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Call Of The Wild Soul October 11, 2012Posted by Orly in Uncategorized.
I came back a few days ago from Europe, still there made up my mind to post more than just my casual journal pages on my blog. There is so much more that is encompassed in my experiential journey that I'd love/need to share with others. Today, a few days later I still feel the rich taste of my travels, the retreat, the organizers, my fellow teachers, students, old friends, new friends, family members whom I haven't seen for a while. All demonstrate a grand capacity to explore deep rooted vulnerabilities, to lose their self created constraints, and trust that in return they gain a deep sense of clarity, renewal, and belonging, a deeper understanding of their innate capacity to create. I'm awe struck by the soulful connections made or advanced. Contentment, warmth, lingering, insisting on staying with me a little bit longer. I don't mind (-: I have a soft spot in my heart for Europe, a yearning, especially to the northern western part of it, the landscapes, the green, the rain, the architecture, the trains, the stations, the languages and dialects, the people, the melting of it all. There is really no way I can chronologically tell about the events and happenings that took place in me in these full and lively 12 days, and there is also no need for that. Only fragments, in image and word. A twelve-day journey, four in Somerset, England, teaching in a most wondrous retreat Call Of The Wild Soul, four in The Netherlands where I lived for almost a decade while in my twenties, and four traveling days sandwiched inbetween. Looking back, it seems odd to me that although I am most energized and overjoyed by new and old human connections that I tend to take photographs of landscapes, things, and details in them. Perhaps the web of human relationships, we build in our heart, they don't need to be documented with external devices per se, at least for me. I guess all in all, all intermingles in such magical and mysterious ways and most importantly fill up all my senses to the brim. My experiences always bring me back to my favorite quote by Ruth Perla: "A journey through the senses may well be the swiftest way to the soul." It's a sure thing by me. The groupings of the photographs here are quite random. They reveal bits and pieces of my mini trips, yet conceal so much more. These are the images I've photographed and compiled to share with you, other images remained in Europe, and in other places. (Thank you Oxana for creating the first three photo groupings and your willingness to share them on my blog.)
…and in the end of it, when I land, it feels so sweet to see these faces, the "jewels in the crown of my contentment."
- 1. Amir - October 11, 2012
You write so well! It was great seeing you… Love, Amir
- 3. Jo Murray - October 11, 2012
Such beautiful and evocative photos…and word-pictures. Thanks.
- 4. Yacov - October 11, 2012
Thank you for being Orly… Love you a lot!
- 6. Milena Mokhov - October 11, 2012
Orlychka, what a beautiful trip! It was so brilliant 🙂 to see you. Too bad it was so short and a bit hectic but I enjoyed every minute of it. Wish you could come and enjoy the rain with us for longer! Love, Lina
- 8. kathryn - October 11, 2012
love your random images…the grouping is so reflective of your beautiful art!
love that quote too!!!
- 9. Sharmon Davidson - October 12, 2012
The richness of these images speaks volumes about the richness of your journey. thanks for sharing them with us.
- 11. Monica - October 12, 2012
What a beautiful blog post, Orly, filled with so many gorgeous images! These photo groupings looks like pages from your art journals =-) I look forward to seeing how your blog evolves after this recent journey of yours…
- 13. Sally Martin - October 12, 2012
All I can do is smile when I read this and see the beautiful images. 🙂 xxoo
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- 14. aimee - October 13, 2012
this looks like an absolutely soul-filling voyage… and that tree… looks like it's about to hug someone!
- 15. Marit - October 13, 2012
What a wonderful photos – and words. I can tell you had a great time filled with warmth and happiness and creativeness. Your blogpost is full of love! Enjoy your weekend at home too…!
- 16. Niki Salt - October 14, 2012
Hi Orly.
Just wanted to say thank you so much for such a wonderful class at Call of the Wild Soul. I have always loved your art, so the fact that you were teaching was one of the main reasons I signed up for the course- and you more than lived up to my expectations!! I am already making lots more art with the lovely selection of papers you gave me, inspired by ideas about change and impermanence. I do hope I have the chance to take another class with you in the future.
All the best.
Niki x


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Bob Mould's See a Little Light may seem like a modest contribution to the genre of rock-and-roll memoir. It's not the most high-flying account you'll read (Mould's fame was relatively modest); nor the most tragic (no band mates succumb to overdoses); nor is it the most debauched (no trashed hotel rooms). But it's also far better than many of the books that outperform it in those categories. Mould's smart and crisp account of his career as a rock pioneer-hero (co-written with rock journalist Michael Azerrad) is less about the familiar foibles of the performing life and more a touching tale of self-discovery and finding middle-aged happiness in the wake of a tormented youth.
Mould's name will be instantly familiar to fans of his seminal 1980s punk rock band Hüsker Dü and his '90s alternative rock outfit Sugar. His guitar style with chainsaw chords producing bright melodies helped to define the postpunk sound, influencing everyone from the Pixies to Green Day to Nirvana. Kurt Cobain was a devout Hüsker fan.
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Although she used to paint with mostly acrylics, in 2010, McNelis was awarded a Lake Region Arts Council McKnight Grant to purchase oil paints. She has been using oils ever since, sometimes painting onsite and other times from reference photos.
Also on display are framed photographs taken by JoAnn Boorman, a recipient of a Lake Region Arts Council's Small Grant. Boorman's photos capture the essence of Pope County.
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ORVG COFFEE HOUSE # 144 - Ready for Spring !!
Oh, Dusty ---
one of my favorite birds! The white breasted nuthatch!
NEWS FLASH!!! There has been bare ground and brown grass sighted north of Newark Ohio !!! With warmer temperatures forecasted for later this week, there is a possibility of witchazel bloom by the weekend....
edited to add - Dusty, you might want to go look at Dave's Garden Forum and add your support -- people are trying to get an Aquarium forum started....
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Good morning all....42* here, sunny and breezy...
That little bird was here on the suet feeders again yesterday evening....It is indeed a White Breasted Nuthatch...Very pretty little male...He is on the porch of my blue bird house now, waiting his chance at the suet again...He is not going to tangle with that big ole Pileated Woodie...LOL
I was kinda bad at Lowes yesterday...I snagged a few packs of seeds...
I got one that is marked *Mailbox Garden* not necessarily my colors, but our mailbox post is surrounded by a basket at the base, and I think this will look terrific planted in there...It has Egyptian Pea vine, Thungbergia, Nasturtiums and Pinwheel Zinnias...
I also got some more *Blue* flowers for my Veterans Garden...
I got a blue & white Lupine, Aubrieta, 2 different blue Delphinium, True Lavender, a white Candytuft, and Canterbury Bells, in white, pink and blue...I already have a good selection of white things, and a few red...I wanted to get some red Glads, but I was too late to plant them last fall, so I can add them this year...I have Red Oriental Poppy planted now, but they don't last very long...
Remember that nearly dead Spathiphylum the manager gave me at Big Lots, when I went to replace my watch?? Wellll, it has exactly 8 blooms on it now in various stages of open...;-)) Amazing what a drink of water will do for a plant...;-D
Marcy... did you survive your trip to WallyWorld yesterday??? LOL
Juli...I have a few patches of brown grass and bare ground, but not very many....LOL
I will check that forum...Good idea..
And guess what!!! There are TWO Nuthatches!!!! Yessss!!!
Well, I am off to get my jeans on, and get ready to play with my drywall mud...I am going to prep nailholes etc, today to get ready to start painting...Everything will be fresh for spring, so I can get out of here and go play in the dirt...Yesssssss!!!
You all have a terrific day!!!!
Ahhhh... it's finally melting in Columbus too.
Is it (winter) over, or did it just pause?
dovey, I think we just are gonna get cleaned up enough to have some more of the white stuff dumped on us. I know that is not what you wanted to hear, but winter can hang on as long as the first week in April. So take a deep breath, and wait for the next round.
