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Ok, ok - I know that's a bold statement but REALLY, I MEAN IT.
I've been looking for the perfect carrot cake recipe for so long.
I've tried my mum's recipe, Sean's mum's recipe, my friend Phil's mum's recipe and guess what? My versions never taste as good as theirs.
Last month, I was asked to photograph a few cakes, at the Hammonds Plains home of Seahorse Sweets owner Jody Waugh, for the current winter issue of East Coast Living Magazine. I arrived on a Saturday morning to find Jody about to start baking a carrot cake while her business partner-husband Keith sat in the dining room meticulously hand-painting teeny tiny Minnie Mouse decorations for a gorgeous, bright pink, little girl's birthday cake.
After our shoot, Jody looked at East Coast Living's editor, Suzanne Rent, and I and asked, 'Would either of you like a piece of carrot cake?'. Suzanne and I glanced at each other in a 'what kind of question is that?!?' kind of way and both offered a resounding 'YES PLEASE!'.
And that is the exact moment that the best carrot cake I have ever had entered my mouth for the first time.
Light - fluffy - moist (no oil!) - spicy - lots of frosting that's not too sweet.
Absolutely perfect.
When the winter issue of East Coast Living arrived in my mailbox I was thrilled to see Jody's recipe for carrot cake inside. I knew exactly when I was going to make it.
Sunday December 8 - Sean's birthday.
You see, carrot cake is Sean's FAVOURITE and he always has one, in one form or another, on his birthday.
I knew Jody's cake would be the one this year.
And guess what? He LOVED it. And so did I.
I am serious when I say this is the BEST CARROT CAKE RECIPE EVER!!!
I contacted Jody and asked if I could post her recipe and she said yes and so I am pleased to share with you:
Seahorse Sweets' Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting aka The Best Carrot Cake Ever
3 eggs
1 C butter, melted
2 C sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 C flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cardamom
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 C crushed pineapple (include some juice)
2 C grated carrots
- preheat oven to 350º - grease three 8-inch round cake tins with butter and line with parchment
- beat eggs, melted butter, sugar and vanilla until fluffy
- sift flour, cinnamon, cardamom, baking soda and salt - add to wet ingredients and mix until just incorporated
- fold crushed pineapple and grated carrot into batter (I also added 250g of chopped walnuts)
- divide batter between three cake tins and bake 25 minutes - check center with a toothpick - if still sticky, continue to bake checking every couple of minutes
- cool in tins
2 C unsalted butter, room temp (I used salted and still added the 1 tsp of salt and it was fine)
2 blocks cream cheese, room temp
1 tsp clear vanilla (I used regular brown vanilla)
1 tsp salt
8 C icing sugar (aka powdered sugar - aka confectioner's sugar), sifted
- beat butter, cream cheese, vanilla and salt until light and fluffy
- add icing sugar to butter mixture (if using a stand mixer add all at one - if using a hand mixer, add one cup at a time
Please note - this recipe make a three layer 8-inch round cake and a ton of frosting. If you like less frosting, I would consider halving the cream cheese recipe
A huge gigantic super duper thank you to Jody and Keith at Seahorse Sweets for letting me share 'the best carrot cake recipe ever' with you!!!


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Yakima County Having FEMA Flood Insurance Workshop
Yakima County is sponsoring a FEMA Flood Insurance Open House on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 to help answer questions about the impacts of new FEMA flood maps for property owners in the vicinity of Wide Hollow, Cottonwood and Shaw Creeks.
According to County officials, the new FEMA maps become effective for these areas on July 17. "When a community is issued new FEMA flood maps, many lenders review the flood insurance need and compliance for all loans in that entire community," stated Dianna Woods, Public Services Surface Water Program Analyst. "Because the FEMA flood maps are now county-wide, the lender reviews may include all floodplain properties in the county including those inside the cities." Woods added that after the FEMA map change in 2009, the County received many calls from insurance agents and concerned property owners from Toppenish to Naches who received letters from their mortgage lenders with unexpected requirements. "The purpose of the open house is to answer questions about the changes from property owners, insurance agents and the public before the effective date."
The open house will begin with a brief overview of flood insurance program changes and an update on the new flood maps. After the overview, attendees may visit the information tables for a one-on-one discussion of their specific situation and to view a flood map of their property. FEMA, state and local officials will be on hand to answer questions.

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BCH is expecting over 250 people to attend its Open Day on 23rd October 2013 at the West Heidelberg site. Utlising the spacious foyer, Thomas Rossell Room and the Childrens Space, BCH staff and community groups will be on display highlighting a special "Passport to good health" approach. There will be opportunities to speak directly to health staff and take away a range of health information and goodies.
Some of the activities will include a healthy cooking demonstation from the dietitican's, a Tai Chi demonstration from the Occupational Therapist, as well as performances from the Key Note Singers and the Olympic Adult Education Ukulele Group.
The Open Day will lead into the Banyule Community Health Annual General meeting. We look forward to your attendance.


text: This great "HD for Kids!" coloring book by Non-Toxic Reviews teaches tykes all about the joys—and pitfalls—of High-Def TV through activities like tracing burn-in on a plasma screen and the borderline-autistic "draw 1,080 dots inside this HDTV". The book is too funny not to be a little tongue-in-cheek, but the lessons are real and helpful for people of all ages. I can definitely relate to the part that gets the young 'uns disappointed early in life when they realize they have four HDMI devices, but only one input to plug them into. Check out our favorite pages in the gallery, and get the full book for free by hitting the link. [Non-Toxic Reviews via BBG]


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|Friday, July 5th, 2013
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|Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
over here at karlsefni
|Saturday, March 9th, 2013
So, once again, I can't read this, but apparently, there's a big announcement for the Twelve Kingdoms series come July 1, this year.
See HERE.
It looks like it's going to be a new book of short stories, according to this post (scroll to the bottom, it's the last entry) on the Anime News Network.
From what I can glean, it's going to include "Hisho no Tori" and "Rakusho no Goku", along with two other (new?) stories. I wonder if the "Hyohaku" short story will be one of them?
|Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
I'm hoping this will be something of great interest, for those who aren't already aware.
Eugene Woodbury is translating Tonan no Tsubasa under the title "The Wings of Dreams". The owner of the Ranka - Twelve Kingdoms fansite had also been translating the book infrequently over here.
Eugene Woodbury's translation is available HERE. He updates with about one chapter every Thursday (this week, he's just gotten one chapter past the point where the owner of Ranka stopped updating).
Happy reading everyone!
|Sunday, February 17th, 2013
I'm selling my English copy of 12 kingdoms Skies of Dawn. More .
