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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
3:00 PM to 9:00 PM EST
Turowski Life Story Funeral Homes
Livonia, West of Middlebelt
30200 Five Mile Rd.
Livonia, MI 48154
(734) 525-9020
Rosary at 7 PM
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
St Valentine Catholic Church
14841 Beech Daly Rd
Redford, MI 48239
(313) 532-4394
Instate at 11:30AM
Below is the contact information for a florist recommended by the funeral home.
Cardwell Florist
(734) 421-3567
Life Story / Obituary
Truly beautiful inside and out, Bernadine Kargul was a blessing to everyone she met. She was an innovative and creative thinker with a contagious zest for life and a kind, generous and welcoming heart. Bernadine was a fun-loving mother who brought adventure into the lives of her children, and her timeless wisdom and advice was highly sought after by everyone who knew her. Although she was highly accomplished in many areas, she was a humble woman who used her gifts and talents to enhance the lives of all who were lucky enough to be within her circle. Life will never be the same without her, but Bernadine's family and friends will hold her spirit forever near and dear to their hearts.
It was in 1929 that the collapse of the stock market sent the United States and most of the world into the Great Depression. Bernadine was born to Barney and Genevieve (Trutwin) Zak just ten months prior to the October market crash, on January 9. The family had the good fortune to live in Little Falls, Minnesota, a picturesque, bucolic small town on the Mississippi River, known for being the birthplace of Charles Lindbergh. As the oldest of five children, she was raised along with her siblings, Fred, Dick, Shirley, and Jim.
The decade after the stock market crash was a time of great social and financial turmoil, but in a small rural town like Little Falls, Bernadine's family was able to lead a typically small-town life. Her father worked as an award winning butter maker at a local dairy and her mother was a seamstress and cook. Bernadine was an excellent student: she skipped a grade at the start of elementary school and continued to excel throughout her education. She also enjoyed ice skating, reading, and took piano lessons. As a teenager she began making silver jewelry, and like her mother, she was an accomplished seamstress, making many of her own clothes. After the Zak family moved to Michigan during WWII – Bernadine's parents got jobs as inspectors in industrial factories in Detroit – Bernadine graduated with high honors from Redford High School. She then went on to pursue pharmacy at Wayne State University. She received her pharmacy degree in 1951, one of few women in her generation to pursue that career.
During her years at Wayne State Bernadine met the man who would change the course of her life forever, John Kargul. He hired her as a pharmaceutical assistant as she was just starting in the pharmacy program. Over the next three years they fell in love and in 1950 they eloped. Bernadine and John took a long cross-country trip for their honeymoon, visiting New Orleans, Arizona, California and Mexico. Together they were blessed with six children, John, Laura, Mike, Tom, Joan, and George.
Bernadine was devoted to her children and she had a way of making the ordinary truly extraordinary. A scientist at heart, she could be relied upon to come up with innovative science fair projects for her children such as making methane from newspaper, feeding white mice digitalis and monitoring the decrease in their heart rate with a homemade stethoscope, and even reconstructing the skeletal system of a raccoon. Eventually, Bernadine became a science fair judge at St. Valentine School. Her creativity also spilled over into her role as a Cub Scout den mother as she was forever cooking up exciting projects. On one occasion, she taught the boys how to make paper mache masks for the characters in Peter and the Wolf. Then, they enacted the play to Prokofiev's score! As a mother Bernadine was strong, even iron-willed and tough at times, but she was also caring, compassionate, and her children's greatest advocate. She was a genuine nurturer who took care of everyone around her, including stray children and pets. Bernadine was practical and realistic, but she always chose to see the positive in life as well as in people. Highly independent, she took initiative in everything she did and nothing held her back.
With seemingly inexhaustible supplies of energy, Bernadine led a remarkably active life. In her mid-forties, she began working as a hospital pharmacist, which opened up a whole new chapter for her. Bernadine loved her career, as well as her co-workers. She was always very involved in the professional sorority for women pharmacists. For several years, she also ran a commercial real estate business. Travel was one of her greatest passions and she regularly took her children on camping trips all over the country, as well as the Canadian provinces from Prince Edward Island to Vancouver. Bernadine visited every state in the union with the exception of Alaska and Hawaii. In addition, she traveled to a dizzying array of countries including Holland, Belgium, East and West Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Poland, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Morocco, Japan, China, Thailand, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. For many years, Bernadine made regular trips back to Little Falls to visit her large extended family for several weeks, often traveling by train with her children. These trips were always of critical importance to her as she was deeply devoted to her extended family.
Throughout her life Bernadine pursued many different interests. In the years prior to working as a pharmacist she sewed constantly, making most of her own clothes as well as clothes for her children and their dolls. Bernadine's skills as a seamstress also extended to making Halloween costumes and curtains for the house. She also knitted and crocheted sweaters, scarves and mittens. The ladies of the Greek Church taught her how to cook Greek food. She mastered dishes like moussaka, spanikopita, shish kabob, leg of lamb, and stuffed grape leaves, using leaves she picked from wild vines. Bernadine became most famous for her incredible baklava. She was a gifted oil painter, creating landscapes, seascapes, and portraits of her children. Music held a special place in her heart and she was an avid concert-goer. She especially loved classical music, such as solo piano, symphonic, and operatic literature. She had a great interest in historical novels and art, even taking courses in art history at Wayne State and visiting museums, churches, and sites of antiquity across Europe to view masterworks of art. Later in life, Bernadine developed a great passion for doing research into her Polish family's genealogy, which took her on multiple trips to Salt Lake City and Poland.
Strong, independent and vibrant, Bernadine Kargul was an inspiration and role model to many, many people. She had a great sense of humor with a famously infectious laugh, and all who knew her would agree that she was a gifted and enthusiastic storyteller. Bernadine was devoted to her family and she was a loyal friend who was always there for her loved ones. Deeply loved, she will never be forgotten.
Bernadine Kargul died on January 22, 2016. Bernadine's family includes her children, John J. (Carol), Laura, Michael(Lynne) Karagoulis, Tom (Melissa), Joan Baldiga-Kargul and George (Janine); 18 grandchildren, one great-grandchild; and sister, Shirley O'Leary. Bernadine was preceded in death by her husband. Visitation on Tuesday, 3-9p.m. with a Rosary at 7p.m. at Neely-Turowski Funeral Home 30200 Five Mile (Between Middlebelt and Merriman). Instate at 11:30 a.m. until time of Mass at 12 p.m. Wednesday at St. Valentine Catholic Church 14841 Beech Daly (South of Five Mile). To leave a memory or photo, go to our website at www.TurowskiLifeStory.com


