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HOMESTEAD, FLA. - The first shot across the bow in the final battle for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship was fired by Carl Edwards and the No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford team on Saturday afternoon at Homestead Miami Speedway.
In qualifying on Homesteads 1.5-mile oval, Edwards won the pole after throwing down a lap of 175.467 m.p.h.
That puts him on the inside of Row 1 on the starting grid Sunday, 14 spots in front of his chief rival Tony Stewart and the No. 14 Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet team, who will start 15th after his fastest lap of 173.332 m.p.h.
Edwards will go into Sundays championship deciding Ford 400 with a razor-thin three-point lead over Stewart in a winner-take-all affair.
For the record Martin Truex Jr. qualified second in the No. 56 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota with a speed of 174.808 m.p.h., with Kasey Kahne third fastest in the No. 4 Red Bull Racing Toyota at 174.582 m.p.h.
But Edwards wasnt taking his pole run as any kind of sign that he is now in the cat birds seat once the race starts.
That has to do with the fact that Homestead is a track where passing, while not easy, is certainly less difficult than at most of the 1.5-mile ovals that NASCAR races on.
It is just one lap and I know it could have gone either way, Edwards said. If we were out there and qualified 43rd right now, it wouldnt change the way Im gonna approach this race.
Im here to do a job and to do it well and it truly doesnt matter whats said or what happens until that checkered flag falls.
Edwards said if having the quickest qualifying laps has any real advantage it is that he gets to pick the No. 1 stall on pit road.
The biggest thing is that pit stall selection, he said. Thats gonna be a big help the whole race.
Edwards said he didnt even pay attention to where Stewart qualified because he was too busy with his own performance.
I guess the deal is weve still got to go run this race and I know how tough those guys can be, so Im not counting anything yet, he said. Were just gonna keep our heads down and work hard and go get the best (result) we can.
If anything, this is just good for our morale and for everybody to go sleep easy tonight and know were gonna have a good day on pit road, know well hopefully be able to run out front and not get caught up in anything. But, we still have to go run this race and anything can happen.
Stewart agrees that having the No. 1 pit stall will help Edwards, but he is not ready to hand over the win just because the No. 99 will start first.
It is a luxury at this point; but dont start etching his name on the trophy yet, Stewart said. Obviously, having that first pit box is a huge advantage in this sport.
He reminded his team, however, that in two of his four wins during the years Chase he started 26th and 20th at Chicagoland and Martinsville, respectively.
It would be nice to start on the front row right now, but we have proven time and time again, I mean, I have 13 poles in 13 years, and we have won 42 races, he said. We have proven that you do not have to do it from the pole.
Stewart said he was actually surprised that the No. 99 team did not run more laps in race trim, but concentrated on qualifying.
Theyre either going to look like geniuses doing it or not, he said. We spent a lot of time trying to find the right combination for race trim.
Word out of Indianapolis has Montreals Alex Tagliani driving next season for Brian Herta Autosport in a Lotus-powered Dallara DW12. Tagliani would move into the seat the late Dan Wheldon had last season when he won the Indianapolis 500. Tagliani is also rumoured to have a deal with Penske Racing to run at least two NASCAR Nationwide Series races next season ... Austin Dillon won the NASCAR Camping World Series championship in the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Silverado after a 10th-place finish in the season finale at HMS. Dillon, 21, becomes the youngest champion in series history.


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With the help of Hotbodies Racing, Power Commander, K&N and Michelin, we'll begin the process of transforming the mellow middleweight CBR600RR into a a street and track ripper.
The evolution of the sportbike takes place over a very short period of time. In the four years that Honda's CBR600RR has been in existence, it has set standards for its unflappable chassis, rider-friendly suspension and, of course, its slick appearance.
All good things must come to an end, and we believed that once the all-new 2007 CBR600RR was released. We're sure that some of you would assume the version it replaced would then be rendered obsolete. Well, we could not sit around idly as one of our favorite supersports is sent into mothballs.
Not everyone can just dash down to the local Honda dealer and buy a brand new bike, and there are so many cool things you can do with a venerable steed such as the this, so we finagled an RR out of the dark recesses of American Honda's press fleet and set about putting together the 2006 CBR600RR project for your viewing pleasure.
Our testers almost unanimously agreed that this is one of the better looking Supersports available, so as far as the aesthetics go, we'll start with the easy stuff and then see what we can come up with after that.
The orange CBR600RR we abused during our 2006 Supersport Shootout really polarized opinions among the testers regarding the color scheme. Still, Honda reported it was the most difficult version to keep on showroom floors. Maybe that's why we got stuck with the black version for our project bike?
Using our most valuable online resource, MotorcycleUSA, we did a bit of research on the performance window of the CBR since the first one rolled through our paddock back in 2003 so we can determine exactly where we might direct our efforts in part one of this long-term project. After gathering the numbers and re-reading the previous tests we did on the CBR the picture got a little clearer.
HP: 105.4 hp @ 14,000 rpm
Torque: 45.2 lb-ft @ 11,000 rpm
Quarter: 10.87 @ 130.1 mph
Weight: 418 lbs
HP: 102.0 hp @ 13,300 rpm
Torque: 43.4 lb-ft @ 11,100 rpm
Quarter: 11.11 @ 128.6 mph
Weight: 420 lbs
HP: 101.81 hp @ 13,500 rpm
Torque: 43.21 lb-ft @ 11,000 rpm
Quarter: 10.99 @ 125.4 mph
Weight: 398 lbs
HP: 104.1 hp @ 13,400 rpm
Torque: 44.5 lb-ft @ 10,600 rpm
Quarter: 10.71 @ 134.9 mph
Weight: 398 lbs
What you can see in the data above is that the bike, no matter what year you might purchase, is going to be pumping out at least 100 hp and is capable of tackling the quarter mile in under 11 seconds. The CBR was a bit portly the first two years at about 420 lbs. The two latest versions tipped the scales at just under 400 lbs with the tank empty, and that was still on the heavy side of the supersport spectrum. On the performance end of things, we need to shave a few more pounds and see if we can squeeze a pony or two out of the 599cc mill without dumping a ton of cash into it.
Replacing the OEM tires of our 2006 Honda CBR600RR for some Michelin Power Race rubber was the first order of business.
Like any other respectable manufacturer, Honda has steadily refined the CBR like the '06 version we have in our garage right now, but what else can be done that Honda R&D hasn't already thought of? Everyone has an idea of what exactly is cool, so we took a poll of riders around the office and here's the list of changes we plan to address first.
Tires: The stock Dunlop D218s are pretty good tires, and we logged a few hundred street miles on them just for good measure. But since we made plans for our first trackday on the bike, a set of Michelin Pilot Power Races were spooned on for extra grip.
The aftermarket exhaust industry is the second change everyone suggested, and we decided to go with a slip-on first. The Hotbodies Racing CBR600RR Exhaust is a slick-looking set-up that actually conceals the entire canister within the tail section. We couldn't pass this up so we have one of those on the way. A Power Commander can help tune a fuel-injected bike with an aftermarket exhaust system, so we ordered one of those to complement the changes we make. K&N agreed to provide a new air cleaner to round out the internal changes for this initial part of our project.
