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MtF Makeup: Tips from you makeup gurus? (Yes, posted in crossplay too)
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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I would be VERY careful with circle lenses! Having considered them myself (because they don't make colored contact lenses in my prescription), I did a bit of research on the safety because I'd heard all the warnings and vision is too precious to just do a handwave to.
I realize that a lot of the official positions on circle lenses may seem like scaremongering but it is not without merit and I do feel that circle/contact lens safety does go beyond "common sense" and "safe handling" of contact lenses, though those are also really important. The fit of the lens is also important but I'm not sure how much attention people pay to the parameters of diameter and base curvature -- it goes beyond just power. ;P I would also have the contacts brought back to whoever you go see so they can check the fit. It's similar to what they do when they fit you for contact lenses in the first place.
Unfortunately I'm not an ophthalmologist or optometrist so please don't take any of this as medical advice (because it's not :D)
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Do you have some twisted, nonsensical dream? Last question from SkyShowers.
All the time.The last one was about friends of Sooz's who I have never met.
Those that I do remember are pretty bizarre and not like the dreams I'd hope I'd have
What did you have for breakfast today?
Yoghurt and tomato juice. The juice to take away the taste of the yoghurt and make me think I've eaten something.
What's your favourite form of exercise?
You're not on a diet, are you Dawn?
I like doing that carpety dance video game, DDR.
I've done Zumba twice, so far so good.
I'm a very sporty person but at the moment I'm really enjoying going to the gym! Freaky, I know!!
What's your favourite sport?
i like to swim
what newspaper do you read?
((btw, Taz, I really like your siggy))
The one that comes to my house is called The Star Ledger.
I read the Daily Telegraph, that my parents get at the weekends!
What's your favourite magazine?
Lonelykeanefan:((btw, Taz, I really like your siggy))
Thank you, yours is really nice too!
I don't really enjoy reading magazines about models and teenagers stuff and all that... I prefer a good book
-yup, I don't sound like a teenager, but well, what can I do?? -
I love The Walrus, some sort of Canadian version of Times magazine.
And, of course, National Geographics.
I'm not a regular newspaper reader, but whenever my parents buy one I do read it.
What's the craziest thing your friends got you to do?
mmm... well we've done lots of weird things, specially at school... can't remember one right now but probably it was my best friend, who is obsesed with me and this guy (she's still waiting we get married or something) she used to get me into weird conversations with him and that stuff...
Ooh Jazy, that's terrible.
Me? Um... I recall a certain incident in sixth grade where two friends and I found a hat in the boy's bathroom (we were snooping), tried to flush it down the toilet, flooded the bathrooms, and got in humongous trouble.
i really can't tell you the very craziest thing, because it's too embarrasing. but one time my friend chucked a full water bottle at me. it almost knocked me out and i had a massive lump on my head. i didn't want to get her into trouble, so when the teachers asked how it had happened i told them that i had been running towards a tree and not swerved in time, so i had ran headlong into it. they must've thought i was really stupid!
Me doing crazy things? Nahhhhh
What is the worst place somebody could take you on a date to?
A wrestling match.
A 3D-movie, 'cause I can't really 'see' 3D for some reason
A cheese factory (I hate cheese!)
Hunting shooting or fishing.

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March 31st, 2010 ~ Rome Communique ~
This past weekend, the un-contest known as "Stoken" went down across North America, at Sierra Tahoe, CA, Gunstock, NH, Holiday Valley, NY, and Nubs Nob, in MI.
While the features and the weather varied from location to location, there was one constant throughout the events. STOKE. As the season winds down getting together with good friends, sessioning some fun-for-all features and eating some free hot dogs is about the funnest thing you can do.
At Gunstock the weather was warm and the park was a blast. After hanging out and bonking a 4 barrel, dance floor box, spine-like set-up, it was on to the hip hit, where tweaky methods were stock. A couple in-house Rome guys made the trip from Waterbury as well, since Gunstock was the place where two of them took their first turns around 15 years ago.
Holiday Valley's 750' of vert may not have been the safest snow, but a bit of sunshine shred and PBR fuel had the crew dropping hammers none the less. Hardway cab 450's and BIG 270 disasters to some gnarly kink rails proved the mentality was along the lines of "seasons almost over, means I'll have 3 months to heal up…"
The vibe at Sierra Tahoe was super laid back, and more of a party with friends on snow than a contest… like Stoken should be. With barrel to bonk, one hits in the pipe and tree's to Chuck Norris, the day couldn't have been more fun. The slow spin to win in the one-hit was also a blast. Slow spin means if it's a 10, you better have just jumped out of a plane. Blue bird skies and a free BBQ never hurts either.
If you're in the Nubs Nob area, and are bummed out you didn't make it over, watch this video of the good times done by Jake Breed, it should feel a bit like salt in that "shoulda gone" wound. http://vimeo.com/10514900 Rich Whinnie and Mike Forester made sure to wear a suit, all business. Word on the street is, after watching the slash contest, the Olympic committee is in heavy discussions of bringing that event to the 2014 games. Look for it.
Huge thanks to the park crews and mountains that had us. For more photos, and to see the winners lists check out www.romesnowboards.com.
For more news and Rome SDS happenings keep an eye on www.romesnowboards.com, www.facebook.com/romesnowboards and www.twitter.com/romesds.


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R&D Projects under Investigation by the Woodall Group at UC Davis
Friday, September 28, Giedt Hall 1003, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Speaker: Jerry M. Woodall
University of California, Davis
Host: Professor Bevan Baas
This seminar will briefly overview two of the R&D projects under investigation by the Woodall Group at UC Davis followed by an in-depth discussion of a third project. There are three areas of current interest. One is PRACTICAL solar cell ideas that will enable the needed technical performance at a cost that will at least make them attractive for niche applications. The second area of interest is semiconductor based high performance devices that have been optimized via the optimal choice of merged semiconductor materials rather than by just device design per se. The third project, which will receive the bulk of the lecture's focus, will be my research on splitting water with aluminum alloys. The goal of all my projects is to do R&D that has a good chance of being commercialized. The presentation will be at an elementary science literacy level.
Jerry M. Woodall, a National Medal of Technology Laureate, and a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Davis, received a B.S. in metallurgy in 1960 from MIT. In 1982, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. He pioneered and patented the development of GaAs high efficiency IR LEDs, used today in remote control and data link applications such as TV sets and IR LAN. This was followed by the invention and seminal work on gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs) and GaAlAs/GaAs heterojunctions used in super-bright red LEDs and lasers used, for example, in CD players and short link optical fiber communications. He also pioneered and patented the GaAlAs/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistor used in, for example, cellular phones. Also, using GaAs/InGaAs strained, non-lattice-matched heterostructures, he pioneered the pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (HEMT), a state-of-the-art high speed device widely used in cellular phones. His recent past work involves the MBE growth of III-V materials and devices with special emphasis on metal contacts, the thermodynamics of extremely large doping concentrations, and devices made of non-lattice matched heterojunctions and substrates. More recently he invented, developed and published a breakthrough global scale green energy storage technology in which bulk aluminum rich alloys split both fresh water and salt water into hydrogen gas on demand, thus obviating the need to store and transport hydrogen.


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To the Editor:
On Texas school funding:
Thank you for the Associated Press article regarding school funding dated Jan. 23. The $5.4 billion that was taken from the Texas education budget on the watch of Rep. (Jimmie Don) Aycock (R, Killeen) who serves as (House) state education chair, should have been replaced. Instead only $3.4 million was replaced. During the 2011-2012 school year, 40,998 KISD students were taught at $7,352 per child. I think about how much better these children would have done with the missing resources.
Your article noted that Lynn Moak, who has reported on state education finances for over 50 years, testified recently on behalf of 600-plus school systems who are suing the state over lack of funding. He stated that the cuts in 2011 left schools unable to prepare youngsters for lofty high school graduation requirements. My research also noted that based on Texas Education Agency data, Moak reported 258,000 students have failed one or more tests and are not on track to graduate (class of 2015 and 2016).
It was also interesting to note in the AP article that Judge John Dietz ruled that the Texas school finance system violates the state constitution. I have been a member of the Killeen Area Alliance of Black School Educators for some years. This group will honor Aycock in the spring of this year.
I'm hoping that Aycock will be able to report to KAABSE during the spring banquet, that financial progress will have been made for Texas schools. After all, he is the Texas House education chair. Our children deserve legislative warriors who will fight for the best education possible in Texas and especially KISD, where we live.
Dr. Claudia L. Brown,
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An increased yield and better quality of top, owing to the absence of broken fiber, and consequent diminution of noil and waste.
The short fiber obtained in combing long staple wool is called "noil."
Some of the noil collected by the combing process is composed of a large percentage of short mohair.


