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~More to Whipsnade than the Zoo~
Whipsnade Tree Cathedral is one of the National Trust's attractions that doesn't charge an entry fee. That wasn't the reason I went - I have a membership card so I don't need to look for freebie sites any more - but I confess that I was attracted by the concept of a cathedral made of trees. Since Whipsnade is much more famous for its zoo, I wondered if the number two attraction in this Bedfordshire town might be worth a look. I had gone to a work appointment nearby in the morning, picked up a sandwich and a drink and was looking for somewhere to stop before I headed home.
I would guess that a lot of visitors will be rebounding from a day of staring at big beasts and searching for a quiet spiritual moment but in my case I have my Tom Tom programmed to find the nearest National Trust property wherever I am and as I left Beaconsfield this one popped up on my screen. This random approach to heritage tourism doesn't always work - sometimes I turn up at places that are closed by I quite like the random lucky-dip approach to finding somewhere to visit.
The first thing worth knowing is that if you have the same Tom Tom programme as me, is that your device may not take you to quite the right place. I was delivered to the car park of a rural village hall with no cathedral (made of trees or any other things) anywhere to be seen. Knowing that it's not uncommon for Tom Toms to get Trust property locations a bit squiffy, I didn't panic. I headed back to the main road and drifted along until I found the proper entrance. I parked up in the car park which has space for maybe two dozen cars, grabbed my camera, locked up and went to find out more.
~What's the Story?~
Checking out the information boards thoughtfully placed near the entrance I learned that the Tree Cathedral was the work of a World War I veteran called Edmund K Blyth who planted it as a tribute to two of his dearest friends and comrades whom he'd met in 1916 whilst doing officer training at Sandhurst. After an inspirational visit to Liverpool Cathedral in 1930 (which wasn't actually finished at the time) he was driving home and thinking about just how wonderful it must be for the stonemasons and builders involved to be working on such a project. As he passed through the Cotswolds on his way home, he spotted a patch of trees on a hillside and thought that surely nothing could be more beautiful than a cathedral made entirely from living plants. Considering there was no BBC2 Friday night gardening programmes to inspire such projects back between the wars, this must have seemed like quite a Eureka moment.
After taking time to study both cathedral architecture and the shape and growth patterns of different types of trees, Blyth set to work transforming a patch of his garden that had previously been home to his chicken coop into his tree cathedral.
Blyth laid out the trees and hedging in the shape of a fairly conventional but very large medieval-style cathedral with a nave, transepts and numerous chapels. He used a wide variety of native and imported trees laying them out carefully according to the part of the 'building' and choosing them for their shape, height and growth rates. He added a dew pond and surrounded it with a cloistered garden and year by year the cathedral grew in both tree-size and complexity. He started work in 1931 and finished in 1939, ironically just in time for the outbreak of the Second World War to summon him back to active service.
The cathedral became overgrown during the war but was returned to its intended state after and became a place used for ecumenical services in 1952 before it was handed over to the care of the National Trust in 1960.
~My Visit~
I had no preconceived ideas about what to expect and I'd not read my National Trust guidebook or given any thought to what I might see before I drove up. I visited at the end of August and despite the generally lousy summer we had this year, I was lucky to have a sunny day that wasn't damp underfoot. I'd love to tell you that it was immediately apparent that I was in a tree cathedral but I have to be honest and admit that if I'd not been told it was supposed to be like a cathedral, I'm not entirely sure I'd have spotted that it was more than just a very nicely laid out arboretum.Walking through the Hornbeam Avenue, I stepped through the 'porch' and into the nave with its towering tall trees. There were small 'chapels' either side. Around the perimeter of the cathedral were four so-called towers, made with particularly high reaching trees. Tall hedges split up the space between the rooms and alleyways of the cathedral and a large dew pond forms the centrepiece of the structure. In some places the trees spread and link branches about your head like an arched ceiling whilst in others they grow tall and straight like the pillars that hold up the roof of a conventional cathedral. Wooden benches, many of them with carved end posts are scattered around the site offering lots of opportunity to just sit and think, to pray if you want to or just to admire the vision behind this place.
Dog walkers bounced around the site and every now and then I caught couples sitting quietly on the benches just looking up at the trees. It's hard to not be moved by the scope and scale of the imagination of the cathedral's creator and it is a beautiful peaceful spot regardless of your religious inclinations. I'd love to return at different times in the year and see how it changes with the seasons - to observe which parts retain their leaves, which drop them and how the structure moves with the passing year.
It's very much a do it yourself attraction so don't expect toilets, coffee shop and a souvenir hut - it's really just you and the trees. As National Trust sites go I think it's fair to say that this one is one of a kind and if you are in the area, I'd highly recommend a visit.


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by Michael Dale
Playwright Richard Nelson first introduced audiences to the family of Apple siblings with That Hopey Changey Thing, which took place on election night 2010 and, by design, opened on that same night. He pulled the same trick last year with Sweet and Sad, which opened and was set on the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks.
As you might have guessed, his third visit with the Apples, titled Sorry, opened this past Tuesday and, yes, was set on the day of America's most recent election. Like the previous two, Sorry is an intimate, Chekhovian-style drama centered on the mealtime conversations of a group of adults most easily identified as northeastern liberals. Nelson directs the excellent ensemble, consisting of some of New York's finest stage actors, which has remained intact for all three productions, save for Shuler Hensley, currently giving an extraordinary performance Off-Broadway in The Whale. Rather than recast, his character does not appear in this one.
It's 5am in the Rhinebeck home of schoolteacher Barbara Apple (Maryann Plunkett), who lives with her uncle Benjamin (Jon Devries), a former actor who, after a heart attack two years ago, has been losing his memory and the ability to function. She and her divorced sister Marian (Laila Robins), who moved in with them after a personal tragedy, can no longer care for Benjamin properly and have regretfully decided to move him into a care facility for his own safety.
Their sister Jane (J. Smith-Cameron), a writer, is up from the city, pondering over the future of her on-again, off-again relationship with her boyfriend (the Hensley role), currently out of town on an acting gig. (No, he's not playing a 600 lb. guy Off-Broadway.) Their brother Richard (Jay O. Sanders), who announced in the first play that he had left his position as a lawyer in the State Attorney General's office to join a firm that donates heavily to the Republican Party, is now reconsidering his choice, though he retains his disappointment in the present state of the Democratic Party. ("Do we know what we're rooting for? I think we know what we're rooting against. And is that enough? Why have we become 'not them'?")
But the play is not a political round table, as discussion about specific current events is kept to a minimum. Instead, Nelson's characters bring out the mixture of personal events, large and small, that produce a family dynamic. And the superb cast does indeed produce a realistic family dynamic.
Previously intended to be a trilogy, the playwright has announced there will be at least one more visit with the Apples, on the 50th anniversary of the John F. Kennedy assassination. I'll be sure to clear my calendar.
Photos by Joan Marcus: Top: J. Smith-Cameron and Laila Robins; Bottom: Jon Devries and Maryann Plunkett.
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After 20-odd years singing, dancing and acting in dinner theatres, summer stocks and the ever-popular audience participation murder mysteries (try improvising with audiences after they?ve had two hours of open bar), Michael Dale segued his theatrical ambitions into playwriting. The buildings which once housed the 5 Off-Off Broadway plays he penned have all been destroyed or turned into a Starbucks, but his name remains the answer to the trivia question, "Who wrote the official play of Babe Ruth's 100th Birthday?" He served as Artistic Director for The Play's The Thing Theatre Company, helping to bring free live theatre to underserved communities, and dabbled a bit in stage managing and in directing cabaret shows before answering the call (it was an email, actually) to become BroadwayWorld.com's first Chief Theatre Critic. While not attending shows Michael can be seen at Shea Stadium pleading for the Mets to stop imploding. Likes: Strong book musicals and ambitious new works. Dislikes: Unprepared celebrities making their stage acting debuts by starring on Broadway and weak bullpens.


