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You know the scene - you're in the grocery store, pushing the cart while trying to keep one twin from torturing the other, all with that glazed look upon your face from sleep deprivation....
and here comes a parent of twins who are now much older and they say to you, 'Don't worry, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. It gets easier.'
or you run into another parent of twins who have a THIRD younger (after twins) child and you say, 'HOW? Were you temporarily insane?!' and they tell you no, around age 2 or so it gets easier.
My girls just turned 1. It is slightly easier, I guess. They aren't walking yet...will that make it easier or harder? When is this grand "easy street" coming? I have been assuming it's when they start to play with eachother, but I'm just looking for input from other twins parents.
Does it REALLY get easier? If so, when?
I can't tell you when it gets easier... haven't gotten that far yet. My girls are 2 now. But I will say that at age 1 was when it started to get really tough! I feel like we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel now but I'm almost afraid to say that....
Mine just turned one and I thought it was easier. To me it is so far... way less crying and demanding. Much more fun. They do have their moments of squawking over the same toy and one chomping on the other but for the most part it isn't too bad. I'm more worried about when both can walk. At the moment I have one walker and one climber... the climber is a little bit scary to me!
I've changed a lot as a parent since having twins though too. I just assume it's going to be crazy, stressful, etc. and am pleasantly surprised and happy when it's not. I've had to change perspective a lot.
No nursing is not the issue. Tell people to go have twins then come back and tell you what the problem is.
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|From: Richard Lawrence (richard.lawrence at berkeley.edu)
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Hi everyone, I've been starting out learning Typed Racket, which I've enjoyed quite a lot -- thanks! I've run into a snag several times now that I wanted to ask the experts about: does TR know about short-circuiting `and' and `or'? (If not, why not?) If so, how do they interact with `assert'? Here's the example I'm working with: #lang typed/racket (: try-read ((U String Regexp PRegexp) Input-Port -> (U String False))) (define (try-read re ip) (let* ([m (regexp-try-match re ip)] [v (and m (car m))] [s (and v (bytes->string/utf-8 v))]) (and (assert s string?) (not (string=? s "")) s))) ;^ type check fails here This example fails to type check, with the message "Expected String, but got (U String False) in: s". I would have thought that TR would be able to infer that, if the `(not ...)' form is reached, `s' must be a string, due to the short-circuiting nature of `and'. [pause for some tinkering...] Curiously, if I change `(assert s string?)' to `(string? s)', the example passes the type check. So I guess maybe the short-circuiting nature of `and' and `or' is a red herring here, and what I don't understand is something about `assert'. What makes for the difference between `(assert s string?)' and `(string? s)'? I thought that the difference was that `(assert s string?)' performs a type check at macro expansion time on the type of the expression `s', in addition to performing the dynamic check that `(string? s)' does at runtime. But if that's right, then why doesn't the type check fail on the `assert' form in the `and' expression, rather than on the second form? That is, if the type of `s' is known to be (U String False) by the time the second form is type checked, why doesn't the assertion in the first form fail the type check? Thanks! Richard
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BSDwrote a review of Stanley Classic Flask - 8oz on March 10, 2014
Love this flask
I received this as a gift for christmas, and have been using it steadily (but not too steadily) since then. The wider mouth is soooo much better for sippin' and pourin'. I don't love the plastic cap attachment--seems like it will be the first thing to go, but it's shown no signs of wear yet. Use it camping, backpacking, traveling, cold-weather dog walking and occasionally out on the town. It's low-profile enough to fit in a small jacket pocket, but still holds enough to make friends. Overall, couldn't imagine a much better whiskey pouch.


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One of the most prestigious academic journals devoted to Shakespearean authorship studies has just added a new candidate to the centuries-old debate about who else plausibly might have written the works we associate with the little-educated merchant and actor from Stratford-Upon-Avon.
The nominee is a complete shocker: Amelia Bassano Lanier, a converso (clandestine Jew) and the illegitimate daughter of an Italian-born, Elizabethan court musician.
Dozens of luminaries (Sigmund Freud, Charles Dickens and Mark Twain among them) over the years have joined the so-called anti-Stratfordian camp, convinced, as Henry James put it, "that the divine William is the biggest and most successful fraud ever practised on a patient world."
Until now, most of the proposed alternatives have been aristocrats such as William Stanley, the sixth earl of Derby, and Edward de Vere, the 17th earl of Oxford - championed by the New York-based Oxford Society, publishers of the annual journal The Oxfordian.
"When you look at the plays without preconceptions of the author," observes the journal's newly appointed editor, Michael Egan, "we'd have to say this is a highly educated person, well travelled, with intricate knowledge of the courts and aristocratic life. Where did an obscure provincial boy gain all this information?"
The Oxfordian's current issue profiles Stanley and de Vere along with another perennial choice, playwright Christopher Marlowe. But it's the addition of the female, Jewish contender - a pioneering woman poet - that will turn heads.
The principal proponent of this theory is 55-year-old John Hudson, a British Shakespeare scholar and director of the New York theatre ensemble the Dark Lady Players. In The Oxfordian, Mr. Hudson argues that if Bassano (Lanier was her married name) did not write all of the plays, she was certainly a major collaborator.