Next up: Appearance. The Hotbodies undertail set-up already sets the stage for a clean, unobstructed look at the CBR's rear end, as the rear fender/blinker/license plate holder bracket is 86ed in one fell swoop. Flush-mount front blinkers and a tinted Hotbodies Racing Windscreen were the final pieces of the appearance puzzle.
Although the stock CBR undertail exhaust is pretty clean, the Hotbodies Racing version is even better looking. Plus, it eliminates the stock license plate bracket and blinkers.
The next order of business is getting acquainted with our new toy, and attending trackdays is something more and more street riders are doing. We took the CBR to three decidedly different tracks in three different states over the course of two weeks. It's a grueling effort on our part, but we do what we have to do to get the job done.
Stay tuned for Part 2 of our 2006 Honda CBR600RR Project Bike when we install all the new components, weigh and dyno the bike before we set out for a few days of rigorous product testing.
In Part 3 we will let you about how all of our new goodies worked out during some street riding and three days of thorough flogging at three of the sweetest tracks in the Pacific Northwest.
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They say companies don't want to hire people who are unemployed. They say that it's harder to find work if you are over 45, female, a recent college graduate, an auto worker, from the construction industry, or a single dad. Then they say that lying on your resume will get you disqualified.
Hmmm… They sure say a lot of stuff, don't they?
In our culture, the whole process of getting a job is more taboo than the sorts of steamy sex you can see on cable in the evening. It's more okay to talk about the ways in which we are broken or are victims than it is to discuss the real challenges of finding work. From every corner comes the message that you should be ashamed if you are unemployed, underemployed or actively looking for work.
If you're in the market for a job, the competing ideas create a real box. Don't let them know you are unemployed, but don't lie on your job application. Hide your identity and preferences in order to avoid discrimination, but never, ever misrepresent yourself.
When you need the work and fall into one of these categories, it's easy to be confused and bewildered. Fear, the great destroyer of integrity, moves right into your heart during bouts of economic transition. It's natural to yield to the temptation to lie and pretend.
Don't give in to it.
Fear and dishonesty are symptoms of a lack of self-confidence. If you are trying to pretend you are someone or something other than who you are, people will be able to tell. Human beings are amazing in their ability to sniff out desperation.
Low self-confidence snowballs. Every little shortcut you take on the way to being something you're not results in longer pauses in your conversations, stiffer responses to interview questions, inability to maintain eye contact and a sort of tinny sound when you speak. People who are hiding something (and that's what it feels like once you start lying about who you are) always sound that way.
The real problem is that dishonesty is a slippery slope. Once lying becomes okay, there's no telling where it stops. The best job hunting advice anyone can give you is "always be honest".
So, what do you do if you really believe that you are a member of a class of people who are being discriminated against?
- First of all, don't knuckle under. Be who you are and be proud of it. Remember Popeye the Sailor who famously said, "I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam".
- Second, like all objects of discrimination, you are going to have to work harder than the others. I know, I know, it's not fair. So what? You are just going to have to get used to it.
- Third, stop acting like you are entitled to a job. It may feel like you are being left out of all the fun. It usually looks like you are whining. Saying that you are being discriminated against (or even feeling that way) never comes across in a useful way. Just stop it. Get therapy if you have to.
- Fourth, know what you are good at, what you are bad at, and what you are learning. Those are the stories that employers want to hear. Clear self perception and a demonstrated willingness to learn are signs of enterprise and the willingness to work hard. Employers seek these things.
- Finally, get clear with yourself that nothing in the employment world is worth lying about.
The economy is changing. Where we used to have the luxury of deriving our self concept from our vocation, now we have to find it in our lives. In the end, we are responsible for building our own self esteem. It begins by being up front about what and who we are.


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So far, Fall of the Hulks has been a blast. Of course, the story never ends, and once the Hulks are done Falling, it looks like we'll get to World War Hulks. As long as they keep it entertaining, the boy and I will be along for the ride.


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3. Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onions and garlic and cook, stirring often, for 8 minutes, or until tender and light golden. Stir in the remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
4. Add the broth, carrots, and 2 cups water. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer, covered, for 5 minutes, or until the carrots are tender.
5. Add the chickpeas and chicken. Lower the heat, cover, and simmer, stirring once or twice, for 8 minutes, or until the chicken is no longer pink. Stir in the rice, cover, and cook for 2 minutes longer.
6. Remove from the heat and stir in the avocado, lime peel, and lime juice. Serve immediately.
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Calories 381.6 cal
Fat 12.7 g
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"That's a nice ball you have," Beckert says to a child he needs to molest and kill. Lorre, the little round man with the large knowing eyes, came to prominence playing a Berlin child murderer pursued by police and, more effectively, by the city's underworld. In a trial convened by the gangs, Beckert pleads for understanding: "I can't help what I do!... I'm pursued by ghosts. Ghosts of mothers and of those children. They never leave me. They are always there always, always, always except when I do it, when I . Then I can't remember anything." Writer Thea von Harbou and director Fritz Lang managed sympathy for the devil without diluting the horror of his crimes.
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Mecs Meufs - a comedy short
What if girls suddenly started hitting on guys...?
Sobre el proyecto
I don't know how it works in your country, but in France, girls never come on to guys. Never. Or if they do, it's probably too subtle to be noticed.
Bob is 28 and he's tired of it. Every time he meets a girl, it's always the same question: "What are you waiting for? Why do we always have to come over and talk to you? Why is it never the other way around?"
But Bob suddenly finds himself transported into an alternate universe... where roles have been switched around. In this world, it's the girls who come on to the guys.
Bob is overjoyed. But he suddenly realizes what it is to be in a girl's shoes... and treated like cattle!
Mecs Meufsis a little off-beat comedy. It's written and directed by Liam Engle (me!) and produced by Affreux, Sales et Méchants.
The movie will be 10 to 15 minutes long. If you read French, you can check out the screenplay here.
Mecs Meufsis also the third episode in a loose series of shorts I've directed starring Robert Hospyan as himself, aka "Bob".
This is Bob et Joséphine, a self-financed short we did in 2009, that already shows Bob facing a fantasy-like twist:
and Lose Actually, that I co-directed last year with Daniel Brunet, and shot with the same crew we'll do Mecs Meufs with - here you'll see Bob's knack for getting himself into inextricable situations and trying to blabber his way out of them.
Mecs Meufs will thus be the third installment in Bob's adventures.
We hope to shoot the movie in three days in late June 2012.
The movie is produced by Affreux, Sales et Méchants, a young and very dynamic production company I've already worked with. You can check out their CV here.
We're currently putting the crew together, but we already have the very talented Xavier Dolléans on board as DP (check out his reel here) and the quick-witted and efficient David Hourrègue as Assistant director.
We're also casting the numerous actors and actresses around Bob, and we'll keep you guys posted any time someone joins the cast.
Para qué es la financiación
The campaign is here to fund most of the shooting of the film. The €4000 probably won't be enough, so we'll cough up the rest to shoot the film in the most efficient way possible.
