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A most unusual word going back to the 17th century.
transmogrify (v.)
"to change completely," 1650s, apparently a perversion of transmigure, from transmigrate, perhaps influenced by modify. Related: Transmogrified; transmogrifying. (Online Etymological Dictionary)
A bit misterious, and I'd love to see Doc bring the heavy artillery on it.
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I second Perry's suggestion of transmogrify as a Good Word. I first encountered this word in a graduate computer science class at SMU in the early 1960s. A lot of computer algorithms qualified as transmogrifications in those days. No doubt some do today, but the discipline has become better disciplined as it has matured.
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Kathleen Parker used the word today in her column. All of a sudden it's all over place.
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Ney'tiri is so awesome :) And who better as a blue skinned humanoid with a tail than a draenei? And of course, the irony... Navi making a Na'vi? :D
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Ney'tiri is so awesome :) And who better as a blue skinned humanoid with a tail than a draenei? And of course, the irony... Navi making a Na'vi? :D
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2:00pm was a long time coming! Yay! It's beautiful and clever! Really great costume, see you just needed the right movie. Now I've got to watch it again!ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm glad you approve! I hope Matty likes it, even though it's not a mog...Delete
You can wear leather as a hunter if you are under 40! :DReplyDeleteReplies
I had considered that, BUT I have some level 90 gear in there ><Delete
The outfit is great Navi!ReplyDelete
And don't worry about it not being a "real" mog...Matty's rules stated that this contest was more about the costumes we could put together and didn't have to follow the normal transmog rules...like mail & leather mixed, no helm or shoulders and so on.
So, YAY, bask in the joy of putting together an outfit that represents Ney'tiri so well!Replies
Thanks Thel! I didn't realise that was part of Matty's rules (duh, I guess I'm not reading properly ><) but I'm glad that it still managed to fit in. I'm happy it turned out, and you guys saying it's ok is even more encouraging.Delete
That looks really nice! I loved the Avatar movie, so I think that was a great choice ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Saga! <3 Ohh, that reminds me....Delete
Bravo, Navi! Everything works together perfectly!ReplyDeleteReplies
TY Kam! IF you like it, it must be ok!Delete
Of course you're not stupid! Like anything, things take practice but your costume shows how well you did. I'm glad you put up something with the rest of us.ReplyDelete
The colours and pieces work really well together.Replies
I always admire your costume skills :) That you think this one is ok, that really means a lot!Delete
Oh my God Navi - this is efffffing AWESOME/crashes to floor in swoon!ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh I'm so glad you approve! I didn't want to disappoint you on your birthday :)Delete
This is great :D. I have to add that Navi mogging a na'vi is an awesome concept in itself and I would say your outfit certainly did it justice.ReplyDeleteReplies
I dont know what to do for the other 2!Delete
It's perfect, Navi! :D I love Ney'tiri!ReplyDeleteReplies
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This is always fun. Great for making miniature Christmas trees as well. And of course it's fun to drink the wine to provide the materials!
#MeTime: Cork Wall Art
Have a bunch of corks you're not sure what to do with? We have a bunch of fun ideas! Today's idea: create wall art. (Disclaimer: you'll need a lot of corks for this project!) 1. Pick a word! We used "wine" but you can do names, phrases...whatever you'd like to see in your home. 2. Gather up your corks. 3. Set them on their ends, creating letters. It's easiest to do this on the floor! 4. Once you have your letters created, break out your hot glue gun & start gluing the cork together on their edges (where the words are.) If you make a mistake, quickly pull apart the corks & reset them to where you want them. (note: synthetic corks don't work as well! Use as many real corks as possible.) 5. To make the heart, do the same process as the letters. This one is a little more difficult to get the right shape. You may need to move corks around until you have made a heart shape. You can also cut a heart out of paper and arrange the corks on it before gluing. To get the gradient effect that we have, find corks with different levels of wine stain on the ends. 6. There are a couple of different ways you can hang these on the wall. You can just hammer nails into the wall where you want each letter. The letters are light, so they should hang nicely from the nail. For a more secure hanging, hot glue picture hanging hardware onto the back of the letters & affix to the wall per the directions. 7. Pop open a bottle of your favorite Sutter Home wine to celebrate your new wall art! Cheers!


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The Details: Barcelona, Spain; May 22–26
The Performers: Phoenix, Blur
The Look: Björk's closet in a blender. Play off low-key basics with a hint of European cred, like this psychedelic Emilio Pucci jacket. Then add grunge-inspired boots made for dancing through the crowds of more than 100,000.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. – It was a difficult Friday evening for the Saint Leo softball team (4-4) as they fell in consecutive games in the first day of action at the Eckerd Invitational Tournament. In the first game of the day, the Lions fell to Columbus State (4-2) by a score of 4-1 in eight innings. Shortly afterward, the Lions dropped a non-conference game to their Sunshine State Conference rivals, Florida Tech (3-4), by a score of 1-0.
