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so classic and pretty.
it will live on her daughter's bed.
remember this fabric? my order came!! I LOVE IT!!!
how do you know you have a fabric addiction 'problem'?? when you order your fabric and realize at checkout you received a BULK DISCOUNT cause you ordered so much....*blush* oh, who am i kidding....i'm not embarrassed one bit!!
holy cow! i did find an online shop that posted it with a tape measure underneath it for scale, but i was expecting moths 3 inches across. they are almost 8 inches across.....that's my 45mm rotary cutter! the picture shows just about a 22" x 36" section!!
i don't plan on cutting it up, and was gonna use it for a backing (i like it way too much to hide it on the back of something). i think i might pair it with something else and make a 'wholecloth' quilt with it. i think i have enough to match the pattern across the seam, but we'll see...
*crap* if i do that then i need some more yardage for pillowcases...it's a never ending vicious cycle *snicker*
this is my little gentleman patiently waiting for me to do my thing, so i can do whatever he's expecting me to do after i get done....
he's been sick lately. allergies turned into some nasty infections. see the pink spot on the bridge of his nose, just behind his sniffer? that was a nasty little scabby boo-boo. steroids were part of the prescription and i feel like i'm housebreaking a puppy....we go outside almost every hour or two.
i now know what will wake me out of a dead sleep at 3am...the sound of pee on carpet. poor guy!
but he's feeling better....
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Oh wow that is gorgeous. Yes, I can imagine it took patience. But, well worth it. Lovely.ReplyDelete
It really is pretty fabric! And yes, it's amazing how the sound of pee on carpet can wake you from a sound sleep! My litle pup was also on steroids for some time before she passed away.ReplyDelete
Love the blue & white quilt. It will be beautiful on the bed.ReplyDelete
With two fur babes I would not know where we would be with out our doggy door :o) So sorry your gentleman was having a hard time.ReplyDelete
Fabric addiction... Nah. Savy shopper... Absolutely.
Have a great day.
Always, Queenie
I feel bad for your pup. Steroids are an awful necessity.ReplyDelete
Such a precious face - boo boo included!ReplyDelete
That blue quit.... nothing short of spectacular.
Ahh the patience, the cutting, the patience, the stitching, the patience.... it must have taken to create such a beauty. I, myself, don't have the patience to painstakingly piece a quilt of such detail. I admire that.
thanks so much for taking the time to comment, they feed my blog. i do my best to reply to each and every one! you can bet your comments are ALWAYS read and appreciated.


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The new county librarian has worked both in the classroom
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help smaller districts throughout the county that don't have librarians,
consult with school officials, and help select books for schools across the
"The typical day is that there is no typical day," he joked.
When he's not working, he's reading. Hunt estimates that he
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KoopaKungFu was created in October 2010 by Daniel "Koops" Frey following the explosion of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 videos on YouTube. "KoopaKungFu" was originally named "Kung Fu Koopa", based on the Mario Party 7 Koopas in Pagoda Peak. During the first couple of recordings, Koops flubbed the "Kung Fu Koopa" opening and switched the name to KoopaKungFu for the smoother alliteration. While KoopaKungFu never uploaded any MW2 videos, it was heavily influenced by creators such as Sandy Ravage and MisterFantasmo on YouTube along with the Angry Video Game Nerd. The earliest videos ever uploaded (though eventually deleted) were Mario Kart 64 races featuring Duke Nukem voice overs, inspired by Sandy Ravage. Koops met Pwnobi on YouTube and started mingling with the competitive Pokemon battle scene, eventually winding up on Ninbuzz where he found some success doing a Wario Land let's play for the Virtual Boy.
While Koops is the founder of KoopaKungFu and in most videos, there are a few other main cast members who show up often. SirEnobMort, Snoopy, and MrPVBravo are the main gang along with a steady stream of appearances from DracoPaladin. More information on everyone is below if you're interested! Since then KoopaKungFu has uploaded a variety of Let's Plays ranging from Rayman Origins on the Wii to Plants vs. Zombies on the iPad to Left 4 Dead on the PC. The Let's Plays are humble in nature featuring minimal editing, relatively long episodes, live commentary, and lots of laughter. KoopaKungFu has uploaded 3000 videos viewed over 150 million times.
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How can I get in contact with you?
Send me an email through the Contact tab or tweet @KoopaKungFu
Which consoles do you own?
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• Nintendo Gameboy Color • Nintendo Gameboy Advance • Nintendo Gameboy SP • Nintendo DS • Nintendo DS Lite • Nintendo 3DS • Nintendo 3DS XL
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Can you play X game?
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Computer - Custom built
• Corsair Vengeance C70 Mid-Tower Gaming Case • Intel® Core™ i7-4790K @ 4.00 GHz • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 - 3GB - EVGA • 16GB [4GB x4] Ballistix 1600MHz DDR3 Memory • 150 GB Intel SSD • 9 TB HDD [3TB, 3TB, 2TB, 1TB] • MSI Z97 Gaming 7 Motherboard • Corsair Hydro Series H80i Liquid CPU Cooling
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PC games are recorded in 1920 x 1080 resolution at 60 frames per second (FPS) through OBS Studio. Current generation console games are recorded in 1920 x 1080 resolution at 60 FPS through xCapture-1. HDMI input is split through a HDMI splitter. iPad games are recorded in 1920 x 1080 resolution at 60 FPS using a Lightning Digital AV Adapter and the xCapture-1. Older generation console games are recorded in 1280 x 720 resolution at 30 FPS through the xCapture-1 or the Elgato Game Capture HD. The Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Wii U screens are recorded through hard-mods to the system, allowing video capture. Here is the website to buy the modded systems: http://www.3dsvideocapture.com/
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Everything is then imported into Sony Vegas Pro, edited, and then rendered for YouTube. The video codec I use is Main Concept AVC/AAC 1080p 60 FPS 20 million bit rate (bps). Audio format is AAC with a 384,000 bps.
What is your favorite anime / manga?
Favorite anime is Cowboy Bebop and my favorite manga is One Piece. I've seen a lot of anime so if you're interested in what I've seen, click here for my MAL account: http://myanimelist.net/profile/heykoops I try to keep it updated but it tends to fall behind every once in awhile.
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Neatorama has the history of sugared cereals. I don't know why; it's not as if anyone uncovered some secret archives that detail the plot to cover everything you have before noon with a glaze of sweetness. But it does veer into the early days of dextrose-drenched morning foods, including Post's version of sugared Corn Flakes, Corn-Fetti. At first it terrified rival Kellogg. But then:
It wasn't long before Kellogg realized that Corn-Fetti wasn't selling. "It was a disaster," says an industry expert. "The flakes were hardened with this beautiful, clear-candy coating. But it was so insoluble, it would cut your mouth all up like glass."
Instead of fixing the Corn-Fetti formula and reintroducing it immediately, General Foods began an exhaustive, time-consuming product testing process. "We were all so frustrated with the situation," recalls Post's art director at the time. "While we had our sales force standing in line to reintroduce Corn-Fetti, they continued to test and test market …until finally the competition stole the idea.
The competition was, of course, Sugar-Frosted Flakes.
Ah, mouth-shredding cereal. I remember that:
But here's a tale. Take a look at that fellow on the box; try not to think about the spoons on his crown. Who was he? George Mann. What did he do earlier in life? This.
He was half of "Barto and Mann," a vaudeville duo. The rode the genre to its conclusion, did a stint in "Hellzapoppin," then broke up. Barto had a daughter: Nancy Walker, aka Rhoda's Mother, also Rosie in the Bounty Towel ads. Mann went on to tinker:
In the late 1940s, George began a period of invention, first designing and obtaining a patent[16] for an endless magnetic loop recording and playback devise, elements of which were later incorporated into the Lear Jet Stereo 8 track cartridge player. George and Bill Lear became close friends after George introduced Bill to his future wife, Ole Olsen's daughter Moya. George next turned his inventive and mechanical skills to designing a 3-D viewer that would display the 3-D photographs he was taking, mostly around Southern California. He leased the viewers to various Los Angeles businesses, including Hody's Drive-Ins, other restaurants, bars and doctor's offices.
