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Photographer's Note
The Dooars are the floodplains and foothills of the eastern Himalayas in North-East India around Bhutan.This region is divided by the Sankosh river into the Eastern and the Western Dooars, consisting of an area of 8,800 km² (3,400 sq mi). The Western Dooars is known as the Bengal Dooars and the Eastern Dooars as the Assam Dooars. Many wildlife sanctuaries and national park like Manas National Park in Assam, Jaldapara National Park, Buxa National Park, Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Reserve and the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal are located in this region and it is home to a large variety of wildlife including the famous Indian one horned rhinoceros.
The location pictured here is on the outskirts of the Gorumara forest range and the people probably locals working in the forest. The two ladies refused to be photographed and covered themselves with their umbrellas. I wasn't able to understand the language they were speaking in, it might have been Nepali. The national parks being annually closed from 15 June to 15 September, I had to limit myself to the outskirts. The WORKSHOP photo will give an idea of the density of these forests and their beauty in the monsoon months. Though these roads are safe during the day, I was cautioned about elephant and bison attacks in the night hours.
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Silvio1953 (162102) 2014-08-14 2:37
Ciao Satya, lovely daily life composition, excellent perspective, wonderful natural colors and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio
snunney (113572) 2014-08-14 3:27
Hello Satya,
I like the oblique point of view and the presence of the people; both help create dynamism for the composition. Excellent capture of this lush verdant jungle. Superb colours and clarity.
Hello my dear friends
interesting capture of an interesting jungle
I love its natural colors and people
ready for work
your notes are really useful the dooars
the floodplains and foothills at the eastern
pajaran (71562) 2014-08-14 5:13
Dobar dan, popodne.
Interesantan tekst o Dooars sa opisom ...
Dobar trenutak snimka i kontarst, lepo pokazani zemljoranici koji idu na posao i zeleno drvece.
Dobar rad, lepa fotografija u radionici.
Tezak je zivot zemljoradnika, rade od ujutru do uvece.
Lepo popodne i sve najbolje.
Good afternoon, this afternoon.
An interesting article about the Dooars with a description ...
Good time recording and kontarst, beautifully displayed zemljoranici who go to work and green trees.
Good work, beautiful images in the workshop.
The life of a farmer, working from morning to night.
Nice afternoon and all the best.
Sergiom (96559) 2014-08-14 5:25
Bonjour Satya,
J'aime beaucoup cette scène de la vie quotidienne dans cette partie du monde. Les gens se rendent au travail avec de l'équipement très primaire dans ce qui semble une forêt impénétrable.
jhm (167678) 2014-08-14 5:51
Hello Satya,
Both pictures are very nice, but these picture is for my the most beautiful.
Nice perspective and depth picture.
Colours and sharpness make these picture attractive.
Excellent composition, nice captured.
Very well done, TFS.
Best regards,
Cricri (133158) 2014-08-14 9:50
Hi Satya
Intéressante note et belle scène de vie, ces personnes allant aux travail a pieds nus dans cette foret sauvage, belle image présenter aussi en WS, merci
Belle soirée
No_One (4) 2014-08-14 10:39
Hi Satya
Your workshop adds a lot to this post, while the main post is great and the lead of the road and the people is excellent, the workshop has a sense of lonliness to it, and ties well to your note of wild animal attack, it gives an appreciation for the lives of this people whom you have photographed really well. An excellent post that to me, a stern european, opens my eyes to a far away part of the world.
Thanks as always
Royaldevon (48467) 2014-08-14 14:05
Hello Satya,
You are educating us with such fine notes about the region and its people. I am not surprised that the ladies refused to be photographed, I had a similar problem when I asked ladies carrying jugs on their heads if I could photograph them! But, what did surprise me was these people walking barefoot on the road. Is this normal? Is it a sign of their way of life or their poverty?
I was concerned when I read about the possibility of animal attacks. Were you alone taking these shots?
A nicely angled shot with the figures well positioned. There is a sense of the density of the forest, reinforced by your w/s. The verdant greens reflect the rainfall.
My warm regards,
Bev :-)
ourania (51103) 2014-08-15 7:09
Hello Satya,
although the people wished to keep their presence discreet, its very interesting to watch them walking with their tools in an environment that is exotic and fascinating but to them a daily sight and workplace. I like very much the solid dynamism of the walking line and the perspective. Textures and colours look natural and agreeable, your timing is excellent too. The forest path in the workshop crosses a stunningly dense natural environment. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a lovely day,
nikkitta (17068) 2014-08-15 14:05
Namaste Satya
Good capture in diagonal and informative note about the forest
Like the presence of people contrasting with the very green vegetation
My experience en India with women was good, always smiling when noticing a photo
Other regions, different ways of behavior
Good work, regards
rychem (49167) 2014-08-15 21:14
You showed the special atmosphere of this dense forest, very nice photo with good composition, the note is very informative
regards Ryszard
Nicou (159862) 2014-08-16 2:19
quelle vue et image superbe le long de la route ces personnage avec leurs outils allant au champs pour le travail la belle végétation superbe.
Bravo et amitié
Fis2 (114917) 2014-08-16 8:24
Witaj Satya!
I like scene from daily life.
Good shot!
Excellent POV and colors.
Nice evening.
Best regards.
holmertz (64528) 2014-08-17 3:07
Hello Satya,
This is a photo I happened to overlook. It's a fine picture from an exotic environment and it gives us an interesting view of the locals walking neatly in a row. I think the colours could have been slightly adjusted to make the green tone less dominant. Before reading the end of the note I looked at the WS and thought "what abour wild animals?". Then I got your explanation.
Kind regards,
Photo Information
- Copyright: Satya Ghosal (photographer_sg) (4414)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2014-07-27
- Categories: Daily Life, Nature
- Exposure: f/4, 1/160 seconds
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
- Date Submitted: 2014-08-14 2:32


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Irving Penn, Fashion Photographer, Is Dead at 92
By ANDY GRUNDBERG
Published: October 8, 2009
Irving Penn, one of the 20th century's most prolific and influential photographers of fashion and the famous, whose signature blend of classical elegance and cool minimalism was recognizable to magazine readers and museumgoers worldwide, died Wednesday morning at his home in Manhattan. He was 92.
His death was announced by Peter MacGill, his friend and representative.
Mr. Penn's talent for picturing his subjects with compositional clarity and economy earned him the widespread admiration of readers of Vogue during his long association with the magazine, beginning in 1943. It also brought him recognition in the art world; his photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries and are prized by collectors.
His long career at Vogue spanned a number of radical transformations in fashion and its depiction, but his style remained remarkably constant. Imbued with calm and decorum, his photographs often seemed intent on defying fashion. His models and portrait subjects were never seen leaping or running or turning themselves into blurs. Even the rough-and-ready members of the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang, photographed in San Francisco in 1967, were transformed within the quieting frame of his studio camera into the graphic equivalent of a Greek frieze.
Instead of spontaneity, Mr. Penn provided the illusion of a seance, his gaze precisely describing the profile of a Balenciaga coat or of a Moroccan jalaba in a way that could almost mesmerize the viewer. Nothing escaped the edges of his photographs unless he commanded it. Except for a series of close-up portraits that cut his subjects' heads off at the forehead, and another, stranger suite of overripe nudes, his subjects were usually shown whole, apparently enjoying a splendid isolation from the real world.
He was probably most famous for photographing Parisian fashion models and the world's great cultural figures, but he seemed equally at home photographing Peruvian peasants or bunion pads. Merry Foresta, co-organizer of a 1990 retrospective of his work at the National Museum of American Art, wrote that his pictures exhibited ''the control of an art director fused with the process of an artist.''
A courtly man whose gentle demeanor masked an intense perfectionism, Mr. Penn adopted the pose of a humble craftsman while helping to shape a field known for putting on airs. Although schooled in painting and design, he chose to define himself as a photographer, scraping his early canvases of paint so that they might serve a more useful life as backdrops to his pictures.
He was also a refined conversationalist and a devoted husband and friend. His marriage to Lisa Fonssagrives, a beautiful model, artist and his sometime collaborator, lasted 42 years, ending with her death at the age of 80 in 1992. Mr. Penn's photographs of Ms. Fonssagrives not only captured a slim woman of lofty sophistication and radiant good health; they also set the esthetic standard for the elegant fashion photography of the 1940s and '50s.
Ms. Fonssagrives became a sculptor after her modeling career ended. In 1994, Mr. Penn and their son, Tom, a metal designer, arranged the printing of a book that reproduced his wife's sculpture, prints and drawings. In addition to his son, Mr. Penn is survived by his stepdaughter, Mia Fonssagrives Solow, a sculptor and jewelry designer; his younger brother, Arthur, the well-known director of such films as ''Bonnie and Clyde,'' and eight grandchildren.
Mr. Penn had the good fortune of working for and collaborating with two of the 20th century's most inventive and influential magazine art directors, Alexey Brodovitch and Alexander Liberman. He studied with Mr. Brodovitch in Philadelphia as a young man and came to New York in 1937 as his unpaid design assistant at Harper's Bazaar, the most provocative fashion magazine of the day. But it was under Mr. Liberman, at Vogue, that Mr. Penn forged his career as a photographer.
In the book ''Irving Penn: Passage'' (1991), a compilation of the photographer's career, Mr. Liberman wrote of meeting Mr. Penn for the first time in 1941: ''Here was a young American who seemed unspoiled by European mannerisms or culture. I remember he wore sneakers and no tie. I was struck by his directness and a curious unworldliness, a clarity of purpose, and a freedom of decision. What I call Penn's American instincts made him go for the essentials.''
Irving Penn was also a consummate technician, known equally for the immaculate descriptive quality of his still-life arrangements of cosmetics and other consumer goods and for his masterly exploration of photographic materials. Not content with the conventions of the darkroom or with the standard appearance of commercial prints, he was willing to experiment. He resorted to bleaching the prints of his nudes series, eliminating skin tones and making female flesh appear harsh and unforgiving but nonetheless sexually charged.
At the height of the cultural convulsions of the 1960s Mr. Penn taught himself to print his own pictures using a turn-of-the-century process that relies on platinum instead of more conventional silver. The process produces beautiful, velvety tones in the image and is among the most permanent of photographic processes, although it requires time-consuming preparation and precise control in the darkroom.

