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Working my way ever-so-slowly into my planner...
On the left is a rigid piece of semi-opaque plastic, also known as a page lifter. I LOVE page lifters - they keep margins/pages from bending/creasing, and create a flatter surface for writing. The availability of this page lifter actually played into my decision to buy an avocado-green Day Runner binder. I bought the Day Runner at Staples and cannibalized the parts (some of which I later discarded). The page lifter, though, is my favorite piece.
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On the right is a piece of paper from a pad of of scrapbooking sheets I found at Walmart on clearance. I don't scrapbook, so I don't know what those large sheets of beautiful paper printed with photos/textures are called, but they are gorgeous! I traced an outline of my page lifter on the scrapbook paper and cut it out. I then used a single-hole puncher and punched the holes one at a time. I made it so I would have a pretty background for my photos (again, see picture 2).
That's it for today! Ciao.
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So I popped into boots before work on Saturday and noticed that they were doing a buy one get one half off offer on all makeup. I grabbed my normal powder (Rimmel London Pressed Powder - 004 Sandstorm - 3.99) and thought I'd try one of these as well. They've been really popular on beauty blogs lately so I wanted to see what all the hype was about.
I chose 'Hydrate' because it was a clear colour as I didn't want to try a pink or red one because I wasn't sure how obvious the colour would be.
The packaging claims that it gives you 8 hours of moisture. I can tell you straight off that this is false. When you first apply it, it feels like you've basically coated your lips with water. It takes a bit to get used to. The moisture lasts about an hour - maybe a bit less - and then it's gone. It also claims that...
76% of people's lips look conditioned and cared
76% of people will have healthier looking lips
73% of people's lips will feel protected (because of the SPF20)
73% of people's lips will feel baby soft
I have to say, once the product has been applied it has all of those qualities but after it wears off it left my lips cracked. Now this is only my opinion so I must be one of the 24/27% that doesn't think these effects are good enough.
I know a lot of blogs claim that this product is amazing, but I'm going to be 100% honest at tell you that I unfortunately was very disappointed with this product and will be going back to Nivea Essential Care.
Score: 2.5/10
Sorry but this product was not for me! I try to see the good in many products, but this one was a major let down. I hope you all found this helpful, but if you have any other opinions or even agree with me, feel free to leave a comment below. I love all my followers, commenters, and readers!
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Some days, I think I'm only one step away from ugly.
Other days, two or three steps.
See what I mean? If I drop a few of my beauty and fashion must-dos, and don't "doll" myself up, I quickly age a few years or look like I've gained a few pounds. Or worse, look like a middle-aged woman with two teenagers.
Yes, I know. You're only as old as you feel.
You're as young as you look.
Now, I'm not vain. But when I think that I look good, I feel younger and everything in the world is alright.
I mean, I already feel young in many ways.
I have the maturity of a 14 year-old boy. I giggle when I pass gas and can recite the alphabet by burping. I'm about as mature as my 47 year-old brother. (He's 18 months older than me and is the world's Hang Spit champion. The key is a mix of orange juice and organic whole milk.) You should see us when we get together. We drive our mother crazy.
And there's nothing wrong with my sex drive. If anything, it's increased as I've gotten older. Or maybe it's just that my second husband is a better fit for me sexually. (Ha, ha. Get it?)
I think my body looks pretty good. When I put my mind to it, I can even feel down right hot. Not as in peri-menopausal hot flashes but as in sexy hot. Which usually requires putting on some high heels and wearing a short(ish) dress or a low-cut blouse, though not both at the same time. There's a fine line between sexy and middle-aged hussy.
But the other day, I took a glance at myself in the mirror. I looked kind of like I do in the above "Before" picture. Sure, I had just woken up. But still, I was a little taken aback. Like who the hell is that looking at me. I don't know if you ever saw the 1997 Seinfeld episode (see I'm dating myself here) where the woman Jerry is seeing looks pretty in one light and not so pretty in another. Almost downright frightening. I think George called her "two-face". I felt the not-so-pretty face way.
Honestly, if I do all of the things I should do, I'm looking, if not great, than good. But lately, the list has gotten longer. And I'm struggling to keep up. From getting rid of my grays to the amount of make-up I've started wearing just to look "natural" to the exercise I need to do to fit in to all of my clothes and not have to start wearing mom jeans. (You will never, ever catch me in "Not Your Daughter's Jeans".)
For example, I used to color my hair myself, until I realized that over half of my head was gray. And I was missing patches. Now I have to go get it professionally done every four weeks. Or I look like a deranged skunk.
I get waxed every two months: eyebrow and semi-Brazilian. Did you know that you can grow gray pubic hair? Those get plucked. A year ago, I added in an upper lip wax so my mustache didn't look my teenage son's.
I used to just wash my face with soap before I went to bed. Now I wash with an expensive, special exfoliating cleanser, and put on eye cream and night cream except every third night when I slather my face in Retin-A. And I have to remember to put my retainers in so my teeth don't spread.
And don't even get me started on the makeup. My day time makeup requires Vitamin C serum (keeps my rosacea in check), tinted foundation with SPF 20 (evens out my discoloration), eyeliner, mascara, blush and lipstick. That's all just for the natural look. (See the "After" picture above.)
But probably the most important of all? Exercise. I'm not fat. At the age of 46, I'm still in decent shape. But I did birth two children, both by C-section, and then breastfed them.
So if I fall off of the exercise path, like I did over the summer, my ass flops around and my stomach gets poochy. And my breasts sag but I wear really good bras. (Have you ever heard of those "Mommy Makeovers"? Breast lift, tummy tuck, liposuction. Some days, boy does that sound appealing.) Pretty soon I'm going to have to start lifting weights for some extra tightening.
Some times, I just don't want to bother with all of it. It's enough to give me a migraine. Who gives a shit what I look like? I'd still get laid. My husband would always eat it no matter what. I could be happy looking gray, wrinkled and flabby.
Couldn't I?
Hell, no. Looking good, feeling good. And I want to feel good.
So I'll be looking over my shoulder, making the effort, always staying one step away from ugly.


text: So that didn't take long. After our initial announcement of the TiVo-Comcast talks comes the official confirmation that the deal is done. TiVo's stock prices soared as the announcement came through — up 50 percent to $5.75 in this morning's trading. No financial terms disclosed, but TiVo's service is going to be made widely available to Comcast subscribers in most of its U.S. markets. The pair also plan to develop a version of TiVo for Comcast's existing set-tops, to be marketed with the TiVo brand and expected to roll out in mid-to-late 2006. Start TiVo lifewatch!


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Swine flu has gripped our nation and with so many people succumbing to the ailment, the common question that is doing the rounds is about the vaccine against this virus. In this post we answer all your questions regarding the same.
What is the swine flu vaccine?
The swine flu vaccine also known as the tetravalent flu vaccine or the trivalent flu vaccine. According to Dr KK Agarwal, Secretary of the IMA, the vaccine is made by various companies and has a number of brand names. One of the most common vaccines used is vaccigrip — a vaccine made for a three types of flu viruses including the H1N1 virus. The swine flu vaccine that is being currently administered is for the 2014 strain of the H1N1 virus.
Dr Akshay Chhallani, Chief of ICU and Physician, Wockhardt Hospitals, Vashi, says, 'There are two types of vaccines a nasal spray and the injectible variant of the same vaccine. In my practice the nasal spray is more commonly used because it is painless, made of live attenuated virus which certain studies have shown are more effective and above all is simple to use.' 'Both these vaccines take about 15 days to become effective and must be administered by a physician.' He adds. You may also like to read about the signs and symptoms of swine flu.
Who should take it?
Dr Akshay Chhallani says, ' What everyone needs to remember is that every year the vaccine is changed as per the new strain of the flu virus. Therefore it is advisable that people who at high risk of suffering from the infection should get this injection between June and July. This vaccine provides them with immunity for a year. ' That being said, the vaccine should be administered to people with respiratory ailments, young children, pregnant women and old people. It is especially important for healthcare workers and those in close contact with people suffering from the infection.
'In the case of children, it is recommended that they have two doses one month apart. While this is the standard protocol of administration of the vaccine for children, it can vary depending on the child's medical history. ' Adds Dr Challani.
Who should not take the vaccine and why is the general advised against it?
