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After showing my little ladies some pics of Kool-Aid dyed hair on-line, they were so excited and wanted to try it themselves.
We decided to just dip the ends, nothing too drastic in case the color doesn't fade before school starts, in which case they could always get it trimmed off.
Hey, it's summer, a time to chill and have some fun.
This hair coloring technique was really easy and really cheap.
I don't think it will do any long term damage, and it works INCREDIBLY well even on my girls brown hair.
In fact, I was actually (shocked) surprised at how well it colored.
So as easy as this is to do, it can be a bit messy. Kool-Aid will stain just about ANYTHING, so if you decide to try this yourself, just make sure you wear something you won't mind possibly ruining AND do it at a well covered table away from rugs or fabrics.
So here is how we did fun Summer Kool-Aid hair.
You'll need to pick up 4 packets (0.16 oz) of Kool-Aid in the color you like. This is the unsweetened Kool-Aid mix.
We used Tropical Punch.
Next, we boiled 2 cups of water, added the contents of all 4 packets and stirred until dissolved.
We decided that two low ponies would be easier to dip the hair, instead of having the girls lean their heads back into a bowl, so I filled two coffee mugs with the colored water.
Myah was the first brave lady to try this. We set the timer for 20 mins. and there she patiently sat.
(we read 20 mins. worked well somewhere on-line)
After 20 mins. we used paper towels to absorb as much liquid as we could, then instead of rinsing it out, we just blew it dry.
(we read that on-line as well)
We couldn't believe how bright it was and how well it showed in Myah's darker brown hair !
Kind of like Strawberry Shortcake don't ya think ?!?
I'm not going to lie, I was secretly stressing that this color would NEVER come out but keep reading, it does.
A few days later, Elle decided she wanted to do her hair as well, and decided on Pink Lemonade.
Instead of waiting the full 20 mins, Elle only dipped hers for about 7 mins.
Surprisingly, it still worked, just a bit more subtle.
We played around with some fun hair styles too.
After a week of swim lessons and being in the chlorine pool, Elle's did fade just about completely.
Myah's faded which made it less "Strawberry Shortcake" red (thank goodness!).
Just before the 4th of July, we decided to do half of Myah's hair blue.
( I know, don't ask me what I was thinking )
The color took, but not evenly with the existing red and she ended up with 3 colors in her hair…red, purple and blue.
Thankfully the blue faded quickly, I wasn't a real big fan of the three color thing, either was Myah.
You can see a little blue in her braid in this photo….
It's been a few weeks since we colored Myah's hair and the red has dramatically faded. We are in the water a lot and in the sun, so that may have helped.
Just a few days ago, we dipped Elle's ends again, this time using the red and it looks great.
Of course Myah wanted hers brighter too, so she dipped away.
I feel better knowing that it won't last forever and that they won't be starting school with color in their hair, it's just something fun for summer!
**Just a little disclaimer: if you do decided to try this, especially with the red, the color seems to come out for several days when it's wet. I had my girls put old towels on their pillows so they wouldn't stain their cases or their sheets, that seemed to work.
Hope you're enjoying your summer !
What fun summer things are you doing ??

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Sports journalism at its best. The truth hurts, but we can still laugh about our sad sack teams. Best to you Tommy, you deserve a chance at another school...your teams were respectable whenever you were able to get the talent and keep them healthy. We can only hope that RC will be able to pull another rabbit out of the hat like Josh.
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NO! We must only do an effective, correct, and proper thing!
Doing any wrong thing, merely so government can appear to do "something," is complete idiocy.
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Queen 40 Limited Edition Collector's Box Set
Original Release Date: May 17, 2011
Track Listing
1. Keep Yourself Alive
2. Doing Alright
3. Great King Rat
4. My Fairy King
5. Liar
6. The Night Comes Down
7. Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll
8. Son and Daughter
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11. Keep Yourself Alive [de Lane Lea Demo, December 1971]
12. The Night Comes Down [de Lane Lea Demo, December 1971]
13. Great King Rat [de Lane Lea Demo, December 1971]
14. Jesus [de Lane Lea Demo, December 1971]
15. Liar [de Lane Lea Demo, December 1971]
16. Mad the Swine [June 1972]
17. Procession
18. Father to Son
19. White Queen (As It Began)
20. Some Day One Day
21. The Loser in the End
22. Ogre Battle
23. The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke
24. Nevermore
25. The March of the Black Queen
26. Funny How Love Is
27. Seven Seas of Rhye
28. See What a Fool I've Been [BBC Session, July 1973 - Remix 2011]
29. White Queen (As It Began) [Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, December 1975
30. Seven Seas of Rhye [Instrumental Mix 2011]
31. Nevermore [BBC Session, April 1974]
32. See What a Fool I've Been [B-Side, February 1974]
33. Brighton Rock
34. Killer Queen
35. Tenement Funster
36. Flick of the Wrist
37. Lily of the Valley
38. Now I'm Here
39. In the Lap of the Gods
40. Stone Cold Crazy
41. Dear Friends
42. Misfire
43. Bring Back That Leroy Brown
44. She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos)
45. In the Lap of the Gods...Revisited
46. Now I'm Here [Live at Hammersmith Odeon, December 1975]
47. Flick of the Wrist [BBC Session, October 1974]
48. Tenement Funster [BBC Session, October 1974]
49. Bring Back That Leroy Brown [Acapella Mix 2011]
50. In the Lap of the Gods...Revisited [Live at Wembley Stadium, July 1986]
51. Death on Two Legs (Dedicated To...)
52. Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon
53. I'm in Love with My Car
54. You're My Best Friend
55. '39
56. Sweet Lady
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58. The Prophet's Song
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61. Bohemian Rhapsody
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63. Keep Yourself Alive [Long-Lost Retake, June 1975]
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80. Somebody to Love [Live at Milton Keynes, June 1982]
81. You Take My Breath Away [Live in Hyde Park, September 1976]
82. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy [Top of the Pops, July 1977]
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Another GTG?
can we plan another one? please please please?! :)
can we plan another one? please please please?! :)
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Where did you guys meet last time? I am in southern PA...
We met at El Vez in the city last month! I am totally in for another GTG!
saturday nights are good for me too! i'm about 45 mins. from philly. should we include fi's or make it a girls night?
ok so girls only! how does june 12th work for everyone? and how about restaurant suggestions?
I can't do June 12th, but go for it if others can go! I'll be on my engagement encounter weekend!
how about posting this on the main board. u may get a better responce =)
I think June Saturdays are pretty much shot for me... =( boo hoo...