The real struggles for Saint Leo came at the plate, as they collected only eight hits out of 35 opportunities in the doubleheader.
In the first game of the evening, the Lions took the Columbus State Cougars scoreless through two innings of softball until Saint Leo pitcher Megan Still gave up a homerun to the Cougars' Kori Waugh in the top of the third inning.
In their last chance to produce something offensively, the Lions capitalized in the bottom of the seventh inning. With one out on the board, senior Rachelle Gremo sent the first pitch of her at-bat roaring down the right field line for a stand-up double. On the next groundout, Gremo advanced to third base, just in time to watch junior Sarah Steiner receive the intentional walk. The next batter, junior Kylee Hardesty, then took first base after a full-count walk, loading the bases. With the count in her favor, sophomore Kaitlynn Diaz then ripped a line-drive past the Cougar's third baseman to score Gremo from third base and tie the score at 1-1.
In the top of the eighth inning, which featured a Texas Tiebreaker runner at second base, the Cougars scored 3 runs on a slew of hits strung together by Branigan Wix, Kori Waugh, and Taylor Turner. In the bottom of the eighth, however, the Lions were unable to make a comeback.
Despite the loss, Still only gave up five hits while striking out nine Cougar batters. It is her first loss of the season.
Shortly after their first loss of the day, the Lions were unable to plate any runs during the second contest of the doubleheader, falling to the Florida Tech Panthers in regional non-conference action. Saint Leo's freshman Alana Tabel got the start for the Lions, but the stagnant offense was no match for Florida Tech pitcher Amanda Smith.
The only run of the contest came late in the game, when the Panthers' Ashley Montion singled to left field in the bottom of the fifth inning. A wild pitch from Tabel allowed Montion to advance to second base, and a sacrifice bunt byKelsey Donahue sent Montion safely to third. After a Saint Leo fielding error on the next play, Montion was able to score and secure the lead for the Panthers.
The Saint Leo Lions return to the field tomorrow when they take on Palm Beach Atlantic in regional action at 4:0 p.m. and Colorado Christian at 6:30 p.m. from the Eckerd Invitational Tournament in Clearwater, Fla.
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Overbay's homer lifts Yankees past Jays
Late rally gives NY first home sweep; Hughes solid in no-decision
NEW YORK -- Four games. Four come-from-behind victories. One sweep.
That's how the Yankees kicked off their current 10-game homestand, finishing off a four-game sweep of the rival Blue Jays with a 3-2 win at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. The four-game winning streak matches the Yankees' season-high and marks the team's first four-game sweep of the Jays since Sept. 18-21, 1995.
Stifled nearly all afternoon by R.A. Dickey's knuckleball, the Yankees once again found a way to scratch out a victory behind another late rally.
Locked in a pitchers' duel with Yankees starter Phil Hughes for much of the day, Dickey and the Jays entered the bottom of the seventh inning clinging to a 2-1 lead. Though it was only a one-run deficit, the Yankees had hardly threatened the knuckleballer all afternoon. New York, in fact, never had a baserunner on second or third base in seven innings against Dickey.
It turns out the Yankees didn't need to. They instead relied entirely on a pair of home runs against Dickey. The first, off the bat of Brennan Boesch, staked the Yanks to an early 1-0 lead in the second inning and the second, a two-run shot by Lyle Overbay in the seventh, proved to be the difference.
"We didn't have a lot [of success against him]," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said of the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner. "We had four hits and two of them were homers, that's what helped. It's tough, because you're used to seeing guys throwing in the 90s, and all the sudden, you're trying to hit a butterfly, so it becomes very difficult.
"It's tough to center a ball on him, and we were able to really only get three or four on him today, and fortunately, two of them were home runs."
One day after the Yankees rallied twice en route to a one-run victory, their pitching staff again kept them in the game long enough to break through late. Hughes, who settled for a no-decision to remain winless on the season despite recording his third consecutive quality start, pitched six strong innings, allowing just two runs on seven hits.
Pitching with a 1-0 lead following Boesch's home run, Hughes gave up three consecutive two-out singles -- two of which snuck through the infield while the other barely dropped down in shallow left field -- in the fourth inning as the Jays knotted the game at 1. Two innings later, a Maicer Izturis RBI double off the right-field wall put the Jays ahead, 2-1, but Hughes limited the damage one batter later, recording one of his season-high nine strikeouts.
"You look at the first run he gave up, you're going to give up hits like that, but you don't usually see three of them in a row though," Girardi said of the three well-placed Toronto hits. "That's the bottom line -- two jam shots and a cue shot. But I thought he pitched really well today."
Though the Yankees didn't come through in time to earn Hughes his first win of the season, when they did finally break through, it was once again courtesy of a pair of newcomers.
One day after Travis Hafner (signed on Feb. 1) and Vernon Wells (acquired from the Angels on March 26) combined to drive in all five of the Bombers' runs, Boesch (signed on March 15) and Overbay (signed on March 26) did all of the damage on Sunday.