In a recent press release the government has said that only healthcare workers and people at higher risk of contracting the infection should take the vaccine. The mandate eliminates the need for the general population to be administered this vaccine. In that regard, Dr KK Agarwal, Secretary of the IMA, says, 'The government has mandated that the vaccine be only used for healthcare workers as it in short supply. Moreover the vaccine takes 15 days to start working and currently the view taken is that the priority should be given to healthcare workers and it is not necessary for the general population. That is because the vaccine takes about 3-4 weeks to act, by the time the epidemic will be over.' (Read: 15 precautions every Indian should take to prevent swine flu)
Dr Arvind Aggarwal adds, ' These vaccines are for common flu and not specifically for swine flu. There are a lot of varieties of viruses and they keep changes every year. A common vaccine used is vaccigrip which is prescribed for common flu. And every year these vaccines are developed according to the strains in the local year. so therefore it does not provide immunity against swine flu per se but against the common flu.' Here are some expert tips on how you can prevent contracting swine flu.
Are there any side effects of the vaccine?
According to Dr Challani, 'Normally there are no side -effects, but yes, one in 10 lakh people do suffer from a complication of the injectible vaccine called GBS (Guillain-Barré Syndrome). This is extremely rare, but is a documented possibility.'
Apart from that Dr Arvind Aggarwal says that the vaccine is prepared in an egg and so people who are allergic to the components of eggs can have an allergic reaction to the vaccine.
It is now found that even healthy people suffer from the infection. Why?
Dr Challani says, 'Yes, this a new trend that we are seeing off-late and it is believed that this might be due to a genetic mutation in the strain of the virus. Apart from that, a seemingly healthy person might have an ailment that makes them susceptible to the virus. Considering all these factors it is best people use methods to prevent against the disease.'
What can people do to stay safe from the disease?
Dr Arvind Aggarwal says, 'Some of the most easy things people can do to prevent the onset of swine flu is to stay away from people exhibiting flu like symptoms, avoid crowded places such as wedding, market places, public transport etc. and wear the N95 mask.'
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2012 - Exhibition: "from pole to pole"
This exhibition presents forty pictures conveying some of the unusual, still pure atmosphere that prevails in the areas explored during the journey of the yacht Tara.
The aim of the black and white images is to reinforce the impression of eternity in landscapes where the mad rush of time seems to have stopped.
The photographs also reflect the pristine nature devoid of all human traces, a still life without influence. The ice plays a particularly important role – which along with the fields, oceans, deserts and forests form the unity of Earth.
Vincent Hilaire, the photographer on Tara, shares his thoughts of the journey:
….amazing journey that I was able to live at both ends of our earth, in 2007 and 2011; a rare opportunity, since I could get aboard Tara, an exceptional yacht; an unique opportunity to discover the land of ice for two seasons that punctuate the life of the poles at the same time: the night north boreal and the south austral summer.
Drop in to the rear of the Convention Centre Dublin to see these stunning images.
"From Pole to Pole" by Vincent Hilaire
Number 5 (Corner Unit)
Spencer Dock
Mayor Street Upper
Dublin 1
From the 9th of July to the 19th of July
11 am -7 pm
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For some non-EU citizens who wish to study in the UK, applying now for a student visa may be advisable. The UK Government concluded a consultation on stricter student immigration rules on 31 January 2011. Immigration Minister Damien Green has said recently that stricter regulations are "in the best interest of legitimate students".
According to the UK Border Agency, the eight-week consultation received over 30,000 responses. The consultation proposed a number of measures for curbing UK student immigration, including:
- reducing the number of people coming to the UK to study at 'below degree' level
- introducing tougher English language requirements
- making students prove academic progression to extend their visa
- limiting student work-rights and reducing the circumstances under which a student can bring family members to the UK
- implementing a stricter accreditation process for educationalinstitutions, with more rigorous inspections
Presumably, many of the responses to the consultation were from people working in the education sector who stand the lose under stricter student immigration rules. The education sector is a 5 billion pound-per-year industry in the UK and depends heavily on higher fees paid by international students who come to study on a Tier 4 (Student) visa.
In a speech to the Reform Think Tank conference in London, Green said that he recognised the importance of student immigration to the UK's economy, but that he wanted to eliminate abuses in the system; He mentioned disreputable colleges as being a problem.
"Some of those who come to study at less reputable institutions are genuinely in search of education which they do not receive," Green said.
"They may have been misled by questionable agents overseas or by these colleges. In either case, unsuspecting students may end up out of pocket, without the education they wanted and stuck illegally in the UK," he added.
Green said the Government would "do nothing to prevent those coming here to study degree level courses", although its unclear whether some or all of the proposed measures -- such as family re-unification and work rights -- would apply to those studying degree level courses.
The UK Border Agency said the results of the consultation would be announced in the coming weeks.


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We want to standardize interception of HTTP requests inside Web browsers so as to allow applications to do their own interception and seamlessly access data on-line and off-line. This is primarily targeted at improving availability of data used by Web applications and improve their responsiveness. More specifically, we want to propose a specification for the following APIs 1. Programmable HTTP cache 2. Intercepting HTTP requests I am attaching a concrete proposal for the above APIs and the same can be found on our Web site at http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/feeds/spec/bitsy.html . We offer these inputs, under the terms of the W3C Patent Policy, to strengthen the current WebStorage working draft and address the requirements for offline data access in user agents. Our proposal is complementary to existing drafts being considered by the WG including WebStorage, WebWorkers, and Server-Sent Events. Collectively, these proposals can provide a sound basis for developing standard Web data synchronization techniques. If the WG agrees to add these APIs to the WebStorage specification, we will commit resources to augment the specification work for WebStorage. Cheers, Nikunj Mehta Blog: http://o-micron.blogspot.com
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Gandhi was never out of the limelight. But since a couple of years now, he has been in it for all the wrong reasons.
The pan-African movement recognizes him as a crude Indian nationalist by citing that he never stood up for the then South African Black people as much he did for the Indian population. The Indian rightists ruling class abhor Gandhi for his alleged anti-nationalist stance when it came to his professed compassion for the Muslims. The bourgeois intellectual film directors Raj Kumar Santoshi and Shyam Benegal have portrayed Gandhi in ways to suit their standpoints: movies have been made to celebrate Bhagat Singh and Subhas Bose only so that their characters can clash with Gandhi. The pacifists have used Gandhi to show that we don't need any violence at all, as though that were the lessons Gandhi demonstrated. The conservatives have utilized Gandhi to prove that religious fundamentalism is the path to God and hence prayers should be made compulsory in schools. Dalits think Gandhi was their worst enemy. Brahmins think Gandhi was their worst enemy.
Gandhi is back in limelight. I shall allow myself to swim in the bundle of contradictions and take a retake on my own view of the first para: maybe he has been in it for all the right reasons.
So that we be forced to rethink. Not to rethink Gandhi per se, which is the act, several interest groups are hard-pressing for the people to do. For I don't think Gandhi being right or wrong is all that important (since no person can logically be right all the time—where will that leave the relativity of judgments leading to the mindless wars we have witnessed—the need is not to be right all the time, but to be right for the just causes). To me, what's crucial is our motives for evaluating him the way we have done…


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Your guide to production in Thailand
Insider knowledge, essential details, and first-hand tips on filming in Thailand.
Holidays & observances in Thailand
Imagine your reaction if your production had to be shut down because you decided to shoot on a major local holiday when everything was closed. Don't let that happen to your production. Click on the links below to see Thailand's holidays per year. You can also see a complete list of holidays around the world here: www.timeanddate.com/holidays


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Every now and then our wee urban farming project (or one of our products) captures the interest of the local media.
Here are some of the stories as they tell them:
La vie à Gatineau-Ottawa, Paniers d'Aylmer
TVA. August 7, 2012:
EAT THIS: Strawberries, sausages, pizza, and homegrown vegetables — a guide to good eats in Aylmer, Quebec – Ottawa Magazine, City Bites, June 2012
Fresh, local, organic: right here in Aylmer! – Aylmer Bulletin, June 2012
Aylmer Backyard Farms Grows a New Backyard – Aylmer Bulletin, May 2012
100-Mile Backyard Farming: Ripe for the Picking- Down-home natural goodness is just outside the back door – Ottawa Citizen, June 2011
Farmers Market, sort of – Bulletin d'Aylmer, June 2011
Aylmer Backyard Farms: a new business takes local food to a new level – Bulletin d'Aylmer and West Quebec Post, April 2011
Gold in them there fields – Ottawa Citizen, August 2010


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Dr. Jimi Hogue, Ph.D., L.Ac.
