphy. "We had too many turnovers. But our guys fought and battled and never wilted."
The game was tied for the final time at 53 all with 5:49 left in the contest but Montana got a long three by Ward at the end of a possession to put the Griz up for good. Down by four with under a minute left, NAU had a possession that saw three consecutive triples fall off the mark. Deshields grabbed the rebound after the third attempt and Cherry sealed the game at the line.
NAU had 15 turnovers in the game, including nine in the second half, and shot 35 percent (19-for-54) for the game.
Rogers finished with game-high 16 points on 5-of-13 shooting. Freshman DeWayne Russell added 12 points. Max Jacobsen scored eight points and grabbed seven boards for the Lumberjacks.
"We took too many threes in the second half," said Murphy of the 2-for-10 line in the second half. "I think that was part of the reason we shot such a low percentage. There were a couple plays here and there that they made and we didn't. We can learn from this and move forward to be ready for conference."
NAU plays two non-conference games over the holidays before returning to Big Sky Conference play against Sacramento State on Jan. 3. The Lumberjacks play at Colorado on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and return after the break to play at BYU on Dec. 27. Friday's game at Colorado can be heard on the Lumberjack Radio Network on 105.1 FM The Big Talker and seen on the Pac. 12 Network.


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WEDNESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- Severe social and physical neglect harms a child's brain development, but these effects can be partially reversed if the child is moved to a more positive environment, a new study indicates.
The researchers analyzed brain MRI scans from three groups of Romanian children aged 8 to 11. Some of the children were raised in orphanages, some were in orphanages and then moved to good foster homes and others lived in normal family settings for their entire lives.
Children who had been in an orphanage at any time in their lives had much smaller gray matter volume in the cortex of the brain than those who had never been in an orphanage. Even if children were placed in loving foster homes, the formerly institutionalized children's gray matter didn't catch up.
White matter, however, seemed to be more resilient. Children who remained in an orphanage had smaller white matter volume than those who had never been in an orphanage.
But orphaned children placed in high-quality foster care had the same white matter volume as those who were never in an orphanage.
Researchers said differences in how white matter and gray matter develop may explain why white matter was better able to catch up than the gray matter.
Growth of the brain's gray matter peaks at specific times during childhood and a child's environment can strongly influence brain development during these sensitive periods, the researchers said. Gray matter is involved in muscle control, emotions, memory speech and sensory perceptions such as seeing and hearing.
White matter -- which is necessary for forming connections in the brain -- grows more slowly over time. This may be what makes it more capable of recovering from the effects of social and physical neglect.
"Increasingly we are finding evidence that exposure to childhood adversity has a negative effect on brain development," study co-leader Margaret Sheridan, of the Labs of Cognitive Neuroscience at Children's Hospital Boston, said in a hospital news release. "The implications are wide-ranging, not just for institutionalized children but also for children exposed to abuse, abandonment, violence during war, extreme poverty and other adversities."
The study was published online July 23 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
At least 8 million children worldwide live in institutional settings, according to UNICEF.
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SOURCE: Children's Hospital Boston, news release, July 23, 2012
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Gunna hit the Kankakee tommorow in hopes of catching a fish or two. At the very least, just to get out of the dam house!! Mostly fishing for me, little weight lifting if I get in the mood for it LOL, also like to keep my dog in shape by doin some off season training,the occasional rock concert and of course , chasing the Girlfriend around the house
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DANNY Edwards has said his side are turning into the 'boring' Arsenal side of the 1990s and grinding out wins.
The Chalfont St Peter boss and Chelsea fan could not resist a cheeky swipe at the Gunners after back-to-back 1-0 wins this week.
Wins at St Margaretsbury and home to Harefield on Tuesday night have kept Chalfont ten points clear at the Spartan South Mids Premier Division summit.
He said: "We are playing like the old Arsenal at the moment. Not much entertainment but getting results. To be honest I am not bothered and am happy to win all of our games 1-0 as long as we keep picking up three points.
"Harefield were probably unlucky not to get anything from the game because they played well and created the bulk of the chances.
"But that is probably why we are at the top and they are at the bottom because we took our one chance."
Edwards' goalscoring hero was 21-year-old Terrell Lewis who came off the bench to fire them to victory.
The winger has been left on the bench in the last two games after burn-out and Edwards said his side are putting their bodies on the line to get Chalfont to their cherished promotion.
He said: "Terrell has struggled with a few knocks of late and we are asking a lot of players to play through the pain. But he came on and made a huge difference."