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You don't go to the fourth installment of a kiddie movie with great expectations, but Ice Age: Continental Drift is bound to amuse the smallfry for whom it's intended.
The franchise continues with the familiar gang of animals -- Manny and his woolly mammoth family, Diego the sabre tooth, Sid the ridiculous sloth et al -- involved in big adventures when the continents divide.
Manny (Ray Romano) the woolly mammoth is sorting out family issues when the catastrophic division of large land masses separates him from his wife and daughter. With Manny on a chunk of ice, floating out to sea, are Diego (Denis Leary), Sid (John Leguizamo) and Sid's grandma (Wanda Sykes), and they're adrift. They live through terrible storms, a tidal wave, evil sirens and a water spout, only to encounter pirates!
Led by the terrible Captain Gut (Peter Dinklage), the pirate ship is full of hungry, disgruntled animals, including the fierce cat Shira (Jennifer Lopez). Mind you, their desperado status does not preclude Captain Gut from singing an inspired sort of Gilbert and Sullivan song about himself, but maybe that's more for the grown ups in the audience.
With the help of a gang of fierce chipmunks, our heroes eventually give the pirates the slip and then find their way back to their families.
While the lost bunch fights pirates and struggles to get home, those at home have their own set of problems. Manny's teenage daughter Peaches wants to hang out with the cool kids, especially one mammoth in particular named Ethan (Drake). She has to learn that loyalty to friends is far more important than admission to the fickle in-crowd.
For kids, Ice Age: Continental Drift is exciting and action-packed. The story rarely drags and the characters, especially Sid, are goofy and kid-friendly. For parents, there's 90 minutes worth of your children being amused enough to remain seated in the same place. That could be worth the price of admission.


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Have Lunch at the Track
Saratoga Springs, NY, February 26, 2009--Caught up with the Terry Finley show today on replay. Finley is the founder and president of West Point Thoroughbreds. WPT buys at auction, syndicates, and manages the careers of young race horses in partnership with public investors.
I wasn't expecting much, figuring that it would be a new, clever way of marketing the brand and increasing exposure within the industry. But I was happy to learn it was something more.
In a Webinar lasting approximately 48 minutes, including a brief Q & A session following Finley's remarks, the former West Point graduate and eight-year service veteran gave an unsolicited state of the industry address.
Again, I was expecting to get what I often hear whenever industry people make public statements; self serving, self congratulatory rhetoric about how we're making some not-so-great things better.
And I would have been wrong twice within three paragraphs.
Not that there weren't the usual platitudes but, on balance, Finley's remarks rang true. One good thing in these dire times is that the economic pendulum has swung back in favor of the end user, he said.
I braced myself for the sales pitch. But there was none, unless it was buried in a subliminal frame.
Finley didn't sugar-coat current realities, acknowledging the rough sledding ahead and how the industry needs to stabilize and move forward, underscoring by citing the big public negatives of 2008: Eight Belles and steroids.
It was refreshing to hear from a horseman that of racing's four major components: breeders, owners, tracks and bettors, it was the bettors who were least recognized until now, and how many of them have lost confidence in the industry.
On that players would agree: they have lost confidence, and they resent paying more in takeout, I.e., when they're not shut out by a wagering platform dispute.
Indeed, progress has been made in ridding the game of steroids and the elimination and/or modification of toe grabs. And Finley did cite positive NTRA initiatives on injury and fatality reporting and prevention; safety equipment and environment; medication and testing; jockey safety and health, and aftercare and transition of retired stock, components needed for track certification within the NTRA franchise.
But there was no mention of NTRA's neutral position on the enabling of equicide. Perhaps NTRA is hoping for funding from the American Horse Council organization which, incredibly, stands neutral on the horse slaughter issue. The public at large considers neutrality on this indefensible.
Finley is correct that the tracks, NTRA, and Breeders' Cup take many unfair knocks, adding he's tired of hearing it. Apparently he is unaware of the industry's thin skin and penchant for shooting messengers.
And if it were not for an independent media, where would the impetus for change come from? What would be the incentive for eliminating the status quo? Which organizations would willingly jeopardize the bottom line in the interests of doing no harm?
But Finley is one of the game's few practitioners to make a pro-active contribution, in this case launching an initiative he calls F.A.T.E.--Find A Thoroughbred Enthusiast. He is asking West Point's associates to introduce three people to racing before the first Saturday in May.
"Buy them lunch, introduce them to the Racing Form and all the other aspects of the magic we live every day.
"What I'd suggest, if you derive any pleasure whatsoever from our business, is to make it a point and your mandate to bring at least three people into our great business.
"We have a chance to capture an all-new group of fans, a new group of bettors. We have an opportunity now to really make this business bigger and stronger."
Finley wants bettors with a vested interest in the health of the game to take "fate" into their own hands. Bringing a few people to the track is certainly not an unreasonable request, although I suggest it should be a day that you don't love the card.
I wrote a recent blog about how I introduced a young man named Brian to the Saratoga simulcast during the holiday season. He called last weekend to talk Derby Futures. He did his homework, asked intelligent questions, wanted to know if Old Fashioned was for real.
I can't vouch for the answers but I did my best. OK, so for me, it's one down, two more to go. The rest of it is up to all of us.
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CHARGES UNDERMINE THE NHS urges consultant surgeon
Doctors at the British Medical Association Annual Representative Meeting in June demanded their leadership oppose NHS privatisation
Trade unions yesterday slammed Labours privatisation policy in response to MPs criticism of the system of NHS charges.
MPs on the House of Commons Health Committee said the system was a mess and called for an end to car parking and patient telephone charges and a review of prescription charges.
They singled out the Queen Charlottes Hospital, west London for a scheme charging pregnant women £4,000 for midwifery services.
The MPs say: The Jentle Midwifery scheme provides cut-rate private care within an NHS hospital.
This is unacceptable. Essential care of this type should be given to all or paid for privately at full cost.
UNISON health press spokeswoman Ann Mitchell told News Line: This is another example of privatisation by the back door.
Hospital car parks should not be used to make money out of patients and staff.
Many new hospitals have been built out of town and public transport is often not a viable option. Staff working shifts have no choice but to pay up to park their cars at a safe distance from the hospital.
As for these exorbitant telephone charges it is simply immoral to make relatives and friends pay huge amounts of money for news about their family or friends.
GMB national officer for health Sharon Holder told News Line: Not only patients but staff suffer.
The charging comes out of the governments privatisation policies and we are appalled that patients have to pay to use NHS services.
If cancer patients have to pay for car parking then treatment is not free at the point of use. This undermines the whole ethos of the NHS.
A BMA spokesperson said: High car parking charges can mean that poor, elderly and disabled people cant get to out-patient appointments or visit their loved ones.
Worse still, they cant even keep in touch by phone because of the cost of incoming calls to patients bedside phones.
Doctors are very concerned about the role of the private sector in the NHS.
The current system of prescription charging in England is anomalous, unclear, and difficult to defend.
Charges are not sufficiently transparent. A fundamental review of the system is needed.
Michael Summers, from the Patients Association, said: It is basically wrong to make money out of patients and their families.
MPs on the Health Committee added: The government claims that its exemptions policy is based on income: those who can afford to pay, those who cannot do not. However, this is not the case: many wealthy people are exempt but many poor working people are not.
It is evident that government policy is to maintain the status quo and not to upset any existing beneficiaries.
They call for a review of prescription charges, the effects of the new dental contract and eye examination schemes.
The MPs also recommend charging patients who miss doctors appointments and misuse casualty departments and to also consider charging for certain treatments.
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Imagine having to prepare for an influx of roughly 2,600 students converging on six separate facilities all at the same time ... The preparation could get a little overwhelming to say the least.
Imagine having to prepare for an influx of roughly 2,600 students converging on six separate facilities all at the same time ... The preparation could get a little overwhelming to say the least.
That is exactly what Maxwell French, the administrator of school facilities for the Stoneham Public Schools, has been faced with for the past eight years. And as he can attest to, it is no small task.
"The main objective every year is to create a safe and clean environment for the students when they return," said French, who is a lifelong Stoneham resident. "The amount of work that goes into the preparation is endless. We have six schools that need to be cleaned, inspected and repaired, all on a pretty tight budget. So the goal is to find the best prices available, whether it is for paper towels or floor finish, to ensure that that town is getting the most bang for its buck."
Shopping in bulk is key, said French, who worked for BJ's Wholesale Club and the Andover school system prior to his time in Stoneham. So when it comes to needing 100 five-gallon buckets of floor finish, or literally thousands of rolls of paper towels and toilet paper, not to mention light bulbs, paint, and supplies for other minor improvements, he is constantly negotiating with different vendors for the best price possible.
Both French and the School Committee are also constantly striving to make the schools as "green" as possible by installing new paper-cutting dispensers to cut down on the abundance of hand towels that are used, with the hope of eliminating the problem entirely in the future by upgrading to blow-drying units.
French has a staff of 15 custodians, spread out through the four elementary schools, middle school and high school, who work meticulously all summer with one goal in mind: to make the schools as clean and student-friendly as possible.
"It's the custodians that really make these buildings shine," said French. "When it's 95 degrees outside, and they are striping the floors for hours on end in a building with no air conditioning, it really attests to the hard work they put in on a daily basis. They really deserve all of the credit for maintaining these buildings the way they do."
In addition to the endless array of school supplies and repairs, each pressure-treated vessel must also be inspected by the state before the schools are allowed to open, which includes the boilers, elevators, fire alarms and sprinklers, just to name a few.
French went on to commend the School Committee for its tireless work of continually trying to upgrade some of the outdated buildings in town, which has included the revamping of all four elementary schools over the last 10-plus years, and the current construction of the new 80,000-square-foot addition to the current Central School, which upon completion will become the new middle school.
"The middle school construction has already begun, with the elimination of the gymnasium and shop rooms," said French. "The new facility will look beautiful when it is done, but it is going to be pretty dusty along the way."