Her name is not new to Shakespeare studies. In 1979, British historian A.L. Rowse suggested that Bassano, with her family's Mediterranean skin colouring, was the famous "dark lady of the sonnets," Shakespeare's mistress. Ridiculed at the time, that view is now commonplace among scholars.
Mr. Hudson goes further: He maintains that Bassano wrote the sonnets about herself; as with the plays, Shakespeare was simply a front used to hide her identity.
Immigrants, intrigues and instruments
While Mr. Hudson's scenario has met with skepticism, it would help to explain some enduring mysteries, including the prevalence of musical and northern Italian references in the plays, and even possible smatterings of Hebrew.
Amelia Bassano was born in 1569 of the union between Margaret Johnson, a Christian, and Baptista Bassano, one of a group of Jewish musicians brought from Venice by Henry VIII. On her father's death, she was sent to live with English feminist Catherine Willoughby, duchess of Suffolk, where she was educated in Greek, Latin and the Bible.
In her teens, she became the mistress of a cousin of Queen Elizabeth I named Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon, the son of Mary Boleyn. Hunsdon wore many hats: He was the patron of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, the ensemble that mounted Shakespeare's works; warden of the Scottish Marches, with a castle at Berwick; and the Queen's royal falconer.
Mr. Hudson points out that the plays contain about 50 references to that sport - far more than in the works of any of the Bard's contemporaries - a rich man's preserve, generally unavailable to commoners such as Shakespeare.
Bassano became pregnant, probably by Hunsdon, in 1592, later giving birth to a son, Henry. To avoid scandal - Hunsdon and his wife already had 12 other children - Amelia was married off to her cousin Alfonso Lanier, a musician.
Mr. Hudson notes here that the Shakespeare plays contain 2,000 musical references - three times more than other typical plays of the period. Why? If the Stratfordian wrote them, there's no obvious answer. But Amelia Bassano's 15 closest relatives - father, husband, uncles, brothers-in-law - were all court musicians.
In The Taming of the Shrew - and an early version that would have been written just after her marriage to Lanier - there are characters named Emelia, Alfonso (her husband's name) and Baptista (her late father's name).Report Typo/Error
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CNN's Beck acknowledged being a "recovering scumbag"
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During an interview on CNN Headline News' Nancy Grace, right-wing radio host and new Headline News hire Glenn Beck said of himself, "I like to say I'm a work in progress, a recovering scumbag."
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During an interview on the May 5 edition of CNN Headline News' Nancy Grace, right-wing radio host and new Headline News hire Glenn Beck said of himself, "I like to say I'm a work in progress, a recovering scumbag."
Later in the interview, host Nancy Grace asked Beck about a benefit he had held for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Beck explained that he had raised money for those survivors "who were trying to be decent people and get back on their feet" -- not those who "were stealing televisions and shooting at helicopters."
But Grace neglected to question Beck about the comments he made during the September 9, 2005, edition of his radio show, which was broadcast from the fundraiser near Philadelphia. As Media Matters for America documented, Beck attacked the "scumbags" who "were left in New Orleans, or who decided to stay" after Hurricane Katrina. He likened those left in New Orleans after Katrina to 9-11 victims' families, who are "always complaining" and whom he admitted to "hating."
Earlier, during an interview on the May 5 edition of CNN's American Morning, co-host Soledad O'Brien asked Beck to explain these remarks. In response, Beck falsely claimed that the quote she displayed had been taken out of context and that he had been criticizing only the looters.
Beck's daily prime-time program is scheduled to debut May 8 at 7 p.m. ET. In anticipation, Media Matters has documented Beck's extensive history of outrageous statements.
From the May 5 edition of CNN Headline News' Nancy Grace:
GRACE: It's always like -- still, this many years later, it's like just cold water thrown on my face. But a lot of people don't realize where you're coming from with your life history, and I'm referring specifically to your mom and brother.
BECK: I mean, I've grown up -- I've had a lot of experiences in my life. My mom committed suicide when I was 13; my brother has committed suicide. I'm an alcoholic in recovery, did drugs every day of my life for many, many years. I like to say I'm a work in progress --
GRACE: Aren't we all?
BECK: -- a recovering scumbag.
BECK: Yeah, we are.
GRACE: I'd much rather have a sinner than a hypocrite any day.
GRACE: Question: Is it true you threw a benefit somehow for 9-11 -- Katrina victims?
BECK: Yeah -- no, I threw a benefit for Katrina survivors. I didn't like to call them victims as much as survivors. I think there were some victims out there. And then there were those who were capitalizing on the event, and they were stealing televisions and shooting at helicopters. You know, those people, I didn't raise money for them. And we raised -- I don't even remember what it was -- $150,000 in an afternoon for them to try to help those people who were trying to be decent people and get back on their feet.
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Keeping It Simple
I love to go crazy making an expert level dessert with layers full of syrups, cakes, creams, and frostings, but I also love creating a supremely simple dessert with one or two easy components. It's because desserts are like handbags, one day you choose your Dior and the next day you feel more like your Target.