But he didn't just do 3D; he also toured the town with a sackful of Kodachrome. According to the Los Angeles Visionaries Association:
George Mann just might be the most interesting Los Angeles photographer you've never heard of. His color scenes of the lost Victorian neighborhood of Bunker Hill, taken just before it was demolished fifty years ago in a misguided urban renewal project, have transformed our understanding of downtown.
Took a while, but eventually the pages lead to the George Mann Archive. and a site devoted to keeping the memory of a bygone neighborhood alive. Why should anyone care about a neighborhood in Los Angeles razed decades ago? No reason - but if you like old movies, Bunker Hill was the backdrop for just about every crime tale told in the 40s and 50s.
King Vitaman died in 1977. Here he was in 1972.
Actual intelligent YouTube comment: "That kid ate that cereal dry? How long did it take doctors to fix the roof of his mouth?"
By the way, what's the difference between a "collector" and someone who shows up on "Hoarders"? Organization.
IN RUSSIA, BUS DRIVES YOU That doesn't realy make sense, but the Yakov Smirnoff construction is obligatory when the subject is Russia. Meet the Punisher: a bus driver who deals with Russia's innumerable bad drivers by driving them into curbs or other immovable objects.
By the way, Smirnoff's real name was Pokhis, and he was born in Ukraine. He is also a painter:
SCIENCE! Speaking of misleading headlines: "Astrobiologists discover fossils in meteorite fragments, confirming extraterrestrial life." That would seem to be news, no?
Yes. But no. Slate takes apart the case of the Space Diatoms.
So: Extreme Tech goes on the list of sites you can safety disregard as a place that overhypes things ? It seems an odd decision for Ziff-Davis, which isn't exactly new to the publishing world.
And that's why I said King Vitamin helped invent the 8-track, instead of the more sensational King Vitaman Invented the 8-Track.


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"The Genesis writer wants us to grasp humankind's unique place in creation. We observe this uniqueness in two foundational ways. First, humans are designed by God to exercise proper dominion over creation which is a divinely delegated stewardship role. Secondly, humans are designed by God to be His image bearers, to uniquely reflect who God is to His good world."
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Terrorism and War
Interviews with Howard Zinn, edited by Anthony Arnove
(Seven Stories Press: New York), $9.95/paperback
Pre-eminent American historian Howard Zinn is best known for his classic A People's History of the United States, a provocative interpretation of our nation's turbulent and dynamic history from the point of view of groups normally excluded from history texts. Widely taught in high schools and colleges across America, A People's History is currently being co-produced by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Chris Moore as an HBO series.
An anti-war activist, Zinn is no stranger to combat, having served as an Air Force bombardier in World War II. He is professor emeritus at Boston University and, most recently, author of Terrorism and War, a series of conversations on the aftermath of the 9-11 terrorist attacks and the historical context of terrorism, its causes and military responses.
The Independent spoke to Zinn by telephone from his home in Boston.
Indy: Is there such a thing or can there be a war on terrorism?
Zinn: No, I don't think there can be a war on terrorism. You can make war on an identifiable enemy, something you can locate. You can make war on Japan or Germany, but you cannot make war on terrorism; it has no locale, it has no identifiable place. It can spring up from hundreds of places.
President Bush said in his State of the Union speech that there are tens of thousands of terrorists at loose in the world ... how can you make war on something as elusive as that?
But if you are in the habit of making war, as our country is, you react to a terrorist act by picking out someplace on Earth and making war on it for lack of [doing] something more intelligent.
It's an excuse for not doing anything about the real grievances held by millions of people around the world. Out of those millions, [it's inevitable that] a small number will turn to terrorism. Terrorism will never be stopped.
Indy: Which developments at home and abroad since 9-11 should cause us the most concern?
Zinn: Abroad, we are behaving brutally, in a way that a humane society doesn't behave. The war [on terrorism] is an excuse for two things -- to take the wealth of the country and turn it into military hardware and to clamp down on human rights.
[At the same time we're spending billions on the war], I read the inside pages of the newspaper and find a story about 50,000 elderly people in Boston losing their health-care benefits because there's not enough money. Instead of using our wealth to ease the suffering of our own people and suffering people across the world, we are using it to expand our military might.
Meanwhile, we are treating noncitizens who, according to the Constitution, have rights, as if they have no constitutional rights -- picking up people in the middle of the night, detaining them, holding them without charges. The attorney general has been behaving like the Gestapo in Germany during World War II. It's no wonder that anyone from the Islamic world [living in the United States] has to worry about what's going to happen to them next.
Worse, if you don't support the president or the actions of his administration, you are labeled a traitor. In other words, we are moving closer to totalitarianism.
Indy: This week, while the news indicated that we were inching closer to a military attack on Iraq, amid national anxiety about the economic downturn, the president successfully raised $110 million, a record amount, for Republican candidates in midterm elections. Is this where his attention should be focused?
Zinn: When I spoke of the motive [for waging war], I left out the third: political advantage at home. It's an interesting thing. As the president is preparing for war with Iraq, he is also preparing for re-election.
There has always been a connection between American war and political benefit to the president who makes the war. We saw how important political motives were in the case of Kennedy and Johnson from the tapes that were released recently -- Kennedy was making a decision in 1963 about whether to withdraw troops from Vietnam, based on the upcoming election. Then listening to the Johnson tapes, we hear that he was worried about expanding, worried about the number of people getting killed in Vietnam, but saying, "Well, if I pull out they'll impeach me."
President Bush the elder was failing politically before he made war on Iraq. The younger President Bush has learned from that.
Indy: What do you think about the seeming absence of an organized anti-war movement in the U.S.?
Zinn: There's no national anti-war movement, but there are movements locally all across the country -- vigils, teach-ins, gatherings all over the country. Every day my e-mail correspondence tells me about things happening in various parts of the country, about people speaking out against the war. Today I heard about families, survivors of those killed in the Twin Towers attack, who are organizing a series of meetings with the American Friends Service Committee, Quakers, trying to bring a message of peace to the country.
I'm hopeful that anti-war groups are going to become unified, strong enough to change policy.
Indy: Is it possible, as the world's pre-eminent economic and military power, to avoid conflict in the world today with massive social upheaval in the Third World, in Central Asia, in Africa? What should our role be?
Zinn: First of all, our role should not be the world's pre-eminent military power. If that's the case, we are going to arouse more and more anger around the world.
What we should do with our economic power, our tremendous economic power, is not build up an enormous military machine, not spend $400 billion a year on military buildup. While we spend these billions, we have neglected people in Africa with AIDS. We have neglected the poor in Latin America. We have neglected a little country called Haiti and have impoverished them further with our sanctions against them.
But we are motivated to spend these billions, to continue a military expansion, by this very fanatical drive for expansion in the world -- I call it the imperial imperative, that which has driven, in modern times, many countries to continue expanding their power.
War on Afghanistan gave the U.S. government the ability to expand its power in Central Asia where we haven't had military bases before. Another critical motivating force is the drive to increase corporate profits, our determination to control the price and supply of oil. The drive for profit has driven American policy domestically and abroad.
But human needs are left behind when profit drives our motives.
Indy: How should we commemorate 9-11 as a nation? As individuals?
Zinn: We should commemorate 9-11 by not only grieving for the victims of the terrorist attack but grieving for people all over the world who have been victims of terrorism. Grieving for the people of Afghanistan who were attacked, crushed and displaced by our bombs.
We should be using [this historic event] not to narrow but to enlarge our vision of what a great power can do. We should use it as a moment to stop and think: What have we been doing in the world to bring about such animosity?


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Stolen Credit Cards Used Extensively by Terrorists31-Mar-2009
Report to Congress by Andrew R. Chochran
Congressional hearings held March 31, 2009 revealed that credit card fraud is financing worldwide terrorism at a much higher level than was previously thought. In a written report to the U.S. House Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, Andrew R. Cochran of the Counterterrorism Blog (www.counterterrorismblog.org) provided evidence that stolen credit card data was used to finance such terrorist operations as the 2004 Madrid train bombings which killed over 200 people.
"Credit cards are extremely vulnerable to fraud and are used extensively by terrorists," says Cochran. "In many instances, when terrorist operatives are apprehended, they have multiple identifications and credit cards in a variety of names in their possession."