Back from church, and DGD wants to go to her sister's early, so will be leaving here, in about an hour.
It is definitely in Pause Phase Dove...Trust me... I got slammed last Feb and early March with 2 real doozies when I first started driving the Wheelie...The second one had melt and the refreeze so it was like driving thru a crystal world...Cyclone fences sparkled like diamonds, and trees looked like they were made of glass...It was treacherous, but magnificently beautiful up in Bellefontaine...
Good morning all...yesssss...it IS still morning!! LOL!!
Yes..I survived Wallyworld, Dusty! Such great fun it was!!
My son asked me yesterday where I got something...and of course I said...wallyworld. He said...oh right...I should have known that one! Duhhhh!!!
He came and did our taxes for us online...glad that is over and done with! The kids were with him and Jeannine too...for a bit. She had to go for a hair appt.
Kids are coming this next Friday night , and then we will make Valentine's cookies on Saturday. We didn't get to do the Christmas ones because they were sick...so I told them on Valentine's day we would do it. Dawson wanted to know if we would just make hearts..lol! I said well sure silly..!!
Well...guess we will go do some running around this afternoon, since we didn't get it done yesterday. Dave has a few things he wants to check on.
Ohhh and speaking of checking on things....I want to show you all these new tires coming out from Michilen. I'll see if I can do the link. I got this in email.
Have a great day all!
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Well the pictures wouldn't transfer...so that was the main thing...to see the pics. Guess I don't know how to do it? Sorry!!
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wow what a storm that was! our power was off for almost 9 days, we cook and heat with propane, the temps were cold so i packed the food into a snow bank and covered it with ice. not much food loss. we had a lot of loss to timber nad trees. just unbelievable. heres a pic... hope everyone stays warm and safe :) - Vicki
I kinda figured it was just winter taking a little breather before getting on with it...
On the bright side it's nice to get rid of the glacier that was in our driveway, I have a little bit to learn about shoveling snow *L*
Dusty that does sound beautiful, truly a winter wonderland.
Vicki that's an amazing photo.
I'm just sort of itching to start the vegetable garden.
great pic Vicki brrr just looking at it
I can see brown and i can see my garden beds !!!! . I forgot what they looked like
we went to a movie today and we saw Hotel For Dogs , it was so cute !!! i cried.
Im seriously addicted to sweet potatos !!!! can i over dose on vit A ?
Marcy so lucky to have son do your taxes online, great ! can he come do mine :(
Guess what we (DH) and I have been doing this afternoon? Since the snow is all gone, we have been picking up dog poo!! Isn't that gross. Not a person in the world that can say our dogs are full of it, cause we got the proof to show them.
It has been a glorious day, and it just was nice to be able to be out and feel like something was being accomplished.
vicky, your picture looks like somethings around here. We have many many tree branches to pick up in the edges of the yard. DH walked to the back of the farm, which is all wooded, and he says it looks like a war zone. Lots of firewood that needs to be sawed up.
YUCK!!!! Did that here too Bons...Got one of the coach lamps hung up on the porch, other one painted and drying...Terrarium semi painted...
Drywall patched mostly...have one spot that has to go in layers and kept damp so it doesn't crack...Sorted paints, and I think I have a concoction ready to mix up.... ;-D
Watered all of my indoor weeds and orchids....Made water for the fish tanks....ummm....refilled feeders again...found a pack of forgotten poppy seeds and hauled hinnie outside to sprinkle on a deep pile of melting snow...Took down wall hangings that were up, (more hidden in closets) and moved them to new room locations...replotted furniture arrangement...and/or removal of some....My desk is still driving me crazy....NEED to see both birds outside and fish inside...Hmmmmm...
Looked over Chatchkies with seriously critical eye...AGAIN...added a few more to the box I found in the garage...The less to dust, the more time to garden...Yep...Good Motto....
Chops, sweet taters and steamed Broccoli for dins....then I am off to the 5 gal bucket and the BIG paint stick stirrer to work on my concoction...If it looks like I want it to, Painting will begin tomorrow..after all of the dumb errands get done...Maybe... LOL
Slow down Dusty, you have done enough today to already qualify for a full week. Now I feel like a slouch.
I am cooking supper, and am having some steamed asparagus, yum, mouth is watering. They had some at the grocery, and it looked good, but I know this has to be California or Florida, cause ours will not be ready for many months. Probably taste like those glorious strawberries, which have no taste!!
Does this mean I can nap all day tomorrow????
Sure you are retired, you set you own schedule!!
Tomorrow consists of: Get spouse to VA for labs, pick up new DR table, salt water fishfood, Cookies light bulb, paint rollers and I'm done, I think...
Okay...NO Painting tomorrow...errands only....then NAP!!! LOL...
Heyyy, I'm a greenhorn on this retirement thing...I'm learning...LOL
Dusty, May day sounds like a great time to daylily shop! I'm excited already :-)
Vicki, I'm so glad the scene from your pic is behind us. Sure hope the worst is over with! At least I know we can survive just fine without power, but would just as soon not do it again so soon, LOL.
I've been transplanting Snapdragons today, and my back is sore from it and my eyes are nearly crossed! I was moving things around under the lights and the tray holding the Snaps broke and spilled all 3 containers. They were ready to be transplanted anyway (they looked like Chia pets), so guess I'm ahead of schedule.
Thought I should pop in for a quick howdy!
Carly is in basketball tournament season again. They won yesterday and today so they go to the finals next weekend. It's between them and Hillsboro for 1st and 2nd. We beat White Oak today which is always a tense game. Some of our girls played on a team with them last year.
Kristenne's team goes to tournament this week.
Pregnancy is going fine. 5 weeks and three days to go. I still don't like the doctor. LOL Guess I'll end up switching again. I can't get her to believe pregnancy is a natural thing. Some doctors insist you need all that medical intervention as prevention.....No thanks!
Most of the ice and snow is gone now so we are back to Lake Lynchburg. The driveway is under water....
Still no job for Craig.
We have not picked up our dog poop. LOL
Exciting, huh??
well i can say that i don't miss picking up dog poop LOLLLL
gonna hit the hay
good night
Ohhh Neal my dearling...I didn't say **SHOP** for daylilies...
I said **GO LOOK** at daylilies....ROFLLLL....
I love you dear one... you always make me smile or Laugh...
Okay..we will plan on Mayday Weekend...Work on details later...;-)))
Gonna have to convert the fishpond to a pool so I can keep up with Bons on this retirement learning process....LOL... How bout a pool with Fish in it??? Well at least I HOPE there are still Fish in it...I will know soon when the snow and ice clears off of it and I can see to the bottom...:-(( The hole is still open and larger now with the thaw, but it is nowhere near the deep part where the fish overwinter, so I can't see anything yet...
Have a wonderful evening y'all!!!!!
Michele...you have a Midwife ..yes??? Trust her??? ...yes???
If so, ignore the Doc...It's not like this is your first time around this block...Doc is there for emergency backup...You know your body and your babies...I would not advise jumping that mule in mid stream if you can avoid it at this late stage....Just MHO....