Dr. Jimi Hogue, Ph.D., L.Ac. is the Director of the Acupressure/Acupuncture Health and Herb Center.
By being the third generation of Korean practitioners, Jimi continues the legacy of her parents, Il Kwon Kim and Connie Kim renowned doctors of Asian medicine.
Jimi has been trained in acupressure/acupuncture since 1976 and she received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Oriental medicine in 1990 from South Baylo University, Anaheim, CA.
Her natural gift of "hands on" healing is enhanced only by her extensive knowledge and understanding of the human body.
Dr. Ruben W. Chin, MD
I am glad to come back to Anaheim, since I've served this town almost 20 years. I'm happy that my patients don't have to drive far to see me. I will always deliver the best of old fashion medical care to them.
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It is an honor for me to be a part of the Optimum Total Care Medical Center team, and I am fully dedicated to providing the most comfortable and restful treatment experience for my patients as well as the most effective healing to enhance their lives.


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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: Sad (07/26/07)
TITLE: Elephant Girl
By Karri Compton
Back in those days, my family lived in a small southern town. The sun beat down ten months a year it seemed, baking the asphalt and brick, forcing us to either sweat or go back indoors.
On my fourth birthday, extended family, neighbors and friends gathered in Shelter #2 at Greenway Park. Not much to look at, the park held the town's affection as a place where kids could run around and get dirty, and adults could lounge under shady trees and converse about life and love.
An aunt of mine saw me slip off a large, fallen log. But it wasn't my bleeding leg she stared at. Her gaze lingered on my right cheek, a look of terror washing over her, soon corrected by a half smile. I will never forget that flash of horror and pity I saw in her eyes.
"Darlene, honey, are you all right? My, you've got two big boo-boo's. Let me carry you to your momma."
"Aunt Thelma, why do you hate my momma? God tells us to love." I cried then, realizing the truth of my words.
"Child, I don't know what you're goin' on about. Your momma is my sister and I love her." Aunt Thelma looked like she had been struck by lightning, in spite of her consoling words. I found out later that Aunt Thelma couldn't have children and was bitterly jealous. Momma just told me to pray for her.
The party ended with my unexpected emergency room trip. The doctor stitched up my leg, but my face baffled him. He had never seen a growth like mine. Tests proved negative for cancer, but there were many possibilities and no definite answers.
It didn't bother me at first. After all, what does a four-year-old know of beauty, of how an ugly mass would mar her face? I nearly forgot about it. Until the next incident.
No seven-year-old girl should know what's in another person's thoughts. But I did. One day my best friend Edie and her older sister played with me in my back yard. We had a dilapidated swing set on which we climbed to see into other people's yards. I hung upside down on one of the bars when it happened.
"Tamara." I smiled as I looked at her. "Please don't kill yourself. It's not so bad and God loves you."
"I'm telling!" Edie screamed and ran home, with Tamara close behind.
I felt a knot swell on top of my head. Scared, I went inside and showed Momma. It again confounded the doctors and depressed me. When the doctors later removed the masses, they just grew back. So they stopped trying. Momma said I had a gift, one I couldn't hide, just like the growths on my face and head. I understand that only a little at the time.
As I grew up, I had no real friends. Word gets around in a small town, and most were afraid I would divulge one of their secrets. They called me "Elephant Girl" after the famous "Elephant Man," though I didn't look like him. From the neck down, one could mistake me as normal. My parents comforted me well, enabling me to bear the gift-curse. The teenage years were the hardest, and yet I somehow plowed on, praying God would make something good of my life or take it.
My revelations came more often, and my visage became more repulsive. The more beautiful my relationship to God, and the more I spoke as a result, the uglier I became outwardly. Sometimes I wished I could remain silent, but I knew that would bring more pain to my soul than disfiguration to my body.
I am now 28 years old, single, and somewhat disabled. Mother walks me to the mailbox daily, as my vision is impaired. Over the years I have received many a letter or card thanking me. One was an invitation to Tamara's baby shower. She didn't kill herself, but got help, and is now happily married. Aunt Thelma helps infertile couples and champions adoption—her adopted daughter is a joy.
Do I worry about tomorrow or a painful early death? No. God has made it clear that Christ shines through me. He has given me beauty for ashes, gladness for mourning. And that is enough.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. - 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (NIV)
Footnote: Darlene's illness was fictional, but loosely related to Proteus Syndrome, a rare congenital disorder that causes skin overgrowth and atypical bone development, and is often accompanied by tumors on over half the body.
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Yay, you're on holiday. You've arrived safely, your luggage made it. You've had a few cocktails, sunbathed, taken a dip in the pool, everything is great... oh wait what's that – Your hair is having a moment, it's going crazy? Monica Gellar frizz? It feels dry? Its gone green?! Keeping your hair in good condition while on holiday should be as much as a priority as your skin. No need to worry, there are many products out there to help you out.
Make sure to take a leave in conditioner with you. I like to have mine with me poolside too. When I've had a dip in the pool (or sea if I'm at the beach) I like to brush through my hair with my trustee tangle teezer Aqua* and spritz some product in. The one I like to use is by Phyto. Their after sunrecovery Spray. Firstly it smells amazing. Secondly it's a really good product to use throughout the day, as it doesn't leave my hair feeling heavy or sticky. It works to detangle my hair and continue to protect it while out in the sun. I've sometimes use this after showering in the evening as a additional treat for my hair.
Another conditioning product I like to use is the Aussie 3 minutemiracle treatment. Aussie have now brought out one specifically for holiday hair! – Woo! Whack this on after your usual shampoo and conditioning routine. Leave for about 5 mins max, then rinse. Your hair will thank you. It will look shiny and feel so soft. You'd never know you'd spent the day on the beach with messy salty beach hair all day.
To keep frizz at bay I use a little bit of Morrocan oil on my hair to smooth any flyaways. When I say a little bit, I really mean the smallest amount! Alternatives would be a serum. I have one in the depth of my haircare drawers by KMS which I may end up taking with me too. No one wants Monica Gellar hair on holiday!
A very inexpensive way of making sure you keep your hair nice and nourished while on holiday would be to have a tub of coconut oil with you. My Tub is from Superdrug and costs less than £3 Now I would say this is something you could do if you know for a fact your hair is going to be battling with the elements. It's not a necessary step that you HAVE to do, but one I thought worth mentioning. You probably do overnight coconut oil treatments at home, so why not do one while away. Slather your hair with the coconut oil, put it in a bun/plaits (whatever takes your fancy) sleep on it and rinse out the following morning.
When it comes to hair styles, the go to easy ones would be topknot for around the pool or plaits (various kind – oh how I wish I could do a dutch braid) and au natural (With the help of some products) for the evenings. Using tools like curlers/straighteners in the heat are just annoying. On holiday is the time for scrunching up and creating natural waves with the help of a salt spray ( I like to use Bumble & Bumble surf spray), or experimenting with different techniques to create a unique updo. You're on holiday, have fun!
How do you tame your hair when away on holiday?
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All Glenbard Athletic Contests are Currently Suspended
A message from the Superintendant:
Out of an abundance of caution, Glenbard High School District 87, is announcing the following changes:
- Effective immediately, no activity or practices will be held at Glenbard schools.
- Monday 03/16/2020 will be the start of E-Learning for all Glenbard schools until further notice.
- Monday (03/30/2020) through Friday (04/04/2020) is Spring Break.
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Today was a free day for the participants. Because of the poor weather, most decided to get a head start on the following days journey and leave the Lofotens.
Today also saw the first Photo Grand Jury, which was held thanks to Kristien WILLUMSEN, the manager of the Rica Hotel, who kindly hosted the jury, and Kristien NASHOUG, the marketing director of the "Destination Lofoten" tourist office, who organised the jury.
The members of the jury, Marit LØVHAUG, manager of Svolvear tourist office, Gullik MAAS PEDERSEN, journalist with the Loftposten, and photographer Geir NØTNES, greatly enjoyed this new experience. They liked the concept and were impressed by the participants photos. They found it very hard to choose the winners, telling us: we need more time because we cant make our minds up. Each jury member had to chose between more than 300 photos projected onto a big screen a truly difficult task!