Yesterday I was in the mood for an intricate princess cake with marzipan dome and today all I want is vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. The classic "can't go wrong" combination of vanilla and chocolate in its purest form. Pour this chocolate sauce over your favorite store bought vanilla ice cream (my recommendation: Häagen-Daazs vanilla bean) or if you are feeling adventurous, break out the ice cream maker and whip up a batch of homemade vanilla ice cream. For the recipes,
Chocolate Sauce
From the Joy of Baking
12 ounces (340 grams) semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, cut into small pieces
1 cup (240 ml) heavy whipping cream
1/3 cup (66 grams) granulated white sugar
1/3 cup (80 ml) light corn syrup
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract or strong liquor, such as rum, or liqueurs such as Grand Marnier or brandy
- Place the chopped chocolate in a medium sized stainless steel bowl and set aside.
- Combine the cream, sugar, and corn syrup in a saucepan and place over low heat. Bring to a boil, stirring often.
- Remove from heat and pour immediately over the chocolate. Let stand until the chocolate has melted, then whisk until smooth.
- Whisk in vanilla extract or other flavoring.
- Store the sauce in the refrigerator in a tightly covered container. Reheat over simmering water before serving.
Makes about 2 cups.
Vanilla Ice Cream
From Martha Stewart
2 vanilla beans
2 cups milk
6 large egg yolks
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
2 cups very cold heavy cream
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Split vanilla beans lengthwise with a sharp paring knife. Gently scrape out all the seeds.
- Place vanilla-bean scrapings and pods in a medium saucepan with milk. Scald the mixture, cover, and remove from heat. Let steep for 30 minutes.
- Combine egg yolks and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat at medium-high speed until very thick and pale yellow, 3 to 5 minutes. Alternatively, whisk together in a medium bowl.
- Return milk to stove, and bring just to a simmer. Using a measuring cup or ladle, slowly pour about 1/2 cup of the hot-milk mixture into the egg-yolk mixture, whisking constantly on low speed until blended. Keep adding milk mixture, about 1/2 cup at a time, until it has all been added. Whisk until combined.
- Pour mixture back into saucepan, and cook over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, 3 to 5 minutes. The custard should retain a line drawn across the back of the spoon with your finger.
- Fill a large bowl with ice and water. Remove pan from heat, and immediately stir in chilled cream to stop the custard from cooking. Pour through a mesh sieve into a medium bowl set in the ice bath, and stir occasionally until cooled. (Discard vanilla-bean pod and strained seeds.) Stir vanilla extract into cooled custard. Cover bowl, and transfer to refrigerator until chilled, at least 30 minutes or overnight.
- Pour custard into an ice-cream maker, following the manufacturer's instructions. Churn until the ice cream is just set, but not hard.
- Transfer soft ice cream to an airtight plastic container; freeze at least 4 hours and up to 1 week.
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2010-12-28 - ABB has been chosen for the 2010 Frost & Sullivan Europe Market Penetration Leadership Award for Power and Distribution Transformers. Some of the key criteria for this decision included ABB's proactive total cost of ownership strategy, global reach and local focus, green solutions and a wide range of quality products backed by lifecycle services.
"As part of our responsibility as a market leader, we invest significantly in R&D. We have introduced several products and solutions to enhance grid reliability, improve performance, maximize efficiency and lower environmental impact", said Markus Heimbach, Head of Business Unit Transformers.
ABB's recently introduced 'green transformer' program has been conceived with a vision of developing sustainable energy solutions. It is driven by the '3 E's - efficiency, environment and economy, seeking to reduce energy losses, improve energy efficiency and minimize environmental impact.
For instance, ABB has launched BIOTEMP® transformers that use a proprietary biodegradable and high temperature insulation fluid, a range of amorphous core transformers that reduce CO2 emissions and low volatile organic compounds (VOC) based painting systems reducing solvent emissions and energy costs.
"The major factor that sets ABB apart from its competitors is its wide transformer portfolio," said Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Vikas Ravindran. "State-of-the-art technology and constant innovation have enabled it to garner a significant share of the market. For instance, its latest 'green' transformer range and total cost of ownership approach are setting new industry benchmarks."
In addition to a comprehensive range of power, distribution, traction and a host of other special application transformers, ABB also offers an array of components and services. Scalability, high performance and innovative features allow the company to target a much wider customer base across geographies. These transformer products and solutions meet international and local standards including the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).


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Sounds like a long time for that lake. Camping is allowed only at designated sites, even in the backcountry.
There are lots of regs to comply with. Check with NPS on the entrance pass regulations, as the normal park pass is valid for only one week. You will also need to get a boating permit (sticker) for a small additional fee.
Backcountry sites must be reserved, either well in advance by mail, or within a day or two of the start of your trip in person at the backcountry office. You are not allowed to just occupy a site--you MUST have and display the permit for that site. To obtain the permit, you must first go through their backcountry orientation, which is done in person at one of the backcountry offices. When you have completed the orientation (which lasts less than half an hour), they give you the actual permit.
If this sounds like a lot of paperwork, it is (but not compared with trying to get river permits elsewhere). In return for your efforts, you know that you will have campsites, and nobody else is allowed to squat there. The sites usually have a bear crossbar and pit toilet. Generally, you will not be able to camp on Yellowstone Lake till mid- to late July due to bear considerations.
Bring bug juice and/or bugsuits.
I'm not going to tell you which sites are best, as that is extremely subjective, and the choices depend on how many miles per day and other schedule variables.
There is one guidebook to paddling in Yellowstone and Grand Teton, a good one. Pnet sells it, or at least used to.
Might have better chances of avoiding people during the off-season. At least then you won't have the big outfitter groups that book the best sites way ahead of time.