If my dogs weren't contained in such a small area, I wouldn't be doing it either...At least not his weekend...but it is what it is, and they and I need to see clean....;-)
Curtains look okay to me... Not too sure about that 60's BALL tho... ROFLLLLLLLLLLLL
No midwife this time/right now. I had one earlier in the pregnancy who started off fine, then pulled the 40 years old, test, test, test, looking for imaginary illnesses because my blood pressure is wacky, then made me see the doctor and it appeared he'd never looked at my chart. With all the stress we have right now, I'd be surprised if my blood pressure wasn't wacky and it's ALWAYS been wacky, especially if I have to see doctors. LOL
This doctor wants to do all the preventative crud for the just in case and I won't. We are not going to see eye to eye on my being allowed to labor and birth naturally, without her intrusions. If I stay with her, I'll be locking myself in the bathroom until after I have the baby. :)
Good news is, the baby is head down and I'm almost into the "safe" zone. I just wish he'd stop shoving his head down and get his feet out of my lungs. chuckle
I like that track-style curtain thingamagig, Ric. That would be handy for our closet wall. We've talked about removing the annoying track doors that always get stuck and replacing them with a curtain across the whole wall. I can't decide on whether to do a high tension wire or the kind you just put in. It won't be any time soon, I'm sure. LOL
Chele, maybe that baby needs to give the doctor a swift kick in the head? Just mosey on up by her and let him know. ;)
Dusty and Neal, what are you calling MayDay? I would think a trip to see daylilies would have to be later, as it is usually the middle of June before there is much blooming going on. You know what daylily foliage looks like, so why not wait for the blooms. Is this in Georgetown that you are talking about? I would love to invite myself along on this trip. Did you like my manners on this? Hehe, if this is a twosome, of course I don't want to intrude,!!
Chele, I hope that you make the right decision, I would be antsy with the birth so close to be switching Dr.s I hope that you will be able to persuade him/her/ to let you do this naturally, and not intervene, unless there is a problem.
Ric, love the curtain rod. I didn't know that you could buy anything like that commercially, always thought that something like that would come from a medical supply store or something. Will the curtains be over windows, therefore giving you the ability to adjust the sunlight and heat? An innovatative cheap greenhouse.
In addition to picking up the doggie poo, DH went into the pasture and retrieved 2 wheelbarrows full or the horsie variety, and dumped it on a garden site. I told him it would be easier to tie the horses in the garden for a few days and he could eliminate a lot of labor!!!. He read something in a gardening magazine about a new way to raise tomatoes that grow the biggest and best, which involves horse poo, in an 18 inch deep hole, amended with all sorts of things, and he is going to experiment with a few plants planted like that.
Dusty and Neal ---- you would likely be disappointed going daylily looking on May Day. John Rice's greenhouse is a hit/miss thing. Depends way to much on weather and temps. No one else will have any bloom at that time, and he won't have any outside. I know he has been keeping the temp cooler this year to save on propane cost - so - I imagine greenhouse bloom will be later... maybe 3rd week of May. You really would see a lot more if you go when the outdoor bloom is anyway. 1/2 or more of greenhouse is seedlings used for breeding. Outside, there are MANY potted plants ready for taking home and John has some that are not expensive - $10-$20...
You would have MUCH better time if you plan on mid June. Believe me.... I know these things! Ask Janet - - she knows what time bloom is down there too. If you go Mid June, and Dusty can get to Neal's really early --- so you can start going to gardens around 8:30 or 9:00 a.m. that would be best --- the dark colors will not look to good by noon. They come back later in the day -- but 12-4 is NOT the time to look at daylilies... BLECH! hot glaring sun and daylilies don't mix... well, except for yellow ones, they always look good.
Sue -- try crushed pineapple in it's own juice on your sweet potato. Good, no sugar alternative. Sprinkle with a touch of curry powder for something different..... I sometimes use sugar free pineapple jam....
Ruh-roh, Howie's sick. He has chills and is bundled under blankets after upchucking. Poor guy's hardly ever sick. :/
Ah, good point on the Daylilies, we may want to push that back a few weeks?...Bonnie, yayyy!!! I think the more the merrier! I'm an early bird, so heading out early is fine with me :-)
Kimberly, sorry to hear Howie is under the weather. Hope it runs its course quickly. How are you doing with your pain? Hope you're getting some relief too!
Lordy I'm sore today! Strange how a tedious job like transplanting seedlings can make me so sore, but digging all day doesn't give me much trouble.
Have a great day everybody!
Ric, I meant to say I just knew you were going to say the ball light stays, LOL. It will look like the moon at night!
I went to bed. :)
This pregnancy has been a real ride since the beginning so I don't guess it's going to change now. LOL I just don't think I'd have time to make it back to my old midwife/hospital so that isn't a real option. You'd think it would be easier in a rural area to find someone that thinks birth is a natural happening and not a medical event. Hmmm...At least no one wants to tie a rope to his feet and pull him out. ROTF
I only go to the hospital for the "just in case" to have emergency care available. That does not mean I expect a problem. It just means I want things available if needed. She said I seem more like a "home birth" kind of person and asked why I didn't do that. I told her I would but I didn't have $5,000 to pay for it! She's more worried about having to stand there and waste her time waiting. It's a typical doctor thing to not get there until it's time to deliver. I tried to tell her I don't waste anyone's time and that when I say it's time, it's really time. LOL
I second what Jules said. May is too early to do the daylily gardens. If you wait until June, you can see the gorgeous beds busting with blooms, plus the greenhouse and also the huge pond of lotus! Peak bloom up here has been pushed back until like the first week of July the last year or two and you can reasonably count on them hitting it in mid-June.
Bummer Kimberley. I hope Howie just has a 24 hour bug. Wear a mask and a full body ummm, trash bag and give the big guy a hug. :)
Dusty and Neil, I think if you're wanting to see daylilies growing in the ground that are blooming you'll want to wait until about the third week in June at least. Or around the 4th of July. I start my open gardens about the second week in June and run through the third weekend in July but the first couple of weeks bloom can be very sparse as with the last part of July.
It's best to go to the places during a week day when there's fewer people and you can take your time. You're all always welcome to stop in at our place.
Good Morning all....36* here this morning...a bit foggy..supposed to hit the 50's today...
Gonna leave here shortly to get Jim up to the VA for his Labs...stop at the fish store for food and head down to get my new table...
Neal...I was just going by what Juli had told me about April/May being greenhouse time and June /July being field time....but now that I am RETIRED< we can go anytime I suppose...This is a training mission that Juli has set me on... LOL
You are more than welcome to join us Bonnie...I have been wanting to see Neals Gardens since forever, so I was going to kill 2 birds with one rock, and I thought he would enjoy going with me...LOL I am sure Cookie will want to come along too...We can decide on a date later on....
Thanks Janet..I just can't do alot of walking without it tearing up my back, so we will see how it goes...
Off to get dressed and get out of here...Cookie will be home today and need her car back later on, so I need to get my errands done....
Have a terrific day....
Dear Dusty --- I had forgotten to mention that the greenhouse bloom at John's varies anywhere from mid April to end of May --- depends so much on weather, sunshine, and how much $$ he has put into heating. I always have to keep in touch with him, and go at the last minute - when ever he says to! Last year, I went a few days before Memorial Day weekend. One year it was early enough in April that there was a late snow storm. I would not worry about the greenhouse. It's more of a breeder thing --- I go mainly to do photos (John uses my photos sometimes on the Lily Auction or in his catalog)...
Gotta run -- taking Mom to get a new toaster oven today - she has been several days without a toaster and it's driving her batty. She's pacing the floor waiting on me!
good morning
or afternoon i guess.
did 4 miles on elliptical
Good to know on pinapple on sweet spuds. yumo sound good.
waiting on FIl to help me with a leak in the bathtub . got to calk it ? yeah that will look nice ? not. grrrr.
have a great day everyone
Here is the side view...That is a wad of clear tape on the right leg top..Jim was afraid since it was missing a screw that we would lose it so my guy on the dock taped it for us...
Jim is taking a rest break, and then he is going out and getting it all tightened up for me...I definitely think a long upholstered bench for this one side...I am going to get the crackle for the 2 chairs I already have that are painted a ghastly brown, and I can touch up the table where it needs it in a couple spots...Definitely French Country, and I love it!!!