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The Edmonton Rush blew it.
Friday's game against the Minnesota Swarm was the golden opportunity to get rid of the goose egg in the win column. Their game faces had been plastered on since practice the night before and game-day shootaround was all business.
Then the house of cards folded.
Can it get worse for the Rush?
Sadly, it can because their schedule has no soft touches on the horizon. Games against Toronto and Calgary finish off February and the first two weekends of March bring two sets of back-to-back contests with only one of the four tilts being at home (and it's against West Division-leading Arizona).
With the Rock coming to town on Saturday, a crowd of more than the 8,745 that showed Friday is expected.
A win over Minnesota would definitely have spiked interest. The Rush had been so close - losing in overtime to San Jose and dropping two games to Calgary by a combined five goals - and a win would have proven that progress is starting to show.
But at 0-5, and even after another narrow defeat, just how much more patience the Edmonton fans have is being tested.
"Edmonton likes a winner and hopefully we're not too far off from providing that," said local product and NLL veteran Kevin Howard. "We are a young team, but we need wins. I think the fans can see the frustration on our faces and I'm sure they're frustrated with us."
The Swarm are certainly no better than San Jose or Calgary and the fight that the Rush's Trent Smalley's had with Ryan Cousins before the face-off should have been built on by the Rush. Several times during the game, they could have sent very physical messages to the Swarm - as in "Don't mess with us tonight."
They didn't need to brawl it up. They just needed to serve a warning. What the Rush did was turn the other cheek. Wrong move.
There's little left to say about the Rush's anemic offence. They missed 20 shots on net and went a dismal 0-for-8 on the power play.
There were a few sparks. Jimmy Quinlan continues a breakout season, Howard's goal was a nifty effort, Cam Bergman made several good runs and Ted Jenner put a beauty behind Swarm goalie Nick Patterson only to have it waved off by a crease infraction.
After that, it was slim pickings.
Paul Day, the Rush's head coach/GM, is trying to find help. But for the good of the team's future he isn't prepared to listen to offers for cornerstones like Quinlan, goalie Pat Campbell or talented defenders Andrew Turner and Rory Glaves.
"If we can get anyone in that room that can make us better ... but the phone's not ringing off the hook," said Day. "They know we're desperate. It is tough when you put yourself in that sort of hole for trades."
No NLL team has ever had a winless season. Syracuse went 1-11 in 2000 and then moved to Ottawa. The next year, Ottawa was 1-13. Two years later, they were out of the league. Anaheim went 1-15 in 2004 - they're essentially the Portland LumberJax now. Last season's worst team was the San Jose Stealth at 4-12.
Right now, four wins looks like an uphill battle for the Rush.


text: Now, if i may digress momentarily from the main stream of this evenings symposium, i'd like to sing a song which is completely pointless but which is something i picked up during my career as aTist. this may prove useful to somebody some day perhaps, in a somewhat bizarre set of circumstances. it's simply the names of the chemical elements set to a possibly recognizable tune.There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium,And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium,And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium,Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium,And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium,And gold and protactinium and indium and gallium,<gasp>And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium.There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium,And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium,And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium,And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium, and barium.Isn't that interesting?<laughter>I knew you would.I hope you're all taking notes, because there's going to be a short quiz next period.There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium,And phosphorus and francium and fluorine and terbium,And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium,Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and cesium.And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium,Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium,And tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium,<gasp>And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium.There's sulfur, californium, and fermium, berkelium,And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium,And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc, and rhodium,And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin, and sodium.These are the only ones of which the news has come to ha'vard,And there may be many others, but they haven't been discavard.Now, may i have the next slide please?Got carried away there.


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Student Splits 40K In Winnings Among Runners-Up
There's nothing I love more than good kid stories. People like to say that the youth of today are corrupt or lazy, they have no values. I tend to differ in that opinion because when I was growing up I knew of only a few trouble makers but I heard that all kids were stupid and weren't behaved like they were when they were young, then came the speech about 5 cent popcorn walking to school uphill both ways in the snow……..I believe there are good kids and good people, you just have to find them over the bullies and Charlie Sheens. Here's a perfect example of a kid who split the winnings to a basketball contest.
The event – a foul-shooting contest for top academic students at Compton High School in Los Angeles – was created with a simple premise: Organizers wanted to show the kids at Compton how to create community spirit with college scholarship money as the incentive.
Allen Geui won in front of a packed house.
Following a tear-jerking gesture from the winner – it appears the true lessons learned were by the adults.
The kids in Compton are more than alright.
Three months after winning the $40,000 top prize, Allan Guei donated all of his winnings to the seven other finalists.
Guei, a star player on the basketball team who is headed to Cal-State Northridge on a full scholarship, said he felt the others could use the college cash more than he could. He wanted to give his classmates a chance to make their academic dreams come true, too.
"I've already been blessed so much and I know we're living with a bad economy, so I know this money can really help my classmates," he said in a release from the school. "It was the right decision."
One that stunned Court Crandall, the man behind the event.
"What he has done is exceptional, just like Allan," he said. "Like any young people, whether it's my kids or someone else's, you hope they are given opportunities to show what they can do. These Compton High grads have a lot of talent. They have a lot of drive, and I wish them all the best."
Crandall, a partner at the Southern California advertising firm WCDW and a hollywood screenwriter whose credits include "Old School," came up with the idea after watching his 16-year-old son play on a basketball team with some Compton students.
Crandall felt foul shooting was something that could unite a community regardless of racial divide. He felt doing it in Compton – a community battling an image problem – could help change those attitudes, too.
"I thought the free throw is a good metaphor in a world where there's a bunch of lines that are kind of dividing us," Crandall said afterward. "The focus became, how do we show the world another side of Compton, that's more positive, beyond the stereotypical guns and crime stuff."
The only requirement for the contest is that the students must have a GPA of 3.0 and above. After receiving nearly 100 applicants, eight contestants were chosen at random. The contest was held in March.
"My hope was that what started as a competition would become a collaboration with the kids supporting each other," Crandall told the L.A. Times. "They did, but in the end they did that to a much greater extent than I ever could have anticipated."
via Rivals High – Student splits 40K in winnings among runners-up.


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The state Supreme Court dealt with a case involving a Scouting organization and municipal subsidy earlier this year, ruling against the Scouts.
A federal appeals court has asked the state Supreme Court to decide whether San Diego's leasing of city parkland to the Boy Scouts violates the state constitution's ban on government preference for religious groups.
The request by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is an unusual -- but not unprecedented -- move by the court, and is the latest twist in a case that began six years ago.
Before deciding a case, federal courts occasionally ask state courts to rule on unique issues of state law. The state high court does not have to accept the request, though most often it agrees to do so.
In this instance, two of the three judges weighing the federal case wrote that they wanted the state Supreme Court to decide because "this case raises difficult questions of state constitutional law with potentially broad implications for California citizens' civil and religious liberties."
At issue is a ruling by San Diego federal Judge Napoleon Jones in 2003. Jones struck down leases for 16 acres in Balboa Park and another half-acre on Fiesta Island that the city granted to the Scouts under a no-bid and, initially, nominal yearly fee.
The city was sued by an agnostic couple and a lesbian couple.
Jones ruled that the Boy Scouts -- which bar gays and require members to take an oath to God -- are a religious organization and that the leases amounted to an unconstitutional government assistance to religion.
The Boy Scouts appealed, contending they are not a religious group and that there was no evidence their religious practices were a factor in getting the leases.
In an order issued Monday, the judges asked the state court to weigh in on three questions:
- Do the leases violate the state constitution's "no preference" ban on government favoring of a religious group?
- Do the leases amount to aid for religion, and thereby violate a second clause in the state constitution banning government aid to religion?
- If the leases amount to aid, do they support a "sectarian purpose" or "creed"? In other words, can the Scouts be considered a religious group?
The judges wrote that California's high court has never had to define what "aid," "creed" or "sectarian purpose" mean in a way that can be applied to the circumstances raised by the Scouts' lease case.
A lawyer for the Boy Scouts said he was disappointed with the federal court's move, and will urge the state justices to decline the request.
"It's really not great news for anyone on either side of the case," lawyer George Davidson said. If the state court accepts the matter, he said, it would add about 20 months of delay to resolving the case.
The suit was filed on behalf of the couples by the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. David Blair-Loy, the legal director for the ACLU chapter, said he was confident the court will rule in favor of his clients.
The Boy Scouts of America successfully argued to the U.S. Supreme Court that the right to free association under the Constitution allowed it to ban atheists and homosexuals, Blair-Loy said.
That decision was made in 2000, and a few months later the Balboa Park suit was filed.
"They are trying to have their cake and eat it, too," Blair-Loy said. "They go to the United State Supreme Court and say our religious principles are so important we can't let atheists be members. But in this case they are saying no, we are not religious.
"They are entitled to their beliefs and rights of association, but that does not give them the right to practice those with a big government subsidy."
The Scouts have leased land in the park since 1957 for $1 per year. After the case was filed, the city negotiated a new lease, and the Scouts pay $2,500 in fees per year.
The federal judges also turned aside an argument from the Scouts that the two families did not have standing to bring a suit, because they had not tried to use the parkland and had not suffered any real harm.
Judges William C. Canby Jr. and Marsha Berzon rejected that, saying the Scouts had preferential use of the land and that the families therefore had unequal access to the public lands.
One judge, Andrew Kleinfeld, dissented and said the case should be dismissed because the families had not suffered any "concrete" harm and could not sue.
California's Supreme Court dealt with a case involving a Scouting organization and municipal subsidy earlier this year, ruling against the Scouts.
In that case, the court concluded that the city of Berkeley could deny a subsidy giving the Sea Scouts, an affiliate of the Boy Scouts, free access to a public marina.
The city said the Scouts had to adhere to its nondiscrimination policy to get the subsidy, and when the group said it could not, the free space was withdrawn.
Because that case centered on Berkeley's ability to enforce its anti-discrimination policy, it differs from the San Diego case, which deals with interpreting religion clauses in the state constitution, lawyers said.
Each side has about three weeks to submit papers to the state Supreme Court, either urging it to accept the case from the federal court or to turn it down. The court will then decide on its own timeline whether to take up the case.


