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I made this recipe in the Dutch Oven while camping last summer. I thought I it might be just as good in the oven at home. It was super quick to put together.
You will need the following ingredients:
4-6 boneless pork loin chops
1 pkg stuffing mix
1 can sliced peaches
2 tsp dried minced onions
2 tsp dijon mustard
1/4 cup apricot preserves
Drain the juice from the peaches into a measuring cup and add water to make 1 1/2 cups. Mix the
stuffing with seasoning packet and water and stir until most of the water is absorbed. Place stuffing in the bottom of a baking dish. Place the pork chops on top. Combine the apricot preserves, mustard, and onions in a small bowl. Spread over the chops. Arrange the peaches on top. Cover tightly with foil and bake for about 40 minutes (depending upon the thickness of your chops) Peggy


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Can You Turn A Rental Van Into A Self-Shredding Burnout Machine Using Cruise Control?
Can you set cruise control during a burnout to make your car the ultimate burnout machine? YouTube hoon Cleetus McFarland had the same question, so he went to the home of Hoonigan in a rental van to find out.

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The Unwritten Rules In Getting a Date! Advice for Boys
Hello friends!
So by the title I am sure you can tell that this is a bit different from what I normally write about. I was inspired by a dinner conversation I had with some of the girls. We exchanged stories, boy stories to be exact, about different experiences we had. Most of these stories were on the funny and a bit on the creepy side. After discussing, we talked about how we wished guys would know how to handle situations better. If you're interested in a girl there are certain unwritten rules. We talked and agreed on some, and decided this would be a great blog!
Now these bits of advice are generally speaking, not about anyone in particular. We just thought it would be nice to help some guys out! Also keep in mind that all girls are different, very different, but for the most part these are rules you can follow for the average girl.
So here they are, the to do's and what not to do's in getting a date with a girl!
1. "God Told Me To Date You"
What Not To Do: Don't pull the "God told me to date you" card. For so many reasons this is a problem. First, it puts a lot of unnecessary pressure on a girl and on a relationship. If she has not heard from God that this is the case, she is not going to respond well to the statement.
What To Do: If you really feel like God is wanting you to date her, than great! But keep it to yourself. If this is truly what God wants, He will keep her around. Pray about it! No need to rush!
2. Read the Signs When You Ask For Her Number
What Not To Do: You don't want to be the guy that can't read the signs. As subtle as they may seem, trying to read them is always a good idea. When you ask for a girls number and she seems unenthusiastic, gives a nervous laugh or smile, or tries to avoid the subject, than she probably doesn't want to give it to you. So something you wouldn't want to do is to text her immediately and constantly. If you don't get the hints up front, a girl is eventually going to have to be more blunt which will hurt worse.
What To Do: Wait awhile before asking for her number. Some girls may like it if you ask for it right away, but a lot of girls are skeptical. So don't get upset if you get the sign! The girl may have just had a guy hanging around them that broke a bunch of these unwritten rules, so they aren't wanting to give out their number to anyone… So instead, get to know her first! You don't have to be buddy-buddy and get friend-zoned, but just a friendly conversation in class or a wave while walking passing her by makes a girl feel more comfortable!
3. There Is a Rule To Texting
What Not To Do: Yes there is a rule, and one rule the girls and I agreed on was the 2-4 text rule. If you send 2-4 texts without a response back (this goes for girls too) than there probably isn't an interest there. Now there are exceptions to the rule, but for the most part this is the case. You don't want to be the guy that sends 10+ texts at a time. Take the signs, so a girl doesn't have to be blunt. If you are really unsure if your text are sending through, text a friend or your mom. 🙂
What To Do: If you have reached the limit, take a break for awhile. I know it might be hurtful, but don't put yourself through the torture! Now girls do love to be pursued, but the point is don't go overboard if she's not interested. You will find someone that is, and she will be the one you want to pursue and spend your time with!
4. Mentioning Marriage the First Time You Meet Someone
What Not To Do: Don't talk about how bad you want a wife the first time you meet a girl. She is probably in the same boat as you, but that adds a lot of pressure to the conversation.
What To Do: Have you noticed a theme? Timing is important! The only way to know perfect timing is through prayer. Talking about marriage is something to wait to talk about.
I hope this is helpful! The major theme when it is all said and done is timing. Pray and ask the Lord to guide you through this time. If you are in high school or college you have plenty of time, so don't rush it! Girls if you want some advice in a future blog let me know!
Thanks for stopping by!
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Israel Prepares for the Fall of Syria
Israel is preparing for the fall of Syria, according to reports published on Sunday. The Jewish nation has deployed two Iron Dome air defense batteries to its north, including one near the city of Haifa. Activity at Israel's air force bases has also increased, according to local reports.
"If there will be a need, we will take action to prevent chemical weapons from being transferred to Islamic terror organizations," Israeli Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom said on Israel's Army Radio on Sunday.
Since the Syrian uprisings began in March of 2011, dissident forces have clashed with government troops at hotspots throughout the nation. Even the capital city of Damascus, visible from Israel, is engulfed in bloody fighting. As the violence continues southward, it has led to some artillery fire hitting Israeli territory. Israel fears that Syrians may soon resort to using chemical weapons near Israel's border.
Under any conditions, a chemical weapons stockpile on your doorstep would be legitimate cause for concern for any nation. But with Syria in chaos, now Israel has to worry about the prospect of the weapons falling into rebel hands. The United States government supports the rebels who fight under the banner of democracy. However, the majority of the rebels don't have such democratic tendencies. Some of the militia groups are extreme Islamists, dedicated to the destruction of Israel. The possibility of these organizations gaining control of chemical weapons that could reach Israel is sobering for the Jewish nation.
Additionally, there is the threat of Hezbollah in Lebanon gaining access to Syria's chemical weapons. Such a scenario significantly multiplies the threat to Israel's northern cities.
Israel can't afford to lose track of Syria's weapons stockpiles, which is why it is conducting intense surveillance to its north. If the regime of Syrian President Bashar al Assad falls, the weapons could be very difficult to track down. The Israelis are preparing now to defend themselves in case the worst should happen.
Israel is in a very precarious situation. The weapons pose a threat to Israel regardless of who controls Syria. But with the fighting in Syria and the Assad regime increasingly desperate, the threat is multiplying. The U.S. has already discussed the possibility of a military operation to prevent the weapons from falling into radical Islamists' hands, and Israel may well take part if such an offensive is waged.
Israel stepped up its countermeasures on Tuesday night when an Israeli airstrike destroyed a convoy crossing the border from Syria into Lebanon. While reports are vague about what the convey contained, the strike shows that Israel is watching the border, and is willing to engage its military to prevent weapons being dispersed to Israel's neighbors.