I'm in Baltimore....did you meet right in Philly?? About an 1hr 1/2 drive for me.
I'm definitely interested!! I couldn't get anything going in Baltimore!!! But I would love to attend a GTG!
pink suggests DE...would that be closer to everyone? i'm close enough! maybe northern de, like wilmington. know of any good brunch spots there? maybe we could do a sunday brunch or friday night dinner. i'd be just as happy going to olive garden in concordville...i love olive garden! hahaha
I can do Wilmington! Any Saturday or Sunday would work for me!! : )
haleighb- pm me when you decide! I haven't been able to access PW at home and don't want to miss something on this thread!!
I say lets take it out to the end of June if anything, so we're not rushing. Maybe the weekend of the 26th? anyone?
I can do the 12, 19, or 26th! Only day I can't is the 27th


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Cradle Of Filth are really sorry to tell all of their fans that their US tour '28 Days Closer to Hell' is going to have to be cancelled, due to US immigration issues beyond the band's control.
They have been desperately trying to solve these problems, but it has become evident they are not going to be resolved in time for the band to embark on a tour that starts next week.
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Cash Michaels charges that Wake County school board members "stabbed" Keith Sutton in the back
Posted on December 5, 2013
Cash Michaels is skewering the "Kushner Seven," charging that the seven Wake County school board members who removed Keith Sutton as chairman on Tuesday had "stabbed" him in the back.
In an analysis piece in the latest issue of The Carolinian, Michaels writes that "members of the African-American community sat in shock and silence, not believing that the Democratic school board they had once worked so hard to elect in 2011, had just stabbed one of their best, brightest, and arguably most effective young leaders in the back right in front of them."
The replacement of Sutton in favor of Christine Kushner by a 7-2 vote that took place along racial lines could haunt the board for some time.
NC school districts to release individual student test results soon
Posted by T. Keung Hui on December 5, 2013
The State Board of Education gave school districts 30 days from Nov. 7 to release to families individual state end-of-grade and end-of-course results from the 2012-13 school year.
CCCAAC praises new Wake County school board leadership
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The Coalition of Concerned Citizens For African-American Children, which had feuded with former Wake County school board chairman Keith Sutton, praised the new school board leadership that took over Tuesday night.
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Wake County school board members said there was nothing racial in the decision to replace Keith Sutton as chairman in a vote in which he received no votes from his white colleagues.
Wake County school board approves 2014-15 student assignment plan
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No Wake County students will be reassigned to different schools next year because school administrators are working on a three-year plan that would run through 2018.
Wake County school board replaces Keith Sutton as chairman
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The Wake County school board elected Christine Kushner as the new chairwoman in a 7-2 vote over Keith Sutton
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Redesigning an icon is an immensely difficult task. IP holders must tread lightly – the considerations of fans and critics alike maintain that every decision will be a precarious one. With Lara Croft's iconic look so engrained in popular culture, Crystal Dynamics had to meticulously research and iterate upon her physical presentation before a final direction was chosen for the franchise reboot. Its biggest challenge was finding a middle ground between familiarity and freshness, vulnerability and strength, and the all-important trifecta of brains, brawn, and beauty.
On Tuesday we took a look back at how Lara Croft has evolved throughout the ages. Now, Global Brand Director Karl Stewart and Art Director Brian Horton address Crystal Dynamics' rational for the redesign, the iconography of Lara Croft, and how they hope the new look will help once again make her a culturally relevant hero.
The Origin's OriginKarl Stewart: This was originally supposed to be a continuation of Underworld. Instead, it became a case of us realizing that it was not the way we needed to go. We had to stop in our tracks and reevaluate everything in order to choose a new direction. The origin story came about through lots of research and deciding how to reposition Lara to get her where she needed to go. A reboot wasn't at the top of the list to begin with, but it certainly shone through as the direction the franchise needed.
An Issue of RelevanceBrian Horton: We wanted to make a version of Lara that you would recognize as Lara Croft, but that felt relevant to today's gaming audience. I think people are looking for realism in their games and they want to believe in their characters. We want people to care for Lara at the end of the day. And if they can look at her and go "this is someone that I want to help through this survival journey," then we have met our goal. MotivationHorton: For me, every character design starts with who that person is and what motivates them. What we chose to do very early on was not to start with the surface qualities and to focus more so on who Lara is as a character. We felt that if we could understand that, then the surface qualities and how the character looked would be derived from that biography. So we knew we wanted to make an origin story. We knew we wanted to make a young Lara Croft, and we wanted her be a blend of someone that has a level of vulnerability and inner strength. She has this aspirational quality. She wants to be someone and to pull away from the perception of who she is because of her legacy of being a Croft. She is her own person and she is trying to make her way in this world. So that was the focus early on – trying to understand who she was inside.
Once we understood that biography, the next step was to make her as believable and relatable as possible. We wanted to make a girl that was somewhat familiar, yet had a special quality about her – something in the way her eyes look and her expression in her face that makes you want to care for her. That was our number one goal when we started thinking about her visualization – that people would have empathy for Lara, while at the same time knowing she has this inner strength that will allow her to become a hero. That was the first order of business.
Fresh…Horton: What dropped away pretty quickly was the hardness that she had. She is strong and we love Lara Croft for that strength, but she was almost so strong that we were always one step away from her. That was one thing that we all agreed on right away – to try and soften her up enough so that you could step into her life. All of the character design decisions came from trying to make her believable. We didn't want to make her a sexual object. She is a character that we want you to believe in.
…but FamiliarHorton: A lot of it comes down to study. We spent a lot of time researching actors and people that you look at and say "we like these people," and you can't help but want to get to know them. We wanted that mix of someone who is aspirational, but familiar at the same time. We want people to be asking themselves where they know that girl from. Then people will care about her. How we did that is a mix of iteration. We spent a lot of time iterating on Lara.
Iconography of Lara CroftHorton: We started doing a battery of concepts, beginning with silhouettes. Then we started to build up features and dissect who she was as a character and the things that made her iconic. The things that we absolutely kept were the brown eyes, the signature quality of her lips having that M shape, and the relationship between the eyes and the nose and the mouth. Those were things we knew we wanted to maintain. But we also knew we wanted to bring her into a more believable proportionality and surface quality. That was another big push for us. We wanted to bring her into this world and ground her as much as possible.
