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Let's start off with Lucky Magazine's Spring Shoe Guide (March 2011) as an intro. They list these shoes to add to your warmer weather wardrobe: wood platforms, jeweled slingbacks, bold loafers (as in bold colors), platform pumps, flat espadrilles, sliver-wedge sandals, pointy-toe slingbacks and cork wedges, followed by 2 strap sandals (on strap around the ankle and one over the toes) as their shoe-of-the-month in the April 2011 issue.
My thoughts: The wood platforms, cork wedges and flat espadrilles are pretty standard, every-spring-they're-for-sale shoes (although I realize there's a 70s vibe going around which is making shoe stores a little extra wood heavy). And I'm going to skeptically say I'll stay on the lookout for someone wearing jeweled slingbacks as daywear in NYC. I also doubt you'll see many people in bright loafers this spring/summer, especially with wide-leg trousers and maxi skirts trending now (can't really wear loafers with those). But, I think the pointy-toe slingbacks, sliver-wedge sandals and 2 strap sandals are all spot-on. The sliver-wedge sandals are a nice progression of winter's version popularized by Loeffler Randall's sliver-boots. And I think pointy-toes will become more and more plentiful as the year progresses.
But I've also spotted a few other (more?) interesting spring shoe trends popping up and they actually all involve espadrilles!
First, I've noticed espadrilles with frayed straps. These are definitely more for your casual days but hey, if you already have a pair of strappy canvas wedges, don't be afraid to dip into D.I.Y and rough them up a bit ;). And if you prefer the new versions, below Steve Madden, Coconuts and others have done the distressing for you.
Second, I'm seeing a lot of espadrille heels that continue up the ankle to form the heel cup; I'm calling them endless espadrilles. These shoes are AMAZING because when they're on, at first glance you look like you might be wearing impossibly tall heels. They're also especially nice because the style could hide a much lower heel like the 2.5 inch (I know!) version by Sam Edelman. And as a side note – yep, that brand in row 5 is Hunter of rainboot fame, apparently making some leather heels now.
Honorable mention goes to espadrilles that do not have covered ankles but instead feature an extra tall side portion or "cut-out" ankle strap that creates a similar illusion. Surprisingly, I found a nice example of these shoes at Old Navy which are a great option if you're on a budget.
I still have one more trend for you further below, but for now, some picture proof!
And last I've collected some irregular espadrille combos. Brands like Tory Burch and 3.1 Phillip Lim are marrying espadrille soles with a chukka or desert boot upper. This is probably best with a canvas boot and an excellent option when we've got those New York days where it's warm for just a few hours in the afternoon sunshine and then you've got to put your jacket back on (like today!).
A few other brands, like Jeffrey Campbell and Prada, decided to add in an espadrille layer to a shoe that normally wouldn't have it. This might technically shorten the seasonally appropriate lifespan of the shoes, but fashion rules are made to be broken. However, I'm not sure we should even call them espadrilles, and at the same time, I don't think we can leave that out – it's pretty distinctive. How about Espamaybelles? (I'll break that down: espa-maybe-lles…? ok, well, I love it, haha).
Anyway, that's it for now. Happy shopping all! And if you spot any other crazy espadrille hybrids, let me know.


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NBC Has Quietly Put Parks and Recreation on Hiatus for Most of the Rest of the Year
The show will be on for just two weeks between now and January 9.
Late on Friday, NBC announced a slew of schedule changes, as well as the cancellations of newbies Ironside and Welcome to the Family. Somewhat lost among all the shifting was this sad fact: Parks and Recreation is going on hiatus, effective immediately. This week's planned episode is being replaced by a repeat of The Voice, next week will feature an SNL Halloween clip show, and November 7 will offer a long-scheduled live episode of The Voice. Parks will then return on November 14, but only for two weeks, with back-to-back episodes airing that night and on November 21. (This means the show's planned Halloween/election episode will now air two weeks after Halloween and a week after Election Day.) After its two-week return, Parks disappears again, this time staying off the air completely until early 2014. NBC will fill the Parks time slot until then with a mix of football, a live broadcast of The Sound of Music, two weeks of The Sing-Off, and the hour-long return of Community on January 2. Unless NBC changes its mind, Parks will be back on January 9 in its new/old 8:30 p.m. time slot.
If you're wondering why NBC is futzing with Parks, it's actually pretty simple: The network desperately wants to get more viewers to sample 9 p.m. comedy Sean Saves the World. It's betting that all of the special programming it's planned for the 8 p.m. hour will do better than Parks, thus boosting Sean. It's also a very clear sign than NBC, perhaps not unreasonably, has given up on the idea that Parks will ever grow its audience. What this doesn't mean, at least not yet, is that this will be the final season for Parks. The failure, so far, of NBC's new comedies means that the Peacock has not yet proven it can do better than Parks on Thursdays. That doesn't mean NBC still won't decide to move on, but for now, its comedy choices are pretty limited.


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I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Owen County Commissioners and Sam Hobbs, maintenance supervisor, for moving me to another office in the armory building and for getting the heating problem solved.
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SACRAMENTO - A federal bankruptcy judge ruled in Stockton's favor Wednesday on two issues, first giving the city the OK to spend $1.9 million to buy four new firetrucks.
SACRAMENTO - A federal bankruptcy judge ruled in Stockton's favor Wednesday on two issues, first giving the city the OK to spend $1.9 million to buy four new firetrucks.
Creditors didn't object in a Sacramento courtroom upon hearing that half of the city's fleet of 16 engines are so old that a mechanic follows them to emergency calls in case of a breakdown.
But U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein next heard nearly three hours of arguments before ruling that Stockton has the authority to settle a lawsuit without his permission.
"It's a very interesting, tricky question," Klein said, ruling from the bench.
The question arose when Stockton sought to settle a lawsuit filed by a man named Christopher Hallon, who accused police of beating him up in 2010. The city agreed to pay Hallon $55,000 and he would drop the suit.
That relatively small amount of money has large implications. The city has a long list of other lawsuits that it may now begin to resolve.
The city's lead bankruptcy attorney, Marc Levinson, said the federal judge has no say in how the city spends its money or makes political decisions.
James Johnston, an attorney representing Franklin High Yield Tax Free Income Fund, said he wasn't concerned specifically with Hallon's settlement.
He and other Wall Street creditors fought the settlement on principle, fearing that the city would be free to pay off favored creditors in full and in bankruptcy short others it disliked, such as the bond holders.
Franklin, Assured Guaranty Corp., National Public Finance Guaranty Corp. and Wells Fargo, sought to force the city to bring its settlements into court, where the creditors could also have a say before a judge.
"This is a two-way street, not a one-way street," Johnston said. "Creditors are entitled to be heard."