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NEW YORK (AP) � U.S. stocks wandered between small gains and losses yesterday before closing mixed.
Traders were indecisive as companies released mixed earnings news, and many were disinclined to make big moves before getting direction from the Federal Reserve, which is scheduled to release an updated policy statement today.
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It has been three months since Jeremy Foley, the Florida Gators' well-respected and incredibly accomplished athletic director of the last 25 years, announced his retirement effective Oct 1.
By announcing his retirement in advance, Foley provided Florida — where he has worked for the last 40 years in various roles — with nearly four months to hire his replacement. Unfortunately for the Gators, they have been unable to lock in that replacement with three weeks to go until Foley's planned departure date.
There has been some information floating around about Florida's hiring process here but little of it has been substantiated. In fact, OnlyGators.com has heard numerous tidbits over the last few months, but we were unable to confirm any of them due to how close to the vest UF has been keeping the entire process.
USA Today's Dan Wolken on Friday was able to break it down, however, with a detailed report that confirms some of what we heard previously but offers far greater insight.
According to "multiple people with knowledge of the process" who spoke with Wolken and USA Today, the primary issue that has come up with "some higher-profile" potential candidates has been Foley remaining with the program in an emeritus role. There is concern about him looming over Florida athletics as one of the most successful athletic directors of all-time.
This may have been what spooked North Carolina AD Bubba Cunningham, who according to Wolken "pulled his name from consideration the night before he was supposed to arrive in Gainesville to finalize the deal … to the bewilderment of several colleagues in the industry."
It should be no surprise that a sitting AD told Wolken that the Gators' job is indeed the "best … in the country," which is why it comes as such a shock that Florida's had such a tough time filling the position to this point.
Many other Power Five programs have replaced their athletic directors in the same span, with those it acquired from other institutions similarly being replaced already. Granted, none of those positions was as high-profile as the one available at Florida.
Not reported by Wolken but the one thing confirmed to OnlyGators.com previously is that UF has hinted to candidates that it would like to retain some or all of its current staff. That could be an issue for some candidates who might feel like they are stepping into a situation as a lone outsider with everyone else already on the same page.
Wolken also reported that Arizona AD Greg Byrne was at one point under consideration for the job, but there's no reason given as to why those conversations stopped. Byrne is considered by many to be the hottest up-and-coming athletic director in the industry.
There is certainly no scenario in which Foley leaves Florida high and dry. As Wolken notes, chances are he will remain in place with the Gators until a new athletic director is hired and an appropriate transition period can occur. "Even if the school announced a hire in the next few days, it would be difficult to have someone in place by the original target date," he wrote.
Florida is not using a search firm for this hiring process and is instead keeping the entire thing in-house, just as Foley did when hiring and replacing some of UF's most notable coaches over the last few years. The difference, of course, is that Foley is not part of the this process (though he is supposedly lending an ear when needed).
In a statement following Foley's departure, the Gators' senior associate athletic directors under Foley pulled their name from consideration for the job. Florida is looking to hire a sitting Power Five athletic director for its prestigious role.
Dumb question and may have been answered previously, but why wouldn't they hire internally / someone that has already been groomed by Foley. If they insist on keeping the staff together which as you pointed out maybe a deal broker for some new AD, this would also keep the momentum and you would assume a current person on the staff would not be intimidated by having Foley still with some sort of role.
Why wouldn't anyone currently not want to step up to this role?
There is an underlying issue with the program that is the cause of this. Even the initial announcement was strange.
And that issue you refer to is?
Retiring Foley is akin to easing out that FBI guy that just would not go away.
Way more under-current here than being shared with the public.
I could get raw here, but defer to watching how this DRAMA unfolds.