Here is one of the 2 new chairs that cost me $17 for the pair...Okay... now mind you...the brown on the seat is jute, and some yo-yo wove baby blue YARN through it...This is one of the reasons I passed on them originally, BUT handyman that I am ;-P...I can reweave with the proper material including new jute or rush...Heyyyyy.. I'm RETIRED ...I have all the time in the world to PLAY!!! ROFLLLLLLLLL
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Blank-check companies raised more than $12 billion last year in more than 60 initial public offerings, up from $2.6 billion in 2006, research firm Dealogic said. The companies are also known as special-purpose acquisition vehicles, and raised about one-fourth of all U.S. IPO proceeds in 2007.
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For those of you living or visiting the west coast, a fun store to visit is Daiso Japan. It is basically a Japanese dollar store, but items cost $1.50. Some cost more and are marked as such.
I visited a branch of this store (several times!) in Gardena, California, after attending the Long Beach International Quilt show. They have a multitude of items that you didn't know you needed. For quilters, they had some rotary cutters 18 cm & 28 cm, along with small cutting mats, roughly 5"x 8" and 6" x 10" (I'm guessing here, they are metric and still in my suitcase!). They also have a bunch of scissors, yarn, knitting needles, ribbon, calligraphy ink, artist brushes, origami paper, various decorative doo, dads. The best thing for sewers trying to organize their sewing rooms or back to school shoppers are the vast, and I mean VAST, assortments of plastic containers, folders and other organizing items! I bought about 5 packages of origami paper and there was a plastic box right there that fit the paper exactly, $1.50 each.
There is also a vast assortment of kitchen gadgets, especially things for asian cooking (graters and the like). Chopsticks, various bamboo skewers, stoneware as well as some food stuff. For gardeners they have a great selection of plastic pots and I saw many that seemed to be 10"-12" inches for $1.50. They also had some lightweight ring trellises that would be good for vines.
I also bought several lovely paper fans for future gifts. They had easily about 50 different designs, flat and folded. I bought a mini tripod for digital cameras, socks, and 2 large bubble wands. I bought some mini plastic clips shaped like hands and some erasers shaped like sushi, also for gifts.
This is just a portion of what they had and I was limited by having to fit stuff into a suitcase. Now I am not saying that this stuff will last a lifetime, it won't. However it is a lot of fun and has a great deal of variety. It would be a fun place to stop with a bus load of people, children or adults. For new crafters, you can buy some things to get you started before investing in the more expensive items.
The store I was in had just opened but there appear to be many other stores in coastal states. There is a no return no exchange policy.
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2:59 pm, Aug 12 2013
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Sometime ago it was announced that David Cameron(PM) wants to filter on-line porn by setting up an 'opt in' system where by one would phone their internet provider and ask them to remove the filter.
The intention is that it will protect children of dangerous and degrading porn but mostly weed out child pornography. I for one do not care about the children but i would like to see child pornography eradicated.
Do you like the idea?
Would you support this sort of filter in you country?
Do you think it will work?
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Post #610616
3:05 pm, Aug 12 2013
Posts: 525
Care to explain how this will weed out child porn?
Post #610618
3:17 pm, Aug 12 2013
Posts: 2128
I'm all for protecting the kidsl, but this is bullsh*t. Censorship should be the responsibility of parents/guardians. If someone's kid uses foul language in public, do people blame the parents or the government? I've never heard any gossiping housewife say, "oh my, I wonder what his government teaches him at home?".
The internet feels sort of like a far away country to a lot of people, in many regards. Cameron's using the old "waging a war abroad to hide problems at home" tactic here, most likely to divert attention away from some other blunder his party/government might have done recently. Politics 101.
I'm not singling out Britian here, since I don't live there, but we've seen similar patterns in other nations. They use "save the children" for laying down the infrastructure. Next, they block "terrorists". Then they'll block "evil" movie pirates. Finally (in some cases, depending on legislation) they'll block people who disagree with the ruling government.
Not that it makes much of a difference. England's already one of the biggest "nanny" states around. I was in London recently, and the number of cameras there is just insane. Even if there's no one directly monitoring your web activity, I'd bet there's a camera just outside your window, peering into your room and looking at what you have on-screen.
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Post #610625
3:45 pm, Aug 12 2013
Posts: 203
Does the great chinese firewall work? Did the Russian iron wall work? How about the war on drugs, prostitution and terror in USA? The banning on alcohol then? Very well then, act against online piracy?
If you answered no to these questions then you answered correct.
Banning something wont make it disappear. It'll go underground and people know how to safely get it out of the watcher's sight instead of with bureaucratic methods and the dreaded catch-22. Just because you can't see the problem doesn't mean it isn't there, right?
Doing it to "weed out child pornography" is just a stupid excuse. Tor and freenet are two places hard to get the perpetrators of such crimes as child abuse. At least in legal ways and if the perpetrators aren't stupid.
at least 98% (my own made-up numbers) of all child pornography on the net exist in the "deep web". What this banning does is just moving those lonely 2% to the deep web. What's next, banning deep web? Good luck with that as it'll move into Cameron's work computer then.
So instead of banning and making new laws and change existing current laws like a stupid bureaucrat they should focus on technology to catch those that hide to commit child abuse and then sell it as porn.
Remember, those that hide are always one step ahead. Try to at least be one step behind instead of 100 billion steps behind.
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Post #610627
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3:55 pm, Aug 12 2013
Posts: 89
New porn laws almost always end up overly broad in an attempt to give police more power. But the reality is that the police are already granted full legal power to get rid of child porn. As said above, they don't have the ability to get at it. Giving cops the legal power to arrest someone doesn't give them the physical ability to catch them. Laws do not catch criminals, police do. If the police don't get more competent at this, the crime will not decrease. Humans are resourceful; If there is a demand, a supply will appear, no matter what.
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Post #610628
4:01 pm, Aug 12 2013
Posts: 471
i dont understand what you mean. from what you said they will block porn as long as the homeowner dont specifically lift it? i thought child lock already exist but i guess that way is more secure. i find no problem with it, just tell your internet provider to lift the filter if you don't want it innit?
anyway, even if i'm a shotacon i'm all for eradicating real life abuse. a lot of stuff is better off as fantasy.
Post #610645
6:41 pm, Aug 12 2013
Posts: 188
I'm British and cool with it , I like shota and all but not Hentai shota or even yaoi shota , just fluffy kids stories , I think porn should be illegal (I have lots of reasons , I just don't feel like explaining them all)
Recommend me horror , yaoi and shoujo manga please
Post #610648
7:00 pm, Aug 12 2013
Posts: 486
So instead of having the parents put "privacy controls" on their electronics devices and monitoring their kids time on a computer, you get the government involved. Parenting is lacking these days.
Removing child pornography is great, but it didn't start with internet and will not end with it.
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Post #610660
Aces in Exile
10:12 pm, Aug 12 2013
Posts: 13
its kinda idiotic because its just a distraction from actual problems such as the tories war on the NHS and a huge waste of money considering we are in a recession
Post #610667
12:09 am, Aug 13 2013
Posts: 340
I still don't understand how this weed out "child pornography" or did you mean weeding out "children accessing pornography"? I mean to be into child pornography, the individual must enjoys that type of material, so how does a parent preventing their child from accessing the internet sources prevent pedophiles from doing what they do?
Post #610672
12:48 am, Aug 13 2013
Posts: 617
A link to relevant
would be nice next time.
Stupid idea to say the least. If parents don't want their kids watching porn, they should do some actual parenting, especially since this idea is doomed to fail anyways. It's like trying to hide it by covering your monitor with a piece of paper. Not only that, it raises the question of what they will actually censor. I'd be pissed if some of the sites I regularly visit gets blocked due to "inappropriate" content while using public wifi.
Post #610674
Need Moar
1:20 am, Aug 13 2013
Posts: 17
This will do nothing.
