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Well now that the season is over and I've gotten around to watching the final episodes of everything, some thoughts on the six shows I watched this season. Some I had high expectations for, some low; some met those expectations and some didn't. It certainly turned out to be a season of surprises in many regards, in ways both good and bad. But it was a fun season, and now join me as I look back on the 2009-2010 Winter Season and Sora no Woto, Hidamari Sketch: Hoshimitsu, Baka to Test to Shoukanjyuu, Ookami Kakushi, Hanamaru Youchien, and (the first half of) Durarara. Random awards will be given out, limited to shows that started in the past Winter Season.
General Thoughts
Durarara: There tended to be a lot of reversals of expectations this season. Durarara looked like the clear winner series for me, and it was very strong for a long time. However when it reached its midpoint at the end of the season, it felt like it lost a lot of steam. The show promises much, but once the main story completely took over the narrative (as opposed to earlier episodes that were just about the characters, their lives, and their pasts) it started slipping. Especially the big reveal about the origin on the Dollars, which fell completely flat for me. That was supposed to be impressive? It's just a flashmob. However, given it's promise I hope the second half of the season will recharge my interest.
Sora no Woto: Much more than the 'K-ON joins the army' many of us expected, Sora no Woto would have easily been my favorite of the season if it weren't for a very spotty ending. The setting and history of the world was top notch, the characters had a fair amount of depth to them, the mixture of cultures and technologies was cool, and a great mystery seemed like it was always just beneath the surface of everything and everyone. However the ending felt rushed and not in keeping with the realism that was a big part of the show. Much like Crusader, I enjoyed the first eleven episodes immensely, but the ending drags it down a lot.
Ookami Kakushi: A show I only initially had a bit of interest in developed a great mystery despite fairly weak characters. It was a show I eagerly look forward to every week as more was revealed and added to the central mystery…then it destroyed itself in such a thorough and stupid fashion that it felt like they fired the staff and used a random plot points meme generator to finish the rest. I haven't seen a show so completely ruin itself at the last minute like this since Blue Gender or Gundam SEED: Destiny. But then came episode 12. Completely dropping any pretense of plot or seriousness, the show delivered a final gag episode that completely and utterly broke me. Laughing-randomly-for-an-hour-afterwards, send-me-to-the-insane-asylum broke me. It might not be as entertaining if you only saw that episode, but seeing a once good show go bad and then completely throw itself out the window was an amazing sight. Episode 11 was like your computer's hard drives being fried. It really sucks. Episode 12 was your now broken computer suddenly bursting into flames. All you can do is watch it and laugh. Following the series and commenting on RabbitPoets', Blindability's, and Shinmaru's posts made all parts of the experience a lot of fun, and they have my gratitude.
Baka to Test to Shoukanjyuu: Seemed like it might have potential at the start of the series, and boy did it deliver. It rose far above its fairly generic premise and brought me a huge dose of comedy, along with some very SHAFT-like creative visuals and fun characters. Deep it is not, but for pure fun nothing this past season really topped it. Hideyoshi as the 'third gender', DAAAWWW-some Shouko and Himeji, the running gag where the girls paired off Akihisa and Yuuji as a yaoi couple (where the opening image is from) and much more. It's not perfect (Akihisa's sister was meh, Minami's stalker/admirer was a rip-off of Railgun's Kuroko) but it was greatly entertaining.
Hanamaru Youchien: Despite the fear of many, including myself (I described it in the winter preview as a "sign of the End Times"), Hanamaru Youchien did not descend into some even-more perverted Kodomo no Jikan. In fact it was really a very cute and innocent type of comedy. What was even more surprising was that the focus wasn't entirely on the children, and a pretty good relationship between Yamada and Tsuchi developed and played out with almost equal time to the kids' antics throughout the show. Furthermore Gainax was very creative with their varied ED sequences and music, adding another fun element to the show.
Hidamari Sketch: Hoshimistsu: Despite never watching the previous season, I got talked into giving the series a try by Jesus159159159 at Sea Slugs and I did not regret it. A very light and fun comedy driven by some great characters. Two new characters were added for the season, and despite them being a little sparse in terms of screentime at first, they became very well integrated into the show. I'm also a huge sucker for SHAFT's animation style, and I really like the way they used some of their usual techniques with some new ones in the show.
The Awards
Best OP Sequence
Durarara – Uragiri no Yuuyake by Theatre Brook
Nothing else this season could hold a candle to this absolutely amazing OP. The music was great, the kind that gets you fired up for every episode. And the visual flow introduced a large cast of characters well and in a stylish way reminiscent of the opening sequence to the movie Snatch. There hasn't been an OP this good in quite some time, and it's likely to remain on my short list of favorites.
Best ED Sequence
TIE: Baka to Test to Shoukanjyuu – Baka Go Home by Milktub; Hidamari Sketch: Hoshimitsu – Sakura Sakura Saku by Marble.
BakaTest used this one for their first opening, changed it up for a few episodes, and then returned to the original and best. Like Durarara it had some good rock music, and combined it with some cool poses of the male characters. And then for the last episode the different couples were paired up together for more of that GOOD END feeling. Hidamari had an ED sequence with a very different feeling from the show, much more reflective and sentimental than the nearly 100% comedy of the show. Beautiful visuals and transitions combined with a great song that feels perfectly attuned to the theme of friendship that permeates the show. Excellent.
OTP of the Season
Shouko X Yuuji (Baka to Test to Shoukanjyuu)
Shouko was not afraid to use force nor trickery to claim her prize, and for that level of tenacity in the pursuit of love, I salute her. Yuuji may have endured stalking (really, it's just 'deep love') and physical restraint, but he was so tsundere for his consent-is-not-required future bride it was clear he had reciprocating feelings. After their day of being set up by their classmates Yuuji kept it from being so one-sided. I DAAAAWWW'ed several times at this couple, and it was both funny and cute to see their back and forth.
Nihon Hikkikomori Kyoukai Conspiracy Award
Hanamaru Youchien
You may have thought that this was just a Gainax comedy, but the truth is far more insidious. Declining birth rates in Japan have been a major topic of discussion for some time, with an aging population that will be supported by an ever decreasing number of people in their working years. Financial and social collapse looms, and the shadow leaders of Japan have decided to take action. Through their vast conspiracy, these leaders proposed, financed, and green-lit Hanamaru Youchien. By portraying young children as always cute and pleasant and never whiny, messy or annoying, Hanamaru Youchien subtly pushes its viewers to find the prospect of having children more appealing than any tax credit or social welfare scheme possibly could. Just as planned.
