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What is groundwater? Why is it important? Water is the most important resource to humans. It is essential for the existence of all forms of life. Although an ocean of water covers the earth, it is important to remember that there is no new water. The earth only contains and redistributes a certain amount.
Groundwater is water below the earth's surface in rock, sand, gravel and soil. The rainfall that enters the ground keeps up the water level. Surface water and groundwater are the two main sources for drinking water. Nearly 50 percent of the U. S. population and 95 percent of rural homes depend on groundwater for their drinking and water supply. In Missouri, 67 percent of the population gets its water from surface water, while 33 percent depend on groundwater supplies.
We need clean, usable groundwater to maintain an adequate and safe supply of drinking water. So we must manage our groundwater wisely so that it does not become polluted by human activities.
Several sources can contaminate groundwater:
Well water contamination can be caused by the sources listed above. However, well water may only be contaminated locally. Contamination comes through the walls of degraded well casings. Groundwater contamination implies a much larger land area as a contaminate source. People who work with groundwater quality usually use two broad terms to describe the origin of these sources of pollution:
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" Brand: Silver Spring / Type: Energy Drink "
Whilst looking for alternatives to Lucozade I came across a cheaper brand that seemed to be offering the same sort of products to the original Lucozade drinks. Lucozade energy, as many will know is a high glucose energy drink, relying on the energy from sugar to provide a boost to the drinker. Although energy drinks in recent years has come to be a term more closely associated with high caffeine drinks, these have to be considered energy drinks just as equally.
Pulsar Xtra Energy was the name of the brand, they were selling an "original" flavour (similar to the "original" Lucozade) and this, the orange flavoured drink. Officially this is a "orange energy glucose drink", though we all know it's a cheaper knock off of Lucozade, though can it compete? Or is Lucozade still the only duracell bunny in the glucose drinks world?
The bottle, as many may expect, fizzes upon opening though doesn't seem to froth up like a fizzy drink, ala Coke or Pepsi instead it sits very still with bubbles sitting on the top like an energised volcano looking ready to blow. A slight orange scent eminates from the top of the bottle though when it's drank the sweetness of the drink over powers the orange flavour. It's this sweetness, and the heavy concentration of the drink that are to blame for the main effect of the drink. If Red Bull claims to give you wings, this, instead, gives you a slight kick up the backside and a slight fuzziness along with a shot of energy (and holes in your teeth I assume if you drink it too much).
The characteristics and effects are due to the drink being very heavy on sugar. In a 380ml bottle there is an amazing 57.6g of sugars (64% the RDA). This gives the drink a thick, syrup like consistency as well as the high energy content (277 Calories per 380ml bottle, 14% the RDA). This has a flip side, to "re-energise" you don't need to drink a whole load of it but if you just want a drink this probably isn't the greatest idea. It tastes fine, with a soft orange undertone and a sweet flavour, but drinking it as a normal drink will soon see you becoming a toothless insomniac.
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DETROIT, May 6 (UPI) -- A 24-year-old man was arraigned Saturday on charges related to the slayings of four Detroit women whose bodies were found in cars in the city, police said.
James Brown of Sterling Heights, Mich., was being held without bail in the deaths of Demesha Hunt, 25, Renisha Landers, 24, Natasha Curtis, 29, and Vernithea McCrary, 28, The Detroit News reported.
A magistrate entered a not guilty plea on Brown's behalf and set his bond at $500,000 for each case. A preliminary hearing was set for May 17.
The bodies of Hunt and Landers were found in the trunk of an abandoned car Dec. 19, and those of Curtis and McCrary were found burned in a vehicle Dec. 25.
Brown is named on disinterment and arson counts. While not initially charged with murder, police said he is suspected of killing the women, three of whom were listed as escorts on a Web site.
The News said a second person named as a suspect in recent days was no longer in police custody. Police Chief Ralph Godbee said Brown was the main person involved in the slayings.
"He's a significant player in this whole scenario," said Godbee, who added he believes the murders happened outside of Detroit.


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When I first started teaching long ago, I would hear some teachers actually boast about the number of students they were failing. I think they sensed it was a mark of their "rigor."
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Then, as educators, we learned through research and experience that failure was not a way to encourage and motivate students. We learned keeping kids back a grade did not improve school achievement.
But that knowledge is evaporating. "Rigor" is once more the word of the day. And so is "failure."
Worst of all, there seems to be once again some sense of accomplishment just in the fact of labeling schools and students as failing. Headlines tell us over a third of the schools nationwide have been or are in danger of being labeled as failing. This could be a useful first step for school improvement, but only if something positive, and not just punitive, happens after the labeling.
The message most students and their teachers get when they fail is not uplifting. It is not inspiring. For many students, it is just another dispiriting life experience. In those old days when I started teaching, we thought failing students would shame them into working harder and doing better. Instead, we found students dropped out of school, or dropped out even as they continued to sit in the classroom.
I would wish that just identifying "failures" would prompt us all to do better. It would be easy then, fast and cheap, to improve teachers, students and parents. Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way, and politicians especially seem not to have learned this basic lesson.
The only way failure can build achievement is when teachers, students and their families know labeling is just a first step, and that specific, practical help is the next step that will enable these students to learn what they need to know. This does not come cheap. It takes time, it takes thought and individual support and coaching.
Instead, the trend is going the other way. Help is taken away from schools and kids who are failing. Of course, we can't let schools just keep failing, but we can't just keep labeling, either.
All states will be required to test children in third to eighth grades. This is not just a make-or-break proposition for students who might have to repeat a grade. It is make-or-break for principals and teachers who are being judged on their students' test scores. I have heard a growing number of second graders may be failed before they can go on to take, and presumably fail, the third-grade tests.
Of course, we want all our kids to get good test scores and be above average. But until we provide the help that is needed after the labeling, both in school and at home, we won't get to, and keep, those high scores.
We ought to know this by now. Adults, who have lived a certain number of years and gone to school, know what moves us forward and what pushes us back. We know what inspires us and what discourages us.
What makes us think calling schools and students failures will inspire them to do better? I really don't understand this. Do we feel better when we fail students? Does the school system look better - that is, more rigorous?
There may be times when it is wise to hold children back, but when and if that is judged to be wise, we have to be wise about how we do it. Most children do not need to repeat an entire grade. What they need is help in certain subjects. Yes, it is harder and may be more expensive to make these adjustments for special treatment. Yet it is this kind of flexibility that promotes real rigor.
I am not a wishy-washy educator making excuses for students and schools. We have to be better. No excuses. To be better, we know the key basics for improvement in any field are hope and optimism. That's why we need to ask ourselves how we are building these important attitudes for students and schools today.
As a child, as an adult, as a teacher, I have tried to abide by this rule: If I don't know something, teach me how to do it, don't just tell me I am dumb and need to do better. Teach me, don't just test me.
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"It seems like a lot of bands are in the grunge mode--everyone's pissed and angry and punk," says Rob Zabrecky, bassist/vocalist for a pleasantly strange new act called Possum Dixon. "But you can do all that and still have a sense of humor."