Most of the money will be going to equipment - the camera, of course, but also sound, lighting, and obviously the trucks needed to haul all that around.
We have a few sets we need to find, and a little money won't hurt when it comes to convincing bar owners to let us invade their workspace.
And let's not forget the food. This is France, after all. And what is a volunteer crew worth if it's not well fed?
Sobre el creador de proyecto
If you're reading this, you probably already know me - or know my parents! But for the others, and just to say a few words, I was born in Aix-en-Provence, France, back in 1981.
I directed amateur shorts through most of my schoolyears, with such subtle and evocative titles as Revenge is Best Served Cold or 2003, World War.
After graduating, I studied cinema at college while working on new films whose quality - I'm told - got better and better. I moved to Paris in 2006 where I now live and work.
Aside from my short films, I'm currently writing features which I hope to get financed and direct.
Among my previous shorts, you'll find Back in the Woods ("Le Portail" - 2010), for which this is the trailer:
and the totally crazy action comedy Minimum Overdrive (2005):
I hope these little nuggets of info will interest you in the project, and I hope you'll be as excited as we are to get Mecs Meufs up on the screen. Thanks to all of you for your support !
(For some reason, I can't get a translation up for the bar on the right with the amazing and wonderful things you will receive according to the generosity of your contribution. In any case, just know that all of you will at very least receive the DVD when the project's finished!)
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Reaching down to just beyond Kinross, and up to the Grampian Mountains, the Scottish county of Perthshire is the kind of place that deserves to be captured on camera. Deep blue lakes, snow-capped mountains and lush green fields make the perfect setting for a holiday or short break in Scotland. Walkers will find that there's plenty to see and do, whilst honeymooners can enjoy peaceful boat trips, picnics and gentle sunset strolls.
Perthshire is home to some very interesting and typically Scottish towns, like Pitlochry and Auchterarder, as well as the city of Perth which is built along the banks of the River Tay. The word 'Perth' means 'wood', and the Perthshire landscape is filled with wooded areas and patches of forest. In fact, the region is often affectionately known as Big Tree Country.
Of course, no visit to any part of Scotland would be complete without a game of golf. Perthshire has some challenging golf courses, and some that are great for beginners. If you prefer to hike, then why not pay a visit to Blairgowrie and begin the 64-mile circular Cateran Trail? Marvel at the 16th century Elcho Castle, or go to the Pitlochry Festival Theatre for an evening of entertainment.
You can go fishing in Perthshire's lakes and rivers, or try other outdoor activities including rock climbing and horse riding. On Perthshire's border with Aberdeenshire, you'll also find the towering Glenshee with four mountains, three valleys, 38 ski runs and all you need for snow sports whether you're a beginner or an expert.
History enthusiasts can visit landmarks including the ivy-clad Scone Palace, which acts as a museum, an art gallery, a family-friendly attraction and a venue for a whole host of events including concerts, antiques fairs, weddings and conferences. A visit to the Scottish Liqueur Centre is a particularly interesting experience, and the county is home to some of Scotland's best whisky distilleries.
In Perthshire, you'll be able to appreciate the great outdoors like never before. Tie your walking boots, and prepare to explore some of Scotland's best-loved beauty spots.


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Torchlight - Editor Update
DIYGamer reports that there is a new update for the Torchlight Editor. You can grab the download from Runic Games Forum. Here is a list of the changes:
build 220.127.116.11 (01/11/10)
Patch Notes:
-Fixed unit skill panel always setting skill levels to 1 if they were 0
-Fixed base file and resource dirs not being properly made relative when modding in the unit editors
-Fixed the icon selector when modding
-Fixed [AFFIXES] blocks not appearing on skill level blocks in the skills editor (oops..broke that in the last patch)
-Skill and Quest editors are now sortable by skill/quest name.
-Fixed crash when editing stat watchers on units
-Fixed deleted monsters becoming visible again.
-Animation editor now hows a check list filter for limiting which types of animation keys are displayed.
-Fixed monsters' equipment not being displayed on monster objects in the editor
-Layouts are now auto-backed up at a default interval of every 10 minutes and just before switching to in-game mode.
These get saved to %appdata%\runic games\torchlight\torched
-You can now load the current backup for a scene though the File->Load Backup menu option
-Fixed sound bank file references not being mod friendy
-Added "Collision Radius" control to monster, player, and prop editors
-Added "Collision Mesh" control to monster, player, and prop editors
-Item editor Affix control now lists affixes in mods when modifying the list of affixes
[The following still requires a new game build to work in the actual game but are in the editor]
-Passive skills now pay attention to the skill equipment requirements
-PERCENT BLIND effect added.
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About one hundred years ago, Swedish-born itinerant worker and early protest songwriter Joe Hill joined the Industrial Workers of the World union, dedicating his life and music to the cause. When he was convicted of murder, some say unfairly, and executed by firing squad in 1915, Hill became the martyred symbol of the labor movement, celebrated in song and union lore and as much a source of inspiration for Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan in the past as he is for singer-songwriter Billy Bragg today.
Denver author Bill Adler has written a new book on Hill, which includes evidence against the organizer's murder conviction that might become the basis for a call to legally exonerate him, and in celebration of its release, the Bread and Roses Workers' Cultural Center is throwing a two-day Joe Hill Festival. And why lionize a man who lived and died a century ago? "Because of the spirit, the elan, the magnetism he carried in his work," insists Bread and Roses organizer Lowell May. "He was a dude,"; May adds, and you know he really means it.
It all begins tonight at 8 p.m. with a concert of Joe Hill music featuring folksingers John McCutcheon and Elena Klaver at the Mercury Cafe, 2199 California Street. Tomorrow's events, including film screenings, poetry and a Joe Hill sing-along, continue at 27 Social Centre, 2727 West 27th Avenue, from noon to 10 p.m. Adler will be selling copies of The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon at the fest, but if you miss him this weekend, he's also hosting book signings next week at the Boulder Book Store (7:30 p.m. August 30, 303-447-2074) and the Tattered Cover Colfax Avenue (7:30 p.m. Aug. 31, 303-322-7727).
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New music: John Legend feat. Andre 3000 - "Green Light" (Snippet)
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Bad Lip Reading (abbreviated as BLR) is a popular YouTube channel, run by an anonymous individual in the music production business, that spoofs music videos and politicians by overdubbing humorous vocal work that matches the lip movements of the targets. The producer declines to identify himself, and says on the Facebook page that he wishes to be "mysteriously mysterious." For your viewing pleasure today, may I present a bad lip reading of the Hunger Games, Twilight and Coldplay's In My Place.
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Americans mistaken by depicting France as enemy of the U.S.March 7, 2003
By Pauline Roux and Helene Massart
Beware before committing yourself to reading this article: it requires open-mindedness. Want to hear about the French position about Iraq, from French people? George W. Bush is a bigger threat to world peace than Saddam Hussein. This statement may look really aggressive, but we took it from an English newspaper, The Times.