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May I just suggest that Cornwall is a beautiful county with numerous locations that would suit large scale conventions of this type.
I have, of course added the dates to the Secular Atheist Calendar.
TAM 2012 will feature the most speakers on the main program we've ever had, and will also feature panel discussions including:
- Fortune telling for Fun and Profit
- Skepticism about the Future: Techno-optimism vs. Reality?
- How Not To Be a Paranormal Investigator
- The Truth About Alternative Medicine, and
- Skepticism and the Humanities.
The main program will also feature two live tapings of Skeptics Guide to the Universe, featuring Dr. Steve Novella and the Skeptic Rogues.
This year, evening events will include:
- Wait, Wait, Don't Fool Me | A skeptical news quiz completely unlike a certain NPR news quiz in every way. Well, some ways. Join host Brian Thompson and a panel of hilarious skeptical celebrity guests as they compete to see who knows the most about current events, pop culture, and terrible puns.
- A Carlin Home Companion | Deftly weaving her amusing yet poignant family stories with classic video footage of her father's career and family memorabilia, Kelly Carlin, the only child of iconoclastic comedian George Carlin, takes the audience on a roller coaster ride of emotions and pulls back the curtain on their life together off stage. Join us for this unexpected, loving and revealing look at the man who constantly redefined himself in order to redefined 20th century comedy.
- Paul Provenza presents ¡SATIRISTAS! — Live in Concert | Paul Provenza, the celebrated comic and social critic, presents a cadre of provocateurs and proud comic voices targeting hypocrisy, media distortion and the instiutionalized ignorance infecting America. These skeptical comedians are distinguished by the savage bite of their wit, virtuosic command of irony and finely tuned bullshit detectors. Celebrating the spirit of the book of the same name, ¡SATIRISTAS! will chew the fat of traditional credulity and leave you wanting more.
- Penn Jillette's Private Rock & Roll, Doughnut and Bacon Party 2 (and Friday the 13th Superstition Bash) | This really is Penn's private party. He's paying for everything and JREF has nothing to do with it. This party will be whatever Penn wants; it's not a JREF event. Everyone at TAM is invited, and there is a suggested twenty dollar donation to attend, with proceeds going to the JREF.
Skepticism isn't just something you think, its something you do!This year, hands-on educational workshops and activist trainings will include:
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Many of you have heard my mantra for game development: "Stable, Fast, Fun. In that order." We need a little more time to make that happen.
To this end we are moving our Pre-Order headstart date to 10/30/07 and our commercial service start date to 11/2/07. This short but critical amount of time will give us time to address several issues including stability and balance as well as allowing our players to test the continent of Ligo (L38+) and our major changes to crafting for a few weeks rather than a few days. Our entire development staff feels this extra time is needed as does our beta community. We feel confident that this extra time will make a difference on launch day.
Tabula Rasa was previously scheduled to be released on October 16th. Of course, the gamers most likely to be upset by this news have probably already pre-ordered and have access to the open beta to tide them over until launch.
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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
nounmass noun
1An intense feeling of deep affection.'babies fill parents with feelings of love''their love for their country'
deep affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, intimacy, attachment, endearmentcompassion, care, caring, regard, solicitude, concern, warmth, friendliness, friendship, kindness, charity, goodwill, sympathy, kindliness, altruism, philanthropy, unselfishness, benevolence, brotherliness, sisterliness, fellow feeling, humanityrelationship, love affair, affair, romance, liaison, affair of the heart, intrigue, amourView synonyms
- 'That year he moved to London but his love for Wales was strong and he eventually settled permanently there.'
- 'He has expressed his love for his mother in the most tender, touching terms.'
- 'Is it a story about love for your family, love for your country, a revolution.'
- 'It is a moving account of his time in Chile, his love for the people and their love for him.'
- '"I, too, have known a mother's love for her child.'
- 'In my book, a mother's love for her child is the highest form of human love.'
- 'Each one is very powerful, but none of them is as strong as your love for your daughter.'
- 'If there is one thing to beat crime it is love, love for our children, love for our family and friends, and love for all!'
- 'But the biggest thing in Amanda's life was children, her incredible love for them and devotion to them.'
- 'His love for children and affection for the sick have endeared him to all.'
- 'Yet they still retain a strong love for their mother land, its culture and its traditions.'
- 'He was acting on his love for her and his strong need to make sure that she and their baby were being taken care of.'
- 'My brother, and his real, strong love for me that was able to pull me back into the world I know.'
- 'The conscientious objectors have nothing but admiration, pride and love for their homeland.'
- 'There is no romance involved, still the affection and love for a friend is implied and understood.'
- 'The long periods of separation never affected her love for her mother.'
- 'Brotherly love comes at a price, it seems.'
- 'I guess Michael and I were trying to find a way to express our brotherly love for one another.'
- 'In short, how can there be love for the country without love for the people?'
- 'His devotion to his work and his love for children made him popular with both pupils and parents.'
- 1.1 A strong feeling of affection and sexual attraction for someone.'they were both in love with her''we were slowly falling in love'
besotted with, infatuated with, enamoured of, love-struck by, smitten with, passionate about, with a passion for, consumed with desire forView synonyms
- 'Falling in love with Maria, he comes to question rigid definitions of masculine and feminine.'
- 'Finding love is a hard thing to do, but don't fret.'
- 'Why can't two people our age fall in love and stay in love for the rest of our lives?'
- 'His last kiss still tingled on her lips, and she glowed in the warmth of the sun and their love for each other.'
- 'There is a possibility of love at first sight and even a hasty marriage.'
- 'If your recent post is anything to go by, her love for you is as strong as ever!'
- 'It seemed completely unreal, the kisses we shared and how he said he was falling in love with me.'
- 'I'm sure even if you somehow did end up falling in love with her, she'd never allow it.'
- 'Passionate mutual love does not outweigh the imperatives of the class structure as they are presented in the novel.'
- 'He lost his ambition and forgot everything but his love for this unworthy woman.'
- 'Unrequited love is a painful thing to see.'
- 'I had to try to put my intense passionate love for him to the side and be his friend.'
- 'She frequently accuses me of cheating on her, or falling in love with someone else.'
- 'You were falling in love with her, she already loved you, and you made a great couple.'
- 'He unexpectedly finds himself falling in love with a young refugee.'
- 'I might add that I have felt an intense passion and love for one man several years ago.'
- 'My love for her was as strong as ever, as it is now, at this very moment.'
- 'Try falling in love with someone who is from a different country and speaks a different language.'
- 'We have always happy together and our love for each other has been strong and growing for sometime now.'
- 'She did not overtly try to attract Edgar, but he was still falling in love with her.'
- 1.2 Affectionate greetings conveyed to someone on one's behalf.'give her my love'
best wishes, regards, good wishes, greetings, kind regards, kindest regards, felicitations, salutations, compliments, best, respectsView synonyms
- 'I send her all my love, I know what it feels like, remember Debbie- me and my mum are always here for you.'
- 'We also send our best love to you and the children all wish that they were going on the same ship as their Father.'
- 'I send love to those who are here today and to those who cannot be here but who are listening.'
- 'Uncle Richard and Flora are still happy together, and they and Jamie send their love.'
- 'Also all the rest of the assorted cousins and uncles and aunts send their love too.'
- 'Big Hugs to Tamsin. I'm sending all my love and best wishes to Tamsin who goes in for her operation today.'
- 'Give my love to mother and Sarah and the children.'
- 'We send all our love and heartfelt sorrow for all your family and everybody who knew and loved you.'
- 'Channel those emotions as you read this, and send me all your love and sympathy.'
- 'Now, I don't know her, but my heart goes out to her, and I'm sending my love.'
- 'Everyone who knew David sends condolences and love to Janet at this sorrowful time.'
- 'We send our love to a wonderful woman and all the best for a speedy recovery.'
- 'For all of you have traveled with us and are embarking on new journeys, we send you our love.'
- 'I send them all love and big hugs with lots of prayers to them and their families.'
- 'All our love and best wishes on this special occasion from your family and friends.'
- 1.3 A formula for ending an affectionate letter.'take care, lots of love, Judy'
- 'Looking forward to seeing you soon, Lots of love, Grannie'
- 'Hmmm nothing of any import to say so I will sign off again, lots of love.'
- 'All the very very best to you Tom, and lots of love from Charlie.'
- 1.4 A personified figure of love, often represented as Cupid.
- 'Dante stands on the left, led by Love who bends to kiss Beatrice.'
- 'A winged Cupid, or Love, is represented as having gone before them, preparing the nuptial feast.'
- 'Love is shown as armed with bows and arrows.'
2A great interest and pleasure in something.'his love for football''we share a love of music'
liking, weakness, partiality, bent, leaning, proclivity, inclination, dispositionView synonyms
- 'But he is one of life's great enthusiasts and his love of his subject is getting quite infectious.'
- 'Though coming from a football heartland, he had an even bigger interest and love for hurling.'
- 'She dwells on her charming manner, love of clothes, loyalty to her brother and, in later life, to her adoptive city.'
- 'Ian drinks his coffee and talks enthusiastically about his love of singing.'
- 'He is remembered for his joviality and zest for life and love of the game.'
- 'They share a mutual love of music and both are very deep thinkers.'
- 'He loved his music and he passed on his love for music to his children.'
- 'So passionate is my love of opera, that I crave any activity that extends my time in the Arts Centre.'
- 'I had a great interest and love of music, and music was always a part of the family, but no one had ever pursued it.'
- 'His love of animals preceded his love of gardening, and he says a good gardener is automatically a naturalist.'
- 'Willie was the local historian, a very popular man who had a great interest and love of his locality.'
- 'Years later he has combined his love for zoology with his appreciation of the female form.'
- 'He turned his love of surfing into a company worth more than half a billion dollars.'
- 'There is no questioning his enthusiasm and love for the game and you are always off to a good start when you have that kind of passion.'
- 'You'll need to read this book to taste his love of the hurley, the alley and hurling itself.'
- 'Liam in his reply spoke of his love of the game and the enjoyment he still gets out of coaching.'
- 'Though her appreciation and love for music never subsided, Jen did not actively compose again for several years.'
- 'The fact that you would do it for free is just an indicator of your passion and love for it.'
- 'He lived on a farm in the country and grew up with an appreciation and love for nature.'
- 'And these days he loves nothing more than combining his love of running with his passion for travel.'
3count noun A person or thing that one loves.'she was the love of his life''their two great loves are tobacco and whisky'
beloved, loved one, love of one's life, dear, dearest, dear one, darling, sweetheart, sweet, sweet one, angel, honeyView synonyms
- 'His chief love is painting, sorry, his two chief loves are painting and some old guru or other.'
- 'The lives, loves and actions of everybody are shrunk down so that everyone can have their fifteen minutes of fame.'
- 'This tale of country folk, their loves and hates, their customs, is like a prescription for our troubled age.'
- 'By the end of the trip I knew she had two loves; her son and her carpets.'
- 'While she was a singer first and foremost, she is loathe to choose between her two loves.'
- 'The talk covered not only her life and loves but also family and domestic life in the 13 th century.'
- 'She tours America and in the process of winning recognition she betrays her loves and her artistic beliefs.'
- 'The two loves of the club crooner's life were always his wife - and song.'
- 'She is fascinated with history and theatre, two loves passed down from her mother.'
- 'He had three great, simple loves in his life, his family and friends, his football and his faith.'
- 'My job and my family are both great loves of my life and have helped.'
- 'She was a young woman who had many loves in her life - most of which revolved around her family.'
- 'The prolific writer spent his life combining his two great loves - writing and the Lake District.'
- 'By the time he was a young man, his two great loves, politics and horse-racing, soon became apparent.'
- 'Music was one of his great loves and before long he could play several instruments.'
- 3.1British informal A friendly form of address.'it's all right, love'
- 'It's alright my love! I'm here! Everything will be just fine!'
- 'It's alright my love. We're all feeling emotional.'
- 'It's alright my love, what you want to know I'll tell you. Ask me.'
- 'It's alright my love you are safe with me.'
- 3.2a loveinformal Used in affectionate requests.'don't fret, there's a love'
- '"Don't choke 'im, there's a love".'
- 'Stop complaining about free speech and don't be a hypocrite, there's a love.'
- '"Emily, my dear," said the spinster aunt, with a patronising air, "don't talk so loud, love."'
4(in tennis, squash, and some other sports) a score of zero; nil.'love fifteen'
- 'More so in the second set where Jones held four out of five service games at love.'
- 'The running tennis score of each of the games is expressed in a style peculiar to tennis: score in a game from zero to three points is represented as zero (or "love"), fifteen, thirty, and forty correspondingly.'
- 'To come back from two sets to love and win it is an awesome feeling.'
verb[with object]
1Feel deep affection or sexual love for (someone)'do you love me?'
be in love with, be infatuated with, be smitten with, be besotted with, be passionate aboutView synonyms
- 'I love you baby, and that's all that matters.'
- 'He truly did love her, and deep down he knew his family would too, but he was still nervous.'
- 'He loves his wife, enjoys her world, shares her clothes, goes shopping with her.'
- 'That's why if I could have one wish, it would be for you to never stop loving me.'
- 'Maybe then, and only then, could I truly be loved in return?'
- 'He replies talking about having a wife he loves and who loves him, a wonderful daughter and a good life.'
- 'The sense of disappointment left me empty inside, obviously nobody loves me.'
- 'There are hot croissants downstairs, and a man who loves me despite and because of everything.'
- 'Of course he loves you, and he always will.'
- 'To find someone you are compatible with and who loves you is enough.'
- 'She's rung me and told me she loves him, he loves her and they want to be together but I can't accept that.'
- 'Many a woman's mother has suggested that it is a good idea to marry a man who loves you more than you love him.'
- '"I love you baby, " Kelly says, hugging her.'
- 'Your daughter may already know that this man is taking advantage of her but, as she loves him, she may be unable to resist his charm.'
- 'I believe her when she says she loves me and I know I mean it when I say I love her.'
- 'But after this, I'll do whatever I have to do to keep him because he's shown he loves me.'
- 'His love wasn't true and you will find someone who loves you and really respects you.'
- 'Though you tried to deny it, you must trust your heart that deep inside you love him.'
- 'A part of me hoped that deep down he really did love me for that.'
- 'I have hinted that this is a bad thing but she says that she loves him.'
- 1.1 Like or enjoy very much.'I'd love a cup of tea''I just love dancing'
like very much, delight in, enjoy greatly, have a passion for, take great pleasure in, derive great pleasure from, have a great liking for, be addicted to, relish, savourView synonyms
- 'The children have really loved the whole idea of it.'
- 'Some of the local children absolutely loved the idea of finding bugs and learning more about their native environment.'
- '"Our fans love to see quality homegrown talent.'
- 'Sarah loves the outdoors and enjoys swimming, surfing, gardening, cooking and camping.'
- 'She loved gardening and flowers and spent many happy and contented days in the garden.'
- '"I thought all girls love to dance.'
- 'I'd absolutely love to hear what you have to say!'
- 'Pete is not able to say that the crowds have always loved watching him play.'
- 'The rustic cottage, constructed with pine slats, was the home of a man who loved the outdoors.'
- 'After that I'd get out and do lots of gardening; I love gardening.'
- 'He loved working in his garage and being in the bush, cutting wood.'
- 'The guy loves music, and this was apparent every single time he was onstage.'
- 'We contemplated going in several directions, but we've always loved what we've done.'
- 'During his free time, my husband loves working on computers and audiovisual systems.'
- 'How could our kid not love the great outdoors?'
- 'I would absolutely love to hear about it.'
- 'But thousands of ordinary people would love the chance to enjoy opera more fully.'
- 'The many teenagers in the audience loved the music and seemed to know every number.'
- 'But something slowly began to dawn on me - I still loved what I did.'
- 'What we do is for people who really love his music.'
fall in love
1Develop a deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone.'I've fallen in love with you''we were slowly falling in love'
- 1.1Develop a deep liking for something.'I came to San Francisco to visit a friend and fell in love with the city'
- 1.1Develop a deep liking for something.
fall out of love
1Cease to feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone.'we just fell out of love''Mike thought his wife had fallen out of love with him'
- 1.1Become disenchanted with something.'he admitted to falling out of love with the game'
- 1.1Become disenchanted with something.
for love
For pleasure rather than profit.'he played for the love of the game'
- 'And Jeff loved what he did, and he did it for love, not money.'
- 'The answer to that question is that he did it by himself - single-handedly, and he did it for love.'
- 'It's not a lot of money, so we do it for love, we do it because we have this commitment.'
- 'Did anyone seriously imagine that he was managing England for love rather than money?'
for the love of God
Used to accompany an urgent request or to express annoyance or surprise.'for the love of God, get me out of here!'
- 'If I should ever be in a vegetative state and kept alive on life support, please, for the love of God, don't ever show me in that condition on national television.'
- 'As for the rest of you - for the love of God, please stop.'
- 'Oh, for the love of God, Erin, please do not cry!'
- 'Please, for the love of God, write something better…'
- 'Oh, for the love of God, don't do this to me now!'
- 'Please, for the love of God, TELL ME WHAT YOU SAID!'
- 'Just get down there and try, for the love of God!'
- 'And if you do break down, for the love of God, PUSH YOUR CAR INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE.'
- 'Don't let this happen - for the love of God, think of the children!'
- 'I've got no trouble with sexy little clothes, but for the love of God, it's the middle of winter!'
for the love of Mike
informal Used to accompany an exasperated request or to express dismay.'for the love of Mike take off those shoes!'
- 'He's my man-servant, not a plutocrat, for the love of Mike!'
- ''Cut it out and just take some normal pictures, for the love of Mike.''
- 'Forget pounds - why, for the love of Mike would you want to work with pounds?'
love is blind
proverb Loving someone makes you unable to see their faults.'I don't see why he bothered with her but then, love is blind'
- 'They say love is blind, and too much devotion to a company can sometimes mean overlooking some pretty obvious shortcomings.'
- 'They say love is blind, but Kelly must have lost all her senses.'
- 'Americans love baseball and, as they say, love is blind, which is why in the current controversy it's easy to overlook the history of cheating in the game.'
- 'It's true that online dating isn't always safe and we are definitely cautioned against it, but like they say, love is blind and mistakes are bound to happen when we fail to see the truth.'
- 'Even where love is blind, it was obvious that Julian had been inept at studies, and his prospects were fair at best.'
love me, love my dog
proverb If you love someone, you must accept everything about them, even their faults.
- 'I'm one of those people who has taken to heart the old saying "love me, love my dog."'
the love that dare not speak its name
1An allusive term for homosexuality.sexual orientation, orientation, sexual preference, leaning, persuasionView synonyms
- 1.1Used to refer to a preference or practice regarded as unacceptable or taboo.'a fondness for nuclear power was the love that dare not speak its name among green campaigners'
- 'On the other side, immigration is the issue that dare not speak its name.'
- 'During the 1990s, avarice was the love that dare not speak its name.'
- 'One Tory MP has suggested that Europhilia on his party's backbenches was now "the love that dare not speak its name".'
- 'There are many types of love, a man's love for a fine wine, or the love shared by a young couple just beginning a romance, but today we are concerned with the love that dare not speak its name, a website's love for a local football manager.'
- 'It is the love that dare not speak its name - the love for the atomic bomb and for nuclear power.'
- 'For the LNP, privatisation could be the love that dare not speak its name.'
- 'Redistribution remains the policy that dare not speak its name.'
- 'I have fallen prey to the love that dare not speak its name: I am in the thrall of a music that is not cool, never will be cool, and never has been cool.'
- 'While he was helping flog 13 million records to teenyboppers, he harboured a love that dare not speak its name: he adored rock.'
- 1.1Used to refer to a preference or practice regarded as unacceptable or taboo.
make love
1Have sexual intercourse.'one of the young men makes love to a village girl''in the morning they made love'
have sex, have sexual intercourse, go to bed, go to bed together, sleep togetherView synonyms
- 'We kissed and that night we went back to her house and we made love.'
- 'Or it might involve being interrupted while making love or excessive worry about areas such as work, family life or finances.'
- 'We'd talk lots and make love lots - and then talk lots again and make love lots again.'
- 'She never initiates sex, and never really gets into it when we do make love.'
- 'Things wouldn't be so bad if we hadn't made love, but we have quite a few times.'
- 'The idea was that parents loved each other, got married, made love, and babies resulted.'
- 'Our feelings have grown stronger, we are closer than ever and we make love regularly.'
- 'They said they had lost a sense of intimacy and were no longer making love.'
- 'She no longer wants to make love, whereas before we had a very good sex life.'
- 'Being gay means that the ordinary relationship between making love and having children is severed.'
2Pay amorous attention to (someone).
not for love or money
informal Not in any circumstances.'they'll not return for love or money'
not at all, certainly not, not for a moment, not in any circumstances, not under any circumstances, in no circumstances, under no circumstances, on no accountView synonyms
- 'Some guitars you don't let go, not for love or money… and this is one of them.'
- 'We never lend, rent or give our mailing list nor any customer information to anyone, not for love or money.'
- 'He has taken on an unselfish task, not for love or money, for the first time in his life.'
- 'You have my admiration, I would not be able to do it, not for love or money.'
- 'A young woman on a cross-country train from Vancouver to Toronto has a child by a visiting Indian student because of 'the fact that you couldn't get condoms around the Calgary station, not for love or money.''
- 'This compromise I would not make, not for love or money or threats of a lonely old age.'
there's no (or little or not much) love lost between
There is mutual dislike between (the people mentioned)'there's no love lost between Scott and me'
- 'There is often little love lost between lawyer and defendant especially if the client goes to jail.'
- 'There's obviously no love lost between Eddie and Tim.'
- 'There was not much love lost between the two cities, and that intense civic pride was reflected by local radio.'
- 'These nations have a long history of warfare and there is little love lost between any of them.'
- 'There is little love lost between the former monopolist and the new competitors.'
- 'Certainly there will be no love lost between not only the players of these two clubs, but also between the two teams' coaching staffs.'
- ''There is certainly no love lost between the two teams,' he said.'
- 'There is little love lost between them, although mutual respect burns strongly.'
- 'There is not much love lost between the competitors.'
- 'The fact that there is no love lost between champion and contender has added spice to their battles in recent years; they respect each other, of course, but that's about the limit of their mutual feelings.'
Old English lufu, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit lubhyati 'desires', Latin libet 'it is pleasing', libido 'desire', also by leave and lief.
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Custom errors in Jinja templates
Posted on Sun 23 August 2015 in Code • Tagged with Jinja, templates, Python, errors • Leave a comment
Jinja is a pretty great templating engine for Python. Unlike the likes of Mustache or Handlebars, it doesn't try to constrain overmuch the kind of logic that the programmer can put in their templates. Most Python expressions, for example, are supported, as are variables and functions (or macros in Jinja's parlance).
One conspicously absent feature is throwing exceptions directly from template code. (It's obviously possible from custom filters or tags). If we had it, we could add some more robust error checking to the template input values or macro paramaters.
Let's say you have extracted a
{% macro %} for rendering a button,
like the one from Twitter Bootstrap:
{% macro button(text=none, style='default', type='button') %}
<button class="btn btn-{{ style }}" type="{{ type }}">
{% if text is not none %}
{{ text }}
{% else %}
{{ caller() }}
{% endif %}
{% endmacro %}
The benefit of this conditional definition is the relative ease of creating buttons with either just a text label:
{{ button("Load More...") }}
or some more complicated markup:
{% call button(style='success', type='submit') %}
<i class="fa fa-check"></i>Finish
{% endcall %}
Supplying both, however, is an ambiguity that the macro currently "resolves" by preferring text
over a
{% call %} block. It should rather be an error instead:
{% if caller and caller is defined and text is not none %}
{% error "Cannot supply text= parameter to button() when invoking it through {% call %}" %}
{% endif %}
{% error %} isn't a tag that Jinja supports by default. To make it available,
we need to implement the logic ourselves.
Adding new Jinja tags
Don't sweat, though! It won't be necessary to fork Jinja itself and modify its core code. Custom tags may just as well be added with extensions, which is a dedicated Jinja mechanism.
An extension is just a Python class that declares
tags it intends to support and implements a
parse method:
from jinja2.ext import Extension
class ErrorExtension(Extension):
tags = frozenset(['error'])
def parse(self, parser):
# ...
What can be a little tricky is that
parse method itself shouldn't take any direct action. Instead, it shall return
a piece of AST — abstract syntax tree — that Jinja will include
in the compiled template. All regular Jinja features are thus available, but the power of extensions doesn't end here.
Handling the {% error %} tag
The argument to
parse is a parser object, which we can use to extract tokens from the template source code.
error tag identifier is one such token, and the string following it is another. As it turns out,
we are only tenuously interested in the former, but we definitely want to pick the latter, because it's the error message
we'll raise an exception with:
tag = parser.stream.next()
message = parser.parse_expression()
As it was mentioned previously, the
parse method itself won't be raising this exception immediately. If we did that,
no template with the
{% error %} tag would ever parse successfully! What we need instead is an AST node
that throws the exception when it's evaluated. This way, it will be deferred until the template
is being rendered and its execution point reaches the
{% error "..." %} stanza.
Jinja already has a correct node type handy: it's named
and it represents a statement that
{% call %}s given method of the
Extension class:
from jinja2.nodes import CallBlock, Const
# (in ErrorExtension.parse)
node = CallBlock(
self.call_method('_exec_error', [message, Const(tag.lineno)]),
[], [], [])
return node
This method,
_exec_error, should do the crux of what this extension is about: raise an exception.
Let's define a distinct error class for it, to tell user errors apart from those thrown by Jinja itself:
from jinja2 import TemplateAssertionError
class ErrorExtension(Extension):
# ...
def _exec_error(self, message, lineno, caller):
raise TemplateUserError(message, lineno)
class TemplateUserError(TemplateAssertionError):
Using the extension
The last step is to tell Jinja to use our extension when compiling and rendering templates.
For that, we simply add it to the
If you are using the Flask framework,
jinja_env is an attribute on the
Flask application object.
To see the complete code sample for
have a look at this gist.