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Marquita Shealey is having a tough time after the Lithonia, Ga., house she bought lost more than half its value in two years.
The loss put the 29-year-old first-time buyer in the same position as about 31 percent of U.S. homeowners, according to California real estate and data firm Zillow: She is upside down, or owes more on the mortgage than the worth of the home.
For younger buyers, especially those trying to relocate or just sell a home, it is a financial hardship that ripples through the economy, cutting into sales at department stores, stifling hiring and pulling down other home values.
In Shealey's case, she can't sell and take a loss and has also suffered some other financial hits, such as expensive home repairs and a split with the man with whom she bought the house. So she is stuck in a home that suppresses her ability to flex with new financial constraints. She cut back spending and is considering pulling her daughter out of private school.
"I thought once I closed, everything would be smooth sailing," Shealey said. "Now everything is on me."
Zillow economist Stan Humphries said younger buyers typically paid low down payments, have little equity in the home and are more likely to have purchased in the past ten years as home prices hit a peak. Home values dropped on average about 35 percent here since 2006.
Younger buyers typically are at the beginning of their careers, earn less than older counterparts and have amassed fewer assets that could help them get through tough times.
Humphries noted that being underwater on a loan can prohibit a young worker from moving to a new location for a better-paying job, because they can't afford to sell at a loss.
If owners can't sell, it creates a secondary effect up and down the economic ladder. There are fewer available homes on the market for willing buyers. Being underwater also retards the ability of homeowners to sell and move up, a traditional strong sector of the housing market.
"It does gum up the inner workings of the housing market," Humphries said.
The frustration of being stuck in a house encourages homeowners to default to get out of the payment, causing more foreclosures in the housing market and depressing everyone's home values.
Georgia real estate investor Bob Massey said he has friends with one child who want to sell their small house and move to a more spacious home, but they cannot because they are underwater. The couple is holding off having a second child.
Another friend in the military moved here from Maryland but cannot sell his underwater home there. If they are able to rent it, the income will still be less than the mortgage payment and the couple will have to make up the difference.
"Here is a young couple spending an extra $400 or $500 a month and trying to keep his credit clean because it affects his job," Massey said.
"If he did a short sale, it would affect his credit and he can't get loan for another three or three years," he said. "It really makes for difficult situations for families."
Humphries said despite the difficulties, about 92 percent of homeowners are staying current on their payments. Being underwater does not mean that those homeowners will soon be among the foreclosed-upon.
And being underwater may not be a big deal to older home-buyers. They typically bought years ago when prices were lower and have built up equity, which lowers what they owe.
If older owners don't have a disaster such as a job loss and had no plans to move, they are less affected because they can wait for prices to come back, Humphries said.
Zillow got its mortgage data by giving estimated home values to credit information company TransUnion, which matched the estimated values against known mortgage balances at those addresses.
This spring and summer's rise in home prices has helped ease the problem.
Those underwater are a mix of people who have lost jobs and are having a difficult time financially and those who can afford their monthly payments, but resent paying top dollar for a languishing investment.
"I meet with a lot of people who are upside down and for most part can afford the payments. And a lot are looking for an easy way out," said Bartow County, Ga., real estate agent Bill Cook.
"They don't want to pay … is there a way around it? Really, there isn't. And then you have some who can't afford the payments, they get behind on the mortgage. Their first line of defense is to try to do a loan modification," Cook said.
But if owners cannot get modifications, they often try a short sale, when a bank agrees to take less than the value of the mortgage for a payoff. Short sales negatively affect the values of nearby homes.
Massey, the real estate investor, said, "The marketplace ends up being predominantly short sales, and they are down-and-dirty prices, and it drags down everyone's prices. It's a spiral that keeps going and going."
Marquita Shealey is going to try to hang on to her home. She has learned a lesson from her elders, she said.
"I have seen older people stick it out. Now they are sitting on equity," she said. "I have learned to sit and be still. Everything is not going to always be so bad."
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Brähmer batters Kanfouah!
By Karl Freitag
Light heavyweight contender Jürgen Brähmer (32-2, 26 KOs) impressively rebounded from his world title loss in November with an fifth round TKO against Rachid Kanfouah (29-7, 23 KOs) on Saturday night to claim the vacant European title at the Freiberger Arena in Dresden, Germany. A determined Brähmer was aggressive from the opening bell, dropping Kanfouah in round two and punishing him throughout the bout. Referee Richard Davies finally waved it off at 2:30 due to Kanfouah's left eye being swollen shut. Brähmer is aiming a rematch with WBA champion Hugo Garay by the end of the year.