Here are the winners by theme:
- The joy of movement (Neste Oil): Trips Family
- The people of the Nordic countries and nature: The Viking
- Colours: The Phares Bretons
- Portraits: The Bogues
- Landscapes: Polar Oid
- National Geographic: Polar Oid
- Rally life: Les Ptits Lu
- Free: Trips Family
You can see the best photos on our live website.
Congratulations to all our participants!


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A Little Bit is Better Than Nada
posted by: Misty on June 13th, 2011
There's a Texas Tornado's song that goes, "A little bit is better than nada, sometimes you want the whole enchilada". Maybe it's my craving for TexMex or maybe I'm just consoling myself, but these lyrics keep popping up in my head. When I think of all the decorating projects I want to do, the mundane tasks I need to do, and all the stuff that falls in between, I realize that I'm not getting the whole enchilada on my proverbial plate. Rather than be put out by the work I'm not getting done (hello, blog posts) or the items still on my "to do" list, I'm going to settle for little "bites" of success. After all, a little bit is better than nothing at all.
If you feel like you aren't making much progress in your home, I encourage you to find quick and easy ways to instantly gratify your decorating cravings. Those tiny triumphs add up to big changes and fuel your appetite for bigger projects. Just for now, try one of these simple ideas and then bask in your glory:
1. Rearrange your bookshelves. Turn books sideways, group books by colors, or add found objects to the mix.
2. Never underestimate the impact of fresh flowers (from your garden or grocery store). Arrange similar color flowers in tight bunches in small vases, old pitchers or vintage glasses. Place single buds in glass votives or teacups sprinkled around the house.
3. Change out your accent pillows on your sofa or bed. Buy inexpensive pillows at discount stores or make your own from leftover fabric.
For a "little bit" more inspiration for little updates . . .
1. Simple Updates for Old Furnishings
2. 100 Quick and Easy Ways to Freshen Home
4. Fun and Easy Decorating Ideas
6. Quick and Easy Updates for Your Kitchen
Okay, now don't just sit there and do nada. Make something happen . . . then sit back and celebrate with a margarita.


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Filed under: Gianni Infantino, Uncategorized | Tags: 2018 World Cup, 2022 World Cup, Andorra, Arab Spring, Asian Football Confederation, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil '14, Brig, Cameroon, Dutch East Indies, European Championship, FIFA, FIFA Council, FIFA Executive Committee, France, France '98, Gianni Infantino, Honduras, Jerome Champagne, Joao Havelange, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Michel Platini, NCAA basketball tournament, Prince Ali, Qatar, Russia, San Marino, Sepp Blatter, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim, South Korea, UEFA, UEFA general secretary, Visp, World Cup, Zaire, Zurich
A dark horse candidate–Michel Platini's lieutenant at the UEFA–emerged as the victor in a tense, six-hour FIFA presidential election in Zurich as member nations sought to put behind them years of scandal that cost Sepp Blatter his job as world soccer boss and led to the indictment of 41 soccer officials and marketing agencies.
Gianni Infantino, an Italian-Swiss attorney who grew up in the Alpine Village of Brig–just seven miles from Blatter's hometown of Visp–surprisingly finished first in the initial balloting, attracting 88 votes to 85 for the favorite, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim of Bahrain, 27 for Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan and seven for Jerome Champagne of France. With no one having won a two-thirds majority, that set up a second ballot for the first time in 42 years, and with a simple majority of the 104 votes needed, Infantino out-polled Salman, 115 to 88. Ali received four votes and Champagne none.
Salman, the head of the Asian Football Confederation, was the front-runner during the four-month campaign, but he apparently was undone by concerns over his actions during the Arab Spring riots of 2011. Infantino only entered the race in October to hold a place for Platini, who was under investigation for financial wrongdoing and ultimately was banned from soccer activities by FIFA for six years.
Infantino, 45, will be president until May 2019, completing Blatter's term. Blatter resigned under pressure last May, four days after winning a fifth four-year term as FIFA chief. He subsequently was banned for eight years–later reduced to six–for financial mismanagement related to his dealings with Platini.
Before the election the member federations approved a wide-ranging slate of reforms intended to increase transparency, foster greater inclusion and restore the confidence of sponsors. Among them, FIFA presidents will be limited to three four-year teams, and the FIFA Executive Committee will be expanded from 24 to 36 members (six of whom must be women) and renamed the FIFA Council. [February 26]
Comment: Best of luck to Infantino in righting the FIFA ship. But beware of another Swiss bearing gifts.
Just as Blatter before him and Brazilian Joao Havelange before him, Infantino assumes the world soccer throne having made offers to please the have-nots among the membership, including more funding steered in their direction from the $5 billion taken in by the 2014 World Cup. But for those who consider the World Cup the greatest of all sporting events, what's troubling is Infantino's stance that the tournament be expanded from 32 finalists to 40.
It doesn't seem like much: eight extra nations, probably 10 groups of four teams instead of the eight groups of four at Brazil '14 and every World Cup since France '98. But does international soccer's biggest stage really need an additional eight no-hopers, eight teams that under today's format wouldn't have even been strong enough to earn the opportunity to finish last in a World Cup first-round group?
World Cups have had contenders who hadn't a prayer of even surviving the opening round of a 16-nation tournament, from Dutch East Indies in 1938 and South Korea (0 goals for, 16 against, in two matches) in 1954 to Zaire (a 9-0 loser to Yugoslavia) in 1974. But while the balance of power around the world has improved, FIFA has maintained the World Cup gap between the strongest nations and the rest by expanding the tournament, first to 24 nations in 1982, then the present 32 in '98. As a result, the finals remains diluted, and we get performances like those of Cameroon, Australia and Honduras two years ago, which went a combined 0-9-0 with five goals scored and 26 conceded. That amounted to matches not worth watching on what is the sport's grand stage.
The parameters for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and '22 in Qatar have already been set, so the first time Infantino could spring a 40-nation tournament on the world wouldn't be possible until 2026, whose host–the U.S., perhaps–has yet to be determined. But Americans already have seen how these things get out of control. The NCAA basketball tournament started modestly enough in 1939 as an eight-school affair. Within a dozen years it had been expanded to 16, then doubled again in 1975. Four years after that it was 40, and the year after that 48. It has since grown by degrees to 68 schools, and for the past five years there has been pressure to expand it to 128. And the driving force behind this amazing expansion has been–no surprise here–television money.
Infantino has to lead the reform of FIFA while his organization deals with a current deficit of $108 million. A tall order. Should he win a term in his own right, he'd have the opportunity to make a 40-nation World Cup a reality in 2026. And he would know how to get it done. In his previous post, as UEFA general secretary, Infantino oversaw the expansion of the European Championship from 16 teams to 24. If that seems bloated, it is: That's nearly half the UEFA's membership of 54 nations. Ridiculous, but countries like San Marino, Liechtenstein and Andorra can dream, now, can't they? And soccer fans who want to watch a competition like the Euro Championship that offers the highest possible quality can hope that no-hopers like that continue to be able to do nothing more than dream.
Filed under: Jordan Morris, Uncategorized | Tags: Ante Razov, Aron Johannsson, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Bobby Wood, Brazil, Canada, Clint Dempsey, Colombia, CONCACAF, Costa Rica, DaMarcus Beasley, Darlington Nagbe, DeAndre Yedlin, FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA Under-20 World Cup, Foxboro, German Bundesliga, Germany, Gyasi Zardes, Hermann Trophy, Hertha Berlin, Holland, Jermaine Jones, John Brooks, Jordan Morris, Juergen Klinsmann, Kyle Beckerman, Landon Donovan, Liberia, Los Angeles Galaxy, Lukas Podolski, Matt Miazga, Mercer Island, Mexico, MLS Cup, NCAA Division I championship, Nelson Valdez, New Jersey, New York Red Bulls, Obafemi Martins, Per Mertesacker, Philipp Lahm, Port of Spain, Portland Timbers, Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Rose Bowl, Seattle Sounders, Sigi Schmid, St. Louis, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Stanford University, Sunderland, Sunil Gulati, Tim Howard, Trinidad & Tobago, U.S. National Team, UCLA, Union Berlin, Werder Bremen, World Cup
Homegrown player Jordan Morris signed with the Seattle Sounders in a splashy ceremony at the team's fan clubhouse in Pioneer Square, capping a whirlwind six weeks in which the 21-year-old striker led Stanford University to the 2015 NCAA Division I men's national championship, was awarded the Hermann Trophy as the country's top collegiate player and took part in a trial with Werder Bremen that left the German Bundesliga club poised to offer a contract.