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Young or old, almost everyone loves Lego. If you admit it or not, you do. For the few that have never played or built with Lego, perhaps they won"t understand the draw that Lego can have, but I am sure they will appreciate the art and the skills of the builders from these sites.
These sites are amazing sources of inspiration and ideas. All will fill you full of creativity. I especially like the sites that offer a little touch of wit.
Sean Kenney – Art with LEGO bricks
Sean is a full-time artist who works exclusively with LEGO bricks. He has produced commissions for galleries, museums, television, publications, celebrities, and companies like Google, ABC, Mazda, JP Morgan Chase, ELLE, and FAO Schwarz.
Nathan Sawaya – The Art of the Brick
Some artists use paint, others bronze – But for Nathan Sawaya, he chooses to build his awe-inspiring art out of toy building LEGO bricks.
MOCpages welcomes anyone who loves LEGO toys! The community includes children, teens, adult hobbyists, LEGO company employees, LEGOLAND employees, artists that use LEGO as a medium, engineers that use LEGO as a robotics platform, and more! Great site.
The Brothers Brick
The Brothers Brick is a LEGO blog for adult fans of LEGO. They started out back in 2005 featuring mainly minifigs, today they highlight the best LEGO creations of every type from builders around the world.
Lego is Fun
A great blog showcasing fantastic models from people of all ages.
What is a vignette? In the context of LEGO building, this is a scene built on a small (usually 6×6 or 8×8) platform. Vignettes are meant to capture a small slice of life.
This blog is focuses on highlighting great microscale LEGO creations. These are creations that are smaller than minifig scale.
Classic-Castle.com are committed to providing you with all the resources for building not only castles but all sorts of creations ranging from farms and livestock to magical towers and beasts.
TwinLUG is a group of adult LEGO enthusiasts who get together regularly to share ideas, trade parts, and generally be a part of the larger worldwide LEGO community.
Custom Minifig
Custom Mini Fig is dedicated to Lego Minifig customization, it was created as a fan site and a catalogue of the best and most innovative custom minifig designs based on the original Lego Minifig.
The Brick Testament
The Brick Testament is the largest, most comprehensive illustrated Bible in the world with over 3,600 illustrations that retell more than 300 stories from The Bible. All the illustrations are built with Lego (honestly).
TechnicBRICKs blog is intended more to spot on LEGO TECHNIC theme news and developments, rather than new sets reviews and users creations.
LEGO Block Block
A simple blog showcasing amazing models and creations.
Collective Creations
You will find all styles of Lego creation here, vignettes, custom minifigs…amazing.
Brick Town Talk
This blog has been inspired by the Lego model Cafe Corner, it is a showcase of creations and designs build in the same style, creating its own small town.
Fascinating LEGO Model of the Day
Part of the goal of this site is to offer a less formal way of exploring fun LEGO models online. Not exclusively for kids, but it does showcase worthy models made by those under the age of 18.
Modelbuildingsecrets's Weblog
This is the blog of a former Master Model Designer from LEGOLAND California. Great resource and inspiration.