I also have Shadow of the Moon, The Sea of Shadow (but currently not at hand) and copies of 2 Japanese prints as well (several volumes) if interested let me know and I'll give you a detailed list.
|Wednesday, December 26th, 2012
I know I'm already in the middle of posting chapters for The Path of Sorrows the Dragon Throne (which by the way is almost to the end of the first book and about that start on the second book) but I thought I'd announce on this forum the fact that I'm posting a new fic that has nothing to do with TPoSTDT. It's called The Convenient Queen, and I did a lot more research before I started writing it in an effort to keep it to as close a canon feel as possible. It focuses on the politics and the feel of living in the world of the Twelve Kingdoms, and what it might be like to try to hold Tai together with a king off the throne. I tried to keep it as close as possible to the tone of the novels and short stories while still keeping it an interesting read. The summary is as follows
The kingdom of Tai teeters on a knife-edge, balanced between civil war and a very fragile peace. General Asen was defeated but his legacy remains; the Province Lords of the North resist the fragile Royal Authority of a moonlight court led by the Taiho and the Royal Consort, who prop up the throne in the absence of Tai's rightful ruler Gyousou Saku (who is held in spelled slumber) for the last fifty years. It is at the eleventh hour that King Gyousou awakens and the armies of the northern shuukou, led by Asen, prepare to launch an attack on the Palace. The restoration of Royal Authority by the King, the Taiho, and the Royal Consort may be Tai's last, best hope for peace.
|Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
Hi for anyone interested I'm selling the doujinshi pictured below, please see my sales page for details :)
|Saturday, November 3rd, 2012
fandomaid has put together an effort to fundraise for victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Why am I posting this here? Because I'm offering to write Twelve Kingdoms fic. I'll write fic featuring any characters featured in media that are available translated into English.
I've put up an auction offer for a fic up to 10,000 words. Highest bidder gets to tell me what to write!
If you're less patient, I've also put up a buy-it-now offer for ficlets of 100-1,000 words. First ten commenters get ficlets.
Hope everyone has a great weekend, and my best wishes to anyone affected by Hurricane Sandy.
|Monday, October 8th, 2012
Questions for those better read than I. XD;;;;
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|Friday, August 24th, 2012
It looks like new editions of the novels are being published in Japan. Or at least The Demonic Child and Shadow of the Moon, the Sea of Shadow. Maybe someone more fluent in Japanese could check it out?
Here's the publisher's site: http://www.shinchosha.co.jp/12kokuki/
The new novels appear to have some new illustrations (See here for example: http://www.shinchosha.co.jp/12kokuki/log/)
|Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
Just finished watching the final episode of The Amazing Race Australia (season 2), and noticed they played a short piece out of track 12 from the OST, Souen-Shinjitsu no saya.
Team members were still in China and heading for the final task, before heading back to Australia.
Very surprising to catch is, though from memory, most of the music was performed by the Beijing Symphony Orcastra.
|Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
Found a really good one! Has great characterization and the premise is really good, I think it's a must read. here's the link.
|Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
The Path of Sorrows, The Dragon Throne: Chapter 3
Author: Nightheart
Rating: PG-15
Characters: Taiki/Kaname Takasoto, Yuka Sugimoto, Gyousou Saku.
Summary:Seeking to forget makes exile all the longer, the secret to redemption lies in remembrance. For Yuka and Taiki the way forward lies in going back, and only the path of sorrows will lead them to a new hope.
Spoilers to the end of the anime. Anime-verse Twelve Kingdoms.
(crossposted from tumblr)
I've been at a children's writers and illustrators conference for the past two days, and I had the chance to attend some fantastic panels. At one of them, a representative from an established US publisher mentioned being open to hearing about children's lit in translation. I'm not a translator and I don't read Japanese, but I figured why not mention the Twelve Kingdoms to her?
She gave me her card and asked me to send her some links, and she mentioned sending it on to a friend if she couldn't do something with it. I have no idea how the publishing rights would work, since Tokyopop is no more, but hopefully this might see some interest in the books. Nothing might come of it, but maybe something might?
So my question is, does anyone have any links they think might be good to include in an email pitching the Twelve Kingdoms? Or stuff that they wouldn't include? Thoughts or reservations? I'm aiming to email her next week so it doesn't look like I'm bugging/stalking her.
|Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
The Path of Sorrows, The Dragon Throne, chapter two
sadly, not much interest in this it seems... that's alright, I've already resigned myself to the idea that this will probably be the least popular fic I'll ever post. Anyway, here's chapter two, I hope it piques some interest.
|Friday, April 20th, 2012
Here it is! The first Chapter in The Path of Sorrows, The Dragon Throne. Grab a Snickers, we've a long road ahead of us.
Title: The Path of Sorrows, The Dragon Throne
Author: Nightheart
Characters: Yuka Sugimoto, Kaname Takasoto/Taiki, Gyousou Saku, et al.
Genre: Adventure, fantasy.
Spoilers: Animeverse, through the wretched cliffhanger ending of the series in which they never told us what happened next to Taiki.
Summary: Yuka Sugimoto thought her adventures in the other world were over once Keiki had brought her home. The discovery of Taiki and his situation and the subsequent friendship that developed makes it clear that neither of their stories is over yet. After all, Yuka has never been a passive sort. Together they might just find what they're looking for... they might just find redemption.
Authors Note: Huge shout-out to K. R. for the beta!
|Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
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|Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
At last... at long last... I finally have it. The perfect title.
I had always vaguely planned on aping the format used by the author of the original novels (though I warn you all, that this follows the anime version of 12K for obvious reasons) where the different "books" (or segments in the anime) had different titles connected together. I knew I was going to call the second book "The Dragon Throne" but try as I might I could not come up with the perfect title for the first book, ergo, even though its pretty much ready for posting, I never got it posted because I needed something to call it and because of my perfectionist nature it couldn't be just any old something, I had to make it cool and resonant. And fitting. I'm babbling, can you tell I'm excited? So, this monster is...
The Path of Sorrows, The Dragon Throne.
Book one is the Path of Sorrows and book two is the Dragon Throne. Look forward to it please!
|Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Title: True is His Name
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Book canon - set directly after "The Shore at Twilight, The Sky at Daybreak".
Wordcount: ~1.2k
Genre: Angst, gen.
Characters/pairings: Taiki (Takasato Kaname), Risai, Gyousou.
Contents/warnings/kinks: Violence.
Beta'd by: elfwreck
A/N: Written for pengiesama as part of Yuletide Madness.
Disclaimer: 12K and its characters do not belong to me.
Summary: Taiki and Risai search for Gyousou.
When we reach Tai, you shouldn't call me Taiki.
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Bet you didn't know that your super sized burger and electronically cheating on your spouse are likely connected. There is actually a logical connection between Anthony Weiner's antics and that oversized slab of cheesecake. The obesity epidemic is a controversial issue in the US, but the one thing we cannot deny is that portion sizes […]
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Mortgage rates posted another drop this week, offering more relief to home buyers.
Freddie Mac reports the following national averages for the week ending July 27:
'30-year fixed-rate' mortgages: averaged 3.92 percent, with an average 0.5 point, falling from last week's 3.96 percent average. Last year at this time, 30-year rates averaged 3.48 percent.
'15-year fixed-rate' mortgages: averaged 3.20 percent, with an average 0.5 point, dropping from last week's 3.23 percent average. A year ago, 15-year rates averaged 2.78 percent.