Yet in his ruling, Klein drew the limits of his own powers to dictate how the city spends its money and makes political decisions. Klein said he will ultimately decide on the Hallon settlement and others in Stockton's plan of adjustment, or how Stockton ultimately structures its debts.
Only then will he have authority under the U.S. bankruptcy laws to rule if Stockton treated all of its creditors in "good faith," as the city is required, Klein said.
"The price may very well be that on the day of adjustment, I might say, 'Sorry, I'm not persuaded,' " said Klein, who will later publish a written decision.
In this process, Klein said he may at first reject Stockton's plan of adjustment, and make the city come back to present a different version until he finds one that is acceptable.
Michael Gearin, an attorney for the California Public Employees' Retirement System, which manages Stockton's pensions, also made arguments, largely mirroring the city's position.
CalPERS' General Counsel Peter Mixon observed the hearing and said afterward that he was pleased with the judge's ruling. The judge recognized that Chapter 9, which applies to municipalities, is different from corporate bankruptcy law, Mixon said.
Levinson said that the judge correctly read the bankruptcy laws.
"The city runs itself," Levinson said. "Now the city is going back to the business of running the city."
It has been seven months since Stockton filed bankruptcy. The city next must convince the judge that it is eligible for bankruptcy protection, which creditors oppose. A hearing on that is scheduled for Feb. 26.
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Hoboken's premier cultural event, the Arts and Music Festival, happens twice per year. The first installment of the 2013 program, which took place in May, drew thousands and was one of the most successful and widely attended in the event's history. Next weekend, on Sun. Sept 29, the city will try to capitalize on that success with the autumn version of the festival.
"One festival celebrates the beginning of warmer weather and relaxing summer days, while the other, celebrates the beginning of the fall season, shorter days, and cooler nights," said Geri Fallo, the city's director of cultural affairs. "It's a great chance to get a jump start on your holiday shopping."
The festival, as usual, will take place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Washington Street between Observer Highway and Seventh Street.
In addition to three stages of live music, the festival boasts the participation over 300 artists, sculptors, photographers and local crafters. There will also be rides, games, and face painting for children. Local businesses and government agencies will be manning booths up and down the festival, mixed in with food vendors from Hoboken and beyond.
"I love how it all comes together in one day and is such a wonderful showcase for Hoboken – its artists, musicians, local businesses, food and more," said Fallo. "And because it is on our main street, we hope that visitors will walk the festival and then wander onto the sidewalk to check out our wonderful shops, restaurants and cafes."
The music
The musical selections at this year's festival are diverse, ranging from rockabilly folk to world music, but the highlight will be a performance by the Feelies, who made their name at the now-closed Maxwell's, and reunited for a successful tour in 2008. This is the first time they're performing in Hoboken since then, and their first time ever at the festival.
Speed the Plough, whose sound ranges from psychedelic rock to folk, are another Maxwell's mainstay that will make its first appearance at the festival. Other bands celebrating Hoboken's 1990s affiliation with the underground alternative rock scene at the festival this year include Davey & the Trainwreck and Stuyvesant.
"For some of the bands performing this year, it is their first time at the festival, so we are excited that they will get a chance to share their music," said Fallo.
Other bands will include Jack Skuller, The NERDS, Carolina Jug Stompers, Gene D. Plumber, The Deb Stein Authority, The Fuzzy Lemons, Preschool of Rock, and the Garden Street School Band.
Volunteers needed
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The festival is sponsored primarily by a grant from the New Jersey Department of State, with local support from United Water, Walgreens, Capital One Bank, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and The Hudson Reporter.
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Actress Annalynne Mccord was left red faced over the weekend after she accidentally tweeted fans and followers a topless photo.
The 90210 star sent out an uplifting message to one of her Twitter followers on Friday and posted an accompanying shot of herself she took in a bathroom mirror.
However, McCord was too quick to upload the over-the-shoulder image and she failed to realize the snap actually showed a side view of her bare breast and nipple.
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You may have seen news reports, fad diets or ads touting the health benefits of the latest super food — everything from slowing aging to promoting weight loss. The glut of information can be overwhelming. So do superfoods really reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke?
The truth, said nutrition expert Penny Kris-Etherton, Ph.D., RD, is that many so-called "super" foods are good for your heart and your overall health when incorporated into a heart-healthy diet that's balanced in lean protein, whole grains, fruits, vegetables and low-fat milk and dairy products. This diet also should include nuts, seeds and legumes, fish and liquid vegetable oils.
There are no standard criteria or approved list of super foods, said Kris-Etherton, also Distinguished Professor of Nutrition at The Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Penn.
"Eating 'super foods' won't hurt you. Most are very healthy," Kris-Etherton said. "As a registered dietician, I'd like to see people eat more of the super foods like whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, fish, fatty fish and all fruits and veggies."
But are they really 'super'?Most myths about super foods are perpetuated by marketing efforts, said Kris-Etherton, which is why most nutrition experts prefer not to use the term.
"A lot of people have unrealistic expectations about these foods, thinking they'll be protected from chronic diseases and health problems," she said. "They may eat one or two of these nutrient-dense foods on top of a poor diet."
Eating too much of one type of food may prevent you from getting the nutrients you need, Kris-Etherton said. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, many people in the U.S. don't get enough of the potassium, dietary fiber, calcium and vitamin D found in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, milk and milk products.
In addition to essential vitamins and nutrients, many fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds provide phytochemicals — chemical compounds found in plants — that may help reduce the risk of atherosclerosis, the buildup of fatty deposits in artery walls.
Research has shown that bioactive compounds in dark chocolate may have health benefits, but watch out for ingredients like sugar and fat that up the calories.
"Don't eat so much dark chocolate that you overshoot your daily calorie goal and gain weight," said Kris-Etherton, who is also an American Heart Association volunteer.
What about wine?
The potential health benefits of wine don't justify overindulging in the alcohol or the calories, Kris-Etherton said. The American Heart Association recommends that if alcoholic beverages are consumed, they should be limited to no more than 2 drinks per day for men and 1 drink per day for women, and ideally should be consumed with meals.
The Skinny on Common Super Foods
- Salmon is a fatty fish that's low in saturated fat and high in omega-3 fatty acids, which can decrease the risk of abnormal heartbeats, reduce triglycerides (the chemical form of fats in most foods and in your body) and slow the growth of plaque in the arteries. The American Heart Association recommends eating at least two 3.5 ounce servings of fish a week.
- Turkey is a leaner substitute for beef that can be grilled, roasted or ground.
- Nuts, legumes and seeds are good sources of protein and polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats when eaten in moderation. Choices include unsalted almonds, peanuts, pistachios and walnuts. The American Heart Association recommends getting four servings a week.
- Berries like blueberries and strawberries have high levels of phytochemicals called flavonoids. One study showed that women who consumed more blueberries and strawberries had a lower risk of heart attack. The American Heart Association recommends nine servings of fruits and vegetables a day, about 4.5 cups.