"We knew what these guys could do, whether it's Hafner or Overbay or Wells," said Hughes, who remains 0-2 but lowered his season ERA to 4.67. "Guys who have experience in this league and good hitters, that's the bottom line. So we felt like if we pitched well, we were going to get contributions from somebody and that's been the case early on."
Overbay, who spent five seasons with the Blue Jays from 2006-10, said it was something he learned during his playing days in Toronto that allowed him to go 2-for-3 against Dickey and launch the go-ahead home run. Sometime in 2007-08, then-teammate Matt Stairs let Overbay in on his secret to approaching knuckleball pitchers -- simply try to pull home runs.
"Ever since I did that, I've started hitting them a lot better," Overbay said. "You just start taking an aggressive swing at it, I think is the biggest thing. [If] you start trying to feel for it and hit it, it ends up beating you. So it's just a matter of taking a big, strong, aggressive hack."
And that's exactly what Overbay did on a 1-1 pitch with two outs in the seventh inning and Hafner at first base representing the potential tying run. Hafner had singled to lead off the frame against Dickey, who then retired the next two batters on weak flyouts before hanging a knuckleball out over the plate for Overbay.
"I threw him a couple of mediocre knuckleballs and he got a couple of base hits, one being a home run," said Dickey, who fell to 2-4 on the season. "When you're playing tight games against the New York Yankees, it's usually the guy that makes the most mistakes that's going to lose the game, and today, it looks like I did that."
More often than not against the Yankees, it's been the other guy making those late mistakes recently. With Sunday's win, the Yankees improved to 9-1 in games decided by two runs or fewer this year, including 4-0 in one-run affairs.
The victory also ran the Yankees' overall record to 15-9, a tally that more than satisfies Girardi, with or without his club's early-season rash of injuries.
"I would have signed up for it, definitely," said Girardi. "It's a group that has something to prove, in the sense there's some guys that are older that had some down years or injury-plagued years [and] some younger guys that are trying to establish themselves.
"They've made it work, coming together. … They've done a really good job."
Paul Casella is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @paul_casella. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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'Sometimes there are moments when a prime minister must keep faith with their convictions," snapped yet another scolding editorial in The Australian on Wednesday. Oh dear. Sometimes a leader writer must keep faith with plain English grammar: tautology, singular, plural, that sort of thing.
Even in quiet times the Oz's Canberra political coverage has a hectoring tone. Obsessive, bombastic, endlessly repetitive, it is a newspaper with Asperger's. Platoons of reporters, columnists and commentators, all grandly titled - chief this, national that - tumble over each other in furious agreement with their proprietor's view that only nice Mr Abbott can save the nation from the perdition to which Labor is leading us.
This week they soared to dizzy new heights. What I suppose we must call the Gillard/AWU Affair whipped them to a frenzy, to page after page of grey print that bellowed and howled like some lunatic chained in a padded cell. It seems every hack on the payroll has lunged into the fray, save for the golfing writer and the food editor so far as I can gather, but sooner or later even they will be expected to join this News Ltd stampede to crucify the Prime Minister. It's the group-think way the joint works. HOPELESS JULIA DOUBLE-BOGEYS 18TH. PM's COQ AU VIN POISONS CAT. With the federal election due next year, the creative possibilities are endless.
Towards the end of the week a collective madness seemed to infect everybody. Fairfax Media, publisher of this very organ, was berated by the Prime Minister in Parliament over its front page splash on the subject. At the ABC, a couple of impenetrable interviews on 7.30 shed more heat than light.
Despite the sound and fury, what have we got at the end of this week and this turbulent year in Parliament? For all the lurid talk of slush funds and bagmen, the allegations of fraud and other sinister crimes, no one has produced one shred of evidence to nail Julia Gillard with any corrupt or illegal act during her time as a lawyer at Slater & Gordon. Neither The Australian nor the opposition has come up with the smoking gun in the drawing room, the bloodstained candelabra in the library, the clump of charred faxes in the fireplace. Nothing.
Yes, she once had a dud boyfriend, until she dropped him like a hot brick. Show me a woman her age who hasn't. Even the
sanctimonious but risibly ineffectual Julie Bishop might have to plead guilty to that heinous offence.
ON A starry evening, the backyard was crammed with jostling party-goers, each adding to the din by shouting over it. The bar was doing a roaring trade. Many of the guests were cheerfully drunk by 10 o'clock and a good many more were heading there.
It could have been a summer barbie anywhere in suburban Australia. In fact the venue was a modest home in Albert Street, Cabramatta, and the date 40 years ago tomorrow. There, in his sunroom, at 11.27pm on election night, Saturday the 2nd of December, 1972, Gough Whitlam claimed the prime ministership of Australia.
Thus ended 23 years of conservative rule, an astonishing thing for us baby-boomers. When Ben Chifley lost office in 1949, I was three. I was 26 when Gough won it back again for Labor and dismissed forever the notion that the Tories were born to rule.