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Nick Cave Merchandise in the Museum Shop
The Museum Shop and the eShop are carrying Nick Cave merchandise during the Nick Cave: Sojourn exhibition. Take part of Cave's imagination home with this unique selection of products.
- Limited edition Nick Cave: Sojourn exhibition catalogs
- Soundsuit punching bags
- Over-sized refrigerator magnets
- Imagination Workbook for all ages
- Boxed notecard sets of Soundsuits
- ViewMasters containing Soundsuit images in various environments
*Receive 10% off eShop merchandise if you enter the Promotion Code: SAVE10 upon checkout. This offer is valid until September 22, 2013.
Your purchase helps to support the Denver Art Museum collections and educational programs. Members receive a 10% discount on all shop merchandise.
The Museum Shop offers unique, artistic gifts that will make any celebration a memorable one.
Note: Nick Cave: Sojourn, on view through September 22, 2013, is located in the Hamilton Building on Level 2. Ticketed with member discount. Purchase tickets online or call 720-913-0130.
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Online consignment store Threadflip launched Tuesday with $1.6 million in the bank. Much like a traditional consignment store, the website lets you buy and sell gently used women's clothing.
First Round Capital and Baseline Ventures led the seed round, with participation from Dave Morin from Slow Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Greylock Discovery Fund, and Andreessen Horowitz Seed Fund. The full press release follows.
Social Shopping Site Provides Stunningly Simple Way to Discover, Buy and Sell Fashion
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – April 17, 2012 – Threadflip launches today, providing a new way to discover, buy and sell fashion. Inspired by the reality that there comes a time when even your most beloved fashion favorite is better served spicing up someone else's closet, Threadflip enables you to easily recoup some of your investment and make room for new finds. In turn, Threadflip shoppers enjoy access to fashionable closets featuring designer apparel (from Paul Smith to Prada, to vintage to Vuitton and everything in between) at a fraction of the original price.
In conjunction with the launch, the company announces a $1.6M seed round led by First Round Capital and Baseline Ventures. Additional participants in the round include Dave Morin from Slow Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Greylock Discovery Fund and Andreessen Horowitz Seed Fund. Kent Goldman from First Round Capital joins the company's board of directors.
With a few clicks, users can upload images of pieces straight from their closets and sell clothing, shoes, bags and jewelry, creating a vast marketplace of thousands of new pieces every day. And if you are too busy to upload and sell on your own, the company is also launching its White Glove Service with a select group of users. This service will offer an end-to-end solution, allowing women to send in their clothing and Threadflip takes care of the rest.
Threadflip Tastemaker Spotlights – Straight From the Closets of Style Icons
Threadflip Tastemaker spotlights provide exclusive access to one-of-a-kind items from the personal collections of tastemakers. For launch, Threadflip showcases the incomparable style of four fashion arbiters – Vogue's Preetma Singh, Late Afternoon blogger Liz Cherkasova, Tennessee Thomas drummer for The Like and Laura Ellner of On the Racks. These Threadflip Tastemakers offer up pieces straight from their own closets and highlight top picks from the site. Threadflip Tastemaker spotlights will be an ongoing feature on the site.
"As a fashion industry insider, personal closets are the final frontier for style discovery and shopping," said Jennie Lodge, Threadflip brand manager. "Just getting up-close and personal with a favorite style star's pieces is a thrill and knowing that they're yours for the taking, (or at least buying), is a dream."
"Threadflip provides a smart and streamlined way for consumers to discover, sell and purchase online," said Manik Singh, CEO, Threadflip. "Too many closets are packed with barely or never-worn items, some with tags still on. With Threadflip's seamless end-to-end experience, easy shipping and White Glove Service, we've removed all barriers to buying and selling online, making it simple to hit the refresh button on your wardrobe."


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Ease Of Use Highlights New Condition-Monitoring Tools
EP Editorial Staff | November 13, 2013
As this overview of technologies points out, today's maintenance technicians and operators have access to capabilities that were previously limited to monitoring specialists.
Featuring streamlined designs and improved factory-floor functionality, next-generation condition-monitoring instruments and devices stem from advances in digital technology and electronics. Typically lightweight and portable, they require no special technical skills to operate. Personnel can, thus, become proficient in their use with little training and after only an hour or two of practice.
These innovations include durable vibration analyzers, portable lube-analysis kits, versatile stroboscope/tachometers, non-contact thermometers and many more. Leveraging such tools, users can perform a range of basic monitoring activities and obtain valuable data on operating conditions with regard to the following issues:
Maintenance technicians and machine operators can now take vibration readings during routine inspections using powerful handheld analyzers. One type, for example, takes both overall velocity and enveloped acceleration readings at each point on targeted machines. The velocity vibration measurements are automatically compared with pre-programmed ISO standards, triggering an alarm when the measurements exceed the guidelines. The enveloped acceleration measurements are compared with established bearing vibration guidelines.
This analyzer is extremely durable and rated for use in industrial environments. Weighing less than a half-pound, the device fits in a pocket or on a tool belt and can be easily carried on inspection rounds.
Lubricant quality
Monitoring oil samples in the field has long been standard practice, but grease analysis has usually proved difficult. The introduction of modern grease-analysis kits, however, makes quick evaluation more feasible and affordable than in the past.
In a recent case, a pulp and paper mill in Brazil implemented on-site grease analysis to speed up decision-making and reduce costs. The facility already had a fully functioning lube-analysis program in place. Grease samples were collected and forwarded to an independent laboratory at a cost of almost $60 per sample. Testing was completed in about a week. But the turnaround time caused delays and affected plant operations.
Looking for a solution, the mill's lubrication manager acquired two portable grease-test kits to let in-house personnel analyze fresh grease on the spot. The kits contained three different tests of grease quality: consistency, oil bleeding and contamination. No special expertise was needed to perform the tests—and they each required only 0.5 grams of grease for sampling. The testing was able to clear some samples immediately and identify others that required lab analysis.
This on-site analysis program helped reduce the number of samples sent out for testing by 25%, which, in turn, helped cut overall costs. It has also given the mill greater control over lubrication decision-making.
Motion and speed
Technicians monitoring the motion of operating machines can turn to portable stroboscopes that "freeze" the movement of rotating or reciprocating machinery like fan blades, couplings, gear wheels and belt drives. Doing so allows machines to be safely inspected while they are running.
The latest offerings include a new instrument that functions as a dual stroboscope and tachometer (see Fig. 1). The device has a stroboscopic flash rate of nearly 300,000 pulses per minute, enabling it to monitor most high-speed applications. Its ergonomic design allows users to set the flash rate in seconds. The versatility of this device is enhanced by a remote optical sensor that allows the tool to operate as a tachometer. In this mode, the instrument measures rotational speeds up to 300,000 rev/min with an accuracy of +.01%.
Fig. 1. This versatile stroboscope monitors the motion of rotating machines and, with the help of its optical sensor, can operate as a tachometer. (Source: SKF USA Inc.)
There are a number of new-generation devices for remotely sensing heat and thermal energy. These include noncontact infrared thermometers that provide accurate measurements from a distance. They incorporate an infrared detector to sense thermal energy radiating from operating machinery. The detector produces a signal that is translated into a reading on the device's display screen.
One such thermometer has dual-laser sighting to precisely define the area being measured. It senses temperatures ranging from -60 to 1000 C (Fig. 2). Users can program this instrument to emit audible alarms at specified high or low temperatures.
Fig. 2. A non-contact infrared thermometer makes accurate measurements by sensing thermal energy radiating from machines. (Source: SKF USA Inc.)
Another heat-sensing technology, thermography, has also been improved—and become more affordable—over the last decade. Thermal cameras with imaging capabilities allow technicians to visualize machine hot spots from a safe distance. Some cameras can even operate unattended with images taken and saved at regular intervals.
Air leaks in HVAC systems and other applications produce high-frequency sounds due to turbulence near the leak site—sounds that can be pinpointed by ultrasonic detectors. One such instrument has a sensor mounted on a long flexible tube, allowing access to hard-to-reach areas. It helps guide the operator to the loudest point, revealing the leak's location. This detector is compact enough to use with one hand and requires no special training.
There are also handheld instruments for measuring noise levels in industrial facilities. The instruments, usually battery-operated, pick up sound using built-in microphones and indicate the sound level in decibels. MT
Based in Ontario, Canada, Paul Michalicka is a North American Area Manager for maintenance products, SKF USA Inc.


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EUR/USD (a 4-hour chart)
General overview
The euro declined against the dollar at high volumes. Moreover, the general USD majors pairs' correlation is directed towards the dollar strengthening.
The trend line of 1.2980 – 1.3000 break should be highlighted. The sellers were able not only to break down such a strong support, but lowered the price for 240 points down.
The price is finding the support at 1.2850. The price is finding the first resistance at 1.2930, the next one is at 1.3000.
There is a confirmed and a strong sell signal. The price is under the Cloud and it is under the Chinkou Span. The Tenkan-sen and the Kijun-sen show a downward movement. The downward movement will be until the price is under the Cloud.
The MACD indicator is in a negative territory. The price is decreasing.
Trading recommendations
The potential decrease target is the support level of 1.2830 – 1.2850. This level test may lead to a price consolidation.