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Anonymous Says:
What was that thing that looked like Ghost in Robin Damashii, but was all black except for the Robin Hood parts?
Game Forever Says:
Robin Hood's spirit.
Daniel Reyes Says:
That happens whenever Takeru goes into one of the Heroic spirits eyecon, in this case Robin Hood. The same thing happend in this weeks episode (ep 15) Were in (Spoilers)......... Takeru goes into Musashi's eyecon and it looks the same.
anubisofthedead reaper Says:
Anonymous it was the soul of Robin hood
Anonymous Says:
It has to do with the current plot of connecting the souls of the heroes. So each soul form has a base form to interact with. It's kinda a nice detail instead of just having CGI ghosts talking with Takeru, you get a bit more of a real interaction.
jazman'the rev'sevenfold Says:
it's robin hood
Anonymous Says:
Real Robin Hood's ghost, I guess.
Nicholas Ballway Says:
That's Robin Hood's soul giving Takeru his challenge.
Afiq Irfan Says:
It is robin hood soul itself,takeru will meet robin hood just like when he met musashi in the eyecon
anubisofthedead reaper Says:
They're literally just rushing out forms so much and then there's going to be nothing left to show off


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The Blast allowed three straight goals spanning the end of the third quarter and early in the fourth in a 7-4 loss to the host Harrisburg Heat on Friday night in a Major Arena Soccer League Eastern Division game.
The Blast tied the game at 2 with 2:36 left in the third quarter on Sofiane Tergou's first goal of the season, but the Heat answered with another goal in the quarter, scored just 21 seconds into the fourth quarter and extended the lead to 5-2 a few minutes later.
Dantas scored off an assist from Pat Healey (Towson University, Calvert Hall), but Harrisburg added an empty-net goal to make the score 7-3.