It is fashionable now to bucket the Whitlam government, but its monuments stand. To pluck just two at random, there was the diplomatic channel opened to China, and the creation of Medicare, both savaged by the conservatives of the day.
Those were triumphs. Labor's tragedy in NSW is that the glory days are dust and ashes. What a horrible fall it has been from Gough Whitlam to Eddie Obeid.
EVERY time you read or hear about Qantas the news is bad. Routes are cut, engineers are sacked, jobs are sent overseas, new aircraft buys are postponed, profits slump, the share price collapses. The plump cashews you used to get with your drink have been replaced by little green and gritty Japanese thingies.
Through it all dances the leprechaun figure of Alan Joyce, serenely proclaiming that
everything is actually hunky-dory at the national flag carrier. He has an effortless command of the banalities of corporate speak. The challenges and opportunities are being met going forward, blah blah. That's not a sheet of flame coming from the port outer engine, customers, just a routine maintenance requirement.
Joyce's latest disaster, announced with much fanfare, is the decision to junk Qantas's old and trusty partnership with British Airways and to hook up with Emirates, the global giant based in Dubai and funded by the bottomless pockets of a Persian Gulf oil sheikh. I do not pretend to understand the aviation industry, but I cannot for the life of me see why this is a good idea, and nothing Joyce has said has convinced me otherwise. It is the mouse having sex with the elephant and hoping not to get crushed.
This Emirates deal is said to be behind a falling-out between Joyce and his old boss and mentor, the now-retired Geoff Dixon. The two no longer see each other for long lunches and merry banter. Joyce is fearful of the colourful rumours that Dixon wants to get back into the Qantas business again, in cahoots with the moneybags banker Mark Carnegie and the famous ad man and punter John Singleton.
It might not be a bad thing if they did. Joyce and his chairman, the bare-knuckle Melbourne mining boss Leigh Clifford, have presided over the gradual shrinkage of Qantas's international business to the point where it has virtually abandoned Asia altogether. The share price has indeed collapsed, and there hasn't been a dividend for yonks.
I find it incredible that they could so blithely scrap the hallowed Kangaroo route to London via Singapore, but scrap it they have. Maybe they just can't compete any more. When I flew to London earlier this year I went British Airways because their business-class ticket was $500 cheaper than Qantas was offering.
If things keep on as they are, I expect Qantas will simply disappear in a few years, like the Cheshire Cat in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, leaving nothing behind but the smile.


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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Former Saint Leo University cross country runner Ken Corigliano has been chosen to represent the Sunshine State Conference as a member of the NCAA Division II 40th Anniversary Tribute Team. He joins Barry University's tennis standout Anna Hallbergson as the male and female representatives from the SSC.
In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of NCAA Division II, Corigliano and Hallbergson are two of just 48 former student-athletes set to be honored by the NCAA throughout 2013. Developed through a partnership with the Division II Conference Commissioners Association, the 40th Anniversary Tribute Team highlights one male and one female from each of the division's 23 current conferences, plus two at-large nominees.
Corigliano ran cross country at Saint Leo from 2002-06. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from the institution in 2006 with a dual major in International Relations and Political Science. A six-time Saint Leo President's Club member, Corigliano was a four-year ROTC scholarship winner.
"This group of former student-athletes is meant to reflect the core values of Division II athletics," said Josh Looney, associate director of Division II. "Commissioners have helped identify a diverse group of championship individuals from Division II's 40-year history. Not only did these former student-athletes act as champions in athletics and in the classroom, they've gone on to live championship lives as well.
Since leaving the university, he has gone on to tremendous success serving in the United States Air Force. In 2009, he was selected as the Chief of US Official Government Travel Intelligence Operations for all official US Government international dignitary travel. He was also named "Officer of the Year" for the 89th Airlift Wing, Home of Air Force One, in that same year. In 2011, Corigliano was a nominee for the Lance P. Sijan Award, the Air Force's highest award. He was presented with a Commendation Medal for his achievements during combat deployment in both 2009 and 2011.
Despite his demanding career, Corigliano has remained an active athlete, participating in numerous triathlons. In 2007, he was named the Air Force Athlete of the Year. The following year, he logged two Triathlon World Championship competition finishes and received a letter of nomination to the US Olympic Triathlon Team. Also in 2008, he was appointed United State Department of Defense Liaison for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games. In 2011, he was a double gold medalist at the Armed Forces Triathlon Championships.
Away from his Armed Forces career and athletic competitions, Corigliano also found time to earn his Masters of International Relations from Webster University in 2009, graduating with a 3.69 GPA. He has served as a volunteer coach for youth triathlon and swim teams.
"This group is a true representation of Division II's commitment to providing its student-athletes a 'Life in the Balance' that extends beyond athletics."
Division II gained its own unique intercollegiate athletics identity when Divisions I, II and III were formalized during a special NCAA Convention held in 1973. Prior to 1973, the NCAA was organized into two divisions––"University" and "College."