Assad's grip on power appears to be rapidly slipping. Regardless of what happens next, you can know the role Syria will play in the future. Despite the uncertainties of the Arab winter, the struggles of Israel, the role of the U.S., and the ongoing bloodbath in Syria, you can understand what the future holds for this region of the world. A prophecy recorded in Psalm 83 makes Syria's future role clear. To understand this biblical truth, read Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry's article "How the Syrian Crisis Will End."


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ICYMI: Saturday was a big day for Chrysler.
Its new advertising celebration, brought to you by Dallas' Richards Group — the wunderkinds behind Motel 6's left-on light and Chick-Fil-A's chicken-loving bovines — kicked off the marketing campaign for the Chrysler 200 sedan.
Entitled "Born Makers," the spot focuses on keeping American auto production red, white, and blue — a theme that hearkens back to the Eminem "Imported from Detroit" Super Bowl entry.
The end of the commercial, however, echoes a less successful campaign…
According to MediaPost, the ad features the voice of Detroit actor Kevin Yon, who was also the voice of the Chrysler brand's rebirth with the "Born of Fire" commercial for Super Bowl XLV, and Detroit-born MoZella covering Dylan's "Things Have Changed."
It provides us with a heartwarming look at a Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, which was rebuilt for $1 billion, featuring "shots of Detroit employees, the new robotic assembly system, other manufacturing elements and the 200 being built" — all under the umbrella of "America's Import."
And it all ends with a bold proclamation before the griddle shot: "We made this."
This phrase may have led you to recall a less generous message from the 2012 Republican National Convention.
In this case, however, the takeaway is not that some Americans work hard while others live off the toils of their betters — it's a unifying sentiment more along the lines of "Made in America, dammit!"
Will it work? And was the resemblance a coincidence?
Good questions.


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Betting odds have been released for the Group 1 JJ Atkins, which is due to run at Eagle Farm Racecourse this Saturday June 8, 2013.
Current favourite to win the 2013 JJ Atkins is Romantic Touch, who is paying odds of $2.40 at bookmaker.com.au.
Romantic Touch will be taking a steep step up in grade for the 2013 JJ Atkins, having never before contested Black Type completion, let alone a Group 1 race.
The Northern Meteor gelding has won two of his four race starts in total and has earned more than $42,000 in prize money during his horse racing career.
Romantic Touch is trained by Gai Waterhouse at Royal Randwick racecourse and will be having his first Queensland race start in the 2013 JJ Atkins.
The two-year-old has won both his last runs, with his most recent being the $35,000 Australian Turf Club Handicap by an impressive seven and a half lengths.
Second favourite for the 2013 JJ is Zoustar, who is paying odds of $4 at bookmaker.com.au.
Zoustar has won all three of his career starts and has earned more than $239,000 in prize money so far.
The Chris Waller-trained colt won his last start in the Group 2 BRC Sires' Produce Stakes at Doomben Racecourse on May 25, 2013.
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They're shooting at our regiment now."
I read the quote above and put down the New York Times, the gallows humor too profound to ignore. The article by Mark Epstein was quoting a friend whose contemporaries were dying.
Mine are, too. At an alarming rate. My Christmas card list this year showed a disturbing number of deletions.
There's nothing like a realization about death to make you think about life. It also makes you count your blessings, so herewith a few thoughts on both subjects. Continue reading "They're Shooting at Our Regiment Now" »


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Hughes sounds note of caution at City
Mark Hughes has warned Manchester City's expectant fans to not presume a host of world-class stars will arrive at Eastlands in January.
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Re: Tea Leaf Meditation/Memories
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- Yo Papajeff,
Great story. Christmas is a magic time and
it's alway wonder-full when we have a chance
to interact with those who have been blessed
with special in-sights. Having a grandmother
with them is extra special and her "seeing"
your fate then brings it into the holy and
inspirational vibe that Christmas should
bring out in us (as should every moment).
Thanks for sharing.
Peace and blessings,
"Papajeff" <jeff@...> wrote:
> This comes to mind today,
> because, growing up,
> Christmas was a time
> of big family gatherings
> at my grandmother's house,
> and she would spend hours
> "reading tea leaves"
> for anyone who asked.
> If you're not familiar
> with this particular
> meditation ceremony...
> It begins with pouring
> boiling water through
> a metal strainer filled
> with loose teas leaves,
> to create the tea.
> The tea is caught directly
> in a cup or tea post
> that is held under the
> strainer as the water is
> being poured through
> the tea leaves.
> The strainer, especially
> after a few uses, begins to
> get banged up a bit
> and the screen damaged
> enough to create bigger
> openings. This allow
> a few tea leaf clumps to
> fall into the brew.
> Once the tea has been
> sipped to the bottom,
> clumps of tea leaves
> are "randomly" left spread
> around the bottom of
> the tea cup, creating a
> "picture" for those
> with eyes to see it.
> Nana believed in a benevolent
> and informative energy that
> could tell us of the future.
> The fact that this mystical
> benevolence chose to use
> the unique medium of tea leaves
> was apparently not questioned
> by my grandmother.
> Anyway...
> One Christmas, when I was
> young, maybe 8 or 9 years old,
> I remember her calling me over
> to her, so she could
> "tell my fortune".
> Peering into her tea cup,
> with me looking over her
> shoulder into the cup,
> she began.
> "See," she said, "There's
> a young boy. That's you,
> carrying a sack over your
> shoulder. Do you see it?
> "See the long and winding
> road? That means you are
> going away on a long
> journey some day. You are
> going to travel great
> distances.
> "See the little dog there
> on the side of the road?
> That means you will have
> a faithful companion.
> "Oh, and do you see the bag of
> money? You're going to be rich
> and successful. One day,
> you will walk a golden road."
> And when she said that, suddenly
> I could see it all: the boy
> carrying a sack, a little dog,
> like a Scotty, the long and
> winding road, and right there
> in tea leaves at the bottom
> of a china cup, plain as the
> nose on your face -- I saw
> a sack of money; classic soft
> canvas bag, with leather
> trim, stuffed full of money.
> And to make sure you got
> the point, a big dollar
> sign right in the middle of it
> -- perfectly sculpted out
> of tea leaves in the bottom
> of the cup. I could see it!
> When I was in the 5th grade,
> I used the word, "intelligent"
> while describing my grandmother.
> She objected to this immediately.
> She said very simply
> and matter-of-factly,
> "It's not intelligence.
> it's wisdom."
> I wondered if her wisdom
> came from the tea leaves.
> She could sit for hours,
> crocheting, making a quilt,
> knitting a sweater. She
> would just gently rock,
> deep in meditation - often
> with a Camel cigarette,
> that had long since gone out,
> hanging out of the middle
> of her mouth, about 3/4's
> of it ash.