You can't really find child porn unless you know how to. Such as the darknets. He thinks one can merely Google child porn and expect results to pop up. If it was so simple, child porn would be no problem.
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1:49 am, Aug 13 2013
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A link to relevant
would be nice next time.
I see. The link made it a lot more easier to understand. So... basically the guy wants to ban all types of pornography and the only way for one to gain access to it is to come out and tell their ISP, "Hey. Yeah. I want them pornos?" lol
Well good luck with his porn crusade, but it will never happen. Like everyone knows... the internet is for porn. I got facts -->
Post #610681
2:22 am, Aug 13 2013
Posts: 838
japan should ban it... too.
Post #610685
2:40 am, Aug 13 2013
Posts: 501
I'm living in China right now, and a lot of websites are banned, but there are always ways around it. So Britain's ban isn't going to do much.
Also, there's a problem with the logic behind the ban:
1) They want get rid of child pornography, but child pornographers aren't posting their illegal picks on the regular, legal (for now) porn websites. These people use P2P websites, which are hard to regulate.
2) They want to ban degrading pornography, such as rape porn, so that women are treated better in society. While I agree that women need to be treated better, I don't think people get the idea that it is okay to rape women from watching rape porn. Just because you watch something in a movie, doesn't mean that you are going to go out and do what you see.
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Nat/Sheila/Sharon in the boat room talking about Natalie's art.
Asking if she does people and she says she has customers who request them. She sells her mermaid pictures and does well with that.
Nat/Sheila/Sharon in the boat room talking about Natalie's art.
Asking if she does people and she says she has customers who request them. She sells her mermaid pictures and does well with that.
Yup, with donuts!!
Josh/James/Chelsia in the BY staring at a moth. James says he doesn't believe Matt is Sheila's son because of the different accents.
Yup, with donuts!!
James telling Josh ED whispered in his ear he wouldn't have had it any other way (people hating him). James says he doesn't mind being the target in the house.
Josh had asked James earlier if he thought Sheila was switching sides.
Yup, with donuts!!
Banner plane just flew over. It says Run Fatboy Run. It's a movie banner but they got excited.
Yup, with donuts!!
Sheila is telling Sharon in the sauna room and says that she has a bad feeling that Sharon is going home.
If the votes 3-2, Nat and I (Sheila) voted to keep you.
Sheila sayig the votes for Sharon to stay will be Sheila and Nat. Sharon saying if Josh doesn't vote for her she will be pissed.
During this Nat walked into the room and left kind of upset because she thinks they are talking about her. She goes out to the hammock.
Sharon goes outside to talk to Nat to tell her that they were not talking about her. Sheila follows. Nat says that James just told her that Sheila told him that she (Nat) is going to backdoor him. Sheila says I didn't say that. Sheila says that we have traders in the bunch - Ryan and Adam. She tells Nat to say anything to them.
Sheila saying my gut is telling me that my gut is saying they are going to keep Chelsia. She says we are getting played. They are going to turn you against you.
Sharon says all the girls are gonna go. Sheila saying James is a backstabber and a liar. Sharon saying if Josh does not vote for me to stay, I will be pissed. Sheila saying her gut is always right. Nat we are getting played.
All 4 feeds on the girls. Sheila saying Ryan is disgusting because he took 10 grant from a single mom and he still wants me to go. You can hear the guys off camera and Sharon says I have to go (not wanting to be seen with them) and she walks away.


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Maximizing a portlet after the session expired causes an exception. The login screen should be onened.
This can be reproduced when leaving a portal page open in the browser. Then when the session is expired click on the maximize icon of a portlet.
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Now ignoring incoming portlet request parameters if the portlet isn't available (anymore), and possibly sending a SC_NOT_FOUND (ResourceURL) or doing a direct redirect to render (ActionURL)
I finally managed to reproduce this issue.
Turns out this problem only occurs when the user is on a page not accessible by the guest user.
The url does contain the maximized windowId, but as the user is redirected to the default/login page, that window isn't available.
Still the aggregator is trying to render (only) that window, leading to the reported error.
I'm looking into a fix for this right now.
I tried this out with the latest trunk version.
Deployed with jetspeed maven plugin.
I will try to create a minimal portlet application that produced this error and attach it to this issue.
I still can't reproduce the problem, also not with opening an action link in a maximized portlet.
Maybe you can try this out with the latest 2.1.1 installer (temporarily available at http://people.apache.org/~ate/jetspeed-2.1.1-demo-installer.jar)
and if you can reproduce it, provide an exact sequence of interactions to do so.
This bug is still there in 2.1.1-dev (trunk).
It appears when an action link is selected in an maximized portlet and the session (portal login) expired.
If the portlet windows is not maximized, selecting the action link opens the login page.
I appended the error trace as html.
I tried it out with current trunk 2.1-dev and I can't reproduce this (anymore).
Probably already fixed long time ago


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It was a nightmare of a life, but the drug hooked her and she couldnt let go.
The rush, she recalled, was so incredible that she never wanted to come down. She wanted the drug and needed the drug.
It was an extreme adrenaline rush, said Womack, who has not used for the last 18 months. It was so incredible I never wanted to come down.
Like many initial drug users, Womack chased that first high and was never able to attain it again. But she kept trying.
Womack, a former Dolores resident who now lives in the Denver area, was hooked shortly after her first use at 14. Six years ago she upped the intensity even more when she started shooting the drug into her veins. That gave her an even better rush. She said she also smoked and snorted the drug over the years.
Today, she talks openly about her drug use and the nightmare it created.
For 27 years I was a meth head, she said. The first time you use meth you are hooked. You think you feel good when you dont. Meth makes you think you are in a good mood all the time.
She also said the drug is both mentally and physically addictive because you think you need it and going through withdrawal symptoms when not using.
Meth turned Womack into a criminal.
She was in and out of jail 17 times in all, and said all the crimes she committed were drug related, which included stealing or dealing to support her $450 a week habit.
The drug dictated her life.
I knew I was addicted to it, and I didnt know who to reach out to for help, she said. All you think about is getting your next high.
Rock bottom for Womack was when she went to jail for the last time. Thats when she knew she needed help. And she received help for her addiction while in jail.
She remembered the previous times she was in jail, that didnt really have any impact on her. Within an hour of being released those times, she would be back getting a fix.
Every time I got out I would hook up with the same meth people. Within an hour it would be back in my arm, she said.
Her facial appearance changed, she started losing weight and became more susceptible to bruises, which is commonly called tore up from the floor up.
I could not look at myself in the mirror everyday, she remembered. Thank goodness I got clean. I did not want meth to have my life.
Now, all Womack wants is to have a healthy life and to be there for her children and grandchildren while pursuing a career.
The last time she was arrested her probation officer gave her a simple choice treatment or three years in jail.
While in jail that last time she decided it was time to try and break the addiction. She remembered the anxiety, night sweats and the nearly a month of sleepless nights due to all the meth still in her system.
She realized the only way she would be able to break the cycle of addiction once she was out of jail was to escape from Montezuma County, to walk away from her so-called friends and meth buddies was the only chance she had.
I knew I had to move geographically to stay clean and kick my habit, she said.
She found a treatment facility in Commerce City, Colo.
Her former life of drugs scares her. She realizes she cannot ever move back to Montezuma County because she would probably return to the same crowd and that could cause her to relapse.
The major problem in fighting the addiction, she said, is not being able to understand the word help.
No. 1 problem
The No. 1 problem in Montezuma County that feeds into other crimes is the use of meth, according to law enforcement officials.
During the 2012 Republican primary election for the district attorney for the 22nd Judicial District, both candidates listed meth as the biggest concern within the county.
In the first half of 2011, there were 10 cases involving meth. There were 12 cases in the first half of both 2009 and 2010.