The ability to laugh is a requirement for employment in Possum Dixon, a group whose brand of musical defiance is served up with a sly smirk. The quartet (Zabrecky, pianist/guitarist Robert O'Sullivan, guitarist Celso Chavez and drummer Richard Treuel) makes music that some listeners have likened to old sounds from the so-called new wave--not exactly the trendiest genre on the current scene. Just as quizzical for some is Zabrecky's ax of choice: the stand-up bass, an instrument that calls to mind either acoustic jazzbos or Stray Cats-esque rockabilly clones. And the group's name, borrowed on a whim from James "Possum" Dixon, a fugitive featured on an episode of America's Most Wanted, has led to even more confusion about what kind of band this is. "Because of the `Dixon' part, people are always equating us with the South," Zabrecky complains. "So that's just one of the tags we're trying to fight."
In fact, Possum Dixon got its start several years back in Los Angeles, where the bandmembers were either struggling through college or toiling in a variety of menial, mind-numbing jobs. They medicated themselves with music, which they rehearsed during the dead of night in a warehouse where Zabrecky worked. The practice sessions were unauthorized, but the Possums were so unafraid of their extracurricular activity being discovered that they actually covered their equipment with boxes and left it in the warehouse during the daytime hours. The foursome ultimately conceived enough material to fill 1991's Music for a One Bedroom Apartment, a boxed set of singles, and 1992's Apartment Music, a full-length cassette that appeared on the group's own Surf Detective imprint. The band was preparing to issue more songs in this fashion, in between gigs at L.A. dives such as Al's Bar, when Interscope came a-calling.
"It was surprising," Zabrecky admits, sounding like a winning contestant on The Price is Right. "We were prepared to keep going the way we had been when Interscope came along and said, `Do what you want to do, but here's a nice car for you.'"
The Possums have been thrilled with the attention Interscope has given them since their signing, but were less captivated by the producers company representatives suggested to helm their major-label debut. The band refused to be saddled with the knob-twisting flavor-of-the-week: "We didn't want the guy who might record the next Smashing Pumpkins record," Zabrecky says. Possum Dixon was eventually completed with the assistance of Earle Mankey, a longtime L.A. scenester known for his bargain-basement approach. As a result, the eleven songs on the disc are straightforward, simple and basic, with Zabrecky's slangy vocals and wise-ass words front and center. That's all to the good, since tunes such as "Nerves," an anthem to frustration, "In Buildings," which equates sex to earthquakes, and the smart-alecky "Executive Slacks" successfully mate clever wordplay with melodies that almost instantaneously stick in your head.
Critics thus far have mainly been kind to Possum Dixon's album, though Zabrecky isn't above grousing about the ones who haven't been. "The great reviews make you believe them, make you believe your own hype, and the bad ones will break your heart," he concedes. "It's hard for me not to read them, though. If you're happy and secure mentally with what you're doing, the stuff you read isn't going to change the way that you write a song. And we can write songs about anything. Shoelaces. What kind of oil you put in your car. There's never been a problem with that."
Zabrecky adds that any self-consciousness the band may feel rapidly disappears once the players take the stage. Possum Dixon has already built a reputation for raucous, dopey enthusiasm of the sort that led Zabrecky to accidentally destroy his bass. "I was kind of surfing on it one night when the neck snapped," he remembers. "And we don't have a lot of extra basses. Our van doesn't look like Noah's ark with stand-up basses tied to it. So until it's fixed I'm playing an electric bass--which is probably just as well." He laughs. "The stand-up bass detracts from our sound. It makes us sound like shit."
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Brazil hasn't always been known for high-tech innovation, but Compsis aims to change that. Based in São José dos Campos (an aerospace center that is the home of Embraer), the 23-year-old firm develops and integrates hardware and software solutions for various industries, including the automobile and aerospace sectors. It is best known for helping highway and urban traffic authorities ramp up their toll collection and improve traffic flow efficiency without needing to invest in new infrastructure. The company has already implemented its systems in Argentina, Ecuador, Egypt, Australia, and India and is shooting to extend its reputation globally to show the world what Brazil's high-tech innovations are made of.
Founder Ailton de Assis Queiroga hails from Pombal, a northern town in one of Brazil's poorest states. Trained as an electronics engineer, he received his Master in Electronics from NUFFIC (Netherlands organization for international cooperation in higher education), in Eindhoven, Holland. Ailton then spent eight years working for Embraer, the fourth-largest commercial aircraft manufacturer in the world. At Embraer, he eyed a niche for in-flight systems designed for the Brazilian Air Force. He and a partner, Hélio Ikedo, founded Compsis in 1989 with the mission of supplying these systems for the Brazilian government. Ailton quickly learned, however, that the government was an unstable market and decided to change his focus. Where could Compsis' technological expertise best be applied? The automobile and traffic management industries seemed the perfect fit.
Though Compsis installed its first project – a highway toll auditing system – in 1991, the firm experienced its first major boom in 1996 when Brazil began privatizing its highways. Sudden and fierce competition from major players – including Tyco, Telvent and CS Route – spurred Compsis to fight for territory on Brazilian roadways (the country boasts the globe's greatest mileage of concession-managed toll roads) by upgrading and optimizing its technology. Within four years Compsis had succeeded and had propelled its systems beyond Brazil's borders and into Australia and India.
A second catalytic event for Compsis came in 2002 when it won a bid to install the VLP (Veiculo Leve sobre Pneus" or "Wheeled Light Vehicle) project for São Paulo City. The bid granted the company reign in providing the city with fully-integrated traffic management systems. At the same time, Compsis had established its automobile testing systems as those with one of the highest operational efficiencies in the global market. The company has been able to innovate and grow thanks to several unique situations: (i) it finances R&D through partnerships with regional academic institutions; (ii) it continues to develop some of its products for government aerospace programs, using these opportunities to test some of the frontier technologies that it then incorporates into all its solutions; and (iii) Compsis provides its clients with world-class technology at bargain-basement prices, maintaining low costs by hiring local labor and buddying with universities in its R&D efforts.
A forward-thinking, cutting-edge firm like Compsis could have an extremely positive impact on public opinion regarding Brazil's self-image, helping to eliminate the country's so-called inferiority complex vis à vis technology. Compsis also has the ability to pursuade international clients and investors to take risks on other Brazilian companies by demonstrating that Brazil can deliver top-notch technology.