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Here in the United States the definition of soul food is pretty straightforward: It indicates traditional Southern food that is representative of the African-American heritage and legacy. It is in every sense the result of the African diaspora and the necessity that displaced communities, during the dark ages of slavery, had to maintain their historical identity, using food as a medium.
It is not as easy, when referring to Italy, to define a similar way of cooking, mostly because of the peninsula's much longer history. Italy always has been a point of access to Europe for many civilizations that lived on the Mediterranean Sea; it has been colonized and/or dominated through the centuries by foreigners such as Greeks, Byzantines, Spaniards, French and many North African populations, and those have made their way into our Southern regions since history can remember. Because of the access that the Italian peninsula offers to central Europe, in the past few decades our land has also become a real highway for many people migrating away from countries like Morocco, the Balkan regions and the Middle East, to more promising economies such as France and Germany.
As a result, many recipes and ingredients in the south of Italy carry memories of ancient times and modern migrations as well: Middle Eastern flatbreads, Moroccan couscous and Turkish capers are the first examples that come to mind as you explore the culinary offerings of Sicily and other southern regions.


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The AIA has announced that Robert Ivy, the editor-in-chief of Architectural Record since 1996, will become the institute's new executive vice president (EVP) and CEO on Feb. 1, 2011. He succeeds Christine McEntee, who left the AIA in July to lead the American Geophysical Union. During the AIA's search for a new director, Paul Welch Jr. has been serving as acting EVP/CEO.
"Bob brings to the AIA a great knowledge of our profession and has thought deeply about a profession he loves dearly," says AIA 2010 president George Miller. "He will help the institute raise its voice across the nation and around the world." In an AIA press release, Clark Manus, the institute's president for 2011, said, "I am thrilled to be working with Robert in the coming year."
Ivy, who is also the vice president and editorial director of McGraw-Hill Construction Media, is an M.Arch. graduate of Tulane University. He was a principal at Ivy Architects and the managing partner at Dean/Dale/Dean and Ivy over the course of 14 years, and was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows in 1993.
Ivy's years of experience as a communications and media leader will benefit him greatly, he believes, in the difficult months and years ahead. "The AIA, in one sense, is a large network of people and ideas," he says. "One of my central functions will be to enhance that capacity, to unlock their resources, to put people in touch with each other." Bullish on the profession's future, Ivy says that this is an excellent time to bring architects together, adding, "I'll rely on my experience to make that happen."


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This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Collimated Gaussian beams are efficiently localized at the apex of a metal-coated axicon prism by surface plasmon excitations. We observed the light scattered at the apex and the light reflected by the prism. Intense scattered light was observed with the radial polarization incidence. Further, each incidence of the radial, azimuthal, and linear polarizations provided field distributions of bright and dark intensities in the reflected images according to the surface plasmon excitation. We have demonstrated that surface plasmon waves are excited at the sides of the prism in the Kretschmann configuration and that they converge to its apex.
A near-field probe, whose apex is as small as several tens of nanometers, scatters evanescent fields and generates super-resolution images beyond the diffraction limit of light [
In recent times, photon energy has been effectively focused and concentrated on the apex of a tapered metallic probe by exciting the waveguide of the surface plasmon polaritons [
In a previous paper, we have proposed plasmonic nanofocusing with a metal-coated axicon prism that is constructed by using the well-known method, the Kretschmann configuration [
In this article, we report experimental demonstrations and verifications of the excitation and converging of surface plasmon polaritons,
The excited surface plasmon polaritons on the side surface propagate and converge on the apex. In this manner, strong electric field enhancements and localizations could be achieved at the apex by the superposition of the surface plasmon excited on the side surface. Note that the intensity of the scattering light from the apex indirectly indicates the efficiency of the plasmonic nanofocusing.
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In our previously reported Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation, the diameter of the hot spot was approximately 35 nm in the near-field image [
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In conclusion, we have demonstrated that a collimated Gaussian beam having radial polarization excites surface plasmons and is plasmonically localized on the apex of a gold-coated axicon prism. The scattering field from the apex was clearly observed. The scattering intensity changed in the case of the incident polarization due to the differences in the excitation efficiency of surface plasmons at the side surface of the axicon prism. Further, the reflection image represents the excitation area of the surface plasmon on the side surface of the prism. Metal-coated axicon prisms having the Kretschmann configuration promote high-efficiency plasmonic nanofocusing. Further, it is useful as a near-field light source for optical microscopy beyond the diffraction limit. Moreover, nonlinear effects and responses confined to nanoscale regions can be expected due to the high photon density at the apex due to the plasmonic enhancement.