Montezuma County Sheriff Dennis Spruell said he blames a good deal of the crimes being committed in the county on alcohol and meth use. He said the best way to lessen the meth problem is to apprehend the dealers.
Getting rid of the drug will reduce the crime to some extent, Spruell said.
Spruell, who was on the countys drug task force for 11 years, said non-college towns and cities, like Cortez, generally draw more people who use meth, while college towns usually have more money and are more apt to use cocaine.
Spruell said a lot of people will not change their patterns or friendships even if they want to quit using meth.
He echoed Womacks statement about the first time a person uses meth, saying it affects the dopamines, which bring pleasures to people, and that first use causes the best high possible but it then damages those sensors forever.
And to try to reach that high again or to get happy or defeat depression more meth is used, he said.
Is incarceration a solution?
Meth causes brain damage, Spruell said, adding that only 3 percent of the people who seek treatment are successful, and 97 percent will relapse within one year.
The best way to rehab is to get that person away from it, and the only way to do that is jail, he said.
We are doing our part, Spruell said. Firm, fair law enforcement and being proactive into trying to stem the bringing of methamphetamines into our county is what we try to do.
The Republican nominee for the DA position, Will Furse, agrees that meth use is a problem, but his views on how meth use should be tackled are different than the sheriffs departments.
Furse said he prefers treatment over incarceration in most cases.
The United States has the largest prison system in the world 52.5 percent of which are drug offenders with 4 out of 5 of these inmates having been arrested for drug possession, not drug sales, Furse said via email. While countless studies show that drug users are more likely to commit other crimes than non-drug users, the answer hardly lies in building more prisons.
He said for those who battle drug addiction, he believes crime prevention can be found in drug treatment, work release programs, and prison aftercare.
A prisoners continued treatment following their release ensures reintegration into the community which in turn is proven to prevent (offending again and relapsing), Furse wrote via email.
Transporting drugs
Andy Hughes, assistant DA and the challenger to Furse as a write-in candidate in the general election, said he thinks the use of marijuana leads to people using and becoming addicted to meth, which echoed Spruell sentiments.
With new rules regulating how much cold medicine can be purchased from drug and grocery stores, he thinks a lot of meth is now coming into the community from Mexico and pointed to the recent arrest of a man at the Ute Mountain Ute Casino in Towaoc as a good example. The man was found carrying one pound and six ounces of high-quality meth.
That is a large amount of meth coming into the community, he said.
That large amount of meth could have resulted into thousands of hits of the drug if it had made its way to the streets, Hughes added.
He said meth is a drug that is a gateway to other crime, partly because it alters the users mentality of what is right and wrong, which Womack can confirm.
Hughes pointed to instances where a physical altercation could turn into serious bodily harm or even death because of the altered state of mind that Womack also remembers all to well.
Addicts, Hughes said, are often interested by only one thing and that is to feed the habit in any way possible.
Hughes said there are a few success stories like Womack who have beaten the addiction and mentioned the drug court program that District Judge Todd Plewe oversees.
Its a moving experience to see someone from a very low place rise from the ashes like a phoenix, Hughes said.
The drug court program is an intensive treatment program through the probation department.
Hughes said that one possible solution to slow the use is visiting the schools to talk to students and show them photos of accidents and addicts and the impact of the drug on them.
There is so much we can do, and it would not cost us anything, he said.
Womack said friends and relatives need to be aware of the warning signs, so they will be able to better assist as well as understand the problem of drug use from the beginning.
Some warning signs, she said include constantly asking for money, staying up late at night, receiving phone calls at all hours of the day and night and sometimes never returning home.


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As if Silvio Burlusconi himself was running Alfa Romeo (and it wouldn't come as a massive
surprise if he was), the latest offering from this historic sporting stable is…
a pair of indecently tight women's jeans.
Not that Top Gear disapproves of spray-on leisure wear for the gentler sex of course, but we
can't suppress a soupcon of cynicism when there's a deeply tenuous tie-in with
a car company.
The official line here is that Alfa challenged a couple of designers 'to create a line of women's
jeans that would be as cool and desirable as the Alfa Mito'.
So a trip to Marks and Sparks would have seemed logical, but instead an embroidered Alfa badge on the pocket and a bit of leather stitched around a Simon Cowell-style belt line aims
to suggest – well, something.
We're not quite sure what. That your jeans are a car? Or that you are a professional jeans wearer, sponsored by Alfa Romeo?
Hmm, anyway, they cost £75 and some of that will go to charity. Have a look here if you're interested.
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Okay, I´ve made it to Venice and im out to kill theese thieves who have betrayed Antonio.
I come across this odd mark, which turns out to be a computer file thingie. Rebecca opens it and... something happens. Then i have to find 5 pictures which have something in common. And I am so lost...
Can anyone help me?
I assume this is your first glyph.
The hint tells you to pick out the CORE similarities.
the word CORE is red and in all capitals, that word is your clue. Think about it, what has a core....
Try again, and if you really get stuck, come back,
In my honest opinion, these puzzles are A LOT more fun and rewarding when you sit down, look at them, and find the solution on your own.


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SAN JOSE – At this stage of the season almost any injury is a season-ending injury, but Andrew Ference isn't giving up hope that he'll be back before the Edmonton Oilers are packing up their bags for the summer.
The 35-year-old captain, who hasn't played since his overtime winner against the Anaheim Ducks last week, is trying to wait out a partially torn pectoral muscle, but time is running out.
"This road trip is just let it get some rest and hopefully feel better by the end of the week," said Ference, who accompanied the team on its three-game California-Arizona road trip. "Then we'll re-assess it."
He says it's not an issue of unbearable pain, but rather the risk of a full tear, which takes forever to recover from and would sabatoge his off-season training.
"It's uncomfortable, but the cut off point is having more danger to do something worse. If I can get out of the woods where it's not as risk to do something, I'll play for sure. That's kind of the doctor's call."
He's been playing hurt for several games after being running into the boards awkwardly March 18 against Nashville.
"It just kind of kept getting worse every time something happened in the games or practices that followed. Dallas (Eakins) finally said let's get a picture and see what's going on here, make sure that it's not something that could turn into something really bad."
It was.
"The trainers gave the analogy of a piece of licorice, if you're pulling it and it gets that little hole in it, that's kind of where I'm at right now. Pull a little bit more and it snaps. So we'll let it scar up a little bit and see."
FORWARD PROGRESS? – With the Oilers losing Ryan Jones and Luke Gazdic to season-ending knee and shoulder injuries, they've had to call Will Acton up from Oklahoma City and move Philip Larsen from the blueline to the wing.
"You have to ask the coaches why they chose me, I don't know to be honest with you," said Larsen, who's glad to help. "We're a little banged up and we need some guys up front. It's fun, it's a challenge."
Playing forward isn't entirely foreign to the 24-year-old Swede, though.
"I played centre until I was 16," he said. "You just have to think a little bit when you haven't played forward in a little while."
WHERE THERE'S A WILL – Acton was hoping to spend the entire season up in Edmonton after making a strong impression in camp and spending the first 29 games here,
It didn't work out that way, but all he can do now is try again to make another lasting impression.
"It's a very fluid industry and you have to be able to roll with things a little bit and go with the flow," he said. "At the same time you have to come to work every day to improve yourself to get better. You never know how many opportunities you're going to have at it so it's important to make the most of it."
He watched a lot of injuries and a lot of losses pile up in Edmonton, and hoped he'd get another look long before this, but made sure not to dwell on it.
"I think it's been a crazy year for everybody. I'd be lying to you if I said that sometimes those thoughts don't creep into your mind. It's your profession, it's something you work for your entire life. That's natural. But at the same time it's important to focus on the task at hand. We were in a playoff push (in OKC) and I kind of had my focus on that. But when the call came it was very exciting."