The year-long 40th Anniversary celebration will feature a number of initiatives branded by Division II's tradition, history and community influence. A special 40th Anniversary highlight video was unveiled to Division II membership during the 2013 NCAA Convention, officially kicking off the celebration.
Each member of the Division II 40th Anniversary Tribute Team will receive a commemorative 40th Anniversary gift and is slated to have his/her accomplishments profiled through Division II media channels.
Conferences were asked to submit a list of nominees representative of Division II's ideals. The only requirement was that nominees exhausted their athletics eligibility within the past 40 years and attended a college or university active in Division II.
Click here for the enitire 40th Anniversary Team along with the NCAA release - http://bit.ly/XE459s


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Check out a Nook or a Kindle at the Melrose Park Library
Now when you visit the Melrose Park Library, you can checkout a whole different kind of book or rather a whole heap of books. We now have Nooks and Kindles preloaded with a variety of books ranging from new bestsellers to time-honored classics. Each eReader has over 40 titles so far.
These eReaders are extremely easy to use, but if you have questions don't hesitate to ask someone from the Reference desk to demonstrate how to use it before you take it home.
An eReader may be checked out for 3 weeks, with a late fee of $2 per day. You must be 18 years old or older with a Melrose Park library card in good standing. There is a limit of one eReader per person.


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National Pride month is almost over, but there are still a few things you can do to prove how gay you are. For example, Dallas' first-ever gay darts tourney starts this weekend, and it's not too late to late-register. And The Real L Word makes a Dallas appearance for ladies' night out at Winston's Supperclub on Sunday … which, I guess, is technically not June anymore, but still ….
July 4 falls awkwardly mid-week this year, but you can still head up to Addison for Kaboom Town on Tuesday night, or go out to see The Amazing Spider-Man, which opens Tuesday and promises to be one of the summer's box office hits; the movie is not bad, either — look for a review next week.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. –The Saint Leo baseball team (13-6) topped St. Anselm (2-8-1) by a score of 5-3 from a cool Thomas B. Southard Stadium on Wednesday night. The Lions tallied 11 hits and used another solid starting pitching performance to win their third straight. The Lions had a special guest in attendance today—as Leonardo the lion from Dade City's Wild Things saw the team beat the Hawks in the first of a two-game set.
Leading the Lions and staying red-hot was freshman shortstop Taylor Perez. Perez notched three hits on the evening and scored two runs. Perez is 8-for-11 with seven runs in the last three games for the Lions. Stroking two hits was Ryan Brnovich, Chris Newcomb, and Bobby Twitty. Twitty extended his streak to 14 games but also notched his eighth straight game of driving it at least one run. Bringing in two runs on the day with a base hit was Daniel Torres.
The Lions continued their stellar starting pitching with Brent Krauss throwing seven complete innings while striking out 11. Krauss got in some trouble early and gave up two runs in the first and one in the third, but settled in nicely thereafter. Through the next four innings Krauss allowed just one hit en route to his second win of the season.
Trailing 2-0 in the second inning the Lions responded with a run on an RBI single up the middle from Torres that plated Perez.
The Lions continued chipping away at the Hawks' lead in the bottom of the fourth when Perez reached base on a base hit to start the inning and advanced all the way to third on a failed pickoff attempt. The following play, Torres brought home Perez with a sacrifice fly. Later in the inning Twitty singled up the middle to bring home Brnovich—the tying run.
The following inning the Lions took a 4-3 lead when Newcomb led off the inning with a triple that he smoked into the left-centerfield gap. Newcomb was brought home to give the Lions the lead on a groundout from Cole Stancil.
Later in the seventh inning the Lions tacked on an insurance run. It got started once again, with a Newcomb base hit, but this time he was brought home on a single from Perez.
Brandon Terry came in to relieve Krauss in the eighth and he slammed the door shut—going two perfect innings with three strikeouts to earn his second save in three nights.
The Lions get back in action tomorrow night when the Hawks come back to Thomas B. Southard Stadium for the final game of this two-game set.
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I'm after something very simple (and preferably free) that will allow me to:
1) See a line graph showing the number of visits, and unique visits2) Show the exact page people are coming to the site from3) Show all search terms used on Google etc to get to the page
Google Analytics seems to do the first bit just fine, but not the second two - are there any decent alternatives out there? I've tried mint before which was great, but I'd rather avoid paying if possible as I have around 6 sites, all non profit
I'm a bit surprised by what you say. Google does the other two and has been doing it for a long time.
The referrer (where the user was before arriving to your page) is included in their reports. Same with the terms of search
Thanks molona, but I cannot find a way to access that information, I've found this but it doesn't work with the new version of analytics http://www.sebastienpage.com/2009/05/06/google-analytics-trick-see-the-full-referring-url/
The more I use Google Analytics, the more it just seems like a complete mess.
Fortunately, I'm not in a position where I need to show clients the information, but in the case of say my girlfriend's lingerie website, she has absolutely no chance in hell of being able to use this, and I don't get why she'd want to having been used to things like Etsy and Wordpress which have fantatic stat systems built in.