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musicforants.com's Best Songs of 2010
December 16, 2010
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Best songs of the year is typically the most difficult list to make but also the most rewarding. There's nothing more indicative of a year in music then it's greatest songs, and evident from the tracks listed below, I'd venture to say 2010 was a pretty great year.
To add some perspective and keep my head from exploding due to too much writing (it could happen), I asked Matt to help with the list this year. We combined our favorite songs (carefully removing any artist overlaps) and came up with a definitive 50 best songs of 2010, presented in highly unscientific ordered list form. My songs have a "-TJ" next to them and Matt's are marked with a "-MG". Simple enough, right?
There's a link by each song choice where you can download/hear the song, and you can download complete zip of all the songs listed below by clicking this link. If you like a song, do the right thing and go buy music by that artist. I hope you enjoy these 50 songs just as much as we do!
50. Pure Ecstasy – Easy MP3
"Easy" is some perfect pop melancholy wrapped in a blanket of fuzz. That might make Pure Ecstasy sound like hundreds of other bands right now, but these guys have it down better than just about everyone else. Now if only we could get a full-length, or at least a singles collection. -MG
49. Phantogram – Mouthful of Diamonds MP3
"Mouthful of Diamonds" hooks you in immediately with it's old-school drum loops, irresistibly buzzy synths, and Sarah Barthel's seductive vocals. The duo specializes in addicting, well-crafted electro pop and there's no better example then this exquisite tune. – TJ
48. Lindstrom & Christabelle – Lovesick MP3
Lindstrøm dropped this song early in the year, but it stayed in heavy rotation for the next 11 months. "Lovesick" sounds like some alternate universe future disco, complete with piano stabs Christabelle cooing over everything. Also, it sounds like she's saying "caramel empanada". -MG
47. Japandroids – Younger Us MP3
One of my favorite tracks last year was Japandroids thrilling garage-punk anthem "Young Hearts Spark Fire" and this year's single, "Younger Us" is a perfect continuation of the song's passionate, nostalgic lyrics and explosive, fuzzed-out guitar riffs. -TJ
46. Gorillaz – Some Kind of Nature (ft. Lou Reed) Y2B
Picking just one song from Plastic Beach was hard, but I found myself going back to this one featuring Lou Reed rather than something more obvious. I don't know how Damon Albarn managed to make the wily Reed sound at home so far out of his comfort zone, but it totally works. -MG
45. Cults – Go Outside MP3
Cults splashed onto the indie scene this year with nary more than a random press photo and a couple of exuberant throwback pop songs and now look how far they've come. I said: It really shows how far an infectious sing-a-long chorus and some glockenspiel will go when put in the right hands. The band has used some simple elements and made one of the most charming, joyous tracks of the year. – TJ
44. Gil Scott-Heron – Your Soul and Mine MP3
I'm New Here has no shortage of great tracks, but they're all good for different reasons. "Your Soul and Mine" encapsulates the entire album, the sparse production providing accompaniment to Scott-Heron's despondent prose but still somehow coming off as completely beautiful. -MG
43. Delorean – Real Love MP3
"Real Love" is one of the most cathartic tracks of the year and, as evidenced by their live show, also one of the funnest to dance along with. Mixing fluttering vocals with swirling bursts of synths and a vibrant house beat, the song is one breathtaking high after another. – TJ
42. Matthew Dear – You Put A Smell On Me MP3
Was there a song this year that sounded as filthy? You can almost taste the sweat dripping off of this jam. The songs blasts with the right kind of dark bombast to turn it into the soundtrack to any number of lascivious behaviors. -MG
41. Fang Island – Daisy MP3
I said: "Daisy" is an incredibly dense, nosiefest of a song that beats even Los Campesinos! in it's excess and musical unrestraint. Comparisons are really mute though, because in all honestly this doesn't sound like anything I've heard before, all I know for sure is that I really like it. Prepare for yourself for time-signature changes, outrageous guitar solos, and finely-tuned vocal harmonies. – TJ
Follow the jump below to see the rest of the list!
40. Clive Tanaka y su orquestra – Neu Chicago MP3
This paean to lonely souls came out of nowhere and promptly dominated the stereo for a solid week. It's heavy-hearted but not despondent; intent on not being alone, he's adamant about securing his new love. Even if it means they both go down together. -MG
39. Tokyo Police Club – Bambi MP3
Tokyo Police Club's blistering single "Bambi" comes in at under 3 minutes long but packs a enormous punch. The juxtaposition between the twitchy keys and the ragged, mathy guitar riffs set the frenzied tone of the song as wide-eyed singer Dave Monks spins a yarn about tiny woodland kingdoms and killers with colored kites. It has one of those melodies that burrows deep into your sub-concious and refuses to come out. -TJ
38. Yeasayer – O.N.E. MP3
"O.N.E." seems content to bash you with its strain of mutant disco, that is until it takes off in the last minute, adding another layer to things. If it weren't for that switch, this song would still be pretty good, but nowhere near the future neon heaven it becomes. -MG
37. Best Coast – Our Deal MP3
Best Coast's very first songs were of the fuzzy lo-fi variety with bled-together instruments and distant vocals. That's why "Our Deal" was such a pleasant surprise, a 50's-era chamber pop ballad with a tinge of old-school country and a delightful melody. Bethany Cosentino's crystal-clear vocals are the highlight, wistful, endearing and at times, almost achingly pretty. – TJ
36. Chromeo – Night By Night MP3
Chromeo made their best album with Business Casual, and it says something that "Night by Night" is best song on the record. It acts as the perfect summation of Chromeo up to this point, referencing past trends while simultaneously making their own path. Also, more P-Thugg is always a good thing. -MG
35. Local Natives – Camera Talk MP3
Local Natives' debut album Gorilla Manor is filled with dynamic, well-crafted songs and "Camera Talk" is the stand-out track. The song begins with a rhythmic assault of frenetic drumming and twisting guitars, adding lush strings and the band's enthralling three-part harmonies as the tune progresses. By you reach the winsome chorus, you're already swept away by this jubilant song. – TJ
34. Hot Chip -Take It In MP3
Hot Chip is making this kind heartfelt electronic pop better than anyone right now, and "Take It In" is the perfect example. Starting with a good amount of brooding, things take a drastic turn during the chorus, betraying the mood of the verses. It sounds like giving up at first, but turns into the sound of everything working out.-MG
33. Caribou – Kaili MP3
Through Caribou's five albums, Dan Snaith has mastered genres from from psychedelic, shoegaze, to 60's-era dream pop, but this year's foray into synth-soaked electro-pop may be his best fit yet, with "Kaili" being the biggest highlight. The hypnotic track piles on layers of dizzying synths, tribal percussion and a spellbinding hook climaxing in a rush of sonic euphoria. -TJ
32. The Tallest Man on Earth – King of Spain MP3
The Tallest Man on Earth burst back into 2010 with this blaze of a song. One would think that we have heard everything we can from the duo of dude & guitar by this point. But with just his gravel voice and six strings, Kristian Matsson defies logic every time. -MG
31. Broken Social Scene – All to All MP3
If there's any band that you would say doesn't need to add another female singer, Broken Social Scene would be that band, but as "All to All" proves, you would be wrong. Lisa Lobsinger takes the vocal reins during this heartfelt ballad that rivals "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl" in it's beauty. Her vocals are backed by a mesmerizing beat and an overwhelmingly lovely combination of synths and strings that you can't help but embrace. -TJ
30. Sleigh Bells – Crown On The Ground MP3
If you want to get technical, you could claim this came out in 2009. Whatever. When something bangs this hard, you put it on a list every change you get. I still get a big, stupid grin on my face every time that beat kicks in like some southern rap jam blasting out of blown out speakers. -MG
29. Spoon – The Mystery Zone MP3
Spoon's "Mystery Zone" starts abruptly with Britt Daniels gritty vocal and a jagged guitar line and ends even more suddenly, cutting Daniels off mid-sentence, which may make you look down to see if your iPod is working right (or wonder if you downloaded a corrupt file). In between all that abruptness though, is a rousing tune with a propulsive beat, orchestral flourishes, and an undeniably catchy melody. What else would you expect from Spoon? -TJ
28. The Morning Benders – Excuses MP3
The Morning Benders sound both current and timeless, reminding you of things you've heard before while remaining its own entity. "Excuses" is the perfect example of the aesthetic that they've already nearly perfected. Those syrupy strings and the breakdown in the middle get me every time. -MG
27. Belle & Sebastian – I Want The World To Stop MP3
With it's dynamic, funky bass line, infectious call-and-response chorus, and bombastic horn outbursts, this song is immediately engrossing but also gets better the more time you spend with it (although you might say the same about all B&S songs). The band is still full of wide-eyed innocence, with Stuart musing about the fast-paced modern world. Another irresistible pop morsel from the bestest of bands. – TJ
26. Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti – Round and Round MP3
Ariel Pink is a weird dude that made a semi-normal, but still pretty weird album. I don't know what it says that "Round & Round" is probably the least strange thing on Before Today, but any analysis goes right out the window as soon as that chorus hits. HOLD ON. -MG
25. The Radio Dept. – Heaven's On Fire MP3
"Heaven's On Fire" takes after many a Swedish indie pop songs with bright, sunshiney music and melancholy lyrics. The exceptionally jubilant track opens with an astute quote from Thurston Moore before coming in with the most infectious keyboard riff imaginable. From there it's all jangly guitars, wistful vocals, topped off with a cheery saxophone solo that solidifies the track as the go-to summer pop jam of 2010. -TJ
24. Twin Shadow – I Can't Wait MP3
I don't know that I hit repeat on any song more this year. It's that stupid melody in the verses, it never goes on for as long as I want it to. Then again, would it be as good if it didn't leave me wanting more? I don't know. I better listen to it again to find out. -MG
23. The Besnard Lakes – Albatross MP3
The word "triumphant" gets thrown around a lot in music criticism, but it's not often that there's a track that fits the word so impeccably as "Albatross". The song starts simply enough with a washy, distorted guitar riff that juxtaposes nicely with Olga Gorea's angelic vocals. About two-thirds through the song though, the song explodes with vicious, expansive guitar, vigorous drumming and majestic trumpets. Triumphant indeed. -TJ
22. Janelle Monae – Cold War Y2B
Janelle Monáe's songs almost always sound better in the context of her crazy future dystopia, but "Cold War" does just fine on its own. Cindi Mayweather expresses serious doubts about her journey, but we can all relate to the sentiment. And for as bombastic as that beat is, Monáe shows she more than has the pipes to keep up. -MG
21. Beach House – 10 Mile Stereo MP3
"10 Mile Stereo" would have been the best song on Teen Dream even without the push of that final crescendo. But then that cymbal hits and the drums pound a little bit more and Victoria Legreand rules over everything like a banshee queen and there's nothing else that reach the heights it hits. -MG
20. of Montreal – Enemy Gene MP3
of Montreal's duality, both musically and lyrically has never been so exposed as on "Enemy Gene". Kevin sings some of his most interesting lyrics to date, "How can I trust my fractious heart knowing I have the enemy gene?" pitting his desire to love against the genetic proclivity towards hate. Add a playful bassline, keyboards, liberated drumming, flutes, pipe organ and a certain female superstar named Janelle Monae and that equals something really magnificent. – TJ
19. Robyn – Hang With Me MP3
When I looked back at my notes for this post, all I had written for this song one word: "bliss". I think I'll just leave it at that. -MG
18. The New Pornographers – Crash Years MP3
Although Challengers is generally underrated, I do agree it lacked a certain punch that made their first three albums so grand. This song , and the album that contains it, more then makes up for that. The track features everything you'd ask from Canadian collective: a captivating hook, lush orchestration, and a knockout lead vocal performance from the invaluable Neko Case. It all makes for one of the most satisfying and memorable pop songs of the year. -TJ
17. Deerhunter – Revival MP3
I think I like "Revival" so much because it's almost exactly the song I've been waiting for Deerhunter to make. I was pretty nonplussed with Halcyon Digest, but I keep going back for this song. It's near-perfect pop, the shambling beat, that drone and the tension that builds and builds before finally being released in vapor with a howl by Bradford Cox. It's not a revival of a sound or style, but of what makes music great. -MG
16. Titus Andronicus – A Pot In Which To Piss MP3