Examine first that France is not the only country opposed to war. Actually, in the U.N. Security Council, three countries (France, China and Russia) out of five with veto powers are against war. So here is our question: why did Americans choose the French as your scapegoat? We do not understand.
Following the fashion of French President Jacques Chirac, when we hear that we stand against war just because we want to diminish American leadership, or because we do not like Americans, we are sad. We are not angry, we are just sad.
France is not jealous of the United States. Actually, it has developed the concept of the 'French Cultural Exception.' Contrary to the United States, France tries to widen its views, and the fact that France thinks about using its veto does not mean that France sees the United States as an enemy. For us, the enemy is not America; it is the problem we have to solve. We are not trying to create a climate of deficiency; we just want to avoid a useless, expensive war, probably heavier in consequences than most Americans want to admit.
Our views are broader than what Bush thinks: 'Either you are with us, or you are against us.' We can have divergences and still like each other. Americans may have a problem with the French, but we do not have any problem with you. We always will welcome you warmly in Normandy, where we remember that Canadians, Britons and Americans have fought together for peace. Since then, we learned humility and are trying to protect others from the trauma it took us ages to overcome.
Nevertheless, as Chirac mentioned last week, 'France is not a pacific country,' but unlike the United States, France already has experienced two world wars on its own territory. We remember the past, and we have not forgotten the lessons of history. We do not aim to divide the world in two, and as is usual in diplomatic relations, this issue is more complicated than some untapped oil reserves or some misplaced pride.
From a historical point of view, America was founded by religiously persecuted people who had to run away from European intolerance in the 17th century. It is amazing to see that today, the intolerance has moved to America, while Europe tries to find a compromise. The question here is not whether France is for or against Iraq. The French view it as a matter of common sense.
Moreover, America should stop thinking that it is the unique thinker and decision maker on the international stage. When countries agree with America, everything is fine, so why can't it be the same when some countries don't? When America disagrees with us, we do not question the long friendly relationship both our countries used to have. France was the first country ever to recognize equal rights to any of its citizen in 1789.
We also recognize the rights of the nations to self-determination and sovereignty. It is not France's fault if in democratic countries some people are good enough to be re-elected, while in other dictatorial countries, some people stay in power, leading to the ruin of their country. It is up to the Iraqis to decide which leader they want for their country, not the United States.
To conclude, France never will hesitate to use its veto if we feel it is legitimate to do so. Even though America gets mad, we do not think we are hurting either the NATO or the United Nations. A right is not a right if it can only be used when America thinks it is in congruence with its selfish will.
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Recruits, convenes, and utilizes a Mandel Center Advisory Committee of business, community, and educational leaders in collaboration with the College's President
Creates and encourages the dissemination of Mandel Center research in a variety of local, regional, and international venues
Provides leadership and guidance for intensifying College-wide student engagement in humanities and public service
Collaborates with faculty in curriculum development and deployment that uses technology-rich, inquiry-based learning that aligns with the mission of the College and the Mandel Center
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Hires, empowers, and evaluates the performance of the Mandel Center staff
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Creates and administers a series of significant educational events connecting key themes and research results in the Mandel Scholars Academy
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Tarocco degli Animali
Also known as Tarot of the Animals
The Tarocco degli Animali is one of Menegazzi's many creations, this one devoted entirely to animals. The major arcana and court cards each feature a different animal, from cat the giraffe, while the pip cards all depict a motif of the same animal for each suit.
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Osvaldo Menegazzi
Tarot Deck - 78 Cards - il Meneghello 1978
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Seems like this will only encourage the parent in a weaker financial position to take a deal worse for them than they would otherwise have reached.
The Department for Work and Pensions has indicated that estranged parents using its statutory service for child maintenance will be subject to charges. The plan is included in a consultation document on the future of the system, which outlines the priorities for the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission as it replaces …
Seems like this will only encourage the parent in a weaker financial position to take a deal worse for them than they would otherwise have reached.
... I thought it would encourage the opposite. If this fee isn't monthly, then I can see the parent in the weaker financial position, being happy to pay the £125 in order to secure a higher statutory payment. If the CSA get involved, the "losing" parent can expect to have 33% of their calculated disposable income transferred to the other parent. The "sort it out between yourselves" system tends to result in smaller payments than the statutory system.
Also no surprises if one of the partners votes Tory or has friends within the party, that they come off better then they otherwise would.
Seems its the CSA all over again, taking money from kids.....whats next, return of the workhouse to "encourage people not to be poor"
Yes, but then they could sue the other party for the loss. Marvellous! Just what the child of separated parents needs.
Clearly someone has been looking at the "cash up front and let the lawyers slug it out in court" model that we know and love from the world of patents.
Yet more hardship, woe, doom etc. The government has an incredibly poor track record of IT launches.
says a spokesdroid, who presumably has perfect teeth and eyesight
So now the parents can argue over who is going to pay the fee?
Another government IT project - they always work, right?
Also, didn't the CSA etc tend to ignore private settlements & impose their own levies?
Maybe the DWP should brush off its bible to learn how to resolve parental disputes regarding children?
As it is, surely the fees they wring out of stubborn parents will just be added to the list for the divorce settlement. So no matter who initially pays the fees, the ultimate cost will be borne by the partner who "loses" the financial part of the divorce - with a huge multiplier added by each sides lawyers.
So suppose a woman, divorced now and angry her husband cheated wants a higher amount of child support than he wants to pay.
Now he gets a bill on top of all his child support because his ex wanted an unreasonable amount?
This system looks ripe for abuse
It might be useful for those mums who have just been left by one of those 'real men' who are happy to produce kids but have no intention of accepting any responsibility other than proving their sperm works.
Then they usually have the cheek to dress up in stupid costumes and bleat about 'no access'.
I don't suppose you have ever met someone in the position of being told that they cannot have any access to their child and not having the finances to pursue it through the courts?
Just because some people are a waste of kidneys doesn't mean all estranged fathers are dead beats.
you are suggesting the child pays????
theenk of the cheeeeeedlren etc etc etc
The problem isn't with private arrangements, it's with estranged parents NOT PAYING! and the 'CSA' doing very little, mostly nothing to get this money.
Great, anything else you want them to sort out? The DWP are not there to police parental disputes. Let them sort it out themselves.
I mean, they're meant to be impartial and competent at this sort of thing. It's not necessarily a sign of a conflict if a couple go to them.
And will this be a recurring charge? If so - and assuming couples have the option to make their own arrangements - how will the experts at the CSA be able to be sure the correct amount is being paid if they need to assess one or other partner's income?
The woman will get the better deal. No question asked. I mean, if my ex-wife, whom decided that she preferred another woman (!) to me, whom once alone got struck off being a foster parent for lack of care, whom couldn't get our daughter to school more than 10% of the time and had social services around every week could drag out the divorce for a year, retain custody, and involve the CSA despite my trying to come to an arrangement and despite her ending up with less money because of it, if she can get all that, then how can I possibly believe that the bloke, however saintly, will ever be better off with these changes?
see title
Your post is a bit too similar to my situation. Those who try to do the right thing only seem to get punished. Beware the dangers of getting involved with 'lipstick princesses'!