> Somehow the ash would hang
> there forever without it
> falling in her lap.
> I think she had a private
> game going to see how long she
> could remain still and keep
> the ash from falling. Only
> on very rare occasion would
> she lose the game and
> dump the ash in her lap.
> Once in a while she would
> have to make a funny noise
> with her throat and look
> cross-eyed at her ash,
> and in this way motion to
> someone to rescue her.
> She knew that any movement,
> even trying to reach for
> the ashtray, would knock
> the dried ash off in her lap.
> Thinking back, she must
> have been a yogini.
> Tea, anyone?
> Merry Christmas memories.
> Jeff
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I was listening to DP vol 1 (1973-12-19) last night going home from work and when I got to Mississippi Half Step, I heard something that I hadn't heard before. Bobby was tearing it up.
He had some really nice descending riffs on the E7 at the end of the first line of each verse (On the day when I was born).
Also there were some cool riffs during the Am for the "Halfstep, mississippi uptown toodeloo".
I saw a prior post on this forum with some good ideas for the move from G7 to C at the end of each verse. that was good stuff.
Can anybody help with some of these other bobby riffs? If I figure them out, i'll post them myself, but any tips are welcome.


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Brown University plans a conference on municipal bankruptcy that will examine fiscal crises from Central Falls to Detroit.
The conference, titled "The Return of Urban Fiscal Crisis: Alternatives to Bankruptcy," is scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
One session will examine the experience of Central Falls, the first and only municipality in Rhode Island to go through a municipal bankruptcy. Other sessions will feature cities that have gone or are going through the process, including Detroit, Stockton, Calif., and Vallejo, Calif.
Panelists will discuss the role states play in preventing or precipitating urban bankruptcies, the underfunding of public pension systems and the importance of municipal bond ratings.
Former New York Lieutenant Gov. Richard Ravitch of the State Budget Crisis Task Force will deliver the keynote Friday evening.


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So you want to be an audio engineer? Congratulations! Making music for a living can be extremely rewarding, and a ton of fun. However, it can be tough to start if you don't know what you're doing.
This is where school comes in. If you don't live near an audio production school or prefer learning online you can still get a great education and gain valuable experience.
Online audio schools have made it possible to learn on your own time, while also giving you everything you need to practice what you've learned from home. In fact, if I started over, this is probably what I would do.
Below I've outline exactly what I would do if I started over and chose to learn from home.
Step 1: Audio Engineering School
Full Sail University – Online
- Music Production, Bachelors of Science
- Entertainment Business, Master of Science
- Music Business, Bachelor of Science
Learning at Full Sail University has always centered around interaction and the exchange of ideas. Our online curriculum fully embraces this philosophy. We have developed our own online learning environment with the aim of being the most people-focused education experience on the web.
Step 2: Refine Your Ears
Train Your Ears
TrainYourEars.com dramatically improves the way you listen to music. This results in much better studio sessions, saving you time and money.
Correctly tuning your ear typically takes years. Now you can do it much, much faster.
In this business your ears are how you make money. It only makes sense to train them to quickly identify what's really going on with your music.
Plus, where else can you gain this kind of experience from your bedroom?
Step 3: Equipment & Techniques
Lynda Audio Engineering Training
Lynda.com audio training is the last piece of the puzzle. At this stage in your progress, you should know a little about sound, have a little experience, and are ready to get your hands dirty.
Lynda provides the info you would only typically get from a hands-on mentor.
You login, learn what you need to, and get back to work. No fuss, no wasted time.They have in-depth tutorials and interviews from industry leaders on everything from hooking up your first DAW, to advanced mixing techniques. It's really awesome.
Why These Programs?
These days it's not easy to find high quality training at a fair price. So I looked at what's currently available and did my best to filter out the garbage.
What's left were these three very high quality programs. This is how I would do it, if I started over.
These three programs give you what you need without any wasteful extra. I explain further below.
Full Sail
1. I would start with Full Sail University Online Audio Production Program. This is a proven & complete audio engineering school. You can walk away with a degree, a great base of knowledge, and contacts in the music industry.
They are nationally accredited and specialize is music production.
It can be a bit pricey but I believe there is financial aid available. They can answer all your questions by clicking the "request info" button above.
Train Your Ears
2. After school you will be looking to get to work. This is where many fail. It's tough to produce high quality music without an experienced ear. Acquiring an experienced ear normally takes years. You can speed up the process through training.
That's where "Train Your Ears" comes in. It's a simple online program that helps you speed up the process of correctly tuning your ear. You also learn a ton about equalizers. Valuable info you'll need for your career.
Lynda Training
3. Lastly, Lynda.com has thousands of very specific and incredibly useful training videos. They find industry professionals and get them to record step by step detailed tutorials on everything from music composition to guides on individual DAW's.
Seriously, they have countless hours of training for beginners, intermediate, and advanced users.
- DAW Training Guides (Ableton, Pro Tools, FL, GarageBand, Logic, Avid, Reason, ect…)
- Start to finish mixing tutorials
- Mastering techniques
- Hours just on individual audio styles like reverb
- Recording techniques
- Production on ipads and tablets
- And much, much more…
It's pretty awesome guys. It's like having a mentor for dirt cheap, and they are always coming out with new stuff.
If I were to start all over again, I would slowly build my own studio while learning from flexible programs with proven track records. These three online training programs offer what would normally takes many years to achieve. And all from the comfort of my own home.
Learn the basics, practice, and hone your craft. If you want to be an audio engineer, this will be an excellent start.
Good luck guys!


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Government-controlled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said Friday they have immediately suspended all foreclosure sales involving occupied single-family and 2-4 unit properties through March 6, to give troubled borrowers more time to work with loan servicers to avoid losing their homes.
The move, which doesn't apply to vacant properties in foreclosure, is ahead of the Obama administration's roll-out of its national foreclosure prevention and loan modification program. The White House said President Barack Obama on Wednesday will outline his much-anticipated plan to spend at least $50 billion to prevent foreclosures in a speech in Arizona, one of the states hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis.
More than 2.3 million homeowners faced foreclosure proceedings last year, an 81 percent increase from 2007, and analysts say that number could soar as high as 10 million in the coming years, depending on the severity of the recession.
Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were seized by federal regulators last fall amid the market meltdown, had suspended foreclosure sales during the winter holidays and halted evictions from foreclosed properties until the end of this month.
Together, the companies own or guarantee around half of U.S. home loans.
Freddie Mac said it gives lenders servicing its mortgages broad authority to provide forbearance to borrowers who are not yet delinquent. It also allows for permanent rate reductions, mortgage term extensions, forbearance of principal or other modifications to borrowers who are already delinquent.


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Album Rating: 4.0Ya, I heard Hex was super cool live. I saw them on the Watershed tour, which ruled, and wasn't really interested in the Heritage tour after seeing a few setlists.