We realized that Lara's hair was a big part of her visual language – the iconography of Lara croft includes her ponytail. But we also knew we didn't want to do something like the classic braid. We wanted to have the hair itself tell a bit of the story. So the hair moves and helps to sell the drama. We felt that it was an important aspect to keep because when you are always seeing a character from behind, the hair moving and whipping around in the wind is a very important component. Her hair comes down to about the middle of her back. The idea is to have it at the right length to give it some great secondary motion in action sequences.
Eyes Up HereStewart: We did some initial tests where we brought in the vision for the new Lara Croft, and then we matched it up against the previous iterations. In the tests of the previous iterations it was clearly evident that people moved around the image more to the items and her chest and her waist size. But with the new image, people spent most of the time piercing her eyes. Anybody who has seen the image says "I know that girl."
A Head ShortHorton: What it came down to is that we wanted to have certain proportionality when we put her next to the men. We wanted a clear size difference. She isn't going to be as tall as the men around her – about a head shorter. This reinforces the feeling that she's against all odds. The relative proportion is more important than the actual number [5' 7"] – making her feel like a scrapper of sorts, even though she will always find a way through her self-determination. She will find a way to survive even if she doesn't have Amazonian proportions in the game. The emphasis on acrobatics isn't nearly as important as the fact that she is capable.
Capturing Beauty Horton: We went through an exhaustive process once we finished the concepts. We came up with the characteristics of a girl that we wanted, and then we did a casting session and cast a couple of models that had different characteristics we liked. The bone structure was important, but we also didn't want to get a model that was too sculpted. We wanted a little bit of that baby fat – just a little bit of roundness on the face to give her that more youthful look. We full-body scanned both of them to capture those traits before we started our own model.
YES! FINALLY! people have brought back this character who kicks ass and makes males and lesbos happy! xD she to me personaly is a idol. Everyone that is a girl wants to be her. Unless Samus is the other idol. xD
I like it. A grittier Lara is the way to go. I never believed that a "tomb raider" would be wearing little shorts while adventuring anyways.
spot on. i like how they talked about baby fat and you can see in the full body pic how her proportions look much more realistic this time around. also appreciate how her wardrobe will show wear and tear over the course of the game. the emphasis on realism is a great direction. makes the choice of cover all the more impressive. kudos to the devs, and to g.i.
This sounds great! I really like the direction they are takin her,now I can't wait to see a trailer or gameplay sometime in the future.
And the next logical reinvention is Pac-Man! He will be leaner and less circular more ablong to show that he is active in today's society and not like those old boring circles of the 80s. Then he will have a non descript color palette which won't inadvertantly offend someone but be bright and vibrant as to take advantage of the current high def TVs......LMAO!!! Christ! When will these ass munchers realize that a facelift won't fix poor story telling and bad play mechanics. So tired of companies(Capcom I am talking to you)suddenly needing to reinvent a franchise because they feel like they can squeeze more money out of it and validate that decision as a creative and artistic one....God! not all of your customers are that naive!
I know someone who's really excited for Tomb Raider and her name is Meagan. Hopefully this will be better than the last couple eh?
I'm actually very interested in the new Lara Croft. I've been trying to catch up on all the past Tomb Raiders and this is like a fresh start to a new series. I'm amped about it. Yes indeed:)
The new lara croft has beauty while creating a somewhat tom-boy look as well.
as a big fan of anything even remotely similar to Indiana Jones, all i can say is that this is nothing short of great news. plus the announcement of Uncharted 3?? i'm in spelunker's heaven!
Wow! I can't wait. This is real progression here. Good job Crystal Dynamics for being brave.
Ugh. I hate how all the perfect girls aren't even real lol. I'd put a ring on her finger if she was.
i love reading about things like this. it means developers are thinking about the game. i hate it when a game doesn't really stray too far from the formula. games are about out doing yourself and doing something different with what you have. look at uncharted 2. they took the original formula and ran with it as far as they could, then ran some more. which is why i can't wait untill uncharted 3. it's been a whlie since i was interested in a new tomb raider game (i.e. tomb raider 3) but this sounds engadging. can't wait for the end product.
She's hot, but I know theres no way that girl could pull back a recurve bow...
But.... i liked her as sex object. =(
Not a ridiculous sex object like the first games, but i think TR: Legend and the last one had her balanced. Hey, here's an idea, stop changing Lara, change the game. Uncharted 2 FTW
Contrary to that last quote: where is the full pic WITHOUT dirt all over her
Ilove LARA CROFT, unbelievable.... :-)


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EuroTech gives students an inside view of the top global corporations across Europe while visiting historical and cultural highlights of each city. Participants will develop an appreciation of European culture across five countries while learning what it's like to work in today's global economy. They will also have free time to explore each city on their own.
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Single Coverage and the Art of Avoiding Double Teams
by writerightpubs~ July 16th 2009
Bear with me. The picture (admittedly a bit of my own whatever) is illustrative of a larger point about technology, the awesomeness of the Mac OS, the ubiquity of The Sports Guy, noise in all manner of communication channels and more.
The Lakers won the 2009 NBA Championship. Kobe has, apparently, not changed. These days, however, the league appears headed for a lockout. The Sports Guy predicted this here. These audiences (the Player's Association and the League) don't appear to be effectively communicating with one another (or, at a minimum, aren't interested in developing messages necessary to meet at a place mutually beneficial to one another). A capsule summary of the problem facing the NBA is that the League has all the power and the players (indeed, everyone) will now be forced to face a new financial reality (unless you're Goldman Sachs or JP Morgan Chase).
Goldman and JP Morgan are effectively monitoring and ameliorating expectations relative to their financial performance to date. Note how they're not making a huge deal about their performance; they're letting the media shape the message. Whatever the bonuses these behemoths are planning to hand out, the investor and public relations departments are going to share the wealth.
Meanwhile, Microsoft appears to be getting under Apple's skin much in the same way those Mac/PC ads have been sticking it to Microsoft. But is it really less expensive to purchase a PC? People who know me know I'm a huge Apple booster (despite the company's penchant for purchasing God complex shirts off the rack). What Microsoft elides in their ads is the life cycle cost of ownership of PCs versus Macs. While upfront costs can draw consumers to purchase PCs, analysis has shown costs accruing to customers over the life of ownership either eliminate the savings gained from the PC purchase outright or save Mac owners money.
Who, you might reasonably ask, cares? What's important to note here is not whether Macs are better than PCs (please.) but the means through which each company has chosen to inform audiences of the advantage of owning its product. Since 1984, Mac has depicted itself as the outsider, above the fray despite being completely in it. The production values in the commercial are incredibly evocative circa 1984. The company has continued to position itself as a concern invested in pleasing its core constituency (folks in the know about technology interested in performance married to design).