According to Cochran's report, Imam Samudra, a key operative of the Al-Qaeda linked terrorist group Jamaah Islamiah in Indonesia and the mastermind of the Bali nightclub bombings in 2002 which killed hundreds of people, issued a jailhouse manifesto urging followers to "make holy war" into cyberspace by hacking into U.S. computer systems. By doing so, they could help fund terrorist operations through credit card fraud and money laundering. Most companies involved in ecommerce are painfully aware of Indonesia's dubious distinction as one of the riskiest countries in the world for online transactions.
In the report, Cochran provides a snapshot of the extent to which terrorists are committing credit card theft and fraud, including:
- Stolen credit card numbers and identities were used to buy web hosting services to register websites across the globe.
- Thousands of stolen cards and personal identities, including account holder's addresses, date of birth, credit balances and limits, etc. were stored on terrorist's computers.
- Stolen cards were used to purchase needed field operations equipment such as prepaid cell phones and airline tickets.
- Money was laundered through online gambling sites.
- Tamil Tigers use credit card fraud as an international means of financing their terrorist operations. By using skimming devices attached to gasoline pumps in the U.K., the group was able to harvest card numbers. Losses are estimated at over $72 million.
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Kala Exhibition in the Lobby of the Mills Building in SF
August 8 – November 4, 2011
Artists included in the exhibition: Val Britton, Paz de la Calzada, Harry Clewans, Jeff Hantman, Ellen Heck, Cynthia Ona Innis, Lisa Levine, Gary Nakamoto, Kelly Ording, Emily Payne, Jenny Robinson, Unai San Martin, Youngsuk Suh, Seiko Tachibana, Peter Tonningsen, Kazuko Watanabe, and Noah Wilson.
The Mills Building, a historical landmark in San Francisco's financial district, is pleased to present a selection of works by Kala artists as part of its rotating exhibition program.
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Under the quality leadership of Professor Villardo, a world class Black Belt instructor, born, raised and trained in Brazil, you will be shown easy to learn, fundamental positions, and self-defense techniques that will help you to build a strong foundation so you can control and/or submit opponents during class. As you progress in the program, more difficult challenges will be presented to you and more advanced techniques added to your foundation. Using the principles of sustainment and integration, this step by step training campaign, pioneered by Professor Villardo, will provide you with the skills necessary to be ready for immediate action in any type of conflict. Call us or email here to schedule your introductory class
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text: Longoria Parker shows off stripper pole skills on TV By: WENN.com The Desperate Housewives star told Lopez she'd show off the pole dancing skills Carmen Electra had taught her if the pilot of his programme, Lopez Tonight!, got picked up. And when the Latino funnyman debuted on Monday, sexy Longoria Parker fulfilled her promise. Dressed in a sparkly black mini-dress and sporting a new blonde look, the actress shrieked when she realised Lopez had a pole set up on his stage, but insisted she wasn't dressed appropriately, joking, "You're gonna see my hoo-ha." But the game actress made an attempt, admitting it was more successful than the one she had tried at home on St. Valentine's Day (14Feb09). She explained, "Carmen Electra is a friend of mine and she has these stripper poles that she sells, so she sent me a stripper pole for Valentine's. "I set it up myself... and I was trying to do the sexy dance for Valentine's and I got on it to swing and I went `whack' and I fell, so I never really got to do it."


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Quiet Please!
October 5, 2016
I could be a tad biased as a successful, yet secret introvert, but I really believe that people talk way too much. And it's getting worse! Wherever I go lately, I cannot escape the din of constant and might I add, ridiculously redundant, socially lubricating blather. Even worse are the guffaws and posturing of those … More Quiet Please!


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The Lykes Insurance Learning Series: Excelleration™ is brought to our community as timely education events to help businesses excel. With awareness comes opportunity for action.
Our April event offers a unique opportunity to interact with a local marketing icon on the topic of Your Personal Brand. The fact is, you already have a personal brand. The real question is, what are you doing to intentionally build and manage the impression others have about you? Your brand is an extension of your personality and the source of impressions. That is why it is important to recognize and understand how personal brands influence everything about us in our daily lives.
In this Excelleration™ Chris Spiro will lead us in a discussion of building a compelling personal brand.
Christopher T. Spiro is the CEO and Chief Creative Director for Spiro & Associates. He's a high-powered, energetic advertising expert who loves what he does. Chris grew up in Southwest Florida and attended the University of Florida. He launched his advertising career as an art director more than 27 years ago and furthered his expertise as a designer and creative director, and formed The Spiro Group in 1989.
Over the years, his creative work has garnered honors from numerous organizations. The Lee Building Industry Association named Chris "Marketing Director of the Year/Agency" four times; was honored with the Sam Walton Business Leader Award; was one of The News-Press's "People to Watch;" and Gulfshore Business magazine named him as a "Power Broker"; and he was named Citizen of the Year of Cape Coral. Always civic-minded, Chris is active throughout Southwest Florida, including serving on a number of boards of directors and executive committees.
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Ken's Dream has completed a smart start-to-finish performance to take out the Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley Racecourse this afternoon.
Ken's Dream more than stamped himself as a colt to follow with a dominant on debut at Echuca on August 7th, and the three-year-old gave himself every chance of a successful transition to black type racing when jumping well and immediately taking up the pace in the McKenzie Stakes.
Challenged by the Lindsay Park-trained Dam Ready rounding onto the final straight, the Dream Ahead colt only continued to find as the race concluded and found the line a comfortable length in the clear.
Veteran hoop Dean Yendall delivered a smart performance aboard Ken's Dream to win the McKenzie Stakes and believes the sky is the limit for the talented colt.
"The boss said that we're not at Echuca today and we've got the work cut out today," Yendall said.
"The plan was to be outside the lead or one-one, but when he began so quick and it was handed up to me straight away I just used my initiative and let him be where he's happy.
"Getting to the 500m I knew one was pressuring me there, so I got on my bike a bit and asked him to quicken up a bit which he did.
"He was so solid through to the line. I dropped the rein in the last 50m but I gathered it up pretty quick.
"He's still new and learning, but he does everything in his stride and is so adaptable. He's just trotting back comfortably and wouldn't even know he's had a run."
Trainer Darren Weir was pleased with Ken's Dream's McKenzie Stakes win but revealed he was unsure how he would perform when viewing the horse in the parading ring.
"When he found the front, they didn't look to be going too quick early and he was able to kick away well in the straight," Weir said.
"It's a hard thing to do, win a maiden in the bush and then come to town and win a Listed race.
"The little concern would be if there's much more to come. When I looked at him in the yard I thought he looked like he's light enough for where he is at this stage of the preparation.
"That's going to be the tough thing now – whether we have to stop or whether we just space his runs."
Dam Ready continued well to the line to finish second in the McKenzie Stakes, while the Ciaron Maher-trained Throssell ran on for third.


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On May 29, 2015, Minister of State (Science and Technology) Ed Holder and the Canada Foundation for Innovation awarded more than $333 million to support competitively-funded research initiatives across Canada.
TRIUMF congratulates the winners of this competition. As Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, and owned and operated by a consortium of Canadian universities, TRIUMF is home to many collaborations and experimental facilities in fundamental physics.
TRIUMF applauds the successful proposals led by the University of Victoria, Carleton University, the University of Calgary, and the University of Guelph.
The University of Victoria, awarded $13.6 million for phase two of the Advanced Rare Isotope Laboratory (ARIEL) at TRIUMF.
The first phase of ARIEL, completed in 2014, constructed one of the world's most advanced superconducting particle accelerators, as well as a new building to house them. This second phase will add capability to produce a wide variety of rare, or exotic, isotopes. It will strengthen Canada in particle and nuclear physics, and materials science. It will also produce medical isotopes, which are used to diagnose and treat disease.
"We have designed a one-of-a kind accelerator that will allow us to pursue the science in which TRIUMF is currently a world leader," says University of Victoria physicist Dean Karlen, who leads the nineteen-university, ARIEL II consortium. "It's exciting for us and for future generations. They'll come up with new ideas on how to use this technology that we haven't even thought of yet."
–University of Victoria press release.
The newly constructed Advanced Rare Isotope Laboratory at TRIUMF.
Carleton University, awarded $6.1 million towards detector infrastructure for the ATLAS project.