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Italian Hip Hop started in the early 90's. We where a bunch of Italian guys who where involved in the Italian ways. We wanted to tell a story but from an Italian perspective. We wanted to use Italian melodies mixed with Hip Hop and tell the Italian Brooklyn Story. When we where working on the album, it was for a movie that never transpired. So we had all these songs about the ways Italians lived, mixed with Hip Hop. We where the first generation Italian to grow up with the Hip Hop influence and the street type of Hustling that was going on. Also with the Bosses drilling us on the old school way. Times change and you have to change with the Times! Here they where," The Italian Boyz," Old School and New School mixed together. The Last of the Mohicans in the Old School Italian way but first in the New Hip Hop generation. So we are bridging the gap between Italian songs, with all the strings, wonderful melodies, mixing some Hip Hop beats and telling the Italian Story! Hope you enjoy the music. All songs where done for entertainment purposes only. So please do not take anything out of content. It was done for a movie! Enjoy the free downloads and if interested in purchasing whole album please call 877-966-0996. There are 12 songs on the album for only $9.99 plus shipping and handling. Or pick up album at showroom 8250 West State Road 84 Davie Florida 33324
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Fish Hooks is a new cartoon series that will be airing on the Disney Channel sometime in the Fall months. Earlier, I submitted a lesson on one of the three main characters of the series, and I also said that there will be at least two new lessons on the funny figures of the series. The first tutorial was on the party animal Milo, and this second one will be on "how to draw Bea", step by step. Bea is the close friend to brothers Milo and Oscar, and she is also a goldfish that carries the label "drama queen". All three teens attend a school called "Freashwater High" which is located in a huge fish tank that is stationed on display at a pet shop. Anyway, the series follows all three students as they go about their lives. Bea is the only character that I know the species of fish she happens to be and that is a goldfish. Drawing Bea was fun because she has such a friendly looking face, and a very colorful style. Did you know that the last animated cartoon series that Disney released was Phineas and Ferb? It's true, Fish Hooks is going to be a fresh addition to the Disney Channel line-up which is really cool. In all I think it will be a good show, and hopefully everyone here on Dragoart checks it out. Have fun with this lesson, and be sure to take your tome when you draw Bea. I have to go but I will be back with one more lesson that is going to be an exciting addition to the Naruto characters category. Peace peeps!
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Love to grab my huge bag of sharpies and bics (around 250 lol), stuff in a sketch pad and use it to pass the endless hours in the doctor's office.And of course going back to my teen days (retro, hippie, OLD) and just doodle away.
retro hippie doodling sketching peace hearts flowers
oooo pretty (smile) … I'm a sucker for sharpies and the like .. should break them out and play too (big smile)
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text: Thanks Sandra. So the loss of speech is not specific to Hal, or to my system. I think it worth mentioning to Alasdair King as he seems very anxious to produce a workable yet simple program. At my suggestion he has already put a volume control into it, so that if you want to hear a little of an item before deciding to save it you can do so without having to choose between adjusting your speaker volume or risking being deafened by the speech synthesiser output if using a single sound card. I downloaded Ipodder 2.0 a few days ago but delayed installing it until I was certain that I really needed it. There was a good review on ACBRADio Main Menu for 27 April. Douglas On 5 May 2005 at 20:21, Sandra Henshall wrote: > Douglas, I did try Accessible Podcaster, but I completely lost speech from > Window-Eyes when I tried to download a pod cast so I installed Ipodder 2.0 > instead. The one thing about Ipodder is that you can tell it at what time > to download your feeds but I'm only just getting into this pod casting > thing so maybe I'm not the best person to take note of. > > Cheers, > -- Douglas Harrison ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq


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Taiwan Performance
Taiwan has a long tradition of traveling performance troupes called yizhen (藝陣), a combination of zhentou (陣頭-performance troupes) and yige(藝閣-large artistic parade floats.)
Some entertain, dance, sing, play instruments, tell stories and perform dramas to create a festive atmosphere.
Some perform religious rites, perpetuate traditional customs, pay respect to the gods.
These troupes can be found performing in temple festivals, gatherings and processions throughout Taiwan. These portraits are part of an ongoing personal project where I am trying to create interesting environmental portraits of Taiwanese yizhen performers or modern performance troupes with roots in yizhen.
Ten Drum Art Percussion Troupe
Ten Drum Art Percussion Group (十鼓擊樂團) was established in 2000 by troupe leader Hsieh Shi to advance Taiwan's drum culture and was nominated for a Grammy Award for best traditional world music in 2009. They continue to innovate and spread Taiwan drum culture from their Tainan base; The Ten Drum Art and Culture Park -- a five-hectare drumming facility built in a Japanese colonial era (1895-1945) sugar refinery. These portraits were created for Taiwan Review magazine.
Zhen Zong Art Troupe (振宗藝術團)
Zhen Zong Art Troupe (振宗藝術團) was founded in 1995 by Fang Tsung Yin (方宗寅). Chief Fang has his roots in Song Jiang Battle Array and Martial arts and has passed his skills on to create an innovative troupe that strives to revitalize traditional folk arts without losing their traditional essence.
They perform Techno Santaitz (電音三太子), Bajiajiang (both male and female troupes (八家將(男女)). Eighteen Lohan (羅漢十八銅人), Dragon Dance (舞龍), Lion Dance (舞獅) Drumming(鼓藝), Tiaogu (跳鼓陣), Martial Art and Acrobatic Performance (武術), Dance(舞蹈), Zhong Kui Troupe (鍾馗), Song Jiang Battle Array (宋江陣) and more.
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A couple of posts ago I mentioned that I had switched to a subscription-based music service (Yahoo! Music Unlimited) from my typical setup of iPod + iTunes that I had been using for a few years. During those few years that I used iTunes, I collected a decent amount of music in my library...about 4,000 songs. These 4,000 songs were meticulously categorized, sorted, tagged, and rated, such that it was very easy for my to make Smart Playlists of, say: every Ben Folds song that I haven't listened to in the past two weeks that I rated greater than 3 stars.
This ability to sort your music easily was the killer feature of iTunes for me. The star ratings added real personality to my music collection, and allowed me to enjoy music listening more--my collection didn't just have to be on "Random Play All" all of the time.
When I switched to Yahoo, I found most of the music that I had really liked that already existed in my iTunes collection very quickly. I downloaded them, and they were nicely tagged. Unfortunately, this was a largely manual process. I spent a couple of nights doing searches and adding albums to my music collection through Yahoo's slow (and often buggy) interface. This process was so painful that the thought of migrating away from Yahoo--to Napster, Rhapsody, or even back to iTunes--gives me a headache.
The truth is that my playlists were better in iTunes. Why? Because of all of the metadata iTunes had collected about my listening habits. Here's my contention: I'd rather lose all of my MP3 files than that one iTunes file that contains my ratings and listening habits. Why? The files can be replaced...it's just a matter of time until migration tools are written that programmatically allow you to re-download your entire iTunes library in a subscription service. In fact, it blows my mind this doesn't already exist. But recreating my listening habits and ratings for each music file is an impossible task. I'd have to start from scratch, and it would never be the same.
So, this brings up one final question as I continue to try and figure out the "optimal" music solution for me: does anyone know of an application that programmatically reads an iTunes library file and helps you migrate to a new service?


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China arrests dissident lawyer for subversion – Reuters
An update in the case of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, from Reuters:
China has arrested outspoken human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng on charges of inciting subversion, his lawyer said on Thursday, following two months of uncertainty over the activist's detention and fate.
Gao was arrested on September 21 "on suspicion of inciting subversion of state power", lawyer Mo Shaoping said, adding that he had only now learned of the decision from prosecutors.
"In fact, it should be the public security bureau that notifies us. But I asked them repeatedly and got no reply, and only then went to the prosecutors," Mo told Reuters. [Full text]


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A World War II-era mine was detonated on Wednesday after a diver discovered it partially buried in the sand in the ocean off a New Jersey Beach.
Water shot about 125 feet in the air and a boom echoed through Bay Head as divers from the Naval Weapons Station Earle blew up the device with a 10-pound charge of C-4 explosives.