Album Rating: 5.0I saw them when watershed came out also, with dream theater and btbam though I know btbam isn't the most popular band on this website lol I had fun
Album Rating: 4.0lol I think Dream Theater might even be less popular around here. I personally can't stand their music, but I can see why others jam it.
I would've much rathered BTBAM than 3 and the shitty local metal band they played with when I saw them.
Album Rating: 5.0I think 3 was at the show I saw too, didn't even remember them- yeah dream theater is pretty inconsistent but the albums I love by them I fucking adore (images, awake, scenes, six degrees)
Album Rating: 4.5Favorite Opeth
Album Rating: 4.5does anyone know if it is "absent minded" or "absinthe minded" in harlequin forest? i've seen both on different lyrics sites
Album Rating: 4.5It makes more sense if it's 'absinthe minded' with the fevers reappear, etc.
Album Rating: 4.5whats rating
Album Rating: 4.5oh 4.5 ye that seems ok
Album Rating: 4.5yeah i agree buttery.
just seeing if anyone has the cd booklet handy or the vinyl or whatever
Album Rating: 4.0absent, at least i'm pretty sure
Digging: Summoning - With Doom We Come
still life version 3
Album Rating: 4.0rule dude
very rule
Album Rating: 3.5agre
Album Rating: 4.5fuck you guys
youre a faggot
Album Rating: 3.5not sure exactly if talking to me cos cone but if so ty and if not ty
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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Legal Question in Personal Injury in South Carolina
who would be liable, if two outside party, where both visiting a third parties home, and the first party brought his dog with him and it attack the second party, who would be respone available for any damage, the third party home owner, or the first party the owner of the dog
Asked on 7/07/13, 9:26 am
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John Jackson Law Office of John A. Jackson, P.C.
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Red Rock cross country meet is today at Slayton; SW Conference runs Tuesday at Luverne
WORTHINGTON -- While defending champion Adrian is a heavy favorite to repeat as team champions in both the girls' and boys' races at today's Red Rock Conference cross country meet, tomorrow's Southwest Conference Meet figures to be a closely-contested battle for team honors.
The Red Rock Conference holds its meet at the Slayton Country Club this afternoon, with the junior high races starting at 4:30 p.m.
With both quality runners that will contend for individual honors, as well as outstanding team depth, Adrian is expected to win both team titles. Mountain Lake/Butterfield-Odin, Murray County Central/Fulda, Southwest Christian, Hills-Beaver Creek/Ellsworth/Edgerton and Westbrook-Walnut Grove/Red Rock Central will complete the six-team field.
ML/B-O's girls and H-BC/E/E's boys have strong teams too, and will likely give the Dragons the strongest challenge in each division.
The seven-team Southwest Conference Meet will be run Tuesday at the Luverne High School athletic field complex, beginning with the junior high races at 4 p.m.
Competing schools are Jackson County Central, Luverne, Marshall, Pipestone Area, Redwood Valley, Windom/Southwestern United and Worthington.
The girls' team race figures to be a battle between a trio of fine teams, as Marshall, W/SWU and Luverne have all had some impressive meet performances this season.
JCC, Marshall and Redwood Valley are likely the three strongest boys' teams and should contend closely for the team trophy.
Among the top individuals in the Red Rock girls' meet are Adrian's trio of Morgan Lynn, Jordin Kopplow and Leslie Stover, along with Laura Christensen of MCC/F and the ML/B-O duo of Petra Nelsona and Karina Fast.
The individual favorites in the Red Rock boys' race include Southwest Christian's Ethan Spronk and Grant Vis, H-BC/E/E's Tyler Paulsen and Halden Van Wyhe, Forrest Asp of W-WG/RRC and the Adrian trio of Chris Reisdorfer, Nate Reyne and Jordan Pater.
Marshall senior Brooke Wyffels in a three-time defending champion in the Southwest Conference girls' race, but she will be challenged by Luverne's Lexi Jo Hietkamp, Redwood Valley's Gabi Swoboba, PA's Anne Marie Dykstra, Worthington's Kaitlin Gerber, Marshall's Emily Van Keulen, PA's Amanda Schoonhoven and W/SWU's Chelsea Garrison.
JCC's Matt Kocak and Marc Strom, along with the top runners from both Marshall and Redwood Valley are expected to among the leaders, individually, in the boys' race.


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I always wanted to make an oldschool Link with Accurate Hair!! This was going to be based off of LttP but I decided to add in the brown tights (like he has in AoL) because it went really well with the tunic and boots. I chose a more realistic color pallet and I like how it came out. The wig was the most difficult part, just because I wanted to get it as accurate as possible.
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"We lowered our flag to half mast and said a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance at the flag pole," says Judy Lusk, community relations director. "This event reminded many of our residents of what they had lived through events like Pearl Harbor, World War II and Korea. Today was a time to heal."
In addition to the activities at the flag pole, residents and staff attended a ceremony at Fire Station No. 7. They also worked together on a quilt-style flag. Hand prints of each Atria Cottage Village resident were used to represent the stars, symbolizing helping hands reaching out to the community. Red and white hearts made the stripes.
"These hearts represent how we feel for our country, and for those who have died," says Eva Pierce. "When I cut out these hearts, I think of my son, Staff Sgt. Clifton Pierce. He was killed in Vietnam in 1968. I think of him and my husband, and I'm proud to be an American. We've got the best country in the world because we're made up of all these people from all these different countries."
With the residents and staff working together, the flag project took between eight and ten hours to complete.
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Known as Los Angeles' "Ambassador of Boogie Funk," Dãm-Funk represents the citizens of the Funkmosphere. Headquartered in the Leimert Park section of L.A., Dãm (pronounced: 'Dame' as in Damon) spent the last few years cultivating a musical renaissance rooted in the early-'80s styles known as Boogie, Modern Soul and Electro-Funk.
The next phase of the Ambassador's mission is his debut album Toeachizown: continuing the classic West Coast tradition into today's scene with Dãm's own original "Modern-Funk" compositions. By plugging in his arsenal of vintage synths and drum machines, Dãm channels the galactic harmonies of his inspiration into his own brand of new boogie. Stones Throw Records' like-minded honcho Peanut Butter Wolf brought Dãm on to the team to glide into the future with his unique, synth and bass-driven vibe. It's a promising new chapter for Southern Cali space funk.
The Stepkids are futuristic electro soul recorded on a reel-to-reel; soaring harmonies sung by three singer/songwriters; Kandinsky-esque visuals that make for enigmatic live performances.
"A lot of what excites us about this band is this band itself," says bassist and keyboardist Dan Edinberg. "It's not either of us; it's about creating an entity where the entity itself is what's important."