The ATLAS detector, based at CERN, is the largest volume particle physics detector ever constructed, and was one of the apparatus that enabled the discovery of a Higgs boson in 2012. In order for ATLAS to extend its physics reach and enable the exploration of critical questions such as the origin of mass and the nature of dark matter, novel instrumentation as well as new infrastructure must be developed.
This investment will enable the state-of-the-art components to be built and installed by Canadians in the ATLAS detector. These elements are needed to retain the ability of the ATLAS detector to efficiently filter the billions of collision events that occur every second for later analysis.
This high-profile international project provides a rare opportunity for hands-on training for young Canadians, and will have an enduring impact in inspiring both technological innovation and education for all citizens about the nature of our universe. This project includes researchers from McGill University, Simon Fraser University, the University of Victoria and TRIUMF.
–Carleton University press release.
A prototype of the new muon wheel infrastructure for the ATLAS detector.
The University of Guelph, awarded $1.4 million to complete construction of the GRIFFIN instrument (Gamma-Ray Infrastructure for Fundamental Investigations of Nuclei) at TRIUMF.
Carl Svensson heads a national team of researchers at institutions including the University of Guelph, Simon Fraser University, Saint Mary's University, Université de Montréal and TRIUMF.
The new instrument will allow these researchers to explore everything from subatomic particles to the origins of the universe. This sophisticated device will boost Canadian research and innovation in medical imaging, nuclear medicine, nuclear energy and monitoring of radioactive material, and will help in training students and researchers, said Svensson.
–University of Guelph press release.
Photograph of the GRIFFIN detector based at TRIUMF.
The University of Calgary, awarded $6.3 for the ALPHA-g experiment.
Based at CERN, the international ALPHA (Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus) collaboration studies antihydrogen atoms, the antimatter counterpart of the simplest atom, hydrogen.
The original concept of the ALPHA-g device was conceived by TRIUMF researchers, with the aim of revealing the nature of gravity with antimatter. The detector for the ALPHA-g experiment will be developed, designed, and built at TRIUMF with members from the ALPHA-Canada team and then be shipped to the experiment at CERN.
The ALPHA-g project is the latest initiative by the ALPHA-Canada team, which has made leading contributions to the ALPHA collaboration. The ALPHA-Canada team includes researchers from Simon Fraser University, the University of Calgary, UBC, UVic, York University and TRIUMF. TRIUMF researcher Makoto Fujiwara leads the ALPHA-Canada team.
–University of Calgary press release.
ALPHA Canada team upon receiving the NSERC Polanyi Prize in 2013. (credit NSERC).
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Oct. 3, 2004
Recap | Box Score | Quotes
Attendance: 47,130 (sellout)
Ohio State Notes
The game vs. the Wildcats marked the fifth overtime game inBuckeye history overall. OSU now is 4-1 in overtime contests. Thelast was a 16-13 victory over Purdue last season. Ohio Statesuffered its first loss in overtime, dropping to 4-1. It includes a2-0 mark at home, a 1-1 ledger on the road and one win at a neutralsite. The Buckeyes won their first two overtime games in 2002,winning at Illinois in single overtime, 23-16, Nov. 16 and againstMiami, 31-24, in double overtime in the Fiesta Bowl. Last seasonthe squad defeated North Carolina State in triple overtime (44-38)in Ohio Stadium and Purdue on the road, 16-13. OSU head coach,,hJim Tressel now is 8-2 all-time in overtime games. He is 4-1 atOhio State. Ohio State leads the all-time series with Northwestern,55-14-1, including a 24-6-1 ledger in Evanston, Ill. The win byNorthwestern ended a 24-game winning streak overall for theBuckeyes over the Wildcats, including a 14-game winning streak inEvanston. The Buckeyes last lost to NU in 1971 in Columbus, 14-10.Tressel is 3-1 against Northwestern in his career. When theBuckeyes are ranked by the Associated Press, the squad is 31-5overall vs. Northwestern and 14-2 in Evanston. TheWildcats¡¦ 33 points are the most scored by NUagainst the Buckeyes since OSU allowing 27 in 1989. Since 1985,Ohio State has played in 24 night games, including the game vs.Northwestern Saturday. The Buckeyes are 19-6 in those contests.Three of the last four games between OSU and NU have been nightcontests. In 2001, OSU defeated the visiting Wildcats in aprime-time contest in Ohio Stadium. In 2002, the teams played underthe lights at Ryan Field in Evanston, Ill. The attendance at RyanField was 47,130, marking a sellout. Ohio State has played in asold-out stadium in each of its first four games this season. OhioState is 66-23-3 all-time in Big Ten openers since the team beganconference play in 1913. Under Tressel, the team is 3-1 in leagueopeners. Overall, when Ohio State is ranked in the AP Top 10, thesquad now is 278-66-9. Ohio State's mark when ranked by the AP is377-119-14. Tressel's career mark now stands at 170-65-2, includinga 35-8 mark at Ohio State. The Buckeyes first fielded a footballteam in 1890. With the loss Saturday, Ohio State now owns anall-time record of 760-295-53 in its 115th season. With the lossSaturday (33-27), Ohio State has won 13 of the last 15 games whenthe difference is seven points or less. Senior kicker Mike Nugenthad his streak of nine-consecutive FGs made (over four games)stopped in overtime. The nine-consecutive field goals made tie himfor the No. 5 spot in OSU history with Josh Jackson (1994-95/7games). Nugent owns the school record with 24 made over 13 gamesfrom 2001-02. Nugent has attempted 12 field goals this season todate for a career total of 73 (58 made), good for the No. 3 spotall time behind Tim Williams (49-77, 1990-93) and Dan Stultz(59-91, 1996-2000). Nugent is currently No. 2 all time with 58 madeFGs, one behind the 59 scored by Dan Stultz from 1996-2000). Nugentis tied for fifth on the career scoring list with 294 points (120PATs, 58 FGs). He trails career scoring leader Pete Johnson (348pts., 1973-76) by 54 points, is just seven points away from takingover the No. 3 spot and is one point behind the fourth spot.Santonio Holmes¡¦ 63-yard punt return for atouchdown was the first of his career. It was theBuckeyes¡¦ first since Michael Jenkinsreturned a punt 54 yards for a score vs. Iowa Oct. 18, 2003.Holmes¡¦ TD tied the game at 10 with 3:18remaining in the first half. Holmes¡¦ 9-yardcatch in the first quarter extended his streak of games with atleast one catch to 10. Holmes ended the game with 99 yards on 10catches, the third time this season he has surpassed the 90-yardmark for receiving yards. He had 91 vs. Cincinnati and 224 vs.Marshall. Sophomore quarterback Justin Zwick ended the game with211 yards, his third game this season with 200 or more passingyards. He had a career-best 324 vs. Marshall and 213 vs. Cincinnatiin his first career start. His 38 passing attempts were a careerhigh. Sophomore Roy Hall¡¦s 50-yard catch on aZwick pass in the third quarter was a career best. His previouslong was a 20-yarder against Marshall. The catch led to LydellRoss¡¦ 2-yard touchdown rush to cutNorthwestern¡¦s lead to 20-17. The game markedthe first career start for true freshman receiver Ted Ginn, Jr. His12-yard punt return in the second quarter was his first as aBuckeye. Junior Bobby Carpenter¡¦sfourth-quarter interception was the first pick of his career.Senior Branden Joe¡¦s rush in the thirdquarter was his first of the season. Junior NateSalley¡¦s interception in the second quartermarked the first pick of his Buckeye career. BrandonSchnittker¡¦s catch of a 5-yard Zwick pass washis first of the season. Maurice Hall¡¦s40-yard kickoff return in the second quarter was his fourth returnof 40 or more yards this season. For the 94th consecutive game,Ohio State scored at least a touchdown. The last time a Buckeyeteam was held without a touchdown was a 13-9 loss to Michigan inthe 1996 season. OSU continues Big Ten play next week when itreturns home to face undefeated Wisconsin (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten).Kickoff is set for 3:36 p.m. EDT in Ohio Stadium and will betelevised on ABC
Northwestern Notes