- Soy products like tofu, soy butter and soy nuts are high in polyunsaturated fat, fiber, vitamins and minerals but low in saturated fat. They could replace other high-fat proteins in the diet, although it's unknown exactly how soy affects heart disease risk factors.
- Pumpkin is low in calories, high in fiber and high in vitamin A.
- Kale provides vitamins A and C, potassium and phytochemicals.
- Low-fat or nonfat yogurt, which provides calcium, vitamin D and protein, can be a good substitute for sour cream in recipes.
- Dark chocolate is high in flavonoids, but fat and calories too! Treat yourself in moderation to avoid weight gain.
- Red wine in moderation may have some health benefits, but the American Heart Association doesn't recommend drinking alcohol to get them. High alcohol consumption can have negative effects on health, such as increased triglyceride levels, high blood pressure, and liver damage.
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How can i know names in the BCC field in the MS outlook??
Are you to view the email in the bcc field for mails you sent out or fr mails that you have received?
"The only views in which the Bcc field is relevant are views of items that you sent. If you add the Bcc field to your Sent Items folder, for example, you'll see names in the Bcc field on those items on which you included Bcc recipients."
Not sure if this helps at all but let me know.
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How can i know names in the BCC field in the MS outlook??
BCC is an acronym for Blind Carbon Copy. The whole point of a BCC is that you cannot see if the email you received got BCC'ed.
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Ex-Cub Dempster makes first start for Boston
Former ace Ryan Dempster, one of many ex-Cubs scattered throughout spring training camps, made his first Grapefruit League start Tuesday for the Boston Red Sox against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Dempster, whom the Cubs traded to Texas last July 31 after that whole contretemps with the Los Angeles Dodgers, worked 2 scoreless innings, giving up no hits and no walks while striking out two.
Pitching for a poor Cubs team in the first half last year, Dempster went 5-5 with a 2.25 ERA and a WHIP of 1.04. He found the going tougher in the American League. With the Rangers, he was 7-3 with a 5.09 ERA.
He signed a two-year, $26.5 million deal with the Red Sox this off-season. Dempster will turn 36 on May 3, but he told the Providence Journal he doesn't feel old.
"There is a lot in the tank, more sometimes than we realize," he said. "And sometimes it might take somebody on your team to push you a little bit extra.
"That's just us as human beings. There's always more than we realize we have potentially. Sometimes it takes a coach or a player to motivate you and help you out. I don't know when I necessarily learned that; I've always just kind of believed that. I believe in pushing each other and getting the best out of each other.
"I still feel like a kid. I'm trying to learn every day just like the young guys. We have experience, but there's always new things to learn, new hitters, new ways to pitch guys."
Yu got him:
Former Cubs catcher Geovany Soto is the backup in Texas to former White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski. But Soto may end up being the personal catcher for Yu Darvish.
The Rangers' website points out Soto was behind the plate for Darvish's final 8 starts of 2012, when Darvish went 5-1 with a 2.35 ERA.
"He was a big part of my success," Darvish was quoted by the site. "We had really good communication from the beginning."
Darvish started Tuesday against the White Sox, but Pierzynski was behind the plate this time.
"We had good chemistry and an understanding of each other," Soto told the Rangers' site. "He has great stuff and he understands baseball terms. The biggest thing I did was know when to go to the mound to get him to relax, when he needed a breather."
Soto had a poor year offensively, putting up a line of .199/284/.347 with 6 homers for the Cubs and .196/.253/.338 with 5 homers for the Rangers.
He can do better and that some different work may help, he said in the Rangers report.
"I can do it, but I think in the past I haven't worked on my swing in the off-season the way I should have," Soto said. "This offseason I really worked at getting it consistent and figuring things out. I feel good."
Soto sees a lot of familiar faces in the Rangers's clubhouse in Surprise, Ariz. Lefty Jeff Beliveau was claimed off waivers from the Cubs by Texas. In camp as nonroster men are lefty Neal Cotts, infielder Jeff Baker, outfielder James Adduci and right-haner Randy Wells.
Big Z still free:
Former Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano is still a free agent. His big contract expired after last season with the Marlins.
Zambrano is on the Team Venezuela roster for the World Baseball Classic. There have been reports Zambrano might sign with a team in Japan or Taiwan after the WBC.
Even with his history, it's difficult to believe this is the end for Big Z. He won't turn 32 until June, but the numbers weren't great last year, when he went from starter to reliever. Big Z was 7-10 with a 4.49 ERA and a feverish WHIP of 1.50 for Miami.
Baseball Prospectus put it this way: " With nearly 2,000 innings on his right shoulder, he may not have much left."


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Sept. 7, 1962, Pub. L. 87–650, §§ 4(2)–(8), 18, 76 Stat. 503, 506.
In this section, the text of 36:1018 is omitted as executed and obsolete.
In clause (1), the word "alter" is omitted as included in "amend". The words "not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or any State in which the corporation is to operate" are omitted as unnecessary.
In clause (2), the word "use" is omitted as unnecessary.
In clause (4), the words "make contracts" are substituted for "contract and be contracted with" for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.
Clause (5) is substituted for "take by lease, gift, purchase, grants, devise, or bequest from any public body or agency or any private corporation, association, partnership, firm, or individual and to hold absolutely or in trust for any of the purposes of the corporation any property, real, personal, or mixed, necessary or convenient for attaining the objects and carrying into effect the purposes of the corporation" and "transfer, convey, lease, sublease, encumber, and otherwise alienate real, personal, or mixed property" for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "subject, however, to applicable provisions of law of any State, (A) governing the amount or kind of property which may be held by, or (B) otherwise limiting or controlling the ownership of property by, a corporation operating in such State" are omitted as unnecessary.
In clause (6), the words "complain and defend in any court of competent jurisdiction" are omitted as unnecessary.
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Skip to comments.Seesaws: A Vanishing Part Of America
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Seesaws: A Vanishing Part of America
By Bob Dorigo JonesCan you remember the last time you saw a seesaw? Im talking about an old fashioned teeter-totter the kind without springs.
If you are under the age of thirty, its very possible that youve never seen one. Although they were once a staple of playgrounds around the country, the lawsuit explosion in America prompted school officials and park superintendents to start removing them in the 1970s and 1980s.
Philip Howard, a prominent attorney and the author of the bestselling book, The Death of Common Sense, wrote this about seesaws eight years ago: Visit a playground and look for a seesaw. They are rapidly disappearing, going the way of merry-go-rounds, diving boards, and other joys of childhood.