A whole new set of people to talk to on the phone that will judge you as evil purely because you are male.
I have enough of that with the CSA as it is.......
To be honest there is no 'fair' way of doing this, if like me you have an ex with a desire for mopney, you will will always end being re-evaluated year after year until you have nothing left.
New software, same mindset.
Your children are your life... then they get ripped away from you. The balance has been swinging from one end to the other with bugger all attempt at a fair middle ground so far. Sod that for a game of soldiers.
So, to all you young male geeks: Don't get married. Seriously, don't do it. Really, I mean it. Take it from the old farts in front line: BAD IDEA! Be selfish, after all, " you're worth it." ;-)
Your local mental health team.
The reality is if your an unmarried british straight poor man YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS ... you'll find lots of 'talking shops' that will try to stop you screaming with frustration, but even the toughest soul will crack. Just dont ask where i am now....
... apart, of course, from the public sector charging for the cost of providing you with a driving licence, passport, dental check-up, use of a car on a public highway, changing any record in various government departments (e.g. the Land Registry) and all the other real examples of the public sector applying direct charges for their services.
Ich you pay for this child maintenance thing, are you entitled to free upgrades to your child, then?
"There will also be a testing window before the scheme is launched."
Ah, so the CSA system wasn't a total waste of money, then. UK plc had at least learnt that software can, just occasionally, have the odd little bug in it. Who'd have thought it?
This was first bought out when CMEC was first coming to life as the costs of running the CSA and its first two failed IT projects got seriously out of hand.
It was originally suggested the NRP would pay but that went south when it was pointed out that the rate of re assessment demands was generally driven by the mother and those who like to use the CSA as a weapon can demand many assessments in a year (there is in law no limit) hence the change to make the applicant pay.
I had hoped that with a change in government we would see some effort put into further making the family court system work and start to bring the errant PWC's who ignore court orders to book but I guess its not politically expedient to do that, we have to pay for our kids, but if we win in the courts to be allowed to see them, well thats another matter.
please don't use that word, when referring to people who are using a government service.
Unless they can choose another provider of their own free will, that is.
I am not a "customer" of Birmingham City (careful how you say it) Council. If I was, I would choose to spent my council tax with a council that had a clue.
I think the idea here is that the parents CAN in fact choose to use another service - either reach an agreement between themselves (like my parents did, all those years ago when divorce just involved lawyers, not billion pound failed IT projects and bureaucrats as well), or get other arbitration, instead of running to the government. The CSA does have enforcement powers - but then, so do courts, if the parents reach an agreement without CSA involvement, and that only falls down when the useless waste of skin runs off to another jurisdiction to marry his own cousin, safely out of reach of any court order.
Christ on a bike, the comments are full of loonies - if I was a woman, I'd divorce you.
And you've passed your genes on.


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RHA calls for fuel price cut
The Road Haulage Association has called for fuel price cuts as the only way to get the country out of recession.
It says that price cuts at the start of the year would almost certainly have enabled the UK to avoid slipping back into recession.
Following the news that the UK economy has shrunk, RHA Chief Executive Geoff Dunning commented, "If Government would heed our advice and address the issue of fuel duty once and for all, this is a situation that could almost certainly have been avoided.
"Users of petrol and diesel fuels are desperate to see a reduction in fuel duty. The price of a tank of fuel would reduce and the subsequent savings would be put back into the economy, giving trade the boost it so desperately needs.
"The barrel price of oil now stands at its lowest for quite some time. In addition, exchange rates are holding up well. Despite this, forecourt prices are still too high, with the margin on diesel having risen from 3.48 pence per litre in March to 7.65 pence per litre today. This is an increase of 123% or more than the August duty rise."
It would certainly be nice to think that a cut in fuel prices would solve our economic woes, but running an economy might be a bit more complicated than that. Still, a fuel price cut would be very welcome


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Los Altos has played under the radar this season in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League's lower division, quietly winning games and building momentum.
Saturday, the Eagles' quiet season took a loud turn. In one of the upsets of the weekend, Los Altos stunned top-seeded Westmoor-Daly City 75-66 at Santa Clara High to advance to the Central Coast Section Div. II boys basketball semifinals for the first time in school history.
The eighth-seeded Eagles (19-7) will return to the same gym tonight to play Willow Glen-San Jose for a trip to the final.
"It was a phenomenal team effort," Los Altos coach Bob McFarlane said. "Westmoor is an excellent team, and they have some spectacular athletes."
Westmoor (23-5) had received the top seed after winning the Peninsula Athletic League tournament a week earlier. But Los Altos, which won the SCVAL's El Camino Division with an undefeated record, clearly wasn't intimidated by its athletic opponent as it took the lead in the first half and withstood a late charge in the second.
Point guard Nate Vieira led Los Altos with 22 points, and Daniel Rosenbaum added 14.
John Mayuga had 24 points for Westmoor, and Wai Min, who attracted a lot of defensive attention from Los Altos, finished with 17.
"If you leave him one-on-one, he will score," McFarlane said of Min. "We strategized to be in early help position, basically sit in his driving lane. If he wanted to drive, he was going to have to drive into two guys."
Francisco tied the score 38-38 on a drive to the basket with about a minute left. After a Mountain View free throw broke the tie, Francisco buried the decisive 3-pointer from the top of the key.
"We just didn't want it to be our last game," said Francisco, who had 18 points. "We just put everything out there."
Leigh will play No. 3 St. Francis-Mountain View (10-16) in today's semifinals at Santa Clara. Michael Lauck hit five 3-pointers to lead the way with 19 points for the Lancers, who erupted for 26 points in the fourth quarter of their 65-54 win over No. 6 Aragon-San Mateo (20-7).
— Darren Sabedra
Division I
Carlmont-Belmont coach David Low is not pretending his announcement to step down prior to the postseason inspired the Scots the way Baltimore linebacker Ray Lewis' decision to retire fueled the Ravens' run to a Super Bowl title.
"They want to win more than they want to keep me coaching," Low joked.
Whatever the case, unseeded Carlmont upset No. 2 San Benito-Hollister in the CCS Div. I quarterfinals at Piedmont Hills, 42-31. It was the third playoff victory in a row for the Scots (20-7).
"Once you get the first one, you know it's one and done," Low said. "So let's see how far we can stretch this out."
Carlmont senior Yash Malik hit a trio of daggers from beyond the arc to score a team-high 15 points, while junior Michael Costello chipped in 12 points.
PAL rival Sequoia-Redwood City took the court immediately after and nearly pulled off another shocker against No. 3 Santa Teresa. But foul trouble put the Cherookes (11-19) in too deep a hole to climb out of in the 56-50 loss.
Down double digits in the fourth quarter, Sequoia rallied to within two points with 40 seconds left as Chris Bene scored nine of 14 points in last 2½ minutes. But it wasn't enough.
"We were kind of hoping to get that rubber match in there, but it wasn't meant to be," Low said.
"They move on and our season came to an end," Sequoia coach Fine Lauese said.
Sequoia big man Julian Bertero finished with 14 points and 14 rebounds.