Loss of Sanity Points Award
Ookami Kakushi
Sakaki's elaborate and insidious revenge plot was stopped by…being hugged off a cliff. Let me repeat that, because it bears repeating: HE WAS HUGGED OFF A MOTHERFRAKKING CLIFF! Ookami Kakushi self-destructed in such a total and complete manner that everyone was left in either a state of RAEG or with a WTF look on their face for hours afterwards. And then episode 12 just completely changed all the dynamics, threw plot out the window, added a bunch of gag comedy, and had THE COLD-BLOODED ENFORCER OF THE OOKAMI LAW WEARING A PINK RABBIT-FROG OUTFIT. The fits of crazed laughter are coming back just thinking about it.
Legendary Award
Hideyoshi (Baka to Test to Shoukanjyuu)
Awarded for it's impact in the community and for being something we'll be talking about long afterwards. Hideyoshi, the 'third gender', saw the bar set by other traps, stole it, and constructed a system of parallel space elevators to hang it tens of thousands of kilometers above the Earth beyond the reach of all who went before him. Not even Mako-cakes rivals his greatness. The washi pronoun using, lusted after by male classmates, ultra-trap has been responsible for swaying the sexual orientation of Shinn and inspiring a wave of trap-love among viewers. Complete with his own changing room and fanservice shots, Hideyoshi will be the trap that all other traps aspire to in the future.
EO's Favorite Show
Baka to Test to Shoukanjyuu
When I think about my favorite show, it comes down to how much I enjoyed it. I got some incredulous comments when at the end of this past summer season I picked Sora no Manimani over Bakemonogatari as my favorite of that season. Bakemonogatari was definitely better in terms of artistry and witty conversations. It was very close. But I got more enjoyment out of SoraMani. This time Sora no Woto and Durarara were much more original with more developed settings. And Sora no Woto would have clinched the favorite series title if it didn't end as it did. But BakaTest beat out the other contenders because I got the most enjoyment out of it. It had some cool touches to its animation, fun characters, wacky and enjoyable plots, and made me eagerly anticipate every new episode. I'm quite happy to know that a second season is coming sometime in the future.


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Kirui's unofficial time of 27 minutes, 36 seconds ties the fourth-fastest time in race history. It is the first Peachtree victory for the 24-year-old.
The defending men's champion, Sammy Kitwara of Kenya, finished eighth.
The top women's racer was Mamitu Daska of Ethiopia, who also claimed her first victory in the 6.2-mile race on Wednesday. Daska's unofficial time was 32 minutes and 21 seconds.
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Crayons and play-dough - Luckily these items aren't toxic to little ones. The worst outcome is likely to be a little discolored poop! The only danger with these items is if baby happens to get a large chunk, which can be a choking hazard.
Coins - What is it about shiny round objects that babies just can't resist??! Coins are commonly swallowed objects, and most of the time, they pass just fine. If the coin makes it into the stomach, and the child isn't having difficulty breathing, you will likely find it in her diaper within 2-4 days. In most instances, an xray is only necessary if the child develops symptoms (vomiting, difficulty breathing, or pain).
Medication - It happens all the time. Grandma comes to visit, and that container of blood pressure medicine accidentally gets left within baby's reach. If you suspect that your baby has ingested even one pill, no matter if it's a prescription medication or a vitamin, it's best to take her to the emergency department to have her evaluated. Little bodies can have big reactions to even small doses of medicines designed for big bodies.
Poop - Yuck! That explosive diaper, those octopus-hands... more than a baby or two has been known to eat some of their own, to the shock and horror of their parents. In reality, poop is an organic material, and while it does contain bacteria, it's not likely that it will make your baby sick. If it happens, rinse out her mouth with a wet washcloth and use a baby tooth and gum cleanser to clean her mouth. Other than than, no major steps need to be taken.
Grass, flowers, weeds - It seems like an innocent enough thing, to let your baby crawl around or sit on a blanket outdoors on a nice day. I would never discourage that, and if she happens to get a few blades of grass or weeds in her mouth, there's no need to panic. Unless the grass has recently (within the past 8 hours) been treated with a pesticide, there's no need to seek medical attention. The biggest concern, just like a few of the other items, is a choking risk. My son's affinity for mulch is a great example of bulky things that can block their airway.
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Martina, I am glad to hear that the same advice worked for your DD when she was 4 months old! I would love to hear from other mothers who may have had similar experiences with getting their babies to sleep through the night.View Thread
1. Babies are capable of sleeping through the night from 4 months on. This applies to 99.9% of babies, excluding those with medical conditions that might interfere. (Example, I had a patient with both hips, legs casted from his waist down, with a lovely bar between his legs, making it very difficult to find a comfortable position.) Aside from major medical issues of that degree, there is absolutely no reason that babies cannot sleep 10-12 hours a night, without waking, from 4 months on.
2. Parents have to truly want their babies to sleep through the night, in order for this to happen. I am well-aware that many parents desire a family bed, and adhere to an attachment parenting theory. That's absolutely fine, and in these instances, I acknowledge that parents probably aren't looking for their baby to sleep through the night at an early age. You won't catch a judgemental stare from me - I simply recognize that my advice really won't apply in these situations.
3. Rarely have I met a baby who refuses food in the middle of the night. I've been there! The baby that ravenously attacks the breast in the middle of the night when offered - I know her well - she sleeps down the hallway from me! Nighttime eating beyond 4 months is a habit. It doesn't matter how much they appear hungry. Feeding and cuddling feel good to a baby, and there's not one on the planet, that I know of, that will refuse it, if offered.
4. Habits are said to be hard to break for a reason! A baby, older than 4 months, who is still getting middle-of-the-night feedings, will protest if/when you try to shut this down! My oldest daughter has an extremely feisty and persistent personality, even now at the age of 8, and believe me when I tell you that she protested when I stopped offering nighttime feedings to her at 4 months of age! I lost count of how many hours she cried, (and in all honesty, I turned off the monitor!). What I didn't lose count of, was how many nights it took of her crying, before she got the message loud and clear: three. That's right - three nights and she was sleeping through the night. It would have taken much, much longer, had I broken over and "rescued her" and the older a baby is, when they're still waking and feeding at night, the harder that habit is going to be to break.