Quite disappointed by Google Analytics, it seems to have massively regressed in terms of accessibility and usability in the past few years since I used it
Many thanks, I think I'll give that a try - just looking at the Awstats page now and whilst it looks very basic/dated, I think the way it presents information is WAY more useful than Google.
I showed my girlfriend the Google Analytics information for her website and she didn't know where to begin, like I said when compared to the Etsy/Wordpress stats pages Google Analytics is quite horrible to use IMO
Damn, I'm on shared hosting so can't install AWStats... I have Webalizer at the moment instead which is quite terrible in comparison
hi,I've been using TraceWatch for years and it's been just awesome. I too tried to start with Google Analytics but TraceWatch simply beats it in how it lays out the information.
Can't compare. I've been using Google Analytics and I never had a problem with it or with getting the information I wanted. That doesn't mean that there may not be different options in the market that may be more suitable, better or simply more adecuate for a particular website.
Regarding referrers, it is under Audience > Traffic Sources
You may need to click "Audience" if you don't see "Traffic Sources" right under it
There are a few 'apps' out there that present google analytics in a reduced way. If you have an iOS device, there are a couple free and many for pay. Maybe that helps.
I use flagcounter.com. It's free and public for every one. There are a lot of other sites like this one.
Sorry but can I ask that Why You want to use alternative rather then Google Analytics?
If you want to track visitors who don't have JavaScript then a JavaScript solution such as analytics which ignores those visitors is useless. It also ignores anyone where the analytics script is specifically blocked in order to speed up the loading of web pages. Server side solutions include both of those groups of visitors.
Use histats.com, I use them. They might fulfill your requirements
Hi , I am also have this type of problem when i use analytics but it was cleared once you analyse the webmaster tools..But you no need to go for any other alternatives .Because Google analytics is the best one.If you want to choose some other then you can use Awstats .
I'd rather avoid paying if possible as I have around 6 sites, all non profit
Free and beats Google analytics.
Personally I don't like Google analytics.
one needs to install and host piwik which will consume additional resources.
You can also try statscounter.com free version. Simple and easy. Free version has limitation of log.
What additional resources other than the bandwidth and CPU memory provided by your host?
Your web pages load slow if you try to pull code from other sites (ex. Google analytics) rather than from your own site.


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Facebook's users are bound to be excited by news that the social network is planning to roll out its own chat service in the coming weeks; Facebook developers, perhaps not so much.
There are dozens of developers offering chat applications designed to run on the Facebook platform. Facebook's decision to get into the chat business for itself means those developers will now have to grapple with an 800 lb gorilla in the room, sucking up all the air Read more


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I want to learn web designing.Guys, I wants your help, can you tell me, which is the best way to learn complete web designing.
Learn the big three (HTML/CSS/Javascript), then report back. The online resources for all three are abundant. Once you dive into those a bit, you're probably start to develop some more specific interests or ideas, and then you can start looking into some more specific tools.
I suggest you have a look around the forums here, as that question has been asked and answered quite frequently. Here are a few threads to get you started, but you'll find others, too.
hey,You learn easily web design and development from online. Via video tutorial and pdf file.You start from html and more Thank you
Hello buddy, Can you share any good tutorial website to learn web designing? Please share any one.
Did you look at the other threads in my post above? There are various suggestions in them.
I suggest you to search on Google or watch Lynda website tutorials.


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Christopher Lee Sauve's New Collection Is Obsession-worthy
"Classic core icons, pharmaceuticals, and tribalism. Sort of Valley of The Dolls meets National Geographic," says Christopher Lee Sauve of his new t-shirt collection.Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
That may sound confusing, but Sauve makes the unexpected mix work. He's currently showing the collection in Tokyo, but it's simultaneously available at Addition Adelaide.
And if that's not quite busy enough for you, the designer's made a limited run of custom leather t-shirts for the Christopher Henry gallery in collaboration with Polar Buranastit and Edward Fong.
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"D'oh!" We've all had those moments, and we techies would be rich if we could charge for every time we witnessed one -- either by us or someone else. But helping stressed-out users in unfamiliar situations does make us think outside the box and revisit our most basic skills. Here are a few incidents that still give me a chuckle.
Extreme lockout
One day, a user from a remote office called the IT department in a panic: She was locked out. Of course, I immediately assumed she was locked out of her laptop. I started asking her general questions about the message she was seeing on the screen, what she had been doing before the computer locked her out, and so on.
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"No," she said, "I'm locked out from my computer!"
I replied that I understood and was working to help her get logged back in.
"No, not that," she said, going on to explain that she was locked out in a different sense. Her laptop was locked in a break room. She'd left for a moment and couldn't get back in.
Oh. I deleted the help desk ticket I had been starting and, since she sounded quite upset, told her we'd call someone in the building who had a key to let her in. I placed the call, hung up, had a chuckle, and moved on to the next item.