Titus Andronicus' exhilarating album, The Monitor is full of large-scale, angst-ridden tunes, but I find this raging punk-epic about the harsh realities of making it as a rock band to be the most awe-inspiring. The song masterfully twists and turns through passages of sprawling guitar, ecstatic bar-rock piano, and passionate sing-a-long verses, all while delivering some of the most astonishing lyrics I've heard. What other band can make a line like "you ain't never been no virgin, kid, you were f**ked from the start" sound like Shakespeare? – TJ
15. The-Dream – Yamaha Y2B
Oh man. Talk about a burner. The-Dream proves once again that he's one of the best out there on "Yamaha", even if it does sound a bit like a Prince pastiche. The vocals, the beat, the synths and that chorus all just seem to slide right into place. And when the stutter-stop beat locks in toward the end! Man! It's one of the smoothest moments of the year. Prince should be proud of his progeny. -MG
14. Jonsi – Go Do MP3
"Go Do" is a triumphant fulfillment of all the pop sensibilities hinted at throughout Sigur Ros' career. Jonsí's vocals are as exquisite as ever, the instrumentation is glorious with fluttering piccolos, expansive strings, and a pounding bass drum, and the chorus couldn't be any more uplifting. The Nico Muhly-composed arrangement is bursting at every seam, helping to make this a joyous and stunningly gorgeous track. – TJ
13. Summer Camp – Round The Moon MP3
This a great example of one that snuck up on me. I had heard it around here and there, but it wasn't until it showed up on one of Gorilla vs. Bear's mixes that I finally fell for it. This year had no shortage of great climaxes (see: the rest of this list), but few of them could touch when Warmsley and Sankey's voices dance around each other and drift off into abandon. I can't fathom how I ever slept on this one. -MG
12. Wolf Parade – Yulia MP3
I said: The incredible Dan Boeckner-penned "Yulia" tells a tragic love story of an astronaut on a failed mission who will never see his lover again. The lyrics, which have Dan yearning for the titular figure amidst heartbreaking lines like "I'm standing here, drifting alone… and I won't be bringing my body back" are backed by the Expo 86's poppiest refrain with an aggressively upbeat keyboard riff and drum beat. The melody is wistful and yet incredibly uplifting, even triumphant. This is beautiful, powerful songwriting. – TJ
11. Crystal Castles – Not In Love (ft. Robert Smith) MP3
You can focus on the oddity of how this is a cover of a song featuring someone who was a contemporary of the original artist. Or you can focus on what a vast improvement this version is over the Platinum Blonde original and Crystal Castle's previous cover. But all of that misses the point. The point being: THE CHORUS DESTROYS. Seriously. -MG
10. Joanna Newsom – Good Intentions Paving Company MP3
In this seven-minute baroque-pop opus, Joanna Newsom beautifully describes a tumultuous relationship as a trip on streets laid down by the good intentions paving company (which as the old adage goes, is the "road to hell"). Through her poetic lyrics, Newsom goes on an introspective journey concluding with an epiphany where she chooses the warmth of her lover's embrace in spite of a potentially disastrous end. The tale is accompanied by a gorgeous melody and one of finest instrumental compositions of the year. The lovely piano theme and playful flourishes of banjo, guitar and trombone mingle with a more refined, yet still refreshingly unique vocal performance by Newsom. -TJ
9. James Blake – Limit To Your Love MP3
"Limit to Your Love" is an exercise in restraint. Rather than lay everything on us at once, Blake teases the elements of the song out, slowly building the song over time. Which makes the ending, when everything finally comes together, that much more of a revelation. Blake released three excellent EPs this year, but this song shows that he has barely scratched the surface of what he is capable of. – MG
8. Owen Pallett – Lewis Takes Off His Shirt MP3
Many people's first exposure to this song was the stunning video of Owen playing the track in the pouring rain at a festival in Guelph. As the wind and rain intensifies, a stage hand pleads with him to leave the stage, to which he yells "let me just finish the song". While the performance itself was unbelievable (how many artists would risk electrocution for the sake of a pop song?) the track itself is the strongest testament to the artist's brilliance. The opening whirlwind of synths, cascading strings, bouyant trumpets, and scampering electronics all lead to a thrilling finale with Owen passionately singing "I'm never gonna give it to you" in defiance to the world or whatever (rain included) is standing in his way. -TJ
7. LCD Soundsystem – Dance Yrself Clean MP3
For a band known for their hard-hitting electro beats, their lastest album begins very modestly, with pitter-patter percussion and Murphy quietly singing lines filled with the typical dose of ironic humor. Don't let the first three minutes fool you though, when the beat finally drops it's a revelation. The erratic, buzzy synths sound like a marriage between Daft Punk and The Knife while Murphy's vocal performance becomes uncharacteristically charismatic. The title describes the transcendent feeling best as dancing yourself clean is the only sensible reaction to the explosion of sound that ensues. -TJ
6. Big Boi – Shutterbugg (ft. Cutty) MP3
"Shutterbug" is notable because none of it makes any sense. I don't understand how any sane person can think, "Yeah, let's make a beat out of some chopped-up vocoder." But that's what makes Big Boi great, he defies logic with almost every move he makes. He's completely on point here, proving that while we all want something new from OutKast, he can hold things down all on his own. -MG
5. The National – Conversation 16 MP3
I once heard a National fan say the only two things he pays attention to when listening to the band are the lyrics and the drumming. I wouldn't infer that one should overlook the invaluable contributions that the rest of the band provide, but I do think he has a point. The lyrics (which during the live show, Matt Berninger said were about "marriage… and cannibalism") are some of the most brilliant that the band have penned. Along with the ferocious drum pattern, as well as Berninger's striking baritone and sinister guitar atmospherics, "Conversation 16" is four of the most outstanding minutes of music this year. -TJ
4. Kanye West – All Of The Lights Y2B
The most immediate and arresting track from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is also one of the best. Some faux-tension builds for the first 30 second, but it's just playfighting before the song detonates and never looks back. With a cast too hilariously numerous to name here, the song becomes a frenetic blast of horns and drums and in the process becomes the touchstone of why Kanye West is easily making the most important and exciting music right now. -MG
3. Arcade Fire – Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) MP3
Through two outstanding albums and an EP, Arcade Fire have shown their mastery of orchestral indie rock. Who then would have anticipated that the best song on their third album would be a synth-pop disco dance song? Although it uses a different instrumental palette, replacing guitars and pipe organ with synths and drum machines, The Suburbs' penultimate track is actually not a huge departure from what Arcade Fire do best. It has a towering wall of sound, an uplifting, addicting melody and ends with surging crescendo. Regine gives the vocal performance of her life making the lyrics seem both melancholic and incredibly hopeful. It all combines to make a glorious, breathtaking anthem that's as catchy as it is powerful. -TJ
2. Cee-Lo Green – F**k You! MP3
Best pop song since "Hey Ya!"? Maybe. It is probably the most ubiquitous since OutKast's 2003 jam, or at least since Rihanna's "Umbrella". It's also one of the most infectious songs in recent memory, a scathing kiss-off set to a modern update of some serious Motown soul. The organ, the backing vocals, and that glorious proclamation evolve into pure catharsis. This thing was made for singing along at the top of your lungs. -MG
1. Sufjan Stevens – Impossible Soul MP3
Sufjan Stevens has never done the expected. This is the man that did an album of electronic instrumentals about the zodiac immediately followed by a banjo laden folk album based on Bible stories. After his most acclaimed album he took a five-year break in which all he released was a Christmas box set, a symphony about a highway, and some outtakes. That being said, when Age of Adz was announced and I heard there would be a 25-minute song (that's longer then a Simpsons episode), I laughed it off as typical Sufjan overzealousness. After countless listens though, it's become more and more clear that "Impossible Soul" is Sufjan Steven's masterpiece and the best song of 2010.
When Sufjan performed a rough, abridged version of this song last year, it was introduced as a response to the charge that he had never written a love song. What results is one of the most ambitious, imaginative, genius, magnanimous and altogether magnficient displays of pop music that I think has ever been created (or even attempted). The five-part suite essentially goes through the multiple stages of a relationship starting with a devastating break-up, ending with level-headed acceptance, and featuring lots of psychotherapy and soul-searching in between.
His different emotions are illustrated by the numerous music styles, there's a classic rock guitar solo, a glitchy auto-tune section, a bombastic, celebratory dance-off, plenty of orchestral and electronic mayhem, and a gorgeous acoustic section. Not only is this song a melting pot of every musical genre prevalent in the last decade but is essentially a one-upping of all of them. As ridiculous as it may sound, I feel like this is the Abbey Road medley equivalent for our time, and that's really the highest compliment I think I could give any piece of music. -TJ
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Managing remodeling insanity
At a certain point in any remodel, homeowners might find themselves fleetingly considering homicide. You might think you know about the disruption remodeling can cause, but dealing with dust, dirt, workers going in and out of your home, nonworking essential appliances, etc., can turn your attitude into surviving if you're lucky and insanity if you aren't.
Fellow bloggers Charles and Hudsonrecognize that remodeling can drive you around the bend and they have a few commonsense tips to help you make it through. Memorize their advice to repeat as a mantra:
- Manage expectations: There will be times that it is just going to be bad. Expect that and you will feel better when it happens.
- Plan first: You know that old saying about how it's easier to seek forgiveness than permission? It doesn't apply when it comes to remodeling. Always plan first, and tear down later.
- Get ready for dust, dirt and inconvenience: Do a mini cleaning each day or week. It will help make the mess more bearable. Charles and Hudson suggests budgeting for a maid -- maybe do this for a deep cleaning when the project is done.
- Schedule changes: Your schedule will be disrupted (see above point) and you must plan for it or risk coming home after a run to the water being turned off (that your builder told you about).
To these points we would also add that nothing lasts forever, although it may seem like it. Keep your eyes on the prize and before you know it, your remodeling project will be over.
If you're interested in further reading on this very subject, check out this previous post from Lou Manfredini.
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Gwen Florio's story in the Missoulian about the so-called "marijuana mutiny" in Missoula County District Court last week has inspired dozens of posts around the web pointing to the near jury-nullification as further indication of an increasingly liberal attitude toward the drug.
The New York Times is the latest to write about the incident, and its story includes this bold statement:
John Masterson, the founder and director of the Montana chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, said smoking marijuana "is essentially a mainstream activity" in Missoula.
"It's something that people of all walks of life enjoy responsibly," Mr. Masterson said.
Other outlets to cover the story include the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Atlantic and Slate.
Allen St. Pierre, director of NORML, says potential jurors nearly nullifiying a case because many of them refused to convict someone for possessing a small amount of marijuana suggests Montanans have rediscovered their right to buck an unjust law.
"Going back to the founding of this country," he tells the Indy, "if [someone is] sitting in judgment of fellow citizens, you as a juror always have the right and responsibility to either convict or not convict them—and not convicting them you can do if the law itself is a bad law, if it doesn't make any sense."
St. Pierre adds: "It's demonstrative of the fact—and this is what the governor and the attorney general and many elected politicians...will want to pay attention to with their finger in the wind—that if juries will not convict people of these sorts of charges, it really does bring the entire system to a halt. It speaks to an incredible institutional disconnect where the system says, 'We can arrest you, we can prosecute you, we can bring you right up to the precipice of being incarcerated, but even though you are guilty of the crime, per se, you are not going to be convicted.'"
The Missoula County Attorney's Office declined to comment on whether it anticipates the "mutiny" affecting future cases.