The catch is that backcountry camping permits may not be issued at certain times due to bear encounter potential. For instance, NPS won't allow camping at Yellowstone Lake before mid- to late-July many years. Maybe you could go while the bears are still denning. Just plan on being very, very cold. Water might not be open yet.
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text: nay doode. he came through nasty ville and we played with him and spent much time gettin to know him. genuinely he aint a bad guy and he plays decent music. but he straight up said to us he rode freight and we all got into a conversation bout it. it was clear after like 30 seconds hed never set foot on a train. it wasnt meant to be a hardcore diss. but it is annoying for the people that actually go out and do the thing to have some guy tell us how hes much better at it


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As a drupal beginner, I have been working on a rather simple module. And after a few hour of research i could not find any answers to my problem on the web.
Basically right now i simply want to show[programmatically] some fields related to nodes i created.
I have a few nodes (products) and i want to render a few fields from these nodes ( retail price, image, title and serie), simple enough. i want to know how can i render multiple fields (from a given node) using field_get_items (or any other efficient method).
here is a piece of my code:
function test{
$query = ... ;
$result = db_query($query);
foreach ($result as $record) {
$nid = $record->nid;
$node = node_load($nid);
$field = field_get_items('node', $node, 'field_serie');
$output[$record->nid] = field_view_value('node', $node, 'field_serie' , $field[0]);
return $output;
So right now this piece of code allows me only to see the value of the 'serie' field how do i add the other fields that i want ?
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USC professors team up with troubled teens to create graphic novel on AIDS prevention
By Megan Sexton, firstname.lastname@example.com, 803-777-1421
The young men sat at their desks in a S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice classroom, staring hard at the book each had just been handed.
The book, a 30-page graphic novel – a story told in pictures and words – was their creation. Its mission is to educate other teens about HIV and AIDS and prevent the spread of the disease.
"AIDS in the End Zone," tells the fictional story of a high school football player who will do anything to get back his starting quarterback position – including trying to get his rival infected with HIV. Helping the students create the story are two University of South Carolina library and information science research professors and an illustrator. They worked with the teens to craft the story line, develop characters and tweak the dialogue. And now, six months later, the students were having a hard time believing the book was real.
"You're authors," USC assistant professor Karen Gavigan told the 15- to 19-year-old incarcerated students, as slight, proud smiles spread across several of their faces.
The book, which includes facts about HIV and AIDS woven into the graphic novel format, is more than the work of a summer school project. It's a tool the USC researchers hope will go a long way toward improving understanding and stopping the spread of HIV among South Carolina's youth. South Carolina ranks eighth in the nation for new HIV cases, while Columbia ranks sixth nationally among metropolitan areas. Young black men make up the highest at-risk group in the state.
"We wanted the book to be written by the target audience. It was important that it be written in the local vernacular. What can two middle-aged white women tell African-American teenagers?" said Kendra Albright, an associate professor in USC's School of Library and Information Science. "This book is written by and for South Carolina teenagers."
Gavigan and Albright, working with illustrator Sarah Petrulis, received a USC University-Community Initiative Research Award that allowed them to spend eight weeks meeting with the teens at DJJ to develop "AIDS in the End Zone." In January, the researchers received a research grant from the national Association for Library and Information Science Education, which will allow them to expand the project with young adults at public libraries.
The next step is working with the Richland County Public Library system to determine whether the book is successful in increasing teens' understanding of HIV. The book includes information about HIV prevention, testing and treatment. Gavigan and Albright plan to survey teens before and after reading the book to see if their knowledge and understanding of the disease changes.
The two eventually want to test the book on students in at-risk schools, with the ultimate goal to take it nationally and internationally, with each book written in the culture and language of its audience.
"Youth are more inclined to read and retain information if it is in an engaging format – such as that of graphic novels – popular with their generation," Gavigan said.
For the two researchers from USC's School of Library and Information Science in the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies, the work has been some of the most rewarding of their careers.
Gavigan has conducted research on how graphic novels can be used to improve literacy, particularly among adolescent males. Albright has studied the information education and communication strategy used in AIDS prevention in Africa, with much of her work focusing on AIDS in Uganda.
The two weren't sure what to expect when they started working with students at the DJJ school district in Columbia, where approximately 900 students in grades 4-12 attend class. All juveniles in the care of the DJJ attend school while they are detained or incarcerated.
"The experience with the guys was really the best part," Albright said. "It was just a wonderful experience. These students were hungry to use their creativity. And the teachers there were just amazing."
Gavigan agreed: "Meeting with these groups in the juvenile justice system was one of the most inspiring things I've ever done."
What's a graphic novel?
- A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art, similar to a comic book.
- The story is told through a combination of text and artwork.
- Today's graphic novels, including nonfiction books, represent a wide range of subjects and grade levels.
About 'AIDS in the End Zone'
- The graphic novel tells the story of Marcus, a new student at a fictional South Carolina high school who is named the starting quarterback. Brad, the former star quarterback, will do anything to get his position and popularity back, including setting up Maria, who Is HIV positive, with Marcus to try to get him infected.
- The story of blackmail and bullying features six characters and shares information about ways to prevent and treat HIV and AIDS.
- The story was created by students at the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia, working with USC library and information science professors Kendra Albright and Karen Gavigan and illustrator Sarah Petrulis.