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The public is invited to attend the Chimney Rock Interpretive Association (CRIA) monthly potluck on Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Ross Aragon Community Center, located at 451 Hot Springs Blvd., at 6 p.m. Following the potluck, Bear (Barron) Haley will be giving a presentation of rock art and ruins of Colorado and the neighboring Four Corners region.
Haley taught at West Valley College in Saratoga, Calif., for 33 years. Upon retiring, he and his wife, Ruth, moved to Las Vegas, Nev., where Haley got involved with Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area. There he was asked to chair the cultural resources committee and his job was to record/documentation rock art sites in the conservation area for BLM.
Haley joined the Southern Nevada Rock Art Association, Nevada Rock Art Federation, the American Rock Art Association and Utah Rock Art Association.
In 2007, the couple moved to Rio Rancho, N.M., where Haley did recording for the Rio Puerco BLM office and the Albuquerque Archaeological Association. A year ago, another move led the Haleys to Pagosa Springs.
The public is invited to join CRIA for its monthly potluck preceding the lecture at 6 p.m. Please bring your favorite dish to share and join our volunteers to learn more about this nonprofit organization which operates the interpretive program at Chimney Rock National Monument.
CRIA is a nonprofit organization that runs the daily operations and interpretive program at Chimney Rock National Monument in partnership with the USDA Forest Service and the San Juan National Forest. Financial support for CRIA comes from tour and program fees, merchandise sales, grants and generous donations from Friends of Chimney Rock in order to preserve this important part of Colorado's history. Public support is vital for continued programming and site preservation. If you are interested in joining our volunteer team or are able to make a donation, please go to www.chimneyrockco.org.
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I have a dialog box with two listbox controls. Both of them display disk directories and function well (with one exception. I can move from drive to drive, directory to directory perfectly.
Now, the exception. As I move down the list, clicking each item once with the mouse, if I click on the 9th item, the dialog closes and returns me to the main screen. I can scroll down with the arrow key and have no problems. I can click on any item (1 through 8) and (10 through the end of the list) without issue.
I placed a function in to return getLastError and it says the procedures last error was 1421. After searching, I found that 1421 means Control ID Not Found.
Any ideas what I may have done to cause this?
Here is the code from the .rc file:
I call the dialog with this:Code:IDD_FILE_XFER DIALOGEX 50, 40, 516, 401 STYLE DS_ABSALIGN | DS_LOCALEDIT | DS_SETFONT | DS_SETFOREGROUND | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_THICKFRAME EXSTYLE WS_EX_TOPMOST | WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW | WS_EX_APPWINDOW CAPTION "Marine ICE File Transfer" FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg", 0, 0, 0x0 BEGIN PUSHBUTTON "E&xit",IDCLOSE,229,239,54,30 PUSHBUTTON "==>>",IDC_EXPORT,229,124,54,30 RADIOBUTTON "Copy",IDC_RAD_COPY,229,27,54,34,BS_PUSHLIKE RADIOBUTTON "Move",IDC_RAD_MOVE,229,66,54,34,BS_PUSHLIKE LISTBOX IDC_DRIVES_LIST1,7,14,132,25,LBS_SORT | LBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP PUSHBUTTON "Delete",IDC_DELETE,229,179,54,45 LISTBOX IDC_DRIVES_LIST2,377,14,132,25,LBS_SORT | LBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP LTEXT "",IDC_DRIVE1_FILENAME,7,7,132,8 LTEXT "",IDC_DRIVE2_FILENAME,377,7,132,8 LISTBOX IDC_FILES_LIST2,377,39,132,236,LBS_SORT | LBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT | LBS_DISABLENOSCROLL | LBS_NOSEL | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP LISTBOX IDC_FILES_LIST1,7,39,132,236,LBS_SORT | LBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP END
the procedure "XferDlgProc " is lengthy but I can post it if needed.Code:DialogBox( g_hInst, MAKEINTRESOURCE( IDD_FILE_XFER ), hwndDlg, ( DLGPROC )XferDlgProc );
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Library hours to be expanded, thanks to reinstated funds
Due to reinstated funds from Hubbard County, the Park Rapids Area Library is adding three hours per week to the library schedule beginning Feb. 25.
The new schedule will be similar to the current one with a short amount of open time added to most of the days. The library will still have one day per week that it's open later than the others. Currently that happens Wednesday; the decision has been made to try Monday instead.
Beginning Monday, Feb. 25, library hours will be Monday - 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Friday - 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday - 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Current open hours are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday - 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday - 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Friday -9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday - 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.


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SAN DIEGO - Three masked gunmen robbed an Allied Gardens bank Friday, authorities reported.
The holdup at the Union Bank branch office in the 5100 block of Waring Road took place about 9 a.m., according to San Diego police.
The bandits - tall men who appeared to be in their 20s, armed with pistols and wearing hooded sweat shirts and stockings over their faces - fled with an undisclosed amount of cash, SDPD public information officer Monica Munoz said. CNS-04-06-2007 13:44


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Freddy Jr.'s Debut CD 'Victim of Circumstance' takes you on a soulful musical journey of electric Blues, reminiscent of the great Robert Cray. Overflowing with Freddy Jr.'s own smooth vocals and cool guitar brings this hot mix of Soulful Blues with tastes of Funked Up R&B to life. Have no fear the Big B3 Organ sound is still hear, bursting on to the Title Track like a smooth train rumbling through a Memphis skyline, it's a great reminder of how Downtown the Great Uptown Sound can be. Freddy Jr. brings it all home on this CD with his good time twist on life's ups and downs. The choice is yours, you can either sit there and listen quietly or Get Up and Dance, Party, Yell, Holler and Scream! Freddy Jr. Is in the house!


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Top Ten Tips for Mixing Fabric Patterns
Nature mixes color, pattern, contrast and texture with perfection. Designers study the subtle rules of nature and aspire to recreate its beauty in furnishings and fabric. The perfect mix of fabric and color can make a room sing.
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Being able to create a beautiful fabric mix takes talent, skill and an intuitive sense of knowing when something is right. Designers speak of starting with inspiration. That means you start with something you love. When you start with your favorite pattern then follow the Top Ten Tips for Mixing Fabric Patterns, everything will fall into place, like magic.
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We saw a mix of headlines on early funding rounds, business plan competitions, and acquisitions from startups in the software, mobile hardware, Internet, energy, and biotech sectors.
—Cambridge, MA-based Sand 9, a maker of tiny timer and frequency control technology for wireless devices, said it secured a $12 million Series B financing, led by new investor Commonwealth Capital Ventures. The company, developing a resonator that could make devices such as GPS units, mobile phones, and wireless routers smaller and more integrated, previously raised an $8 million round that included backing from Flybridge Capital Partners, General Catalyst Partners, and Khosla Ventures.
—General Compression, a Newton, MA-based maker of compressor systems for storing wind energy, brought its Series A financing total to $20.9 million, with an additional $3 million from the Northwater Intellectual Property Fund. The earlier part of the Series A round included investments from Duke Energy and U.S. Renewables Group.
—C-Crete nabbed $100,000 as the winner of MIT's $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. The team, led by MIT civil engineering PhD candidate Rouzbeh Shahsavari, is developing a nanoengineered form of concrete that emits less carbon dioxide in the production process, and is cheaper and stronger than the traditional form of the building material. C-Crete lost earlier in the week in MIT's Clean Energy Prize, where Stanford University team C3Nano took home $200,000 for its work in photovoltaic solar panels.
—-Cambridge-based LocaModa, which makes place-based social media software, raised $150,000 of a planned $1.5 million offering of equity, debts, and rights, an SEC filing revealed. The company had previously pulled in $900,000 in equity funding, according to a regulatory filing last June.
—BioSphere Medical, a Rockland, MA-based developer of treatments for tumors, vascular malformations, and uterine fibroids, said it is being acquired by Utah-based Merit Medical Systems, for $96 million in cash. Merit (NASDAQ: MMSI) is paying $4.38 per share for BioSphere (NASDAQ: BSMD) common stock, a 54 percent premium over its closing price on May 12, the day before the agreement was announced. We profiled BioSphere back in October 2008.
—Stemgent, a company with offices in San Diego and Cambridge that makes consumable materials for stem cell research, pulled in $5.6 million of a planned $10.1 million equity round, which includes the conversion of some debt financing into equity stakes.
— Laparoscopic instrument maker Cambridge Endoscopic Devices wrapped up $3 million of a $7.5 million equity-based offering, from one investor, according to an SEC filing.
—Data protection and recovery software maker Double-Take Software, (NASDAQ: DBTK), announced it will be acquired by Vision Solutions in a deal with a net value of about $242 million. Vision, which is a portfolio company of private equity firm Thoma Bravo, will pay $10.55 per share for Southborough, MA-based Double-Take's common stock, which represents a 21 percent premium over the $8.71 closing price the last business day before the company's board expressed interest in an acquisition.
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Photo-editing app Pixlr Express was developed by Autodesk, the brand behind some seriously powerful software that powers architecture, construction and engineering firms' work with 3D design tools.
So it is no surprise that the app has up to 600 different effects to choose from and includes the very smallest tweaks to exposure, colour and contrast so you can get your photos perfect in every detail.
The clean design of four tabs once you have selected a photo (Adjustment, Effect, Overlay and Border) hides the plethora of options available within the categories.
For the hipster/Instagram crowd there are plenty of moody and bleached filters to give your photos a Southern California beach feel, even if you're on a train to Northampton.
And if you are looking a little rough in a photo from the weekend, the correction tools for red-eye and whitening (good for teeth) can brighten up your features.
Teenagers and the more gimmicky of us adults will enjoy the overlay features, which add a rock band poster quality to your snaps and are a useful distraction if your photo isn't the most amazingly composed shot you've ever taken.
Those who want to feature photos on blogs or in presentations might make use of the border feature to give a little professionalism to their photos, and children will use the more outré options such as "ripped paper" and a border that makes it look like your photo is an image on a film reel.
Sharing is incredibly easy and the option of three sizes for emailing and sending over 3G connections is useful as it won't break your data usage limit.
With a glut of photo-editing and photo filter apps out there, Pixlr Express offers Android users a rare balance of value (it's free) and true variety.