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There aren't that many pictures of the TIE Avenger on the Internet, but those which float around, show two kinds; one with an octangular cockpit, and the other one looking like a 'regular' TIE Fighter with a different wing configuration. I went on to construct the octangular one, as the 7181 set contains such a great peace for it. With it's bigger size than a TIE Advanced, it's the big daddy of the TIE army
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TIE/ad starfighter
Production information
Manufacturer Sienar Fleet Systems
Product line TIE series
Model Twin Ion Engine/ad starfighter
Class Starfighter
Technical specifications
Length 9.8 meters
Engine unit(s) SFS P-sx7.4 twin ion engines (rated 230 KTU)
Hyperdrive system SFS ND9 hyperdrive motivator
Power plant SFS I-s3a solar ionization reactor
Shielding Novaldex shields (100 SBD)
Hull Titanium alloy hull (20 RU)
Navigation system SFS N-s6 Navcon
Avionics SFS F-s5x flight avionics system
Armament * SFS L-s9.3 laser cannons (4)
* SFS M-g-2 general-purpose warhead launchers (2)
* 4 concussion missiles each (standard load)
Crew Pilot (1)
Other systems * AE-35 subspace transciever
* Ejection seat
Role(s) * Space superiority fighter
* Interceptor
* Assault fighter
Era(s) * Rebellion era
* New Republic era
Affiliation * Galactic Empire
* Imperial Remnant
The TIE/ad starfighter, or TIE Avenger, was a further refinement of starfighter designs first explored in Darth Vader's TIE Advanced x1.
* 1 Characteristics
* 2 History
* 3 Appearances
* 4 Sources
* 5 External links
The TIE Avengers looked like TIE/In starfighters with wider bodies. The finished TIE Avenger featured Novaldex shields and an extended twin ion engine capacity. A SFS I-s3a solar ionization reactor powered the fighter, and twin P-sx7.4 ion engines propelled it through space. It featured two pairs of L-s9.3 laser cannons, and could be outfitted with a pair of warhead launchers.
The TIE Avenger was a superior starfighter, capable of meeting most any opponent on even ground and providing an overmatch for the majority of enemy starfighters in service.
The Avenger was initially developed by Sienar Fleet Systems as an intended replacement for the rapidly aging TIE/ln starfighter, but the Avenger's costs did not endear it to the Empire's massive bureacracy. When a rival SFS design team unveiled the TIE/in Interceptor, the Imperial Navy was quick to take note of the Interceptor's similar performance and much lower cost. As a result, the TIE Avenger never saw widespread deployment.
Where the TIE Interceptor was more numerous than the Avenger, so too was the TIE Defender more capable. Consequently, the TIE Avenger became the middle child of Imperial starfighter development, never achieving the notoriety of either of its closest relatives.
The most notable use of the Avenger occurred when loyalist Imperial forces made heavy use of the Avengers against the traitorous Grand Admiral Demetrius Zaarin's TIE Defender-equipped forces. Even though the TIE Defender was superior in performance, the loyalist Imperial forces were better led and more numerous.
Most notable among the pilots that flew the Avenger was General Maarek Stele, one of the Empire's legendary top aces (as well as an Emperor's Hand). The TIE Avenger was Stele's fighter of choice, even while flying against superior TIE Defenders.
Stele was eventually transferred to the elite 181st Imperial Fighter Group, and was last reported to have been patrolling the borders of the Imperial Remnant just prior to the war with the Yuuzhan Vong. While the Imperial 181st was equipped with TIE Defenders, it seems that General Steele was able to retain his TIE Avenger.
* Star Wars: X-wing (First appearance)
* Star Wars: TIE Fighter
* Star Wars: X-wing vs. TIE Fighter
* Star Wars: X-wing Alliance
* Dagobah Limited, Star Wars Customizable Card Game
* TIE Avenger in the Databank
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June 11, 2010
You did justice to one of my favorite ships in all of Star Wars. Good Work!
I like it
Lando L. Jackson
September 19, 2009
Love it. You should check out my star wars stuff. It's made up but oh well, maybe I'll make a rebel artillery tank someday.
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Ben Bryddia
August 17, 2007
For starters, I'm no expert on TIE Avengers, sence they appear in materials I have almost no way of acessing and for finishers it looks pretty good. I like Iron Man's better becuase of the sweet greebling it has, and becuase he used the grey instead of blue.
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February 13, 2007
SWEET! this is a really good likeness. I favour this design over the other and whats more...in star wars bigger is better so this Tie Avenger rules! ;)
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Latest content added for Digital Library Collection: Texas Fashion Collectionhttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/TXFC/browse/?sort=added_a&fq=untl_decade:1950-1959&fq=str_year:19522014-08-18T08:52:47-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing Digital Library Collection: Texas Fashion CollectionCocktail Dress2010-12-20T11:16:33-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30072/

Cocktail dress. The bodice of the dress is of sheer black wool, with a Peter Pan style collar and short sleeves which are shirred at the ends. There is a narrow black satin ribbon at waist where the bodice meets the skirt. The skirt is composed of three layers. The innermost layer is of thick black chiffon, the middle layer is thin black chiffon/crepe. The outer layer is of panels of black and white printed hounds tooth/plaid chiffon, the panels arranged vertically and slit from 5" below waistline to hemline. The panels are gathered/pleated into the waistband. At the top of each slit is an applied black satin bow, forming a row of bows around the hip-line of the skirt. Each panel has side borders of black satin ribbon. The dress has a center-back zipper from neckline to below hips, with a single hook-and-eye at top of collar. There is an inner black grosgrain ribbon waistband, with hook-and-eye closure. The bodice is lined in sheer black material. Designer's label inside skirt: "Galanos"
Pillbox Hat2011-06-16T11:29:17-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38068/

Pillbox hat of knit material with embroidery and mirrors. The black fabric of the hat is covered with yellow embroidered star shapes and small circular mirrors ca. 1.5 cm. in diameter bordered by red thread embroidery/crochet. Cylindrical crown formed as slightly "crushed", folding in in some areas and bulging out in others, and with gently scalloped lower edge. Top is generally flat, with an applied tear-drop shaped section of the same material, with trailing "ribbons" of same material extending off of back of hat. The edge of the applied panel and the lower edge of the crown are edged with alternating red and black beads, with two strands and two loops of the same beading descending from the between the "ribbons" at top. The inside of the crown is lined in red mesh and edged with red grosgrain ribbon. There are two plastic combs, one at either side, to secure hat to wearer's head. Designer's label inside crown: "Bes-Ben / Made in Chicago" Gift of Mr. John C. Murphy, through the Chicago Historical Society.
Hat2011-06-16T11:29:17-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38054/

Hat of white straw trimmed with chiffon, net and a flower. The hat formed as a modified pillbox, with cylindrical white straw crown, very slightly domed. Around the crown is a wide band of ruched pink chiffon overlaid by white netting/veiling. At front is a large artificial silk flower. The narrow straw brim is undulating and rolled. Inside crown is inner red grosgrain ribbon hatband. Accompanied by one short hatpin with simulated pearl head. Designer's label sewn to inner hatband: "Styled by / Coralie". Sewn to the back of the designer's label is a United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers Union label.
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Hatlet of navy blue wool with embroidery and mirrors. Base of hatlet formed of an irregularly-shaped skullcap of dark navy blue wool decorated with embroidered lines, bands, etc. in red, yellow, and white. Over the surface of the fabric are small 1.5 cm. diameter mirrors in pink and red stitched borders. All edges are trimmed in gray/purple beads. Surmounting the hatlet are three bows of the same materials, and the whole is overlaid with fine dark blue veiling. Hatlet is lined in dark blue mesh and edged underneath with dark blue grosgrain ribbon. Attached to either side is a small plastic comb to secure the hatlet to wearer's head. Designer's label: "Bes-Ben / Made in Chicago". Gift of John C. Murphy, through the Chicago Historical Society.