Microsoft, meanwhile, has been all about shock and awe, content to dominate the desktop computer and office productivity software markets and, until quite recently, willing to let other dogs lie. These days, though, The Monopolist That Gates Built has undertaken to win over skeptical consumers with ads showing how cool it is, though sometimes they show how cool it isn't.
Advertising and marketing communications innovations aren't happening in humongous ad agencies with staffs of 25,000. The great ads are being produced by boutique outfits with cultures inclined toward innovation and that corporate standby, out of the box thinking.


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AMERICUS — Georgia Southwestern State University head men's basketball coach Mike Leeder announced Friday the addition of Johathan Brooks to the Hurricanes' roster for the upcoming 2013-14 season.
"We are happy that Johathan chose to play his final season of basketball here at GSW," Leeder said. "He is a versatile player with success at the Division I level, and we are looking forward to meshing his abilities with our returning roster of players."
Brooks, who last played in 2010-11 at Charleston Southern University, is a 6-foot-7, 215- pound forward from Macon. In his lone season at CSU, he averaged 7.1 points and 6.7 rebounds while playing an average of 23.2 minutes per game. He ranked seventh in the Big South Conference in rebounding as the Buccaneers finished the year with an overall record of 16-16 and were eliminated by UNC-Asheville in the quarterfinals of the Big South tournament.
Brooks posted four double-doubles in 31 games for the Buccaneers, including a 14-point, 11-rebound performance in his first game with CSU against ACC member Georgia Tech. He had a career-high 16 points while grabbing 12 rebounds in a loss at conference foe Winthrop University on Feb. 10, 2011. He logged a career-high 38 minutes two games later, a home win against UNC Asheville in which he scored eight points, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked four shots.
"With Johathan's versatility, we think he will be a nice complement to our other players," said Leeder. "He can play inside or out, and has shown the ability to rebound at a high level."
During Brooks' season at Charleston Southern current Georgia Southwestern assistant Sean Sweeney served on the Buccaneer staff as the Director of Basketball Operations.
"Certainly, Sean's past relationship with Johathan helped give us an edge in the recruiting process with him, and we are excited to get him on campus," Leeder said.
Brooks and his new Hurricane teammates open the 2013-14 campaign at North Greenville University on Nov. 8.
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I was taking a break from my freelance, as I do sometimes, and just sketching some anatomy studies. I ended up staying up late and finishing one! I have not done many adolescent characters so it was a great learning experience.
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010
American Civil Liberties Union attorneys representing Constance McMillen have filed notice in U.S. District Court to accept a judgment offer from the Itawamba County School District to pay $35,000, plus attorney's fees. As part of the agreement, the school district says it will follow a policy not to discriminate based on sexual orientation and gender identity in any educational or extracurricular activities.
The ACLU says the case is precedent-setting because the district is the first in Mississippi to implement a policy banning discrimination and harassment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
COMMENT: Result!!! As they say.
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- Strangelove21 July 2010 19:13
Geez, we say the same thing in Texas, but this state has the money to do a lot better than it does. But then, if the fundies around here ever read the actual Gospel's call for compassion and sharing with the less fortunate, they'd say it was a commie plot. It really did happen in Florida: someone typed up the Declaration of Independence as a petition, and a bunch of people wouldn't sign it because it was a "Communist" document.....sigh.
ReplyDelete It really did happen in Florida: someone typed up the Declaration of Independence as a petition, and a bunch of people wouldn't sign it because it was a "Communist" document
Oh, dear. What do you say??
JCF is right about watching the b*st*rds like a hawk. That school will try to connive their way out of anything, and so will most of the rest, probably.- Anonymous22 July 2010 23:39
Those of us who teach school in Oklahoma make less than either Alabama or Mississippi.
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I recently acquired a Lamprologus Caudopunctatus. It is a cute little thing, but I have no idea what to do with it. I have a 6g tank with many snails and a chinese algae eater.
I understand my tank is probably too small, so I will have to upgrade to a bigger tank, but I saved this little guy from a "goldfish" bowl. I have no idea if it is female or male, as it seems to be young. It is only about an inch.
So my question is, is the 6g I have now good until I am able to get another tank in 2 months? and Is it ok with the snails and chinese algae eater? Mt tank is a mix of small gravel and sand, and I do have a few live plants and several pieces of driftwood. There is enough that it makes a cave like area and that is where it is hiding now. I keep the tank around 80 degrees and the water is actually well water, so a bit on the hard side but I am not sure the exact measurements. I have a light with a small bio wheel, and I keep the light on most of the day, and turn off at night.
Should I get another one after I get the bigger tank? And what size tank should I get if I keep just the one? I imagine they are not schooling or shoaling fish, so keeping one would be ok?
I have researched some online but most information I can find is for a breeding pair. Any information you can give me would be awesome. Thanks!


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Holger Levsen wrote:
Could you add an explaination of "dust" on the page, too?
I have it in the tooltips ('title' attribute) but I agree that a detailed legend would help. Any ideas where to put it best? At the very bottom of the page? In an extra page/window?
I'm pretty sure it means "age in days", but as there seem to be 23 wnpp-bugs from today, I checked half of them as I couldnt believe there are so many on a monday morning already :)
Dust Number of days without changes (i.e. amount of dust stacking up on a bug)
Also, what do the different colors mean? Ah, got that. You could use them as background colors also in the "ITA/ITP = Intent to package/adopt ..... O = Orphaned ..... RFA/RFH/RFP = Request for adoption/help/packaging" line.
The colors were introduced for distinction, to speed up hopping from bug to bug of a certain type. I decided against coloring the legend because it (probably, didn't try) looks ugly and because in my view it was not important which color ITP is. But that's just my view. I plan to open up the source soon so you will be able to play with that :-)
Last, there is no explaination of what the good news and bad news feeds are (or the others). I can guess, but I dont want to have to :-)
For now please look here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/01/msg00970.html
Besides that, great work!
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IMO this should be mentioned in the developer news, adding it there.
Sounds good. Please send me a link so I can see where it went. Sebastian


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[INFOGRAPHIC] How to land a great DJ residency
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This infographic provides killer ways to ensure you land that DJ residency in the club you want to play in and ignite the fire in your DJing or electronic music career
Not only do you need to time your release date so that your marketing and promotions won't get over shadowed by larger, popular, superstar artists (promoting against releases by Jay Z, Kanye, and Lil Wayne will most likely diminish your efforts), but you need to make certain all of your marketing lands around the same time for your artist's promotions.