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Attention all adrenaline junkies! It's time to head to the movie theater, grab your popcorn, sit back and enjoy the ride.
"10 Cloverfield Lane," released on March 11, works as an indirect sequel to Bad Robot's 2008 alien invasion thriller, "Cloverfield," but is so much more than that.
The movie stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Michelle, a young woman who — after being involved in a terrible car accident — finds herself chained to a pipe in a bunker.
She later meets her captor Howard (John Goodman of "Roseanne"), a stern emotionless man with questionable sanity who insists that he saved her from a deadly chemical attack on the outside world. Michelle refuses to believe a word he says, however, until she discovers Emmett (John Gallagher, Jr.), a second man living in the bunker who backs up Howard's story.
Unlike Michelle, Emmett entered the bunker voluntarily after witnessing the attack first hand. In fact, he fought his way in. But is it true the three of them are the only survivors, or is there a larger conspiracy at play?
Produced by J.J. Abrams and directed by Dan Trachtenberg, "10 Cloverfield Lane" is an intelligent thriller filled with rising tension and jump-out-of-your-seat moments.
An unpredictable movie in this day and age is rare, but that is exactly what this film brings to the table. The tension is also paired nicely with strategically placed bits of comic relief from supporting character Emmett as he continually tries to lift the spirits of himself and the other shut-ins.
With an exception of the opening and closing scenes, "10 Cloverfield Lane" is filmed with only four actors almost completely within the confined bunker, really proving the old adage "less is more." Unlike its inferior predecessor, "Cloverfield," this movie does not use special and visual effects as a crutch. Instead, it focuses on character development and nail-biting suspense.
Upon the film's release, J.J. Abrams revealed to the public his hopeful intention to add more films to the franchise and expand the Cloverfield universe.
"There's a larger conceit that we're playing with," Abrams tells Entertainment Weekly, "This is just this movie, and it's only two films that we're talking about right now, but there is something else that we'd like to do, and hopefully we'll get a shot."
If more sequels are to come, we can only hope they follow the example set by "10 Cloverfield Lane."


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From Magic City Morning Star
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Mike Michaud, Ranking Member on the Veterans' Affairs Committee, met this morning with Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald to discuss reforms that will improve the delivery of services and benefits to veterans and their families. Michaud released the following statement after today's meeting:
"Secretary McDonald is moving forward with examining a number of the reforms which I have suggested and discussed with him in the past. These are concrete reforms I believe will help change the culture within the Department and, ultimately, make it much easier for veterans to access the benefits and services they have earned.
"I'm pleased that Secretary McDonald has shown a commitment not just to undertaking these necessary reforms, but to doing so in a transparent process that truly reflects feedback from a number of stakeholders -- in particular, veterans and their families. I will remain in close consultation with the Secretary as we continue rolling out principles for reform, and I look forward to working with him in the coming weeks and months."
Michaud has previously put forward a series of principles to serve as a starting point for a national discussion on reforming veterans' support. Michaud initially offered these principles in an op-ed to NBC News this summer, and expanded on them earlier this week. Michaud's tenets for reform include:
National Veterans Strategy: We need a National Veterans Strategy to define how our nation will deliver what it owes its veterans - appreciation for choosing service and recognition of the sacrifices made on behalf of the nation; a warm hand-off from military service to civilian life; the opportunity to maximize the benefits of service; the means to minimize the disadvantages of service, and a flexible, easy-to-access safety net that helps veterans when they need it.
Changing VA Culture and Improving Customer Service: VA needs to identify, communicate and institutionalize practices that provide and enhance veterans' feelings that the VA -- from individual employees, through leadership, to the overall institution -- cares about his or her individual well-being, and cares about providing them with quality, timely benefits and services.
Improving the Business of VA through Partnerships: We need to look at which VA business practices are working and which are not. There is a vast array of non-federal government entities that have a role to play in meeting veterans' needs. In some cases, these organizations can do a better job than VA in providing support to veterans. VA should be the facilitator who brings these groups together, the leader who provides the national strategy to guide these groups, and the partner who sets and ensures the highest standards of customer service.
Improving the Business of VA Through Restructuring: The stovepipes of health care, benefits and memorial services need to be taken down and VA needs to transform into a more aligned, integrated and interdependent system that works together to support veterans when, where and how they need it. One way to do this is to realign VA with a single, limited number of regions (perhaps the ten used by the Social Security Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services -- two organizations that are inextricably linked with VA). Within each region VA should appoint a "regional chief" who is responsive to veterans, and reports to the Secretary, on all things VA-related within his or her region.
Accountability and Transparency: VA collects a wealth of data on veterans, services, benefits, processes and outcomes. They need to integrate and translate this data into information and knowledge that it uses to improve current veterans support and plan for future improvements. VA also needs to share the data, information and knowledge with others to demonstrate how it is meeting standards for veterans' benefits and services, and how it is delivering a return to the veteran on the nation's investment. When the analysis shows failures in these areas, VA needs to hold those leaders responsible in a definitive way that results in a change in the trend.
Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller (R-FL) also attended today's meeting, as did Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC).
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When Gayatri's parents, Vijay and Saritha, learned she suffered from acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a form of blood cancer, they were devastated.
Leading up to her diagnosis, there had been little sign Gayatri was ill. Vijay, an oncologist at a public hospital in India, knew of the work being done at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
"St. Jude is the best cancer center in the world," Vijay said. "I was familiar with their publications. St. Jude has the highest survival rates for patients with ALL. We wanted to go where there was the best treatment."
Gayatri's family arrived at St. Jude in mid-November. Almost immediately, Vijay was struck by key differences between care for leukemia in India and the care Gayatri is receiving at St. Jude.
"In India, everyone is treated the same for leukemia," Vijay said. "Children and adults. Here, Gayatri's treatment is tailored for her specifically."
Gayatri, who is 8, is on a two-and-a-half year chemotherapy plan. Within weeks of starting treatment, her cancer was in remission. She will stay in Memphis with her parents and little sister, Diya, for the remainder of her treatment.
Gayatri's parents were stunned to learn that her treatment was provided at no cost to them. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
"We knew St. Jude is the best for children's cancer treatment," Vijay said. "But we didn't know about everything else the hospital does for families."
At St. Jude, Gayatri's favorite things are the school program and her rehab appointments. She loves to paint, read and learn.