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Need a place for your records so secure that it can withstand a bomb blast?
If you have $1 million to spend, you can buy the Connecticut Underground Vault in Stafford. Dan Roulier, who runs a development firm in Somers, is looking for a buyer.
The vault, tucked away on the side of a hill off Moulton Hill Road, is the only one of its kind in the state, said Eunice DiBella, public records administrator for the state.
"It's quite unique," she said.
A sign that reads "Underground Record Protection Cooperative Trust Vault," the former name of the structure, is the only thing marking it along the road. Traffic is sparse in the area, where cows in nearby fields are usually the only moving things.
The 10,000-square-foot vault was built in 1962 by a consortium of banks and insurance companies looking for a place that would be certain to protect their records in case of natural or man-made disasters.
"It was built to withstand anything but a nuclear attack," Roulier said. "They had a real threat."
Some of those safety concerns still exist today, Roulier said. The day he signed the agreement to buy the vault was the day of the terrorist bombing on the World Trade Center in New York City.
Protecting the records inside the vault is a 12-ton, 19-inch-thick stainless-steel door. The walls, floor and ceiling are reinforced concrete, 15 inches thick. The temperature is a constant 70 degrees.
Signs of fears bred by the Cold War when the vault was built remain. At the back of the vault is an escape hatch with a ladder leading to the outside. Boxes of survival rations hold drinking water, dried meat, chocolate bars, biscuits and energy tablets.
"That was the mentality of the day," Roulier said.
Near the vault's entrance is a shower, set up in case a person needed to wash away nuclear radiation. There are dozens of small storage rooms.
Roulier said only 10 percent of the vault is filled with records, some of them on paper and others on tapes or computer reels. He declined to name the companies whose data is kept there, citing their need for confidentiality.
Roulier, who put the property on the market about six months ago, said he is marketing the underground vault as a facility for one buyer to use for disaster recovery. He is also willing to lease it.
Roulier has already subdivided the land for resale and is not interested in running the vault business. He thinks a company could use it as a backup computer facility, or a museum could use it to store valuable items.
It cost about $330,000 to construct the vault in 1962. Roulier estimates such a vault would cost about $3 million to build today.


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FAR Laboratories
How to Plant an Acorn and Grow an Oak Tree
A Dyna Rail is designed to be bolted to a
stump or deck railing.
While we don't suggest that you go out and cut down a tree, there are plenty of valid reasons for doing so.
If you do have a stump why not use it, but why not also plant an acorn to replace the lost tree.
Just like Christmas tree farmers replace their trees after people buy them at Christmas time.
If you have the time, you can also plant the acorn, wait fifty years, cut the tree down, and then bolt on your Dyna Rail!
We like to plant our
shortly after they had fallen from the tree, so the squirrels don't beat us to them.
Just like during the holidays when certain shoppers beat us to our favorite Christmas cards or gifts. Finding the perfect acorn is as easy as finding Christmas cards or planting trees -
click here
Planting instructions
1. Make sure the acorn is clean and dry.
2. Prepare container, we used 3ö (75mm) deep plastic pots or find suitable place to plant outside.
3. Fill pot with a peat free* compost, make a hollow with your finger or dig a small hole in the ground about 1ö (25mm) deep,
4. Put the acorn in pot or hole on its side.
5. Cover with compost or soil, press down lightly.
6. Water and label.
7. If in a pot, place in a semi-bright place (i.e. near windowsill)
8. Do not let dry out (but donÆt over water!)
9. They may grow before winter but it is unlikely that they will produce any leaves until spring.
10. Transplant into a larger pot or wherever, when too big for existing.
11. If planted outside protect from extreme weather and small animals.We recommend planting in pots and keeping inside/under glass until saplings to ensure that you know where they are and the squirrels and Blue Jays don't eat them while your are busy observing the heavens.
*Please use a peat free compost, peat bogs are a finite natural resource and a unique ecological environment. Do not help to destroy them.
FAR Laboratories
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Client Satisfaction Scores Far Higher Than Industry Norms
TROY, MI--(Marketwired - Feb 19, 2014) - Kelly Services, a leader in providing workforce solutions, announced today it has been named as one of Inavero's 2014 Best of Staffing® Client Award winners. Presented in partnership with CareerBuilder, the fifth annual Best of Staffing award provides the only statistically valid and objective service quality benchmarks for the industry, revealing which staffing companies deliver the highest quality of service to their clients. In a year when the staffing industry's client service quality scores are trending down once again, the Best of Staffing winners scored well above industry service benchmarks. Kelly Services is one of the best staffing companies for employers to call when they are looking to hire temporary, contract, or permanent employees.
Less than two percent of all staffing companies in the U.S. and Canada receive the Best of Staffing award for service excellence utilizing the Net Promoter® methodology. The stark contrast in client satisfaction scores compared to the industry average is a clear indication that the firms who have earned the 2014 Best of Staffing Client award truly stand out for their service quality. Kelly Services received satisfaction ratings of 9 or 10 out of 10 from 65 percent of their clients, nearly double the industry's average of 35 percent.
"Kelly Services is proud and honored to be a part of this group of U.S. and Canadian staffing firms named to the Best of Staffing Client List by Inavero," said Carl Camden, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kelly Services. "The workforce is changing, but one thing remains the same for our clients and that is the desire for partnerships that deliver strategic value and exceptional service."
"The staffing industry is helping organizations bridge the skills gap and add jobs today more than at any other point in US history," said Inavero Founder and CEO, Eric Gregg. "Between the well documented skills gaps and economic uncertainty, partnering with a top staffing agency is more important now than ever. The 2014 Best of Staffing award was earned by less than two percent of the more than 12,000 staffing firms in the U.S. In an era of scarce qualified talent, hard to fill positions, and ever-increasing expectations, these agencies have proven they have what it takes to deliver exceptional service to both clients and job candidates. We're proud of the accomplishments of our 2014 award recipients."
Net Promoter, NPS, and Net Promoter Score are trademarks of Satmetrix Systems, Inc., Bain & Company, and Fred Reichheld. Net Promoter Score is calculated by taking the percentage of respondents who, on a scale of 0 to 10, rate their likelihood to recommend the staffing agency with a score of 9 or 10 (promoters) and subtracting the percentage who rate the staffing agency a 6 or lower (detractors).
About Inavero
Inavero administers more staffing agency client and talent satisfaction surveys than any other firm in the world. Inavero's team reports on satisfaction surveys from more than 500,000 staffing agency clients and talent each year and the company serves as the American Staffing Association's exclusive service quality partner.
Inavero's Best of Staffing® is the nation's only award that recognizes staffing agencies that receive remarkable reviews from their clients and the people they help find jobs (employed talent). Bestofstaffing.com is the central place that businesses and talent go to find the best staffing agencies to call when they are in need.
About Kelly Services
Kelly Services, Inc. (
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Contact Information:
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- Kerole
- A Gardener of Disrepair
- Taupaki, New Zealand
A New Year
|3 Jan '16 10:03 am
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and that 2016 sees you well and enjoying your gardens!
I am currently at our family bach in Coromandel. It has been muggy, chill, blistering, gale force, torrential, drizzly, sunsetty, and mosquito-ish. Often all in one day. It is lovely to be with family, and to relax away from home for a few days.
I am also enjoying not being confronted by my own garden (and all the things within it that are screaming for my attention) whenever I open the door. I am instead being serenaded by native bird song, amid the greens and browns of New Zealand's native forest and bushlands. The ferns fronds hang heavy with rain drops, framing the ocean view perfectly. So very refeshing.
But of course I cannot be away long, before my mind wanders back to my garden and all I wish to change/improve in the year to come.
I have an update on the Tintinara rose. The so-very-pink rose that I purchased on a whim. I am unconvinced it will be staying in this most gentle of coloured garden beds! I left the plant with a couple of dozen tight buds on it. It will be interesting to see what it looks like when I return tomorrow.