How To Promote Yourself Online
1. Set-up An Email List
It surprises me how many artists still do not gather emails from their friends. I have talked to many artists who just lead people to their Facebook page for likes, without realizing that they don't have complete control over who see's their posts. Email lists are important because it allows you to reach fans directly, and update them on anything that you have going on whether it's a tour, new album, or your if your just wanting to get feedback. Setting up an email list is easy, you can sign up for Mailchimp which is free for the first 2,000 subscribers. Mailchimp also has an analytics system so you can track the success of different email campaigns that you are running.
When you want to promote your music, you have to think outside of the box. This doesn't include email lists, social networks, networking, posting up fliers on the streets, etc… The best way to promote your music is to have fun and be unique. Use the following techniques along with your current promotional methods. Here are 5 ideas on how to promote your music thinking outside of the box. Merch Aside from the normal merch most bands offer such as shirts, stickers, posters, etc.., partner up with local companies and release some stuff other bands usually don't release. For example, if fans know you or your band as a party type act, you could put out some bottle openers and drink coasters. You could sell or give these items to local bars and pubs and that way, your band is being promoted. If your band is geared towards the older folks, you could sell tooth pics, golg tees, etc.. Just find what suits best for your genre and sell it and get local companies to help promote your stuff.
Music used to make millionaires. There was a time when Rock Stars were right up there with Russian Oil Oligarchs, a steady stream of champagne and cocaine trailing behind them as they traverse the globe on their private jets. Nowadays 'rock stars' are more commonly found lining the pavement leading up to the Job Centre. I know, I'm one of them. And whilst I, like most people, didn't get into making music to be rich, as I sit and eat my Tesco Value beans on toast, I can't help but ponder what the future holds for us all. So how did we get here? What went so wrong?
This is part 1 of an article written from the perspective of a program director/MD focusing on the creation and submission of materials for college radio – as a radio promotion company, and independently – though many of these points can be extrapolated and applied to areas both inside and outside of the music industry.
San Diego, CA – February 19, 2013 – Zankme com, is putting a new spin on download cards with a simple way to help musicians connect with their fans. Zankme allows musicians to upload music, videos, photos or other digital media and immediately print custom download cards that can be sold or offered as promotional giveaways. Fans redeem the cards, and artists learn an array of information about their listeners including their email address and location.
Video is quickly becoming very important when promoting goods or services and that means your band and music. Your music is an important service to humanity and is doubly important because it brings you an income. Youtube is of course still the most popular of the video hosting sites and you can use this site to promote yourself and your bands website.
When did independent musicians settle for waiting in line and following the rules? While it's important for both organization's sake and quality's sake for publications, festivals, radio shows, blogs, record labels, etc to have submission policies, do's and don'ts, etc, I see a trend of conditioned illusion happening that I'd like to a set of walls placed around otherwise expansive creative musical minds.
One of the most advantageous relationships an artist or band can have is with a promoter. At the local level, there seems to be a mystery as to what exactly the promoter does. "Does the promoter promote? Shouldn't the promoter be responsible for bringing all the people if I'm putting everything into the music end?" These questions resemble those I hear from local artists on a semi-frequent basis. While that logic may seem like it makes a lot of sense, it can ultimately hurt the artist in the long run.
To answer the question; yes the promoter promotes. However, the promotional push varies at different levels based on the expected effectiveness. For example, a large national act or regional touring band has a recognizable name. If I'm promoting a show with a headlining act with a solid fan base, investing in print ads, radio spots, and other means of advertising may make a lot of sense. The average concertgoer will see that name and make it a point to go to that show. The context of the promotional push is much less important at this level. Whether you see a facebook post from your favorite band or a flyer at your bus stop, you're going to that show regardless of how you found out about it.
This article covers the new music promotion platform Beat 100 and how you can use it to help your music promotion efforts. Beat 100 is a new social music networking website with a monthly music competition and great opportunities for music exposure.
Contacting music industry professionals can be easy if you have the right approach. Unfortunately, many independent artists do not use the right approach and have limited success. The Guerrilla Promotion tips in this post are designed to help musicians that find it difficult to get in touch with or to work with music industry professionals. If you find yourself leaving a lot of message that don't get returned, or cant get people on the phone, this article may help.
In the past I have touched on the idea that you need to be a great source of information for your fans to have them coming back day after day. But recently I've come up with a new way to think about this idea to make things a bit more clear for you.
This is where the "Encyclopedia" concept comes in, because that word conjures up positive images in the mind of your fans right away.
You would have your own website with information about what you are up to, and then have another section called something like…
"The Death Metal Encyclopedia – Everything Your Need to Know About Everything!"
…or whatever kind of music that you play.
In this section you would make it your business to create the definitive guide to your music niche, and in the process you will start to build up a loyal following of aficionados who find your site through multiple google rankings. They will start to rely on you to keep them up to date with all the latest information.
You can keep track of your music news using the Google Music Alerts method that I talked about in a recent post.
If your ship came in, would you be smart and frugal enough to ship out on it or simply shit on it? Let's keep in mind how hard it is to monetize music these days…
If a recording artist could invest $1000 to make between $10K and $70K in 4 months, would he turn it down? Even if you could invest $1000 for the following exposure for your debut CD, with no real guesstimates on download sales, would you turn it down?
Here's one recording artist who did.
What would you have done if such an offer, like the one briefly described above, dropped out of the sky nine months after you:
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Nichkhun Victoria's last day in the Thailand. Nichkhun teaches Victoria how to swimming and they enjoy the jet ski on the sea.
When they leave the Thailand, all nichkhun's family come to airport to send them. And Victoria finally cry during the interview... it's really touching prepare tissue T.T
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Ghainaa Publications
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This book was prepared by a group of Saudi scholars and intellectuals. They address Western mind which looks at fair truth and objective and convincing dialogue. The book, in general, discusses the most important issues and suspicions raised by Western political and media organizations in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 events. These events have placed Islam, the Kingdom, its people, and its religious, educational and social institutions in a position that requires correction and review. The book is a moderate vision in responding to the issues and suspicions. A biased reader would notice the major difference between the reality and the raised concepts and images which were far from the reality.