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President Obama, wiping away tears, said Friday that the nation's "hearts are broken" for the 20 children and at least six adults killed during a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary earlier in the day, one of the deadliest shooting sprees in U.S. history.
"The majority of those who died today were children - beautiful, little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old," Obama, the father of two daughters, said at the White House. "They had their entire lives ahead of them - birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own."
Citing a recent spate of mass shootings, from a temple in Wisconsin to a mall in Oregon to a movie theater in Colorado, Obama alluded to the possibility that he would seek additional controls on guns as he enters his second term.
"We're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics," he said.
Gun-control advocates have been pressing the president to impose more restrictions on guns - including a new ban on assault weapons - prior to Friday's shootings. And while they heard nothing specific from the president Friday, advocates said they welcomed Obama's call to action.
Police in Newtown, Conn., said a man, identified by numerous media outlets as Adam Lanza, opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary School, where his mother taught kindergarten, killing her, 20 students between the ages of 5 and 10, several other adults and then himself. Police said Lanza may also have killed his father in New Jersey before going to the Connecticut school.
Shortly before he spoke, Obama ordered that flags be flown at half-staff until sunset on Dec. 18.
Friday's mass killing was the second-deadliest in U.S. history, behind only the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech in which 32 people died.
Obama concluded his brief remarks with an appeal for Americans to come together in the wake of tragedy.
"In the hard days to come, that community needs us to be at our best as Americans, and I will do everything in my power as president to help," he said. "Because while nothing can fill the space of a lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need, to remind them that we are there for them, that we are praying for them, that the love they felt for those they lost endures not just in their memories, but also in ours."