— Vytas Mazeika
Division IV
Home cooking saw No. 3 Menlo School find its rhythm in the third quarter of a 53-46 quarterfinal victory over No. 6 Harker-San Jose in Atherton. The West Bay Athletic League foes split games during the regular season, and this was a one-point contest entering the fourth quarter in large part due to the effort of Menlo junior Ryan Young, who scored 10 of his 16 points in the third quarter.
Then it was the Liam Dunn show as the sophomore hit a pair of long-range shots down the stretch to give the Knights (18-7) enough breathing room.
Another pair of WBAL teams — No. 5 Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton and No. 9 The King's Academy-Sunnyvale — were eliminated in the quarterfinals. SHP (17-9) fell 54-50 to No. 4 Half Moon Bay, while TKA (14-11) could not keep up with top-seeded Seaside, which won 70-38.
Division V
Reigning champion Pinewood-Los Altos Hills reached the semifinals with a 58-32 defeat of No. 7 Crystal Springs Uplands at Alma Heights in Pacifica. The second-seeded Panthers (12-11) got off to a 18-5 first-quarter lead and were led by Greg Naumann's 13 points.
No. 4 Eastside Prep-East Palo Alto (13-11) held off No. 5 East Palo Alto Academy (14-10) in their quarterfinal, 49-38.


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Fans of Foodie Memoirs! Start Reading Sous Chef
The kitchen is best in the morning. All the stainless glimmers. Steel pots and pans sit neatly in their places, split evenly between stations. Smallwares are filed away in bains-marie and bus tubs, stacked on Metro racks in families—pepper mills with pepper mills, ring molds with ring molds, and so forth. Columns of buffed white china run the length of the pass on shelves beneath the shiny tabletop. The floors are mopped and dry, the black carpet runners are swept and washed and realigned at right angles.
Most of the equipment is turned off, most significantly the intake hoods. Without the clamor of the hoods, quietude swathes the place. The only sounds are the hum of refrigeration, the purr of proofing boxes, the occasional burble of a thermal immersion circulator. The lowboys and fridge-tops are spotless, sterile, rid of the remnants of their tenants. The garbage cans are empty. There is not a crumb anywhere. It smells of nothing.
The place might even seem abandoned if it weren't for today's prep lists dangling from the ticket racks above each station—scrawled agendas on POS strips and dupe-pad chits, which the cooks put together at the end of every dinner service. They are the relics of mayhem, wraiths of the heat. In showing us how much everyone needs to get done today, they give us a sense of what happened in here last night. The lists are long; it was busy. The handwriting is urgent, angry, exhausted.
But now everything is still.
On Fridays you get in about 0900. As you make your way through the service entrance, a cool bar of sunlight shines in from the loading dock, lighting your way down the back corridor toward the kitchen. Deliveries have begun to arrive. Basswood crates of produce lie in heaps about the entryway. A film of soil still coats the vegetables. They smell of earth. Fifty-pound bags of granulated sugar and Caputo 00 flour balance precariously on milk crates. Vacuum-packed slabs of meat bulge out of busted cardboard.
You nose around in search of a certain box. In it you find what you desire: Sicilian pistachios, argan oil, Pedro Ximenez vinegar, Brinata cheese. These are the samples you requested from the dry goods purveyor. You take hold of the box, tiptoe past the rest of the deliveries, and head to the office.
The office is a place of refuge, a nest. The lights are always dim inside. It is small, seven by ten feet maybe, but it's never stiflingly hot like the rest of the kitchen. A dusty computer, its companion printer, and a telephone occupy most of the narrow desk space, while office supplies, Post-it notes, and crusty sheaves of invoice paper take up the rest. Below the desk is a compact refrigerator designated for chef use only. It holds safe the chefs' supply of expensive perishables: rare cheese, white truffles, osetra caviar, bottarga, fine wine, sparkling water, snacks. Sometimes, there'll be beers in there; in such cases, there'll also be a cold cache of Gatorade or Pedialyte for re-upping electrolytes.
Alongside the refrigerator is the all-purpose drawer, which contains pens and scratch pads, first aid kits, burn spray, ibuprofen, pink bismuth, and deodorant, as well as a generous supply of baby powder and diaper rash ointment, which help keep the chafing at bay and stave off the tinea. At the edge of the desk is the closet, overstuffed with chef whites, black slacks, aprons, clogs, and knife kits. Shelves of cookbooks adorn the walls' highest reaches, and below them hangs a mosaic of clipboards fitted with inventory sheets, order guides, BEOs, and SOPs. One of the clipboards—the one with your name on it—holds a near infinity of papers. On each sheet is a list of things to do: things to order, things to burn out, people to call, emails to send, menus to study, menus to proofread, menus to write, menus to invent. . . . You try not to look at your clipboard first thing in the morning.
As the opening sous chef, the first thing you do is check for callouts. In good restaurants, these are rare. A good cook almost never misses a shift. He takes ownership of his work; he takes pride in it. He understands how important he is to the team and he will avoid disappointing his coworkers at all costs. Regardless of runny noses or tummy trouble, regardless of stiff necks or swollen feet, regardless of headaches or toothaches or backaches, regardless of how little sleep he got the night before or what fresh hell his hangover is when he wakes up, a good cook will always show up for work in the morning.
But things happen, of course, and sometimes even the most high-minded cooks must call out. And when they do, it's up to you to find someone to cover for them. Given the limited roster of cooks in most restaurants, this task is often extremely difficult—something of a Gordian knot. So, if the problem exists, it's important to diagnose it as early as possible.
If there aren't any callouts, you get a cool, peaceful moment in the shadowy office to take stock. This moment is a rare encounter with tranquillity that must be relished. You chomp on a hunk of the morning's freshly baked bread and click through your email. You fire up a few eggs over medium, trade morning text messages with your girlfriend. You duck out and smoke some cigarettes on the loading dock, step over to the corner store for a seltzer and a paper. You do as little as possible for as long as you can. For now, for just this very moment, the kitchen is yours.
Eventually your attention turns to the box of samples. It is fully within your purview—in fact it's your charge—to inspect them for quality. The executive chef has made this clear. He trusts your instincts and expects you to act on them. Nevertheless, an adolescent excitement stirs in you when you open them up.
The Sicilian pistachios, forest green, are soft in your hands, succulent in your mouth. They are rich and sweet, like no nut you've had before. You twist the cap on the argan oil and a sumptuous perfume fills the air. Drops of the golden liquid trickle down the neck of the bottle onto your knuckles. Wasting it would be a sin. You lick it off. It is robust, plump, nutty. The PX vinegar counters the sultry fat with a sharp burst of sweetness. Unlike most vinegar, this redolent nectar is thick and syrupy, with layers of flavor.
The Brinata—the queen piece, wrapped in white paper with a pink ribbon—summons you. You gently lay the cheese in the middle of the desk and begin to undress it, slowly peeling away the wrappings to reveal a semihard mound with delicate curves and moon-white skin. To use your fingers would be uncivilized. You trace the tip of a knife across the surface in search of the right place to enter. In one swift motion, you pierce the rind and thrust into its insides. You draw the blade out, plunge in again. You bring the triangle to your lips. It melts when it enters your mouth. Your palate goes prone; gooseflesh stipples your neck.