The terrorist events of September 11 have marked a new turning point in international and human relations, particularly between the United States and the Islamic World. Political, cultural and religious institutions in the West have contributed to the delineation of the main features of such relations. The American media in particular has established and played a major role in promoting a great many negative notions, spreading incorrect and disingenuous terminology, and creating recurrent suspicion towards Islamic culture, which is adhered to by many Muslim peoples, governments, leaders and legal systems. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was particularly targeted in this respect for well-known reasons. Thus, these institutions have put Islam in general and the kingdom, its people, its leaders and its legal system in particular, within the framework of the relations that need to be scrutinized, reviewed and amended.
We strongly and unreservedly condemn the attacks on New York and Washington, just as we do those that targeted facilities in Riyadh, Nairobi, Dar es Salam and Bali. While we consider such deeds among those prohibited by Islam and appreciate that they constitute a threat to the security and peace of humanity, we are nevertheless firmly convinced, and such conviction is shared by all rational people in the United States and elsewhere, that such events need to be addressed objectively and impartially.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been in the forefront of states that have suffered as a result of what happened in New York and Washington. Its afflictions extended so far as to involve attacks on the religion of the state and its political, social and educational institutions, this being the result of an erroneous and unfair interpretation of the events. It is this that has prompted us to compile this book in order to address the open Western mind, which bases its views, ideas and attitudes on objective dialogue and persuasion. We are well aware in this address to Western peoples in general, and to the American people in particular, that they are eager to discover the truth. This is because their lives are based on true knowledge and dialogue that aims at reaching the truth, which is what all rational and fair people aspire to. In this book, we address the most important issues raised by the political, intellectual and media institutions in the United States with respect to way of life in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the immutable principles on which it is based. This is exemplified by its moderate and judicious way of life, which the just reader will find a great disparity between and the allegations attributed to it, which are quite remote from reality.
Table of Contents:
The Contributors
Part I
An Invitation to Communicate for the Purpose of Reaching Mutual Understanding
The Western Circles
The Duality of Love and Hatred for American Policy
The Strategy of Hate and Enmity
The Clash of Civilizations, or a Clash of Whims?
The Common Bases for the Dialogue Between Civilizations
Restoration of Respect for Principles and Values is Inevitable
Terrorism: Concept, History and Causes
The Capricious Concept
Why 9/11 Only?
The Rise of Terrorist Organizations
Part II
The Wahhabi Movement: Reference, History and Practice
The Wahhabi Movement: Chronology andReference
The Wahhabi Movement and the Establishment of the Saudi State
The Motive Behind the Reformist Movement and its Major Goals
Dissemination Through Persuasion, not Through Subjugation
The Effects of the Spread of Da'wah in the Islamic World
The Variety of Islamic Trends
Wahhabism: The Unfair Assessment
Religious Education
The Content of Religious Education Curricula and
the Allegation of Terrorism
Accusations Against Religious Education
Saudi Education not Responsible for Deviation
Saudi Schools Enjoy Safe Environment
Women's Education and Work in Saudi Arabia
The Historical Evolution of Girls' Education
Official (Government) Education
The Philosophy of Segregated Education
Advantages of Segregated Education
Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom's View of Human Rights
Particularity in the Domain of Human Rights
The Judiciary Structure and Human Rights in the Kingdom
New Regulations Issued by the Kingdom for Safeguarding Human Rights
Jihad is for Establishing Peace
Islam Abhors Killing
Islam Calls for Peace
Peace in Muslims' Relations with Other People
Islam Establishes the Principles of Peace
Jihad was Primarily Ordained to Repel Injustice and Aggression
Kindness Toward non-Muslims
The Principle of Straightforwardness and the Prohibition of Treachery
The Numerous Types and Different Fields of Jihad
Charities in Saudi Arabia
The Basis of Muslims Charitable Work
The Nature of Saudi Charities
Non-Islamic Places of Worship in Arabia
Why non-Islamic Places of Worship does not Exist in Arabia


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why did i do that? why the hell did i VOLENTEER for that stupid graduation band? never again will i volenteer for anything remoting related to sax. Anywho, i slept over KT's last night. it was really fun, we went to Zamar's and started watching Monster's Inc. but we both fell asleep. lol, o well. then this morning we got up at fricken 6 am. UUUGGG! I HATE MORNINGS! and we went to the HS and waited around forever, then went to Blue Cross Arena for Graduation Band. I HATE POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE! iv listened to 10000 songs since then and that song is STILL in my head.anyway, later tonight Sara and I are going to Suf's game at Spry, then Julie and LIBBY are coming over. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! I MISS LIBS SO MUCH! IM SO EXCITED!tomorrow Thomas, Brad, Linz and Eric are doing something YAY! i love hanging out w/ themim out, love teffPS: i love my sister, my grandparents are freaks and i feel SO bad for her. long story short, she got in a fight w/ them WHAT KIND OF MESSED UP FAMILY GETS IN FIGHTS W/ GRANDPARENTS!!!!!! THEIR SPOSE TO SPOIL U AND NEVER YELL! ug
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Two Chris Barber music books from the latter part of the 1950s: twelve tunes in all, plus some photographs. The scanned pages include one sheet of music: the first part of Merrydown Rag, along with a short excerpt from the 1954 recording.
You can also download a PDF file of the sheet music for Hushabye.
An informative article from a 1974 British Sunday newspaper magazine:
Article from a British blues magazine, 1988, featuring an interview with Chris Barber.
Blueprint magazine published an excellent interview-based article in 1994: it's reproduced here by permission of the publisher:
A short 1994 article with some good photos, from Saga magazine:
An article in Dutch, written in 2004, looking back to the recording of "Easy Easy Baby", from the 1959 LP, Chris Barber International, Volume 1: Barber In Berlin.
Thanks to Hans Barth of the Netherlands for providing this article.