It's an approach that comes from more than a decade of musical experimentation. Raised on the East Coast jazz and R&B circuit, individual band members went on to share stages with 50 Cent and Lauryn Hill, tour internationally with indie punk band Zox, score movies and commercials, and produce solo albums. However, it was an interest in creating an aesthetic identity which supersedes conventional pop notions of stardom and self-importance that ultimately drew them together.
The Stepkids groove is a startling, yet sexy, fusion of punk, jazz, West African
traditional, 1960s folk, neo and classic soul, classic funk and 20th century classical; think T.Rex meets Sun Ra, Sly Stone meets Stravinsky, and Dylan meets Dilla. Philosophy and literature provide a conceptual schematic, from existential musings ("Legend in My Own Mind"), to the work of Charles Bukowski ("La La") and Plato's theoretical "Allegory of the Cave" ("Shadows on Behalf"). Add to this a vested interest in the recording process, and you have an imaginative album of Technicolor brilliance expertly self-engineered and self-produced. Live, kaleidoscopic projections by experimental video artist Jesse Mann consume the stage with light for a multi-sensory experience.
And every song on the Stepkids self-titled debut album is written with equal input from each member.
"All three of us write and all three of us sing," says Jeff Gitelman, who resigned from touring as Alicia Keys' guitarist to concentrate full-time on recording the Stepkids self-titled debut album.
"There's an equal split in the creative process, and we're really happy about that," says drummer Tim Walsh. "Any lyric, any melody, any idea could have been done by any of us."
There's no singular icon, no singular sound, and no singular way of making it happen for the Stepkids. It's psychedelia for the 21st century, where the focus is on the whole – and that includes you.
The vocal duo is something of a rarity. There have been countless solo stars, trios, quartets and quintets, but the pairing of equally talented singers isn't nearly as common. Sam and Dave, Ashford and Simpson, the Righteous Brothers and the Everly Brothers comprise a short list of standouts. Enter Myron & E.
Myron (Myron Glasper) was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. He sang in choirs and played piano growing up, and was a star athlete in football and track, but found his calling as a dancer. Working with Rosie Perez landed him on the early '90s sketch comedy show In Living Color. During those years, however, the streets of South Central were no place to foster creativity, so Myron moved to the Bay and began touring as a backup singer, which is where he met E (Eric "E da Boss" Cooke).
E, a native of Newark, New Jersey, got his first taste of music by playing records during family card games and fish frys. As a teen, he began collecting records of his own and DJing, hanging at the Music Factory and Rock and Soul in New York City. After relocating to southwest Virginia, he graduated high school and began DJing parties, which allowed him to invest in an Ensoniq ASR-10 keyboard, two Technics turntables and an eight-track recorder.
The two began working together while on the road with the Bay Area's Blackalicious, and shortly after, E released an independent record as E da Boss. While touring in Finland behind his solo project, E found himself in an impromptu jam session with members of The Soul Investigators, whose work with singer Nicole Willis helped define them as one of Europe's foremost retro-soul bands.
Investigators producer Didier Selin was impressed enough to leave E with several unfinished tracks. Back in the U.S., E recruited Myron as a singing and songwriting partner, and Myron & E was born.
Myron & E and the Soul Investigators released a string of excellent funk 45s on the Timmion label—starting with 2008's "Cold Game"/"I Can't Let You Get Away"—before signing with Stones Throw last year. Since then, Myron & E have been focused on building their live performance, which includes sold-out shows before even having a full-length release and a stellar showing at SXSW. "We showed up to show out and that's what we did," E says of their SXSW appearance.
Myron & E are proud to be releasing their debut album, Broadway, this summer. For the album, the Soul Investigators provided demos from overseas with the duo stationed on the west coast writing the lyrics and singing all the vocals. E, in particular, has a practice of sending YouTube links of classic soul and R&B songs to the band to provide inspiration for recreating that vibe. One such link was to Edwin Starr's "Running Back and Forth." The Soul Investigators responded with "Everyday Love."
"I don't really think there's anybody else that can do it as good as they can," E says about the band. "They do it like none other."
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Ah, nice, the Suvarnabhumi Airport 🙂
I was there for holidays lately but neither my camera nor my skills would have made such a shot possible 😉
Hadn't we already seen another very similar shot of the same airport, but not upside-down?
Photoshop those office chairs out and you wouldn't be able to tell up from down here….
hehe yes yes – that is true. There was another pic like this from way back, yes…
That's a wicked image. Kinda makes me want to fall over. 😀
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Silent bats, Astros' attack nips Nats07/23/2005 12:45 AM ET
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com
WASHINGTON -- The Nationals have one of the best home records in baseball, yet some of them have worried more about the dimensions of spacious Robert F. Kennedy Stadium and about how they are being robbed of home runs.
It seems odd now, because the Astros didn't have any problems hitting there as they routed the Nationals, 14-1, in front of 38,019 fans on Friday night.
Here's proof of how the Astros were not affected by the vast RFK Stadium. In the first inning, Morgan Ensberg gave the Astros a 2-0 lead when he took Ryan Drese's first pitch out for a two-run home run out to left-center. The ball hit the scoreboard above the Toyota sign behind the outfield wall, 395 feet from home plate.
Drese gave up six runs -- five earned -- in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out four batters and walked two.
Drese's line doesn't look good on the surface, but manager Frank Robinson thought Drese pitched a good ballgame. Entering the seventh inning, Drese had given up only three runs. He left the ballgame with runners on first and third with one out.
In Drese's defense, the Nationals did not play good defense behind him.
"I thought he pitched pretty well myself," Robinson said. "I figured that he gave up two runs on the home run [by Ensberg]. When you don't score and you are not as sharp on the field as you should be, you are going to lose ballgames."
Reliever Sun-Woo Kim replaced Drese and had to take one for the team, as he gave up eight runs in 1 2/3 innings. Mike Lamb also didn't seem to have problems with the dimensions, hitting a three-run home run to right field off Kim.
Kim knew all along that he was in the game to save the bullpen.
"I had bad location today," Kim said. "Everything was in the middle of the plate. I was hanging the curveball and they were swinging with confidence."
The Nationals were no match for Astros right-hander Roger Clemens, who pitched six shutout innings. He gave up three hits, struck out 10 batters and walked three. Three of those strikeouts came from outfielder Preston Wilson. Overall, Wilson struck out four times in the game.
"He mixed his pitches and he came right after you," said outfielder Ryan Church. "He was aggressive. That's just him. That's his track record."
Jose Guillen was more to the point.
"We just got our [behinds] kicked. That's it. It's as simple as that," Guillen said. "We just have to come back tomorrow and try to do our best and let's forget about today. Clemens was on his game today. I told you guys we were going to face some very tough guys this series, and I think you guys have seen it all ready."