With the victory, Northwestern improved to 2-3 overall and 1-1in the Big Ten. Northwestern won its second straight home game.Northwestern defeated Ohio State for the first time since the 1971season, a 14-10 win in Columbus. The win is the first forNorthwestern against OSU in Evanston since 1958. NU's victory snapsa 24- game losing streak against the Buckeyes. The closest theWildcats came to beating the Buckeyes since 1971 was a 17-15 lossin 1994 in Evanston. Northwestern's 33 points were the most it hasever scored against Ohio State in 70 all-time meetings. Theprevious single-game high was 28 points (40-28 loss in 1982). Thenumber "33" was certainly magical for Northwestern on Saturdaynight. The victory ended a 33- year drought, the Wildcats scored 33points and Noah Herron, who wears No. 33, carried the football 33times, with the last carry (his 33rd)–a 1-yarder–producing thegame-winning TD in overtime. The win is Northwestern's first over atop-10 ranked team since defeating No. 7 Wisconsin in two overtimesin 2000. It is the Wildcats first win over a ranked team sincebeating Wisconsin at home last year. Northwestern is now 3-6all-time in night games (6 p.m. or later start) at Ryan Field and1-1 vs. OSU (the first game a 27-16 loss in 2002). The game was thefirst Ryan Field sellout (47,130) since Northwestern's 54-51victory over Michigan on Nov. 4, 2000. This was the Wildcats' fifthall-time overtime game and their first at home. NU is now 4-1all-time in extra-session games. Earlier this season, NU lost itsonly overtime contest, a 48-45 double overtime decision at TCU.Northwestern's 33 points, 166 rushing yards, 278 passing yards and444 total yards are the most allowed by Ohio State this season.NU's 33 points were the most allowed by OSU since falling 35-21 toMichigan on Nov. 22, 2003. Randy Walker is just the sixthNorthwestern football coach to own victories over both Michigan andOhio State, while serving as the Wildcats' head mentor. The firstfive coaches to accomplish the feat were Dick Hanley, PappyWaldorf, Bob Voigts, Ara Parseghian and Alex Agase. Northwestern isnow 19-3 under Randy Walker when leading after three quarters. In15 years as a head coach, Walker's teams are 68-4-1 when leading atthe start of the fourth quarter. Northwestern held a 13-10 lead athalftime–its first lead after two stanzas this season. OSU,meanwhile, faced its first halftime deficit this season. NoahHerron's 113 rushing yards upped his career total to 1,618, whichplaces him in NU's top 10, in ninth place. Herron passed AdrianAutry (1,588, 1995-97) and Art Murakowski (1,599, 1946-49). It wasHerron's second 100-yard game of the season and the first player torun for 100-plus yards against OSU this season. Mark Philmore ledNU with 11 receptions and a career-best 134 yards. His eighth catchof the game–and the 92nd of his career–resulted in his firstcareer TD. Philmore's 27-yard TD reception gave NU a 20-10 leadearly in the third quarter. Philmore has caught a pass in all 25career games played. His 100-yard receiving game was his third ofthe year. Brett Basanez notched his third 200-yard passingperformance of the season and the 11th of his career. Basanezcompleted 24-of-44 passes for 278 yards, two touchdowns and twointerceptions. The 278-yard performance was fourth best of hiscareer. "Baz" now has 469 career completions (fifth all-time),5,452 career passing yards (sixth all-time) and 5,907 career totaloffensive yards (fourth all-time). Noah Herron moved into aneighth-place tie with Art Murakowski on NU's rushing TD list. Henow has 17. Place-kicker Brian Huffman converted both of his fieldgoal attempts and all three PAT attempts. He had field goals of 41and 40 yards, with the 41-yarder equaling a career long. Huffmanleads the Big Ten in PAT kicks with a perfect 16-of-16 mark.Cornerback Jeff Backes, in his second year as a defensive player,notched his first career interception in the fourth quarter in theend zone, thwarting an OSU scoring threat. Making his first startat linebacker this season, John Pickens notched nine tackles,including 2.5 pass sacks. He also forced a key fumble and had aquarterback hurry. Mark Philmore's 11 receptions (one shy of hissingle-game best) gives him 95 for his career. He is 10 catches shyof moving into 10th place on NU's all-time reception list. He leadsNU with 41 catches this season.


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FCCLA students to state
Senior Erica Wander (at left) and ninth grader Natalie Frank (at right) competed at the regional Future Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) conference at Dawson on Monday, March 7, and qualified to compete at the state conference.
Frank competed in eating disorders, and Wander in team volunteers. Both are excited to go to the state conference, which will be held in Bloomington, Minn., from April 28-30.
About 200 students competed at the regional conference and about 2,500 students are expected at state, said local FCCLA advisor Karen Odberg.
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Have you been an avid follower of Mad Zach's soundpacks? If so, you know how fun these 4X4 grid playgrounds can be. Anyone with Ableton Live and a little creativity can make their own sound pack by following this extensive one hour tutorial.
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Bistable/Latching Relay Module
This is a compact Bistable/Latching Relay Module and can be used in various power functions and or applications which require a memory state.
This Module is pre assembled, tested and made from high quality FR4 board.
Terminals 1, 2 and 3 and the set/reset terminals. Terminal 3 common negative.
Terminals 4 and 5 provide the supply voltage which gives terminals 6 and 7 as output 1 (Set) and terminals 8 and 9 as output 2 (Reset).
When power to the module has been disconnected the module remembers its current state for when power is reapplied. The LED is lit when control voltage is applied and the module is ready for triggers set/reset. The control voltage is rated at 12v DC – 25v DC
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LAS VEGAS, NV (March 19, 2019) All Wireless & Prepaid Expo, formerly The Prepaid Expo, and the largest combined show for the prepaid wireless and services industry, will be held at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, August 20-21. Robin Tobias, President of the Expo, which is now in its twelfth year, said "This is the one event that brings together service providers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers of all wireless products and services, with a focus on the prepaid sector."
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These are according to twitter, the top trends for 2010 out of the 25 billion messages sent. It is interesting to note that 3 are related to football, 2 to major disasters (Oil spill and Haiti) and 2 to consumer electronics (Ipad and Android).
Justin Bieber should probably congratulate himself for being the only human in this list.
Top 10 Twitter Trends of 2010
1. Gulf Oil Spill
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4. Haiti Earthquake
5. Vuvuzela (Football)
6. Apple iPad
7. Google Android
8. Justin Bieber
9. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
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History and modernity passed on the river Saturday morning.
I was a last-minute passenger on a boat tour operated by the St. Johns Riverkeeper, an advocacy group based in Jacksonville. As part of their work they encourage folks to get to know the river, and one of the ways they do that is to sponsor history, ecology and culture tours during the year.
Because my gentleman friend was one of the speakers, I got to go along on one leg of their fall trip. Our large-scale pontoon boat left the dock at 8:30, with a little breeze and a light chop on the water, a clear blue sky, and just a suggestion of coolness in the air.
The St. Johns has a rich heritage of river travel, beginning with Timucuan canoes and the explorations of John Bartram and his son, William Bartram, around 1765. As the new nation grew, many steamships used the river as a highway to the exotic sights and locations of the Florida frontier.
Sanford sits the end of what is considered the navigable part of the St. Johns. After you leave Lake Monroe (which is not a lake at all but a dilation of the river), you need a smaller boat for the rest of your journey. And so Sanford was historically the end of the line for rivership tourists in the late 1800s who came to this "Gateway City to South Florida." Even President Chester Arthur came and spent a week here in 1883.
All that helps explain why there is a growing excitement about the new eco-tour and dinner cruise boat that was making her way to town last week. There's just something that feels right about having a paddlewheeler docked at the marina.
I'd been following the Barbara Lee's progress on Facebook, so you can imagine the thrill it was so see her passing under the bridge and into Lake Monroe for the very first time, bright and brave, with the morning sun in her face.


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My wonderful friend Laura had reserved an entire section of the pub that we had gone to, due to the fact that we were expecting a large amount of people from work. As it was, there was only about five of us for the majority of the night, although once the third drink was ordered in, we really forgot to care.
I was on duty as being the awkward 'person to hate' for the night as, due to not knowing who was going to turn up and being promised that others were "on their way," I had the joyous task of turning to the people jumping at a chance to sit in the 'standing room only' section of our local pub, and saying "sorry this place is reserved for our work colleagues." This was even more awkward as the night continued to roll on and very few additional people turned up, all making me look like I was the bitch who wanted four tables all to myself when we clearly only were enough people to fill one.