The device was believed to be a contact mine from either World War I or World War II, base public affairs officer Michael Brady said. But it was not known whether there were explosives inside or if it was just used for training.
Authorities evacuated about 15 homes and a quarter mile radius as a precaution. The Coast Guard kept boats clear of the area.
The explosive's team is taking what's left of the mine back to their shop to try to determine what it was and how it ended up at the beach.
Superstorm Sandy may have exposed the device, Brady said. The explosives team has responded a half-dozen times to similar incidents since the storm hit the Jersey shore on Oct. 29, but mainly to the north near Sea Bright and Sandy Hook.
Sandy Hook was used as a military proving ground for explosives between 1874 and 1919.
While startling to some, the discovery of old munitions on Jersey shore beaches or just offshore is not all that unusual. The military has said it dumped large quantities of munitions overboard at the end of both World Wars as the conflicts were ending.
In 2007, more than 1,000 pieces of World War I and World War II-era munitions were discovered on the beaches of Long Beach Island after they were unwittingly sucked up by dredges and pumped ashore as part of a massive beach replenishment project.
Similar discoveries have been made off the coasts of Delaware and New York.
In 2007, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recovered 1,080 pieces of material, including fuses and other military hardware, from Surf City and Ship Bottom that were unearthed as part of the beach project.
Merchants rushed to capitalize on the unwanted publicity by selling T-shirts with slogans including, "Our Beaches Will Blow You Away" and "I Got Bombed On Long Beach Island."


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OTTAWA -- Peterborough Petes coach Dick Todd said he would have no trouble rounding up his players to play the London Knights for the OHL championship.
Todd was responding to what's now dubbed as Skategate after Ottawa 67's goalie Danny Battochio was ordered by the OHL to remove illegal blades from his skates.
The Petes were swept by the 67's in the Eastern Conference final and Battochio was heralded as the difference.
"We're very willing to call all our players back and play London, if the OHL wants to give us all those games he was wearing illegal equipment," Todd said yesterday from Peterborough.
He wondered if the Knights were insinuating "the 67's were cheating" when they drew the league's attention to the fact Battochio was wearing a small piece of steel on the bottom of each boot.
It's called an overdrive blade and is said to give a goalie an advantage when he's on his knees. It was banned in the NHL in 2001 because goalies using the blades were seen to have an advantage over those not using them.
Hockey Canada allows overdrive blades.
"The overdrive blade is a huge, and I mean huge, advantage for a goalie," said Tom Hedican of North Bay, a goalie coach in the Swiss A league.
He was a Knights' assistant coach under Gary Agnew during his two stints in London in the 1990s.
"It helps mostly when a goalie is on his knees on the ice," Hedican continued. "He can move across the crease as quick as if he's standing up with that blade.
"I insist all the goalies I coach in Switzerland use them and once they try them, they love them. It'll be interesting to see how (Battochio) does but I'd certainly recommend moving the puck laterally when he's down."
Butterfly-style goalies especially like the blades because they can push off the ice from their knees.
Battochio has been wearing them for seven years.
The Knights told the league of the blade after Game 2. A member of the training staff saw Battochio's skate when it was brought to the London dressing room for tightening prior to the game.
"It's strange it was never spotted before," Todd said. "But there is the possibility that it's been helping him quite dramatically."
Knights coach Dale Hunter said his team went to the league out of a concern for the players' safety, although that wasn't the issue with the NHL or OHL.
"The steel is sticking out of his skate and it's dangerous," Hunter said. "I don't know if it does give (the goalie) an advantage or not, but definitely they banned it in the National Hockey League because it's dangerous."
Ted Baker, the OHL's director of hockey operations, said the blade was never an issue, until now.
"We follow the NHL rulebook and clearly from our standpoint the goalie is not allowed to attach any device to his equipment that gives him an advantage," Baker said.


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Vancouver residents will not get to vote on whether whales and dolphins should be kept in captivity when they go to the polls in municipal elections this fall.
City council voted nine to one to defeat a motion to put the matter to a non-binding plebiscite.
Green Party councillor Adriane Carr had put forward the motion so the public could decide on the future of the Vancouver Aquarium.
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The execution of activist Nimr al-Nimr and 46 others sparked protests across the world, including an attack on the Saudi embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran.
Saudi Arabia is a mainly Sunni power while Shia Muslims are in the majority in Iran.
Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attended a joint press conference in Tehran with Iraqi foreign minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari in which he said Riyadh must end what he called its prolonged efforts to confront Iran.
"For the past two-and-a-half years, Saudi Arabia has opposed Iran's diplomacy," Mr Zarif said.
"Saudi Arabia has moved against our efforts and, unfortunately, they opposed the nuclear agreement.
"This trend of creating tension must stop. We need to stand united ... and stop those who are adding fuel to the fire."
Saudi Arabia and its allies insist al-Nimr was convicted of terrorism charges and accuse critics of trying to meddle in Riyadh's internal affairs.
The rise in tensions follows Iran's signing last year of an historic nuclear deal with US-led world powers, that led to concerns within Saudi, a longtime ally of the US.
Al-Nimr's death led to demonstrations across Shia-majority countries including Iran, where protesters set fire to the Saudi embassy in Tehran and the kingdom's consulate in Iran's second city Mashhad.
In response, Riyadh cut ties with Tehran as did several of its Sunni Arab allies including Bahrain and Sudan.
The United Arab Emirates also downgraded relations with Iran and Kuwait recalled its ambassador.
The row has raised fears of a rise in sectarian tensions in the region that could halt efforts to resolve important issues including the wars in Syria and Yemen.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has made repeated calls for calm to both Iranian and Saudi leaders.
Co-operation between Saudi Arabia and Iran is crucial in resolving a range of issues in the Middle East, where they are often on opposing sides.
Iran supports the regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, while Saudi Arabia supports rebel fighters in Syria.
The Saudis are leading military action in Yemen against Iran-backed Shia rebels who are now in control of large parts of the country.


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Quite a disappointing first White House meeting between Bibi Netanyahu and Barack Obama. Each seemed to reiterate the standard rhetoric and pretty much talk past each other. There was one area, Iran, in which Obama seemed to move closer to the Israeli position.
The president seems to have adopted an articulation favoured by Iran envoy Dennis Ross and the Israelis, by which Iran will be given until the end of the year to accede to demands that it renounce its nuclear programme. If it does not do so, then in the next phase the US will advocate harsher penalties and sanctions. The final phase, of course, will be military action.
In a pre-meeting interview with Newsweek, Obama even conceded a military solution could not be ruled out. "I don't take options off the table when it comes to US security, period," he said.
This will delight the Israeli intelligence and military echelons who are itching for an Iran attack. It is no different from the policy of the previous administration. But George Bush's approach to Iran was so belligerent that many had hoped for a muscular response from Obama that rejected or at least minimised the possibility of a military attack.
Israel has waged an intense perception management campaign in the US to prepare the ground for such an Israeli attack. Israeli diplomats and intelligence officers intimately involved with such a project will see Obama's pronouncements as a clear victory.