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** this message was stuck in my outbox for a few days because of a computer failure ** I have been playing around with an algorithm discovery API idea in a github repo. https://github.com/daviddahl/web-crypto-ideas/blob/master/algorithm-discovery.js I think throwing "UnsupportedAlgorithmError" from a call with unsupported algorithm IDs is a must. cheers, David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Watson" <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: "GALINDO Virginie" <firstname.lastname@example.com>, email@example.com Sent: Monday, June 4, 2012 12:48:00 PM Subject: Re: [W3C Web Crypto WG] Deciding if we need a discovery mechanism For completeness, the other option for algorithm discovery is trial-and-error (unsupported algos return an "unsupported" error and the script tries a different one). The disadvantages of this are obvious. The advantage is that it adds no additional complexity to the API. The disadvantages are mitigated if the set of alternative algorithms that a *script may wish to use* is small, even if the set of possible algorithms that a client may support is large. In practice, sites probably support only a small set of different algorithms. Probably the minimal set needed to get the browser/device coverage they want. So the trial-and-error process is probably limited to a set of 2 or three "tries". …Mark On May 15, 2012, at 9:10 AM, Jarred Nicholls wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:59 AM, GALINDO Virginie <email@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>> wrote: Dear all, Some people mentioned that a webapp may be able to discover the algorithms supported the environment it is running in, thus identifying algorithms available thanks to the Web Crypto API. There are several means to do that (1) either by an actual discovery mechanism sending back the entire list of algorithms, (2) or by creating 'cipher suite'. In addition to that, we may be able to mandate a minimum set of algorithms that should be supported when implementing the API. I would like to get your feedback on that one, (or any alternative proposal). Regards, Virginie gemalto I'd say a combination of 1 and 2 are satisfying. If there's a way to use 1 and then create/discover a particular permutation of a 'cipher suite', as well as a way to request it via a cipher suite identifying string for example, then I think we get the best of both worlds in terms of robustness and discoverability. Once again, it is my opinion that mandating a minimum set of algorithms is aggressive. While it does have its benefits in the short term like predictability for authors and establishing a deterministic test suite for the WG, there are a number of reasons I am against it: * It could cause bad decisions in the API that take advantage of knowing a particular algorithm is meant to be implemented, or even worse, are decided solely for a particular algorithm. The temptation could get the best of us ;) * It means that vendors will have to come to consensus (assuming they all care about being compliant to the spec) on that set of algorithms, and that can be a slippery slope and a time sink because there might be differences in requirements between some vendors and/or the locales they support. * Authors will undoubtedly write code that is not future proof, always assuming certain support with no feature detection. This will make it harder for vendors to deprecate & remove algorithm support in the future when e.g. the algorithm is no longer considered strong enough in the post-quantum cryptography world. If we can nail down easy discoverability and feature detection, then library authors will code defensively (as they should) without a lot of effort. Thanks, JarredReceived on Thursday, 7 June 2012 15:52:19 UTC
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KITCHENER, Ont. - Conestoga College and the Department of Athletics are pleased to announce that women's volleyball head coach Haiqi "Chi" Liu will be an assistant coach with the Canadian senior women's volleyball national team this summer.
"We are extremely proud of Coach Liu for being selected as an assistant coach with the national program," stated Todd Erskine, Assistant Manager of Conestoga Athletics and Recreation. "This experience for him will greatly enhance our Condors Women's Volleyball program."
"I was excited to spend a short time with the program last season and was ecstatic to be asked to return in an official manner this summer," Liu remarked.
Coach Liu is no stranger to Canada's national team program as he served as assistant coach once before in 2014. He has been in Richmond, B.C., since May 6 for the national team selection camp and will be training out of the Richmond Olympic Oval for the duration of the summer.
The Canadian women's national team has recently qualified for the gold medal match against Puerto Rico in the NORCECA Women's Volleyball Continental Nations League Challenger Qualifying Tournament. Winning this tournament will see Canada move on to the Nationals League Challenger Finals in mid-June. The team will also be competing in the Pan American Cup in July, as well as touring Turkey and Italy in August. Their season will finish in Japan for the World Championships in October.
Coach Liu enters his second season at the helm of the Conestoga Condors women's volleyball program and is eager to see what the 2018-19 season yields for his determined team.
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Being self employed hasn't always allowed for yearly vacations for the hubster and I. When we take off, we don't get paid.
Yet, with a little planning and A LOT of saving, we have been able to go out and have some fun here and there.Also, now that we are basically 'Empty Nesters', the hubster and I have gotten a little more adventurous when it comes to planning our trips.
This year we decided to head back to Utah. We had driven through Moab a few years back and fell in love with the scenery. We promised each other we would come back… and we did.
Road Trippin' Day One ~ Las Vegas & The Hoover Dam
We flew into Las Vegas and picked up our rental car. On our way into Vegas, we were able to see the Grand Canyon from the airplane. Wow, what a beautiful site from the air.
We didn't stay long in Las Vegas, most of our time honestly was spent in Whole Foods! Believe it or not, seeing a Whole Foods in Las Vegas was my favorite thing. LOL! I was able to pick up healthy items and snacks for our trip. Being able to eat organic, healthy food while vacation isn't always doable, so I was extremely excited to gather some goodies for our trip.
On a carnivore side note – We did make a pit stop at In and Out Burger for the hubster. He quickly reminded me that he never complains about my plant based cooking, so since he was on vacation… he wanted to eat some 'yuckyness' as I call it, without me complaining..LOL… I obliged.. because he's totally worth it.
From Las Vegas we drove out to the Hoover Dam. It's actually not that far from Las Vegas and definitely worth the drive.
It was EXTREMELY windy that day, but I swallowed my fears of heights ( a few years back I only took a few steps onto the bridge than went back to the car) and ventured out onto the bridge with my hubby. We laughed as the wind whipped around us and all the other visitors. Shirts and hats were flying. We made it out a little over half way, took some pictures and some silly videos, than headed back to the car… with a little extra help from the wind.
From there we headed to Cedar City, Utah where would be staying two nights.
We got to the hotel and it was pretty late. I feared there wasn't going to be any options for us when it came to finding something healthy and allergy friendly to eat in this small town, but I was wrong.
Almost by accident we stumbled onto Centro Woodfired Pizzeria. This place has beautiful decor and a fabulous menu. Not only did they have a gluten free crust (that they make homemade) that was to die for, they were also more than willing to forgo the cheese on my pizza and load it up with fresh veggies. The hubster ordered up a meat covered concoction that he was thoroughly pleased with too.
With our tummies full, we headed back to the hotel and got some much needed rest for our adventures on…
Road Trippin' Day Two ~ Zion National Park
Only an hour south of Cedar City is Zion National Park.
Driving into the park was fun. We chose to park in the small town that butts up against the park and take the very handy shuttle in to avoid an crowds at the visitor center. From there we boarded the parks shuttle that takes you through the loop, stopping at different places where you can get off, enjoy the sites, and hike.
We stopped and got back on a few times and were just in awe of the surroundings. Such a beautiful place.
There are times when we would just stand there in awe of God's amazing hand in creation. I understand that people have different takes on how these places came to be, but speaking for my husband and myself, when you are standing at the foot of these mountains and cliffs and see the beauty… it's very hard to think or imagine that they just happened by chance.
Our drive out of the park took us out the other side of the park – through a tunnel (that was a little scary to drive through) and out to yet another beautiful spread of amazing scenery.
We passed a Bison preservation farm that was really cool and at one point went from 80 degree weather to over 9000 feet above sea level where we found snow!