Anywho, all of this amounted to me starting to feel bad later on in the night and therefore allowing in a small group of people who had decided to sit at the far table in our section. We looked over, looked at each other with a resigned look and resorted to promise to chuck them out when more of us turned up.
This was fine. We thought nothing more of it until Laura and One-And-Only-Daniela, who happened to be positioned so that they were facing the small group of intruders, noticed that there seemed to be a few people who kept on coming up to this table and asking for their picture with one of the people they were with.
The next hour was taken up of trying to work out why this person seemed to be so popular with the majority of the rest of the pub... these were our conclusions:
1. The guy was famous
2. Not one of us had a CLUE who he was... seriously, he didn't even look slightly familiar.
3. Our conclusion? He must be a football player.
Due to the fact that none of us had a clue how to even begin to identify this man as we were all women who had very little interest in football, we resorted to taking a sneaky picture of him on our phone and sending it via text to Laura's brother for clarification purposes. We continued our conversations, ignoring the man who was getting more and more attention from the rest of the pub, until a text came through on Laura's phone, identifying him as David James, a man who had apparently been England's goal keeper for a VERY long time.
I feel I should add a little note in here for those of my readers who are reading from across the pond (AKA America), when I say football, I am, of course, referring to your Soccer. American Football is something that this country has never really gotten into, except when we watch any American teenage film/TV show ever and see them playing it there... Although this man was clearly unrecognisable to us being an English Football player, he would certainly have been unrecognisable to most people in the pub if he had indeed played American Football. So please feel free to go ahead and substitute the word Football for Soccer for clarity reasons in the remainder of this post...
Once we had identified him, the novelty of his fame quickly dissipated amongst us as we substituted our interest in him for conversation topics more relevant to us.
It just so happened that, after I had returned from the bar at one point, I found myself standing by our table, talking to Laura. Suddenly a very tall man was looming over us and asking us if we wouldn't mind moving. We turned and saw it was David James. We smiled and moved to one side, he smiled said something I can't recall in a friendly manner and made his way to the toilets. We sat back down and I turned to Laura.
"I need you to clarify something for me, Laura, as flirting is usually wasted on me due to having a completely clueless attitude towards it... However, did he just seem to go out of his way to talk to us? There was a large spot next to us he could have got round us... Everyone else who was rushing to see him, had."
Laura thought about this for a moment and then simply shrugged.
"I didn't notice anything." She replied.
We both shrugged and continued our drinks and conversations. Next thing I knew, someone had sat down on the sofa next to me and was introducing himself to us. I turned round and there was David James.
I cannot stress how much this is apparently a big deal for every guy I know, however I had absolutely NO clue who the man was. None of us did. As such we sat and chatted to this guy for about four hours and, if he was used to people gushing over him and bigging him up, he did not receive that from us.
I think, in the space of my conversation with him, I managed to argue with him, call him stupid, tell him that I didn't care he was a footballer as I had no clue who he was and straight out call him wrong in his views...
This may all seem like it was a disaster of a conversation but actually it was really interesting and he genuinely seemed like a nice guy. We also laughed and joked and all anger was in purely a "debate" setting. It was fun and, to me, it was no different to chatting to any other guy... Enough so, that I almost didnt blog about it. Although, I am assured that, although I have no interest in his celebrity-dom, it was still a massive deal so, for all those who saw a picture of me and him on my social network pages and wondered how the hell that happened... There you go. Now you know.
To those who, like me, have absolutely no clue who this man is... Just disregard this post... I probably will. But perhaps a picture? Here he is.
Peace out my lovelies.


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Forgotten Worlds
These are all tales from the forgotten worlds. The Forgotten Worlds? It began this way:
In the year of 2121, old Earth reckoning, the first of the great ships lifted off. Each ship carried ten thousand settlers, all highly skilled, extremely intelligent, people who were anxious to extend mankind's reach into the galaxy. Each colony was to contain 2000 settlers. Five ships in all had been built.
They all believed they would be in constant contact with the rest of the colonies, but that's not what happened. Soon after the third ship was launched a war devastated Earth. The last two ships barely made it into space. There were few survivors left on the home planet, and they did not last long.
The man whose vision the great ships were had foreseen this, and hatched a plot in secret. Each colony was dropped off then abandoned forever with no way off the world on which they had landed. Mankind had been seeded into the galaxy, and the visionary's hope was, that even if only a few of the colonies managed to survive, mankind would continue to exist.
He had no way to know if he had succeeded or not, but he had. The great ships, once they'd dropped off the colonists, then gathered at a single planet to start a colony of their own from the combined crews. Mankind had perished on the home world, but lived on, alone in forgotten places.
The following tales recount some of their adventures and how they managed to survive.
Here survival was a struggle.
The Elvish Chronicles:
Rise of the Queen: e-book
The Road Home (coming soon)
And here they thrived and spread out through the Galaxy:
The Nova Series, beginning here with the tale of the Novan Witch: e-book
There are many, many more tales from the Forgotten Worlds: Dark Traveler (e-book ) and The Second ( e-book ) for example.
Go ahead, check them out. I'll tell you more about this later.


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Reforming Aid Systems for Fragile States: Reflections from Civil Society Happy Hour Reception
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In 2011 donor and host nations resolved to improve the effectiveness of development aid in conflict-affected countries by endorsing the New Deal for Effectiveness in Fragile States. The New Deal calls for extensive reforms of international aid systems to improve principles such as transparency and country ownership, and for investments in the unique needs of fragile states such as human security, inclusive politics, and access to justice.
Over the past three years, civil society actors in New Deal pilot countries have been engaging their governments to ensure the success and inclusiveness of the reform process. While the New Deal called for jointly designed development indicators, more must be measured about how well civil society is integrated into the implementation process.
We invite you to join civil society leaders from South Sudan, Liberia, and Togo as they share brief reflections on the successes and failures of New Deal implementation from a Learning perspective. They will address your questions along with their own:
- Which strategies have worked well to engage governments, and which have not?
- Can the Ebola crisis response and recovery be understood through a New Deal lens?
- Are there ways to further catalyse strong citizen participation in West Africa?
- Do women have ownership of the implementation process, and does it reflect gender dimensions appropriately?
Remarks by:
Reverend Tolbert Jallah
Secretary General, Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in West Africa; Togo
Ms. Rita Martin Lopidia Abraham
Director, EVE Organization for Women Development; South Sudan
Mr. Lancedell Mattews
Executive Director, New African Research and Development Agency; Liberia
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Melanie Greenberg, President and CEO, Alliance for Peacebuilding
Melanie Kawano-Chiu, Director of Learning and Evaluation, Alliance for Peacebuilding
Peter van Sluijs, Head of Secretariat, Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding & Statebuilding
The Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) is an innovative global member association of nearly 100 peacebuilding organizations, 1,000 professionals, and a network of more than 15,000 people developing processes for change in the most complex, chaotic conflict environments in the US and around the world.
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The Conflict and Fragility Working Group (CFWG) is a coalition of InterAction and Alliance for Peacebuilding member organizations with a program or policy focus on fragile states. The CFWG provides a platform for analysis of peacebuilding, development, governance, and rights-related themes in conflict-affected contexts, and facilitates ongoing dialogue with U.S. agencies focused on development aid effectiveness in settings of fragility.
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text: Summer is winding down and as the weather chills, I'm likely to eat less and less of a favorite food, ice cream. So, in the last few weeks of sun, I plan to enjoy as much ice cream as possible. And with that ice cream, I like a good topping, but not just nuts or sprinkles. A really good topping needs to be special; it should be able to transform a bowl of ice cream into an ice cream sundae. Still, special doesn't need to mean complicated. Ice cream sundaes should always be simple to make. With this in mind, here are 10 super easy ice cream sundae recipes. Dulce de Leche Ice Cream with Fresh Strawberries and Mexican Chocolate Sauce Warm Skillet Sour Cherries with Vanilla Ice Cream Ice Cream Sundaes with Chocolate-Coffee Sauce Caramelized Figs with Vanilla Ice Cream and Ages Balsamic Vinegar Ice Cream with Chocolate Caramel Sauce Blueberry Almond Praline Sundae Blackberry and Hazelnut Sundaes Ice Cream with Roasted Grapes and Walnut Oil Popcorn Crunch Sundae Peaches in Brown Sugar with Rum Sauce and Ice Cream For more ice cream inspiration, browse the Epicurious database for hundreds of ice cream recipes.