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Linux HOW-TOs modified for applicablity on FreeBSD
No installation instructions: this port has been deleted.
The package name of this deleted port was: Howto
PKGNAME: Howto
distinfo: There is no distinfo for this port.
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
No options to configure
Number of commits found: 23
As previously announced, remove ports that have reached their expiry date,
and the handful of ports that depended on them.
This port is scheduled to be removed on 2005-02-18 if it is still
broken at that time, and a fix has not been submitted to GNATS.
BROKEN: Size mismatch
misc category cleanup part 1 of 6:
- Use DATADIR/DOCSDIR/PORTSDOC
- SIZEify port (except biblereader)
- make portlint happy
* Howto:
- use BZIP2_CMD and UNZIP_CMD
- fix MASTER_SITES
- update NIS-HOWTO
- make portlint happy
- bump PORTREVISION
* bb
- kill pkg-plist
* boxes
- kill pkg-plist
Submitted by: Vincent Tantardini <email@example.com>
Updated/reworked by: me
Add missing files
As verified when mergin the patches, changes are only in text.
Update NIS patches to new structure
Fix build with new checksums
- Unbreak port, updated security-Howto, new chapters
BROKEN: Checksum fails
Update patch-dns to apply cleanly to new DNS-HOWTO.sgml.
Update to latest DNS-HOWTO docuemnt (includes BIND 9 information). Bump
- Update distinfo; - Fix pkg-plist.
Update MASTER_SITES and checksum
Well, it's my fault, I comment out sgmlformat last commit. Add it back.
Bump version, make patch-dns work. The origin DNS-HOWTO's version is 3.0,
and the current one is 3.1.
Fix mismatch checksum.
Massive style enforcement - use ^I instead of spaces for variables identation.
Convert category misc to new layout.
Checksum changed. Linux+FreeBSD.sgml.gz was updated from v1.10 to v1.11.
Update to version 1.1.1 of the Security Howto.
Servers and bandwidth provided byNew York Internet, SuperNews, and RootBSD
No vulnerabilities have been reported in the past 14 days
* - modified, not new
All vulnerabilities


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9:45am Monday 7th April 2014
9:45am Monday 7th April 2014
The season is hardly winding down on a high note for local clubs as Newcastle Emlyn crashed again when going down 19-0 at Maesteg in Division Two West and Cardigan lost 22-5 against Tycroes in a Division Three West game in the Amman Valley.
When Emlyn and Maesteg clashed at Ddol Wyber back in November the Red and Whites emerged 20-5 winners but it was a different story in the Llynfi Valley where the Old Parish adapted better to downright miserable conditions.
With heavy rain throughout and gluepot underfoot conditions both teams were to be congratulated on endeavouring to serve up entertaining fare.
Although the homesters deserved the victory Emlyn were in contention until the final quarter when home right-winger Lewis Morgan crossed for a third try converted by fullback John Phillips.
It was 12-0 after the opening 40 minutes, the home points coming from tries by hooker Aaron Shakeshaft and No. 8 Karl Hocking, the latter converted by Phillips.
Cardigan sprang a 38-26 win over Tycroes at King George V Playing Field in November but couldn't complete a double despite a spirited performance.
Fullback Carwyn Richards nudged the homesters ahead with a penalty after seven minutes and the lead was increased before half time when lock John James powered over for an unconverted try.
Richards burst through for a try which he converted midway through the second period but the Cardis bounced back with a try by outstanding player/coach Colin Davies.
Tycroes killed off the contest in the closing stages when loose-head prop Tristan Morgan went in for a try converted by Richards.
The Division One West game between Crymych and Llangennech was postponed because of the waterlogged stage of the Parc Lloyd Thomas strip.
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History of Lino Printing
Linoleum was invented and used as a floor covering in the late 1800s. As printmakers using wood blocks looked for easier and less expensive ways of block printing, they turned to the new product, according to the Printmaking Dictionary. The word "linoleum" dates to 1863 when Frederick Walton of England combined the Latin word for flax, "linum," with the Latin word for oil, "oleum," according to India Crafts.
In the late 1800s, linoleum was considered a poor engraver's wood and often used by amateurs or as a teaching product in schools, according to the Printmaking Dictionary. But when artists such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso started using linoleum in the early 1900s, its popularity grew.


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The following meals will be served at Onslow County Schools for the week of April 6
Onslow County
The following meals will be served at Onslow County Schools for the week of April 6:
Monday: Belgium waffle sticks and pineapple.
Tuesday: Yogurt, cereal, breakfast cracker and fruit juice.
Wednesday: Sunrise flatbread and mixed fruit.
Thursday: Maple mini pancakes and pears.
Friday: Sausage biscuit and fruit juice.
Monday: Choice of one: Cheeseburger or toasted cheese sandwich. Choice of two: stewed tomatoes, peas, tossed salad and peaches.
Tuesday: Choice of one: Chicken fillet on bun or yakisobo. Choice of two: lima beans, corn, tossed salad and baked apples.
Wednesday: Choice of one: Pork chop sandwich or salisbury steak with gravy. Choice of two: steamed carrots, green beans, tossed salad and orange juice.
Thursday: Choice of one: Roast turkey or cheese pizza. Choice of two: collard greens, sweet potato casserole, tossed salad and applesauce.
Friday: Choice of one: Fish sandwich or chicken nuggets. Choice of two: mixed vegetables, corn, tossed salad and fresh fruit.
All meals served with choice of milk
Camp Lejeune
The following meals will be served at Camp Lejeune Dependent Schools during the week of April 6:
Monday: Scrambled eggs, grits, toast and pears.
Tuesday: Sausage biscuit and juice.
Wednesday: Oatmeal, toast and pears.
Thursday: Breakfast bagel, cereal and fresh fruit.
Friday: Toast, cereal and juice.
Monday: Corn dog nuggets or grilled cheese sandwich, baked beans, tater tots, romaine/spinach salad and pears.
Tuesday: Bean burrito or chicken fajitas, cabbage, peas and applesauce.
Wednesday: Chicken fried rice or grilled cheese sandwich, broccoli, baby carrots, mixed fruit and fresh fruit.
Thursday: Teriyaki chicken or glazed ham, cabbage, pinto beans, spring rice, peaches and pears.
Friday: Chicken fillet sandwich or grilled cheese sandwich, romaine/spinach salad, orange glazed carrots and fresh fruit.
All meals served with choice of milk.
Carteret County
The following meals will be served at Carteret County Schools during the week of April 6:
Monday: Ham biscuit, grits, toast, cereal and pineapple.
Tuesday: Waffles, oatmeal, toast, cereal and fruit juice.
Wednesday: Breakfast pizza, grits, toast, cereal and mixed fruit.
Thursday: Pancakes with maple syrup, oatmeal, toast, cereal and fruit juice.
Friday: Cinnamon roll, grits, toast, cereal and peaches.
Monday: Lasagna or chicken fillet sandwich, garden salad, carrot coins and pears.
Tuesday: Hamburger or cheese pizza, tater tots, baked beans and mandarin orange cup.
Wednesday: Macaroni and cheese or chicken fillet sandwich, baby carrots with dip, green beans and fresh fruit.
Thursday: Ham and cheese sub or cheese pizza, corn, broccoli with cheese sauce and pineapple.
Friday: Chicken fillet sandwich or cheese pizza, steamed cabbage, sweet potato souffle and fresh fruit.
All meals served with choice of milk.
Jones County
The following meals will be served at Jones County Schools for the week of April 6:
Monday: Doughnuts, cereal and juice.
Tuesday: Pancakes with sausage, cereal and juice.
Wednesday: Chicken biscuit, cereal and juice.
Thursday: Sausage biscuit, cereal and juice.
Friday: Blueberry muffin, cereal and juice.
Monday: Barbecue chicken, broccoli with cheese sauce, parsley potatoes, corn muffin and mixed fruit.
Tuesday: Ham and cheese sandwich, baked beans, sweet potatoes and peaches.
Wednesday: Grilled cheese sanwich, corn, carrots with dip and pears.
Thursday: Nachos with cheese, green beans, garden salad and fresh fruit.
Friday: Pizza, garden salad, peas and raisins.
All meals served with choice of milk


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7150 E. Camelback Rd
Suite 444
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Phone: 480-477-8028
Fax: 480-477-8001
Ahmad R. Razaghi is the founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Razaghi Healthcare. Mr. Razaghi is a social entrepreneur in Native American Healthcare with vast experience in strategic planning, corporate governance, and executive management.
As the Chief Executive Officer of the Navajo Health Foundation – Sage Memorial Hospital, Mr. Razaghi developed and implemented a strategic healthcare turnaround plan that protected the corporation from the loss of its licensure, accreditation, and imminent insolvency. On behalf of the tribal organization, Mr. Razaghi led a team that successfully negotiated a multi-year Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act PL93-638, with the United States Department of Health and Human Services – Indian Health Service.
Mr. Razaghi has also serviced as Chairman and President of Blue Mountain Hospital, where he facilitated the first historic partnership between the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and the Navajo Nation Tribal Organization as major sponsors of a private 501(c)(3) healthcare corporation.
In 2010, he received the Department of Health and Human Services' National Council of Chief Executive Officers Managerial Excellence award from the United States Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin for his extensive work with the Navajo Nation.
- M.B.A., David Eccles School of Business – University of Utah
- M.E., University of Utah
- B.S., University of Utah
Associations & Memberships
- American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
- Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)


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VALLEY BIZ BLOG: Grand Opening Date for LongHorn Steakhouse
Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:24:29 GMT —
Harlingen residents have watched the construction of the city's first Longhorn SteakHouse for the past eight months and now the time is here.
The much-anticipated restaurant now has a grand opening date.
City officials told Action 4 News they are holding a grand opening ceremony at 3 p.m. on Monday, December 3rd.
LongHorn Steakhouse will join Logan's and Texas Roadhouse as steak dining options for the area.
The original LongHorn Steakhouse opened in Atlanta back in 1982 but today, the chain is owned by the Orlando-based Darden Restaurants, Inc.
There are some 370 LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants in 35 states.
Of those 370 restuarants, there are 18 in Texas. Two of those 18 restaurants are in the Rio Grande Valley in McAllen.