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His hair was all on end, and his cheek was smudged with something yellow, and he was as happy as a baby in a sand pile.
They played on a sand pile and were often noisy and seldom clean.
He then inspected the sand pile, while we watched him with dismay, being ignorant of the cause of his frenzy.
They will raise surprising crops of vegetables on a sand pile.
A tray of moistened sand, set upon a low table, should be in every nursery, and the sand pile in every yard.
The sand pile was renewed every time and made as high and soft as possible, and very soon all our animals were below the falls.
He fell back against the sand pile and let his feet sink in the mud hole and wriggled his toes.
Of the outdoor games which we have to suggest, perhaps the sand pile stands at the head of the list.
A barrel-organ played on certain days by the sand pile; and that music of the proletariat never fails to attract a crowd.
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01 Roséline shared Liu Wen for J.Crew, featuring a number of beautiful pieces
02 September Industry (always well curated) shares the work of Fourth Floor
03 Agnes from iiiinspired showcased a quirky & intriguing café in Paris
04 The Sartorialist gets a total re-design. Results? Clean, functional & fabulous
05 J.Crew Mona pumps—a classic shoe with ideal options for Autumn
06 Great concrete desktop supplies for a streamlined look
07 The Style Files features her black/white home & garden in The Netherlands
08 Something delicious to make: tomato and goat cheese galette
+ finally, the winner of the Nanette Lepore clutch is: Denise Balyoz! Congratulations to you, Denise. I will be contacting you shortly for your mailing address. Thank you to all who entered and left the most kind comments. I appreciate each and every one greatly! After some weekend work, I'm off to enjoy the sunshine and celebrate my Anniversary. Hope your weekend was fantastic and that the new week is off to a great start...
Images: 01,02 {this is glamorous} via Fashion Gone Rogue by Trevor Owsley | 03 September Industry by Jeremy Coysten (North) | 04 iiiinspired via archdaily by David Foessel
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Congratulations to Denise! and nice links - going back to enjoy each of them thoroughly :) Enjoy the sun...ReplyDelete
Gosh, you gotta love J.Crew!ReplyDelete
Is there something wrong with blogger?ReplyDelete
Nimue, definitely, and I think that if we had a J.Crew location here, I would be in big trouble :)ReplyDelete
Congratulations Denise, and thanks Sarah for the links. I am looking forward to taking a look, i am sure I will find something amazing between them. Have a nice week!ReplyDelete
ooooo that orange coat is divine! when i scrolled down and saw that it was a j.crew piece i knew exactly why.ReplyDelete
thanks for the links and congrats to Denise ;-) Totally agree with you on The Sartorialist, what a change!ReplyDelete
what fabulous finds! love all the links :)ReplyDelete
Just wanted to say a big thank you for the link. :) I liked the rest of the links, too.ReplyDelete
Have a great end of the week, dear Sarah!
Agnes, of course — you have such amazing taste! xxReplyDelete
oh my goodness! hadn't realised it was your birthday -- happy, happy [belated] birthday, sarah! hope it was magical xoReplyDelete
ok, so after seeing this, i think i will be needing a red coat. :) xxReplyDelete


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Imagine being lucky enough to do the job you love while representing America's armed services.
That's the gig members of The Volunteers have on a daily basis. The Volunteers are part of the Army Field Band program that also includes a concert band, the jazz ambassadors and soldiers' chorus.
The Volunteers are playing a free concert on the historic Hopkins County Courthouse square at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17.
"When I was with the group, this component was just forming," Star County Radio personality Dave Kirkpatrick said of his 22 years with the Army Field Band. "It was mainly country at that time but you've heard how they've expanded. And those who saw performances by the Army Field Band and Soldiers Chorus and the Jazz Ambassadors when they performed in Sulphur Springs won't be disappointed."
Kirkpatrick is grateful that the band decided to come to Hopkins County.
"This band could have played anywhere in Texas on Saturday, but they chose Sulphur Springs. I'm grateful for that," Kirkpatrick said. "The great response here during [past] performances at the Civic Center by the Concert Band, Chorus and Jazz Ambassadors probably contributed to their choosing Sulphur Springs to perform."
Sergeant First Class April Boucher is the sole female in the band.
Boucher says she started singing at church.
"I sang my first solo in church on Mother's Day," she explained during a phone interview from Albuquerque, N.M., where the group was set to play at the city's annual balloon festival. "I've been singing ever since."
Boucher's impressive resumé includes six years of private voice lessons and being a featured soloist at the film premiere of "Pearl Harbor." Prior to joining The Volunteers three years ago, Boucher had an 11-year gig with the Navy, singing with the Pacific Fleet Band in Pearl Harbor and the Navy Band Southeast in Jacksonville, Fla.
When asked about her preferred music genres, Boucher says she gravitates to country, blues and rhythm and blues.
"I like country music because it tells a story," Boucher said. "I like the soulfulness of the blues and R&B."
Boucher says her vocal stylings are influenced by country chanteuse Martina McBride and soul singer Chaka Khan.
Boucher's featured in two numbers on the group's promotional CD. She's light and breezy on "Love Song," then turns sultry and really wails on "Sweet Thing," doing justice to the R&B ballad. Let's just hope that at least one of these tunes is on their Sulphur Springs set list.