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AMD has launched the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card that is widely expected to outperform rival nVidia's top-end graphics card, the GeForce GTX 280.
Priced at $549 (£275) in the US, the 4870 X2 is currently available and will be followed by release of the $349 (£175) ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 in September, AMD said. Both cards have dual graphics processors that are linked using the company's CrossFireX technology and a dedicated bridge chip. CrossFireX allows multiple graphics processors to work in tandem, offering a significant boost in graphics performance.
"We did some driver work, along with this bridge chip, to make this somewhat seamless," said Pat Moorhead, vice-president of advanced market at AMD. "That took a lot of work."
The graphics chips used on the 4870 X2 run at clock speeds of 750MHz, while the chips used on the 4850 X2 run at 625MHz. Another difference lies in the graphics memory used on the two cards. The 4870 X2 has 2GB of GDDR5 memory, while the 4850 X2 has 2GB of GDDR3 memory.
AMD offered a taste of the graphics capability of the 4870 X2 in June, showing reporters at the Computex exhibition a brief, but very realistic-looking, clip of the company's female mascot, Ruby, being chased down a city street by a four-legged robot. The clip was rendered in real time, AMD executives said.
The use of two GPUs is what gives the 4870 X2 an edge over nVidia's GTX 280, which was released in June and has a single graphics chip.
The technology used in the 4870 X2 will likely find its way into other AMD products. One possibility is that a similar graphics processor could be used in Fusion, a family of chips that AMD plans to release starting next year. Fusion processors will incorporate a graphics core into a microprocessor, a feature that AMD is counting on to increase the competitiveness of its future products. However, AMD has yet to reveal what graphics technology will be used in Fusion.
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By Howard Eyrich. A necessary component in understanding aging is the demythologization of our cultural folklore about "old people." Demythologization is a fancy way of saying that is important to investigate current assumptions about aging in our society and compare them with the facts. Furthermore, it means that our individual and collective behavior must be adjusted to the facts.
Myth One: Elderly people are non-productive.
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The Kansas City Royals will celebrate their 45th season at Kauffman Stadium in 2017. Kauffman has always been one of the crown jewel ballparks of Major League Baseball. Having hosted 79,611,876 fans since 1973, "The K", with its signature look, has proudly stood the test of time.
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The Volvo S60 fills the middle range in the Swedish automaker's lineup: It's larger than the compact S40, but not quite as large as the premium-luxury S80. With its sleek, fastback profile, it's one of the most stylish cars in Volvo's lineup. And its beauty is more than skin deep.
The Volvo S60 combines excellent performance with outstanding safety features. Its interior is handsome, and the available leather has a high-quality look and feel. Last year, Volvo firmed up the suspension for more sure-footed handling. The S60 feels like a tight European sedan and still does a good job of smoothing out rough roads.
The 2008 Volvo S60 comes in 2.5T and all-wheel-drive 2.5T AWD versions plus a sporty, more powerful T5 model. (The limited-production S60 R has been discontinued.)
For 2008, all trim levels offer new option packages with premium sound systems and other popular equipment, and an auxiliary audio input, MP3 capability, and WMA CD readability come standard on all models. For 2008, Volvo S60 T5 comes standard with leather sport seats, a power glass sunroof, five-speed Geartronic transmission, satellite radio preparation, a compass, and 17-inch Cassiopeia wheels.
Volvo is renowned for its leadership in safety technology and the S60 comes with a comprehensive array of safety features.Model Lineup
The 2008 Volvo S60 comes in three versions: 2.5T ($30,885); 2.5T AWD ($32,735); and T5 ($33,985).
The 2.5T is powered by a low-pressure-turbocharged 2.5-liter inline-5 rated at 208 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque. A five-speed automatic transmission is standard, while a five-speed Geartronic automatic with Auto-stick manual control is optional, part of an option package.
The 2.5T AWD features the sure-footed traction of all-wheel drive. For better traction in snow, it also comes with narrower 205/55R16 tires, mounted on narrower (6.5-inch vs. 7.0) rims, to help concentrate the car's weight on the tire patches.
Standard equipment for the 2.5T includes fabric upholstery, central power door locks with keyless entry, power tinted windows, front and rear fog lights, power heated outside mirrors with memory, a pollen filter, cruise control, dual-zone electronic climate control, trip computer, leather gearshift knob, leather-wrapped tilt/telescoping steering wheel with illuminated cruise and audio controls, illuminated glovebox and vanity mirrors, power driver's seat with memory and lumbar support, spilt/folding rear seat, a new 100-watt AM/FM/CD stereo with auxiliary input and MP3/WMA capability, and 16-inch aluminum wheels with 215/55R16 tires.
The T5 comes with a 2.4-liter inline-5 that uses high-pressure turbocharging to produce 257 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque (at 2100-5000 rpm) for much quicker acceleration. The five-speed Geartronic automatic with Auto-Stick manual control is now standard; last year's six-speed manual is no longer available. The T5 features a sports suspension, speed-sensitive power steering, and 17-by-7.5-inch Cassiopeia alloy wheels with 235/45HR17 tires. Additional luxuries include leather sport seats with power adjustment for driver and front passenger, a power glass tilt-and-slide sunroof, aluminum mesh interior trim, blue watch-dial instrumentation, a leather parking brake cover, an auto-dimming rearview mirror with compass, satellite radio preparation, and other interior upgrades.
Options for 2.5T and 2.5T AWD include a Premium Package ($995) that adds the automatic transmission (Geartronic), a power glass tilt-and-slide sunroof, leather seats with eight-way power adjustment for the front passenger, genuine wood inlays for the interior, an auto-dimming rearview mirror with compass, satellite radio preparation, and additional rear stereo speakers. The 2.5T Advanced Package ($1,595) adds speed-sensitive power steering; 235/45R17 tires on 17x7.5-inch Tuscana wheels; a premium 325-watt stereo with six-CD changer, Dolby Pro Logic II, 13 speakers and a diversity antenna; aluminum dash inlays; rear park assist; Homelink; Interior Air Quality System (IAQS); and other conveniences.
The T5 Advanced Package for the T5 ($1,695) adds the high-zoot stereo plus active bi-xenon headlamps, rear park assist, the IAQS filtration system, among other upgrades; rear spoiler, and brushed aluminum door handles and trunk moldings. New Imola two-tone leather can be specified for the T5 with the Advanced Package at no additional charge. T5 can be ordered with 17-inch Tuscana chrome wheels ($995), or 235/40R18 tires on 18x8-inch Eudora wheels ($750).
A Climate Package ($675) for all models includes heated front seats, headlamp washers, and Rainsense automatic windshield wipers. Stand-alone options include DVD navigation ($2,120) and metallic paint ($475).
Safety features that come standard on all S60 models include frontal, side-impact and side-curtain airbags; head restraints for all five passengers; seats that move on impact to reduce whiplash injuries (WHIPS); an immobilizer and alarm; anti-lock disc brakes (ABS) with electronic brake-force distribution (EBD); electronic stability control (DSTC); and a tire-pressure monitor. The S60 features Volvo's famous safety-cage construction. Seat belts have pyrotechnic pretensioners in all seating positions; they are superb, so be sure to use them at all times. ISO-FIX attachments are provided for rearward-facing child safety seats.Walkaround
The 2008 Volvo S60 looks like a smaller version of the big S80 luxury sedan. It looks compact at first glance, but it's relatively large and roomy. What you can't see is all the engineering designed to protect the people riding inside the structure. It's there that Volvo's reputation for safety continues and deservedly so.
S60 has a hunched-shoulder look to the rear flanks, suggesting a hockey player ready to lead a charge up the ice.
The front grille and fascia were face-lifted slightly for 2007, improving aerodynamics and adding a touch of visual crispness, particularly below the bumper. It's a subtle change, but we like it. At the same time the outside mirrors were redesigned to incorporated integrated turn signals that automatically flash three times with light pressure on the turn signal stalk. There are no further changes in appearance for 2008.
Active Bi-Xenon headlamps are available on the T5 as part of the Advanced Package. A mini-processor gathers data to optimize their beam pattern, and the beams can be turned up to 15 degrees in either direction.Interior
Overall, the interior of the Volvo S60 is handsome and comfortable. It's roomy in the front seats. The front seats are cushy. Volvo says the seats were engineered using orthopedic principles to provide better support and comfort on long trips. The optional leather has a high-quality look and feel.
The dashboard flows in a pleasant shape. On Premium Package cars attractive wood trim appears sparingly on the glovebox lid and on all four doors; while sportier versions of the S60 eschew wood for metallic trim. Aluminum inserts brighten the steering column stalks and the steering wheel hub. The quality of the material used to cover other surfaces is good.
The standard gauges are attractive, with their flat gray background, and easy to read; while the switches are intuitive and easy to use. The T5 features the same watch-dial instruments used in the flagship S80. The four blue-faced instruments are surrounded by gray rings with subtle blue hash marks. They feature clear, attractive gray numerals and thin red pointers on blue hubs.
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning controls are well designed and easy to operate, with big metaphoric controls to direct the airflow. Power-window buttons with auto-down are conveniently mounted on the door. Inside door handles are easy to grab.
The innovative radio controls take some familiarization to master. Changing preset channels involves turning a knob, rather than pressing a button. Once understood, the system works well. The leather-wrapped steering wheel has controls for the audio system that makes operating it easier while driving.
The center console features a covered storage bin and cup holders that fit all standard sizes of beverage container. There's another mini cup holder on the center of the dash.
Getting into the back seat requires a duck of the head. Once back there, the S60 offers good rear headroom, but larger adults will find it short of legroom.
The trunk is roomy and deep and will hold a lot of small bags. Putting big boxes into it might present a challenge, however. To carve the S60's swoopy shape, Volvo had to make design concessions that constrict the trunk opening. The rear seats are split 60/40 and fold down for greater cargo capacity. The front passenger seat also flips down; fold down the right rear seat and front passenger seat, and it will accommodate something quite long, such as a ladder.Driving Impressions
The Volvo S60 boasts a nice ride quality, even over nasty bumps, even with 17-inch wheels. Volvo tightened up the base suspension for 2007, with firmer springs and shocks, front and rear; and thicker anti-roll bars supported by solid bushings. Roll stiffness was increased by 25 percent.
High-speed stability is extremely good. Front-wheel-drive models exhibit some torque steer under hard acceleration. Stand on the gas and you'll feel a tug on the steering wheel. It's especially noticeable on the T5 with its more powerful engine. It's really no big deal, though, and you get used to it. Still, the S60 definitely engages the driver because you have to pay attention to the steering when you're driving hard.
The T5 produces prodigious thrust from its high-pressure turbocharger. Yet it rates an EPA-estimated 18/26 mpg City/Highway.
We found the S60 brakes on the soft side, but braking was stable. When activated, the ABS was very smooth.
The steering is slightly heavier in the 2.5T AWD because of the weight of the all-wheel-drive system. It also has a more on-center feel (less play, in other words). The ride is firmer on the all-wheel-drive model, which has stiffer shocks to handle the increased weight. Overall, we think the AWD model's improved traction and handling in the rain and snow are worthwhile for anyone who annually faces those conditions.
We drove over gravel roads in the 2.5T AWD, and found directional stability on loose surfaces excellent. Power in the 2.5T AWD is distributed between the front and rear wheels using a wet multi-plate clutch controlled by electronics that monitor driving conditions. With a steady throttle on dry pavement, about 95 percent of the power is transmitted to the front wheels; but up to 50 percent can go to the rear wheels when required. The balance changes seamlessly and instantaneously. When one wheel slips, the balance of power shifts away from that wheel, thus replacing the slip with grip. In other words, it's more secure and better stuck to the road when the weather gets nasty.Summary
The Volvo S60 rides well and handles well. It feels stable at high speeds. The all-wheel-drive model provides excellent driver control on slippery surfaces. The sportier T5 offers strong acceleration performance. Volvo is renowned for safety engineering and the S60 is fully equipped with active and passive safety features including a rigid safety cage.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Sam Moses filed this report from the Columbia River Gorge; with nctd.com staff reports.
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" Brand: Tesco / Type: Yoghurts "
I've recently tried a few of these Tesco Duo yoghurts, which cost 38p per 175g pot from Tesco or 3 for £1 as part of a long-running special offer. I absolutely loved the chocolate crunch duo I tried, so I was hopeful I'd like some of the others from the range. Sadly that was not the case! This Strawberry Duo mix was probably my least favourite.
I opened up the peel-back lid to reveal what looked like an appetising little treat. There was a generous helping of yoghurt in a little square section, accompanied by a large glop of strawberry compote which was housed seperately in a little rectangular pot on the side of the yoghurt square. The idea is that this packaging keeps the topping fresh, and you add the compote to the yoghurt by tipping the smaller divided section into the larger one. This is the same as you get with Muller Corners, only cheaply made.
It was when I was tipping up the fruit compote that I first started to hesitate about this. It was really gloopy and slimey, with a lot of stringy bits running through. I was expecting something a little smoother and more jam like than what I got. It really put me off quite a bit, but I decided I had to eat it to make up my mind properly.
I wish I hadn't bothered. The yoghurt was tangy, sour and not very pleasant at all. I actually don't mind natural yoghurt as a general rule, though of course I prefer sweeter yoghurts usually. But this, well it tasted like it had gone off almost. At first taste it was acceptable, but swallowing it meant it hit every sour tastebud in my mouth and really set me off. And the compote? Well that was every bit as nasty as it looked. It didn't taste very strawberryish, it wasn't particularly sweet or juicy, and it was every bit as slimey and horrid as I had anticipated it would be.
I really wouldn't recommend this, even for the low price. An extra 15p to get yourself a nice Muller Corner really isn't a lot given how truly terrible this cheaper alternative is.