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THE leaders of a Barry-based fitness group have prepared to electrocute and submerge their members in ice – to show just how far they've developed.
The Vale of Glamorgan 30+ Men's fitness group will travel to Cirencester on August 16, with the Cardiff 30+ Men's fitness group, for the gruelling 12-mile Tough Mudder challenge in which they hope to top the £13,000 they raised last year for local charities.
The challenge – where participants have to sign a disclaimer beforehand – involves fire, ice and electrocution as some of the obstacles that need negotiating.
The group, aged from 30 to 50 years of age and from all parts of the Vale, has trained at Whitmore Bay, Barry Island, and Porthkerry Park, in preparation for the event.
Hinterland actor, Alex Harries - the youngest member – is joined in the group by teachers, doctors, actors, council workers, driving instructors, car salesman, managing directors, IT professionals, a Doctor Who special effects expert – Nicholas Robatto – with a police officer also in the ranks.
The company is owned by Dafydd Stone, of Penarth - co-owner of a health and social care training company, Menter Training Ltd - and Mark Lloyd - a senior project manager for IBM.
Dafydd said: "Our overall aim is to help men over 30 in the Vale discover or rediscover fitness and health that they thought they could never have, or thought they had lost. We want them to feel more confident about themselves, feel better physically and psychologically, and lead and all-round healthier and positive lifestyle as a result.
"We use the power of the group to keep the lads accountable. We focus on teamwork and camaraderie, support and hard work, and the lads really respond well to this - and as a result they find the weight flying off them in no time at all.
"Tough Mudder is an extreme obstacle course. It's 12 miles of mud, sweat and tears. It's as much about facing psychological fears as it is about physical endurance. The event involves being submerged in a skip of ice water, getting electrocuted, scaling 12 foot high walls and confronting heights.
"Lloydy and I wanted the lads to do this for a variety of reasons - to show them how far they have with their fitness in such a short space of time. We've only been going since January, and prior to this the majority of our members hadn't been doing any fitness activities for years.
"It is of course an opportunity to raise money for charity and an opportunity for us to bond as a group, and reinforce the great camaraderie that makes us so special as a fitness group.
"Before you feel a mixture of great nerves and anxiety, mixed with adrenaline and sheer excitement at the challenge that lays ahead
"During the challenge, you feel breathless frequently. Shocked - in more ways than one - shocked from the electrocution challenges, and shocked for being submerged in a skip full of ice water.
Afterwards you feel nothing short of euphoric - adrenaline pumping, endorphines flowing and a great sense of pride and achievement.
For details and to sponsor the team , visit www.facebook.com/30PlusBootcampValeofGlamorgan. Alternatively, you can sponsor Daniel Maggs – running for SANDS the stillbirth and neonatal death charity in memory of Sebastian Smart. Visit https://www.justgiving.com/MaggsyRunningforSebastian


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when using the bluetooth to connect to a wireless speaker does it use up data or do you need a wifi connection?
- Asked by Emil J from Lake Havasu City
1 Answer from the Community
Best Answer:
Neither, it uses the wireless bluetooth connection only.
- Answered by Thomas H from Toronto
- 14-Dec-2012


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'Grandparents will endure anything'
Connelly and Cameron Cooper and parents Kelly and Chris, Jaxon Hayles and mom Kristi Lee went on Sunday, Kristian and Kendall Lee and mom Kim went on Tuesday. We all returned home on Sunday. Jaxon's family members from the Conroe area were able to attend for a couple of days.
Following the awards presentation on Saturday afternoon, we all had dinner with Craig Lee at his home. Kristi, Jaxon, Kristian, Connelly, Cameron, Wayne and I spent the night with Craig. It was an enjoyable trip in spite of being out in the heat all day, each day. But, as most grandparents, we will endure anything to see our grandchildren perform what they enjoy doing.
Wanda and Alfred Coats and family members had nice time last week at Garner State Park. Those joining them were Sherri and James Rasco, Wesley and Melanie Rasco, Hayden and Gracie, Kane Coats, Phillip Rasco and Noah Coldiron. James's sister Joy and children Megan and Matthew made the trip. Wanda Sue reports a very relaxing and enjoyable time.
Gloria and Wilson Kyle were at Longhorn Cavern on Sunday to attend the wedding of their granddaughter Cheryl Kyle to Matthew Whittier. Cheryl is the daughter of Keith and Connie Kyle. Matthew is in the military, stationed at Ft. Hood and will soon be leaving for a tour of duty in Iraq. The Whittiers will make their home in Florence.
Wasn't the rain nice Monday evening. I'm for more of that. Naturally, I spent all day Monday watering f lower beds that hadn't been watered sine last Wednesday.
The descendents of the late Professor D.S. Smith, Sr., Dorsie Smith Ferguson Wilson, her sister Alma Gray of Gause and brother John V. Smith of Denver, Colorado and their families celebrated their 21st annual J. Frank and Mollie E. Smith Family Reunion on July 16-17. There was a family cookout on Friday night and then the reunion moved to t he Gause Baptist Church Family Life Center on Saturday. Delores Ferguson Fisher said that both events were a blast.
I was able to attend the Friday night cookout and that fried fish was so good. I enjoyed visiting with the family members and friends of the Smiths. The late Professor Smith has a family to be proud of.
The family wishes to thank all who attended and were so glad to have a place like the Gause Baptist Church Family Life Center to have the gathering.


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|Alice Terry
|Margaret Dauncey
|Paul Wegener
|Oliver Haddo, the magician
|Iván Petrovich
|Dr. Arthur Burdon
|Firmin Gemier
|Dr. Porhoet
|Gladys Hamer
|Susie Boud
Brilliant surgeon Dr. Arthur Burdon saves sickly beauty Margaret by performing a daring operation. Afterward, the two begin to fall in love, until the mysterious Oliver Haddo seemingly sweeps Margaret off her feet. But this is no ordinary affair -- in fact, Haddo is a sorcerer who put a spell on the young woman to lure her into his hideout, where he plans to remove her heart and blood as part of a devious experiment to create artificial life.


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Real Madrid fans have run out of patience with coach Jose Mourinho's flirtations with his former club Chelsea, as the Santiago Bernabeu faithful roundly booed the Portuguese
after his name was introduced prior to Real's 6-2 thrashing of Malaga on Wednesday. Mourinho, by most accounts, is on his way back to Stamford Bridge this summer, although nothing has been
confirmed yet. In addition to hinting at his own departure, Mourinho has publicly criticized goalkeeper Iker Casillas and defender Pepe in press conferences since
Real's UEFA Champions League semifinal loss to Borussia Dortmund.
Nevertheless, after the Malaga game, assistant coach Aitor Karanka was placed in the awkward position of defending Mourinho. Regarding the boos he received, "We don't pay much attention to that," Karanka said. "In any case, the fans express their feelings while the coaching staff try to get the best performance out of the players. However, we respect their views."
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Mourinho left Pepe out of the squad altogether, after the defender criticized him four days ago. Again, Karanka defended the decision. "Before you used to rip Pepe apart, now you are his defenders. It surprises me," he said.
Mourinho wasn't the only target of the Madrid fans derision. Striker Gonzalo Higuain, who squandered several chances in the UCL Semifinal second-leg at home to Dortmund, was booed when he replaced Karim Benzema in the second half. "That's soccer," Karanka said. "Last year the fans were shouting, 'Pipa [Higuain's nickname] please stay' after we won the league in Bilbao. We know he's not in the best form, but he has to keep on working. He knows what the coaching staff think of him."