The problem wasnt that every school and community was being sued. No, it was simply the likelihood that they would be sued in courts that were increasingly turning a blind eye to personal responsibility that motivated schools and communities to rip the teeter-totters out of the ground and install less risky things for kids to play on. The real possibility of being sued was enough to cause insurance rates to skyrocket, so kids had to say good-bye to their seesaws.
Books have been written about how playgrounds dont challenge kids enough nowadays. Playgrounds often dont often allow kids to take the kind of small risks help them grow and develop. Not that seesaws were a huge challenge, but they did at least require a little leg power and balance. Todays spring-loaded seesaws require very little effort to move, and some experts believe such changes are one of the reasons childhood obesity has become such a problem in America.
Despite the virtual extinction of the old-fashioned seesaw, there is at least one still around. In my most recent Lets Be Fair radio commentary, I mention that I actually found one! However, it isnt in a public park. It is located in one of the few places in America where lawsuits are as uncommon as seesaws are in the rest of the country an Amish community. Makes sense, huh? The photo above was taken at a school in an Amish enclave in northern Michigan. The hitching post for horses is visible in the foreground.
Do you have a story to share about how life in America is changing because of the ever-present threat of litigation? If so, Id like to hear it.
One or two kids with permanent spinal injuries, and they have to spoil the fun for everyone.
I still know quite a few places that still have seesaws. Merry-go-rounds, otoh, are harder to find.
See saws taught us about levers and Merry -go- rounds taught us about centrifugal force.
The best ones were the long see-saw plank mounted atop a swivel post.....kinda like a kamikaze merry-go-round with a tilt-a-whirl flavor...... it's some nasty crap that happens when one falls off....the remaining one gets a nasty ground crash in two dimensions.
and a swimming pool.
Ah, the good old days. We had asphalt on the part of our playground where we played Red Rover and I had forever scabby knees until the age of 11. And I never see any kids climbing trees any more, playing kick the can, tag, stick ball, cowboys and Indians or hide-and-seek along with the loud cry of alle, alle, outs in free!
Sand boxes are litter boxes for all sorts of critters.
Oh yeah, those metal slides! Worse than a black Naugahide seat in a late 60's car.
Here's a playground ride that I've never seen before that was spun extremely fast. Watch what happens when a boy tries to hold on!
Don't leave us hanging here—WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DOG? Did he drown?
Oh my goodness, I was just lurking on this thread thinking about that kind of see-saw. We had one when I was in first grade. I figured nobody would believe such a contraption existed, so I didn't mention it. As I recall no kid ever was badly injured by it, but it sure taught us to be quick, cause if that thing hit you it smarted right much. Still it was my favorite ride on the whole playground.
Don't forget riding bikes and sleds without wearing a dorky helmet......
We found a local school playground (Lynnwood, IL) that not only has real see saws, but also a VERY high STRAIGHT sliding board with a nice hot metal surface. We take our kids there regularly. One of these days I'll pick up a roll of waxed paper (another disappearing piece of Americana) and show'em how to REALLY fly down that sliding board.
And let's not forget that they also required... TRUST. Seesaw partners that thought it was funny to leap/slide off causing you to smash to the ground were unwelcome. You always had to be wary for such an occurrence. Part of the challenge.
I certainly remember seesaws from circa 1960, and they were monsters! Thick planks with a row of "teeth" in the middle, consisting of a pair of racks running along the edges at the center, each with 3 or 5 semicircular fittings that matched the 4" diameter pipe that was the fulcrum. It had a heavy chain slung under the pipe, which kept it confined to the general area. Of course, you were supposed to be able to adjust the fulcrum so a lighter child could seesaw with a heavier child.
At about ten years of age, we were more interested in creative abuse. We used to slam the seesaw to the ground to make it rebound against the chain, in hopes it might break. Also balancing on it like a surf board, leaping off it, etc.
These days it's hard to even comprehend all that.
Thanks, Fiji Hill, for posting an item that brought back old memories from my childhood.
Elementary school in the early 1950s included ferocious dodge ball in the gym when it was cold or raining outside. Results = bloody noses and busted lips.
In good weather, it might have been kick ball (not soccer), where the boys were about evenly divided between two sides. There were no position players or goalies. The two sides just ran at one another like a scene out of "Brave Heart", with boys getting knocked down and bloodied, as each side tried to score a goal.
After school, the gym coach would check out equipment for us to play basketball, baseball or soccer. There was also a very large front lawn area in front of the school and kids (boys and girls) would divide into two groups of about 25 each and play Red Rover. Many prior disputes were addressed during Red Rover, as specific individuals were subjected to punishment in the game and, again, there were bloody noses and lips.
Swings were meant to test one's guts. We tried to see if we could swing as high as the crossbar and then bail out onto the gravel below (this was to gain status, you know). Monkey bars (not the PC "jungle gyms") were called that because us little kids climbing around on them resembled the monkies at the zoos. The merry-go-round was our way of getting temporarily "high", as kids would take turn running as fast as possible to spin the thing and make every kid hanging on as dizzy as possible.
Kids that grew up in that free environment without all of the law suits, political correctness and nanny state BS that exists today GREW UP TOUGH and better suited to deal with adverse conditions than the kids of the past few decades.
Of course, that last paragraph is just my personal opinion.
"SHE" was a rat terrier - scampered up the cliff and stood there smirking at me!!!!! Bee ouch!
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
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Will the new poverty numbers finally be a wake-up call?
Anyone who follows the news is well aware of the nation's current economic troubles and high unemployment rates, but yesterday's report from the U.S. Census Bureau [1] showed just how broad the scope of the problem really is.
The numbers are staggering: 46.2 million Americans, or 15.1 percent of the population, are living below the poverty line. Those numbers have been steadily climbing every year, and the total number of people in poverty is now the highest it has been in the entire 52-year period that the Census Bureau has tracked these numbers.
And while those numbers are making headlines, you have to read a little bit further to get to the even more disturbing reality--poverty is defined as an income of $22,314 for a family of four, or just over $11,000 for a single person. Stop for a moment and think about those numbers. Think about your own income, and what limitations you think it places on you. And think of how many more Americans are probably making enough money to be just above the defined level of poverty but who still can barely afford basic necessities like food, rent, and utilities.
In a statement released today [2] in response to the Census report, Father Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA, said what many were probably thinking--that these numbers need to be a wake-up call to our country's leaders. "Today's report is further evidence that the United States of America needs comprehensive reform of the nation's service delivery system," Snyder writes. "This reform should be focused on innovative solutions to the individual needs of the now 46.2 millions of Americans living in poverty...
"Catholic Charities USA is hopeful that today's release of the U.S. Census Bureau's report will help to draw the attention of American policymakers to the moral obligation we have as a country to address this growing crisis."
But the truth is, there was plenty of evidence that major changes were needed long before this report was released. Last year's poverty statistics were only slighly lower, umemployment has been a major concern, and the realities of the recession and the damage it is doing to the lives of millions have been clearly visible.