The first two days of our trip had been non stop, so we made our way back to the hotel to get more rest for the next day adventures…
to be continued…


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|Daryl Copeland
Daryl Copeland is a Canadian analyst, author, speaker and educator specializing in diplomacy, international policy, public management and global issues. Or, at least, that is what the Wikipedia says.
For me Daryl is an engaged and challenging discussion partner. He took part in the Oslo workshop on science, technology and innovation for global challenges, and I met him again in London last week, where he took part in the Royal Society presentation of the OECD STIG project and the following Imperial College workshop om the follow up to STIG:
In a very interesting blog post over at the Canadian iPolitics site, Daryl presents the STIG project and discusses why this topic has not gotten the traction it deserves internationally.
He points to several factors: Civil servants lacking the resources needed to follow up is one of them. The financial crisis has directed their attention elsewhere. Moreover, Daryl also argues that the foreign offices are poorly equipped to follow up with relevant science diplomacy.
Daryl's conclusion is that we have to reach out outside the science and policy circles to generate more interest. He says:
"OECD reports are rarely read outside of specialized circles, and the STIG document lacks a public communication dimension. In that regard, perhaps best way to popularize, and ultimately to politicize the project, would be to orchestrate an outreach campaign using new media venues with a view to attracting STIG advocates from across global civil society. By generating a critical mass of that sort, governments and international organizations might be spurred into taking the urgent remedial action which the circumstances require."
He believes the social web can be used to disseminate and discuss STIG issues. He argues that we should establish a web portal that could gather new and existing online activities. And if the public authorities are not willing to fund such a platform, maybe some private philanthropists could contribute.
Daryl mentions Google. Anyone else?
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Feb. 7 - Large crowds in the Syrian capital Damascus greet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov . Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
(ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION) Hundreds of flag-waving supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad lined the streets of Damascus to welcome Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday. Lavrov and Russian Foreign Intelligence Service chief Mikhail Fradkov are in Damascus to meet Assad three days after a Russian-Chinese veto of an Arab-backed U.N. resolution on Syria caused world-wide outrage. Moscow and Beijing were the only members of the 15-member U.N. Security Council to vote against the resolution backing an Arab League call for Assad to yield power and start a political transition. The double veto prompted unusually undiplomatic Western criticism. Lavrov has defended the veto, saying it prevented the Security Council from taking sides in a civil war. He said Russia was pressing Assad's government to implement reforms more swiftly.


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There is more, there are alternatives.
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Bangalore ..well in terms of perspiration and cynical frustration on the components of life I used to live in chennai , its much better now. The weather is really cool ..which nullifies the scope of the first and the nice apartment I am staying in ..which is also very near to my office in MG Road ( some kinda Park street of Bangalore ) made my life very smooth.But the standard Bangalorian culture is very much stereotype ..looks like everyone here likes to copy the others. You can see everyone using same kinda mobile phone , same denim jackets , same byke ..named Pulser , same dark Lipstick ...same ..lot other things ...I mean last saturday I went to this Pub called Bunker ..to check some crowd here ..I was alone ...because I didn't invited my friends ..as just wanted to enjoy the show in solitary. I was even amazed to hear that ..the PJ ( pub jokey ...its my innovation ) was playing some hardcore GodSmack stuff like .." I stand alone" ..that was good ..but you know ..I experienced the same stereotype thing when I saw that everyone was holding bottle of beer in their hard ..can you imagine ...beer in such a weather but nothing else . I thought ..I would let that be the inflexion point and ordered a large rum. I kinda settled myself at a corner of the hall ..and starting my voyeur again ...it was a huge floor ...
and they have the square platforms made in the middle ..where the couples or non-stags ( I mean a group where the man:woman greate than 1 ) are supposed to stand ..and those places are elevated than the normal floor ...where standard men crowed is supposed to stand.As I was enjoying the music ..the drink reached me ...though I ordered for Coke ..( my fav. base drink ) but the guy brought Pepsi ...he begged excuse and suggested that they both are the same sir! ..go hell with your suggestion I told him ...and started my drink neat ..well in turn I requested for one of my favourite number of this time ..by the best American Band ever called Doors ..named Roadhouse Blues ...with that ..I mirrored a "cheers" to the crowed and to Bangalore and joined the gala.I mean here are few of the eye catchers ....only Bangalorians-Indians ..can dance in Amitav's style with ACDC songs ..some of the manly ones ( I mean the macho-mumbos ..not with the six packs but tummy-pot-less creatures) will catwalk in front of the gals ( of course they came to the disco with some guy ..or some group of men and women ..) in the lucrative dream of pleasing her eyes..or I dont know why..non-indians ..well well ...poor they .,.dont even know that after a Indian has had his saturday night drink ...he cannot excuZe you ..even if you say "Excuse me" myriad times ....all that went on till after grabbing my third I took the retire and started walking towards my apartment.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
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hmmm.. that was fundo man :-) there is a lot of copying in Bangalore.. But I would like to call it Bangalore - culture... And it is great.. I like it :-)
The reason why everyone has Beer in their hands is that it is cheap :-) nothing else...
I mean no matter how much show off and spending people do in India, many people still know the value of money... So those who just wnat to get drunk somehow go for Beer ;-)
- December 19, 2006 8:40 PM
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Saala kitna false & modified story sunata hai...
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Modern Paganism is not the result of unbroken ancient lineage, it is the result of the needs of people to reconnect directly to the Earth, to rediscover their stories, to see the sacred in the falling rain, the sunrise, the river, and hill. A path that speaks directly to the soul with no need for an intermediary clergy. ~Damh the Bard
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Under an Egyptian sun
and native moons
a deity of one,
were torn by two.
Condemned by the night sky
celestial's they became.
Until the day came,
flesh and bones ignite a soul
and two, become solitary;
into relics of lost nights
and stolen memoirs.
Embracing a sea of watered horizon
this Earth rotates towards its golden hue
and tethered beings collide.
My blood runs wild,
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Eyes of affinity
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resembling ancient drums
serenading the mystic air
and I am flooded with fire and light.
Into the bare of my fleshy skin
and under my rib cage
immersed within an essence of light and fire
I am enveloped into a vessel
of stolen journey's;
wherein I find inside of you,
my other.
Pieces of me, a story unfolds
and I shall poetically write;
with a bleeding heart.