Different articles related to the April 2011 release of Chris's double-CD, Memories Of My Trip:


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JBL says he will be returning to WWE television, discusses his mountain climbing plans Jun 11, 2012 - 01:02 PM
WWE star JBL (a/k/a John Layfield) appeared on the The Sam Roberts show on Sunday on the Opie & Anthony Channel on XM 105/Sirius 206. He was asked whether he ever gets the itch to return to WWE. "The itch is there, but not a strong enough itch to get on a plane every week," JBL said. "I love performing and I love the WWE, they've been my family for almost the last two decades. "I'm going to do something on WWE television. We've already agreed. I have no idea what. They don't even know what yet. Don't know (when). They don't even know that. When I started doing this whole seven summits, they said it's very important to appear on WWE television because that helps give a push to what you're doing with the seven summits. And I have no idea if that's just going to be me being backstage or being in character. "It obviously won't be a full-time deal, I'm climbing seven mountains over the next few years. I'm not around very much and I'm in Bermuda most of the time. So I don't want to give people the impression that I'm coming back in any type of full-time role, but I will be on TV, I just have no idea what type of role I will be in whether it's a straight guest appearance or what. They don't know it yet either. They are very busy right now with tons of stuff going on." JBL spoke about his question to climb Mount Everest and attempting to raise money for children in Bermuda. He will be climbing six mountains in preparation and will be updating his social media pages in the process. He praised WWE for their role in the fundraising effort. JBL noted that he intends to climb Mount Everest in 2014. He said he has no climbing experience. He said he can't control how the altitude will affect him, but he is going through an acclimation stage that will help him increase his red blood cell count. He said that it can also be dangerous for those with heart issues can suffer heart attacks of their red blood cell count increases. JBL was asked whether he's the top of person who will make it or die trying. "I hope not," JBL said. However, he added that he is that type of person, yet he promised his wife that he will fight the urge. "I can't say I'm 100 percent going to make it, but I'm going to try." He said the first mountain he is climbing will be an indicator of whether he feels he can climb the other six mountains. You can listen to the full interview at Notsam.com/news/wwes-jbl-talks-to-sam-on-the-sam-roberts-show. Powell's POV: I wonder if JBL's appearance will take place on the 1,000th edition of Raw given that many names from the past are expected to appear. JBL also spoke about his heel WWE work, Chris Jericho's suspension, bullying younger wrestlers during his career including The Miz, and more. Sam noted that his wife bought him an "original, used Goldust outfit" as a wedding gift. He's obviously a big fan and asks good questions and it's a good 26-minute interview.
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I see your flash mark on the HS.
The fact that you had a constant 170v and the large Cap, would indicate is most likely a PWM drive.
You may have to do a bit of reverse-engineering.
It obviously points to one of the solid state components on the heatsink, I would unscrew the fastening screws and remove the HS components one at a time and identify by part number, download the spec sheet, and test them for shorts between pins.


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A small margin of 61 votes decided Sheriff Harris' fate
SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY -- Schoolcraft County Sheriff Grant Harris will stay on the job. By a margin of just 61 votes, the sheriff recall proposal was defeated Tuesday night.
A group of residents, calling themselves the "Recall Committee," believed Harris misused tax payer money and failed to mediate a budget in a timely matter. That's why they put the issue on the August ballot. But, the voters didn't pass it. The sheriff says he was confident the voters would do the right thing. Those with the committee hope other elected officials can learn from this.
"We just want all elected officials to realize that we put them in there, and we'd like them to work in our best interests," said Recall Committee Member, Bonnie Garvin.
"I don't think they had all the facts and really understood the issue. I'm really glad that it's over, and I just want to get on with my job and try to serve the residents of Schoolcraft County," said Sheriff Harris.
Harris has been the Schoolcraft County Sheriff since 2008.


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Advances in technology continue to revolutionize how marketers reach consumers. Businesses are using interactive media to make advertising more relevant to consumers and deliver goods and services more efficiently. The traditional 30-second ad on television is facing competition from emerging trends such as behavioral targeting, advergaming, and in-program advertising. Social networking websites and the explosion of other user-generated content provide businesses new ways to engage the consumer. A number of panels at the Tech-ade Hearings examined these new advertising and marketing developments and considered the competitive benefits and challenges that they bring to consumers and businesses.
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Key Changes Predicted in the Next Tech-ade
Social Networking - Trends and Implications for the Future
User-generated Content - What Does it Mean for Consumers and Marketers?
Marketing and Advertising in the Next Tech-ade
See the Tech-ade Agenda for more information on these panels and for links to the panelists' presentations.
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- Advergames and in-game advertising: A widely adopted innovation in product placement, this category includes both interactive games on an advertiser's website that incorporate the advertiser's products, and also any video game that features a product advertisement. Ads can take the form of product placements similar to those in film and television, banner ads, short pre-roll video ads that appear before games load, or full integration of a product into a game in a way that permits the gamer to interact with the product.
- Behavioral targeting: This marketing technique relies on sophisticated technology to analyze consumers' online activities and provide advertising identified as relevant to their interests.
- Interactive television or "iTV": By creating a "return path" of information back to the broadcaster about consumers' preferences and viewing patterns, interactive television will permit the personalization both of content and advertising for television viewers. Interactive features that are already commonly available include video-on-demand and digital video recording functions. In the future, iTV may allow consumers to alter the content and format of programming, and to purchase items directly through their televisions.
- Mobile marketing: Advertising can be delivered to consumers' mobile devices—such as their cellular phones and PDAs—in a number of formats, including text messages, banner ads, and streaming videos. Mobile marketing that is targeted to consumers based on their location may be possible using GPS technology.
- Search advertising: One of the largest categories of online advertising at present, search advertising involves the purchase of keywords from search engines so that when a consumer runs a search on particular terms, an ad for a company's website will appear in the results, typically as a sponsored link.
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FTC Consumer Alert, Being Frank about Search Engine Rank, September 2002
- Viral, "buzz," and word-of-mouth marketing: A variety of marketing methods rely on pre-existing social networks to increase awareness about a particular product or brand; the rapid communication facilitated by the Internet has enhanced the effectiveness of these techniques. Marketers may encourage consumers to pass along branded messages by offering incentives or by creating appealing, entertaining, or edgy content.
For more information, check out:
A Debate on New Marketing Techniques, October 30, 2006
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Adoption in India is governed by two Acts, the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act (HAMA) and the Guardians and Wards Act (GAWA). The two Acts have many anomalies. Retired justice Leila Seth speaks to Archana Jahagirdar about the need for a special Act:
Q The two laws which govern adoption in India have many lacunae. How can they be improved?
Right now there are two laws, one which applies only to Hindus and the other which applies to non-Hindus. The scope of HAMA limits the number of children that each family can adopt as you can't adopt more than one child of each sex.


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A Quick Overview - The 2,612,000 acre Boise National Forest is located north and east of the city of Boise, Idaho.
Topography: Elevations range from 2,600 to 9,800 feet. The mountainous landscape was developed through uplifting, faulting, and stream cutting. Most of the land lies within the Idaho Batholith, a large and highly erodable geologic formation. Major rivers: Boise and Payette Rivers; South and Middle Fork drainages of the Salmon River. Learn more about the Forest.