5. Babies who are not allowed to sleep through the night are chronically sleep-deprived. What does this look like? Here's the picture: a baby who is overly fussy, doesn't nap well during the day, may or may not be gaining weight well, only sleeps in someone's arms or a carseat or swing, and would be described as having a "high-maintenance" personality. Babies who are well-rested, wake up happy, not crying. The more tired a baby is, the more fussy he or she gets. Remember that crying doesn't always signal that they need us to pick them up, cuddle them, or feed them. Sometimes crying is a signal that they're exhausted and need to sleep.
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2. Add to father's height in inches
3. For boys, add 5 inches to that. For girls, subtract 5 inches.
4. Then divide that number by 2.
That will give you your child's predicted adult height in inches. Take in to account that things like nutrition and chronic illnesses can affect this number. Also take into account that this formula is just an estimation, and there is room for error on either side of that number. Have fun with it!View Thread
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A local product who was born in Camarillo, played football at Santa Clara High and has coached for the past 12 years at Rio Mesa High now has his dream job: A head coaching position inside the Oxnard Union High School District.
Mike Moon, 33, has been named the head football coach at Pacifica High, the school announced Wednesday.
After a long stint as an assistant and defensive coordinator at Rio Mesa, he is thrilled to take on his first head coaching assignment.
"Absolutely," he said. "I think it's a great school with great facilities and a strong student base. I'm very excited.
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Pacifica athletic director Ray Camacho agreed.
"He knows the area and the Pacific View League and he has great ties to the youth football programs in Oxnard," said Camacho. "That kind of knowledge made him the ideal choice."
Moon, who teaches at Juan Soria school in Oxnard, will meet with his new players as a group for the first time on Thursday. He used Wednesday morning to inform his former players at Rio Mesa.
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Moon will bring his patented 3-5-5 defense to Pacifica. On offense, he intends to use the pistol offense and will ask a familiar face to direct that unit.
Moon said he will reach out to former head coach Donnie Rea, who stepped down as head coach at the end of the fall season.
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The University of Hawaii and Southern California have contacted the NCAA in an effort to head off possible problems over their scheduled Sept. 2 football season opener.
"These are uncharted waters, so we're trying to alert the NCAA to our position and concerns," said Jim Donovan, UH athletic director. "We'll be in contact with them,"
Terms of USC's recently announced probation prohibit the Trojans from taking advantage of exempted contests during the 2010 and '11 seasons when they are under sanction.
But the Sept. 2 game at Aloha Stadium, which was contracted for in 2001, is - by definition - an exempted contest permitting the Trojans a 13th game, one above the usual NCAA ceiling. And the schools are hoping to head off an 11th-hour cancellation of the game.
The game was moved to Sept. 2, a Thursday, to suit ESPN, which will show the game to help kickoff the college football season. With USC having sold out its last three appearances here, the game figures to be UH's marquee home attraction.
Donovan said he has been told USC has also been in contact with the NCAA regarding the issue. A USC spokesman has refused comment.
Several members of the Division I Committee on Infractions Issues have declined comment on the matter. At least two have referred questions to an NCAA spokesman, who has yet to respond.


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Youth on farms - State Land, Camden Farm
Growing up on a farm was not a walk in the park. In the mornings we had to milk the cows, take them to their grazing land, take a bath and walk a mile to school. By the time we got there, we were exhausted and unable to work productively." says Musa Madlala, a youth from a farm.
"The farm owners wanted us to work for them and not focus on important things like education. At eighteen you were evicted from the farm because the farm owner said you were old enough to support yourself and should therefore leave."
"All these things happened because we were living on privately owned land and were not given the right to challenge the farmer. We worked for lower wages because of our status as labour tenants. We felt inferior and thought we would never do better. These things still happen today with government policies that favour the landowners and government has not provided any basic services."
Musa worked for three years on the farm as a stockman, earning only R350 a month, but he saved his wages and registered for an Executive Secretary's course. After studying, he secured in-service trainingin a land rights organisation and joined the Landless People's Movement.
"Life has improved and I now know my rights, but policies and legislation are not being implemented."
"Our parents are still victims of the landowners, and it is up to the youth to get involved. This will only happen if we receive assistance from the government and other institutions in respect of political education, bursaries, funding and land and human rights workshops."
"Young people on farms have to rise up and fight against any substandard treatment by working hard to better our lives, so that we do not go through the same things that our parents went through."
See Also
AFRA News No. 64 November 2008
AFRA News No. 63 May 2008
AFRA News No. 62 December 2007
Land & Local Government: Implications of Restitution AFRA News No.61 Dec 2006
Land & Local Government: Problem or Potential?(Part 2) AFRA News No. 60 May 2006
Land & Local Government: Problem or Potential? (Part 1) AFRA News No. 59 Jan 2006
Matters of life and death. AFRA News No. 58 Nov 2004
Land Reform: 10 Years on. AFRA News No. 57 May 2004
List of AFRA News Articles: 1988- 2008
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Testimony Before the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Concerning the Merger of Bank One Corporation into J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Good morning. My name is Chris Cole, and I am Regulatory Counsel for the Independent Community Bankers of America, a trade association representing approximately 4600 banks with 17,000 locations nationwide. Nationally, ICBA members hold more than $624 billion in assets and more than $391 billion in loans for consumers and small businesses. We are pleased to have the opportunity to comment on the proposed merger of Bank One Corporation into J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
ICBA continues to be concerned with the continued concentration of banking assets in the United States and the effect this concentration has not only on bank competition but on consumers, small businesses, and communities. This merger will catapult J.P. Morgan Chase into the second largest bank holding company in the United States in terms of assets and, with the consummation of the Bank of America/ Fleet merger, will mean that the top eight financial institutions in this country will control over 50% of total U.S. banking assets. As the FDIC Chairman recently predicted, "we could well see a banking industry with a few institutions having assets in the trillions of dollars, and perhaps only half as many community banks as we have today." This trend has disturbing implications not only for our financial system, but also for consumers, small businesses and communities.