WIBF/GBU female junior bantamweight champion Alesia Graf (23-1, 9 KOs) retained her titles via ten round unanimous decision over Magdalena Dahlen (9-1, 3 KOs). Scores were 98-92, 98-92, 96-94. This bout was a rematch as Graf had previously defeated Dahlen in a close fight last November.
In a bout for the vacant WBO InterContinental light heavyweight title, former world title challenger Thomas Ulrich (31-5, 21 KOs) was surprisingly knocked out in round eleven by Mariano Nicolas Plotinsky (15-3, 8 KOs). The aggressive Plotinsky pressed the action all night and explosively ended it with a big right hand with about 30 seconds left in the eleventh.
In a clash of unbeaten light heavyweights, WBO #2/WBA #6 Aleksy Kuziemski (17-0, 4 KOs) scored a fifth round TKO over Armin Dollinger (19-1, 8 KOs) to claim the EBA European title. Good performance for Kuziemski who got the stop with a barrage of punches after dominating the fight.
In a further light heavyweight contest, hot prospect Igor Michalkin (8-0, 7 KOs) impressively crushed former world title challenger DeAndrey Abron (15-4, 10 KOs), scoring a second round TKO at 1:34.
Rounding out the "Universum Champions Night" card, unbeaten junior featherweight Zsolt Bedak (13-0, 3 KOs) outpointed "Destroyer" Franklin Teran (27-3, 21 KOs) won a twelve-round unanimous nod by scores of 118-109, 117-110, 116-111 to win the WBO European belt, while flyweight brother Pal "Pimpa" Bedak (3-0, 2 KOs) battered Kemal Plavci (3-26), but was forced to settle for a four round decision with all scores being 40-34.
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Let's Talk About Trash
…because as Baltimore residents, that's what we do. I've never discussed garbage more than after I moved to Baltimore in 2000. It's a constant struggle and source of frustration — if you belong to your neighborhood's Nextdoor, you probably see the same complaints over and over again, as I do. One of my neighbors constantly described the goings-ons by one family he dubbed "The Trash Heaps" — lest you think he was simply being unkind, let me assure you, he was being dead-on descriptive. That house was a nightmare and a constant source of emails in my inbox. They no longer live on my neighbor's street, and God bless whoever gets them as neighbors…I hope you really like the sight and smell of a lot of garbage.
Now, according to the Baltimore Brew, the City wants to implement a pay-as-you-go scheme for trash collection. You may think this is a great idea. You may wonder what took them so long. You may be so thrilled you're beside yourself, reveling in the glee that comes with city-provided trash cans and a pay-as-you-go trash pickup scheme. Or, like me, you could shake your head and wonder why on earth our City government doesn't stop to think that perhaps asking people to pay as they go…for anything city-service related…is a bad idea. Hint: They probably won't pay.
If you're reading this, I'm assuming you're a pretty decent sort. You pay your taxes, put out your trash in a bin with a lid, and don't make a general nuisance of yourself to your neighbors, regardless of the kind of neighborhood you live in, or your income level. You're just the kind of person my dad referred to as "good people". Yay you! And you're thinking "This is a great idea. Now our trash collection will be more streamlined. More efficient. Less trash in the streets." My dear reader…"streamlined" and "efficient" + Baltimore City government…do you see where I'm going with this?
Lest you think I'm in the business of slamming the good folks at DPW, think again. I've lived in the same neighborhood for 15 years, and I couldn't ask for better trash collectors. They actually are efficient. And nice. My trash can is always placed back onto my patio after they haul the contents away, and I've never lost a lid yet. The only time I lost a trash can in those 15 years was shortly after Martin O'Malley came up with his limp "BELIEVE" campaign and we were all given a trash can with that word emblazoned on the side. Oh I believed, alrighty. And my trash can was promptly stolen the day after it arrived, never to be seen again. I believed, (for a hot minute) and then I had to haul myself to the Home Depot to buy another darn can. It should have been a sign, I tell you.
The simple fact of the matter, however, is that many people –regardless of race, gender, socio-economic blah blah blah — just people from all walks of life, believe me, do not know how to properly dispose of their trash. Or they're too lazy and/or cheap to do so. I used to watch one of my neighbors (a lawyer, mind you, with a slightly low-rent TV law firm) throw his household trash next to the corner trash can (and not even on trash collection day!), on the ground, and la-di-dah his way to work. For months, years, this went on, until he and his wife moved away. Meanwhile, the Section 8 folks down the street faithfully put out their cans (with lids!) every Tuesday night and didn't make a mess (I still think half the block blamed them and not Mister Lazy Lawyer.) They still live in the neighborhood, thankfully.