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The movie begins with a few images of ropes and knots through an icy storm (the whole book has a knot theme to it). Then, after the titles, we cut to a boy pushed off by his father. It is followed by Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) narrating his life to present-day as an inksetter for the newspaper. He is timid.
One day, Spacey is at a gas station, and sees a girl fighting with another person. She hops into Spacey's car. It was Petal (Cate Blanchett). They eat at a diner and Petal asks Spacey if he wants to marry her. Spacey says yes and doesn't think it's a joke. They later have sex.
About six years later, Spacey is even more timid and has a baby daughter Bunny. Petal cheats on Spacey, but he doesn't mind. Spacey's parents had commited double suicide and their ashes are on top of Spacey's TV.
Spacey loses his job one day and Petal leaves with Bunny and Petal's new "friend". They drive off. Aunt Agnis (Judi Dench) comes to visit. She steals her brother's ashes as Spacey calls the police on the phone. We find out that Petal's car crashed and that she is dead, chest smashed on impact "mercifully". Bunny was sold to the black market for thousands of dollars, but was recovered. Using the money that was left to Spacey, Judi Dench sends all three of them to New Foundland, where they stay at a rundown house attached with cables to keep it from blowing away. Spacey has a dark history that is unknown so far, except that his grandfather drowned when he was twelve.
Spacey catches many glimpses of Wavey (Julliane Moore). He gets a job at the Gammy Bird newspaper, where he meets Jack Buggits (Scott Glenn), Tert X. Card (Pete Postlethwaithe) Billy Pretty (Gordon Pinsent) and Nutbeem (Rhys Ifans). He is assigned to do car crashes and the shipping news.
He develops his relationships and starts to settle into New Foundland, and slowly begins to have dreams, dramatizations and flashbacks. His daughter sees an old man and his wolf. He also does a story on Hitler's boat, and the couple who own it (more important later).
He falls in love withJulliane Moore as he continues to meet her.
Julliane Moore doesn't have a clue, but flirts with him. For a while, many different things happen, so I'll just list them here:
1) Spacey's family were a savage group of people, who once cut off a man's nose and nailed him onto a tree. The house was moved to Quoyle's point because the villagers had driven them out. The Quoyles also transplanted lighthouses to attack ships.
2) Spacey is given a new computer to do a story on a boat every week. He does one on a battle ship but Tert changes the words around.
3) Spacey gets a boat and sails in deep waters, but is startled by a headless body. The boat capsizes and Spacey can't even doggy paddle, but finds a cooler. He is stranded until he is picked up. Inside the cooler is the head of the man who owns the Hitler boat. His wife murdered him.
4)Spacey's father raped his little sister.
5)Nutbeem's sailboat to head to Brazil is ruined and he decides to take a plane. Spacey stays over at a friend's house. Bunny dreams that the house's ropes break and a storm takes it. She tells Spacey.
Then, through all this, Scott Glenn dies. They have a wake. When Bunny comes over to see the dead Scott Glenn, he coughs out water and is alive. Bunny demands Spacey to explain why Petal didn't have a wake. Through much hesitation, he says that Petal is dead but he was afraid to tell her. Bunny asks that if he believes her about the house.
They end with a shot of the house being gone and Spacey, Judi Dench, and Bunny looking at it, and Spacey finally finds his place.
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May 17th, 1:00 PM
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New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Charles Daniels will be the keynote speaker at the 2014 Commencement at the University of New Mexico School of Law. The ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 17th at the back patio of the Law School. Read more...
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the French Open championships
Nine: Venus says au revoir to France
She became the first Russian woman to claim a Grand Slam title, taking advantage of compatriot Elena Dementieva's nervousness and 10 double-faults to win 6-1, 6-2 Saturday.
With unspectacular but steady tennis, the No. 6-seeded Myskina won in 59 minutes, the most lopsided Grand Slam final in 10 years. This was the first all-Russian Grand Slam final and marked the first time in 30 years Russia had even one woman in the final of a major.
The No. 9-seeded Dementieva has long been plagued by an unreliable serve, especially in big matches, and that was the case again in her first major final. She lost her first four service games, and missed her final four serves — for two more double-faults — to give Myskina a 5-2 lead in the second set.
Myskina herself double-faulted to lose the opening game, then swept the next eight games. She closed the victory when Dementieva sent a return barely long — although there was momentary confusion about where the ball landed.
"It was out, but then everybody was quiet," Myskina said. "Then in the first couple of seconds you couldn't believe that you won a Grand Slam."
When the result became clear, Myskina trotted to the net, where the two pals since childhood embraced.
"It's a Grand Slam. It's a French Open against my friend," Myskina said. "It's too much going on for me right now."
A brass band played the Russian national anthem during the postmatch ceremony as Myskina fought back tears.
Dementieva's best moment of the day came during the trophy presentation when she spoke in fluent French to the delight of the crowd.
"It was the dream of my life to win Roland Garros, and it's a shame that I lost today," she said. "I hope to come back and win next year."
She and Myskina were the first Russians to reach a women's Grand Slam final since Dementieva's coach, Olga Morozova, was the 1974 Wimbeldon runner-up.
Argentina also has two players in a Grand Slam final for the first time. No. 3-seeded Guillermo Coria will play unseeded Gaston Gaudio on Sunday, with the winner becoming the first Argentine man to win a major title since Guillermo Vilas at the 1979 Australian Open.
With women's tennis on the rise in Russia in recent years, Myskina has been among the nation's most talented young players, and she'll climb to a career-high No. 3 in the rankings next week. Still, the 22-year-old Moscow native wasn't among the favorites in this year's French Open.
She arrived in Paris with a 1-4 lifetime record at Roland Garros but led a wave of upsets, beating Venus Williams and 2001 champion Jennifer Capriati en route to the title.
The weather for the final was perfect — sunny and 75 degrees — but the tennis less so, especially from Dementieva. The match was as one-sided and error-filled as the two sloppy semifinals, with 50 errors by the two finalists and just 23 winners.
"I was too nervous," Dementieva said. "I couldn't play my game at all."
Myskina said she had jitters, too, but controlled them once she took the court.
"I was crying before the match. It just came out," she said. "It's good — before match, not during."
The result was the most lopsided in a Grand Slam final since Steffi Graf beat Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 6-0, 6-2 in the 1994 Australian Open. It was the most one-sided final at Roland Garros since Steffi Graf beat Natasha Zvereva 6-0, 6-0 in 1988.
Dementieva struggled from the start. In her opening service game she double-faulted, hit an ace and double-faulted again on the first three points. She double-faulted for a third time on break point as the crowd groaned.
"Her serving really helped us out," said Myskina's coach, Jens Gerlach. "It was an awkward matchup and an awkward match."
Myskina appeared increasingly relaxed as she took control. But Dementieva struggled with awkward footwork — a sign of nerves — and was often out of position on shots. Twice she hit swinging volleys into the net.
By the end of the first set, Dementieva had 19 unforced errors. Her best shot may have been a mis-hit lob that landed on the net cord and dropped at the feet of a surprised Myskina, who dumped her reply into the net.
So vexed was Dementieva by her serve that she screamed at herself in Russian following one double-fault.
"I said, 'I hate my serve,' which is true," she said. "If I can play a final in a Grand Slam without a serve ... I don't know how to serve."
Tears then welled in Dementieva's eyes.
Myskina became only the third woman — and the first in 42 years — to win the French Open after saving a match point. She was one point from defeat in her fourth-round victory against Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Myskina earned $1.02 million and Dementieva $510,000.