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Lucky Peak Nursery - Established in 1959, the Lucky Peak Nursery grows trees, grasses and shrubs for National Forests in Southern Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Western Wyoming, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Seasonal temporary jobs are available in a number of positions. The short videos and brochure highlight employment opportunities. To get started with an application and to view the videos go to the employment opportunities page.
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NEW YORK (AFP) — Struggling US insurance giant American International Group was thrown a lifeline Monday by New York authorities, who said the company could borrow some 20 billion dollars from its subsidiaries.
New York Governor David Paterson said he had called on regulators "to provide the authorization, such that AIG can access 20 billion dollars of its assets through its subsidaries for the purpose of posting these assets as collateral."
Paterson assured reporters at a press conference that the company was financially sound but "right now they are having a liquidity problem as they need immediate access to capital."
The lifeline failed to impress investors though as AIG shares plunged some 61 percent on the stock market on Monday, losing some 20 billion dollars in market value. In just a year, the group has lost 93 percent of its value and is only worth some 12.8 billion dollars.
It has primarily been shaken by fears that it could be the next domino to fall in the worst banking crisis to shake Wall Street since the Great Depression.
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It would be a desperate attempt to stave off the same type of liquidity crisis that has felled Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday.
"I want to underscore the fact that no taxpayer dollars are involved. This is not a government bailout. It is simply giving AIG in effect the ability to provide a bridge loan to itself," Paterson stressed Monday.
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The Lake Wales Arts Council is an organization led by community volunteers. Our mission is to build a community where art and culture thrives, enriching the lives of people. Our vision is to create a vibrant cultural arts destination.
Our volunteers serve in a variety of capacities: creating decorations for our Fourth of July bike parade (left) and serving as hosts and hostesses at various events (below); lending expertise in the fields of accounting, law and marketing; recruiting artists for special events; and organizing events and exhibitions that bring excitement to the Lake Wales community.
Upcoming signature events include:
On Thursday, July 4, 2013, children with bikes, trikes, scooters, wagons, strollers, and parents and grandparents are invited to participate in the second 4th of July Bike Parade.
On Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, Make It Magical will return to downtown Lake Wales with carriage rides, Santa Claus, shopping and fun for the whole family from 5-9 p.m.
On Friday, March 7, 2014, the public is invited to an Art-B-Q beginning at 5 p.m.
On Saturday and Sunday, March 8-9, 2014, the Citizens Bank and Trust 43rd annual Lake Wales Art Show will return to the shores of Lake Wailes from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
The date for the 45th Annual Student Art Show will be announced soon as will the performance schedule for the Lake Wales Chorale.
The 12th annual Marilyn Newell Youth Music Festival will presents students ages 11-18 competing in voice, instrumental and piano for prizes potentially equaling more than $4,500. Each contestant will perform two contrasting selections from the standard classical music repertoire for each category entered.
On Saturday, May 10, 2014, the Bits 'N Pieces Puppet Theatre will present another giant puppet musical.
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I didn't stay at that school for very long, and eventually my family moved again clear across the United States. It was at that point, and at another new school that I began thinking "if I lost the weight then maybe school will be bearable". That was near the end of my freshman year. I've always been enamoured by music and it has always been a prominent part of my life, so for the next year I signed up for marcing band. In my sophomore year I lost around 20 lbs just from the practices and exercise from marching band; I dropped from 240 to 220 (I am 5'5" and a medium frame). I also finally began making friends, and they became the best friends I have had my entire life. Along with music, I've always been academically inclined and being so I was nominated for a Nationally reknown leadership summit in New York City which I attended at the end of my sophomore year. There I met some of the nicest people alive on Earth and it was also in NYC that I lost another 5 lbs (in 10 days) just from all the walking and the restricted eating schedule. I was wearing a very tight 18 jeans and by the end of the trip they were lose and baggy. when I finally got home, estatic about my trip and my weight loss I thought "well if I feel this good after only 5 lbs, how good will I feel at 10 lbs". That summer, I began eating right and exercising. At that point I was so out of shape that I could only do a 20 minute Tae-Bo workout without feeling faint. But it was a starting point. I walked two miles in the morning at the local park, and in the afternoon I did a Tae-Bo workout. I also began cutting out junkfood, soda, and along with my mom restocked the entire kitchen with fruits, veggies, whole grain breads and lean cuts of meat. I also became nutritionally informed on what the average person should take in caloriclly to sustain their weight and what I needed to lose. As I began working out and getting into better shape I rediscovered my long lost love of exercise that I abandoned in my childhood. Granted I was so out of shape that I couldn't work out for a prolonged period of time, I would workout in the morning, recover durring the day, and do it again at night. Some people absolutely abhorred the process of exercising in the weight loss process, but I relished the sweat coming off my forehead and the exercise high became my best friend again. It took nearly a year but eventually I lost 100 lbs and now I am at a very healthy and muscular 142 lbs. At first glace I look to be about 125, but I am in the process of building lean muscle with resistance bands, and Tae-Bo resistance workouts and have gained quite a bit of lean muscle. As I began to become closer and closer to my goal weight I began to eat normally again; treat myself to a dessert once a week, or allow myself my favorite homemade pumpkin bread. Now I am eleated with how I appear and I will never ever go back to the way I was before. I never realized this, but I was never really happy just doing nothing and shoveling food down my throat. But one of my biggest hobbies now is when I exercise (Billy Blanks is my idol; I have at least 10 different Tae-Bo workouts). Even now I have just started a new job at Starbucks and part of the training is coffee tasting and pastry tasting; I can eat a pastry without worrying that I am going to gain weight. Eating right is still a must: very little of no red meat (last time I had it was two-three months ago), lots of fruits and vegetables, healthy whole-wheat breads or rye breads (white bread is nasty, I can't even fathoming eating it anymore), and when I am yearning for sugar I grab a yogurt out of the frige. I am so happy with how I look and just my general outlook on life has changed drastically. My personality has changed and this entire process of change, discovery and realization that I can do anything I would never take back or change for anything. For everyone out there who wants to lose weight, it begins with you. You CAN do it, and you WILL do it if you want to,. Changing your life to a healthy style is the key: not fad dieting, not crazy 500 calorie a day diets, not diet pills (which are nothing more then chemically processed steroids). I will end with a qoute from Billy Blanks who in his workouts and through his passion for life has helped me to change in so many ways "Where I am today is where my mind put me; and where I'll be tomorrow is where my mind put me. So don't give up" |


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