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Please pray the first two prayers when using the blessed oil…
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth and in Jesus Christ His only Son, Our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into Hell. The third day He arose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, sittith at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
Then Pray;
O Mother of God, Maria Rosa Mystica, together with Holy St. Raphael, God's healing Archangel, grant me the grace to have true sorrow for my sins and invoke three (3) times the Holy Name of Jesus before God, to give me comfort in my present illness…
JESUS… JESUS… JESUS. Amen.
Then say the following prayer three (3) times:
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ending with:
Blessed be the Name of the Lord now and forever. Amen.
Glorious Archangel St. Raphael, great prince of the heavenly court, you are illustrious for your gifts of wisdom and grace. You are a guide of those who journey by land or sea or air, consoler of the afflicted, and refuge of sinners.I beg you, assist me in all my needs and in all the sufferings of this life, as once you helped the young Tobias on his travels. Because you are the "medicine of God" I humbly pray you to heal the many infirmities of my soul and the ills that afflict my body. I especially ask of you the favor (here mention your special intention), and the great grace of purity to prepare me to be the temple of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. St. Thomas Aquinas
Jesus, I believe in You as I believe in me. (petition)
So I can continue to walk on reaching out to others. Amen.
O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the holy Mass throughout the world. I offer them for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart and the Immaculate heart of your holy Mother: the salvation of souls, reparation for sin and the reunion of all Christians, conversion of all unbelieving hearts back to God,the souls in Purgatory, increase in vocations, end to abortion, war, bloodshed and violence. I offer them for the intentions of our Holy Father, bishops, priests, all Apostles of Prayer, all those who have asked for or need my prayers and in particular for those recommended by our Holy Father this month.
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Angel of God, my guardian dear,
to whom God's love commits me here,
ever this day be at my side
to light and guide to rule and guide. Amen
Our Lady, Queen of Angels
August Queen of Heaven! Sovereign Mistress of the angels! Thou who from the beginning hast received from God the power and mission to crush the head of Satan, we humbly beseech thee to send thy Holy Legions, that, under thy command and by thy power, they may pursue the evil spirits, encounter them on every side, resist their bold attacks and drive them hence into the abyss of eternal woe. O Good and Tender Mother,thou wilst always be our love and hope, send the Holy Angels to defend us and repel the cruel enemy far from us.
Holy Angels and Archangels, defend us, protect us! Amen.
Prayer to St. Joseph over 1900 years old
O St. Joseph whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the Throne of God, I place in you all my interests and desires. O St. Joseph do assist me by your powerful intercession and obtain for me from your Divine Son all spiritual blessings through Jesus Christ, Our Lord; so that having engaged here below your Heavenly power I may offer my Thanksgiving and Homage to the most Loving of Fathers. O St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating you and Jesus asleep in your arms. I dare not approach while He reposes near your heart. Press him in my name and kiss His fine Head for me, and ask Him to return the Kiss when I draw my dying breath. St. Joseph, Patron of departing souls, pray for us. Amen
Say for nine consecutive mornings for anything you may desire. It has seldom been known to fail if in accordance with God's will.
This prayer was found in the fiftieth year of Our Lord Jesus Christ. In 1500's, it was sent by the Pope to Emperor Charles when he was going into battle.
Whoever reads this prayer or hears it or carries it, will never die a sudden death, nor be drowned, nor will poison take effect on them. They will not fall into the hands of the enemy nor be burned in any fire, nor will they be defeated in battle.
Make this prayer known everywhere.
Most Rev. George W. Ahr Bishop of Trenton
Prayer to St. Michael
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May GOD rebuke him we humbly pray, and do thou o' prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of GOD cast into hell satan and all the evil spirits who prowl throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
"O' St. Michael, give us your strength to defeat our fears and to rise up to any challenge."
Prayer to the
Archangel St. Gabriel
O God,
who from among all your angels
chose the Archangel Gabriel
to announce the mystery of the Incarnation,
mercifully grant that we
who solemnly remember him on earth
may feel the benefit of his patronage in heaven,
WITH JESUS who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.
O Raphael, lead us towards those we are waiting for, those who are waiting for us! Raphael, Angel of Happy Meetings, lead us by the hand towards those we are looking for! May all our movements, all their movements, be guided by your Light and transfigured by your joy. Angel guide of Tobias, lay the request we now address to you at the feet of Him on whose unveiled Face you are privileged to gaze. Lonely and tired, crushed by the separations and sorrows of earth, we feel the need of calling to you and of pleading for the protection of your wings, so that we may not be as strangers in the Province of Joy, all ignorant of the concerns of our country. Remember the weak, you who are strong–you whose home lies beyond the region of thunder, in a land that is always peaceful, always serene, and bright with the resplendent glory of God.Amen.
Novena to St. Raphael
Most merciful Archangel Raphael, who faithfully accompanied young Tobias from Nineveh to Media, please accompany me, a wretched sinner, on this dangerous journey through life on earth to my eternal home in Heaven. Glory be to the Father. . .
Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe
O' generous Virgin Mary of Guadalupe, you chose to reveal your love and caring through miraculous apparitions to St.Juan Diego on the Mountain of Tepeyac. With sincere confidence and hope we come to you Heavenly Mother, weighed down by the burdens and problems of this world especially…
(name your petition) please hear our special intentions O' Glorious Mother of God that we have placed before you. Intercede for us with your Divine Son, JESUS CHRIST. Amen
Virgin of Guadalupe,
Patroness of unborn children,
we implore your intercession
for every child at risk of abortion.
Help expectant parents to welcome from God
the priceless gift of their child's life.
Console parents who have lost that gift
through abortion,
and lead them to forgiveness and healing
through the Divine Mercy of your Son.
Teach us to cherish
and to care for family and friends
until God calls them home.
Help us never to see others as burdens.
Guide our public officials
to defend each and every human life
through just laws.
Inspire us all to bring our faith into public life,
to speak for those who have no voice.
We ask this in the name of your Son,
Jesus Christ, who is Love and Mercy itself.
— 2010 Respect Life Liturgy Guide, USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities.
Lord Jesus Christ, I adore your five Holy Wounds and put my life in your service.
Whosoever dies clothed in this
shall never suffer eternal fire."
Mary's promise to Saint Simon Stock
July 16, 1251″Wear it devoutly and perserveringly," she says to each soul, "it is my garment. To be clothed in it means you are continually thinking of me, and I in turn, am always thinking of you and helping you to secure eternal life."
The scapular is an external sign of the filial relationship established between the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother and Queen of Mount Carmel, and the faithful who entrust themselves totally to her protection, who have recourse to her maternal intercession, who are mindful of the primacy of the spiritual life and the need for prayer.
The blessed Virgin of Mt. Carmel has promised to save those who wear the scapular fromthe fires of Hell; She will also shorten their stay in Purgatory if they should passfrom this world still owing some temporal debt of punishment.
The Blessed Virgin appeared to him and speaking of those who wear the Brown Scapular said: "I, the Mother of grace, shall descend on the Saturday after their death and whomsoever I shall find in Purgatory, I shall free, so that I may lead them to the holy mountain of life everlasting."
Pope Benedict XV proceeded to grant an indulgence of 500 days for each time the cloth Scapular is kissed". On July 16th, the Scapular feast, while addressing the seminarians of Rome, Benedict XV said: "Let all of you have a common language and a common armor: the language, the sentences of the Gospel; the common armor, the Scapular of the Virgin of Carmel, which you all ought to wear and which enjoys the singular privilege of protection even after death."
Pope Benedict XV, addressing seminarians in Rome:"Let all of you have a common language and a common armor: The language, the sentences of the Gospel – the common armor, the Brown Scapular of the Virgin of Carmel which you ought to wear and which enjoys the singular privilege and protection after death."The Brown Scapular | A Sacramental"One of the most remarkable effects of sacramentals is the virtue to drive away evil spirits whose mysterious and baleful operations affect sometimes the physical activity of man. To combat this occult power the Church has recourse to exorcism, and sacramentals" (The Catholic Encyclopedia., 1913, VXIII, p. 293).The Brown Scapular | A True StoryYou will understand why the Devil works against those who promote the brown scapular when you hear the true story of Venerable Francis Yepes. One day his Scapular fell off. As he replaced it, the Devil howled, "Take off that habit which snatches so many souls from us! All those clothed in it die piously and escape us!" Then and there Francis made the Devil admit that there are three things which the demons are most afraid of: the Holy Name of Jesus; the Holy Name of Mary and the Holy Scapular of Carmel."Modern Heretics make a mockery of wearing the Scapular. They decry it as so much trifling nonsense." – St. Alphonsus LigouriMary, Mother of God and Our Mother"When Mary became the Mother of Jesus, true God and true Man, She also became our Mother. In His great mercy, Jesus wished to call us His brothers and sisters, and by this name He constituted us adopted children of Mary." – St. John BoscoOver the years there have also been many miracles associated with wearing the brown scapular. Some examples are below.
In 1845 a young Irish boy named John McAuliffe was on an English ship named the "King of the Ocean" in the middle of a deadly hurricane. All on board were fearing for their lives. Seeing the urgency of the situation, John McAuliffe removed his Brown Scapular and making the sign of the cross with it over the raging waves, threw it into the ocean. At that moment the wind calmed and only one more wave came back onto the deck, bringing with it the Brown Scapular which came to rest at the boy's feet!
In 1957 a priest in Germany published a story about how a Brown Scapular saved a home from fire. An entire row of homes caught fire in Westboden, Germany. The inhabitants in one of the homes, seeing the fire, fastened one of their Brown Scapulars to the main door of the house. Within 5 hours, 22 homes on each side of this house were reduced to ashes. The house where the inhabitants tied their Brown Scapular to the door was completely unharmed!
In November 1955, a plane carrying 27 people crashed. All died except one young lady. When this young lady saw the plane was going down she grabbed hold of the Brown Scapular she was wearing and called on Mary in heaven for help. After the deadly impact, her clothes were reduced to ashes and she suffered burns, though her life was saved and her Brown Scapular was untouched by the flames!
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The Fifteen Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary
1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces.
2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of people from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.
5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.
6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its Sacred Mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just, he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life.
7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church.
8. Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plentitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the Saints in Paradise.
9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.
11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.
12. All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death.
14. All who recite the Rosary are my children, and brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ.
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for He has looked with favor on His lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed; the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name.
He has mercy on those who fear Him in every generation.
He has shown the strength of His arm, He has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, And has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things, And the rich He has sent away empty.
He comes to the help of his servant Israel for He has remembered His promise of mercy, the promise He made to our fathers, to Abraham and his children for ever.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen.
Most merciful Jesus, lover of souls, I pray you by the agony of your most sacred heart, and by the sorrows of your Immaculate mother, to wash in your most Precious Blood the sinners of the world who are now in their agony, and who will die today.
Heart of Jesus, once in agony, have mercy on the dying.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I give you my heart and my soul. Assist me in my last agony, and grant that I may breath forth my soul in peace with you. Amen.
1. Begin with the Sign of the Cross, 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary and The Apostles Creed.
2. Then on the Our Father Beads say the following:
Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
3. On the 10 Hail Mary Beads say the following:
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
(Repeat step 2 and 3 for all five decades).
4. Conclude with (three times):
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
In 1933, God gave Sister Faustina a striking vision of His Mercy;
Sister tells us:
(Diary 60)The following day an inner voice taught her to say this prayer on ordinary rosary beads:
"First of all you will say one 'Our Father', and 'Hail Mary', and the 'I believe in God'. Then on the Our Father beads you will say the following words:
'Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.'
On the Hail Mary beads you will say the following words:
'For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and on the whole world.'
In conclusion three times you will recite these words:
'Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world'. (Diary 476)
Jesus said later to Sister Faustina:"Say unceasingly this chaplet that I have taught you. Whoever will recite it will receive great Mercy at the hour of death. Priests will recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation. Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this Chaplet only once, he would receive grace from My Infinite Mercy. I desire that the whole world know My Infinite Mercy. I desire to grant unimaginable graces to those who trust in My Mercy…." (Diary 687)"….When they say this Chaplet in the presence of the dying, I will stand between My Father and the dying person not as the just judge but as the Merciful Savior".
The original Image of the Divine Mercy (also known as The First Painting) was painted under Sister Faustina's direction by Vilnius artist Eugeniusz Kazimirowski in 1934. Side altar in the Dominican Church of Holy Spirit, Vilnius, Lithuania In September 2005, the painting was moved to the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy, Vilnius.
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Lord Jesus, I come before Thee, just as I am, I am sorry for my sins, I repent of my sins, please forgive me. In Thy Name, I forgive all others for what they have done against me. I renounce Satan, the evil spirits and all their works. I give Thee my entire self, Lord Jesus, I accept Thee as my Lord, God and Savior. Heal me, change me, strengthen me in body, soul, and spirit. Come Lord Jesus, cover me with Thy Precious Blood, and fill me with Thy Holy Spirit, I love Thee Lord Jesus, I praise Thee Lord Jesus, I thank Thee Jesus, I shall follow Thee every day of my life. Amen. Mary, My Mother, Queen of Peace, and all the Holy Angels and Saints, please help me. Amen.
Say this prayer faithfully, no matter how you feel. When you come to the point where you sincerely mean each word with all your heart, Jesus will change your whole life in a very special way. You will see.
Hail, Holy Queen
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Pray for us O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen.
"Holy Souls are eager for the prayers of the faithful which can gain indulgences for them. Their intercession is powerful. Pray unceasingly. We must empty Purgatory!" St. Padre Pio
My Jesus, by the sorrows Thou didst suffer in Thine agony in the Garden, in Thy scourging and crowning with thorns, in the way to Calvary, in Thy crucifixion and death, have mercy on the souls in purgatory, and especially on those that are most forsaken; do Thou deliver them from the dire torments they endure; call them and admit them to Thy most sweet embrace in paradise.
It is giving God His just praise for man was created by Him so we can be with Him in Heaven. In prayer, we adore Him, thank Him for all He has given us and ask for forgiveness for our faults and ask for spiritual and our personal needs.