Yet on the same day the Census report was released, policymakers were arguing among party lines [3] over how to create jobs and stimulate the economy. Republicans took exception [4] to the president's idea of tax increases for individuals earning more than $200,000 a year to cover the cost of his job plan. In other words, it was business as usual in Washington.
The argument over taxing the wealthiest in society to help the poorest is one that will likely never end. Nonetheless, it is worth stopping again to think about the numbers, and what it means for someone to live on more than $200,000 a year.For those closer to the $11,000 level, it would be hard to imagine how one could even spend a six figure income. For the rest of us--those living somewhere in between the two extremes on the wealth spectrum--we need to seriously ask ourselves which group needs us to be looking out for their best interests.
It isn't just the policymakers who have a moral obligation, as Father Snyder puts it, to make the right choice here. It is all of us.


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Molokai Properties Ltd, which does business as Molokai Ranch, announced recently announced that it has sold 3.2 acres of land in Kaunakakai to the University of Hawaiʻi. The parcel is located adjacent to the existing UH Maui College Molokai Education Center and will help the UH System realize its master plan goals of expanding its educational facilities on the island.
"This purchase will eventually expand the college's Molokai Education Center and strengthen our capacity to provide more higher education and economic opportunities," said UH Maui College Chancellor Clyde Sakamoto. "Critical to this outcome will be community input to realistically leverage public and private resources to create new possibilities for Molokai. Long-range planning will now begin in earnest. We'd also like to express our deepest thanks to Molokai Properties Ltd. for facilitating this purchase, which will greatly benefit the community."
"UH Maui College on Molokai provides great opportunities for our kids on the island and we couldn't be more pleased to play a role in their expansion through this sale," added Clay Rumbaoa, CEO of Molokai Ranch. "We look forward to being able to partner with them in the future to bring specialty workshops and other activities to the residents of Molokai."
Approximately 250 students call University of Hawaii Maui College, Molokai their home campus. Through the Molokai Education Center, students can pursue certificate and associate degrees in seven primary majors from UH Maui College, including liberal arts, agriculture and natural resources, business careers, early childhood education, Hawaiian studies, human services, and allied health. Plans to include UH Maui College's three bachelor's degrees are underway.
A wide variety of bachelor's and master's degrees are also available from other UH campuses, facilitated by the University Center, Maui, which connects Molokai students to UH Mānoa, UH Hilo, and UH West Oʻahu through interactive television, off-island travel, and the Internet.
Molokai Ranch is Hawaiʻi's second largest ranch, spanning 54,000 acres of beach and countryside. The Ranch has a long and proud history on the Friendly Isle since its founding more than a century ago by Prince Kapuaiwa, who later became King Kamehameha V.
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The SAR notes that climate change would impact energy supply and demand. Subsequent
studies confirm this sensitivity. Hydropower generation is the energy source
that is most likely to be impacted because it is sensitive to the amount, timing,
and geographical pattern of precipitation as well as temperature (rain or snow,
timing of melting) (see Chapter 4). Where reduced streamflows
occur, they are expected to negatively impact hydropower production; greater
streamflows, if they are timed correctly, might help hydroelectric production.
In some regions, change of streamflow timing from spring to winter may increase
hydropotential more in the winter than it reduces it in the spring and summer,
but there is a question of whether the electric system can take advantage of
the increase in winter flows and whether storage would be adequate. Hydroelectric
projects generally are designed for a specific river flow regime, including
a margin of safety. Projected climate changes are expected to change flow regimesperhaps
outside these safety margins in some instances (see Chapter
4). Although it is not yet possible to provide reliable forecasts of shifts
in flow regimes for world river systems as a consequences of climate change,
what is known suggests more intense rainfall events (which would require more
conservative water storage strategies to prevent flood damage), greater probability
of drought (less hydroelectric production), and less precipitation falling as
snow (less water available during warm months). All three factors point to less
(or, at least, less flexible) hydroelectric capacity at current powerhouses.
Reduced flows in rivers and higher temperatures reduce the capabilities of thermal
electric generation (Herrington et al., 1997); high temperatures also reduce
transmission capabilities.
Some advanced energy technologies also may be affected. For example, the United
States and Japan are trying to learn how to exploit the potential of methane
hydrates. If global warming leads to warmer oceans or warms areas that currently
are permafrost regions, these compounds are likely to become less stable, making
it more problematic to attempt to recover methane from them (Kripowicz, 1998).
Increased cloudiness can reduce solar energy production. Wind energy production
would be reduced if wind speeds increase above or fall below the acceptable
operating range of the technology. Changes in growing conditions could affect
the production of biomass, as well as prospects for carbon sequestration in
soils and forest resources. Climate change could worsen current trends in depletion
of biomass energy stocks in Africa, which is expected to become drier (see Chapters
3 and 10). The impact on biomass elsewhere is less
clear; it may include enhancement of growth because of higher rainfall in Africa
as well.
The portion of total energy supply from renewable energy sources varies among
countries, developed and developing. In the United States in 1998, renewable
sources provided roughly 7% of gross energy consumptionabout half of that as
hydroelectric energy (EIA, 1999a). In other countries, developed and developing,
the percentages vary. For example, biomass accounts for 5% of north African,
15% of south African, and 86% of sub-Saharan (minus South Africa) energy consumption;
in Cote dIvoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Mozambique, and
Zambia, the vast majority of on-grid electricity generation comes from hydropower
(EIA, 1999b). Hydroelectricity represents the primary source of electricity
in Canada and most South and Central American countries, with the highest reliance
in Paraguay and Brazil (99 and 87% of generating capacity, respectively) (EIA,
1999c). Although renewable energy sources may be adaptable to new climate, larger
percentages of renewables (especially hydroelectricity) in a countrys energy
supply might make the country relatively more sensitive to climate (see Chapters
10, 11, and 12). However, fossil
fuel extraction may be adversely affected by increased wind and wave action,
heavy precipitation, shoreline erosion, and permafrost melting in regions where
this applies (see Chapter 16). In addition, thermal power
plants can be adversely affected by loss of cooling water as a result of low
flows (see Chapter 12). If a warmer climate is characterized
by more extreme weather events such as windstorms, ice storms, floods, tornadoes,
and hail, the transmission systems of electric utilities may experience a higher
rate of failure, with attendant costs (see, however, Chapter
3 and TAR WGI Chapter 10) These failures can
be extremely costly, as illustrated by the great eastern Canada ice storm of
January 1998, which toppled hundreds of transmission towers and downed 120,000
km of power linesin some cases for a month to 6 weeksand cost CDN$3 billion
in economic damage (only half of which was insured) (Kerry et al., 1999). A
5-week power failure in the central business district of Auckland, New Zealand,
occurred in FebruaryMarch 1998 when four high-voltage transmission cables failed
(Ministry of Commerce of New Zealand, 1998). Hot weather contributed to high
demand and less-than-optimal operating conditions of these cables as a result
of high soil temperature and dryness, although it was not ruled the direct cause.