Etched into the nights sky
of poetic love;
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text: Shelley's Story Landscape JourneysMy parents traveled overseas after my dad's Army career with me in tow – I suppose visions of the lands of Asia Minor & Macedonia are lodged in my brain somewhere! Gardening InfluenceEvery visit to my Great-Grammy Neel's home in Fresno, CA began with a tour of her garden, greeted by her big smile, heaps of love and a fresh flower tucked in her hair. Cooking InfluenceMy mom loves to cook and garden-fresh ingredients magnify her joy! I remember once she came home from the Berkeley Bowl with a big bunch of basil and thrust it to my nose—her sheer excitement over the scent and its possibilities for our dinner's delight has infused me for life. I am always happy to add herbs to everything. Every recipe for our website passes on her joy. Our family settled in Northern California, a Mediterranean-type climate…. ….with occasional adventures to the wilderness of Nevada. A day playing in the dirt with my brother Rex. Some moments seem to imprint us forever – the free abandon my parents gave us to play and have fun molding the soil has forever removed my fears of mud… ….which was a good thing since I would someday have an increase of boys! My first jobJ.Miller Flowers Oakland, CAI loved working with the flowers and had no idea I would someday write about them College days! University of Colorado, BoulderB.A. Psychology, 1988 More College University of Illinois, Chicago Master of Archtitecture, 1991 celebrating UIC Graduation day Married to Topher July 6, 1991… … and Moved to Texas! He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me. 2 Samuel 22:20 NIV Our Family Grew… …Our Garden Grew… …lots of reading and faith along the way… Zondervan Offices, Grand Rapids, MI…All Leading to a Book Contract. Who Knew?? With God All Things Are Possible Matthew 19:26 NIV First copy arrived!!God's Word for Gardeners Bible celebrating with daughters Emma & Grace See I am doing a new thing Isaiah 43:19 NIV A New Career in garden writing… …book signing… …garden club speaking…From now on I will tell you of new things, of hiddden things unknown to you (Isaiah 48:6 NIV) Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, TX …a new collaboration! Garden devotions illustrated with herbarium speciemns and botanical artwork from BRIT's immense collections COMING SOON to a garden gift shop near you


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Named after the Valkyrie of Wagnerian lore, the martial warrior maiden who led warriors into battle, Valda Valkyrien herself emerges from the Hollywood press glowing with a mythical aura. Distinguishing between the real Valkyrien and Valkyrien the Hollywood myth is key to a profile of the star.
Repeated coverage portrays a talented actress and star dancer, even prima ballerina, of the Royal Danish Ballet, whose beauty so dazzled King Frederik VIII of Denmark in a nationwide beauty pageant in 1914 that he bestowed upon her the title of "Valkyrien—Year of 1914 A.D.—The Most Beautiful Woman of her Race!" (29) thereby making her "the toast of every café, club and home in Copenhagen," as reported in the Moving Picture World (1246). The same issue reports that when Centaur Film Company producer David Horsley visited Denmark in the summer of 1913, he was so impressed by the Danish diva's on-screen work that he made her an offer to star in his upcoming feature, an offer that she reportedly refused, for she had left the film world upon her recent marriage to Baron Hrolf von Dewitz, a naval officer and, according to Moving Picture World, an "expert of the first calibre in the finer points of photoplay construction" (624). Gathering war clouds in Europe obliged Valkyrien and Dewitz to relocate to the United States in 1914. While the Baron found himself consumed by his work as a military expert for the New York Daily, Baroness Dewitz was left languishing "alone in a strange land," whereupon she reportedly resolved to return to motion pictures in order to stave off homesickness, and accepted Horsley's offer (1246).
In a recent article, "The Strange Case of Valda Valkyrien," Hans J. Wollstein gives a contradictory picture of Valkyrien's background and pre-Hollywood film career. Born in Reykjavik, Iceland (and not Copenhagen), Adele Frede, later known as Valkyrien, may have been a student at the Royal Danish Ballet, but was neither a prima ballerina nor premiere danseuse, as she later claimed. A bit part player in at least four of Danish film industry giant Nordisk's films in 1912, including The New Shoeshine Boy (1912) and The Story of Mother (1912), Adele Frede featured prominently as the hotel owner's flirtatious daughter in the first film and as a domestic in the second, but was by no means a star in the flourishing Danish film industry.
The myth of Valkyrien, the great Danish star who deigned to favor Horsley while stranded away from her homeland, needs to be challenged. Wollstein argues that it was Horsley who made a star out of the little-known Valkyrien. He spotted her at the moment of budding fame when she won the title of "Valkyrien" in the 1914 beauty pageant, and transported her with her fiancé Dewitz to Hollywood, where he capitalized on the industry's awestruck attitude towards Valkyrien's exotic beauty and supposed aristocratic lineage by showcasing the Dane in a series of fifteen one-reeler "Baroness Films." Dubbed "a special brand of refined comedy," these films set her on a meteoric career path that had peaked by 1916, but she had sunk into oblivion by 1919, according to Moving Picture World (1246). Valkyrien starred in Vitagraph's Youth (1915) and played the title role in Pluragaph's Diana (1916). The Thanhouser Film Company even wrote a three-reeler for her: The Valkyrie (1915). Valkyrien's other Thanhouser films include: Silas Marner (1916), The Cruise of Fate (1916), and Hidden Valley (1916). For these latter two productions, her husband, the Baron Dewitz, was signed on as "technical advisor."
At the height of her career, there were reports of the Valda Valkyrien Production Company, but it is not clear if she was ever able to work as an independent. In 1916, Valkyrien left Thanhouser for the offer of a higher salary and top billing from the William Fox Film Corporation. Fox reneged on the second part of the offer, billing Valkyrien below both the title and her costar in The Unwelcome Mother (1916). The furious Valkyrien sued Fox for $25,000 in damages, alleging that she had lost a two-year contract with Thanhouser. The outcome of the suit is unknown, but Valkyrien returned to Thanhouser, where she starred in the well-received The Image Maker (1917) as an actress who believes herself to be the reincarnation of an Egyptian princess. The Thanhouser company folded shortly thereafter, and Valkyrien turned to parts in low-quality independent productions. For awhile, she was under contract to the Clara Kimball Young Film Corporation. Her final film was the red-scare melodrama Bolshevism on Trial (1919).
It would seem that the problem of the lawsuit with Fox contributed to the reversal of Valkyrien's fortunes by potentially marking her as a troublemaker. The question of Valda Valkyrien is also the question of the way faded European aristocracy played in Hollywood and the particular way immigrants were exoticized in the industry and in the public imagination.
"European Film Star Joins Centaur" Moving Picture World (29 Aug. 1914): 1246
"Mrs. Albert K. Otto." Obit. New York Times (25 Oct. 1956): 33
"Valda Valkyrien, Former Dancer, Film Star, Dies." Obit. Los Angeles Times(24 Oct. 1956): C11.
"Valkyrien" Moving Picture World(22 July 1916): 624
Wollstein, Hans J."The Strange Case of Valda Valkyrien" Classic Images(Jan. 1997): 28-30.
------. Strangers in Hollywood: The History of Scandinavian Actors in American Films From 1910 to World War II. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, 1994.Complete Project Bibliographies
A. Archival Filmography: Extant Film Titles:
1. Valda Valkyrien as Actress
Dødsspring til hest fra cirkuskuplen /The Great Circus Catastrophe. Dir.: Eduard Schnedler-Sorensen (Nordisk Film Denmark 1912) cas.: Valdemar Psilander, Aage Hertel, Frederik Jacobsen, Valda Valkyrien, si, b&w, 35mm. Archive: DKK.