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The Chicago Tribune has unnamed sources telling it that people close to Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., were actively raising campaign cash for Blagojevich to secure the Senate appointment for Jackson:
As Gov. Rod Blagojevich was trying to pick Illinois' next U.S. senator, businessmen with ties to both the governor and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. discussed raising at least $1 million for Blagojevich's campaign as a way to encourage him to pick Jackson for the job, the Tribune has learned.
Blagojevich made an appearance at an Oct. 31 luncheon meeting at the India House restaurant in Schaumburg sponsored by Oak Brook businessman Raghuveer Nayak, a major Blagojevich supporter who also has fundraising and business ties to the Jackson family, according to several attendees and public records.
Two businessmen who attended the meeting and spoke to the Tribune on the condition of anonymity said that Nayak and Blagojevich aide Rajinder Bedi privately told many of the more than two dozen attendees the fundraising effort was aimed at supporting Jackson's bid for the Senate.
Late Update: As I read through the story again, I'm struck by how someone with a broken internal ethical radar would see no difference between the usual mutual back-scratching (a Senate hopeful padding the campaign coffers of powerful state Democrats? how shocking!) and ethically and legally impermissible explicit quid pro quos.


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Academic Area of Focus: Marketing
Involvement: Presidents Leadership Class, Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity, Chi Omega Sorority
Hobbies: Dressage horse back riding, Golf
Choosing Leeds Scholars was an easy decision for me to make when entering CU. I loved that I was able to become involved in the school right away and I liked that Leeds Scholars makes the business school smaller. I love that I can connect with professors and deans and reach out to them for any issue I am facing or voice ideas for the university. So far because of Leeds Scholars, I have been able to participate in a research project as a freshman, get to connect with the deans of the business school and make friends that I hope will last a lifetime. The support system of Leeds Scholars is fabulous because you can reach out to your peers and older students and get help with classes.My CU experience has been a smoother transition due to Leeds Scholars and I love all the support that it has provided me in all of my classes. It's amazing to walk into any class and see at least one other person from Leeds Scholars


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You're an archaeologist working on the slopes of a dormant volcano in 1940s Mexico. Somehow you get stuck in a cavern. It doesn't take long before you realize this is more than just a cave. You reveal ancient ruins that have been hidden from outsiders for centuries and discover a mysterious artifact, a gold and metal shelled Ball. As you progress towards solving the mystery of this amazing place you must unlock the secrets of the Ball and learn to control this ancient artifact. Venturing deeper into the volcano, you reveal some of mankind's greatest secrets and you will start to encounter not just puzzles and traps, but also various strange creatures – the guardians of this mystery. These creatures have to be overcome, using only the Ball to defend you.
Already pre-ordered. Thanks for the heads up on IRC lanux!
No not right now, we don't want to show too many puzzles as it would give away the solutions to those puzzles and ruin the experience. There will be a demo a week or maybe 2 after the Steam release though.
Another example of why I shouldn't buy games at release. I pre-ordered this one, and haven't played it yet. If I had waited, I could have saved money!
hmm.. doesn't work in what way? you can't play the game or you find the game not interesting..
As in I find it kinda dull - it feels kinda "German" to me
^ And I still haven't played it LOL
Pity, it looked good.
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Oh man. Oh God. Oh man. Oh God. Between cat massage and ferrets and watching Big Daddy Drew writhe in misery about the Favre signing, this is possibly my favorite day I've ever had on the Internet.
I, for one, LOVE this move by the Vikes — and you can, too. Join me, friends. You can bask in the glory of the Favre in Viking purple. The secret: avoiding ESPN at all costs. Take away the Worldwide Leader's non-stop coverage of Favre, take away their years of worshipful praise, take away their hypocritical indignance in today's coverage, and you can appreciate this for what it is: delicious, delicious schadenfreude. Suck it, Minnesconsin!


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We spent Thanksgiving in New Braunfels with a large group of family and friends. We had yummy food, good conversation, and some funny game playing. I didn't think to get the camera out until we were leaving the Thanksgiving gathering. Here are the two pics I got. :-0 gobble, gobble!
Friday, November 29, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
UNT Visit
On Saturday morning, we loaded up and headed to Denton for an afternoon UNT vs UTEP football game. We arrived in time to see the Green Brigade march in!
Look! My favorite trombone player!
Game time!
These pics were taken before and as the football team runs in.
Clark and Scrappy! LOVE!
A classic shot taken by Mason!
The trombone section has a ton of fun!
Half time! The Green Brigade marched and played songs to 80's tunes. A definite crowd favorite!
Clark is just off center of these pictures.
Mean Green Pride!
Poor Clark's lips were a fire from all the playing he had done game day and the day before.
Mason and I got our pic taken at a "fan booth" in the stadium. Fun times!
UNT won the game 41 to 7! Whoop! That put them in first place in their conference and made them bowl eligible! This year has been a complete turn around for the UNT football program. So exciting!
After the game, we drove to Sanger, Texas (just North of Denton) to have dinner at the famous Babe's Chicken House. We had seen it on the PBS show "Day Tripper" and decided we need to try it. So delicious! As was all the food!
The picture only shows the plate of chicken and the bowls of green beans, corn, mashed potatoes,gravy, and BBQ sauce. What it doesn't show is the salad and biscuits. So much food! And they will keep bringing it until you say STOP!
It was a great weekend! We enjoyed the activities but more so our time with Clark!!
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Chicken Foot
On Sunday, we drove down to New Braunfels to visit O'ma, who is in rehab after a heart attack. We were so happy to find her looking great and alert. In fact, she was doing so well we all went to the dining room for a game of Chicken Foot.
O'ma is a domino shark so it will come as a surprise to hear that Dane beat us!! That danged old double blank gets the best of everyone now and again!
O'ma is a domino shark so it will come as a surprise to hear that Dane beat us!! That danged old double blank gets the best of everyone now and again!
We had two domino sharks at the table!
All over but the crying! Ha!
Can't take them anywhere!
Yes, Ed and I were there, too. Someone had to lose!
(I wonder what is in the fridge behind us! lol)
Three generations of hands.
Back in O'ma's room.......
I know it looks like Mason is sitting on O'ma's lap but I assure you he isn't. Ha!
We enjoyed our visit with O'ma!
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Pumpkin Winner
Update to Pumpkin Character post-
Dane's Tin Man Pumpkin was voted by students:
1st Place in the category of "4th and 5th grade Most Creative."
Congrats, Dane!
Dane gets $10 free dollars to spend at the December book fair.
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Halloween Night
Boo! Our favorite holiday rolls around again, this year on a Thursday!
Dane and Adrian go Ninja on us!
Our front yard decorations.
Happy Halloween!
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All quotes by Mayor Charles Cunliffe
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"We're sorry to see The Castles go, but we're going to be much happier with new construction there."
"In terms of progress and beautification, there's been a lot of positive things happening right in the area. That's almost a crossroad of our town and really it needs to look its best."
"Historically, it would have been wonderful to save those buildings. Being that there was no groundswell of support (to save them), I'd rather see them down than to have them left in the condition they were left in."