The evidence shows that increased concentration in the banking industry has not benefited bank customers and has not had a positive effect on the convenience and needs of the communities served by the acquired banks. The economies of scale that supposedly justify large bank mergers either do not materialize or are not passed on to customers. For example, large bank mergers often have an adverse effect on consumer deposit pricing and often result in higher fees to consumers. A Harvard study showed that instances of improved operating results after a large bank merger were due primarily to higher re-pricing, not economies of scale, suggesting the use of increased market power by the large banks to raise prices. Year after year, the Federal Reserve's own annual survey of bank retail fees shows that the average fees charged by multi-state banks are significantly higher than those charged by single-state banks. We therefore urge the Board to examine closely the effect that this merger will have on deposit pricing and fees in areas where the merger partners overlap such as in Texas and Florida, and whether consumers will be adversely impacted by the merger.
Bank mergers and large bank consolidation often have an adverse effect on small business lending which is a key engine for sustaining the U.S. economy. Commercial banks are the leading suppliers of credit to small businesses and community banks account for 34 percent of all commercial bank small business loans, which is more than twice the community banks' share of total banking assets. In contrast, the large banks tend to devote much smaller portions of their assets to small business lending. Mergers involving small banks tend to increase small business lending while mergers of large banks tend to reduce it.
For instance, a study issued two months ago by the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy shows that that small businesses receive less bank credit on average in regions with a large share of deposits held by the largest banks. The report found that access to credit by small businesses is significantly affected by bank consolidation and that this was forcing many small businesses to turn to non-bank suppliers of credit to fulfill their needs. Small Texas farmers have reported that large bank mergers in that state affect agriculture lending, often resulting in the termination of an important source of credit particularly in those rural communities where there are not many agricultural lenders.
Along with consumers and small businesses, it is often the case that local communities are also adversely impacted when statewide banks are acquired by large, national bank franchises located outside the state. The new, larger bank seldom has the same commitment as the acquired bank to the local communities and to local charities and civic groups. ICBA thinks that the large, national banks like J.P. Morgan Chase should be examined locally under the CRA-as community banks are examined--instead of simply at the main office of the bank. That way, the banking agencies can tell whether the national bank's CRA program is actually impacting the local community.
However, the biggest concern to regulators by this mega-merger should be the fact that trillion dollar financial institutions pose systemic risks to our financial system. Citigroup, Bank of America and J.P. Morgan Chase following this merger will have, in total, more than $3.5 trillion in assets and will control approximately 35% of total banking assets. Former Federal Reserve Board Governor Larry Meyer warned after the passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in 1999, noting, "The growing scale and complexity of our largest banking organizations…raises as never before the potential of systemic risk from a significant disruption in, let alone failure of, one of these institutions."
We note that the Bank Holding Company Act, as amended by the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act in 1994, prohibits the Federal Reserve Board from approving an interstate transaction that would result in the acquirer holding more than 10% of the total amount of deposits of insured depository institutions in the United States. Following the merger, J.P. Morgan will have approximately 6.7% of the nation's deposits. However, under the law, the Federal Reserve Board is also required to respect state deposit caps. J.P. Morgan Chase's market share will not be near the state deposit caps of Colorado (25%), Kentucky (15%) or West Virginia (25%) but will exceed the Texas cap of 20% if the deposits in Texas as of the date of its Federal Reserve application are counted.
In its application to the Federal Reserve Board, J.P. Morgan Chase claims that over $20 billion of deposits in that state are "national" deposits located in Houston, Texas and should not be counted as Texas deposits. J.P. Morgan Chase argues that these deposits are for national securities services or for mortgage escrow services and should be excluded not only from any statewide analysis of merger, but also on the likely impact the merger would have on the Houston bank market. We understand that J.P. Morgan Chase has already moved some of these deposits to branches outside of Texas. If the deposits were counted, J. P. Morgan Chase would not only exceed the 20% cap in Texas but would have a 46% share of the deposits in the Houston market, which would be well in excess of antitrust guidelines.
ICBA hopes that both the Texas Bank Commissioner and the Federal Reserve will examine J.P. Morgan Chase's claim carefully. Large banks should not have the ability to re-characterize their local deposits as "national" or move them to another state in order to comply with the state deposit caps or to resolve an antitrust issue. More specifically, if J.P. Morgan Chase used those deposits in Texas for a period of time so that it could increase its lending activity in that state, it should not have the ability to re-characterize them as national deposits or move them from Texas to another state in order to comply with the Texas state deposit cap or to resolve a competition problem in the Houston banking market.
Furthermore, we hope that if any divestitures do take place in Texas or any other states, that the Federal Reserve will make sure that community banks have the opportunity to be involved in the bidding process. Sometimes, large banks exclude community banks from the bidding process in a divestiture so we hope that the regulators will assure community bank access to any bidding process.
In summary, we urge the Federal Reserve Board to examine the impact this merger will have on consumers, small businesses and communities and the risk that these mega-mergers pose to our financial system. We also hope that the regulators review J.P. Morgan Chase's compliance with the Texas state deposit cap and, if divestitures are needed, will assure community bank access to the bidding process.
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If you're wondering what the "NFFC" stands for, it stands for No Fuss Fudge Cake, which I blogged about early this year. To me, it's the easiest, most versatile, adjustable, nicest tasting cake recipe I've ever come across. I got the recipe from a forum I belonged to a while ago and I have made it into so many different combinations. I've made cupcakes, muffins, bar cakes, ring cakes, sheet cake and even a Swiss Roll once. You can chop and change ingredients to make it into just about anything. In my original post, I had made it into a Black Forest Cherry Cake.
I was actually challenged by a girlfriend of mine, after I mentioned to her that I was craving a Lemon Meringue Cupcake. She suggested the good old NFFC and she'd know as she's made just as many, if not more, different combinations than I have. I thought about the lemon meringue and remembered my husband doesn't like it and I don't think the kids would eat the lemon butter. I also am on the last of my apples that I got from the farmer a few months back. I made up some Spicy Apple & Walnut Muffins the other day and they turned out lovely and moist from the use of the apple puree so I decided to use apple puree again in the NFFC in place of the oil that's in the cake.