Staff Sergeant Randy Wight wears three hats for The Volunteers. He plays drums, keyboard and provides strong, solid, soulful vocals. According to Wight, performing comes naturally.
"Both of my parents are working musicians," he said in a phone interview. "I lived in a musically rich environment. I learned to talk and sing at the same time."
Wight joined the Army in 2004 after an "extensive career as a solo performer and studio musician."
Wight says his first performance was for his father.
"It was Christmas 1974," he explains. "I was three years old and I sang Elvis' 'Walking in a Winter Wonderland.'"
Wight, who specializes in celebrity impersonations, including Billy Joel, Pink Floyd, Phil Collins and Celine Dion, promises to add a touch of Willie Nelson in their Hopkins County performance.
Traveling over 100 days a year has helped develop chemistry in the band, Wight says. Boucher and Wight believe their common passions for music, for being soldiers and for being a conduit to bring a message to the public is what binds them together.
In spite of playing together so often, the band is able to keep it fresh for every performance because, according to Wight, "We're a comedic family. We're never safe. We're going to bust each other. There's always a punch line just around the corner, and we have to stay on our toes. The good time we have on stage is not exactly a covert operation."
The band usually plays a set that lasts from 90 to 120 minutes.
"We're doing a marathon 2-hour set list tonight [in Albuquerque] - with no break," he said. "But, that's pretty typical for us."
The group does a little country, a little smooth jazz and, of course, a wide range of patriotic tunes.
"People will hear a terrific and moving performance of our National Anthem – it's done with respect and reverence to our country," Kirkpatrick said. "And another thing – the Volunteers will do an Armed Forces salute – playing the official service songs of not only the Army but the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard."
Kirkpatrick says The Volunteers are particularly effective at relating to their audiences.
"They like nothing better than talking with the audience, sharing about their experiences and their service to the United States Army," he said. "They really do design their programs to appeal to everyone. I hope we can show them a full house when they appear on the square next Saturday afternoon."
While satisfying their passion for music, being a member of The Volunteers offers more than just a chance to perform.
"We get to see places, bring people closer to their service members and make people feel good about being an American," Boucher said.
Wight agrees, saying, "It's our goal to provide our audiences with a different take on the Army – or the military. We close with a patriotic segment. We hope we can bring healing for everyone, but especially for those who have family members deployed or, in some cases, who have lost someone. That's the time we feel like the mission has been accomplished."
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SHEPHERDSVILLE - Boy Scout Troop 868 of Shepherdsville proudly recognized Nicholas Canchola of Lebanon Junction as the troop's 14th Eagle Scout. A special ceremony in his honor was held on Sunday, Aug. 21.
SHEPHERSVILLE - The Outstanding Farm Bureau Youth Contest will be held in Bullitt County on Sept. 17.
HILLVIEW - Each day Officer James Barrow just does his duty.
HEBRON ESTATES - He ran and he ran and he ran all night.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - For the second week in a row, the Bullitt Central Cougars found themselves in an early hole that they could not find an escape from as the maroon and gray dropped to 0-2 with a 34-0 setback to Glasgow.
MOUNT WASHINGTON - Scoring 21 points in the first half on drives that totaled six yards, the Jeffersontown Chargers roared into town and grabbed a 28-0 victory over Bullitt East on Friday in a clash of Class 5-A football teams.
LOUISVILLE - Metro United Way has issued a request for proposals to provide funds to non-profit agencies in Bullitt County. The funding opportunity is open to all non-profit organizations serving Bullitt County, with a priority on education-related programs and those meeting basic human needs.
In each community in Kentucky there is a division of labor in the institutions we, as residents, rely upon.
HEBRON ESTATES - An old rivalry will be renewed on Friday when Southern invades North Bullitt for the second game of the season for both teams.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - Bullitt Central will take on its only Class 2-A foe this season on Friday when the Cougars play at home for the first time this season against Glasgow.
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After years of delays, a world plan to fight global warming came into force today, feted by its backers as a lifeline for the planet but rejected as an economic straitjacket by the United States and Australia.
The 141-nation Kyoto Protocol formally took effect from 4pm today (AEDT) with celebrations in the ancient Japanese city of Kyoto where it was drafted in 1997.
Green groups and the United Nations say it is a crucial first step in trying to limit the onslaught of higher temperatures, rising seas and greater extremes of weather.
But some developed nations say the pact is unfair because it excludes major developing nations India, China and Brazil, whose growing economies comprise more than a third of humanity.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for global unity.
"Climate change is a global problem. It requires a concerted global response," he said.
"I call on the world community to be bold, to adhere to the Kyoto Protocol, and to act quickly in taking the next steps. There is no time to lose!"
The pact is the first legally binding plan to tackle climate change, building on a scheme launched at an Earth Summit in 1992 to stabilise emissions at 1990 levels by 2000, a goal not met.
In Sydney, ice sculptures of kangaroos and koalas melted during a protest by green groups over Australia's refusal to ratify the pact.
Prime Minister John Howard says Kyoto is bad for industry and unfairly excludes rapidly growing India and China.
Environment Minister Ian Campbell said Australia was one of five nations that would actually achieve its Kyoto Protocol target and was doing better than any other nation in reducing its greenhouse emissions.
Australian Conservation Foundation vice president Peter Christoff berated Howard for his stance.
"It's time that he actually got involved in the only game in town when it comes to dealing with climate change globally.