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- Printed on industrial-grade vinyl
- Low-profile material that can withstand pedestrian and forklift traffic
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- More durable than paint
A floor sign that says, "Heat Treated Pallets" has many benefits for your facility. First, it can identify where in the facility this specific type of pallet should be kept. This is important because if you use both heat treated and normal pallets you will need to make sure they are kept separate so that the right ones are used in the right situations. Another way this floor sign can be helpful is by reserving a location in the facility for this type of storage.
If you don't have a floor sign that designates a spot for heat treated pallets, people will undoubtedly put other items in the place when it is empty. When this happens, everything will need to be moved out of the way when new heat treated pallets are brought in. This can waste a lot of time and energy in your facility.
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Section: Community
Harman hosts charity football
Published on by Department of Defence (author), CPL Dan Pinhorn (photographer)
ADF people of Canberra have braved the cold weather to conduct a sporting event for a good cause at HMAS Harman.
Digging for a difference
Published on by SBLT Max Logan (author), ABIS James McDougall (photographer)
A group of Canberra-based Navy people have provided a welfare boost to some of Australia's furry friends.
HMAS Penguin helps kids at 2018 Balmoral Burn
Published on by WO Ian Daley (author), Department of Defence (photographer)
The crew of Mosman's HMAS Penguin joined more than 10,000 competitors on a beautiful autumn day for this year's Humpty Dumpty Foundation Balmoral Burn charity fun run on Sunday 27 May.
Blaine Grills Racing joins Team Navy
Published on by CPO Anthony Martin (author), Stephen Crowden (photographer)
Team Navy has received a major boost, joining Mildura's Blaine Grills Racing. The association coincides with the start of the Victorian Formula Ford season for 2018 with Blaine Grills driving car number 68.
ADF children meet bullying head on
Published on by CPL Julia Whitwell (author), Unknown (photographer)
After 10 weeks of anti-bullying training, 20 children of ADF members have passed the first stages of becoming superheroes of the playground.
HMAS Newcastle raises funds on deployment
Published on by LEUT Rilana Ostheim (author), ABIS Tara Byrne (photographer)
The crew of HMAS Newcastle have conducted a fundraiser with a difference to support a local school that shares a strong affiliation with the ship.
HMAS Moreton cleans the streets
Published on by CPO Noleen Brennan (author), LS Hayden Eyles (photographer)
The ship's company of HMAS Moreton have rolled up their sleeves and walked the streets of Brisbane for the Clean Up Australia campaign.
Stirling tour just the ticket
Published on by LEUT Gary McHugh (author), ABIS Christopher Szumlanski (author)
HMAS Stirling turned on the VIP treatment recently as part of the Royal Flying Doctor Service's annual fundraising event, Altitude.
Submarine Force lends a hand
Published on by Mr Andrew Bujdegan (author), ABIS Christopher Szumlanski (photographer)
Navy's Submarine Force have joined Perth Legacy to assist with the presentation of a war widow's new mobility scooter.
School visit a family affair
Published on by LEUT Des Paroz (author), Unknown (photographer)
Navy's first ever female helicopter pilot has conducted an aircraft school visit with a difference.


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[Village scene, Burma]
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1895
Photograph of a village scene in Burma, taken by an unknown photographer in the 1890s. This is a view looking along an unidentified village street of traditional Burmese thatched palm houses. They are built out of wood and woven bamboo with steeply-pitched thatched roofs to facilitate the run-off of monsoon rains. The photograph is from an album devoted almost entirely to Lord Elgin's Burma tour of November to December 1898. Victor Alexander Bruce (1849-1917), ninth Earl of Elgin and 13th Earl of Kincardine, served as Viceroy of India between 1894 and 1899.


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I'll be making two appearances at the Kala Ghoda Festival this year, both on the same evening.
This pleases me very much, as it saves me the trouble of polishing my boots twice over and having an extra shirt ironed, and I'm one of those people who loves the sense of having saved precious time through adroit orchestration, no matter that I never establish what that saved time actually does go into. Just the feeling is enough.
Tomorrow, Monday, at 5pm I'm going to be talking to Anjum Hasan, the author of the novels Lunatic In My Head and Neti, Neti, in the David Sassoon Library garden.
And then at 8pm I'm going to be reading from Arzee the Dwarf, alongside Amit Varma and Lata Jagtiani, who'll be reading from their books. This time it will be Anjum asking the questions.
Look forward to seeing you! And now I'll return to my books and to my boots, while also trying to find the time (proleptically gained because of my time saved tomorrow) for a trip in the afternoon to witness the 9th All India Zoroastrian Body Building Championship in Byculla ("Any of the weight class events may be cancelled if we do not receive more than four entries in each class"), and then two hours in front of the television set at night to watch Arsenal v Chelsea. Sundays always turn out to be the busiest day of the week.
In closing, here is an old post: "Anjum Hasan and the Indian Shakespeare", and a review, from 2008, of Lunatic In My Head.


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Temperature for January 1987
In January 1987 the average high temperature in Brownsville, TX was 70.9°F, and this was 0.6°F cooler than the average of 71.5°F. The hottest day in January 1987 was 8 January when the temperature reached 80.1°F. Overnight the average temperature in January is 51.5°F and in 1987 the average overnight temperature was 3.8°F cooler at 47.7°F.


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This event is now over and took place on Fri 17 Jun 2016
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One month, I will hunt for the best sandwich and I think I know where the answer is already and it is not here although this place makes a good sandwich.
I took a trip to La Grotta Del Formaggio for lunch. La Grotta is a nice Italian deli located on the drive (Commercial Drive) just south of First Ave. One of the best things about La Grotta is your choice of toppings. You can choose from a list of different condiments, your choice of seven different cheeses, seven different meats and a long list of vegetables including lettuce, tomatoes, red onions, green olives, roasted peppers, artichoke hearts, hot peppers and sun dried tomatoes.
I ordered the turkey sandwich and added pesto mayo, oil and vinegar, emmenthal cheese, artichoke hearts, tomato, onions, and some sun dried tomatoes on a medium sub for only $6.00. The portions of meat were good and they even grilled the sandwich with a nice push button griller.
The bread was tasty which is a very important component in a sandwich and overall the sandwich was tasty and filling. In comparison to my favorite spots for sandwiches Finch's and La Galleria in Edgemont Village, I don't find the ingredients they use are as fresh. The selling feature of La Grotta is the variety of toppings.
One of the better spots east of downtown for sandwiches, definitely worth checking if you like sandwiches but I prefer both La Galleria and Finch's.
La Grotta Del Formaggio
1791 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC V5N 4A4
(604) 255-3911
Finch's Review
La Galleria
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John Ruddy has been selected to stand as Scottish Labour's candidate for Angus North and Mearns in the Scottish Parliament elections to be held in May.
He said "I am proud and humbled to have been selected for my home constituency of Angus North and Mearns. Even today, we see injustice and inequality all around us. It's what has driven me to stand as a candidate for Scottish Labour, in order to fight it. The SNP have failed to deliver on their promises despite being in Government for over 8 years, and I will be highlighting where we can and will do better. Our campaign will be a positive vision articulating our Labour values."
Mr. Ruddy lives in Montrose with his wife and young son and works for NHS Tayside as an Energy Officer.