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A bookworm will probably cringe at this idea of using old books to fashion into a stylish headboard. But then again, if you're someone who loves to read books, wouldn't you also love to surround your haven and sanctuary with it? I imagine many readers pick up their favorite book and read this on the bed. Now, imagine setting your head up in an array of books splashed as a headboard, wouldn't that be a hoot?
Head over to Trendhunter for the instructions on how to do this. It may require some planning and skills, since the books are hammered into place and the measurements of the headboard from the mattress must be precise.
But in the end, with a unique headboard like this, which is almost a display piece in the bedroom, transforming your space would be all worth it, yes?


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Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the heads of provinces and districts to be more discerning in issuing forestry concessions, a newspaper report said Thursday.
The president also reportedly apologised for officials "perhaps" issuing permits too freely.
"The heads of provinces, districts and mayors should no longer irresponsibly issue permits," Media Indonesia quoted Yudhoyono as saying.
Officials should also tighten monitoring and supervision of existing concessions and take firm action against violators, he added.
"If they violate (their permits), especially when the violation is over the top, we can take legal steps," the daily reported him as saying.
Rapid deforestation of Indonesia's equatorial forests, which include carbon-rich peatland swamps, has made the country one of the worst emitters of greenhouse gases in the world.
Deforestation has also been blamed for a series of floods and landslides that have struck the nation in recent years.
"We see that the current condition comes from what took place in the past. We apologise, perhaps the issuance of permits was made without caution," Yudhoyono said.
His call comes as Indonesia prepares to host a UN climate change conference where nations will try to lay down the groundwork for an agreement to continue work of the Kyoto Protocol in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 10.0017 Tuesday, 6 January 1999.
Date: Tuesday, 5 Jan 1999 09:31:13 -0000
Subject: 10.0011 Re: Psalm 46
Comment: RE: SHK 10.0011 Re: Psalm 46
This psalm 46 thing seems to come round with increasing frequency on
this list. As the question of its source has been raised, let me say
that it is a lot earlier than Anthony Burgess's work. Burgess himself
cited Rudyard Kipling's short story 'Proofs of Holy Writ' (which I've
never been able to find in any collection). I believe that the idea was
also put forward in a magazine in 1901. I have the citation somewhere at
home, so if anyone really wants to know, please email me off-list and
I'll dig it out.
Happy New Year to all,


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A group of students from Arima North Secondary School, Fatima College, Bishop's High School West and Costaatt visited Orlando from July 10 to July 17.
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Two relatives of Carapo Life Sport boss held
Two close male relatives of Carapo Life Sport co-ordinator Rajaee Ali have been held by police in connection with alleged gang-related activities. The two brothers were arrested at their home in Malabar, Arima, early yesterday morning by members of the Criminal Gang and Intelligence Unit, who were armed with a search warrant to search for arms and ammunition. Although police did not find any illegal weapons the siblings were arrested and would be questioned about a series of offences under the Anti-Gang Act.
Following the arrest of the two brothers, police went to a house in Diego Martin where they arrested two other men connected to Ali's mosque in Evergreen, Carapo. The four men were being kept in separate cells at the San Juan, Barataria and Central Police Stations up to late last night. Ali, a former murder accused, was arrested in relation to similar offences earlier this year. He was released without being charge, after spending several days in police custody.