This is the life, you think.
Afterward, you smoke another cigarette out on the loading dock and ready yourself for the day.
Continue reading . . .
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PORTLAND, Ore. Healthnotes on Wednesday released an independent study of its wellness-driven kiosks that found that the kiosks, signage and promotions helps drive incremental sales at retail.
"Retailers have known for a long time that shoppers love having easy, reliable access to ideas and information to help them make decisions in the store," stated Jim Wisner, president for Wisner Marketing Group, the research firm conducting the study. "What this new study demonstrates is that retailers can achieve these benefits in a way that helps create a destination shopping experience while profitably driving new sales."
Wisner's test showed that stores with the Healthnotes "Fresh Ideas" program had nearly 2 percent higher sales growth and were 16 percent more likely to outperform control stores.
The Healthnotes "Fresh Ideas" program was implemented in 67 stores of a major retail chain. To assess impact on sales, year-over-year changes in the sale of health-related categories including OTC medications, vitamins, supplements, and nutritional products were compared between test and control stores during the fourth quarter of 2006. New stores, newly remodeled stores, and those impacted by new competition or other extraordinary factors were excluded from the comparison. The sales changes in test stores were compared to a control group of stores in the same geographic area as each test store.
The Healthnotes "Fresh Ideas" program is a kiosk-centered wellness marketing program for food and drug retailers that provides shoppers with seasonally relevant point-of-sale articles, recipes, and product information for key departments throughout the store—including meat & seafood, produce, wine, pharmacy and nutrition.
"We are excited that the results of this study clearly demonstrate sales lift and ROI of the Healthnotes program," stated Skye Lininger, Healthnotes president and chief executive officer.


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[Los Angeles, June 22. Image via Getty]
Iranian women show a poster of the slain Iranian protester named Neda as they drive during a protest against the recent Iranian elections, outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 22, 2009. A video of a blood-drenched young woman named Neda, purportedly killed in the Tehran protests, has become an Internet symbol of the demonstrations and heightened pressure on Iran in its battle with foreign media. The video, showing blood pouring from the nose and mouth of the young woman, was placed online Saturday and has since been viewed hundreds of thousands of times around the world. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)


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Chris Rock Wonders Why It Took So Long For SNL To Let A Black Man Play Our First Black President
Chris Rock has a special knack for pointing out messed up things about the world that we are all assholes for ignoring. Case in point: this past September, four years after America elected its first black president, SNL finally replaced Fred Armisen with Jay Pharoah in the role of Barack Obama. Why did it take them so long?
Rock spoke about it today while on a press tour promoting the new talk show Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell. Talk turned to Rock's old gig at SNL, and he said he's a fan of Pharoah's. "I think he's funny and he's underused," he told reporters. "It took him two years to play the black president? Seems odd."
It does seem odd, doesn't it? Especially considering Pharoah's spot-on Barack Obama impression was one of the things that aided his rise in the comedy world and, I assume, captured SNL's attention in the first place:
It gets even weirder when you realize that Armisen was basically performing the role in a mild form of blackface, which I thought we had decided was Not Okay? I'm going to admit something embarrassing now: I'd always just assumed the producers of SNL were covering their asses with the fact that Armisen's like, a quarter African American or something. But guess what? Fred Armisen is Venezuelan, German, and Japanese. You learn something new every day.
Compound this with the fact that Armisen's Barack Obama impression was never as good as Jay Pharoah's, and you have to wonder: Is this further evidence of SNL's issues with race? Or can it be attributed to SNL's crappy decisions in general? Is it a problem when there are so few non-white actors in the cast that the ambiguously ethnic guy has to play most of the non-white characters? What does it say about SNL that a still racially troubled America elected a black man president four years before they let a black man play him on TV? Maybe if they started casting more non-white actors and making decisions based on ability instead of some antiquated system of seniority, more people would still be watching.
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Brian Selznick's New Novel Will Leave You Wonderstruck
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, 8:03 p.m.Northeast Library
Brian Selznick's New Novel Will Leave You Wonderstruck
Author-illustrator Brian Selznick has fascinated kids and adults alike with his groundbreaking book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
Rather than simply illustrating this lengthy historical novel, the tale of a young orphan boy and a mysterious toy-maker in early 20th-century Paris, Selznick actually told portions of the story entirely through pictures.
The originality of the book was recognized with a 2008 Caldecott medal, and this November, it will be released as a film called Hugo, directed by Martin Scorsese.
Now, Selznick is back, with an even more creative new book called Wonderstruck. This novel contains two parallel stories--one told entirely in words, one told entirely through pictures.
Ben, who lives in a small town in Minnesota, has just lost his mother and is living with his resentful aunt and uncle. Just as he learns a clue to his absent father's identity, he is struck deaf. Rose lives in a mysterious old house in Hoboken, New Jersey, just across the river from New York City.
Ben's story takes place in 1977, while Rose's story is set 50 years earlier in 1927. However, their stories begin to converge when both characters run away and their journeys take them to the Museum of Natural History in New York City.
How are Ben and Rose truly connected? There are clues hidden in both words and pictures, and readers of all ages will delight in discovering them.


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I wonder if anyone can help. I have fallen in love with a cycling jersey which I cannot get hold of. It consists of loads of oranges on a black background. I MUST have one !.
Anyone know anything about them, and where I can buy one.
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Mattingly wants coaches back next season
Mattingly wants coaches back next season
Though he said he'd support any of his coaches pursuing other opportunities, Mattingly noted his staff -- in his first season as a big league manager -- has helped make his job significantly easier and has made him more comfortable.
"Really the whole staff, these guys are pros from the standpoint that they do their work," Mattingly said. "I can trust that anything we need to be getting done it's getting done in their areas. I'm able to just check in with guys."
Mattingly noted the effect of having Trey Hillman with him on the bench, saying he is very comfortable working with him. He also pointed to third-base coach Tim Wallach and first-base coach Davey Lopes as keys to the team's success in preparation and in baserunning.
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March 09, 2008
After much introspection, extensive correspondence with leading agony aunts and repeated viewings of Oprah, the decision was made. Enough was enough, and it was time to move on. One clearly needed a new barber.
The lowest of the lows, by all accounts, was the haircut that was administered on the sixteenth of November last year. It was then that the first seeds of doubt were sown in the ol' subconscious. These feelings tend to fester, dear Reader, and these seeds tend to germinate, until drastic measures are taken.
So, after some deliberation, one went to Another Barber (whom we shall refer to as AB) who runs his shop with his son (whom we shall call AB junior). Ten minutes later, it was complete. A trim of impressive quality.
So that, you may have thought, would be that. Except, of course, that it wasn't. Because the Ex-Barber's shop lies strategically en route to almost everything (i.e. office and pub). And so it was the very next morning that one found oneself walking by the Ex-Barbershop. And hence the Ex himself.