During his remarks on Monday, Netanyahu clasped his hands together prayerfully as if to reinforce the the American president how sincere he was in his belief in peace. It came across to me as slightly obsequious, the mark of a vassal beseeching his master.
But I cannot see any area in which Netanyahu reached out to the US position. He refused to use the phrase "two-state solution" and did not mention a Palestinian state as the goal of negotiations. Instead he said that peace talks would depend on Palestinian recognition of Israel's right to exist.
If you consider the fact that Bibi had previously withdrawn the demand for Palestinian recognition of a Jewish state, the fact that he's raised it anew cannot be seen as a good sign. This is Bibi the wooden, tin-eared ideologue, not the pragmatist who would endorse a two-state solution that Ehud Barak promised us a few days ago.
Obama did restate his support for a two-state solution and call for a settlement freeze. But there was absolutely no response from Bibi. It's as if the words were never spoken. This is the Israeli modus operandi. They hear the words they want to hear and disregard whatever is inconvenient.
The next few weeks bring Mahmoud Abbas and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak to Washington and take Obama to Cairo, where he will make a major address to the world's Muslims about relations between Islam and the west. Frankly, I'd hoped that the president would come out of Monday's meeting with an agenda on which to build in these future initiatives.
But I see no momentum based on Monday's developments, no set of ideas on which to build. He will have to go to Cairo and start all over in order to build any consensus with the Arab world.
Obama did indirectly endorse the 2002 Saudi peace initiative. But he did so in such a way that Bibi could also embrace the sentiment, which means it was quite an insubstantial reference:
"The Palestinians are going to have to do a better job of providing the security Israel needs to accept a two-state solution," Obama said. "The other Arab states have to be more supportive and be bolder in seeking potential normalisation with Israel."
It took a heap of chutzpah to call on Palestinians to provide Israel security, and for Arabs to recognise Israel without mentioning an Israeli withdrawal to pre-1967 boundaries. Instead, Obama merely called for a settlement freeze.
If you weigh Obama's priorities, you will see that he demanded much from the Arab side and very little from the Israeli side, which is what we've come to expect from most American presidents.
But all is not lost. This is a first skirmish in a long struggle for Israeli-Arab peace. No one expected Bibi would make this easy for the Americans. There will be many more battles to come in which Obama will have a chance to make his mark.
I still maintain that ultimately Obama's leadership combined with the historical weight of this conflict will militate toward agreement. It may not happen with Bibi, who I believe is little more than a recalcitrant puppet of the Israeli hard-right. But perhaps, as happened with Yitzchak Shamir, who was driven from office when he proved unable to work successfully with George HW Bush, Bibi will be swept from power and a more pragmatic leader will take the reins who will see more eye to eye with the American president.
At any rate, the unremitting pressure of a US administration that demands Israel come to agreement with her neighbours will prove more than any resistant Israeli politician can bear. Peace will come.


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- Amy Sorel
- Year Completed:
- 2013
- Construction Difficulty:
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- Awards
- Anime Expo 2011 2nd Place Group Craftsmanship
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SO MANY DETAILS~ And I am still not done!
The ribbons in the hair have these three dimensional skull details at the ends. I sketched the backing design and painstakingly cut all four of them out of plexiglass. I wish I would have had access to a laser cutter at the time. I then took some skulls I had on my tire air caps on my car, made a silicone mold of them, casted them and affixed them to by plexiglass backings.
This was my first time making a functional fully steel-boned corset. It was such a challenge because I was trying to finish this after being being notified of being accepted into the AX masquerade only 3 weeks prior to the date! =O I used black cotton twill for the lining and a beautiful black brocade for the self. I had to work with what I could get my hands on downtown so I ended up cutting my busk down to the size I needed as well as making my own piping which I had to figure out the sewing order to get it to appear in front of the busk. ^^;
The peplum (done in 2013) is crepe-back satin lined with magenta taffeta and under stitched to prevent the lining from rolling to the front.
The fur shawl is lined with matching black brocade from my corset.
The sleeves are separate to allow free movement and have elastic at the top which prevents them from falling down during wear. I did a French Seam because it is very pretty on the inside and out and well... Amy is French after all. ^^
The skirt is made of purple/black iridescent taffeta and has 2 flounces which were a pain, but successfully baby hemmed! =D
The bloomers are made of magenta taffeta with black rose lace trim hand-stitched to the hem.
The thigh-highs are not pre-made, that would have made things too easy, lol. I found this amazing stretch lace with a rose motif and made my own thigh-highs. Once again, elasticized at the top so they don't fall down during wear.
The boots are still a work in progress.
My sword is a work in progress as well. Made from a stair case topper, plastic bowl, mdf, and a square dowel in 2 days. Eep!
- Personal Thoughts:
- I've always loved the Soul Calibur series and have so many favorite characters! I usually play as either Talim or Amy. Amy's new design in IV was so dark and elegant, I knew I had to make it!
Wig Details
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- I AM SO PROUD OF MY WIG!!! This was such an accomplishment for me. It took 2 years for me to finally attempt it and I am so glad that I did. I followed Luluko's Mami wig tutorial where she sandwiches 2 wefts on top of packing tape/wire. However, Amy's drill curls are very far up on her head and stick out before curling. Can we say gravity defying?! I knew that wouldn't be enough to support them. So I installed a headband into the inside of the wig to attach them to! I'll get around to writing a tutorial eventually. ^^;
- Wig Review
- I love that Arda has a pre-styled pig tail wig, it made my life so much easier!
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Israel has informed the Palestinian Authority that it is cancelling the VIP passes given to all PA officials, except for President Mahmoud Abbas, a Palestinian official told the London-based Arab newspaper Al-Hayat, in a report published Tuesday.
The official said Israel intends to prevent ministers in the Palestinian unity government of travelling from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip.
He also claimed that Israel informed the PA that it is considering stopping the transfer of some $100 million to the Palestinian Authority. (Roi Kais)


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Sally,I was talking to Oddio on the phone tonight when I saw you post this puzzle. And we were both very tickled by it. (But he wasn't online at the time) Thank you!! and I do love it! And remembering PLG's nice one she made for us, too. So thanking her again, as well.
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Nothing here to see but real estate porn of the highest order. Michael Jordan's selling his plush estate outside Chicago, at auction. Above is the tour video. It's 56,000 square feet on 7 acres and will cost you something on the order of $29 million — less than what Jordan earned in his final year with the Bulls, but about what the average American with a bachelor's degree will make in a dozen lifetimes.
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As part of its ongoing campaign to encourage water conservation, the San Diego Public Works Department has partnered with Man vs. Wild star Bear Grylls, who famously drank his own urine on an episode of his survival-themed reality show.
"Most studies suggest that human urine can be, um, 'recycled' up to four times before it becomes too concentrated to provide hydration," said SDPWD Spokesman Uwe Gross at a press conference this morning. "We're hoping to encourage San Diegans to 'Be like Bear' and explore this exciting, natural method of water conservation. It's true there is some danger of bacterial growth, but that's easily neutralized with a City-provided 'PP Pill' — available in lemon, pineapple, or mango fruit punch! Just fill your favorite bottle, pop in the pill, shake, and enjoy!"