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Julie Anne Long
Between the Devil and Ian Eversea (Pennyroyal Green Series)
Avon / March 25, 2014/ $7.99 print, $6.99 digital
Orphaned American heiress Titania "Tansy" Danforth receives two simple requests from her aunt before being shipped off to her distant cousin in England:
1) Make a spectacular, titled marriage.
2) Stay out of trouble.
But once thrown into Sussex society, Tansy's less-than-angelic side emerges: the willful, wickedly witty beauty sets out to enslave hearts and steal beaux, and does so effortlessly. That is, until Ian Eversea sees right through her.
A veteran of war and inveterate rogue, Ian Eversea keeps his heart guarded and his options open: he has no interest in the shackles of marriage. But when Tansy appears to show interest in his sister's suitor, Ian has no choice but to put the American in her place. The last thing he expects is to discover the true Tansy is the perfect match for his own fiercely protected heart.
Captain Ian Eversea doesn't stand a chance. Had he been present when Tansy arrived from America, he might have realized this. Her hired companion all but ran after she delivered Tansy to her guardian, the Duke of Falconbridge, with a cryptic "Good luck, Yer Grace." In all fairness, a lesser man would have succumbed to her charm much sooner. What he doesn't seem to understand is that his disinterest in Tansy fuels her interest in him all the more.
Women love a challenge. We crave the thrill of the chase, especially when we know, in our hearts, that the object of our desire is destined to be the one to complete us.
Julie Anne Long's Tansy Danforth is one of the most genuine heroines to grace the pages of a book I have ever encountered. Although she has set her sights on Ian, she does not connive, contrive, or plot—Tansy remains refreshing and genuine, despite being paraded around in front of every titled bachelor in Sussex. Tansy has created a list of requirements for her future husband: He must be intelligent, possess fine moral character, be handsome, and enjoy laughing. All of those requirements are forgotten when she first sets eyes on Ian.
She took a tentative step into the room…
She took another step, smiling.
And then she froze.
Something terrible happened.
Her breath left her abruptly, as if she'd been dropped from a great height. Her vision spangled. She gave a half turn and peered over her shoulder, as if expecting to see the assailant who had taken a shovel to her head and utterly scrambled her senses.
She slowly, cautiously, turned her head again back toward the ballroom. Toward that wall.
Alas, she already knew it wasn't a shovel assailant. It was much worse.
It was a man.
A disturbing, delicious heat rushed over her skin. The entire world amplified
inexplicably. Suddenly everything seemed louder and brighter and she was
terribly conscience of her limbs, as if they were all newly installed and she would have to relearn them.
Tansy has most definitely contracted Ian Eversea-itis. Whenever she is near him, she loses her composure and becomes awkward like an infatuated schoolgirl. She finds herself unable to talk around him, and when she does, Ian is polite, but uninterested. Tansy is at a loss. Every other man she meets, single or married, is affected by her beauty and her charm. She had never needed to try to gain a man's attention. They flocked to her, drawn by her wit and charm.
Every man that is, except Ian.
Thankfully, Tansy doesn't resort to games or tricks to gain Ian's attention. This is what makes her such a likeable heroine. She stays true to herself. When Ian finally sees her, he realizes that she is lonely and isolated and only awkward around him. Instead of using her vulnerabilities against her, Ian becomes protective and no longer fights his attraction towards her. Once his guard is down , he discovers that he needs her.
…he kissed her as though he needed her.
Only her.
As though he was searching for something and finding it…some solace, some ease, some answer. She'd felt his kiss in the soles of her feet, the palms of her hands, from the top of her head down. Through every part of her. He'd trembled when he kissed her, and his hands had been skilled and reverent, and she knew he'd been…lost.
Seducer. Seduction. She knew he was known for this, and the words implied calculation, process. It might have been a bit like a chess game, but it had taken on its own momentum and owned both of them.
It made her want to give and give. She had never thought of herself as an inherently generous person. But it worried her that she wanted to give him anything he wanted when he kissed her.
She would not believe he would kiss every woman that way.
Ian Eversea has been caught. Now all he has to do is convince Tansy's guardian and Ian's nemesis that he is worthy of her. The man who knows and loves her better than anyone ever has and ever will. Sigh. This HEA is one of the best. Ever.
Learn more or order a copy of Between the Devil and Ian Eversea by Julie Ann Long, available March 25, 2014:
Stephanie is a high school social studies teacher who enjoys escaping from reality with a good book. She is the mom of two energetic sons and when she isn't chasing herself in circles, she can be found lurking on Twitter @KindlesConsort.


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After a year of anticipation and nearly three months of planning, Flagler educators and radio club volunteers fulfilled a mission to enable students to interview an astronaut aboard the International Space Station.
After a year of anticipation and nearly three months of planning, Flagler educators and radio club volunteers fulfilled a mission to enable students to interview an astronaut aboard the International Space Station.
Gathering in the gymnasium at Indian Trails Middle School on Friday, more than 1,000 students, parents, teachers and guests awaited the precise moment when contact was made with astronaut Suni Williams some 250 miles above the Earth.
At the appointed time, select group of students took turns getting on the microphone alongside Flagler Palm Coast Amateur Radio Club member Ridge Gardner, who helped them ask their questions, which included topics ranging from keeping healthy while in space to potential UFO sightings.
Williams, who holds the record among women for most time spent in space, was well equipped to answer all of the students' inquiries. However, several questions from the 24 students selected for the event went unasked as contact was limited to just 10 minutes.
The event was a combined effort between Flagler County Schools and the Flagler Palm Coast Amateur Radio Club. The idea had its genesis last year when radio club member Bob Matson and other club members approached NASA to vie to be one of the groups chosen for the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station program.
The club partnered with Indian Trails science teacher Dana Hausen to meet the requirements of NASA, including that the event be held in a venue large enough to permit the maximum number of participants.
Before contact was made with Williams, Flagler School Superintendent Janet Valentine thanked all those involved in arranging the program, including projects coordinator Sabrina Crosby and Palm Coast Amateur Radio Club president Mike Lee, who acted as project commander, for their work to assure the project went off without a hitch.
"We've been waiting for this for three months now," Valentine said.
The project also served as a push for the STEM program — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics — founded in 2001 by Judith A. Ramaley, former director of the National Science Foundation's education and human resources division.
"It's a good example to students, teachers, and the community of what we can accomplish when we work together," said Jose Nunez, the school district's STEM coordinator.


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Whole Animal Imaging CT & Beyond
Project Leaders : Dr. L. Dean Chapman and Sheldon Wiebe, MD
Research Group : Drs. Paterson, Nichol, Guzman and Kelly
Research Sites : University of Saskatchewan, and CLS and SSRL synchrotrons
Specific Aims :
• Develop and implement on the BioMedical Imaging and Therapy beamline, various novel imaging tools including:
o Diffraction Enhanced Imaging CT (DEI)
o Phase Contrast CT
o K-edge subtraction CT
o Gene expression mapping using synchrotron light
• To visualize neovascularization surrounding stroke lesions. Our long term goal is to develop the next generation of clinical imaging technology.
Iron & Sulfur Biomarkers of Stroke Pathology
Project Leaders : Dr. Fred Colbourne and Dr. Phyllis Paterson
Research Group : Drs. Chapman, George, Haacke, Nichol, and Pickering
Research Sites : University of Alberta, University of Saskatchewan, and CLS and SSRL synchrotrons
Specific Aims :
• To map the temporal and spatial pattern of brain iron (Fe) and sulfur (S) following intracerebral hemorrhage, focal ischemia, and global ischemia to give a global view of elemental redistribution following stroke.
•To evaluate the effects of neuroprotective treatments on the temporal and spatial pattern of Fe and S distribution in vulnerable brain regions following global ischemia with the long term goal being to understand how iron and sulfur dysregulation contribute to damage from ischemia.
• To investigate whether pre-existing protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) exacerbates brain injury following global ischemia.
MRI of Microhemorrhage
Project Leaders : Dr. Helen Nichol and Dr. E. Mark Haacke
Research Group : Drs. George, Paterson, and Pickering
Research Sites : MRI Institute for Biomedical Research (MRII), Wayne State University, University of Saskatchewan, and CLS
Specific Aims :
• Apply the novel parallel-SWI /RS-XRF imaging approach to visualize and chemically speciate iron associated with focal stroke, vascular damage and microbleeds in cadaveric brains (cause of death = stroke). Our long term goal is to understand of the forms of iron visualized by SWI in a variety of clinical situations.
• Use X-ray absorption spectroscopy to determine which chemical forms of iron are associated with vascular damage and microbleeds, to improve the ability of SWI to detect microbleeds in patients. Using the spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone (SHRSP) rat model we will use synchrotron RS-XRF and in situ micro-near edge spectroscopy to quantitate iron deposits associated with microbleeds and speciate the forms of iron found.
Stem Cell Therapy
Project Leaders : Michael Kelly M.D. PhD., Raphael Guzman, MD
Research Group : Drs. Chapman, George, Nichol, Pickering, and Wiebe
Research Sites : University of Saskatchewan, University of Basel, Switzerland, CLS and SSRL
Specific Aims :
• Compare the sensitivity and spatial resolution of MRI and rapid scanning X-ray fluorescence (RSXRF) in tracking the targeted migration of superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO)-labeled neural stem cells in rat models of stroke.
• Follow the post-stroke migration and fate of neural stem cells over the lifespan of a mouse and verify the effect of the transplant on behavioural outcomes.
• Apply in vivo imaging tools to analyze the mechanisms by which neural stem cells transplanted into the stroked brain find their target and promote functional recovery. Our long term goals is to understand the role of angiogenesis and endogenous neurogenesis on functional recovery.