Now barbers, as the astute reader may have noticed, are sensitive folks. They're also observant, and they're as sharp as, well, razors. His eyes immediately darted toward the ol' cranium. It dawned on him, gently as a receding hairline, that there had been a Cut. Locks had been hewn, curls had evidently been sheared. And, the end result being rather uniform and admittedly rather dashing, it was clearly not his own work.
He looked at the One in wounded scrutiny, betrayal writ large upon his countenance. How, those eyes seemed to implore, could one have gone elsewhere? Did one not enjoy his earnest banter? Did one object to his ludicrous prices? Or, horror of horrors, had a Lady Barber come between us?
One did what one most often does in these situations. One chose to lie. One turned the ol' laptop-bag around, letting the artfully-positioned Air India tag loom as large as possible. One was what you might call 'outstation', one conveyed through a helpless look. I don't know what 'outstation' means, his eyes beseeched right back. It means one was visiting the Homeland, one ocularly elucidated. And Patel Hair Art charges about a twentienth of what you charge, one added disdainfully. He seemed satisfied at this, for Homeland visits are the One Exception to the Rule of Barber-Loyalty. And that was, in fact, that.
One can't keep lying forever, of course. Eventually he shall realize that he has been, how shall we say, Replaced. Never mind, dear Reader. He will cope.
And the agony aunt types have taught us much. It's like this : if one returns to the Ex-Barber, then one shall be his forever. And, if one never returns to him, then one was never his to begin with. Et cetera.
And one doesn't know how long one will stick with the ABs either. You see, there happens to be a rather fetching Lady Barber just down the road.
7 comments :
- A said...
Beware, One, of betraying Lady Barbers. We speak from experience of Amdavadi LBs.
The sharpness of those injured razors could prove to be much more Cutting.
- LAK said...
Hallelujah, at last a new post!
I had a similar experience---when I went in for a perm somewhere-other-than-my-regular-parlor. And I used the exact same excuse---out of station!BTW, One might like to check out another take on a visit to the barber's:
- NN said...
Adding background score:
OST from the good, the bad , the ugly.
Marlon brando's rendition of "the horror" in Apocalypse now.
- camphor said...
I say, who knows what the LB is like? Stick to AB where you know how the contours will fall... and then, when you've lulled the unsuspecting vict..AB into thinking he has a Loyal Follower -- dhoka!
(Unless the AB has a daughter. Consider, consider.)
- One in a Billion said...
A: Ah. Hell hath no fury greater than an LB scorned, so to speak. Noted.
LAK: Well, great minds etc. And thanks for the link.
NN: Yay, fun game. Several alternatives come to mind:
1) The Baby Elephant Walk by Mancini. (Not that one walks anything like a baby elephant, it just sounds appropriate.)
2) Oprah's theme music.
3) "Chalo ek bar phir se ajnabi ban jayein / Na main tumse umeed rakhoon dilnawazi ki / Na tum meri taraf dekho galat andaaz nazron se .."
Camphor: One did not expect such calculated deviousness from you, C.
One is pleasantly surprised :)
So, is it AB or LB these days? Enjoyed the post. Hehe..guys and their hair! :)
Btw, how's the language course coming along?
- One in a Billion said...
N: It's still AB. One is actually quite faithful, as it turns out. Most heartening.
The language course continues. These things take time, you know.


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Delays mount for new green levies
A system that puts responsibility for collecting polluter fees with taxation bureaus could be at least a year away, experts say
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Heavier taxes to punish polluters could take at least year to introduce as government departments argue over the details and the scheme is discussed in the legislature, experts say.
A plan was submitted to the State Council in October, said Su Ming, a senior official at the Ministry of Finance. But government agencies and industrial associations are still negotiating aspects of the draft laws, and experts say many areas have yet to be agreed upon, including how high to make the levies.
Su said the taxes could be in place as early as next year, although the legislation must first go through the National People's Congress. But delays are likely to weigh heavily on the minds of central government leaders, given the public's expectation for quick action. The mainland's air pollution made headlines around the world this month, as dense smog blanketed much of the east and north, forcing some schools to shut, flights to be cancelled and traffic to drop to a crawl as commuters struggled with the reduced visibility.
Details are still being hammered out, but experts who contributed to the plan said the taxes would replace existing pollution levies, and would be charged at a higher rate. The levies would initially apply to companies responsible for water and air pollution, including sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides produced from burning coal.
Taxation bureaus would collect the charges after environmental protection departments verify how much pollution businesses were producing, the experts said.
One area still being debated is whether to include carbon emissions in the system, or have them fall under a separate levy. The answer will decide which government agency, the Ministry of Environmental Protection or the National Development and Reform Commission, would oversee the issue.
The mainland is trying to tackle carbon emissions also through a pilot scheme for carbon-trading markets, which will eventually regulate about 700 to 800 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, roughly equal to the emissions of Germany, and will cover areas accounting for nearly a third of the national gross domestic product. The government hopes to create a national trading scheme within a decade.
Another possible source of delay to the green tax could come from local environmental protection bureaus, which fear their revenue would be cut when existing fees are scrapped. The bureaus currently charge companies for the pollution they produce, but the fees are relatively low, making it cheaper to continue with dirty production and pay the fines than clean up.
Local governments sometimes reduce or even waive pollution charges to encourage companies to build factories and invest in their areas, critics of the system have said.
Enforcing payment has also been lax in some districts. A pilot environmental taxation scheme in Huangshi , in Hubei province, has seen much more in fees collected than in other areas as the authorities there strictly impose the levies, said an official at the provincial taxation bureau, who asked not to be named.
One official said the new plan might gain momentum after the Communist Party Central Committee's call last month for a more sustainable growth model.
"The green taxation programme is in line with the central government's call for transforming the economy to a more sustainable model and it was included in the official document released after the third plenum," said Dr Jiang Kejun, director of the Energy Research Institute at the National Development and Reform Commission.
But Ge Chazhong, a researcher with the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning who helped draft the taxation plan, was less confident of any swift progress in introducing the reforms. No real progress had been made in recent months and the plan had been under review by the State Council for some time, Ge said.
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Winter is coming (I know we're in denial but fall is officially March 21st!) and when I was in the States for Christmas I bought some Minnetonka Moccasins to keep my feet warm. The brown suede laces were sort of blah, so I bought some red ones which were cute enough and then saw these. Snappy! And thought I could make a pair. You'll need:
Use the masking tape to tape up the laces at a regular interval. I used 1.5 inches. Paint using fabric paint in your preferred color/pattern. Let dry overnight. Take off the masking tape et voila:
And that didn't cost 30usd plus shipping. And Minnetonka Moccs are comfortable as clouds on your feet. You're welcome.
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Organizers cancelled the Tax Day TEA Party rally scheduled for today at the Lubbock County Courthouse due to rain.
The rally will be rescheduled for a later date, according to Cyndi Ortiz, a spokeswoman for the event.
The event was originally set to coincide with April 15 tax day, the deadline for federal income taxes to be mailed.
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I have probably missed a post covering this but can anybody tell me the IOS I should be using on Lego Star Wars 3,I have tried 249 & 250 but keep getting the black screen.
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A real noob here how do I do that?
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