The story didn't end there. According to the security guard who arrived with key in hand, she wasn't locked out of the room after all. It seems that this was a sliding door, and she'd been trying to push it open -- understandably without success.
Hopefully her day got better after that incident.
Yes, you are hearing things
Another time, a user called about an odd buzzing sound coming from the computer. They had no idea what it was and needed help figuring it out.
I arrived at their office and started checking out the computer, playing with the volume, and looking for CDs in the drive. I didn't hear anything at first. But then I too heard an odd, muffled buzzing sound. It seemed to come from underneath the user's desk. I waited a bit longer; sure enough, I heard it again -- and once more, it seemed to come from underneath the desk.
There was nothing else to do but crawl under the desk to figure it out. When the sound came again, it seemed to originate from the drawer next to my ear. I opened the drawer and found a pile of pocket pagers. This user was the admin for the employees' pagers, and one of them was in buzz mode.
We joked about one of the gizmos getting paged and got a good laugh out of it.
How about more storage, please
We got a ticket one day that was quite puzzling: The user was running out of -- get this -- monitor storage space. I looked at the ticket again and figured they meant storage capacity. But according to the user's record, there was plenty of unused disk space.
Confused, I walked over to the user and asked what was going on. She turned on her computer, and I was astounded to see her 20-inch monitor packed with icons -- wall to wall, edge to edge. She showed me how she had no space to add more.
Apparently, she'd decided to store all of her music on the desktop. Why not? According to her thought process, that was the easiest place to put it. Thus, she had run out of "storage" on the monitor and was asking for a bigger, 24-inch monitor so that she could "store" more stuff.
I had to work hard to keep a straight face after that last request. But I pulled it together and walked her through the basics of the desktop, folders, and how storage works. Of course, I explained the policy about not storing music on the company's machines and helped her remove the MP3 files, thus freeing up disk -- and monitor -- space.
To her credit, she seemed to grasp the concept of storage and how to organize her files, and she thanked me for explaining it. Her desktop was remarkably uncluttered from then on.
After a certain number of calls in a day from demanding or panicked users, it's easy to start getting stressed out yourself. When there's a completely unexpected reason for a problem, it can sure liven up a long workday -- and many to come.
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Fair Trade - My New Perspective
Guest blog from Robin White, VP of Marketing at Reunion Island Coffee
This guest blog post comes to us from Robin White, VP of Marketing at Reunion Island Coffee. Reunion Island offers a full line of coffees that are both Fair Trade Certified and organic. Robin joined Fair Trade USA staff on a trip to Chiapas, Mexico to visit with Fair Trade coffee farmers, and wanted to share his experience with you.
Working in the coffee business, I'm often asked by friends and family about Fair Trade. Up until a few weeks ago, I would usually explain that Fair Trade guaranteed a minimum price to coffee farmers to protect against a crash in the price of coffee on the stock market. However, after a trip to Chiapas, Mexico with Fair Trade USA, I realize that this explanation was not only inadequate, but actually misleading.
Let me back up a little before I explain what I mean. During my more than 15 years on the marketing side of the specialty coffee business, I've been able to observe the market power of Fair Trade grow. Our customers are asking for Fair Trade products more than ever and want to understand the meaning behind the logo.
I made the trip to the mountains of Chiapas to see firsthand the real impact of Fair Trade on the lives of coffee farmers. The experience was eye-opening. We visited nine different Fair Trade certified cooperatives and spoke with dozens of their members. What surprised me most was the variety of responses to the question, "What does Fair Trade mean to you?" The minimum price that I had seen as the cornerstone of the Fair Trade model was barely mentioned, due to the many other benefits the Fair Trade has brought to their communities.
Eliana, from the Majomut Cooperative, said that her community has benefited from improved organization as coffee producers. This theme of solidarity and unity was echoed at almost every cooperative. Fair Trade has given small producers the ability to work together to improve their lives.
In this case, solidarity means more than just moral support. In many coffee-growing regions, predatory coffee brokers known as 'coyotes' will extend pre-harvest financing at exorbitant rates up to 120 percent. To settle the debt, farmers may be forced to sell their harvest at below-market value when it comes in. The coyotes win on both ends, while the farmers can get caught in a cycle of debt and dependence. Fair Trade helps these producers organize cooperatives to secure legitimate bank financing and provides access to buyers willing to pay a premium for quality.
For others, like Estela of theOPCAAC Cooperative, the 20 cent per pound Fair Trade premium that is paid back to the cooperative has made the biggest difference. The fund has helped pay for the social and gender equality programs that she runs. Other cooperatives have used this premium to pay for projects as diverse as organic composting facilities, new coffee cupping labs, and high schools with dormitories for students that commute from remote farms. Each cooperative votes on how the premium will be spent, ensuring the funds address the real needs of each community.