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Another good turnout including a wider variety of users met with FWP folks in Bozeman last night. One new topic discussed was the lower Madison's famous 'tuber hatch' – the summertime inner tube/air mattress/raft non-angling, sun-loving college crowd enjoying lazy floats from the BLM Warm Springs put-in to FWP's Black's Ford take-out.
Both landowners and land management agencies have tried to keep up with this popular pastime: The BLM reworked the Warm Springs access site, paving, striping for parking, creating alternate launch ramps, and improving the latrines. At Black's Ford, FWP has added dumpsters at peak times to provide ample waste management. There is only so much both agencies can do to absorb the increasing 'splash-and-giggle' recreational use level and attendant drinking, overflow parking, and occasional conflict with other uses on the water and at the access points.
Clearly, this is quite a different situation from the angling use popular on the upper Madison, but it shares at least one obvious common requirement: Improved specific data on who is doing what, where, and when.
One college student asked FWP representatives if they had conducted any surveys on the lower Madison keyed to non-commercial, non-angling recreation. Aside from one 'on-site' survey conducted in 2009 that included the stretch from Warm Springs to Black's Ford, the department told her they had no firm numbers on how many folk, primarily residents, are using either access point and when they are floating.
Gaps in specific data on nonresident angling in the upper Madison mirror the lack of data on this non-angling user group on the lower Madison. When asked about this need for adequate information to help guide the upcoming management discussion process, FWP Region 3 Chief, Pat Flowers, noted he was satisfied with the current data available and had no plans for further surveys or data-gathering instruments.
To his credit, he noted that if the Citizen's Advisory Committee (CAC) requested further information on use and user levels in specific areas at specific times, the department would do its best to comply.
Another point common to this river management process was brought up by a resident angler. Noting the frequent questions and concerns from outfitters and business owners who may be impacted by social controls, he wondered aloud about the resident angler in all this, asking if the CAC selection would be 'slanted against the resident walk-wading angler.'
Charlie Sperry briefly discussed the planning process rules, pointing out the variety of representatives who would be selected for the CAC. Pat Flowers went on to explain his intent to create an 'interest-based consensus-driven' discussion of concerns and possible solutions.
Interest-based means most particular interests will be represented; consensus-driven means all represented interests must be considered in all decisions. No ganging-up, no obvious voting blocs, no majority rule. These two principles are central to the success of this planning method.
FOAM has long promoted these core concepts, and welcomed Flower's reiteration of his commitment to their implementation in the Madison management discussion. Flower's experience with many other resource, wildlife, and social issues that were successfully resolved through interest-based consensus-driven proposal and resolution discussions underscores the importance of his promoting these key modes in the Madison process.
Now, if we had sufficient data to augment meaningful discussion in a cooperative atmosphere, we will be well on the way to another success.


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Can-Can (film)
theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Walter Lang
|Produced by
|Jack Cummings
Saul Chaplin
|Written by
|Dorothy Kingsley
Charles Lederer
|Based on
|Abe Burrows
(stage musical)
|Frank Sinatra
Shirley MacLaine
Maurice Chevalier
Louis Jourdan
|Music by
|Cole Porter
|William H. Daniels
|Edited by
|Robert L. Simpson
|Distributed by
|Twentieth Century-Fox
Release dates
Running time
|131 minutes
|United States
|Box office
|$4.2 million (US/ Canada rentals) [2]
Can-Can is a 1960 musical film made by Suffolk-Cummings productions and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Walter Lang, produced by Jack Cummings and Saul Chaplin, from a screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley and Charles Lederer, loosely based on the musical play by Abe Burrows with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, with some songs replaced by songs from earlier Porter musicals. Art direction was by Jack Martin Smith and Lyle R. Wheeler, costume design by Irene Sharaff and dance staging by Hermes Pan. The film was photographed in Todd-AO. It was, after Ben-Hur, the top grossing film of 1960, although it was a box office disappointment failing to make back its production costs.
The film stars Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jourdan, and introduced Juliet Prowse in her first film role. Sinatra, who was paid $200,000 along with a percentage of the film's profits, acted in the film under a contractual obligation required by 20th Century Fox after walking off the set of Carousel in 1955.
Musical score[edit]
The film contains what critics now consider some of Cole Porter's most enduring songs, including "I Love Paris", "It's All Right With Me", and "C'est Magnifique." At the time of the show's premiere in 1953 however, many critics complained that Porter was now turning out material far below his usual standard. Some of the songs from the original Broadway musical were replaced by other, more famous Porter songs, including "Let's Do It", "Just One of Those Things" and "You Do Something to Me." "I Love Paris" is sung by the chorus over the opening credits, instead of being sung in the actual story by MacLaine. A version by Sinatra and Chevalier, however, was featured on the movie soundtrack album.
Sinatra and Chevalier filmed the song "I Love Paris" but it was cut in previews when the studio realized it slowed the film down. A photo of the sequence can be found in a New York Times Magazine article from Feb 21,1960. The song takes place shortly after Act Two opens in the scene where Chevalier visits Sinatra in a nightclub.
Plot alterations[edit]
The plot of the musical was also revised. In the stage version, the judge was the leading character. In the film, it is the lover (Sinatra) of the nightclub owner (Shirley MacLaine) who is the lead, and the judge (played by Louis Jourdan) forms the other half of a love triangle not found in the play. The character of Paul Barriere, a non-singing supporting part on stage, was plumped up and given two songs for Maurice Chevalier .
International controversy[edit]
During the filming, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev famously visited the 20th Century Fox studios[3] and was allegedly shocked by the goings-on. He took the opportunity to make propagandistic use of his visit and described the dance, and by extension American culture, as "depraved" and "pornographic."[4]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Academy Awards, 1961:
- Nominated – Best Costume Design
- Nominated – Best Original Music Score
Golden Globe Awards, 1961:
- Nominated – Best Motion Picture, Musical
Grammy Awards, 1961:
- Winner – Best Motion Picture Soundtrack
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p252
- ^ "All-Time Top Grossers", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 69
- ^ Time Staff (September 21 1959). "National Affairs: Can-Can Without Pants?" TIME Magazine
- ^ Linnell, Greg. "'Applauding the Good and Condemning the Bad': The Christian Herald and Varieties of Protestant Response to Hollywood in the 1950s" Journal of Religion and Popular Culture Vol. 12: Spring 2006
External links[edit]
- Can-Can at the Internet Movie Database


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Heeding Proverbs 17:28, I've been keeping my thoughts to myself about the upcoming presidential race.