The Nationals' best opportunity to score against Clemens occurred in the sixth inning. They had runners on first and second and no outs, but Wilson struck out and both Brad Wilkerson and Brian Schneider flied out to left field.
Washington also had a golden opportunity to score in the seventh inning against reliever Chad Qualls.
Cristian Guzman led off with a triple but was left stranded. Kim grounded out to Qualls, Jamey Carroll grounded out to first baseman Lance Berkman and Jose Vidro grounded to Craig Biggio to end the inning.
The Nationals scored their only run in the eighth inning when Church doubled off reliever Dan Wheeler to score Carlos Baerga.
"I hope this is a wakeup call for us. We have to bounce back. Hopefully, tonight, we learned a lesson. Tomorrow, we could come back and try to gain some confidence," Wilkerson said. "We have to come out ready to play and not give in. We have to take it upon ourselves to have a great at-bat and see what happens. We are not doing it right now."
With the Braves' loss in Arizona, the Nationals found themselves tied for the NL East lead. The Nationals have spent 58 days in first place. Wilkerson said it's too early to worry about the Braves.
"We need to take care of our own business. If we don't do that, it doesn't matter who is up there in the standings," Wilkerson said. "If we don't start playing better and find a way to score runs, play better defense and playing harder, I think it's going to be a long year for us."
Guillen is optimistic that Nationals can turn things around.
"Nothing is clicking for us right now. Nobody here likes to lose. Everybody wants to go in there and try to win," Guillen said. "We try to do our best. It was great in the first half. Hopefully, we will stop this slump as soon as possible. We have our fans behind us. I still think we are going to be all right. We have a lot of games left. It's just one of those days."
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Woolies, MFI, Zavi & now it looks like Adams are set to go bust.
Always thought Adams were a bit tired though, shabby stores, constant heavy discounting etc. Still a shame though.
I wonder who will be next ?
Woolies, MFI, Zavi & now it looks like Adams are set to go bust.
Always thought Adams were a bit tired though, shabby stores, constant heavy discounting etc. Still a shame though.
I wonder who will be next ?
Adams also supply Boots with kids clothing. Possible knock-on effect there, though I suspect Boots are safe at the moment.
Slowly but surely we're approaching the day when the only place to buy anything is Tesco.
Would anybody actually miss any of those, Daffy?
Iceland, hopefully. Nowt but crap in there.
Followed closely by NikeTown and Carphone Whorehouse, I hope.
Iceland, hopefully. Nowt but crap in there.
She ain't crap ......
........ a bit weird mind.
As for those who ask "would anybody actually miss any of those", wait until the retail competition has been reduced and we all end up paying more than to the likes of Tesco (Tesco is keenly aware of their competitors prices).
We might all end up missing them then. Although obviously Tesco won't, as they watch their profits go through the roof.
If any of those which I reckoned we wouldn't miss were providing decent competition to Tescos, then you might have a point, ernie. If Dabs or Ebuyer went there'd be a far bigger issue from that POV in that part of the market (Tesco is far more comparable to those in the service it offers).
Would anybody actually miss any of those
A few thousand staff and their families?
JJB Sports is tipped to be next, Land of Leather/other furniture retailers, Allied Carpets.
Hopefully the demise of places like JJB might allow other smaller sports shops to flourish. Where I live we're lucky in that we've got a real, independent sports shop that sells things you wear/use whilst exercising!
JJB, dressing chavs in a town near you.
Not sure who's going to join the list, but High Streets are going to have quite a few empty shops in them and that can't be good for those that are left. The state of our High Streets is bad enough as it is and I really fear for knock on effect
Just went online to get a price for a ferry crossing and found that Speedferries are no longer. I guess the pirates won after all!
My brother works in banking, he said to keep a close eye on Debenhams as they have a lot of debt.
JJB should be ok, using the highly affective measure of just how many chavs I saw carrying JJB carrier bags last time I was in town shopping (chavs are not big on jute 'bags for life' apparently).
I suspect quite a few
Furniture stores, offering XX% off, XX yearÃs interest free credit could be at risk
Clothing stores, who have sifted most of their stock at cost, so the fashion-ites have full wardrobes
Mobil Phone Company ñ in a credit crunch having the latest phone ñ who cares? (Also they rip us off with charges)
A DIY store ñ not such a national obsession any more
Electrical retailers ñ all competing with supermarkets and online retailers
Department stores ñ same as electrical retailers
Not taking account of course bigger stable companies buying up their competitors at a knock down price ñ just like the banks
Sadly good hard working people and their families are going to suffer whilst Gordon bankrupts the country and the spivs and speculators make even more money gambling with our economy.
i would keep an eye on one of the bike chains, I don't know if Leisure Lakes, Evans etc can sustain their businesses as they are if no one buys expensive bikes. They have a lot of expensive stock to shift.
Re Mobile Phone Company - if you mean a retailer (Carphone Warehouse, Phones 4 U), then possibly. If you mean a network, very, very unlikely. There might be some consolidation (e.g. T-Mobile and 3 merger) but I doubt anyone will just go bust. Operating profits for the big worldwide companies are in the billions.
I've noticed quite a few car showrooms around Nottingham have started cutting their prices, yet not much more than most January sales. How long before a few of the larger car retailer go to the wall?
Of course if they fail as well as a few mobile phone companies it could seriously affect sales of cheap suits which may cause a downturn for the Arcadia Group.
Every Bike shop I've talked to has reported decent sales in the last half of this year.
Saw on the Telegraph website that Olan Mills has gone bust.
I was more suprised that they were still around since the rise in digital photography.
Lots of small, single outlet retailers are going out of business in Guildford. Shops that have been inplace for years not just weeks or months are closing down.
Not sure how big Pier were but they've been having a closing down sale for the last 2-3 weeks.
Where Pier part of Woolies? They seemed to have exactly the same closing down POS as Woolies in their stores yesterday.
our woolies went today with a 80% off and 2 massive skips outside with whatever was left..
look at the online purchases trends over the last 2 years the % of rise is craaaazzzzy
Oh my God, no, Ernie, I didn't mean the Nation of Iceland!
Who could have anything against a country that gave the world the wonderful wailing songstress Bj¯rk?
I don't know if it's just a myth, but apparently, Bj¯rk's music was one of Iceland's biggest exports!
No, the shop, I'd be happy to see disappear. Feeding the obese with shit processed junk for far too long.
As for Carphone Whorehouse; an industry reliant on the 'ooh look at me with my posh new phone, aren't I special?' mentality. That can go too.
Actually, time for a new thread...
Agree that Debenhams are likely to go. In the boom times they often had sales on and were open late at night when all other shops were closed. Couple that with the debt that the vultures, oops sorry the Private Equity firm left them with and the futures not bright.