Morris earned seven caps with the U.S. National Team last year, scoring in a 2-0 victory over Mexico in April and becoming the first college player to make an appearance with the full national team since UCLA forward Ante Razov in 1995. He also scored six goals and added four assists in 11 appearances in '15 for the U.S. under-23 side, including two goals in a 3-1 victory over Canada in its opening qualifier for the '16 Rio de Janeiro Olympics; that campaign will be decided in March with a home-and-home playoff with Colombia .
The signing of Morris reunites the Mercer Island, Wash., native with U.S. and Sounder striker Clint Dempsey. Sounder coach Sigi Schmid was delighted by Morris' signing, saying he possesses "unteachable" qualities. The Sounder rookie, however, is expected to spend his first MLS season in a supporting role, watching Dempsey, Obafemi Martins and Nelson Valdez start ahead of him. [January 21]
Comment: Here comes Mr. Jordan, and possibly others. Can embattled U.S. National Team coach Juergen Klinsmann channel his inner 2006?
In recent months Klinsmann has been blessed by an interesting wave of fresh young talent. Before the broad-shouldered, baby-faced Morris there was another forward, Bobby Wood, 23, a promising poacher who scored late winners in friendlies against Holland and Germany last spring, plus equalizers against Mexico in the CONCACAF playoff and the World Cup qualifying opener against St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Wood continues to produce for his club, Union Berlin of the Bundesliga 2. There's also midfielder Darlington Nagbe. Born in Liberia, raised in the U.S., the 25-year-old naturalized American made his U.S. debut against St. Vincent & the Grenadines and dazzled in leading the Portland Timbers to their first MLS Cup title. Finally, defender Matt Miazga, 6-foot-4 and a mere 20. He went from buried on the New York Red Bulls roster last spring to becoming one of MLS's best central defenders in '15. Before bowing in with the full national team in the St. Vincent match, Miaza helped the U.S. reach the quarterfinals of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup and became a starter on the U-23 team.
Then there are youngsters who appeared in the 2014 World Cup: defender John Brooks, 23, of Hertha Berlin, defender-midfielder DeAndre Yedlin, 22, of Sunderland, and forward Aron Johannsson, 25, of Werder Bremen. Johannsson battled injuries in 2015 but Yedlin and another attacking player, Gyasi Zardes, 24, of the Los Angeles Galaxy, appeared in 19 of the USA's 20 matches in '15.
Is this the cavalry thundering down the hill? Klinsmann can only hope so. Dempsey is 32. Defensive midfielders Jermaine Jones and Kyle Beckerman and left back DaMarcus Beasley are 33. Goalkeeper Tim Howard is 36.
Klinsmann, in his fifth year as national team coach, is on a hot seat, becoming the first national team coach in this soccer-averse country to experience a modicum of public scrutiny. In 2015, after historic wins against the Netherlands in Amsterdam and Germany in Cologne, the U.S. stumbled badly at the CONCACAF Gold Cup, finishing fourth, its worst showing in a Gold Cup in 15 years. A humiliating 4-1 loss to Brazil in Foxboro followed, which served as a warm-up (or down) to the lifeless 3-2 overtime defeat to Mexico in a CONCACAF playoff at the Rose Bowl that cost the Americans a berth in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. Three days later the U.S. tumbled to Costa Rica, 1-0, in a friendly in New Jersey, but it salvaged the year by opening a new World Cup cycle by routing St. Vincent & the Grenadines, 6-1, in St. Louis and escaping Port of Spain with a scoreless draw and a point against Trinidad & Tobago.
As the mixed results mounted, Klinsmann came under increasing criticism for his often baffling player selections, his lineups (20 different lineups in 20 games), his tinkering with formations (a 3-5-2, a 4-2-3-1, a flat 4-4-2 and a diamond 4-4-2) and tactics. At one point, former U.S. star Landon Donovan said that Klinsmann should lose his job if Mexico won at the Rose Bowl. The U.S. lost, and Klinsmann got a half-hearted vote of confidence from USSF President Sunil Gulati.
This cavalry of young talent may yield a couple of riders or, in Klinsmann's dreams, a full platoon. And what the U.S. coach does with it will determine the course of the national team for the near-term, although it figures to be closing in on a 2018 World Cup berth when 2017 dawns. He's nurtured young talent before, steering a bunch of young Germans to third place at the 2006 World Cup, becoming a national hero in the bargain. Among his players were defenders Philipp Lahm, then 22, and Per Mertesacker, 21, midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, 21, and forward Lukas Podolski, 21. That was a generation of talent that would go on to win the 2014 World Cup.
Can Klinsmann do it again? He could succeed. He could fail. This new crop–and possibly others to emerge over the next 18 months–could win in spite of him. Or too many of them could prove to be all false promise. Time will tell. But for the U.S. to nail down a World Cup berth and go into Russia '18 with any hope of a better showing than the last World Cup, Klinsmann is going to have to succeed, and once again engineer a successful changing of the guard.
Filed under: Sigi Schmid, Uncategorized | Tags: American Soccer League, American Youth Soccer Organization, Arizona Condors, Borussia Moenchengladbach, Bruins, Bundesliga, California Kickers, CenturyLink Field, Cobi Jones, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, David Vanole, English Premier League, Eric Wynalda, firefighters, Forrest Gump, Germany, Glenn "Mooch" Myernick, John Harkes, Kasey Keller, La Liga, Los Angeles Galaxy, Marcelo Balboa, MLS, NASL, National Soccer Hall of Fame, NCAA, Paul Caligiuri, Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders, Sigi Schmid, Southern California, Spain, Tab Ramos, U.S. National Open Cup, UCLA, USSF, West Germany, Western Soccer League, World Cup
Four-time World Cup goalkeeper Kasey Keller, longtime MLS and collegiate coach Sigi Schmid and the late Glenn "Mooch" Myernick, a U.S. international and USSF youth coach, have been elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Keller, who made 102 international appearances for the U.S. from 1990 through 2007, played in the English Premier League, Spain's La Liga and Germany's Bundesliga before ending his career with the Seattle Sounders. Schmid, elected on the builder ballot, is the winningest coach in MLS history and a two-time winner of the league's Coach of the Year award. Myernick, elected on the veteran player ballot as an American soccer pioneer, earned 10 U.S. caps and starred for the NASL's Portland Timbers before coaching the U.S. national under-23 and under-17 teams and the MLS Colorado Rapids.
Details on the induction ceremony for Keller, Schmid and Myernick have yet to be announced. [April 8]
Comment: For interesting stories among this trio, you could probably start with Keller and his family living in an honest-to-goodness castle in Germany while he played for Borussia Moenchengladbach 10 years ago. But for a career that has amounted to a sweeping panorama of the recent history of American soccer, nothing tops what Sigi Schmid has seen over the past half-century.
It's not Forrest Gump-ian, but it's close.
Born in West Germany, Schmid moved with his family to Southern California as a child in time to play for the Firefighters, one of the first four teams in the history of the hopefully named American Youth Soccer Organization, in 1964. Little is know of what became of Schmid's teammates and opponents, some of whom played this strange new sport in high-top basketball shoes. None could have known that AYSO would grow to become a national program with, currently, more than a half-million players.
Young Schmid, on his way to becoming a CPA, played midfield at UCLA from 1972 through 1975, then coached the Bruins from 1980 through 1999. He could have padded his lineup with foreign-born talent, which was common in the college game at the time, but he insisted on American players, most of them Californians. Led by future U.S. internationals like Paul Caligiuri, Cobi Jones and David Vanole, Schmid's UCLA won three NCAA championships.
An assistant on the USA's 1994 World Cup team, he served two stints as coach of the U.S. National Under-20 Team and won MLS Cups with the Columbus Crew and Los Angeles Galaxy. Now, he's the only coach the six-year-old Seattle Sounders have ever known, having guided that club to four U.S. National Open Cups, and his team regularly plays home matches before crowds of nearly 50,000.