The notion that "Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues," is pretty sound advice.
But I've finally had enough. No, it's not soliciting phone calls, mass mailings, polls or a daily bombardment of e-mails that have me at the breaking point.
I am a teenager. I stay up too late; I wake up too late. I get emotional. I don't want my parents circling me like hawks, and I definitely don't want them to try to tell me what to do, especially behind the wheel. However, now that students are back into the school routine, it's time for everyone to pay attention to teen safety on the road.
Our state is on the front end of what should be a huge fight about ethics reform.
To say this fight is important to the future of our state is like saying an oasis is important to a man in the desert. Our duty, as citizens with a huge stake in the outcome of this contest, will be to ensure that the reform we wind up with this time isn't just another political mirage. And that's going to take what one well-respected South Carolinian recently called cojones.
Following are the contested races in the Nov. 6, 2012, general election
Lancaster County Sheriff
u Barry Faile (D-i)
u Scott Case (R)
Lancaster City Council
* District 3
u Linda
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u Jackie Harris
* District 4
u Tamara Green
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u Jean S. Cureton
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* District 5
u Kathy Sistare (D-i)
u Steve Harper (R)
In a matter of weeks, voters have to make some important choices. Who will lead our nation? Who will represent us in Congress? Who will be our new state legislator?
Locally, voters will choose a sheriff, a County Council member and two City Council members.
For the past 20 years, I have worked in the health-care field in one capacity or another, including the insurance side, the managed care side, the provider side and now the financial side. I have an inside idea how the new law will impact physicians, hospitals and patients.
The law will require states to basically accept everyone under the Medicaid program. On the surface, I think we can all agree that sounds great – everyone is covered and no one is without insurance.
South Carolina used to be known as the "good roads state." That's no longer so. Most people recognize this, but perhaps not the reasons why.
A few months ago, a bank contacted a local area agency on aging to speak to an ombudsman regarding a customer's overdrawn checking account. After looking into the situation, it soon became evident that a staff member from a long-term care facility had befriended a resident who had vision and hearing difficulties.
Labor Day weekend was quite a treat for me, especially that Sunday.
I was aboard Air Force One and I visited the Oval Office, just a few feet from the president's famous desk.
You might find that hard to believe, and if I tell you I wasn't even in Washington, you are probably scratching your head more than an undecided voter.
OK, I'll let you in on what went down.
My family and I visited the American Presidential Experience,, billed as a "nonpartisan interactive exhibit of the American Presidency."
I write in response to "Activists resort to equal opportunity scare tactics" by Keith Brann in the Sept. 7 edition of The Lancaster News.
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Green: I think dogs prefer those who whisper to them. They don't like yelling much.
What kind of dogs did you get from there? That's intriguing?
And random: Hampsters freak me out. idk why. Maybe it's their little claws, and mischevious looks.
Mom to Kaden - 6-25-09 and Ross - 9-20-12; Wife to Donnie - 08-13-11
Posted 11/23/2012
Adk, a type of ma st i ff native to Africa. I know the word looks all weird but I did that in purpose. Just remove the spaces. The dog people like to stalk me on the Internet and I am really anal about keeping my personal info away from the dog people. There are some nice people in the community, but some of the others are just downright nasty.
Posted 11/23/2012
I don't really like hamsters either. So I have no idea why I have developed this need to go get one. Ugh. I don't want to take care if anything else.
Posted 11/23/2012
My 2.5 year old is going for her first hair cut tomorrow! I'm really excited! I'm not sure if it's something to get excited over though? Lol! I'm also getting lo's ears pierced.
J 07/04, E 05/10, and A 09/12
Posted 11/23/2012
Krusty that's very sweet of you. Maybe I need to start couponing but I'll use the credit card tomorrow woo debt!
ginnybellorjp · Original Poster
Posted 11/23/2012
And we're awake & eating. My then to eat next.
Anybody else's LO sleep like crap last night, or is mine the only one who missed the memo about sleeping six hours straight?
Anybody else's LO sleep like crap last night, or is mine the only one who missed the memo about sleeping six hours straight?
ginnybellorjp · Original Poster
Posted 11/23/2012
I was given two white mice from some guy friends for my 16th birthday worst present ever. I kept waiting for them to die
Posted 11/23/2012
MA I have been lurking, but work gets me up before 430 and home after 4 so Ive been using all my free time doing dishes, laundry, and oh yeah ... Sleep. Lol
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Veteran Doctor Retires from IFHS Clinic
Wednesday, July 17 2013
After 35 years, Doctor Don Hudson is leaving the Iliuliuk Clinic. During that time the facility transitioned from a frontier medical outpost to a modern health center, and Hudson didn't just watch the transition -- he helped make it happen.
Hudson started working in Unalaska in 1978, right at the beginning of what he calls the "crazy fishing days."
"In the old clinic, that stretch in front of the school, we used to have fishermen lined up in the street, trying to get in the clinic. It was not unreasonable to see 100 people in a day."
The fishermen weren't coming in with runny noses either. Hudson says they saw all kinds of serious ailments.
"I don't think we missed much. Everything from bad behavior, psychotic behaviors to fishing hooks through everything and all sorts of broken things. A lot of fights."
As the fishing industry continued to grow, Hudson says it became clear that the town needed a bigger clinic. He remembers some of the early conversations about it.
"Henry Swanson. Well, Henry and I were sitting up here drinking coffee, and Henry was telling me the story about how he used to swim in this little pond, and I said 'You know, I think this is the most beautiful place in the entire world. If I had my choice, I'd put my clinic right here.'"
Eventually, Hudson got his wish. Not only did the clinic end up in the spot he had hoped -- he got to help design it.
"We didn't realize how underbuilt we were. We thought we had overbuilt at the time."
In the new clinic, Unalaska was at the forefront of the emerging field of telemedicine. The setup connected the clinic to doctors in Anchorage, Seattle and Denver, and Hudson says it was pretty different from what's used today.
"The TV was huge. The TV and cart were probably the 60-inch LED equivalent that you see today -- and it was pretty fuzzy. But we could put two sites on the same screen, so we could actually see two different sites, and then we could listen to a third."