The point of this post is to illustrate that my neighborhood, like so many across the city, have long become dumping grounds. And not just by rogue contractors, waste haulers, and homeowners who are doing a rehab and don't want to pay the dump fees. We've long been a dumping ground by the very residents who might live next door. Across the street, and we're tired of it. Implementing a pay-as-you-go trash collection scheme might work in some neighborhoods that don't already have a trash problem. And that's great. But for those of us who do — it's going to result in more illegal dumping, more trash, more rats, and might just be the incentive for many of us who have stuck it out, to leave.
It's a bad plan, and will end up being punitive towards those residents who do follow the law and dispose of their trash properly. As with most things in Baltimore, it boils down to a lack of enforcement and punishment that actually acts as a deterrent. I would urge everyone to contact their City Council representative and ask him or her to squash this bad plan, which only amounts to yet another tax on our city's struggling middle class.
More Dumping at Carroll Park
I went for a walk through Carroll Park today, and as I usually do, I ended up walking along the rail tracks behind the mansion. It's an interesting view of the park and the surrounding neighborhoods. You can see 611-661 S Monroe from the rail tracks, too.
Some would have you believe that nobody uses Carroll Park, and it needs "saving". As someone who lives a block away, I can assure you — this is anything but true. Most days the park is filled with people using the ball fields, the soccer fields, and the basketball courts. The skatepark and playground are used often, too. The adjacent charter school, Southwest Baltimore Charter School, uses the playground for the kids at recess — which is a great idea. Carroll Park is also home to a large music festival in September, bringing hundreds of people to the neighborhood. My neighbors use it, too. It's a great place to walk, and I usually see moms and seniors as I'm walking through. It's also home to the Mt. Clare Museum — a beautiful piece of Baltimore's history. It's certainly not a dying park, or in need of any "saving". It's a treasure to my neighborhood, and is well-used by people across the city.
However — with all that said, it's also being used by trash dumpers, and this certainly is something that needs to be addressed. The Baltimore Brew did an article and a follow-up on a recent dump site that was found closer to the golf course (yes, Pigtown has a golf course!) Today on my walk, I came across this dump site:
My guess this was a rehabber who didn't want to pay to dispose of waste properly, or pay to get a Dumpster (or permit for a Dumpster. Much easier to dump it somewhere and make it someone else's problem. Walk a few yards further, and under the Monroe Street bridge, you'll find yet more garbage that someone foisted off on our community:
As you can see, this area has become a haven for illegal dumping — something I believe the City will work to correct, particularly if residents keep on top of it and make it a priority. One suggestion would be to cut off access from the side street that leads into the rail yard — possibly by a fence that has a gate just wide enough for pedestrian or bike traffic.
People who engage in illegal dumping should know that our neighborhood knows you're doing this, and we're staying on top of this — so think twice before dumping your garbage in Carroll Park, or any city park. If you can't bear the cost of doing business the legal way, please take your business (and your garbage) elsewhere.
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The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University recently issued a report on investor activity in Atlanta. Not surprisingly, the study found that investors were buying up property in neighborhoods where poverty and vacancy rates were high, and median home values were low.
A group of Montgomery County legislators have introduced a bill that has the slumlord lobby up in arms — the bill proposes Maryland property owners who own four or more rental units should be subject to rent control. It also mandates that landlords cannot force tenants to make them the beneficiary of renters' insurance policies. These two things are definitely worth supporting. Unfortunately, the bill is a bit of a mishmash, with other landlord-tenant issues thrown in — not sure where it will end up.
Some New York City landlords have found a way to make money off the homeless, by operating for-profit SROs/rooming houses — and needless to say, the living conditions are less than acceptable.
I've always been fascinated with Centralia, PA — a mostly-abandoned town situated on top of a coal fire that's been burning for decades. WGAL has a "then and now" slideshow that's worth a look.
How to be successful in Maryland politics: Give your campaign contributors lucrative development contracts. Just don't get caught…
CBS Baltimore reports that a recent house fire, in which one woman was found dead in the basement, was more than just a simple house fire.
So now the Mayor wants you to pay for trash pickup? I thought property taxes paid for that, but…perhaps I was wrong. Oh, and the City is dicking around with the Fire Department again. It's all about solving the budget crisis, I guess so we'll have more money to give to local developers.