"Australia has just completely missed out. I think it is shameful," he told protesters in Melbourne.
Kyoto aims to slow a rise in temperatures widely blamed on human emissions of heat-trapping gases that may spur ever more hurricanes, floods and droughts and could drive thousands of species of animals and plants to extinction by 2100.
Under the deal, developed nations have to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels in power plants, factories and cars, by 5.2 per cent below 1990 levels by 2008-12.
"Kyoto gives us a very solid basis for our climate policy," said Klaus Toepfer, head of the UN Environment Program, praising it as a small first step towards preventing what could be catastrophic climate change in coming decades.
But Kyoto has been weakened by a 2001 pullout by the United States, the world's top polluter and source of almost a quarter of human emissions of carbon dioxide.
US President George W Bush has dismissed Kyoto as too costly and misguided for excluding developing nations from the first phase to 2012.
His administration once denounced it as "an unrealistic and ever-tightening regulatory straitjacket".
Kyoto backers say rich nations are probably the main cause of a 0.6 degree celsius rise in world temperatures since the Industrial Revolution and so should take the lead by cutting their use of fossil fuels and shifting to cleaner energy such as wind and solar.
"Kyoto won't do very much in itself but it creates a framework for action," said Kristian Tangen, head of Point Carbon analysis group in Oslo. "But there is a a real risk that the whole thing will collapse after 2012."
Big developing nations are unlikely to sign up after 2012 unless the United States joins, he said.
The United States is not alone in snubbing Kyoto. Many Kyoto supporters are far above 1990 benchmarks.
Spain and Portugal were 40.5 per cent above 1990 emissions levels in 2002, Ireland 28.9 per cent and Greece 26 per cent, according to UN data.
By comparison, Australia was 22.2 per cent above 1990 levels and the United States 13.1 per cent.
"Until such time as the major polluters of the world, including the United States and China, are made part of the Kyoto regime it is next to useless and indeed harmful for a country such as Australia to sign up to the Kyoto Protocol," Prime Minister Howard told parliament today.
In India, the world's second most populous nation, editorials in leading newspapers gave mixed reactions to Kyoto.
"The Kyoto Protocol ... comes into force on February 16 under circumstances that do not reflect well on policy-makers in many countries," the Hindu said.
"They swear by a 'globalising world' when it comes to economic phenomena but are hesitant to recognise the common threat to humanity from global warming, the causative factors behind which do not respect national borders or customs gateways."
Even if fully implemented, Kyoto would cut a projected rise in temperatures by just 0.1 celsius by 2100, according to UN projections, tiny compared to forecasts by a UN climate panel of an overall rise of 1.4-5.8 celsius by 2100.
For some, any reduction would be better than nothing.
Remote South Pacific islands are already seeing the future of global warming and rising sea levels, as extreme high tides crash over crumbling sea-walls and flood their homes.
Around the globe, glaciers are melting rapidly and there is a growing fear warming could cause huge icesheets in Greenland and Antarctica to melt in the long term, triggering a sea level rise of many metres.
Coastlines around the world would be swamped and major cities such as London, Shanghai and New York flooded.
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A 4th-generation flutemaker, Kurt Gemeinhardt dedicated himself to creating remarkably responsive instruments with a beautiful tone which would distinguish them from all others. Today Gemeinhardt continues his legacy by crafting flutes that achieve a delicate balance between superb artistry and sophisticated technology for flutists of all talents and abilities.Durably constructed of the finest materials, Gemeinhardt flutes feature integrally drawn and rolled tone holes, power-coined keys, and an exclusive four post footjoint construction which make Geneinhardt flutes exceptionally strong. Other features include Gemeinhardt's unique embouchure hole design, proportioned tone holes and pad cups to ensure even response and extraordinary tone throughout all registers. In addition, a Gizmo key (high C facilitator) is standard on every B foot model flute. Gemeinhardt flutes also feature superior key mechanisms for fast action and outstanding playability.
Known and trusted for their acoustic and mechanical excellence, Gemeinhardt flutes are preferred by many flutists around the world, a preference you'll understand once you play any one of these remarkable instruments.The Model 2S
Gemeinhardt student flutes are durably constructed to provide years of outstanding performance with a minimum of maintenance. Young players benefit from Gemeinhardt's sure, even response. And Gemeinhardt flutes offer beginning players exceptionally reliable intonation with a minimum of effort. The addition of a solid silver head and body create an instrument that is creatively colorful and a joy to play.
- Key of C
- Plateau model
- Offset G
- Solid silver head, body, and foot
Model 2S Conservatory Flute Specifications:
- Body and Foot: Solid Silver
Head Joint: Solid Silver
Key Style: Closed Hole (Plateau)
Keys: Silver-plated
Mechanism: Offset G with C Foot
Springs: Beryllium Copper
Tone Holes: Drawn
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Comments about Gemeinhardt Model 2S Conservatory Flute:
This is my first flute which I've been playing for almost a year. I had 6 years of training on the clarinet and found this flute to be a very nice transition instrument. The offset G is very comfortable to reach and the plateau (closed) keys make it relatively easy to play. The flute has a rich tone and a beautiful appearance thanks to it's solid silver construction. All in all, the 2S is a very nice flute at a very affordable price.