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By COLLEEN LEDDY
On this past Sunday, beautiful and sunny, David and I set out on a walk to the high school track. Before we had gone one block, I probably mentioned five things that were problematic for me.
"Dang, my eyes are watering," I said.
I hadn't worn my glasses because my 51-year-old eyes aren't that bad. But I've noticed lately that I need to wear them most of the time rather than just when I'm reading or working at the computer.
This state of eyeball failure is actually easier on me—I don't lose my glasses anywhere near as much as I used to, which was pretty much all the time. Even though my glasses were fitted with progressive lenses, at first, I really only needed them for close-up tasks.
Now, as my eyes are getting progressively worse (Hmm, is that how progressive lenses got named?), I find that food looks better on my plate, I look decidedly worse (and much older) in the mirror, and my eyes don't irritate me when I wear them most of the time.
In short, I must be getting blinder. Still, I don't really like wearing glasses outdoors, except for when I'm riding my bike—they prevent the wind from blowing in my eyes. But sunglasses do the same thing.
"I should have worn my sunglasses," I said to David and would have turned back, but that would have meant prolonging the agony that was to ensue—two miles around the track with 10 extra pounds on my carcass.
"Oh, now my nose is running," I complained as I fished in my pocket for tissues.
We hadn't even made it past Adam and Gail Johnson's house and I was honking away, worried that my tissue supply wasn't going to make it—runny nose compounded by tearing eyes would surely tax my 11-tissue stash.
Along about Patti Collar's house my zipper got stuck (different coat, same color). I moaned and groaned until we reached East Street and I worked the kink out.
"It's not just driving," David said.
"What?" I had no idea what he was talking about. What did driving have to do with my zipper?
"It's not just driving," he said again.
"What's not just driving?" What was he driving at? Was he having a stroke?
"It's your life," he said. "You have a special needs life."
I laughed, but it is so true.
The night before, as I sat at the computer, he brought me a plate I had left on the kitchen table with two potato chips I wasn't going to eat.
"Here you go," he said. "Finish up."
"Oh, I'm not going to eat those," I said. "That one is too brown and this one is folded over and weird looking."
He shook his head and took the plate away. I suspect he ate them in private—he doesn't want to be tempted by pure junk food of no redeeming value, but he wants it just the same.
The next evening I poured a bunch of potato chips on my plate, a prelude to making pickle and potato chip sandwiches—the quintessential nostalgic snack of my childhood.
"Oh, you can't eat that one!" David said pointing to a particularly funkily shaped chip. "It's wrinkled!" And he plucked it from my plate.
It's kind of like Woody Hayes, who, while battling diabetes, could proudly say he didn't eat dessert because he didn't order any in restaurants—he just ate it off of his players' plates.
But none of this has anything to do with what I really set out to talk about...the Living Library.
Surely, you have read about the Living Library here in the Observer (the Books are people who represent stereotypes and Readers check out the Books for half an hour of conversation). Or maybe you've been accosted by me to be a Book or begged to come and be a Reader. If not, look out—because I'm really worried.
I'm worried my Books will Bail and my Readers won't Respond and the Living Library will be a Big Bust.
Which is too bad because the Living Library concept is just so unique and noble—to promote understanding and tolerance through dialogue.
So, I am flat out begging you to come to Stair Public Library Saturday, March 28, some time between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to check out a Book—or heck, just come and check it out.
Yup, David's right. I do lead a needy life.
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Akira Nikaido (Shin) - Monochrome Factor
|Monochrome factor is such an Awesome manga/Anime that me and Purplemintytea love. I've known about it for quite a few years now, but I didn't know quite what it was till this year when the manga and anime came out. PMT wanted to do a Monochrome factor group for the masqurade this year, so I hurridied round to get it done. I really like Akira's costume. I made the coat by buying a Waist coat and using a skirt pattern to add the skirt to the back. I took quite a while to get thsi right and I had to have my sister help sew it round me for shape. The boots I bought were quite expensive, but They worked well. Tehy werea bit too tall which meant my 3 1/4 length trousers looked liek full trousers, but next tiem i will tack the trousers up a bit mroe to look more accurate. The WIg cost me £30, but was great quality. Unfortunatly all the time we spent trying to style the wig was ruined by the wind on the way to the masqurade, so It didn't look quite as great as it should.
i really enjoyed making and wearing this costume, and I'm already planning to remake it so it's even better.
I was suprised at how many people actually recognised us since it's not been out for that long, but i'm glad we got to do these costume before the mass rush
I've been following Monochrome Factor, Akira's costume is cool :D Good luck~
Thankyou XD I really hope that I can get the coat made in time. I was gonna try do it myself, but I couldn't find a pattern. PMT wants me to get the costume done sometime this year.
Progress Journal
Sometimes it; is just best to start again
I really love this costume, but I was in such a rush last year to get it done for the masqurade that I made a botch job. The waistcoast material did not match round the front and back, the material for the skirt part was fraying and cut dodgy, the waist coast did not have the collars on like Akiras, The original shirt was too short, the trousers are too long, and the wig did not work quite right. Basicly I decided that if I wanted to do this costume, I should start from the begining again. I bought a new waist coat, this time the material was the same on the back and front, adn it also had collars on. i bought new material for the skirt that matched up better to the costume and decided to sew it on and then cut the excess after, making sure to fold over the edges so that it didn't fray.
The waist coat had tiny sleves on it , so I had to un pick then and then sew up the waist coat to the lining again. I bought a new shirt which is longer.
Now I just need to add the cross to the shirt, take the trousers up a bit so they actually look like 3 quarter length trousers and making my new blades. I even ordered a new wig so that I can actualy get the hair more accurate. and all this in just two days. I am much happier with the remake of the costume. I just have to finish it up and then it will be done. strangly enough it cost roughly the same ammount of money, probably about £5 more.


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Saturday, May 10, 2014 | 7:20 p.m.
LOS ANGELES — Yasiel Puig and Dee Gordon broke open a tie game with consecutive RBI doubles in the seventh inning, Matt Kemp homered in the eighth and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the NL West-leading San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Saturday.
Zack Greinke (6-1) allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings, striking out eight and walking three. The right-hander extended his streak to 20 consecutive starts in which he's allowed fewer than three runs — the longest by any pitcher since the "dead ball" era.
The Dodgers took the lead in the seventh against reliever Jeremy Affeldt (0-1) when Drew Butera doubled and scored on Gordon's hit inside third base with Pablo Sandoval playing in on the grass with the Dodgers' speedy leadoff hitter at bat. Puig then greeted Jean Machi with a ground-rule double into the left field corner.
Former Giants closer Brian Wilson escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth, retiring Hunter Pence on a foul pop to Butera behind the plate after a visit from pitching coach Rick Honeycutt. The Dodgers tacked on two more runs in the bottom half on Kemp's leadoff homer against Juan Gutierrez and Butera's sacrifice fly.
Matt Cain was charged with two runs, three hits and four walks over five-plus innings in his first start off the disabled list. The three-time All-Star hadn't pitched since April 23 and missed two turns in the rotation because of a cut on the tip of his index finger. he was hurt in the clubhouse kitchen at AT&T Park when he tried to catch a knife that fell out of his hand.
Affeldt came on in the sixth with the bases loaded and none out after Cain gave up two walks around a towering single by Puig. Gordon scored on a double-play grounder by Adrian Gonzalez and Kemp followed with an RBI single that tied it 2-all.
Greinke escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first by fanning Sandoval, who hasn't driven home a run in 20 games and 68 at-bats since his RBI single against the Dodgers on April 16. He has only two hits in his last 26 at-bats with runners in scoring position.
The Giants loaded the bases again in the second with none out, and managed to scratch out two runs. Hunter Pence drove in Angel Pagan with a sacrifice fly to center and Brandon Hicks scored on Buster Posey's single.
Less than 24 hours after Dodgers left-hander Paul Maholm broke the left thumb of Giants first baseman Brandon Belt with a pitch, Cain plunked Hanley Ramirez above the left elbow on a 1-2 pitch after Gordon led off the first inning with a single and stole two bases. But Cain escaped the jam, striking out Gonzalez and retiring Kemp on a flyball.
NOTES: Affeldt had pitched 10 2-3 scoreless innings in his 10 previous appearances since coming off the DL on April 16. ... Dodgers 3B Juan Uribe missed his second straight game with a sore right hamstring — and for the second straight game his replacement committed a throwing error. Friday it was Justin Turner, and this time it was Chone Figgins. ... Gonzalez is 2 for 31 over his last eight games following a 16-game hitting streak. ... The Dodgers lead the majors with 44 stolen bases, including 24 by Gordon in 27 attempts — also the most in both leagues. The last time a Dodgers player led the NL in steals was 1976, when current first base coach Davey Lopes won his second straight stolen base crown.