But before USA '94, MLS and the Sounders, Schmid can remember other days. Like how AYSO, to a ragtag collection of 11- and 12-year-olds, had no business catching on and going nationwide. And despite 16 NCAA playoff appearances, how UCLA–and top-tier collegiate soccer–seemed destined to continue to labor in complete obscurity, as the Bruins drew about 300 for many home matches. And in 1989, how, while Schmid was filling a summer coaching the California Kickers, the World Cup the Americans would host in five years seemed headed for disaster on the field and at the gate. The Kickers played in the Western Soccer League, which along with the East Coast's American Soccer League, was home to nearly every U.S. international player at the time. No one, from Tab Ramos and John Harkes to Marcelo Balboa and Eric Wynalda, was paid a living wage. Each club that year played all of 16 regular-season matches. And as for the Kickers, their home games were played in a rickety high school football stadium.
The Kickers once played the visiting Arizona Condors in front of 72 spectators. Seventy-two. But Schmid, in retrospect, needn't have worried. Add 43,662, and that was the average number of fans at cavernous CenturyLink Field in Seattle who last season looked down and saw a former AYSO kid pulling the strings in front of the Sounders' bench.
Filed under: 2014 Guinness International Champions Cup, Uncategorized | Tags: 1984 Olympics, 2014 Guinness International Champions Cup, AC Milan, Ann Arbor, Aston Villa, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Chivas Guadalajara, English Premier League, Inter Milan, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Landon Donovan, Liverpool, Los Angeles Galaxy, Major League Soccer, Manchester City, Manchester United, Miami, Michigan Stadium, New Jersey, Olympiakos, Pasadena, Real Madrid, Red Bull Arena, Roma, Rose Bowl, Steven Gerrard, Sun Life Stadium, Toronto, U.S. National Team, UEFA Champions League, Wayne Rooney, World Cup
Manchester United, looking to recover quickly from its worst showing in the English Premier League era, rallied to defeat EPL rival Liverpool, 3-1, at Miami's Sun Life Stadium to win the 2014 Guinness International Champions Cup. A 14th-minute penalty kick goal by Liverpool's Steven Gerrard was cancelled out by strikes by United's Wayne Rooney (55th minute), Juan Mata (57th) and Jesse Lingard (88th).
The tournament, held in 12 U.S. cities and Toronto as a warm-up to the European season, kicked off July 24 with eight European clubs, two of them defending champions of their respective national leagues, plus UEFA Champions League winner Real Madrid. Manchester United (2-0-1) won its group over Inter Milan of Italy (1-0-2), AS Roma of Italy (1-2-0) and Spanish giant Real Madrid (0-2-1). Liverpool topped a group that included Greek champion Olympiakos (1-1-1), English champion Manchester City (1-2-0) and Italy's AC Milan (0-3-0).
Attendance for the 13 games totaled 642,134, for an average of 49,395. Topping the list was the throng of 109,318 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., to see Manchester United defeat Real Madrid, 3-1. That crowd was the largest in U.S. soccer history, eclipsing the 101,799 on hand for the 1984 Olympic gold-medal match at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. A more modest 51,014 were on hand for the Manchester United-Liverpool finale. [August 4]
Comment I: Proof positive that World Cup fever not only hit America full-force early this summer but that it lingers. Throw in the 84,362 who witnessed Manchester United's 7-0 demolition of the Los Angeles Galaxy at the Rose Bowl, a Bayern Munich-Chivas Guadalajara friendly at Red Bull Arena in New Jersey and a dozen other exhibitions involving Major League Soccer teams and foreign opposition ranging from Spanish champion Atletico Madrid to EPL tail-ender Aston Villa, and about a million fans in the U.S. paid top dollar to say they saw in person some of the finest players from some of Europe's most storied clubs.
Comment II: Are we not rubes?
Sure, there are plenty of expatriates here who've just got to see the old hometown club. And then there are the so-called Eurosnobs, young Americans who'll get up at dawn from August to May to watch their adopted club–usually from the English Premier League–on a television at the local pub, er, sports bar, but wouldn't cross the street to watch an MLS game for free.
But to the folks in Europe, a million people over here just shelled out big bucks to watch some clubs with fresh hardware and others living on their good name. The spectators wore their replica jerseys and cheered and chanted as their favorite players went through the motions during cameo appearances while plenty of the playing time was taken up by fine fellows fighting to win a place on the roster, if not into the starting 11. Wholesale substitutions disrupted the flow of the games, players weren't exactly keen on the extensive travel, and coaches considered these moneymaking adventures an intrusion on serious pre-season preparations. In the end, fans here saw moments of brilliance, mis-timed tackles, remarkable goals, and shots that actually resulted in throw-ins. And at the final whistle of each match, a result that meant absolutely nothing.
There are many benchmarks that will indicate that the U.S. is developing into a soccer nation. Like criticism of the U.S. National Team for its shortcomings in a World Cup instead of praising its goalkeeper for repeatedly bailing it out. Or the prompt emergence of a genuine successor to the soon-to-retire Landon Donovan. Or, in this case, attendance at meaningless midsummer friendlies involving European clubs in numbers that aren't an embarrassment to MLS.
Filed under: Brazil 1, Uncategorized | Tags: 1924 Olympics, 1928 Olympics, 1930 World Cup, Andre Schurrle, Argentina, Austria, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Brazil, Carnaval, Copa America, David Luiz, Estadio Mineirao, Germany, Japan, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Mesut Ozil, Miroslav Klose, Netherlands, Neymar, Oscar, Ronaldo, Sami Khedira, Sao Paulo, Sapporo, Saudi Arabia, Thiago Silva, Thomas Mueller, Toni Kroos, Uruguay, West Germany, World Cup
In the most shocking semifinal in World Cup history, Germany built a 5-0 halftime lead and went on to humiliate host and five-time champion Brazil, 7-1, before a stunned and tearful partisan crowd of 58,141 at Estadio Mineirao.
Thomas Mueller ignited the rout with a side-volleyed goal off a corner kick in the 11th minute, and the opening barrage wouldn't end until Sami Khedira's strike in the 29th. In between, Miroslav Klose scored in the 23rd minute–his 16th–to pass Brazil's Ronaldo as the all-time World Cup scoring leader; and Toni Kroos put the match away with goals in the 24th and 26th minutes.
With the Brazilian defense in shambles and on the verge of capitulation, German substitute Andre Schurrle plunged the dagger in twice more, in the 69th and 79th minutes. Brazil's Oscar scored a consolation goal in the 90th, moments after Germany's Mesut Ozil missed an easy chance that would've finished off the clock and made the final score 8-0.
The evening began in a frenzied atmosphere as Brazil fans tried to urge on their team, which was missing injured superstar Neymar and suspended captain Thiago Silva. After a high-octane start to the match, the Brazilian defense, led by David Luiz in Silva's absence, collapsed, and following Schurrle's second goal the yellow-and-green-clad spectators began to cheer every pass completed by Germany.
The loss was Brazil's first at home in a dozen years and its first at home in a competitive match since 1975, a string of 62 games. It was Brazil's heaviest defeat since a 6-0 loss in Rio in the 1920 Copa America to Uruguay, which would go on to win the 1924 and '28 Olympic soccer tournaments and the first World Cup in 1930. It was the biggest margin of victory in a World Cup semifinal since West Germany's 6-1 flattening of Austria in 1954. And it also was the biggest World Cup blow-out since an equally ruthless German side crushed Saudi Arabia, 8-0, in a first-round match in 2002 in Sapporo, Japan. Perhaps most galling to Brazilians: Germany is now the highest scoring nation in World Cup history with 223 goals, overtaking–yes–Brazil.
Comment I: The Germans may very well have spoiled the party that has been this wonderful World Cup. Hard to believe that the host nation will still be in a Carnaval mood for the remaining five days after this shocking fiasco. On the other hand, Germany may have erased fears that this will be the World Cup in which an outstanding team never emerges. The final is yet to be played, but most observers would now concede that the Germans, with a solid performance Sunday, would be worthy champions.