After an extended silence, Gross reminded the reporters present, "Come on, people, there's a drought on. And nobody wants toilet-to-tap. It's either this or outlaw sprinklers and swimming pools."


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NBC and the NFL have apologized for an obscene gesture and expletive by M.I.A. near the end of the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show starring Madonna.
"We apologize for the inappropriate gesture that aired during halftime," NBC spokesman Christopher McCloskey said. "It was a spontaneous gesture that our delay system caught late."
Madonna had promised that there would be no wardrobe malfunction, a la Janet Jackson's nipple slip of eight years ago, but the problem in this halftime show was not of her making. M.I.A. extended her middle digit and appeared to sing "I don't give a s---" during a performance of Madonna's new single, "Give Me All Your Luvin.' " The screen was blurred, but the effort was too little, too late. (Deadspin has the screengrab.)
The NFL, which produces the show, said the delay system failed and that there was no whiff of controversy during rehearsals.
"The obscene gesture in the performance was completely inappropriate, very disappointing, and we apologize to our fans," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said.
How bad was M.I.A.'s transgression? It was about as fleeting as Jackson's slip — both of which got less air time than Prince's suggestively shaped guitar in 2007.
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Something kinda special can happen when a person enter the halls of an art gallery or museum, especially one with several works from a single artist: the viewer's perspective can shift from broad in-awe appreciation of individual pieces to scrutinizing and marveling at the details differing between them. Jem Cohen's Museum Hours relishes that very mindset, suggesting that life could be a lot more interesting and rewarding if people were to do the same with the little things in their life, instead of getting swept up in the broad strokes of the big, tough experience. A careful photographic eye guides us through the halls of Austria's Kunsthistorisches Art Museum in a peculiar, purposeful mix of budding friendship, family drama, and viewing of the artwork and the people sparsely scattered through its dim corridors. While not entirely successful in making these points stick together into a cohesive portrait, the experience in absorbing its tangential aesthetic delights gets the point across on its own artful steam.
The film's casual, mostly static plot involves two people interacting inside the Viennese museum: Johann (Bobby Sommer), an older, native security guard who's grown desensitized to the beauty surrounding him (both in the museum and in his home city), and Anne (Mary Margaret O'Hara), a penniless Canadian who borrowed money to travel to Austria because of a family illness. While on duty, Johann picks up on the fact that Anne might be in need of some help and perhaps a little company, so he befriends her, leading to conversations both inside and out of the museum, mostly chit-chats about their common ground, life experiences, and the Austrian locale. Along with that, narration weaves their time together with the goings-on at the museum, introducing concepts about beauty, significance, confidence, and authenticity through the camerawork's attention to details in the paintings, as well as how visitors react to the pieces. This exploration, this reawakening of their senses and breaking from the staleness of the norm, might be what's needed to enrich both their lives.
Museum Hours becomes more of a meta observational experience than a dramatic parable, using the story of Johann and Anne for little beyond a vehicle that gets identifiable people in the halls of the museum. There's little to say about their personal development across the film: deliberately restrained, somewhat dry performances from the actors are supported by understated scenes revealing their kinship and increased awareness of the medical state of Anne's ailing cousin. Director Cohen doesn't take great strides to elevate their relationship, instead allowing the audience to offhandedly view their conversations -- and moments alone -- as they comment on the nature of art, perspective, and minutiae, landing on similarities and differences. It doesn't offer the personal exploration or philosophical food-for-thought like Certified Copy or Before Sunrise does, somewhat keeping the audience at arm's length from the characters in ways which create a disconnect from the film's deeper erudite purposes.
Small, perfunctory joys are instead what make Museum Hours profound, emphasizing Jem Cohen's higher-concept goals by transforming the audience into nonchalant onlookers, halfway transported into the mental space of those exploring the museum. As the point-of-view jumps between adoring still-footage of the paintings and art enthusiasts absorbing their details, the camerawork invites those watching to mirror the people's outlooks on internal and external beauty, on interpretation of intention and the honesty of body language, as the film adapts a mixed-media approach that defies convention or genre. Documentary elements and a few surreal meta sequences distinguish the film: there's a scene where a guest lecturer chats at length about a series of paintings from Pieter Bruegel with a small "class", introducing a clash of opinions that underscores Cohen's ideas, as well a surprising and pertinent flash of nudity in another scene. Director Cohen's technique here is surprisingly playful and poignant, and, despite feeling the impacts of lackadaisical pacing, becomes a faintly absorbing work about opinions and broadening one's scope of consideration.
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Museum Hours embodies the portrait of beautiful imperfection its 1.78:1-framed, widescreen-enhanced transfer, where the film's mostly-digital photography both does the imagery favors and limits its capabilities. A few details in clothing and close-ups end up too smooth, flattened and bland, while others end up admirably focused and textured. This becomes especially important as the lengthy scenes in the museum scan over the statues and paintings within, where the transfer experiences a mix of admirable stony grains and brush strokes to, again, relative flatness and some digital instability due to lower resolution. Contrast becomes an important factor in the halls of the museum, though, which the disc manages surprisingly well: the contours of gold-lead frames, the faint details of shadowy paintings, and the grain of canvas never get swallowed up in dark levels. Barring a few inconsistencies, it's quite appealing.
While receivers will trigger a full surround stage with this 5.1 Dolby Digital track, there's next to no immersive activity to really speak of here. There are points where it'd be nice for the surround quadrants to support the echo of the museum or the bustle of outdoor activity, like car horns or steps, but for all intents and purposes -- with maybe the faintest echo here and there -- this essentially plays like a 2-channel treatment. With that in mind, you'll find that the clarity and separation across the front channels is quite satisfying, where Johann's deeper voice becomes the most significant bass-driven point. Most of all, however, clarity of dialogue and how it reacts to environment becomes the crucial element in the treatment, and it's on-point there: the lengthy Bruegel lecture bounces between voices and accent with grace, while the narration stays clean and pronounced at all times. The original language track and an Alternate English Voice-Over track are both available.
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The number of supplements dedicated to Museum Hours is rather limited: two Trailers are all that's on the disc for the film itself, excluding the Alternate Voice-Over Track, while a substantial Booklet contains liner notes from Jem Cohen and an essay from Luc Sante. That's not to say that more isn't on the disc, though, as Cinema Guild has also includes a collection of three Short Films by Jem Cohen: Amber City (1999, 48:39); Anne Truitt (2009, 12:38); and Museum (1997, 7:26).
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In terms of conversation-style cinema focused on philosophy, art, and life, Jem Cohen's Museum Hours is a minor triumph that's only a few steps and a little focus away from greatness. It's got the philosophical commentary side of things down, allowing both strangers and established characters to express their perceptions inside a renowned Austrian museum, highlighted by a few great, lengthy scenes that focus on interpretation, beauty, and the importance of fine details. Where I'd like for it to harness more power is within the parallel relationship between one of the museum's guards and the poor, lost visitor from Canada that grabs his attention, as the film's connection between its content and the casual personal drama between them is too subdued and detached for its own good. The replay value's a bit low, so a Rental's probably the best way to go.


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Officer Michelle Lawless was killed in an ATV accident in the Holeyland / Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area while on patrol for poachers between 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm. Her ATV struck a metal gate and overturned, trapping her underneath.