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Hello and welcome to this weeks simon says stamp wednesday challenge and it is all about CAS. The design team is using products from casual fridays. Don't forgot every week at Simon Says Stamp we give away a $50 voucher...wooohooo....now that is worth playing for!
I have used the sweet little flower set from casual fridays called pretty posies. I colored them with prima watercolors and created a collage of flowers. I am luvin the simon says stamp dollhouse pink color lately. The flowers colored dollhouse pink and placed against the white card stock really pops. I have stamped the sentiment and then used tim holtz label letters for the hello part of the sentiment. I can't wait to see what you create!
words with meaning - you will either experience the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. the choice is yours.
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Boy, born July 2012
Down syndrome
Leon was found at the age of one month. He is able to roll over and crawl. He can sit alone and can pass toys and bang toys together. Leon enjoys playing with bright, colored toys and reacts to his name being called. He can babble and he will reach out his hand if you say "shake hands". Leon also likes listening to children's songs and will often laugh. This little cutie is just waiting for a family to play with!
Leon has a $4,000 agency grant available.
*** I am eligible for an additional $5,000 Grant! Through June 30, 2019, children with Down syndrome ages 6-9 are eligible for a $5000 Older Child Grant! ***


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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Last summer, Pierre Woods was helping to coach Cleveland youngsters at a track meet in Texas when he received a phone call from longtime friend Mike Pace.
"Mike said the Gladiators were looking for me," Woods said. "He asked if it was OK to give them my number to contact me."
Woods had never played arena football, but he didn't need any time to think about it.
"It sounded like a great opportunity," Woods said. "I told Mike, 'I just want to play some ball, and it's in Cleveland. Let's do this.' "
Woods, 31, a Glenville product who played at Michigan and for the New England Patriots, was assigned to the Gladiators in November. He participated in his first arena practice Monday, as the Gladiators opened training camp at MultiPlex at The Word Church in Warrensville Heights.
"I'm truly blessed to be here," Woods said. "I'm a fast learner. I think it's going to be a lot of fun."
If Woods is who his coaches think he can be, it won't be a lot of fun for opposing quarterbacks. Coach Steve Thonn and defensive coordinator Ron Selesky plan to use the 6-5, 255-pound Woods at defensive end. Woods is best known as a linebacker outdoors.
"You can tell he's very athletic and can rush the passer," Thonn said. "That's what we're looking for -- a guy who can come off the edge consistently. And it's nice to have that 6-5 frame because he's going to be able to bat passes."
Woods has returned to where it all began as a football player. He grew up on the fields in and around Coventry Elementary and eventually became a force for the Tarblooders. He played well for the Wolverines but was undrafted in 2006. He signed with the Patriots, for whom he played 54 games until 2010. He also played four games for the Bills in 2010.
His most recent organized football was semi-pro ball in Cleveland last summer.
"I feel great," he said. "I feel like I'm 25 years old. A lot of people tell me I can't do [football] anymore. When you say stuff like that to me, a guy who's always had hurdles or obstacles, it's fuel to the fire. They'll see."
Woods knows his NFL experience makes him a recognizable name and, in turn, heightens expectations. That's fine with him. But Woods sounds like a man who simply wants to blend in as much as possible.
"I'll do anything they ask," he said. "If they need me to play special teams, I'll play special teams. Wherever they need me to go, I'll go. I just want to hit some folks."
Of the 35 players on the Gladiators' roster, 34 reported Monday. Thonn said kicker Ross Gornall doesn't need to be in camp for the first week.
"Given that it was the first day, I thought it went well," Thonn said. "The guys did a pretty nice job of picking up everything we threw at them."
The Gladiators' season opener is March 24 against Spokane at The Q.


text: A contemporary 13-year-old Muslim teen's life changes profoundly when American forces arrive in her war-torn Afghanistan village. Born with a cleft palate, Zulaikha's tormented by boys calling her "donkey-face," adults averting their eyes and an insensitive stepmother. With marriage unlikely, Zulaikha secretly learns to read and write, emulating her birth mother, who was murdered by the Taliban for keeping books. As the Americans build a village school, Zulaikha's father wins a construction contract and arranges a marriage for her beloved sister with a wealthy older man. When the Americans fly her to Kandahar for successful reconstructive surgery, Zulaikha finally looks and feels normal until family tragedy strikes and she realizes "normal" isn't everything. Drawing from personal experiences in Afghanistan, Reedy creates a multidimensional heroine who introspectively reflects on how to "be patient enough to forget all the ugliness and focus on . . . good things" in an oppressive culture where women are undervalued. An inside look at an ordinary Afghanistan family trying to survive in extraordinary times, it is both heart-wrenching and timely. (pronunciation guide, glossary, author's note, notes on Persian poetry, recommended reading) (Fiction. 9-13)


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Pablo Trapero's Lion's Den – Woman's Prison Odyssey
By Ron Holloway | July 11, 2008
As films about women's prison's go, Pablo Trapero's Leonera (Lion's Den) (Argentine/Brazil/South Korea, 2008) doesn't offer much new, save that this one in Buenos Aires is only for pregnant women whose children are about to be born. This factor alone lends Lion's Den extra, and welcomed, authenticity in an otherwise familiar genre.
After the child is born in prison, permission is given to the mother to keep it with her up to the age of four, when a sometimes painful decision has to be made. Either the child is raised thereafter by another member of the mother's family until the woman is released from prison, or it is given up for adoption. And that's what makes this prison tale well worth seeing. Lion's Den gets off to a shaky start when Julia, a university student – played by Martina Gusman, who also happens to be the film's coproducer – wakes up on her apartment couch with blood on her hands. Dazed, and fully unaware that anything drastic has happened, she takes a quick shower and hustles off to the university. Upon returning home, Julia finds her lover-boyfriend lying dead of knife wounds in the bedroom. Next to him, also lying in a pool of blood, is her boyfriend's seriously wounded gay lover, Ramiro – played by current Brazilian heartthrob Roderigo Santoro. When the police arrive, Julia is arrested – and accused of murder. Although she cannot remember exactly what had happened, she does know that she did not commit the murder. She argues that since she is pregnant, why would she want to kill the father? However, during the initial court hearings, Roderigo testifies against her. But since she is pregnant, Julia is not sent to a women's prison for hardcore offenders, but to a half-way "lion's den" until the date for the official trial is set.
At this point, Lion's Den shifts into high gear as a film – for the actress-producer Martina Gusman is, indeed, pregnant. Over the next weeks and months, until the baby is born, the audience is invited to share her pregnancy-purgatory in this rundown prison. Further, her character begins to change. From a taciturn, stand-offish rebel who hates her unborn child, she slowly awakens to the thrill of childbirth – and then watches as Tomas grows into a personal treasure who needs all the help she can offer. Meanwhile, Julia's estranged mother, Sofia, appears on the scene – played by popular Paris-based, Uruguay-born singer Elli Medeiros After neglecting her own daughter over years while living abroad, she, too, suddenly takes an interest in Tomas. An affection that doesn't sit well with Julia. But fortunately Julia has hardened into a lioness ready to fight to keep her child by any means possible. Moreover, her fiery spirit has made friends in prison, among them a lasting friendship with Marta (Laura Garcia). Together, they hatch a scheme to get Julia out of prison. And Tomas away from the clutches of a domineering mother detested by Julia.
When the day of the trial arrives, Romiro saves his own neck by putting all the blame for the murder on Julia. As trials go these days in Argentina, and despite a veteran feminist lawyer arguing Julia's case, she loses – and receives an 8-year sentence for manslaughter. At this stage of the game, Julia knows she cannot trust her mother to raise her child in her stead. So when Tomas spends some time out of prison with his grandmother, her nerves break – and she instigates a rebellion in prison to get her son back. The film ends as a fairy tale. With the help of her friend Marta on the outside, she waits for the day when visiting rights are allowed. Once outside of prison, she dupes her probation guard, hails a taxi, and heads for the bus station. There Marta is waiting to give her false identity papers to escape over the border.