Comment II: For the sake of Saturday's third-place match in Brasilia, root for Argentina to beat the Netherlands in Sao Paulo in the other semifinal. Otherwise, it will be the sullen Brazilians facing their arch rivals in a consolation game neither side wants to play, and what is usually an open, carefree exhibition of soccer could turn into something ugly.
Comment III: Another of the beauties of soccer on display in Belo Horizonte: No time-outs. Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari and his shell-shocked defense would have loved a two- or three-minute break to regroup midway through the first half, but this isn't basketball or gridiron football. It was up to David Luiz and his mates to figure it out on the fly, and they could not.
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In a match that looked like a re-enactment of the siege of the Alamo, Belgium pounded away at the U.S. defense for 93 minutes before breaking through and ultimately winning, 2-1, in overtime to earn a World Cup quarterfinal showdown with Argentina.
Midfield dynamo Kevin De Bruyne and substitute striker Romelu Lukaku combined on both Belgian goals, beating an exhausted U.S. defense that was bombarded with 38 shots. Three minutes into extra time, Lukaku beat U.S. defender Matt Besler down the right wing to set up De Bruyne for the first goal, then a pass by De Bruyne allowed Lukaku to score on a powerful short-range shot. The desperate Americans staged a furious comeback and were rewarded in the 107th minute when 18-year-old substitute Julian Green volleyed home a chipped pass into the box by Michael Bradley, but the rally fell short.
The game was played in Salvador, and fittingly the man of the match was the USA's savior, Tim Howard, who put on a two-hour goalkeeping clinic. He made 16 saves, many of them spectacular, in sparing his side an embarrassingly lopsided defeat. It was the most saves in a World Cup game since the statistic was first kept in 1966.
Remarkably, the Americans nearly won the game in the final seconds of regulation added-on time. Substitute Chris Wondolowski, a natural poacher, latched onto the ball in a goalmouth scramble but put his shot over the bar in an effort to lift it over sprawling Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. [July 1]
Comment: Now, following the handwringing, the postmortems start. Americans caught World Cup fever in a big way for the first time. But the Belgian police banged on the door and broke up their party, and they want the next party to last beyond midnight.
How can the U.S. get better and go farther at Russia 2018 (the team's qualification being a given)? A stronger Major League Soccer? An expanded U.S. academy program developing more and more young talent? The U.S. goal will soon be in the capable hands of Brad Guzan–unless the unpredictable Juergen Klinsmann tries to make Howard, now 35, the USA's answer to Dino Zoff. DaMarcus Beasley isn't likely to play in a fifth World Cup, so there is a need for a left back, and forward Clint Dempsey will be 35 in four years. Whether it's Besler or Omar Gonzalez or Geoff Cameron or a newcomer in the central defense, Klinsmann needs to find the right duo and stick with it. And the midfield must somehow get better without a Xavi or Andres Iniesta on the horizon.
Who knows if a "Group of Death" awaits the U.S. if it reaches Russia. And if it reaches the second round there, will its opponent be Belgium, or a side like Ghana (2010), or Mexico (2002) … or Brazil (1994). But it is a sure thing that the U.S. will be better–by how much is unknown, but it will be better.
The U.S. is nowhere near reaching its considerable potential. Participation figures that exceed 20 million and our soccer infrastructure say so. There's also that intangible, the slowly continuing evolution of the soccer culture here. Since the Pele Generation of the 1970s, the sport has improved on the grassroots level by leaps and bounds–and, admittedly, sometimes by small increments–but it has improved, and that improvement goes on uninterrupted . Compare that, then, with countries where soccer is well-established and yet the fortunes of the national team waxes and wanes, like Belgium. Or Chile, or Portugal, or Uruguay, or Romania, or Holland, or Norway, or Colombia, or Costa Rica, or Paraguay, or Sweden, or the remnants of the former Soviet Union or former Czechoslovakia. Most are left awaiting the emergence of its next "golden generation," which may require several generations of waiting. A nation like Spain played in the first World Cup in 1930 and didn't win one for 80 years. Hungary peaked in the early 1950s with one of the greatest teams ever and has been mostly an international soccer afterthought since.
The U.S. isn't any of those nations. Plot the national team's progress on a graph and the red line continues upward, sometimes sharply (Korea/Japan '02), sometimes not (France '98). It's why many of the countries in the soccer-playing world would trade their past and present for the USA's future in a heartbeat.
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The Netherlands became the first team to win a World Cup match in regulation after trailing in the 88th minute when it shocked Mexico, 2-1, in Fortaleza and moved on to a quarterfinal meeting with Costa Rica while the Mexicans were eliminated in the second round for the sixth consecutive World Cup.
Four minutes into added-on time, Arjen Robben was controversially fouled along the goal line by veteran Mexican defender Rafael Marquez, and substitute Klaas jan Huntelaar buried the resulting penalty kick for the winner.
Mexico dominated much of the first half and was rewarded three minutes into the second on a sparkling left-footed strike by Giovani dos Santos from the top of the penalty area. That only awakened the Dutch, however, and after 40 minutes of increasing pressure they drew level through Wesley Sneijder. The Netherlands' 10th corner kick (to Mexico's two) was cleared to the top of the area and Sneijder ripped a shot first-time inside the left post. [June 29]
Comment: So much for El Tri, but more important to soccer fans, so much for the hottest goalkeeper at Brasil '14. Francisco Guillermo Ochoa Magana.
Memo Ochoa helped get Mexico a 1-0 victory over Cameroon, a scoreless draw with tournament host and favorite Brazil, and a must-win 3-1 triumph over Croatia, and his heroics continued into the second round until Sneijder and jan Huntelaar got off shots that no mortal could stop. Though no player whose team was eliminated in the round of 16 made the 2010 World Cup all-star team, Ochoa, with no more miracles to offer, could make the 2014 World Cup all-star team based on only these four matches. (Germany's Manuel Neuer, however, may ultimately stand in his way.)
This World Cup was sweet retribution for the bushy-haired Memo. At the 2006 World Cup, he was Mexico's 20-year-old understudy, its No. 3 goalkeeper. Four year laters, for South Africa, he was controversially No. 2, behind the veteran Oscar Perez, a decision that mystified and disappointed his many fans. This time, he made 10 official saves–many of them acrobatic–in four games, and while perhaps his greatest save was made, point-blank, by his face against the Dutch, he stamped his name on this World Cup.
So Ochoa leaves a loser. Only he sparkled in the biggest shop window of them all. After seven years at Club America and three in France, his club, Ajaccio, was relegated to the second division last spring, and Ochoa announced his intent to leave. What kind of impression did Memo make while with Ajaccio? One Ajaccio supporter announced that he would sell his home and everything in it–including his wife and kids–for $13.6 million in an effort to help raise what he believes would be the funds needed to keep Ochoa in an Ajaccio shirt.


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A property tax assessment is basically an estimate of what a piece of property is worth. This valuation of the property helps decide what part of the local property tax levy will be billed to the property. Once this has been determined, the value is multiplied by the tax rates, sometimes known as the "mill rate," to determine how much tax the owner must pay on that piece of property. Many states use full market value (or a fraction of it) as a basis for their assessments.
Assessors "value" property for tax appraisal purposes. "Value" is also known as the following:
Despite these similar terms, most states focus on "market value." Market value is the amount of money a typical, knowledgeable, buyer (unrelated to the seller) would pay for a given parcel of property. To calculate the market value of a piece of property, an assessor will determine if there have been changes in the real estate market where the property is situated. The assessor will examine what different types of property are selling for, local construction costs, normal operating expenses like utilities, nearby rental rates, and inflation. Changes in these factors may change the assessed value of the property.
Assessing Personal Property
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There are three principal methods for assessing the value of real property. These differ based on the kind of property being assessed.
Most states appraise various classes or types of real estate using other approaches to value. For example, farmland or timberland may be appraised on its use or level of productivity. Business inventories may be assessed on the basis of the business's records, as well as the state of its machinery and equipment. And assessors may even combine approaches to arrive at a fair appraisal of a piece of property.
Taxpayers have a right to fair appraisals. Furthermore, no class of property should be over-or under-valued in relation to similar properties within a given area. Even so, it is up to individual property owners to monitor their assessments. To find out which appraisal method was used in a situation owners should contact their local assessor's office.