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Hermosa Beach voters resoundingly rejected a measure that would have forced downtown hot spots to close early, and also denied Mayor Kit Bobko a third term while handing a second term to Councilman Jeff Duclos in a narrow race on Tuesday night.
In final but unofficial election results Tuesday, three open City Council seats were snagged by Duclos and two newcomers — both women — who would be the first females on the dais in at least a decade. Councilman Howard Fishman did not run for re-election.
The race was close for all seven candidates, but especially so for Carolyn Petty, who bested Hany Fangary by only two votes for third place. The winner will not be officially declared for that spot until late vote-by-mail and provision ballots are counted by the County of Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder's office.
Newcomer Nanette Barragan, an attorney, secured the most support, with 16.7 percent of the vote, followed closely by Duclos, who garnered just 83 fewer votes than Barragan. Both candidates were strong opponents of a proposed oil-drilling project by E&B Natural Resources, which is the biggest hot-button issue in the city today. That project will be decided next year in a citywide vote.
The three candidates who fared the worst in this election were the most experienced on the roster, including Bobko, former Police Chief Greg Savelli and former two-term Councilman John Bowler. They were all less vocal in their opposition to the oil proposal.
"I will look back on these past seven years as some of the best years of my life," Bobko said. "I think there is a crop of potentially fresh new leaders who are going to try their hand. I think they'll do well. It's going to be an interesting next few years."
Barragan said she felt she bonded with voters in her opposition to the proposed oil-drilling project.
"I'm very proud of the hard work that we did on the campaign and I'm looking forward to providing new leadership in Hermosa Beach," Barragan said, shortly after her win was announced Tuesday.
Duclos, a communications specialist, garnered 16.1 percent of the vote, followed by 15.8 percent each for Petty and Fangary. Duclos and Fangary, an attorney, are closely aligned on environmental advocacy while Petty, a finance executive, campaigned as a fiscal conservative with a pro-business focus.
Measure B, the so-called Quiet Nights initiative, lost by a margin of more than 2-to-1. It proposed a five-year staggered reduction in late-night hours in an attempt to curb alcohol-related crime and noise downtown. Alcohol-serving restaurants and bars in the Pier Plaza area put up a bitter fight against the measure, which they feared would dramatically reduce their profits.
In the race for city treasurer, political newcomer Karen Nowicki, a certified public accountant, trounced J.R. Reviczky, who previously served 16 years on the City Council. Nowicki captured 63.2 of the vote to 36.8 percent for Reviczky.
Nowicki will serve out the next two years of a term vacated by former Treasurer David Cohn. He resigned in May after an embarrassing public court case involving a private masseuse he hired online. The masseuse claimed Cohn sexually propositioned her, while he alleged she stole an iPad from his home and tried to extort money from him. Cohn won the case but left office a few months later.
Petty, Bobko and Bowler campaigned on similar fiscally conservative, pro-business platforms. While all candidates emphasized the importance of the environment — largely because of the proposed oil-drilling project — Bowler derided City Council policies that ban outdoor smoking, single-use plastic bags and polystyrene foam packaging.
Barragan, however, emphasized her commitment to environmentally protective policies and opposition to oil drilling, as did Duclos and Fangary. However, Petty, Bobko and Bowler tried to remain neutral until a citywide vote on the issue takes place.


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As you deploy cloud infrastructure and operating models in your organization, the role that networking plays and the impact of these models on your networks may not always be clear.
This document discusses the importance of the network to cloud computing, why the network must change, and what Cisco is doing to lead these changes.
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Airport Shuttle
Inn On The Lake offers a complimentary airport shuttle to and from the airport for overnight guests and those attending special events in our special event facilities. This shuttle runs daily, every half hour from 5 a.m. to midnight and should be requested in advance.
Check In/Check Out Times
Check-in time is 3:00 PM and check-out time is 11:00 AM (Noon on Sundays). We will be happy to grant requests for early arrivals and/or late departures as our occupancy permits. There is a day rest rate of $60+HST which allows you to extend your check-out time to 3 p.m.
Children 16 years and under, staying in their parents' room, stay free. Additional rollaway beds will be charged at a rate of $10 per day. Playpens are complimentary.
Credit Cards
The Inn accepts all major credit cards as form of payment. A valid credit card is required to guarantee all reservations and must be presented upon arrival. Your credit card will be preauthorized at check-in for the cost of your guestroom including tax, and a $100 deposit. If the credit card holder will not be the actual hotel guest or will not be here in person to sign for the charges, then a Credit Card Authorization form must be filled out, signed and faxed to the Inn prior to the guest's arrival. Contact us at 1-800-463-6465 or click here to obtain a copy of the Credit Card Authorization form by fax or email. Please note: while pre-paid credit cards are an acceptable method of payment upon checkout, we are unable to accept these pre-paid cards at check in, or as a method of guaranteeing and/or securing your guestroom
Internet Access
Wireless internet is available in all guestrooms and throughout the common areas. A computer is located in the hotel's lobby for guests to access the internet and send e-mails.
Inn On The Lake is located at 3009 Highway 2, Fall River, Nova Scotia. This is approximately a 10 minute drive from the Robert Stanfield International Airport and a 20 minute drive from downtown Halifax. Our GPS coordinates are: 44° 48' 53"N, -63° 36' 42" E. Please see map for further details.
Meeting Facilities
The Inn offers four meeting rooms, the largest of which can accommodate up to 100 people for a standup reception, up to 80 for a sit-down meal, and up to 50 for a business meeting. Please see the "Meetings and Special Events" section for more information.
The Inn is a haven for rest, relaxation and romance for many of our guests. As such, management will not tolerate any excessive noise or any behaviour that may be disruptive to our other guests. The Inn will take action to resolve noise and disturbance complaints immediately. Though playing host to many weddings and banquets on property each year, the Inn does not have the facilities to accommodate dances and parties.
On-site dining and recreation
Guests of the Inn have access to our outdoor pool, tennis courts, paddle boats, canoes and our white sand beach. In addition, we offer on-site dining at Encore Dining Room, Oliver's Gastropub, and seasonally on our Poolside Patio. Please see the "Dining" section for more information on our culinary selections.
Inn On The Lake is pleased to offer complimentary on-site parking to all guests. Upon checking in, overnight guests will receive a parking pass to be displayed in the car's window. We also offer a Stay & Fly package which includes one night's accommodation and parking for up to two weeks. Please see our "Specials & Packages" section for more information.
Pets are permitted at the Inn. We have pet friendly rooms located on the first floor that are easily accessible to our park lands.
Secretarial Services
Photocopying and faxing are provided 24 hours a day at the front desk for a nominal fee. Outgoing mail can be dropped off at the front desk, and the message light on your guestroom phone will be turned on should a message arrive for you.
Services and Amenities
Morning newspapers (Monday-Saturday), in room coffee and wireless High-speed Internet are standard complimentary features in all of our guest rooms. Personal amenities include iron/ironing board, hairdryer, remote control cable television, AM/FM radio alarm clocks with mp3 hookup and individually controlled climate units. Bathrobes are offered in our Suites, Executive, Superior and Deluxe guest rooms Complimentary shuttle to and from the airport is also available to overnight guests, from 5 a.m. to midnight daily.
Smoking is not permitted in any areas of the hotel. If you decide to smoke on your balcony, please remember to close your patio door. There will be a $250 charge applied to your bill should your room smell like smoke upon your departure.
Taxes charged on hotel rooms are 15% HST and 2% hotel tax, of the room rate, nightly. A $2.00 Airport Concession fee is applied to every reservation.


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EA allegedly considering two ways of re-introducing microtransactions into Star Wars Battlefront 2; Details
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Welcome to another climactic episode of Level One, where I dive into various games (old and new) and check out the first level or section while providing my insightful, color commentary for your entertainment.
This week we enter the world of survival horror with Resident Evil 6, though the series has been less about the survival horror and more of a Plagas exploding action-fest as of late. Does Resident Evil 6 return to its horror roots? Come join me as I find out.
For more news on Resident Evil 6, namely the crazy franchise crossover with Valve's Left 4 Dead 2, and other breaking stories in the world of video games, make sure to check out our up do date news section.


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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111 148), signed by the President on March 23, 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111 152) and signed by the President on March 30, 2010, will implement fundamental health care reforms and require most of the 32 million uninsured individuals to obtain health care coverage or pay penalties. PPACA contains over $400 billion in revenue raisers and new taxes on employers and individuals.
National tax instructor (and CPE Link speaker) Vern Hoven answers some common questions regarding the Act:
Question: PPACA REQUIRES insurers that provide group health ins to cover children under 27 effective March 30, 2010 but have until Sept to issue the means of doing this? Does marital status of child have any effect? This is REQUIRED, correct? Answer: The marital status is irrelevant. The examples in IR-2010-53 and Notice 2010-38 contains an example of the married under 27-year-old. But be careful, because the benefit for covering the child's spouse becomes a taxable fringe benefit.
Question: Does an employee need to provide proof that he has coverage if he declines employercoverage? Answer: Only to the IRS and to State Exchange if the employee purchases coverage from them.
Question: Can you briefly touch on the affect the health care reform law will have on medical reimbursement plans? Answer: I think all reimbursement plans will need to be redesigned, especially §125 Cafeteria Plans. I think that FSA's will need to be limited to $2,500. And I would think that HSA deductible amounts and the maximum out-of-pocket amounts will need to be reduced.
Question: Can you clarify withholding by employer on medicare tax? I do not understand who is responsible for the withholding and what amount is to be paid with the 1040. On employer in excess of limit?? Husband and wife where combined in excess of limit. What is to bewithheld and paid by employer and how much paid on 1040? Answer: The employer is required to withhold an extra .9% medicare tax on wage paid to employee in excess of $200,000 (whether he is married or single). Any over withholding or under withholding is refunded or paid on the Form 1040. As an example Sharon makes $250,000 of wages from her employer. Employer must withhold on the $50,000 excess over $200,000 (even though she is married). If she and husband have less than $250,000 of wage, they will get a refund of the withholding on their Form 1040.
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