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Heidi DeRosa Repeats As Baseball's Hottest Wife
Heidi DeRosa, a former fashion model and winner of Fantasy Baseball Dugout's 2008 Hottest Wife In Baseball Contest, received 63% of the vote in 2009, repeating in a landslide victory as winner of our 2009 Hottest Baseball Wife Vote.
DeRosa, wife of St. Louis Cardinals Utility Infielder Mark DeRosa, jumped out to an early lead on the support of Cardinals fans and listeners of KHITS 96, a radio station in St. Louis. Listeners and blog readers of Captain Carl's "BLARRRG" rallied listeners/Cardinals fans to vote in massive numbers. By the time the dust settled on the ballot stuffing from KHITS listeners, DeRosa's lead was insurmountable.
Jordan Schneider, wife of New York Mets catcher Brian Schneider, pulled away from the rest of the wives in the second half of the voting period to finish as runner up. Schneider's success came on the strength of text message voting (she had 68%), provided by mobile marketing site 84444.com, and the support of Mets fans who needed a distraction after their team fell out of contention with a 12-14 July record. Olympic Gold Medalist Misty May-Treanor – wife of Detroit Tigers catcher Matt Treanor – finished third overall, but only managed 4% of the overall vote.
Text message voting and online voting yielded significantly different results in this year's contest. DeRosa, Schneider, and May-Treanor were the top three vote getters online. In contrast, Schneider, Anna Benson, and Diana Roberts were the top three vote getters by text message (Benson received 18% of texts, Roberts received 6%). Both Benson and Roberts received only 2% of the online vote.
In 2008, DeRosa won the contest with only 33% of the text-message only vote, followed by Jamie Kotsay and Lisa Podsednik. Kotsay and Podsednik received 2% and 3% of the vote in 2009, respectively.
Last year, a page was created a devoted to the gorgeous wives of Major League Baseball players – and you guys finally took notice of the fantasy baseball advice we were giving! After we created a bunch of profiles of these hott wives and you guys kept reading, we decided to let you guys have the final say in who truly is baseball's hottest wife.
Thanks for your interest and support the last two seasons. We will definitely be doing this contest again in 2010.
2009 Hottest Wife In Baseball
Final Voting Results
- Heidi DeRosa – 63% online vote / 2% text message vote
- Jordan Schneider – 15% online / 68% text
- Misty May-Treanor – 4% online only
- Karen Burnett – 3% / 1%
- Lisa Podsednik – 3% / 2%
- Anna Benson – 2% / 18%
- Diana Roberts – 2% / 6%
- Jamie Kotsay – 2% / 2%
- Heidi Hamels – 2% / 1%
- Laura Posada – 1%
- Ashley Eckstein – 1%
- Yuka Okajima – 1%


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If you're looking for Utah white water rafting at its finest, Yampa River rafting in Dinosaur National Monument has it all! Action, excitement and history. The Yampa River is the last major tributary of the Colorado River System that is natural and free flowing. Each spring, this Utah river offers thrilling whitewater, including Teepee, Big Joe and Warm Springsrapids (considered one of the ten toughest rapids in the country). The Yampa River has a relatively short but wild season as its flows are totally dependent upon run-off from winter snows.
In addition to rapids, the scenery along the Yampa River adds a beautiful dimension. On Yampa rafting trips, you can expect to see such sights as "Tiger Wall", named for its black streaks called "desert varnish." Imposing white sandstone cliffs serve as the backdrop to groves of Box Elder trees. Eagles and falcons majestically soar above the canyon walls. This area was first inhabited by prehistoric cultures, then early Native Americans and later by miners and homesteaders of the 1800's. As you raft down the Yampa , you'll stop along the way to visit ancient Indian sites and other places of historical significance. This Utah rafting trip has been selected by geology professors many times over as a fabulous field trip for students and if you're a geology buff, there's plenty here for your interest and enjoyment.
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By Scott Beguin
From: Santa Fe, NM
Oct 6, 2008
|This area is known to most locals as the North Road bouldering Area which has two sides to it(east of the road and west of the road) The real Pueblo bouldering area is east of Diamond Dr. next to the old Pueblo Middle School, in Pueblo Canyon proper, and parts of School Canyon.
By M.Hoffman
From: Los Alamos , NM
Oct 6, 2008
|Fun area, but fragile...which was part of the reason its gone un-posted. don't fully trust any holds in pueblo canyon and climbing after rain seems to increase chances of holds breaking. also these climbs were all probabaly done in the eighties by some of the many climbing characters that have roamed this town, before the canyon had filled with pumice and was much taller. Ive always called it the water?fall boulder.
By Shibli Fazal
Feb 11, 2013
|Kudos rock climbers! For a duration of the 80's this went unnoticed because it was hidden by such greenery as trees and brush, obscured by fast driving, and probably as fragile because it was the same rock but seemingly somewhat taller in this area where the canyon met N Road. I was younger and smaller then, so it's a matter of perception. I used to walk my BMX bicycle up the hill between the houses and never saw any chalk. It is indeed solid as a rock in particular places that I only know of as around the Old Pueblo Middle School or New Office Building. Also, behind the church starting up Conoco Hill, and way further downstream in P Canyon on possibly a topo. To get to lower P. Canyon you have to visualize yourself in relation to the ground and walls in total darkness in this peculiar new tunnel underneath the land bridge. Goodbye.