Speaking of the budget, how would you balance our completely out of whack budget? There's a website for that.
1326 Hollins Street
Property Address: 1326 Hollins Street, Baltimore, MD 21223
Property Owner: Darmay Tolliver, same address (home is not listed as owner-occupied).
City Council District and Contact: District 9, "Pistol" Pete Welch
State Senator: Verna Jones Rodwell
State Delegates: Keith Haynes, Keiffer Mitchell Jr, Melvin Stukes
Thanks to Reader SS for sending the pics and information — the woman who owns this home apparently owns several in the neighborhood, catering to clients of BBH, the controversial drug treatment facility that's been a problem to the neighbors of Pigtown, Hollins Market, and Union Square for years. Reader SS accurately describes 1326 Hollins Street as "The House of Trash".
Former Illegal Gambling Club Now A Blighted Mess
Property Address: 1800 Worcester Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
Property Owner: Carlyn J. Johnson, 1400 Patapsco Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
This business and its proprietor was the subject of a 2005 City Paper article, after police raided the illegal gambling club and seized cash, guns, and other property — including the club's membership roster. Unfortunately, it's been a blighted mess ever since — given its location at the end of an industrial street next to the CSX tracks, it's become a haven for trash dumping and poorly-done gang tags.
Updated: Reader Submitted Blight — 1200 Cooksie Street
Thanks to Reader M for the submission!
Property Address: 1200 Cooskie Street, Baltimore, MD 21230 – Locust Point
Property Owner: Locust Point Rocket, LLC, 117 W. Patrick Street, Frederick, MD 21701
Registered Agent for Locust Point Rocket, LLC: Edward D. Scott, same address.
City Council District and Contact: District 10, Ed Reisinger
The Adkins-Burns construction sign on the side of the building is familiar though. They seem to have a habit of tearing apart buildings in the area and then not finishing the job or taking FOREVER.
This property has been sitting like this since the snow. At some point I think someone complained about the scaffolding and they were forced to post a permit for it. The sidewalk is basically useless from all of their trash. It is littered with broken glass and weeds forcing people to have to walk their dogs in the street to go around it. The last time I saw someone do any work on this property (I walk by it every day) was probably April or May. It is a complete eyesore on an otherwise good stretch of blocks right off Hull Street.
I should point out that my other submission of a property on hull street was being worked on by the same [people].
Update: There is one active permit, which expires in October of this year — yet no work has been done on the property.
2037 Orleans Street
Update 3/25/2013: This home is now in the receivership process. Baltimore Housing filed on 3/13, and the court date is in May. Hopefully this property will be sold to a responsible property owner who will take care of it. Many thanks to Reader Rusty for catching this one!
Property Address: 2037 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21231
Property Owner: Melvin T. Russell, 3405 Periwinkle Way, Edgewood, MD 21040
City Council District and Contact: District 13, Warren Branch
This home is owned by Melvin Russell, commanding officer of the Baltimore City Police, Eastern District Station. Perhaps that explains why Major Russell has never been hauled into housing court for the numerous violations involving this property. Please note the trash, and open/missing windows.


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Bret Michaels is "walking. He's not walking very well. He's talking very well, and he's very mentally aware," his doctor, Joseph M. Zabramski said in a press conference this afternoon, adding, "He'll fortunately make a 100 percent recovery."
He "remains in critical condition," said Zabramski, but has been discharged from discharged from Barrow Neurological Institute in Arizona to receive physical therapy at an undisclosed location. "We're watching him very closely. We are very concerned that there could be a deterioration in his status at this point. We continue to watch him closely."
Zabramski noted that Michaels was lucky to have gotten treatment quickly after his hemorrhage. His diabetes was "out of control" when he came into the hospital, another reason he and his team are "keeping a very close eye on him." Michaels' angiograms have come back "perfectly normal," said Zabramski. "Again, he's extremely lucky."
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The prognosis? "At this point we're feeling pretty confident that he does not have an aneurysm or other problem that could result in recurrent hemorrhage. Right now he should be celebrating. But the blood from that blood clot is starting to dissolve," said Zabramski, which can be "very irritating" and "causes chemical meningitis that can be severely painful."
The rocker is battling back pain now. "Up to this point he's been feeling better and then all of this starts." The doctor said Michaels can't be treated with medications normally used, such as steroids, because he's diabetic. But, he said, "He is improving and I expect he will continue to gradually improve."
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