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IHCC student art exhibit opens with reception
OTTUMWA — It's been a busy year in the art department at Indian Hills Community College, and the students are ready to show off their work at the Annual Indian Hills Student Art Exhibition in the IHCC Art Gallery in the library on the Ottumwa campus.
The exhibit will open at 7 p.m. Monday, with a public reception in the art gallery.
The exhibit will showcase the creative work of IHCC students who have been enrolled in art courses during the past academic year. A wide array of media will be shown including drawings in pencil, colored pencil and ink; paintings in acrylics and watercolors; and ceramics in stoneware and raku.
Mark McWhorter and Lisa Fritz are the college's art instructors.
The show will be on view until May 8.
Gallery hours are 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 4:30 to 9 p.m. on Sundays.


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Seratus Kurawa
Seratus Kurawa adalah anak kandung dari Raden Dastarasta
2. The One Hundred
Kurawa are the children of Raden Datarasta with Dewi Gandari. The oldest one from them is
Suyudana. He has a jealous personality. He is a powerful knight, as he was bathed in
miraculous water when he was young. However, one part of his leg was covered by a banyan
leaf, and that became his weakness.
2. Anak Dasarasta yang kedua adalah Dursasana. Satria ini dimanjakan oleh ayah ibu dan saudara tuanya. Ia bertingkah laku sangat ugal-ugalan bertabiat sesuka-sukanya. Tidak ada seorangpun yang kuasa melarangnya. Cara bicaranya keras, dan kasar. Ia tidak pernah duduk tenang, selalu resah.
3. Diantara satria Kurawa yang terkenal adalah Citraksa dan Citraksi. Berbicaranya gagap, sikapnya congkak dan suka memaki.
2. The second son of Dasarasta is Dursasana. This warrior was very spoiled by his parents and his older brother. He likes to act carelessly and does whatever he pleases. Nobody can prohibit him. His speech is loud and rude. He never sits still and is always worrying.
3. Among other Kurawa
warriors there are Citraksa and Citraksi. Their utterances are stuttering, their acts are
arrogant and they like to swear.
Seratus Kurawa


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Ask Auntie Pinko
June 16, 2005
By Auntie Pinko
I wonder if you can help me. I listen to liberal talk radio
and I go online to liberal websites, and I've decided that I want
to do more than listen and read. I want to be involved; I want to
be exposed to the information that these people are, not second-hand
through the radio or Internet (though it is very nice to have access
to you and those others through such media).
I want to discuss things, I want my opinion to be heard and
to matter, I want to know the correct people to ask my questions
of, and be "someone" enough to get them answered. I have written
the radio stations, some newspapers, and various websites, and no
one can tell me what I need to do to get where I want to be.
How does one get into a position to know, and to do, what I
want? Are there classes I can take? Is there a "discussion board"
somewhere that I don't know about? What do I have to do to be involved
- really involved - to know, to learn, to discuss, to work for change?
Is it going to take six years in college before I, myself,
little ol' me in Santa Ana, can do something too? Where do I go?
Who do I talk to? What do I have to do? I want to join the fight,
I want to help. I want a lot, I know, but I don't know how to get
it. I wonder if you can help me.
Wanting, Helpless, and Frustrated in OC
Dear Wanting,
First, congratulations, you have just done something. Just
writing to Auntie Pinko won't change the world, certainly. But any
time you take an action, you're adding to the sum total of actions
that can change the world. The more actions you take, the more you
contribute to change.
Being an effective change agent is hard work. It requires three
things: passion, self-knowledge, and willingness to be uncomfortable.
It doesn't require six years of college, but sometimes the educational
process can help you focus on your passion, acquire self-knowledge,
and understand your own discomfort threshold.
If you want to get involved right now! there are some things
you can do. One is focus. You can't change everything; decide on
one thing that really matters to you. The smaller and closer that
thing is to you, the more effective you can be in changing it. Then
go looking for the other people who share your desire to change
that thing. Find out what they are doing about it, and offer your
help. Show them your passion, by your willingness to make real sacrifices
of time and energy and money (if you have it). If you have great
ideas, share them - but don't be hurt or offended if others don't
immediately adopt them. There may be good reasons; ask and watch
and learn.
You can find other people who share your concern in many ways.
The Internet is an effective tool. So is investigating, by putting
shoe leather to the pavement, to see who is affected by the problem.
Talk to them, and find out what they want. Once people know you're
interested, others who share your interest will find you.
Study the problem. Remember that there are always people who benefit
from any condition, even those conditions that harm people. Learn
who benefits, why, and how. You must understand their interests
to propose effective change strategies. And resist the temptation
to demonize them! As Saul Alinsky said, "The Radical may resort
to the sword but when he does he is not filled with hatred against
those individuals whom he attacks. He hates these individuals not
as persons but as symbols representing ideas or interests which
he believes to be inimical to the welfare of the people."
Where to study? Where to get firsthand information? The Internet
is one source. You can easily find lots of important information:
politicians' voting records, original press releases, annual reports,
and so on. You can also find where to look for records and transcripts
of public meetings, for registrations of property, deeds, licenses,
and so forth. Research is an art and a science, school can help
you learn effective research techniques. But so can any sympathetic
public librarian. Librarians make fabulous friends and allies! Tell
one that you want to learn how to research a subject.
Self-knowledge is essential because you need to know what you're
best at. Are you a good writer? Can you speak effectively to groups?
Do you have a natural bent for administration or organization? Are
you artistic? Can you motivate people? Understanding your own talents
and limitations will help you determine the best ways to be involved
and the most effective strategies to apply.
To understand the kinds of discomfort that change agents encounter,
you would do well to study the lives of other change agents. Americans
like Dorothy Day, Saul Alinsky, John L. Lewis, Sojourner Truth,
Margaret Sanger, Martin Luther King, Henry George, Peace Pilgrim,
Eugene Debs and others provide great examples. Worldwide, individuals
like Sun Yat-Sen, Adela Pankhurst, Aung San Suu Kyi, Mahatma Ghandi,
Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Muhammad Yunus, and many others have fascinating
stories connected with their efforts at change. Many of these change
agents have written very useful books, like Mr. Alinsky's Rules
for Radicals, which remains one of the most effective and comprehensive
books on change-agentry ever written.
Auntie hopes these bits and pieces of advice can help you put
your passion to work in bringing about change, Wanting. Thanks for
View Auntie's Archive
Do you have a question for Auntie Pinko?
Do political discusions discombobulate you? Are you a liberal at
a loss for words when those darned dittoheads babble their talking
points at you? Or a conservative, who just can't understand those
pesky liberals and their silliness? Auntie Pinko has an answer for
Just send e-mail to: email@example.com,
and make sure it says "A question for Auntie Pinko" in
the subject line. Please include your name and hometown.


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The desktop version of indiePub Entertainment's Capsized is included in the current Humble Bundle 8 sale. As they would put it, they're pretty "stoked" about this, and have to decided to share the low-cost love iPad gamers. Through June 12th, Capsized+ has been reduced from $2.99 to $0.99 in the App Store.
Their press release for the sale has plenty of glowing reviews of Capsized+, but I know you don't care what we critics think, even when we use phrases such as "unflinchingly unique," "intellectual adventurous" and "retro sensibility." So, let's just get straight to the official description.
You are a marooned space traveler whose ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet and must navigate through beautiful but perilous environments while fighting bloodthirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives.
Use a grappling hook, jet pack, high-tech weapons and awesome powerups—create friggin' black holes!—to fight through non-linear levels set in explorable, hostile environments.
Capsized+ for iPad features an adventure mode, three arcade modes, and Game Center achievements. In-app purchases are available, should you need them. Good idea to pick up the game now, then put those savings towards a Currency Fabricator, right?
Product [Capsized+]


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Welcome to WebmasterWorld Guest from 188.8.131.52
Forum Moderators: open
Its hard for me to imagine why there should be any question raised about including such a service on a website. Its much like a table of contents in a book, ie like a synopsis of each chapter.
If this will ban you, then we're really in trouble. So, I'm a little baffled as to why there should even be a question. So far, there's been no trouble from AV. But it seems there's always some doubt and concern lurking somewhere even though you're scrupulous about doing things right.
Site map as spam? This just doesn't register with me. On a legit site map page, I would put the words 'site map and sitemap' in the title, heading, and url in order to make sure the spider gets the message. If alta has a problem with sitemaps, it is going to be on pages that don't identify themselves as such.