Pablo Trapero, born 1971 in Buenos Aires, is a respected name in the Argentinean independent scene. His first feature, Mundo Grua (Crane World, 1999), the story of a youth's dreams shattered by the Argentinean economic crisis, was invited to the Venice festival. El Bonaerense (2002), his second feature produced together with Martina Gusman, won critical praise in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes as a honest indictment of the Buenos Aires police force. Lion's Den apparently owes much to Brazilian coproducer Walter Salles, who apparently brought Roderigo Santoro onboard. Martina Gusman's performance in Lion's Den is the glue that holds the film together from start to finish despite its lengthy two-hour run. Her last scene alone guarantees a favorable response at arthouse bookings. During an anxious ferry-crossing at an isolated border, we see her holding her breath as she counts the seconds to freedom and a new life.
– Ron Holloway
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SOFTBALL: The Woodlands' Aubrey Leach named All-Montgomery County Player of the Year
To be considered a superb hitter, rather it be in baseball or softball, one should have a .300 batting average or above.
In the professional ranks, a player can rake in millions if they can hit a ball safely into play on one out of every three at-bats. A .300 batting average usually gains you, at minimum, a spot on the all-star team for the season.
The Woodlands High School's Aubrey Leach nearly hit .600 in her farewell season on the softball field. Her batting average came in just six points under that mark at .594.
In 34 games for the Lady Highlanders, Leach averaged nearly two hits per game. She only had four games where she had a donut in the hits column. Out of the 41 outs she did made, only five of those were strikeouts.
Those figures don't even include her power numbers, her speed and her fielding capability.
After her teammate Abby Langkamp won The Courier's Softball Player of the Year award the previous two years, Leach will represent the best of Montgomery County's best for 2015.
"Aubrey is like no other player I've ever coached," TWHS coach Richard Jorgensen said.
Leach signed with the University of Tennessee this school year and has been committed to the Lady Vols since before her sophomore season.
"She was being sought after by a lot of big schools," Jorgensen said.
One of Jorgensen's fondest memories of Leach actually came in her junior season when she stepped up to the plate in the seventh inning of the regional final at Waco.
The bases were loaded. The game was tied with Rockwall. One good at bat away from the school's another trip back to the state tournament.
"Her teammates knew that when she came to bat, she was going to win the game," Jorgensen said. "I think that one play (will be my lasting memory) just because she knew it and everyone else knew it."
Leach was a part of two Lady Highlander trips to the state final four, but both resulted in painful semifinal defeats.
But it won't tarnish her accomplishments. She even finished that game strong with a 3-for-4 day and an RBI.
Along with that gaudy .594 batting average, Leach smacked out four home runs and batted in 29 runs while scoring 55 times. On the base paths, she stole 49 bases and in the field, she had an .838 fielding percentage and helped turn four double plays.
"She is actually like a coach on the field," Jorgensen said. "She knows what every player does at all times on the field. She is clued in to everything around her. She's always thinking."
Magnolia West has quite a darned good hitter as well.
During a season in which the Lady Mustangs advanced their way to the Region III-5A semifinals, junior catcher Madison Washington was ripping the ball all season.
Last year's choice as The Courier's Defensive Most Valuable Player will be this year's Offensive Most Valuable Player.
Washington batted an impressive .465 with five home runs and 25 RBI, leading Magnolia West in all three categories.
"Madison had a great season," Magnolia West coach Sheryl Tamborello said. "Honestly, I think she deserves this award."
When she was named Defensive Player of the Year last season, she had committed just two errors and a possessed a .990 fielding percentage.
She hit 10 homers last year, an impressive number, but Tamborello implored Washington to be more selective at the plate.
"We asked her last year to work on being patient at the plate and making the pitchers pitch to her," she said.
The result? Twenty-two walks.
With Washington, a University of Texas-San Antonio commit, at catcher, the Lady Mustangs have a definite cornerstone heading into her senior year.
"I just think that if she continues on this path she's on, she's going to have an awesome senior year," Tamborello said. "She wants to get better and that's important."
Willis freshman Samara Lagway made a huge statement at the plate in her debut season on varsity.
The first baseman set the school career. And she still has three years to put that record well out of reach for any future Ladykats.
Lagway slugged 11 home runs as Willis made an historic run to the Region III-5A semifinals. With that, Lagway was an easy choice as Montgomery County's Newcomer of the Year.
"She's just a competitor," Willis coach Stephanie Shelly said. "She's already looking at film. She's hard on herself. She just goes and corrects her swing. She's a hard worker."
Lagway's led Willis with a .429 batting average. She drove in 28 runs and scored 23 runs.
Shelly actually didn't know what she had in Lagway before the season. She had never seen her play softball in person.
"I had seen her play volleyball and basketball," Shelly said. "And I knew she was a fantastic leader. She just adds a different dimension to the team."
The big offensive numbers and deep run in the state playoffs helped elevate Lagway's future in the game.
"Several big-time colleges are looking at her," Shelly said.
Willis already has a bright future and with Lagway becoming more versatile, the Ladykats should to continue to contend.
"There's always something to work on," Shelly said. "She just has that drive. She comes in and she knows what she wants and what she needs to do to get there."
With the furthest run in the playoffs in school history, Shelly is The Courier's Coach of the Year.
The Ladykats advanced to the regional semifinal this year at the University of Houston. With a young team in tow, a couple crucial mistakes in the field helped Ridge Point sweep Willis and end its season at 26-9.
"The girls did a fantastic job," Shelly said. "I have a fantastic coaching staff. It's just building off of what we started doing last season."
There was heartbreak and anguish that night. But there was also optimism for next year.
Willis said good-bye to four key seniors. But Shelly also looked around and saw the faces of five starters with two or more years left to compete.
"I don't think anyone expected us to go four rounds deep in the playoffs," Shelly said. "Once we made it to the playoffs, it's how the kids accept the pressure."
Lagway will be a sophomore next year along with shortstop McKenzie Parker. The battery of pitcher Casey Dixon and catcher Kalynn Johnson will be juniors. Lizzie Zwall, an outfielder, will also be a junior.
"It leaves you hungry," Shelly said of her returning players feeling the pain of losing in the regional semifinal. "We didn't play our best series with them and we do have things to improve. There will be bigger challenges next year."
You knew we had to get to The Woodlands' Abby Langkamp at some point.
The senior ace and Baylor-bound pitcher capped her phenomenal high school career with another trip to the state tournament and is our selection as Montgomery County's Pitcher of the Year.
Jorgensen said that Langkamp went to a different pitching coach prior to the season. He loved the results.
"This by far was her best year," Jorgensen said. "Her pitches were moving. When we went up against Belton (in the Region II-6A quarterfinals), they had been hitting the ball on everybody. She completely shut them down."
Langkamp closed out her decorated high school career with a 17-1 record in 126 innings. She struck out 130 batters and walked just 18. Opponents hit just .170 off her and her ERA was an impressive 1.06.
Her career came to a disappointing end after pitching well enough to win against Katy in the state semifinals. Langkamp struck out five in 7 2/3 innings, but three errors hindered the Lady Highlanders.
"We lost on errors," Jorgensen said. "Abby shut them down."
Jorgensen was very much looking forward to seeing how Langkamp does in Waco with Baylor.
"Abby is just hitting her stride," Jorgensen said.
As effective as she was in the circle, Langkamp was a top hitter for the Lady Highlanders as well. Her senior year included eight home runs, 36 RBI (both team highs) and a .364 batting average.
Jorgensen's converted second baseman made a big impact for The Woodlands this past season at the hot corner.
Kaitlyn Stavinoha, who is signed with UMass, brought her glove to third base after her sophomore year and was fearless for the next three years.
"I think she is phenomenal from a defensive standpoint," Jorgensen said. "She is one of the best in the state."
In 34 games this year at third, Stavinoha had a .927 fielding percentage. She committed just seven errors and helped turn two double plays.
"With her personality, it fit," Jorgensen said. "You've got to be gritty and confident at third base. Especially with the bunting and having to inch in towards the plate."
Once Stavinoha converted to third, she dedicated herself to it.
"She worked hard and stayed after practice and worked on it and worked on it," Jorgensen said. "She's got the talent. She just really, really developed."
Stavinoha brought her bat to work as well. She was second on the Lady Highlanders with 33 RBIs and batted .434. She was also second on the team in stolen bases with 19.