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Homemade White Bread Recipe
"SATURDAY in the Piepenbrink household was always baking day. My dad's mother would double the recipe twice and make 8 loaves to last a week!"
- 1 package (2 ounces) compressed yeast cake, crumbled
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 cups warm water (80° to 90°), divided
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 6-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
- Melted butter
- 1. In a 4-qt. bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in 1/2 cup water. Let stand 5 minutes. Add the butter, salt, remaining water and 3 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough.
- 2. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
- 3. Punch dough down. Divide into 2 parts. Shape into loaves. Place in greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.
- 4. Carefully brush tops with melted butter. Bake at 400° or until golden brown, about 35-40 minutes. Remove from pans and cool on a wire rack. Yield: 2 loaves (16 slices each).
Nutritional Facts
1 slice: 113 calories, 2g fat (1g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 222mg sodium, 20g carbohydrate (1g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.
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It's a fair bet that
Australia has a big self-interest in reviving the lost momentum behind the annual G20 leaders' summit. We were there when the G20 began as a gathering of finance ministers in response to the 1998 Asian financial crisis. When the global financial crisis hit in 2008, Mr Rudd was among those pushing to elevate the G20 to full leaders' status, cementing Australia within the world's foremost economic forum involving both developed and emerging economies.
Since then, however, the G20's momentum has waned. While helping to hold back any 1930s-style retreat into global protectionism, its repeated calls to finally strike a new global free trade pact have been embarrassingly impotent. And, while the GFC provided a rallying point for concerted global action, the interests of the G20 economies have diverged as the US, Europe and Japan have sparked a global currency war. Bogged down in lengthy leaders' declarations, the G20 risks being usurped, for example, by an expanded G8 that added China, India and Brazil to its membership – but excluded Australia.
Faced with this, Mr Abbott and Mr Hockey need to focus on a smaller number of practical initiatives that would get past debates over austerity versus growth. And, to demonstrate their own commitment, they need to link this to their own domestic agenda for growth and jobs. The obvious candidate is some sort of global initiative to promote job-creating trade and investment flows.
It would be brilliant if Mr Abbott could stand up at the end of the Brisbane summit and credibly declare that the world's leaders had kick-started global trade talks, says Wesfarmers chief executive
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Heidi Zetzer, director of the Hosford Counseling and Psychological Services Clinic at the Gevirtz School at UC Santa Barbara, will be presented with an Award for Outstanding Counseling Supervisor from the Supervision & Training Section of the Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17), which is part of the American Psychological Association (APA). The award will be presented at the section business meeting at the upcoming APA Conference in Washington, DC.
The Supervision and Training Section (STS) of the Society of Counseling Psychology is dedicated to those interested or engaged in training or supervising mental health service providers, including students, professional therapists-counselors, psychologists, and clinical supervisors. Specifically, the Section strives to promote multi-culturally sensitive research, teaching, practice, as well as public interest in therapist training, clinical supervision, and supervisor training.
"There are three good things about receiving this award," Zetzer says. "First, all the tremendous gratitude I feel for the colleagues and former students who wrote letters of support. Thank you for your recommendations! Second, it's an honor to be acknowledged by the STS board. This group is comprised of incredibly talented people in the field of supervision and training, so it's especially meaningful to get a thumbs-up from them. Third, this experience reminds me of all of the awesome students I have supervised: Many of them are now licensed professionals who are supervisors themselves or in academic positions in which they are training future applied psychologists."
Heidi Zetzer is a Lecturer with Security of Employment (LSOE) in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology (CCSP) and the Director of the Hosford Counseling & Psychological Services Clinic, which is the department's psychology training clinic. The Hosford Clinic provides affordable evidence-based culturally-responsive mental health services to members of the Santa Barbara community. It includes three centers: 1) The Carol Ackerman Positive Psychology Clinic, 2) The Trauma Recovery & Resilience Center, and 3) the Psychology Assessment Center. In addition to running the clinic, Dr. Zetzer teaches practicum and supervision courses, supervises student clinicians and supervisors, and provides psychotherapy to community clients. She also provides continuing education programs on positive psychology, evidence-based practice, cultural competence, and supervision. Dr. Zetzer earned an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Ohio State University in 1986 and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1990.


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After four years of controversy, the P.E.I. government has finally released the list of 1,354 companies that received PNP funds.
But with no dollar amounts attached to the names on this list, questions remain about how many investment units some companies may have received and whether some businesses received more than the maximum number of investments allowed under the program's rules.
The province issued a news release late in the day Tuesday, saying it was complying with the Supreme Court ruling late last week that said the list of Provincial Nominee Program beneficiaries should be released.
The complete list is now available on the P.E.I. government website. The Guardian will also print the full list in Wednesday's print edition of the newspaper and provide a PDF download copy of the list on its website.
Innovation Minister Allen Roach could not be reached for comment.
But in a news release issued Tuesday, he said he released the list in compliance with the Supreme Court decision.
"The businesses listed account for about one-quarter of all Island businesses," Roach said.
"The (PNP) is an economic program used by all provinces and territories to boost a province's economy and support local businesses. More than 1,300 Island businesses received investment through the Provincial Nominee Program, who in turn invest in the Island economy."
On Friday, Supreme Court Justice Wayne Cheverie overturned a decision of the province's former privacy commissioner, who denied the CBC a Freedom of Information request asking for the list of PNP beneficiaries. But in the same ruling, Cheverie upheld the commissioner's decision not to release the number of investment units each company received, as this could reveal information about those companies' finances and assets.
Opposition Leader Olive Crane has led the charge in trying to shed light on the controversies that have plagued government over the way this program was administered, especially in the final weeks before it was shut down by Ottawa.
She said Tuesday her concern has always been the "preferential treatment" some people and companies received in getting PNP investment funds, notably government officials and their family members.
"There's clear guidelines for ministers and senior government staff that we cannot put ourselves in positions where we can take advantage of programs when other people can't," Crane said in an interview.
"A lot of the lines of questions that I asked for years through the public accounts and the legislature means this list will certainly generate more questions."
The Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) offered Canadian visas to immigrants who invested between $120,000 and $200,000 on P.E.I., some of which went into an Island company. It was established to encourage immigration to the province.
The federal government shut down P.E.I.'s program in 2008 after it discovered the province was allowing immigrants to invest in companies in which they had no active involvement.
P.E.I.'s auditor general launched an investigation into the program in 2009 and found the government broke rules, changed rules without proper approval and approved businesses for PNP investments that didn't qualify.
Several sitting and former MLAs received PNP money for their personal businesses.
Three deputy ministers and some of their spouses also received immigrant investment units for their companies, including Brooke MacMillan, who was the deputy minister in charge of the program when the feds flagged it as problematic.
MacMillan also approved changes to the PNP that made his own business eligible to receive funds. His wife also received PNP money. Premier Robert Ghiz ordered MacMillan to pay the money back and he did.
The RCMP is close to being ready to release its findings on a preliminary investigation launched last year into allegations of fraud and bribery involving this program that were sent to Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
The Canada Border Services Agency also investigated these allegations, but closed its probe due to lack of evidence.