Transmission and distribution systems can be hardened to respond to greater
risk, but only at substantial cost.
The SAR notes that on the demand side, space-cooling demand would increase
and space-heating demand would decrease. Electrical system expansion (generation,
transmission, and distribution) may be required to meet greater summer peaks.
In warmer areas, it is expected that the demand for electricity will certainly
increase, as may the demand for energy overall. Urbanization, rising incomes,
and warmer climates could combine to increase energy used for space coolingalready
a major concern in tropical and subtropical cities, most of which are in developing
countries (e.g., as much as 60% of total electricity use in the commercial sector
in Hong Kong, 60% of all electric energy in Riyadhsee Al-Rabghi et al., 1999;
Lam, 1999, 2000). Besides having a major impact on the energy sector, air conditioning
would tend to enhance heat island effects because of the energy used. At the
same time, research has found that air conditioning, where available and affordable,
is a statistically significant factor in reducing the chances of hot-weather-related
mortality (Chestnut et al., 1998).
The heat island phenomenon may have a positive impact in cities with seasonally
cool to cold winters. For example, during the 20th century, the long-term impact
of the urban heat island has been to reduce potential energy demand for space
heating by as much as 50% in the central quarters of megacities such as Tokyo
and Mexico City (Jáuregui, 1998). Urban warming and increased demand for cooling
is expected, even though urban aerosol production (e.g., from power plants)
does have a cooling effect (Science News, 1992; Jáuregui and Luyando, 1999).
Additional studies that have been published since the SAR continue to show
that whether net energy consumption will increase or decrease as a result of
climate change depends very much on locationin particular, whether energy consumption
includes larger heating loads or cooling loads. The north-south orientation
of Japan provides some insight into this question. Ichinose (1996) (quoted in
Mimura et al., 1998) has shown for Japan that reduction in heating would be
about 30% in Sapporo on the northern island of Hokkaido, whereas it would be
only 10% in Tokyo on the central island of Honshu. On the other hand, electricity
consumption for cooling would increase hardly at all on Honshu and several percent
in Naha on the southern island of Okinawa. The direction of net change also
is sensitive to the future market penetration of air conditioning and to energy
prices. In one Japanese study (Hattori et al., 1991, summarized in Mimura et
al., 1998) the sensitivity of peak electric power demand to air temperature
was shown to have increased 2.3 times during the 15 years between 1975 and 1990,
largely as a result of the increase in the market penetration and unit size
of air conditioners. Amano (1996, summarized in Mimura et al., 1998) points
out that a decline in energy prices contributed to the increase in the sensitivity
of electricity consumption to climate.
Belzer et al. (1996) is among the few studies since the SAR that has estimated
the effect of climate change on energy demand by the commercial sector. The
study projects the change in demand at the national level for the United States
in 2030. Accounting for changes in the building stock, a 4°C increase in average
annual temperature, holding other loads constant, leads to an estimated 05%
reduction in total energy consumption by the commercial sector in the year 2030
(note that 4°C was then considered possible at mid-latitudes if worldwide temperatures
increased 2.5°C; now it is probably at the upper end of potential increases).
The SAR notes that energy used for irrigation would increase. Peart et al.
(1995) studied the effects of climate change on energy efficiency in agriculture
(including irrigation) in the southeastern United States. Results indicate that
climate change would cause an increase in energy inputs required to produce
a given amount of maize, soybeans, and peanuts.
Only a handful of studies since the SAR have looked at the effects of climate
change on overall energy demand. Mendelsohn and Schlesinger (1999) estimated
climate response functions and economic welfare for the entire energy sector
in the United States, based on the cross-sectional study of household and firm
energy expenditures in Mendelsohn and Neumann (1998). Two approaches were used:
laboratory experiments coupled with process-based simulation models, and cross-sectional
studies to substitute for impacts of climate change over time. Economic welfare
associated with energy was found to have a quadratic relationship with temperature,
with a maximum at 10°C. Although the experimental method succeeded in isolating
the effect of climate from other variables, it failed to fully incorporate adaptive
responses. The cross-sectional studies found that annual energy expenditures
were minimized with an annual temperature of 12.8°C in the commercial energy
sector and with 11.7°C in the residential energy sector. The cross-sectional
approach, of course, does not allow for the transient response of the climate
system or the actual dynamics of the energy sector in response to climate. It
substitutes static history for a dynamic future and cannot deal with irreversibilities,
higher moments of climatic changes such as alterations to diurnal or seasonal
cycles, synergic responses (see Section 7.6), or extreme
events. (e.g., Schneider, 1997).
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Sander wrote:i think i had somewhat of a breakthrough last night.
i dreamt that i was in a warzone, fully engaged in combat. i threw a grenade over a little wall and ran for it. Seeing a tank of the enemy and realizing i had no weapons left, i hid behind tank wreck, bullets flying everywhere. Through a crack, i see an enemy foot soldier coming my way. Realizing i'm defenceless i just say: "whatever, shoot me, mofo...". So he does and i feel the bullets but i feel a strange pain sensation, not really pain, but a numbness. I always get that feeling when i die in my dreams. Also, when i die in a dream, i tend to wake up. But this time, in the proces of dying in my dream and waking up IRL, i realized that i was dreaming. I don't think this counts as a lucid dream as i think i was more awake then asleep when i realized it.
Something weird happened to me though: while awake with my eyes closed, i saw spheres rapidly appearing, growing and dissapearing again. Kinda like rain drops falling into a pond.
I was rather flabberghasted by this sensation so i forgot about my dream. I think this was a missed opportunity to try and become lucid. Maybe if i tried to remember my dream and remembering the point where i die and think of another way the story ends, i may have had a good chance of becoming lucid.
i think i had the same thing this night, but i didnt know i was dreaming. I just woke, realized that i woke up from a dream, still remembering the dream, and saw strange shapes rapidly appearing, changing shapes and dissappearing in front of me. I tried to just keep calm, keep focus and observe them. This was very hard as i had trouble keeping my eyes closed, though, and my eye lids were shaking like crazy. So couldn't help but focus on keeping them closed, rather than on the things i was seeing.
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migya wrote:Guybrush wrote:I counted 14...I guess I'll have to take that one then.
Lacob or Railey said that we can't improve our team through FA, after they've signed Jefferson. That's the reason they've done that deal, that they can't attract big names and good players via FA, so they decided to do it through trades and draft.
So, it's either draft, or more trades. FA is not our friend at the moment.
Count again, there's only 13.