De Heldige Friere /Unsuccessful Flirtation. (Nordisk Film Denmark 1912) cas.: Hilmar Clausen, Valda Valkyrien, si, b&w, 35mm. Archive: USM.
Den Stærkeste /Vanquished. Dir.: Eduard Schnedler-Sørensen. (Nordisk Film Denmark 1912). cas.: Else Frølich, Valda Valkyrien. si., b&w. Archive: DKK.
Youth. Dir.: Harry Handworth (Vitagraph Company US 1915) cas.: Antonio Moreno, Valda Valkyrien, si, b&w. Archive: GBB.
Silas Marner. Exec. prod. Gertrude Thanhouser, Edwin Thanhouser, dir.: Ernest C. Warde (Thanhouser Film Corp. US 1916) cas.: Frederick Warde, Louise E. Bates, Morgan Jones, Valda Valkyrien, si, b&w. Archive: USW.
Diana the Huntress. Dir.: Charles W. Allen and Francis T. Miller, sc., Francis T. Miller. (Pluragraoh Co., US 1916) cas.: Valda Valkyrien (as Baroness Von Dewitz), Paul Swan. si., b&w. 35mm & 16mm. Archive: USW, ITG.
The Image Maker. Exec. Prod. Gertrude Thanhouser, Edwin Thanhouser, dir.: Eugene Moore (Thanhouser Film Corp. US 1917) cas.: Valda Valkyrien, Harris Gordon, si, b&w. Archive: Private Collection.
Bolshevism on Trial. Dir.: Harley Knoles, sc.: Harry Chandlee (Mayflower Photoplay Corp. US 1919) cas.: Henry Truesdell, Robert Frazer, Inez Nesbitt, Valda Valkyrien, si, b&w. Archive: ITG, USW, USF.
B. Filmography: Not Extant Titles:
1. Valda Valkyrien as Actress
En moders kaerlighed/The Story of Mother, 1912; Frederik Buch som skopudser/The New Shoeshine Boy, 1912; Baroness Film Series, 1914; The Valkyrie, 1915; The Cruise of Fate, 1916; Diana, 1916; Hidden Valley, 1916; The Unwelcome Mother, 1916; Magda, 1917; Huns Within Our Gates, 1918; T'other Dear Charmer, 1918; The Commercial Pirates, 1919.
C. DVD/VHS Sources:
Bolshevism on Trial. DVD. (Grapevine US 2009)
Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1894-1941 (1910). DVD. (Image Entertainment, 2013)- contains Diana the Huntress (1916).
Valda Valkyrien's filmography is based on the standard sources as well as Hans J. Wollstein's article in Classic Images. It is believed that she appeared in additional films in Denmark, but her involvement can't be confirmed. It is unclear if Diana (1916) is an alternative title for Diana the Huntress (1916) or a separate short (perhaps made before the latter). IMDb has two separate entries for the films, both produced by Pluragaph Co., and both directed by Charles W. Allen and Francis Trevelyan Miller. According to the Library of Congress, Valda Valkyrien appeared in Diana the Huntress as Baroness Von DeWitz. On IMDb, Valda Valkyrien is listed as the star of Diana. Diana the Huntress is extant, whereas there is no FIAF entry for Diana. Further research must be done to see if these titles are the same film or different versions of a similar topic/story.


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- high cholesterol
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- cancer
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Hydration recovery IV with electrolytes and antioxidants for recovery from travel, athletic training and sunburn
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The Circa is coming to Theatre Junction Grand with When One Door Closes
When she was growing up in Australia, Bridie Hooper didn't have far to run to join the circus. There was one practically in her back yard.
"I grew up in a small town in rural Australia that has a great circus community. The first time I saw a show at Spaghetti Circus I saw how much fun the performers were having so I started taking classes," says Hooper, who is one of the stars of When One Door Closes, the newest acrobatic show from Australia's CIRCA that runs at Theatre Junction Grand from May 9 to 13.
When Hooper turned 16, she enrolled with The Flying Fruit Fly Circus which required her to leave home and relocate in another town.
"The Flying Fruit Fly Circus offers full-time circus training but also allows you to attend regular school classes so I was getting the best of both worlds."
"Australia has always had a pretty keen circus community and it's really been growing rapidly. There are so many exciting independent companies growing up in Australia," Hooper said.
Two years later in 2008, Hooper took an even greater leap to study in Montreal at the Montreal National Circus School.
"Montreal is a real hub for circus and it is helping circus to spiderweb across the world."
While studying in Canada, Hooper was able to perform in the Vancouver Olympics Opening Ceremony and in the Montreal Completement Cirque Festival in 2010 and 2011. After graduating in 2012, Hooper toured Quebec with the Vague de Cirque. She eventually decided to return to Australia to see if she could work with CIRCA, one of Australia's most exciting and innovative companies.
When One Door Closes wonders what became of Miss Julie, Hedda Gabler and Nora from the Doll's House after their plays ended.
All three of these iconic heroines had tried to break free from their male-dominated societies.
"The struggles Miss Julie, Hedda and Nora had in their plays translate quite well to the physical world of circus. It's all about restraints and trying to break free which we can explore in a circus show."
From her experience, Hooper says "there is real gender equality in circus."
"Unlike what Miss Julie, Hedda and Nora experienced, I have only ever been treated in a positive way. That's because trust is so important in circus."
Hooper laughs when asked if circus performers have a best-before date.
"I certainly have a shorter shelf-life than if I were working in an office because circus is so demanding physically. Still, it all depends on how you manage yourself.
"You have to take care of your body. Before each performance, we all go through three hours of stretching and training which is possibly the best thing you could do for your body."
In addition to keeping her fit and lithe, Hooper says being a part of CIRCA has opened the world to her.
"Last year alone we toured to Taipei, Macau, Mexico and through most of rural Australia. I've gone to places like Luxembourg which before I went there I couldn't have located on a map for you. It's circus' innate humanity that makes it such a universal language."
Tickets for When One Door Closes are on sale at theatrejunction.com or by calling 403-205-2922 extension 1.


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The EU budget is both a tool for solidarity and a tool for growth, as the 'Delors packages' illustrated it: the current negotiations must also traduce this equilibrium. While 'net contributors' countries are dogmatic in their calls for further cuts, 'net recipient' countries can be also quite dogmatic in opposing any move to strengthening the conditions attached to the use of EU funds. Some of the Commission's proposals are aimed at ensuring that EU money is effectively spent and that it adequately serves its purpose. Rather than rejecting them on principle, it would be in their long-term interest to engage in a constructive discussion on how to increase the absorption rates and the performance of EU funds deployed in their territories.
The discussions on the EU's budget framework for 2014-2020 will grow in importance from now onwards, and it is essential that all decision makers and stakeholders get involved in it, not only national governments but also the national parliaments, the European parliament, the interest groups and public opinions. Having a healthy and constructive debate on the EU budget will tell a lot about the vitality of the European construction.


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Vengeance & Honour [Assassin's Creed] – (XBOX) – 021 – Extremely Chilly (LiveComm)
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How to - Edit Global Account Settings
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Login to your account.