These days, most of what Hudson does is via telemedicine. Although his title at the clinic is medical director, he lives in Anchorage, and only comes to Unalaska quarterly. The rest of the time, he monitors the clinic and emergency services from afar, reviewing patient files and incident reports remotely.
"I'm the guy that just kind of looks at everything. What I'm doing right now is that I'm going over charts, of everybody's -- and I look at them from the standpoint of what did the patient complain about, what was done, what did the provider see, what did they do, and then I can look at the next two to three visits to make sure they got better."
That job will be someone else's responsibility starting in November. Hudson says his wife has had some health problems in recent years.
"And I really like my wife, so we're going to spend some more time together. So I'm getting rid of some things that are in the outlier, because this takes a lot of time."
Hudson will retain his ties to several other clinics in the state, but says his primary focus will be on a project closer to home -- a private venture that uses a hyperbaric chamber to treat various ailments and injuries.
"For an ER doc, who never got the chance to see people improve, to be able to watch people on a daily basis get better -- it's pretty exciting."
When Hudson leaves, it will be end of his position, one of the last holdovers from the early, frontier days. The clinic is planning to divvy up his responsibilities among in-house providers and outside consultants, rather than trying to find another do-it-all doctor.


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February 27, 2014
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Tough times for college grads
Bjorn Burke, Staff Reporter
Tough economic times are even tougher on bright-eyed college graduates who are optimistic about finding a job.
The plight of the unemployed college graduate is noted as our universities produce several worthy candidates on the figurative education assembly line, resulting in the backup of a tall order of degree holders at the graduate hub, shipped out to a sputtering economy.
One university graduate, who has been forced to go nine months without employment after graduation, says she knows this all too well. She further told THE STAR that she has sent out numerous job applications to several entities without success.
Figures from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica show that some 57,600 persons aged 20-24 were unemployed up to October of last year. It goes without saying that a sizeable portion of these individuals are college alumni.
Tanya Francis-Thomas, senior administrative assistant at the Office of Placement and Career Services at the University of the West Indies, Mona, told THE STAR that they do all they can to ensure that their students and alumni are put in good stead to go forth into the world of work.
"We have a lot of programmes in place to groom our students, and to bridge the gap between student and employer," she said.
She further explained that their services far exceed just finding jobs for students and alumni, but rather preparing them holistically with job seeking skills from the day of matriculation to successfully landing the job.
The National Youth Service (NYS) recently launched their Graduate Work Experience Programme (GWEP), poised to provide a solution to the high unemployment rate among college alumni.
Attempts made to reach NYS Marketing Manager, Coreine Rainford, for comment on the programme's progress were unsuccessful.
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RN Re-entry Update Course
Class Session: RN Re-entry Update - NRS E88Tuition: $1,135 (Textbooks Not Included)
The RN Re-entry Update course is designed for RNs with an active IL license who have been away from the clinical setting for a period of time. The course includes: current role of the nurse, nursing process, basic pharmacology, medication administration, IV, phlebotomy, documentation, quality and legal issues. The theory component is online and there is also a skills lab and clinical component. The clinical experience is done at a nearby hospital with a RN preceptor. Health requirements, criminal background check, and current CPR is required for the clinical component of the course. Required nursing texts for the course can be purchased at the Triton College bookstore. Triton offers an online payment plan.
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Dr. Hughes is a full-time faculty member at Triton College with 13+ years of teaching experience in nursing fundamentals, mental health, medical-surgical, and nursing management and leadership. Dr. Hughes was awarded her doctoral degree from Capella University in 2007; her research focus was the influence multiple intelligences on nursing student retention. Most recently Dr. Hughes has presented workshops on Concept Mapping a Tool to Enhance Critical Thinking and Test Taking Strategies for nursing students.Dr. Hughes developed and is currently teaching online courses in nursing leadership and management at Triton College. In addition, she has developed nursing curriculum for Capella University PhD Nursing Education specialization program and is currently teaching as an adjunct faculty for Northern Illinois Online Initiative for Nursing (NIOIN), Illinois' first online nursing program.
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Jury Sentences Robber to 60 Years
Updated: 06/18/2009 - A Calvert man who held up a pair of Bryan businesses is sentenced to 60 years in prison.
Updated: 06/18/2009 - A Calvert man who held up a pair of Bryan businesses is sentenced to 60 years in prison.
Updated: 06/18/2009 - It's an identification that brings closure to an unsolved case. An hopefully, a Grimes County family.
Updated: 06/19/2009 - It's supposed to be a safe place for children, but a child's safety at a College Station day camp was in jeopardy when the little boy couldn't be found at pick up. What makes things worse is the 7 year old boy is autistic. The parents describe what happened as so horrible, they were left to make a tough decision.
Updated: 06/18/2009 - A long-time College Station policeman will be heading up the department while the city looks for a new police chief.
Updated: 06/19/2009 - News 3 has learned that West Telemarketing in Bryan will lay off about 25% of it's workforce.
Updated: 06/18/2009 - Release the hounds! The Bryan Police Department has two new K-9 patrol teams on the streets.
Updated: 06/18/2009 - Plan on street closures and limited parking for the 3rd annual Texas Reds Steak and Grape Festival.
Updated: 06/19/2009 - Guaranty Bank of Navasota is now accepting donations for the family of 16-year-old Jessica Mattern.
Updated: 06/17/2009 - Neighbors told News Three they were scared to walk or even drive by a house at the corner of 2nd & Rogers Streets in Normangee. Now the man behind a Normangee drug compound is going to prison.
Updated: 06/17/2009 - If you own pets or have a neighbor who does, Bryan is proposing changes that could affect you.
Posted: 06/17/2009 - In the wake of Elsa Murano's resignation as Texas A&M's president, another top official has decided to step back into a faculty role on campus.
Updated: 06/18/2009 - He was born in Hearne, grew up in Navasota and attended Texas A&M. Now, Bowen Loftin is the university's interim president. The task at hand: guide one of the nation's largest institutions forward in the midst of economic and leadership turmoil.
Updated: 06/17/2009 - In the summer of 1963, my father, who had nothing more than a first-grade education, ordered me to drive to College Station and enroll in Texas A&M College. Our family was the definition of dirt poor.