Draft is as good as gone with our lottery pick looking like it's Utah's. FA might not be available, but trades are always there, just look at the few awful ones the last few days and the vast quantity over the years. There's still good moves to be made and the team only needs one or two now
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|31st August 2008, 04:53 AM
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sth similar from 2009 to the Aero 117 (06)
since my favourite board is not in 100% condition anymore I am looking for something similar from the 2009.
I was thinking about the new Kode, but there I don't know which volume (112, 122 ? aero is exactly in the middle).
I am pretty heavy guy...95kg. I like sailing overpowered (5.5sqm at 6-7 bft)...
Currently, Aero 117 is the smallest one that I have.
Is the Futura (my second choice) of the same volume much faster than Kode or is it more or less comparable...and how about the airjibing (Kode vs. Futura)?
Thanks for help.
Ciao Michal.
PS: regards to all starboard freaks!!!
|31st August 2008, 03:28 PM
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I used to have the original Aero 117 though and agree it is a nice board.
One question: It sound like you mostly use the board for blasting in chop and flatwater, not for wave riding. Is that correct? Then I think you will find the new Kodes an improvement, for sure. Size is a bit hard to say. The 112 is 3cms narrower than your current 117 while the 122 is 1cm wider. But that's not the whole story. Since the Aeor is your smallest board maybe you don't need to fit wuper big sail on it. Then I think the 112 is the best option.
The Futuras are very different boards. If you liked the Aero, I think the Kode is a much more natural choice. Futura would be for even more blasting oriented straight line riding.They still jibe nice but prefer longer arcs and are overall not as manoeuvre oriented as the Kodes.
|31st August 2008, 06:59 PM
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Ola's comments are spot on. The new Kode will be the perfect freestyle/freeride/freewave convertible blend for ripping your Swiss lakes in chop and small/medium swell.
Futura are more free-slalom/freeride-oriented blasting hulls, not so easy to do freestyling tricks (in contrast to Kode or Kombat, you can't set the footstraps in a centered position on the tail of a Futura).
Cheers !
|1st September 2008, 04:22 AM
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Location: Switzerland
Posts: 196
Hi guys,
I really hoped you give me that kind of a answer.
In fact the volume is for me still an open question...I will go probably with 8.5 as a max sail size...it means even 112 should be good...
The problem is that I need a lot of power to get planning on Aero now, and I don't know how it's gonna be on even smaller Kode...(but the techique is getting better each day...so I will probably get the smaller one.)
The other question is the fin:
Since I am a pretty big boy and I really like sailing overpowered and upwind !!! I have to say that the delivered 360mm sounds to me like too small, don't you think?
...more to the fins problem you can find under another threads of mine, I will be graetfull for every answer!
Thanks and ciao Michal.
|1st September 2008, 04:52 PM
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If you're gonna use it with 8.5, then I think the 122 is maybe the best.
And what you say about needing a lot of power makes me think. The Aero has a "short rocker". It can get going early but requires the rider to get back and use the chop or fin drive if you have a big fin to free the nose. If the rider just pushes the board, it will indeed take a lot of power before it releases. This gets progressively more difficult the more sail you use (and the heavier you are).
The Futura has a longer rocker and in an equivalent size if will require less of that driver input and get going easier. So if you want to have earlier planing in a small size board, the Futura will be better.
But as you say, technique is improving every day. With that positive attitude you will have good time on the Kode too. And if you're after the feel and maneuver ability of the Kode, it might be worth to work some more on getting going.
Fins: 36cm will certainly be too small with your biggest sail, but still probably good for your smaller sails. These sizes have tuttle boxed and you can find a lot of options in the Drake program. If you want drive you could for example try some of the fins from the Futura range.
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Hi Ola,
as you wrote I do it with aero the way you descriebed...I go back and use a gust when it comes to get planning and if i do it like that and pump a little bit it get planning very nice.
the 8.5 would be the biggest sail for me (I also have S-Type 137) it means I will go with it most of time with 7.0 and/or 5.9.
The kode is my choice.
About the fins...I am kind of an extreme...I do sail usualy bigger sails than other do and I mount also bigger fins.
Thanks for the posts.
|1st September 2008, 05:31 PM
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Right, that the way. Since you are bigger and use big sails your probably better off with a bigger fin as you say. I suggest trying the Freeslalom Swift 400 which is the oem fin on the Futura 122. Its the same fin as the Kode 112 has, but 4 cms bigger.
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Well OK,
I'll buy and try.
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I stumbled over bento making a few days ago, when me and a few friends decided to skip the cafeteria for good now. I'm a full time university student, and spent most of my time working on either my master thesis or my job as an assistant researcher to a professor. Both those things combined equal lots of time spent at university, and zero time to eat. And our cafeteria starts to get boring - after four years of living here, the foods starts to come out of my ears.
That's when making bento entered the picture.
I googled it for the first time on sunday, started lurking here on monday, and as of today I carry my first bento in my bag with me. It contains noodles, brokkoli, carrots and a good amount of soy sauce, plus some homemade cherry joghurt, and I'm very proud of myself. Currently I'm eying a very pretty pink "real" bento box, but for now the cheap boxes from Migros have to do the job - and they are doing it quite fine so far.
I'm looking forward to learn a lot about new recipes, bento boxes and change my way of eating and cooking. Oh, and as a broke student, I'm of course looking forward to save some money in the long run. All in all I think making bentos will help me develope a new sense for the food I'm eating. I'm a picky eater, and maybe I'll discover new things and open my mind a bit. Plus I can converse better with my boyfriend, who's a fan of japanese food and would walk a thousand miles for a good suhsi - while I don't even like fish.. ^___^
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Hi there. We in turn will look forward to German variations on bento food. I do wish there was some way you could include Kaiserschmarrn in a bento!
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^Well, if you don't stick to the japanese food ratio (you know, so many parts protein, veggies ect) I'm sure you can put Kaiserschmarrn into a Bento - as the sweet snack or a side dish maybe? A problem might be that Kaiserschmarrn taste best served hot and freshly made, and eating it cold takes a huge part of the fun out of it. I've never had cold german pancakes or Kaiserscharrn (which, by the way, would be an austrian dish :D), but I'll try some ideas and let you know how it goes. :)
Yes. That's what I meant - they have to be hot and freshly made or they'd just turn into doughy lumps. I know it's an Austrian dish, but it seems to be ubiquitous in Germany. And so delicious.
^yeah, we love it here. I mean, looking back in history (like, charles the great, around the year 800) it was all one and the same country.. ;) Indeed Kaiserschmarrn is rather popular here in the south of germany, whereas in the north it's not unkown, but just not served at most places. I was born in the middle of germany, and there we rarly make it. We prefer pancakes, called "Eggpancakes" by my grandma.. I guess you CAN make bentos out of those, though: Just make easy, very thin pancakes, without much spices in there (just a tiny pinch of salt in the dough), let cool, fill after your liking and take it with you - just like you would do with a wrap? If they are REALLY thin, almost crepe like, you could use it. I need to try it!