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What to watch on Thursday, December 27...
8pm, ABC
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!
Everyone's favorite blockhead spends New Year's Eve just the way you'd expect: enveloped in Leo Tolstoy's epic War and Peace. Will he finish his book report in time to attend Peppermint Patty's big bash? Well, how often do these sorts of things usually work out for Charlie Brown? The special from 1986 is followed at 8:30pm by 1980's "She's A Good Skate, Charlie Brown," in which Peppermint Patty turns to Snoopy for the sort of skillful ice-skating coaching that only a bipedal beagle can provide.
8pm, Fox
The Mindy Project
Fox caps off a week of spotlighting its Tuesday-night comedies through mini-marathons with four episodes of Mindy Kaling's rookie sitcom. The evening kicks off with "Thanksgiving," an episode some folks considered to be a turning point for the show, followed by "Teen Patient," the pilot (weirdly sandwiched in the middle, but okay), and "Josh and Mindy's Christmas Party," guest-starring Kaling's former Office cohort Ellie Kemper.
What to watch on Friday, December 28...
8pm, HBO
Game of Thrones
The Season 2 replay deals out three more episodes tonight, reaching its peak with the epic penultimate installment, "Blackwater," at 10pm. Relive all the good times with reluctant general Tyrion, drunk-ass Cersei, professional disemboweler Bronn, and flame-fleeing Sandor just like it was your first trip to war-ravaged King's Landing all over again.
9pm, ABC
Back to the Beginning with Christiane Amanpour
In the conclusion of this two-part special, the correspondent visits the Middle East to explore the roots of the Abrahamic tradition. Biblical tales are examined, as well as historic sites and artifacts tied to the origins of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
What to watch on Saturday, December 29...
8pm, CBS
Made in Jersey
Last week I joked about how CBS still hadn't finished burning off Made in Jersey. It seems my disbelief was premature, because here come TWO MORE new episodes: "The Farm" (which hopefully won't involve zombies milling around a barn) and "Ridgewell," wherein Martina must testify against her own client. Are we completely sure CBS actually canceled this show? Is Made in Jersey the new Rules of Engagement? Only time will tell.
8pm, Fox
The Mob Doctor
CBS ain't the only one who can dump unaired episodes on Saturday night. "Confessions" guest-stars Michael Madsen and Jennifer Beals (who, considering last year's one-and-done The Chicago Code, is having bad luck in the Windy-City-set-and-shot-crime-related-drama department).
SERIES PREMIERE, 10pm, Food Network
Food Court Wars
Sadly, this new show does not appear to be about a vicious territorial struggle between a Cinnabon and a Sbarro for control of the lucrative tables near the wishing fountain. Instead, aspiring mall-based restaurateurs compete to win one year of rent-free food court space. In the premiere, a hot dog joint and a shrimp-and-grits outfit go head-to-head, with a slot at Huntsvile, Ala.'s Madison Square Mall on the line.
What to watch on Sunday, December 30...
4pm, Hallmark
The Santa Incident
Santa's sleigh is shot down by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Old St. Nick must set up a secret toy workshop and elude federal investigators with the assistance of a kindly nurse (Ione Skye). I'm not an expert on these things, but this may be Abu Nazir's most harebrained infiltration plot yet.
5pm, ABC
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
The Baby New Year is missing, and only the intrepid rouge-tinted reindeer can find him in this Rankin/Bass-produced sequel to the Yuletide hit. Rudolph doesn't have money. What he does have is a very particular set of skills, skills which make him a nightmare for people like you... assuming you happen to be an especially foggy night. Comic all-stars Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin, and Morey Amsterdam also lend their voices as Rudolph's baby-seeking compatriots.
7:30pm, PBS
Call the Midwife
This show wouldn't be a proper British import without a Christmas special. And what more pious way to commemorate the season than with the nurses and nuns of Nonnatus House, serving the communities of London's East End in the 1950s? In this 90-minute installment, Jenny searches for the child of an elderly vagrant, while Chummy organizes a nativity play, and according to PBS.com, "mishaps ensue." If there's one thing I know about PBS, it's that it doesn't throw around the term "mishaps" lightly, so brace yourselves.
10pm, HBO
With Season 2 just around the corner, relive a first season highlight, "Welcome to Bushwick a.k.a. The Crackcident." Hannah is caught off-guard when Adam plumbs unexpected personal depths, and Shoshanna freaks the hell out on crack in one of 2012's funniest comic setpieces.


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Power Home Remodeling Group™ Named Top Workplace by Boston Globe
Power Named to Annual List of Massachusetts' Top Places to Work
Nov 30, 2012, 09:00 ET from Power Home Remodeling Group
CHESTER, Pa., Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Power Home Remodeling Group, one of the nation's largest home remodeling companies, was included on the Boston Globe's 2012 Top Places to Work list. The Top Places to Work program identifies leading businesses in the state of Massachusetts based upon results from employee surveys.
Employees based at Power's Marlborough, MA location completed a detailed survey about their jobs including questions related to team effectiveness, retention, employee alignment with company goals and manager effectiveness — citing the company's mission, ethics and positive culture as reasons why Power should be named one of Massachusetts' top employers.
"We are thrilled that our Marlborough employees have helped us achieve this honor," said Asher Raphael, Power's Chief Strategy Officer. "We strive to create an environment that encourages employees to feel connected and invested in the company while delivering an exceptional home improvement experience to customers, and it's reassuring to know that they appreciate and embrace our culture."
Power, which was recently named to Glassdoor's "Top 25 Companies for Career Opportunities" list, provides all employees with a variety of comprehensive customer service training programs that include site visits to observe customer installs and manufacturing procedures. In addition, each new employee is assigned a mentor to ensure continuing guidance and growth. Power also offers unique compensation models and incentives that reward employees beyond traditional salaries. From monthly company-wide sales competitions with opportunities to win highly coveted prizes, including trips to overseas destinations, iPads and theater tickets, to an annual holiday vacation paid for by Power, Power provides each employee with perks to keep them engaged and motivated throughout the year.
For more information on career opportunities at Power Home Remodeling Group, please visit the company's LinkedIn page or PowerHRG.com/Careers.
About Power Home Remodeling Group
Family-owned since 1992, Power Home Remodeling Group is the nation's sixth largest home remodeling company with more than 1,200 employees and $135 million in sales. Headquartered in Chester, Pa., Power provides energy-saving and environmentally friendly exterior remodeling solutions to residents across the country, including Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, DC. An Inc. 5000 company, Power has served more than 60,000 homeowners and is recognized as a home improvement leader by its two-time "Dealer of the Year" award from Window and Door Magazine and was named the top remodeler on Professional Remodeler's 2012 Market Leaders Philadelphia list. For more information please visit PowerHRG.com, or follow the company on Twitter @PowerHRG and Facebook at facebook.com/PowerHRG.
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Three Women's Tennis Weekends to choose from… January 18-20, January 25-27, February 1-3
Year after year, the tennis programs at Kiawah Island Golf & Tennis Resort, under the direction of Hall of Fame Tennis Pro Roy Barth, receive many of the sport's highest accolades, including being ranked # 1 in the world by tennisresortsonline.com and #3 U.S. Tennis Resort by TENNIS Magazine.