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"Our prompt for today comes from a quote usually attributed to T.S. Eliot: Good poets borrow; great poets steal. You can learn all about what Eliot actually said here. But let's stick to plain old stealing today by writing poems with their first lines lifted from other poems. You can pick a favorite poem of yours to take a line from. If that doesn't appeal, famous sonnets are always a good way to go. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day, perhaps? Maybe try a little "biblomancy" — get a big book of poetry, an anthology for preference, and open it randomly and use the first line from a poem on the page you hit upon. That's a good tactic if you don't want to be too influenced by the poem you're working from — it can be hard to write a completely different poem using a line from a piece you know well. Anyway, happy thieving!"
Poe is one of my favorite scribes, his horror stories never really struck me as horror stories and his poetry feels a bit long-winded at times. Nevertheless, my lasting impression of his style is rooted in his narrative inventiveness and preoccupation with death and the macabre. Cheers to the Amontillado.
The immurement
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could,"
Straight starvin a ninja with a name like that is how gangstas do it in the hood.
Like Dante, Wilde & Twain the theme has been alluded to many a time,
And like the Masons, the walls may be mute, but never deaf nor blind.
The nectar of revenge undresses the soul of righteous men,
And some confounded fool declares, 'My cough shall not mean my end'
Impunity and insult are both dishes served best cold,
To my enemies and critics alike, I say, For this shit, I am too old.
I'm convinced that masonry should be a skill,
plain for all to use.
For if slights of character could be settled by brick walls,
Dear Edgar would need no booze.
-G. Barbieri
So, I figured, if Eliot wanted great poets to steal, why not steal from him. Again I have preserved the structure and rhyme scheme, much as I did in "To His Koi Fishes" (q.v.). I present, then, a backwards version of Eliot's SECOND most renowned work. http://www.poetry-archive.com/e/love_song_of_j_alfred_prufrock.html
The Love Song of J. Christopher Dunville
Let us go then, you and I
While the evening is spread out across the sky
Like the books and papers strewn upon my table.
Let us go, through certain half-discarded texts,
The rustling sheaves,
Of long-dead authors and their cheap no-vels,
In sawdust barrooms with their peanut shells:
Lines that contain a tedious argument
And artistic intent
To lead the reader to an overarching question;
Oh, do not ask, "Who wrote it?"
The poem's the thing, and not the poet.
In my room the pages flip and turn
Talking of Byron, Shelley, and Burns.
The yellow pages that crack and rustle in their aged spines,
The yellow ink that Danielewski prints in their aged spines,
Wormed their way into the corners of my dreaming,
Worked upon the pools of my imagination,
Let fall upon my future the weight that falls from heaven,
Slipped by my guard, made a stubborn stain,
And seeing that they owned this December boy,
Reclined upon the throne, and had their reign.
And indeed there have been times
When the yellow pages that fall beneath my gaze
Have cracked and rustled in their aged spines.
There has been time, there has been time
To prepare a poem to read the poems that I read,
There has been time to copy and compose,
And time for all the words and works of man
That smell so sweet but prick like thorny rose;
Time for Poe and time for Keats,
And time still for a hundred interbreedings
And for a hundred readings and re-readings,
Before the taking of a hood and PhD.
In my room the pages flip and turn
Talking of Byron, Shelley, and Burns.
And indeed there have been times
I wondered, "Do I care?" and, "Do I care?"
Times I looked back on when I lost a girl so fair,
And shore the locks that tangled in my hair–
(They all said: "How his hair is so unique!")
My couture jeans, my beard so lumberjackish on my cheek,
My bandanna just a dollar, but always matching to my sneak–
(They all said: "What days is he behind the bar next week?")
Do I care
Complete my education?
In a study there is time
For leavings and readings which more study does occasion.
For I have read them all already, read them all:
Have read the sonnets, novels, villanelles,
I have measured out their lines in anapests and dactyls;
I know the poets writing with a crying call
Beneath the witty puns and verbal swells,
So I wonder, what the hell?
And I have known the rhymes already, known them all–
The rhymes that finish up a clever turn of phrase,
And when I am turned so clever, armed with degree
When I'm degreed and teaching in a hall,
Then how should I agree
To spit out all the book-ends of my raves and faves?
And I wonder, what the hell?
And I have known the yarns already, known them all–
Yarns that are folkloric and bold and bare
(But under scrutiny, came from who knows where!)
Is it must from a library
That makes me wax so airy?
Yarns that lie, and are called fables, or myths about the gods.
And so then, what the hell?
And how should I agree?
Shall I say, I have gone all night through ancient tomes
And watched the words that glide along the page
Of drunken sots with quill pens, dreaming of sublime?
I should have been a pair of nerdy lens
Poring over problems of dynamic flow.
And in the afternoon, not in the evening, I sleep so needily!
Drained by long sessions,
No sleep… must write… answer questions,
Stretched over years, debated among the academy.
Should I, after Forster and Conrad,
Understand what made Chinua Achebe so mad?
And though I have wrote and revised, wrote and fixed,
Though I have seen my prose (grown slightly over-long) cut up by my professor,
I am no Master– and here's some foul weather;
I have felt the strength of my resolve shudder,
And I have heard the Rhetoric division lower voice, and mutter,
And in short, I was depressed.
And will it have been worth it, after all,
After the texts, the articles, the plays,
Among the first editions, among some class discussions on some days,
Will it have been smart time,
To have left the Promised Land in search of rhyme,
To have squeezed an education out of it all
To move towards some difficult profession,
To say: "I am Hemingway, come from the dead,
Come back to write it all, I shall write it all" —
If one, who I left behind instead
Should say: "This is not what I want at all;
This is why I left, after all."
And will it have been worth it, after all,
Will it have been smart time,
After the theory and the pedagogy and the freshman class,
After the novels, after the teaching, after the girls that wear their letters on their dress–
And this, and so much less? —
It is improbable that I have written what I mean!
But as if Tim Burton took a book and aborted it on screen:
Will it have been smart time
If one, who I left behind or failed to bring along,
When I cantered off to Knoxville, should say:
"This is not my want at all,
This is why– you left me, after all."
Yes! I am not Holden Caufield, nor want to be;
Am a Wizard of the Crow, one that won't do
With less than revolution, plus win a heart so true,
Revise the canon; no doubt, a savvy cool,
Influential, glad to pay his dues,
Stylistic, well-read, and gregarious;
Full of tight sentences, never too obtuse;
With lines, in fact, diamantiferous —
The best, at rhymes, in School.
I'm still young… I'm still young…
I shall sing the songs that need be sung.
Why not grow my dreadies back? Do I care what others think?
I shall wear matching bandannas, and some sneak that's blue and pink.
I have read the critics gossip, stink upon stink.
I do not care if they gossip of me.
I have seen them bashing untoward on the books
Considered by my green eye to be great
When the winds of scholarship blow debate.
I will linger in the stacks of the Hodges
By volumes bound in linen red and brown
Till I walk across the stage, in hood and gown.


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The rain has been relentless the past couple days, so we've been staying in… enjoying movie marathons and junk food binges. I love weekends like these, where being lazy is the most practical option.
I totally have that warm, furry fall feeling. I cannot wait for the holidays, and Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Time to whip out the scented candles, pumpkin seeds, and mulled wine. Can I get a Y.U.M.?! I think a trip to Williams Sonoma is in order…
Hope y'all had nice, relaxing weekends! <3
*head to toe: Sanctuary leather jacket, Mink Pink shimmer jacket, Seneca Rising dress, Nasty Gal socks, Sam Edelman boots


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Jim Merle has been with Babcox Media since 1993 and currently serves as group publisher of Brake & Front End, ImportCar, Underhood Service, Shop Owner and Servicio Automotriz. Jim currently serves on the AutoCare Association's Marketing Committee and the Strategy Track Committee for the Automotive Communication Council. Jim has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a major in Marketing/Advertising from the University of Akron.
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Andrew Markel is the editor for Underhood Service and has been on the staff at Babcox Media since April 2000. He is a former technician, service writer and service manager with experience at independent shops and dealerships. Andrew is also an ASE certified automotive technician. Andrew has spoken at industry events such as the SAE Brake Colloquium and FMSI Annual Conference. He has also been quoted in publications like Smart Money and Crain's Business. He is active in motorsports and owns several vintage vehicles.
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S Class Studios
Program Rates
I've noticed that the more experienced, versed, and skilled an
instructor is, the more the cost of the lesson. Not that this goes without merit; I've also noticed that a premium price
is justified; it helps the consumer feel confident that they're buying a quality product or service.
I could charge at least $30.00 per hourly lesson, maybe even $40.00.
I'm confident that my services are worth this price. I wouldn't give my instruction away for free, but some may
wonder: why are my rates lower than other schools and instructors? The rates I operate by are the same ones that have
worked for me and my students for years. I've had success at having students study with me consistently, and though
I may not ask them if it's partly because their lessons are reasonably priced, I'd like to think that it's part of the
formula that's kept them coming back.
Having studios that are permanent as well as portable has always been
a big advantage to the student. Beginning drummers may not have the equipment they need to learn on, and percussionists
most likely won't have a marimba or timpani set up in their living room. But being able to provide the student with
the equipment they need, whether at my studio or their home, will always be a big advantage.