Car sales are down the pan at the moment - heard an advert for a pre registered Renault Scenic (ie new but with a few miles on) and it was down from 16k to 8k !!! I expect a few car dealers to go under.
Generally small shops with large rents and non essentials are vulnerable. Maybe florists, gift shops that sell tat, all clothes shops (oh is it just me that doesn't rush out to buy new clothes?). The shops that have been around for ages and own their premises/have a long cheap lease should survive better.
The likes of Carphone Warehouse will, no doubt, be in for a fight, but remember that the flogging phones bit is often a loss leader: their business is in being an airtime re-seller. There will be a bunfight on all of this, but the subscriber bases have real value (both to the netowrks and also to the various re-sellers out there). Expect the smaller re-sellers to be bought by larger players.
As for car dealers, most people ought to be aware of the fact that GMAC is in the sh*t in the US. As part of this it has been withdrawing finance from c3,500 GM dealerships across Europe (or massivley hiking their rates). The effect is already a number of dealerships going bust. If you want a Vauxhall, now might be the time to drive a hard bargain....
Hopefully the Vaux dealers in Rochdale will go - used to work there on some of the things that went on were well out of order.
I just hope more people will shop locally at independant stores. The service tends to be better and the goods a better quality.
All the Christmas presents we bought were from local shops. The owner of the toy shop couldn't do enough for us.
WHSmiths are struggling to get credit I understand, Boots too.
WHSmiths are struggling to get credit I understand, Boots too.
Nearly everyone is struggling to get credit, it doesn't mean that nearly everyone will go out of business.
I think that DSG - owners of Dixons, Currys and PCWorld is struggling and would expect to see quite a few Curry's stores closed down before too long.
Mobile Phone companys struggling??
You are joking right??
I work for one of them, and belive me, they have not had this much money flying around for a long time..
We've just been told that they are gonna be handing out enough work for us for the next 5 years...
And as for another one of the players.. theya are rolling their network at such speed they can't keep up..
Peregrine, they're part of a larger group and sell
Daewoo erm Chevrolet too. I suspect that they are struggling as all car showrooms are.
Robinsons have gone (probably due to losing the Scooby franchise a while ago) as too has the Renault dealership..
I'm amazed that Carcraft has grown so large from the original (and small) used car lot.
Morgan have gone into administration now too..
It's no wonder they're not getting credit.. IIRC the banks have been offered cash from the BOE/Government at something around 12% and are being told to then loan that money to businesses and individuals at much lower rates...
Now excuse me for being a bit dim but that doesn't sound like a good deal for the banks to then offer credit as it they'll be losing money?
"Morgan have gone into administration now too.."
good grief, for a while I thought you meant the car company !!! Then found out it's just a fashion chain.
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Will try back in a bit either way....
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Nothing there to help... the above two files were made when I thougth I was creating a disc image for my computer but can not seem to get them to work... when I open acer backup manager and select "restore" it asks me if I want to let the program make changes so I select "yes" and a new window opens....
In the "Restore" window... nothing happens if I click on "Disk Image" top right corner...
In the "Source" box if I click on "image I'm able to navigate to the external hardrive (in my case H:\) where the file.... "BackUp 30-10-11 2011-10-30 15-35-33_C.CAL" is the only one of the two that shows and if I select it....
This shows up in the "Source:" box... BackUp 30-10-11 2011-10-30 15-35-33_C...
And in the window below "Restore Point:" under date the date as above shows witht the time 14:35 and 180.66 GB size....
But the "Destination:" seletor tab does not allow for me to make any selection as I would wish ie the "C:" drive
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i had this problem with a desktop pc a packard bell( which acer now own) there restore did not work so i made a recovery disc for windows 7 have you one of these?
you normally have your back up oem files on the main hard drive in a partition like d or e
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I made a three disc backup disk set on dvd's if that is what you mean as well as single "repair disk for windows 7 64 bit at the same time
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is your machine booting into desktop?
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Yes I have the acer desktop which is the unit with the issue as well as a mac laptop which I could use for communications if need be to fix the desk top
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cool go here and see this tutorial by brink System Restore - Windows 7 Forums read it and choose option 2
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Cool... I'll give that a try and get back to you...
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Boston phenom REKS has never been shy about his affinity for the Black Power movement; in fact, he's at his best when spitting bars with a aggressively political edge. Thus, it's easy to imagine the passion and fire he'll bring to a joint named after Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican political icon associated with Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism. Over project collaborator Hazardis Soundz's gritty, yet soulful street boardwork, the Brick Records signee delivers bars that drip with revolutionary fervor. Empire State reppers N.O.R.E. and Saigon contribute a pair of similarly bracing guest 16s. Eyes Watching God is scheduled for release next Tuesday, July 15, but Booth readers will get a sneak peek at the project the preceding Monday, when it hits The DJBooth for exclusive streaming.


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7. CONDITIONS OF RECEIPT AND DELIVERY (Continued)
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On 19 October 2011, on the initiative of the British Council, a Culture in Development Network meeting was held in the UNESCO Liaison Office in Brussels. UNESCO Brussels hosted the meeting to showcase the importance it gives to Culture and Development, and to enhance communication between the members of the Network and UNESCO.
This meeting was an opportunity for representatives from 20 different cultural organizations, including the European Commission, AECID, and French, Belgian, and Portuguese Government representatives and the ACP Secretariat for the EC, to share their experience on culture and development and to discuss how to bring forward the Culture and Development Agenda with a particular focus on the European Commission, and how to disseminate knowledge on this topic.
It is important to notice that this meeting was held in a particular context. On 13 October 2011, the Commissioner for Development and Cooperation (DEVCO), Andris Piebalgs, presented the Agenda for Change Communication, in which the Cultural pillar is not included anymore among the targeted priorities. From now, the new European Commission's orientations will focus on human rights, democracy, freedom of expression and employment, which provoke some concerns among the cultural actors.
Martin Hope, Director Benelux and EU office of the British Council and Chairman of the meeting, started the event with an introductory round table, where the participants presented their activities and the challenges they are facing. This round table outlined that the main difficulty for the stakeholders is to show the economic and social impact of their cultural projects.
José Manuel Argilés Marín, Representative of the Spanish Development Agency (AECID), stressed also two main challenges: having more coordination and sharing information, best practices and experiences among the different partners.
Philippe Peyredieu du Charlat, Representative of DG DEVCO also attended the meeting to present the European Commission's approach to culture in development. His attendance gave the opportunity to exchange views on how to include, at present, cultural initiatives in DG DEVCO's agenda. Philippe Peyredieu du Charlat emphasized the difficulty to measure the effectiveness and impact in the area of culture and that it could be a long term process.