For ladies looking to improve their game and meet other tennis lovers, we invite you to bring your friends and team members to an unforgettable experience in a perfect setting for a weekend of intense instruction and of course… FUN.
During these weekend events, our dedicated tennis staff offers more than seven hours of instruction, drills and court time. They will also show off their skills in a pro exhibition and kick off the weekend with a round robin to assess level of play.
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This is an important first step – especially if you are coming with other ladies from your club. 843-768-2838 or 843-768-2706; email@example.com
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St. Petersburg on the move
David Isaksson
Cleaning up the Baltic Sea / St Petersburg is the largest single source of pollution into the Baltic Sea. Taking into operation the Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant will bring about a sharp fall in the discharge levels. Wastewater from about 700,000 people will now be treated instead of going straight into the River Neva and out into the Gulf of Finland. The project is a good example of how local authorities, governments, international finance institutions and private sector can cooperate in providing a better environment.
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Bayern Munich (2) 2 Manchester United (0) 1
Bayern win 3-1 on agg
POOR first-half defending by Manchester United cost them dear against Bayern Munich here in the Olympic Stadium last night. Seizing on moments of indecision in the visiting back-four, Elber and Mehmet Scholl struck to give Bayern a lead that, although halved by Ryan Giggs, propelled the Germans into the last four of the European Cup.
Even the arrival of Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, whose late goals had broken Bayern hearts in the final two years ago, failed to do the trick again, although Bayern were grateful to some exceptional goalkeeping by Oliver Kahn in a frantic second half. Lightning, in the form of Sheringham and Solskjaer, did not strike twice and Bayern were through to meet Real Madrid, conquerors of Galatasaray, in the semi- finals.
Bayern's bullish captain, Stefan Effenberg, had predicted that whether it took "90, 95 or 120 minutes, even penalties, Bayern would win". The men from Munich were clearly in a hurry; Effenberg and his team took only 40 minutes to have their fans believing that the game was beyond United, goals from Elber and Scholl meaning that the English visitors required three. Giggs' delightful strike early in the second half quietened the hosts' gloating which had arisen through Bayern's first-half dominance.
Revelling in the sight of Bayern taking a two-goal lead, the Germans began to party, the home choirs soon in full voice, singing "Football's Coming Home", even "Goodbye Man U" , as a Mexican Wave sent fan after fan, in row after row, section after section, into a standing, waving salute.
The fans' crowing flowed into the Bayern players; Elber even tried his luck with an outrageous shot from the half-way line which, fortunately for United, flew over. FC Hollywood, as the Germans know Bayern, were putting on a real show.
If Giggs was soon to cast a few clouds spinning Bayern's way, half-time was carnival time for the hosts; euphoric fans roared through the club anthem, lauding their Star of the South, their German Masters, the club where everyone stays strong by staying together. The words provided a perfect sound-track to events in the first half.
United's early demise stemmed from their inability to deal with the quick changes of paces and direction by Bayern, many of these lightning bolts emanating from the fleet, flitting figure of Scholl, whose movement behind his forwards constantly caught United cold.
Sir Alex Ferguson's serial champions are used to dominating games back home, sweeping all before them in the Premiership. Bayern presented a new heightened challenge: in touch, technique, temperament and tactics, Ottmar Hitzfeld's side are a class apart from any domestic hurdle United face.
United had seen plenty of possession in the first half but Bayern were far more precise on the ball. They needed only five minutes to unhinge an English defence looking alarmingly unsettled in the opening period.
Willy Sagnol, the right wing-back, cut inside and switched the angle of attack, whipping the ball cross-field, over Gary Neville who had drifted inside, to the galloping Michael Tarnat.
Tarnat's cross, driven low and hard, just evaded Carsten Jancker but not the Brazilian, Elber, who drilled the ball into the net before wheeling away, arms pumping the air in celebration. One almost became two within three minutes, Scholl lifting the ball over United's square defence for Jancker to run on to. Jancker's shot struck the bar but bounced out.
The bar was rattled; so were United but, slowly, they were shaken into life. Keane, responding with all the natural authority of a born leader, began to get a grip of midfield. Andy Cole, reacting well, would have equalised but for Scholl on the line in the 25th minute. Giggs then crossed from the left but Scholes volleyed wide.
But five minutes before the break, Bayern had their second. Jens Jeremies, such an able anchorman, started the move with a swerving run through midfield. Seeing Elber in space, Jeremies passed to the Brazilian, whose centre sped across to Scholl. Calmly, as if practising on the training ground, the German international placed the ball firmly with his right foot into the net.
But German celebrations became muted three minutes after the break when United, stirred by Ferguson's half-time words, given an extra attacking edge with Scholes slipping into the centre, made it 2-1. Scholes' delightful pass released Giggs through the middle and the Welsh winger lifted the ball with his left foot over Oliver Kahn and in.
Still United pushed forward and Kahn needed to be at his agile best to tip Scholes' effort over. United kept attacking but Kahn was magnificent, standing firm to send Bayern through.


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Senior nutrition
Senior Connections offers hot, nutritious meals Monday-Friday for people 60 or older. Meals are delivered to homebound individuals and are served at congregate sites in Douglas County. A $3.50 contribution is requested per meal but no one is denied because of inability to pay. Call 715-394-3611 or 800-870-2181. Next week's menu includes:
Nov. 25: Polish with sauerkraut, boiled potato, wheat bread, Rice Krispy bar.
Nov. 26: Hot roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, beets, 12-grain bread, pears.
Nov. 27: Pepper steak with mushrooms and onions, brown rice, broccoli, wheat roll, banana muffin.
Nov. 28 and 29: Offices closed for Thanksgiving, no service.
Make reservations 24 hours in advance for meal sites at 11:30 a.m. at Phoenix Villa, 218-591-3553; Amnicon Senior Center, Tuesday-Thursday, 715-364-2316; Solon Springs Community Center, Tuesday-Friday, 715-378-4546; Senior Center, Monday-Friday, 715-394-3611; and Gordon Town Hall, Tuesday-Friday, 715-376-4683; and 11:15 a.m. Monday-Thursday at Holy Assumption Parish, 715-394-7919; and Kro Bar and Grill, Brule, Tuesday-Friday, 715-372-5474.


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From now until Christmas Laura (Angelbearmama) is hosting a Christmas Card Challenge. Every Monday, she will be challenging us to create a card with a specific item. This week she asked that we use a "bell", so I created a hanging card that features a glittered up Jingle "Bell". I created this card with this month's Scraps Of Darkness Kit~Gothic~Yes!! That cream paper in the background was skull paper-lol! I did lots of layering, inking, stamping, punching, distressing and even did a little spraying with some Santa snow to get this yummy Winter White and Chocolate look.
The Vintage Image is an old photo from 1906 that I picked up from Pinterest, then I did some tweaking on it and Sepia Colored it.
The Snowflakes are from my Scrapmatts DT Stash
I hope you can come join us for this fun challenge over in the forums. Remember you do not have to be a kit subscriber to play along with our fun challenges~everyone is welcome!! Hug, ~Renea
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