Updated: 06/18/2009 - The mother of an 8-year-old Texas girl believes it was more than miscommunication that resulted in her daughter being one of two unaccompanied minors who were placed on wrong Continental Express flights over the weekend.
Updated: 08/11/2010 - 1660 people signed a petition to put College Station's red-light cameras on the November ballot. Now Jim and Lori Ash must verify that 850 signers are registered College Station voters.
Updated: 06/16/2009 - A red-letter day for an area post office in danger of being stamped out. A contract has been signed by the US Postal Service that will keep the Kurten post office open for business.
Updated: 06/16/2009 - A prestigious title and responsibility comes for a member of the A&M Health Science Center.
Updated: 06/16/2009 - Bond has finally been set again for a jailed financial exec accused of having illegal images and videos.
Posted: 06/16/2009 - Authorities are hoping clothes hold the key to bringing burglary suspects to justice in Madisonville.
Updated: 06/16/2009 - You don't need a thermometer to know it's been hot. Several areas of the Brazos Valley even reached 100 degrees Tuesday. Imagine if it was that hot inside your home. That's what happened to a College Station woman who said enough is enough
Updated: 06/16/2009 - What was supposed to be a fun-filled, family event at Lake Bryan turned to horror Sunday night when Ziarria Davis, 5, vanished. Her family's worst fears came true Monday, when search and rescue crews found her body.
Updated: 06/16/2009 - R. Bowen Loftin, the interim president of Texas A&M University, issued a statement to the Aggie family Tuesday.
Posted: 06/16/2009 - Madison and Lee County commissioners have enacted burn bans.
Posted: 06/16/2009 - As summer begins, DPS reminds teens to play it safe while driving. In the U.S., motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teens.
Updated: 06/16/2009 - The new interim president of Texas A&M says it is a "privilege" to serve his alma mater.


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Bowdoin vs. Colby
May 4, 2002
|Simon Mckay
|(3, 0)
|Teddy Scholhamer
|(2, 0)
|Hunter Walter
|(0, 2)
|Micah Moreau
|(1, 0)
|Josh Allen
|(1, 0)
|Pj Prest
|10 (0.500)
|Current Record
|go to Bowdoin page
|Blake Grosch
|(1, 2)
|Ryan Kane
|(2, 1)
|Barron Butler
|(0, 2)
|Bill Spencer
|(2, 0)
|Chris Larson
|(2, 0)
|Josh Cleaver
|(2, 0)
|Ben Winston
|(0, 1)
|Matthew Roland
|(0, 1)
|Trenholm Boggs
|(1, 0)
|John Shea
|13 (0.650)
|Current Record
|go to Colby page
|The Game Story:
| MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - Colby advanced to the NESCAC Championship by
defeating Bowdoin 10-7 this afternoon. The White Mules will take on
Middlebury tomorrow at 12:00 at Youngman Field.
Ryan Kane gave Colby an early 1-0 lead but Bowdoin answered quickly on a goal by Simon McKay to knot the game at one. The Polar Bears found the back of the net two more times in the first quarter to take a 3-1 lead. Josh Cleaver scored with 27 seconds remaining in the quarter to bring the White Mules within one. Five different Colby players scored in the second quarter to give the White Mules a 7-4 half-time lead. In the third quarter, the White Mules tallied two more, while Bowdoin was unable to score. The Polar Bears scored three consecutive goals in the fourth quarter to come within two but Cleaver tallied his second goal of the game to seal the 10-7 win. Kane, Cleaver, Chris Larson and Bill Spencer each scored two goals apiece for Colby. McKay netted three goals for Bowdoin, while Teddy Scholhamer scored two.
In goal, John Shea made 13 saves for the White Mules, while P.J. Prest made 10 saves for the Polar Bears.


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Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
The Casa Grande National Monument in Arizona features the Casa Grande, a "Great House" of the Hohokam people that lived in the Gila Valley from approximately 300 CE to 1450 CE. The Casa Grande is one of the largest prehistoric structures ever built in North American and the structure's purpose remains mysterious despite extensive archaeological excavation. Needless to say, it carries powerful intrigue for the modern-day visitor. Walk around the Casa Grande structure and wander the desert landscape that surrounds the site to expose yourself to the mystery of America's ancient human history.
—Caroline Griffith
If You Go
Be sure to explore the impressive desert of the southern Arizona. Native plants of the Gila Valley include cactus fruits, agave hearts, and the creosote bush.
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On Nov. 11, 2006, Axl and GNR took the stage at The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. "Michael had asked [me to perform]," Axl told People. "We actually used a sample of Michael J. Fox from [his film] 'Casualties of War' in one of our songs that will be on the new album. So I felt, one, I've always been a fan of his. And I also feel for the guy and his situation. I'm for stem-cell research, so I just thought it would be wrong not for me to come when I was asked."
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How to tie a half-bow scarf
To tie the half-bow scarf, you should first loop the scarf around your neck and tie once– like the first step of tying your shoelaces. Then, take one side of the scarf and make a one loop, as if you were only tying one side of the bow on your shoes. Take the longer section of the scarf and wrap it in front and then behind the entire scarf, next to your neck. Fluff the loop afterwards to taste. This is a variation on this half-bow scarf tutorial. Check the video link if you have any trouble.
How to tie a scarf bow
Wrap the scarf around your neck and make sure both ends are even. Then, tie the scarf just as you would tie any bow. You need a longer scarf for this one.
How to braid a scarf
Although it looks complicated, this scarf style is easy to tie. Just double up the scarf and wrap it around your neck. Take one end and thread it through the loop, rotate the loop, and then thread through the other end.
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How to tie the half-bow cinch
With the center of the scarf on the front of your neck, wrap the ends around your neck and back to the front. Then tie the ends together and bring one end up in a loop like tying a "bunny ear" on your shoelaces. Tighten and fluff.
How to tie the knotted loop
How to tie a muffler scarf
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How to tie the slip knot ascot
Tie a regular slip knot and then take one end of the scarf and tuck it around and back into the loop.
How to tie the simple double knot
How to tie the neck rosette
Take a skinny scarf and wrap it around your neck. Start twisting the scarf until it curls and then start wrapping the scarf around itself. Tuck in the ends.
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