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Click on Settings:
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Click on Company Profile and then Global Settings. Its important to note that this will change the default options for all interviews made after the change.
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Select your Candidate Scheduling Offset. This option allows you to set a freeze period after you create a new interview. During the freeze no candidates will be able to schedule an interview
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Candidate Interview Reminder. Allows you to set the time in advance that a candidate will receive a reminder email for their upcoming interview
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he is a franchise quarterback. had the Raiders poised to be a AFC contenders before his leg injury. they are going to build around him and he has the tools to be very very good. he will only be the highest paid QB for a little while anyways.
the difference is that Kaepernick took the job from an existing playoff quarterback. Carr is a typical dropback quarterback with minimal mobility designed for a pro style offense.


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After making yesterday's post I did manage to do some stitching. I managed to put together enough pieces needed to complete my first row as well as a few more:
As anyone can see I still have some sewing to do before the whole row is put together. The total block tally actually grew quite a bit last night:
Especially inspirational to me is that Chookyblue now has pulled out her pieces for her lovely "Blue Lanterns" and have spent quite some time in the Chookshed playing with fabric, paper templates and basting glue - FUN! :-)
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At the same point last offseason, starting pitcher Kyle Lohse was still a free agent. In fact, it would take until March 25 for Lohse to finally sign a contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. But unlike Lohse, who too wore the rejected-qualifying offer Scarlet Letter, current free agent Ervin Santana has apparently waved the white flag in his pursuit of a multiyear deal.
According to Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal, the 31-year-old is eager to sign with a team and get to spring training—even at the cost of a lucrative, long-term contract. Aside from how most teams would forfeit an unprotected first-round pick to sign the right-hander, the sheer opportunity to sign a free-agent pitcher of Santana's caliber to a one-year deal instantly makes him a bargain.…read the rest of the article at Bleacher Report.


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Also in line with promotion of responsible tourism, the 8th Eco warrior awards gala is set to be held on 9th October in the context of Magical Kenya Expo, under the theme 'Responsible Tourism is Why I Love Kenya'. Nominations for the awards is underway and is set to close on 29th August. For more information, visit www.ecotourismkenya.org/award
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The River Valley Players is a group of local people of various ages, skill level and experience with an interest in theatrical arts. Our goal is to provide a variety of theatrical entertainment to people of all ages.
Previously known the Playworks Players we felt that a new name and fresh start was in order. We are looking for new members ages 10 to adult, of all experience levels, to join our dynamic and exciting group.
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Rotary House of Drayton Valley
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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Included on U.S. News List of Best Hospitals for Cancer
BUFFALO, NY — Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is ranked among the top cancer hospitals in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's 2010-11 Best Hospitals, published online and featured in the August print issue of U.S. News, available on newsstands July 27.
"We're proud to be included on this list," said Donald L. Trump, MD, FACP, President and CEO of Roswell Park. "We've worked hard to consistently provide outstanding patient care, and this is one indicator of how effective our efforts have been. We continue to enhance our national prominence, and national reputation is a large part of the U.S. News methodology."
Best Hospitals 2010-11 includes rankings of 152 medical centers nationwide in 16 specialties, including cancer. The rankings are driven by data such as mortality rates, discharges, balance of nurses to patients, and reputation.
Roswell Park is the only institution in upstate New York to be included on the 2010 U.S. News cancer specialty list. "When the stakes are high, you want the best care you can get for yourself or someone close to you," said Health Rankings Editor Avery Comarow.
"Inclusion on this list is recognition of our standing as one of the premier providers of cancer care in the country," said Judy Smith, MD, MS, CPE, FACS, Medical Director of Roswell Park. "Visionary leadership, outstanding faculty, committed staff and excellence in nursing are just a few factors that have helped us attain this status. Perhaps most importantly, our culture of collaboration and teamwork allows us to deliver the highest quality multidisciplinary care for our patients. Our motivation is our mission to understand, prevent and cure cancer."
Roswell Park has frequently been recognized for its outstanding care, including being named by AARP The Magazine as one of the eight best hospitals in the nation for complex or "extremely difficult" cases of cancer; inclusion on The Scientist magazine's list of the Best Places to Work in Academia, published this month; and special commendations from BlueCross BlueShield, Optum Health and others.
The mission of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is to understand, prevent and cure cancer. Roswell Park, founded in 1898, was one of the first cancer centers in the country to be named a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and remains the only facility with this designation in Upstate New York. The Institute is a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation's leading cancer centers; maintains affiliate sites; and is a partner in national and international collaborative programs. For more information, visit Roswell Park's website at http://www.roswellpark.org, call 1-800-ROSWELL (1-800-767-9355) or email email@example.com.
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The goal of evaluating technology is to make a sound business decision. We focus our attention on guiding our clients towards a business decision that aligns with their strategy, goals, and their unique "best practices". It is important to take an objective viewpoint when evaluating technology. We help people stay objective through clear criteria that is in harmony with the organization's goals and culture. We also ensure that the software solution providers satisfy the needs of our client throughout the process.
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|my newest little stack of vintage (50's & 60's) bookish goodness (the bottom one is The Secret Garden)
|a little toybox bench for Sloane, skirt for mommy & cup for the nursery
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Lately I've been fighting my urge to join pinterst, as I know I will get addicted to it and I don't have enough time as it is...but it's oh so lovely there.
Browsing a few new blogs I <3
So ready for the weekend. Can't wait to see what the days will hold, hopefully some relaxation and lovely weather. Hope your holiday weekend is all you want it to be!
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Having a wireless router is something that most homes and offices take for granted these days – you are considered to be archaic if you still need to tether your machine to a router or modem, no? Nice to see that most folks have already taken the plunge when it comes to wireless connectivity in their devices, and Nexaira Wireless is well poised to ride on this wave with their latest product – the Nexaira Wireless 3G/4G SOHO router. Targeting a SOHO market (that's small office/home office for the uninitiated), this SOHO router is not only fast but secure, offering instant Wi-Fi service to a home or office without having to run data cabling or subscribe to a wireline service. Wherever you are, as long as there is adequate cellular coverage by any wireless carrier in North America, you will be able to make that connection to the Internet to update your Facebook status and check email amongst a zillion other stuff.
Among the features of the Nexaira Wireless 3G/4G SOHO router would be an automated set-up with the intuitive user friendly i3 GUI and desktop gadget, multiple user access to the Internet, 300 Mbps speeds with 802.11n 2×2 MIMO Wi-Fi service and a superior 3G/4G connection than using a data card on a laptop computer. It will arrive in the market later this year for $99.95. Just to get a better idea on its connectivity capability, the Nexaira Wireless 3G/4G SOHO router is able to seamlessly hook up to HSPA and HSPA + networks from AT&T, Bell, Rogers, Telus and T-Mobile and EVDO RevA networks from Sprint and Verizon, as well 4G WiMAX from Clear. Now that's a pretty comprehensive list, don't you think?
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