text: On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 06:16:17PM -0300, Peter Cordes wrote: > On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 05:19:19PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > I have no idea what state the boot-floppies were left in for m68k. > > If the LC475 seems too slow I can offer you access to a Quadra 650 > > with chroot build environments for stable and unstable (650: 33 MHz > > 040, 40 MB RAM). > > Can't you cross-compile from something speedy? This would seem to be > especially useful for something like boot-floppies, where you have to > reboot all the time to try stuff. I can see that this might work for kernels, but I'd have thought anything else needs a full chroot environment to get all the dependencies right. Even boot-floppies need vmelilo, which isn't available for x86. I presume it could be compiled for it, but would endian-ness become a problem? Has anyone tried using UAE as a build environment? I notice it can do a 68020 with an MMU, so it might work. J. -- Web [ Are you threatening me? ] site: http:// [ ] Made by www.earth.li/~noodles/ [ ] HuggieTag 0.0.17


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this sounds a silly question. I always specify "THERE SHALL BE A MAXIMUM OF 10 PANELS PER PACKAGE"
in PCB fab note, which is I copied from somewhere. is it reasonable to
make this requirement. is there a requirement in any of the IPC standard.
because my
vendor didn't follow this requirement, and send me a pack with 50
panels. should I increase this number in my next design.
David Sun
I worked for several companies that had their own in-house assembly operations and on average we had 25 boards/array per package. Our average boards size was 12.5" x 6.5" and 12 to 14 layers. The number per packge would go up as the board/array got smaller. I don't remember what the exact numbers where, it was driven by our internal Fabrication Spec that was supplied to the PCB Vendors.
Overall, it really depends on how many boards/arrays you are going to assembly at one run. Less in a package gives you more flexibility to build smaller quantities without risk of contamination to the remaining boards in the lot once the packaging seal is broken. Sure the assembly house could reseal or repackage the remaining boards but it is always better to not risk any contamination that could be caused by the extra handling, especially if the bare boards are going to be sitting in inventory for a while. (+6 months) Handling a large quantity of boards in one package may be a pain but I think it is more of a risk breaking the seal of the large package to only build a handful of boards/arrays.
My two cents,Mike Catrambone


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Originally Posted by bushwood
I had a 3 board order, so price per each I dont remember. Right at $500 I think is what a Poly custom is running. My board shown here is the Arctic swirl faom blank so those are a bit more, this has S-Cloth, thats a bit more, carbon tail patches a bit more, etc.
I would guestimate $500.
That's a nice looking stick man, for approx. $500 you can't go wrong as long as it holds up and lasts!
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Covering the Montreal Expos in the 1980s as a green ball scribe, impressions were formed quickly about National League cities:
Cincinnati was mixed up with a hotel lobby on the seventh floor. Pittsburgh was easy going since 100 Wood St. allowed you in after hours if you showed your BBWAA card. Philadelphia was a media mecca with four daily papers with great reads like Mark Whicker, Bill Lyon, Gene Collier, John Schulian, Stan Hochman and Jay Greenberg.


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There are several anthologies of famous last words. You know the kind of thing. A servant lit a candle at the bedside of the dying Voltaire, and he said, "The flames? Already." A priest implored a monarch on his deathbed to forgive his enemies. The reply: "I have none. I have killed them all."
Here's an apposite anecdote which might well make its way into immortality. Doris Lessing, this week's winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, grew up in Southern Rhodesia, as Zimbabwe then was. Only a few miles away lived Muriel Spark, a future writer of equal fame. Their age, their circumstances, were very similar but amazingly the two had no awareness of one another even though both went to the same Catholic convent school, though at different times. Only years later, in London, they were to meet and became friends, and in a certain sense rivals.
Muriel died in April last year. The lady who was with her at the end quotes Muriel's last words, and they provide comfort as well as a final touch of inimitable Sparkian fantasy: "I must remember to tell Doris that when you come to die, you don't give a damn."


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Every fashion forward new mom will enjoy the newest additions to the OiOi diaper bag line. OiOi's ever popular messenger bag is a convenient over the shoulder style while the leather hobo doubles as a fashionable must have handbag. Essential to the perfect diaper bag is the ability to complete all of mom's organizational needs. With the array of pockets to hold this and that, mom will never be without. Vibrant orange, red and yellow leather hobo bags join the classic black and brown bags while the new patterned chocolate on cream bags are a stylish addition to existing prints. OiOi diaper bags are designed to be as durable as they are fashionable, sure to last those early years and beyond.
I absolutely love the OiOi range of nappy bags. So stylish and practical as well.


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invalid gzip magic (tar.gz file)
i have managed to get bluetooth files on my single board computer using wget but i cannot untar them as they give the following error:
Invalid gzip magic
i used the command: tar -zxvf bluez-libs-2.25.tar.gz
is there a another possible way of untarring the files and installing them? or am i doing something wrong?
help will be appreciated
Try unzipping using "gunzip bluez-libs-2.25.tar.gz" which will leave you with a tar file. You can then untar, using "tar -xvf bluez-libs-2.25.tar".
If the gunzip fails, are you sure that it is a GZip file? It could be bzip2. Use "file bluez-libs-2.25.tar.gz" to find out.
Alternatively, the file could be corrupted. Normally, there is a file called MD5SUM in the directory where you got the tarball from. Compare the value in this file with "md5sum bluez-libs-2.25.tar.gz" and make sure that they match. If not, then the download was corrupted and you need to redownload.
What distro are you using? It may be easier to install bluez using apt-get. I know that it is in the Debian Sarge repositories.
I hope this helps
Just use UNP package to unpack most of the files ext Read Here
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The international atmosphere of the French Riviera provides the backdrop for the French language and culture program located at the Campus International de Cannes. This location has inspired such painters as Matisse and Picasso and is near many important artistic and historic sites: Monaco is forty minutes away by train; the gores of the Verdun Valley, the Roman monuments of Provence, the Alps, and the medieval villages of Eze and la Turbie are nearby.
The Collège International de Cannes, which opened its doors in 1920, specializes in instruction of the French language and culture. CSB/SJU students will take French langauge courses throughout their semester, along with a variety of seminar courses from the offerings at the Collège.
Upon arrival, you will take a placement test as a part of your orientation to determine your grammar and language course placement. The Collège offers language instruction at 15 specialized levels, making it the ideal site to improve your French skills. In addition, you will choose from a variety of afternoon seminar courses which are offered in French (art history, cinema, civilization & culture, literature, political science, and theater) or in English (art history, civilization & culture, and international business).
For a complete list of classes please refer to page 2 of the France brochure.
Students live, eat, socialize, and study at the Collège, which is home to many international and some French students. Double occupancy dorm style rooms offer shared bathrooms. Common spaces include a lounge, large courtyard, library, computer lab, and small cafe. Participation in the Cannes program offers CSB/SJU students full board (three meals a day, seven days a week) in the cafeteria.
The approximate program dates for France are late-August to mid-December.
For more information on the Program Fees for this program, please refer to the France Program Brochure. Another great resource is the Financing your Experience brochure. This brochure includes estimates of what past participants spent on this program, along with information regarding scholarships and financial aid for study abroad. Please note: to obtain the required visa to study on this program you will need to travel to a French Consulate in the US for visa processing (most commonly, Chicago). This is not included in your program fee.
Fall 2017 Program Director: Elaine Rutherford, Art
Fall 2018 Program Director: Anna Conboy, Languages and Cultures
Program Advisor: Nicole Clements, Center for Global Education
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Album Rating: 4.0anyone who thinks the lyrics are the best thing about this is doing it wrong
Album Rating: 4.0its the combination of lyrics and music, how they work together
Album Rating: 4.0yeah for sure. i just see them get pigeonholed as "that band with the funny offensive lyrics LOL" sometimes, which sells them way short
Yeah, plenty of shit bands with perverse lyrics. This one just brings the awesome noisy jams to back them up.
bcuz anal desire is deep
Album Rating: 4.0that new antlers album was terrible
just because you try to add a few jazz elements doesn't make that shit any better
Album Rating: 4.0"I just read in an interview that only one third of this interview was broadcast because they were being mean to the TV crew as well as insulting and wishing death upon their hometown of Hudiksvall. Badass."
Yep best interview ever, shame we only had a small part of it....
Album Rating: 5.0edit: nevermind
for 50 bucks your ass is mine
Album Rating: 3.5die you fuck
Digging: Burger / Ink - Las Vegas
riP In PeaC
Album Rating: 5.0child fuck, child rape...yes
Album Rating: 4.0FUCKING DOMINATE HER
Album Rating: 4.0*Dirtiest bass and guitar ever roll in*
die u fuck!
Album Rating: 5.0fuck i have become too obsessed with this band
Album Rating: 3.5lyrics are a+
Album Rating: 5.0he didnt smell
Album Rating: 5.0feels real good
to kick your face
Album Rating: 5.0make him obey, make him pay
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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Never heard of Invisible Illness Awareness Week? You're not alone. Jody Smith sheds a little light to make it more visible
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