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WACO, Texas (Nov. 8, 2013) - If you have ever wanted to know more about the Cold War, now is your chance. The department of history in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences will host the Cold War Film Festival Monday, Nov. 11, through Thursday, Nov. 14, in the Cox Lecture Hall of Armstrong Browning Library.
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Stephen Sloan, Ph.D., an associate professor of history and the director of the Institute for Oral History at Baylor, said the festival is about understanding the perspectives of each side during the Cold War.
"We created the festival to examine some central films that came out of the American and Soviet experiences in the Cold War," he said. "We will show two films that come from the American perspective and two from the Soviet perspective."
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LONDON (Reuters) - Trading updates from six major British retailers on Thursday demonstrated that the must-have gadget, cheap fashion and internet sales were key to overcoming an otherwise tough Christmas.
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Cover Shot! is a regular feature here at the Café. I love discovering new covers, and when I find them, I like to share. More than anything else, I am consumed with the mystery that each new discovery represents. There is an allure to a beautiful cover. Will the story contained under the pages live up to promise of the gorgeous cover art?
I really like the covers for Elizabeth Norris' Unraveling series. Now I just need to make the time to read them!
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Four months after Ben disappeared through the portal to his home universe, Janelle believes she'll never see him again. Her world is still devastated, but life is finally starting to resume some kind of normalcy. Until Interverse Agent Taylor Barclay shows up. Somebody from an alternate universe is running a human trafficking ring, kidnapping people and selling them on different Earths—and Ben is the prime suspect. Now his family has been imprisoned and will be executed if Ben doesn't turn himself over within five days.
And when Janelle learns that someone she cares about—someone from her own world—has become one of the missing, she knows that she has to help Barclay, regardless of the danger. Now Janelle has five days to track down the real culprit. Five days to locate the missing people before they're lost forever. Five days to reunite with the boy who stole her heart. But as the clues begin to add up, Janelle realizes that she's in way over her head—and that she may not have known Ben as well as she thought. Can she uncover the truth before everyone she cares about is killed?


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Considering Roberto Luongo's absurdly long contract, and the plucky efforts of Cory Schneider, you'll forgive most Vancouver fans for ignoring the other netminders in their pipeline. Eddie Lack deserves your attention, if for no other reason than he could well be the next goalie to back up #1 should Schneider be dealt for
Zach Parise anyone down the line. So what does the immediate future hold for the big Swede waiting patiently in the wings?
Eddie Lack, nickednamed the Stork because of his lanky 6 foot 5 frame, and his willingness to deliver babies down chimnies – was the biggest surprise in Vancouver's training camp last year. Before camp, Lack had played three seasons with Leksands IF before moving to the Swedish Elite League to back up Rookie of the Year goalie Jacob Markstrom. It was there that he caught the attention of Vancouer scout Lars Lindgren, who convinced Gillis to quietly sign the undrafted netminder to a two-year deal.
Lack was up against Michael Houser and Tyler Weiman in training camp, but quickly stole the show with a strong performance in the prospects tourney, and a solid showing in pre-season games against the Oilers and Sharks. Beyond that there was his jovial, carefree nature which, is a quick way to get in well with a media corps that doesn't know you.
Lack credits Pekka Alcén (Brynas goalie coach) with teaching him the technical foundations of being a goalie. Lack's size and his previous training, allowed the gangly keeper to hit the ground running with Canucks goalie coach Roland Melanson. As long as "pumping tires" is fresh in our minds, check out what Manitoba Moose coach Claude Noel said about the youngster: "He reminds me a lot of [Pekka Rinne], big guy, same type of style, good feet, covers the bottom of the net and he reminds me of the same demeanor as Rinne, he's really upbeat and enthusiastic and he's a hard worker."
When Lack landed in Manitoba it was only a matter of time before he yanked the starting job away from Weiman, and earned himself a far greater number of games than he'd experienced in Sweden.
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That's a pretty considerable difference in workload. For comparison, Schneider only once played more than 50 games (in the 2009-2010 campaign) and though he ended up with more wins, he also had a 2.51 GAA and a .919 SV%. Lack didn't have trouble adjusting to the North American professional style of play, adding five shutouts along the way and guiding the Moose to a playoff birth. Lack actually got better in the post season, posting a 1.99 GAA and a .932 SV% before the Moose tapped out in the North Division final to the Hamilton Bulldogs. He was also named to the AHL All-Rookie team, an accolade achieved by NHL netminders like J.S. Giguere and Cam Ward.
Keep in mind that the Moose's parent club was routinely calling up defenseman, making Lack's achievements even more impresive. Ryan Blight, who followed the Moose closely last season and now writes for the Winnipeg Jet's SBN site Arctic Ice Hockey, echoed this sentiment when he recalled Lack's season:
I watched Eddie Lack a lot last year, and he was easily the best player on the Moose most nights. While his numbers were very impressive, it was his demeanor in the net that really caught my eye. He was smooth, calm and always in great position. The revolving door of Moose defenseman (half of them were up with the Canucks) caused a fair number of defensive breakdowns, but Lack was often there to bail out the team. The Moose were hardly an offensive juggernaut last season, and Lack kept them in many games that they shouldn't have been in. In my estimation he was the most valuable player on the team.
Justin Goldman of The Goalie Guild shared this insight:
What made Eddie Lack such a special goaltender last year was his smooth transition from Sweden to the AHL. The key to his overall in-game success as a rookie was his excellent positioning. His ability to square up to AHL shooter by arriving on his angles with precision and balance, especially at such a consistent level, was exceptional. He is an even-keeled and "quiet" guy in the crease, so he was tough to knock off his game or catch out of position. In the games I watched him play last season, he always seemed to get his big body behind pucks and soak up rebounds.
So what can be expected of Lack heading into the 2011-2012 season? The safe money says he returns to the AHL with the Chicago Wolves and looks to prove last years brilliant rookie campaign wasn't a fluke. Lack hasn't seen any NHL action, which, suggests it might be a bit premature to think he's ready to step in at that level. Schneider's excellent 2010-2011 performance has raised the bar for Vancouver at the backup position – so Lack will likely need an injury to either of the Canucks current goaltenders in order to see any NHL action next season. The offseason additions of Matt Climie, and the signing of Manny Legace to a PTO will keep Lack honest at camp.
No matter what happens, Lack is the latest under the radar signing that has seemingly developed quickly in the Vancouver system. Lack further solidies the one position where Vancouver is rock solid. If he can continue his maturation and technical progression, it's only a matter of time before he gets his shot on the big stage. Whether that opportunity is with Vancouver, or someone else is something we'll have to wait and see.