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Curious, communicative with a need to challenge, ENTPs love the intellectual debate, are spontaneous, and assertive. They have a unique view of the world, and bring a fresh perspective. This can make them intellectually promiscuous, enjoying one new experience after another, and failing to follow through on their great ideas as they look for bigger and more novel experiences.
ISFJs are quiet, and often understated people-centric doers. Conscientious and hardworking, they are loyal and dedicated to people and organisations, and they take their responsibilities very seriously. They have an incredible store of knowledge and superb memory used to support people and solve problems. Shunning the limelight the ISFJ is often the one who quietly make it all happen.
ENTPs have a radical perspective, looking at newer, better and more interesting ways. Not for them the routine of the past, but a healthy challenge to the status quo, and irritation with a pace that's too slow.
The ISFJ will bring order, clarity, organisation and planning. Although not the most vocal member of the team, the ISFJ will make sure the team moves towards a 'known' conclusion in a planned way.
ENTPs can find ways around obstacles and problems. Headstrong and assertive they can spark life into a team, break through inertia but they may not follow through, as they like to move on to the new.
ISFJs are more of the behind the scenes operators rather than being a charismatic leader. Yet their incredible memory, their caring and practical nature and planning ability make them good team leaders.
ENTPs will need space and flexibility as they like to do things their way, working in incredible bursts of energy, getting things moving very quickly but then looking for the next big thing to interest them.
Ironically, because they prove over and over that they can be relied on for their loyalty, attention to detail and high-quality work they can be taken for granted. Give them clarity and trust, they will deliver.
The ENTP does not like to be controlled or micro-managed and they dislike rules or regulations preferring to create as they go, working at pace and focusing on what interests and excites them.
The ISFJ is painstaking, orderly, conscientious and anxious with a superb capacity for follow-through although they have a tendency to worry about the smaller things and a reluctance to 'let go.'
ENTPs are true radicals, coming up with ever-better ways of doing things, breaking through conventions and even taking unpopular decisions. However they are less useful when it gets to the detail.
ISFJs have a great memory for facts and superb attention to detail. They will be more factual and practical than overtly creative, motivated by an internal anxiety to ensure the team doesn't fail.
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The ENTP is happy with conflict as it allows them to sharpen their debating skills and engage in verbal sparring. They will not really engage at an emotional level seeing it all as an interesting game.
The ISFJ will initially close down on conflict as they prefer harmony and indeed will work hard at creating that. Indeed the ISFJ will be a superb diffuser of conflict but they themselves do not enjoy it.
Winning the debate is very important to the ENTP and so they will want to be proved right. Telling an ENTP they're wrong is like throwing down a gauntlet, on they'll be delighted to pick up.
ISFJs are often called 'the defender' and this is because they will stand up for what is right and the rights of others. So whilst they may shun conflict personally, they will fight for other people.
For all their people skills and verbal abilities the ENTP is at heart an analyst and their way will be to use logic, rational argument and empirical data to enjoy the debate and win the day.
Naturally more quiet and low key, the ISFJ will be conciliatory and seek consensus preferring to see good in people and they will look to get to a resolution that makes everyone happy.
The ENTP low boredom threshold means that when conflict occurs it is over and they move on. They tend not to bear grudges or ever look back as there are so many more exciting opportunities to come.
Altercations and over interaction in general sucks the energy of the ISFJ and so they will need some private 'me' time to recharge their batteries and build up their energy levels.
Understanding ENTPs pressure points will help you adapt to one another. We all 'get' people who are like us, but for a team to work to its optimum level, we need people who are not like us, so the whole is far greater than the sum of the parts. Map your team and get them collaborating.
ISFJs deal with conflict in their unique way. Getting team members to understand the differences, where the potential areas of conflict might be and, more importantly, showing them how they can quickly overcome them is key to team success. Map your team and get them collaborating.
Engaging, plausible, exciting and entertaining the ENTP is very closely attuned to their surroundings and constantly looking for opportunities and possibilities which will feed their strong desire for something new.
ISFJs are deep and caring with strong values and these will be held privately until the ISFJ allows people in. What others will perceive is a helpful, supportive, patient and detailed individual who is under the radar. The ISFJ is sociable but doesn't like the spontaneity of crowds.
Often confused with the ENFP the ENTP shares the ability to charm, cajole and persuade others. However the ENTP and will be pragmatic decision-makers using empirical data, evidence and logic to decide.
The ISFJ is an emotional type, but may struggle at times to deal with these, as they are so private and reflective. It may be possible to deeply offend an ISFJ and not realise it, so private are they.
The ENTP has incredible people skills and will enthuse and entertain people who will want to be part of their set. However they are not really emotional and so will move on easily when they get bored.
Once allowed close the ISFJ will open up but it will take time and they are not naturally forthcoming. This may mean it emerges in small chunks, often off the back of other conversations.
ENTPs have a low boredom threshold and they need the different, the exciting the new, some sort of 'fix' to hold their interest, moving from one exciting situation to another drive their incredible energy.
ISFJs have a strong sense of what is right and wrong and will tend to do what they believe is right, even at the expense of themselves. They really do want to support, care and are generous with their time.
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36 BridgesPosted by Tni Newhoff on December 21st, 2006
I am happy to report that we finally left West Palm Beach! As much as we enjoyed our little marina, it was nice to hit the water. Mary joined us on Saturday and we spent a few days showing her West Palm, but once we realized that we were not going to get the weather […]Read the full post »


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There are a lot of cutlery out there that make camping fun and there are a lot of knives out there based on the Rambo movies. Many like the basic ideas behind them. Firstly, how many collectors out there will tell you that they have the First Blood knife made by Jimmy Lile? The manufacturer originally gave me one almost 20 years ago and I did a heck of an industry test on it. It turned out that this knife even with the hollowed handle emergency kit, it was still a great piece to own.
If you happen to start with an idea that tactical knives are made to do more than more than one thing, sometimes you will just go to the Lile Rambo knife, which is a great knife for basically everything. I have noticed that many people claim that it is too heavy to carry around, but I find that the weight has nothing to do with how well it cuts. Not everyone will love this type of knife, but for the ones that do, these types of knives are great.
The main issue with the Rambo knives it that the owners want to make sure that this knife looks nice when it is displayed. Many have seen Rambo's knife become larger with each movie. By time Rambo III came out, the knife was about the size of a short sword. This is because Rambo has been battling troops in Afghanistan instead of living in the wilderness. If you are wanting a more useful knife that is connected with the Spetsnaz troops, then you need the Hibben III model for your Rambo knife.
Who could really assume that 20 years later, we would have an additional Rambo movie to add to the collection? The newest bad guys are there for Rambo to cause chaos with are from the Myanmar or Burma dictatorship that you may see in the paper. While as a civilian, I would possibly be equipped with an earlier Rambo knife, as the newest knife appeared to be more for chopping trees. Normally this is common in Southeast Asia as a parang machete. In the movie, you see Rambo actually hand forge this knife. Gil Hibben made several types for this film before deciding the one seen.
Because of this film, there are a lot of Chinese replicated knives. The truth is that the previous cutlery from the Rambo films are much better when compared to what consumers have now. Normally the modern knife is a bit smaller, but the new Rambo IV knife is one that you would see in a blacksmiths store. Even though it seems basic, it is really comfortable. The actual knife tips the scales at 30 oz. Each knife has a leather scabbard to store it. It can be on the expensive side as it retails for $150.


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Below are some pictures I took this morning on my way to work of the grounds of the Fred Harman Museum in Pagosa Springs. It snowed in Pagosa Springs all weekend and I took the opportunity to capture a few winter shots before getting locked up in the office the rest of the day.
Mr. Harman was one of the founders of the Cowboy Artists of America and is recognized as "one of the country's foremost painters of the American West. He is probably best known as the creator of the Red Ryder and Little Beaver comic strip which was nationally syndicated from 1938-1964.
The Fred Harman museum is located just south of the Piedra Road/Hwy 160 intersection next to the Wells Fargo Bank.
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Below are some additional shots a little farther down the road from the Harmon Museum.


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These games teach valuable skills and have a high fun and educational rating.
Your child will learn about mixing colors and absorption while watching this experiment.
Your child watches a video about the Bee Tree at the Natural History Museum in the UK. The beekeeper shares some interesting facts about bees and why humans need them.
Your child learns about the zones of a rainforest ecosystem and the plants and animals that are generally found in each level.
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