In response to these comments, the representative from the French Permanent Representation to the EU, underlined the good opportunity for cultural stakeholders to develop together a message to show how cultural activities can contribute to strengthen civil society, how cultural actors can also be considered as opinion multipliers.
Regarding the lack of means for measuring cultural contribution to development, Nada Al Hassan, UNESCO programme specialist, stressed the elaboration of an indicator suite to showcase the value of culture, in partnership with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
The purpose of this meeting was also to discuss funding opportunities in order to diversify financial donors, and thereby generate more funding from private sector.
The next step is to keep active this networking and to develop tools in order to make our message more visible. Marie Paule Roudil, Head of the UNESCO Liaison Office in Brussels, highlighted the importance of elaborating a common advocacy for culture, first of all at the European level, as a key element of the European project.
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There are a number of ways for fans to celebrate the start of the Red Bulls' season when the team kicks off its 2012 campaign on Mar. 11 against FC Dallas, but few top the viewing party experience at the Football Factory.
Fans can join the Red Bulls' first official viewing party of the new season at the Football Factory at Legends, located at 6 W 33rd St. between 6th and 5th avenues in New York City, to cheer on their team in the first kick of 2012 at 3pm ET. If you plan on attending, RSVP to the event on the Football Factory's Facebook invite.
Last season, Legends was named the winners of Major League Soccer's Pubs Viewfest Contest and, in turn, hosted the league's official viewing party on the day of the title match. Legends was also home to a number of Red Bulls viewing parties last season, including the record-setting event in New York's 1-0 win over FC Dallas that proved to be the turning point in the team's strong finish and postseason berth.
Our supporters will be out and about at their usual hang outs practicing their songs in anticipation of the Mar. 25 home opener against the Colorado Rapids as well. Anyone interested in joining a supporters group can find more information here.
Additionally, viewers throughout the country, whether on a bar stool in a pub or lounging on a recliner at home, can watch the first broadcast of an MLS match with the league's newest partner, NBC.
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Borders, Williams Sonoma, Crate and Barrel. They're some of the retailers that have recently announced their exit from downtown Minneapolis. They join a long list of retailers who've either simply disappeared from downtown or skipped off to the suburbs to seek more profitable locations.
It's been years since downtown was the Twin Cities' prime shopping destination.
Veteran shoppers like Janine Scanlon of Minneapolis can readily tick off the names of dear departed retailers.
"Dayton's, Powers, Carson's," she says.
And Penny's, Eddie Bauer, Filene's and so on.
Many shoppers are not pleased with the number and mix of retailers left in downtown. And those shoppers don't like where they see downtown Minneapolis retail headed.
"It's definitely downscale," says Mary Jo Holbrook of Eagan.
She says she only shops downtown because she works there.
"There's just not as much variety," she says. "It's not as much fun to shop down here anymore."
But not all shoppers are down on downtown retail.
"We found great deals in department stores and in the specialty stores," says Sasa Draskovic of Orange County, California. He says he's impressed with the shopping downtown. "It is really very versatile and a lot of options for casual, upscale shopping, for kids."
City officials say downtown's retail sales total about $300 million a year. But retail experts agree most, if not all, area malls top that.
And for years, downtown Minneapolis' retail vacancy rate has been significantly higher than the regional average.
Can we convert the growth we're seeing across all the sectors into a shopping experience that competes well with the malls?Mike Christenson, director of planning and economic development, Minneapolis
As of the third quarter of 2007, downtown had a retail vacancy rate of 8.5 percent, according to CB Richard Ellis. The metro-area average was 6.4 percent.
But downtown's decades-old struggle to improve its standing in the Twin Cities retailing universe may be looking up.
The residential population of downtown is growing steadily. Downtown still has a strong base of office workers. And downtown continues to draw more and more people to its theaters, restaurants and hotels.
"In downtown, the question is: can we convert the growth we're seeing across all the sectors into a shopping experience that competes well with the malls?" says Mike Christenson, the city's director of planning and economic development.
He says he's convinced downtown retail can come back -- if the city and business leaders make the right moves to capitalize on what downtown already has going for it.
"We believe retail will come back," he says. "But we also believe as a city we have to do some things differently."
The short list includes getting people out of the skyways. Making downtown more pedestrian friendly. Resolving retailer and shopper concerns about parking. And recruiting retailers that won't be found elsewhere in the metro area.
Some of the items on that to-do list have been goals for years and years.
"There is absolutely the very real opportunity to support more retail in downtown Minneapolis," says Ann Wimmer, director of retail recruitment for the Minneapolis Downtown Council.
Wimmer says she's not alarmed by recent retail departures. And she notes downtown has gained five retailers of late, including Brooks Brothers, which returned recently to City Center.
Wimmer says downtown still has a strong core of retailers, including Macy's, Neiman Marcus and Target. And she believes it's possible to recruit a mix of retailers that will help downtown provide a shopping experience that suburban malls can't duplicate, especially when combined with the entertainment and dining options found downtown.
"The time is right to fill in the vacancies on Hennepin Avenue with some very exciting tenants that would lend to an exciting creative experience on Hennepin Avenue," she says.
Beth Elliot, principal city planner for Minneapolis, argues downtown really needs a distinctive collection of retailers if it's to be a leading retail destination.
"A lot of that has to do with the mix of retail you have," she says. "Retailers who can build off each other, to help each other survive much better and make it more of an experience, a shopping experience."
But some local retail experts say downtown would be doing well if it can support the retailers it now has.
Retail expert Dave Brennan at the University of St. Thomas doubts upscale retailers are going to see downtown and the place to be to snare affluent shoppers.
"They've got nine other shopping centers they can go to, and some are better positioned to attract those upscale customers than is downtown Minneapolis," he says.
Those shopping centers are simply closer to greater numbers of wealthy people.
Still, Brennan says downtown retail is in pretty good shape.
"I think it's moderately good, for two reasons," he says. "Number one you have roughly 165,000 people who work in downtown Minneapolis. And an additional 30,000 people that live in or very close to the downtown area. And that provides a safety net for the city, as far as slipping too far."
Sometimes, the perspective of someone from far away can put things in a broader context. Sasa Draskovic of Orange County says when it comes to shopping he would pick downtown Minneapolis over Los Angeles.
"There really is not much shopping going on there," he says. "This is definitely a better place. I think it is really up to the standards of the big metropolitan cities, for sure."
Retail analysts say downtown Minneapolis -- despite its slip in stature in recent decades -- is still a better retail center than most U.S. cities. It's not in the same league as New York, Chicago or Boston to be sure. But it beats most cities when it comes to downtown retail.


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After having served for 15 years as leader of the UDP, former prime minister Manuel Esquivel officially stepped down on August 31. In September he was replaced by Dean Barrow as the leader of the UDP in the House of Representatives.
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