Hat2011-07-25T17:53:57-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39169/

Hat of multi-colored straw. Based on a beret, the hat consists of a crown of finely woven straw in bands of dark blue, red, white, and dark blue. The crown is formed as a flattened sphere, surmounted by a small sphere of dark blue velvet. The hat is unlined, with an inner hatband of dark blue/black grosgrain ribbon around the inside base of the crown. Brand label sewn to inner hatband: "Lee Bury / Hats".
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Hat of natural colored braided straw. The hat is formed of a flat oval of braided straw, turned up at back, trimmed with a small bouquet of red and blue silk flowers. At the back of the hat, on the segment that is turned up, is applied a black velvet ribbon bow. Extending to either side from the center, beneath the flowers, are black velvet ribbons to tie the hat under the wearer's chin. Designer's label on underside of hat: "Sandy Dallas" Worn by Frances Virginia Parramore Thinnes in 1952 at an event in Abilene, Texas.
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Halter-style dress of black wool. V-neck, very low back, sleeveless, buttons up back. Straight skirt with drapery over hips and in front. Country of Origin Label: " Made in France " located on front neckline at right center. Designers Label at inside left on construction detail: " Made in France / Automne - Hiver 1952 / Christian Dior / Paris "
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Day dress of gray/white print silk taffeta. Street- or tea-length, of paper silk taffeta printed with a dense design of varying sizes of small white polka dots on a gray ground. V-neckline, with bow of self just below point. 3/4 length dolman sleeves. Full skirt, cut for crinoline. Center back zipper. Designer's label: "Traina-Norell / New York"
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Dress of toast brown colored linen. A) Jacket. Waist-length box jacket, with modified mandarin collar, asymmetrical front opening/closure beginning with a button just below center throat, then curving to left, and then down on left front, with a total of five large circular ivory-colored plastic buttons, and a single hidden snap at upper right. Sleeveless. Single patch pocket at right side. Neckline, opening, and top edge of pocket edged with off-white band. Lined in cream cotton(?). No label in jacket. B) Skirt. Street-length, A-line, with darts to the wide waistband. Left fastening, with three hooks and loops at waistband and zipper below. Unlined. Designer's label: "Traina-Norell / New York"
Dress2014-08-18T08:52:47-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330458/

Dress of cream silk faille with printed red and green design of running roses. A) Daytime shirtwaist dress of cream silk faille. Peter Pan collar with ties, short slightly puffed "baby doll" sleeve. Pleated bodice. Center front opening with 6 small circular domed buttons covered in cream fabric. Full A-line skirt, below-knee length, gathered/pleated at waistband. Entire dress with thin vertical printed bands of pink and green running roses. Inner skirt of heavy tulle/net with horizontal bands of horsehair stiffening. Size 12 Combined Retailer's / Designer's label inside inner skirt: "Neiman-Marcus Dallas / Traina Norell" B) Belt of cream textured leather covered with matching fabric. Square belt buckle covered in cream fabric. Belt stamped on reverse "28 1/2".


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CNBC Article Quotes DePauw's 'Career Coach'
May 31, 2012
"Alarm bells over the lack of high-tech workers in the U.S. have been ringing for years, turning the story into near-legend," begins a news story posted at CNBC.com. Mark Koba asks, "But is the worker shortfall still a fact? While a consensus is elusive, many industry experts say yes, and the problem is growing."
The piece quotes Steve Langerud, director of professional opportunities at DePauw University. "When I hear from employers that there is a shortage, I believe them," Langerud says. "Firms know how real it is. They see how much money it costs them by having to pay a premium for talent, and they see the money lost in services they cannot provide to clients because they don't have workers.">/p>
Access the complete article here.
Steve Langerud has helped more than 15,000 people with workplace issues and is regularly quoted in stories on the job market and career development, including a piece which appeared Tuesday at Yahoo! Finance.
Langerud is available to assist DePauw students and alumni with career planning. Visit DePauw's Office of Civic, Global and Professional Opportunities here.
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Richmond-area police again bolstered patrols over the weekend after a sequence of shootings, including one fatal, that may tie to a long-standing feud between two neighborhood gangs.
The attacks began with a killing in front of a North Richmond corner store about 8:24 p.m. Friday. A shooting followed 10 minutes later in south Richmond, leaving a 50-year-old man wounded.
A black car found abandoned after the second attack also matches the description of one used in both shootings.
"It is the suspect vehicle" in the North Richmond shooting, Contra Costa sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said.
Marquis Hamilton, 20, stood with a group of men at Fifth Street and Market Avenue when the car approached. Witnesses heard gunfire, and at least two rounds zinged through the doorway at Rancho Market & Deli, puncturing soda cans.
Hamilton stumbled inside and collapsed. A doctor pronounced him dead upon his arrival at Doctor's Medical Center in San Pablo.
Deputies working with a rough description of the car searched the area unsuccessfully. But, at 8:34 p.m., people in a similar car opened fire in the 400 block of Maine Avenue in south Richmond. The victim's injuries from that attack were not life-threatening, Richmond police said.
Officers searching the area found the car parked in the 300 block of Chanslor Avenue.
A shooting on Harbour Way in the Iron Triangle neighborhood followed on Saturday evening, wounding three. The city's acoustic gunshot detection system alerted officers at 5:22 p.m.
The attackers fired 27 rounds, and two people with gunshot wounds took themselves to the nearby Kaiser Permanente emergency room as officers responded. Police found a third wounded man in the 600 block of Harbour.
Neither law enforcement agency identified suspects or motives in the attacks. Richmond police added extra patrols on the weekend in anticipation of retaliation after the North Richmond homicide.
Contact Karl Fischer at 510-262-2728. Follow him at Twitter.com/kfischer510.


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Unbreakable Bonds
May 24, 2011
Oogy: the Dog Only a Family Could Love by Larry Levin is a doggy love story where the worst imaginable treatment of an animal meets the best that man has to offer. In 2002, Larry Levin and his twin sons took their terminally ill cat into their vet's office and unexpectedly met a young, white pup named Oogy. Oogy was rescued during a police raid on a house suspected to have allowed dog fighting. He had been used as bait for other fighting dogs because he refused to engage in fights. As a result, Oogy was missing an ear, badly injured and malnourished. However, the Levin family only saw an excited, happy dog that just had to be part of their family.
The Levins bring Oogy home to heal and learn how to be a family pet. He quickly finds that he no longer has to be afraid and is accepted as one of their own. Reciprocally, the twins, Noah and Dan, find a true connection with Oogy because they are adopted as well and, as Oogy becomes the "third twin", an unbreakable bond is formed. Through the growing pains of having a new dog and young boys, the Levins realize that a good life is made of who you love, not where they've come from.
Oogy will make your heart melt and put a smile on your face. His story of redemption is one you can't miss.
Jessica S.
Colbern Road Branch
Oogy - fabulous book
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Initiation of Living trust upon death of trustees
I have a living trust. My information leads me to believe there is no ''official'' government channel through which it must pass upon death of the trustee(s).
But, if this is so, how does the government determine that the estate is not large enough for estate taxes,i. e. if there is no direct involvement of a government agency?
Thank you
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Initiation of Living trust upon death of trustees
You are mixing apples and oranges. If you have a Living Trust, the trust itself has a taxpayer identification number, and the trust is not part of your estate. If you have a testamentary trust, where the trust is formed from your estate upon your death, your estate must be probated.
If you have a Living Trust (Intervivos Trust) and are the only trustee, you'd best get to a lawyer and have the matter straightened out so there's continuity.