Speaking with Eliseo of the Majomut Cooperative impressed me most of all. He credited Fair Trade with building a business model that makes it possible for him to stay in his community and make a living as a farmer on his own land. Without Fair Trade's involvement, he felt that he would probably be forced to abandon his land and move to search for work in Mexico City or north of the border. As a Tzotzil-speaking person with limited Spanish, let alone English, this would put him among the most economically vulnerable.
These conversations helped me to see that the Fair Trade minimum price is only a small piece of an intricate model. In fact, the expression "guaranteed minimum" is a misnomer. Fair Trade only guarantees a minimum price for coffee sold under the Fair Trade system. If there are no buyers willing to pay that price due to poor quality, oversupply, or other factors, the farmer is forced to sell their coffee through traditional channels.
Knowing this helped me to see why the cooperatives are putting so much effort into producing exceptional coffees. Eliseo and others asked us to communicate to our customers the hard work they do to improve their product and, as organic farmers, to protect their environment. For Eliseo, this work includes carrying his coffee one bag at a time from his mountainside farm to the community—an hour's journey on foot.
After seeing firsthand the cooperatives of Chiapas, I understand that Fair Trade is more about giving farmers opportunities than guarantees. I can now say without reservation that "Every Purchase Matters" is more than a catchy slogan. Every coffee drinker has the power to change lives by choosing Fair Trade Certified coffee and other products.
To support small business in coffee-growing countries and your local community, ask for Fair Trade Certified coffee at your nearest independent café. To check out Reunion Island's Fair Trade Certified coffees, please visit ReunionIslandCoffee.com. While we're waiting for the Chiapas coffee harvest, you may want to try our Fair Trade and organic Ethiopia Oromia.
To learn more about Fair Trade Certified coffee, click here.


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Foil Charger
Christmas brunch is all about being informal, but when the unwrapping of presents winds down. We whirl into action and get ready for Christmas dinner, a formal occasion with multiple courses. This red foil charger is ready and set for Christmas dinner. The shiny nature of it means as candlelight dies down low the plates will reflect and glean.


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By Liz Schuering,
NFTE Chicago
NFTE Chicago
As we gear up for the start of the business plan competition season, our students are benefiting from the knowledge and expertise of the amazing volunteers serving as business plan coaches.
Volunteers play an essential role in helping our NFTE teachers bring classroom materials to life, serving as both sounding-board and advisor to students as they work to finalize the details of their business plans and presentations. By working closely to partner with businesses and entrepreneurs in our local communities, NFTE is able to foster a hands-on approach to learning about business and entrepreneurship for our students. Students benefit from the real-world knowledge of our business plan coaches and are encouraged to start thinking more critically and strategically about their ideas and what it takes to run a successful business.
Business plan coaching sessions are some of the most rewarding and beneficial experiences for our students, teachers, and volunteers, as was the case with a recent coaching session for NFTE students from Chicago Tech Academy, a STEM-focused high school in the University Village neighborhood of Chicago, hosted by DRW Trading Group, a long-time NFTE Chicago supporter and partner.
The students, many of whom are in the process of developing technology-related business plans, had the opportunity to sit down with coaches from DRW's IT and software development teams, and were able to walk away from this unique and very special experience having gained new insights on their business plans from a group of incredibly smart and talented individuals, including several individuals who had personally built and sold apps of their own.
Reflecting on the day, our volunteers had great things to say about the students and the experience. One volunteer commented, "It was great working with the students. They had put a ton of effort into their business plans, and I enjoyed the fact they used an idea that they were passionate about. Just having the opportunity to encourage someone to pursue the things they enjoy doing and expanding on their ideas was great fun."
If you are individual or organization interested in working with NFTE, we encourage you to lend your time and expertise to our students in the classroom! Take it from a volunteer: "It was a pleasure getting to collaborate with these smart, motivated, and enthusiastic young people on their business plans. The future of entrepreneurship in Chicago is looking bright!"


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Pomme de pin Cardigan
Finished Measurements
32 ¾ (39, 45 ½, 52, 58 ¼)" to fit a suggested 30 (36, 42, 48, 56)" bust.
This cardigan is intended to be worn with positive ease, the sample measures 39" and is shown worn by a 35" bust. The Pine Cone Lace stitch is very stretchy and can be blocked accommodate a range of sizes, please refer to the schematic when choosing a size.
Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport 100% super wash wool; 200yd/183m per 70g skein; color: Patina; 5 6, 7, 8, 9 skeins
Body & Sleeves:
30" US 6/4mm circular
4 US 6/4 mm dpn
30" US 5/3.75mm circular
4 US 5/3.75mm dpn
Notions required
4 1 ½" buttons, stitch markers, stitch holders, tapestry needle.
20 sts x 29 rows= 4"
in Pattern on larger needles
21 sts x 30 rows= 4"
in stockinette stitch on larger needles
Construction Notes
The body is worked in one piece to the underarms, then fronts and back are divided and worked separately to the shoulders. The sleeves are worked in the round to the underarm then the cap is shaped working back and forth in rows and sewn into place.


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Turns out this is not a safe place to store your cell phone.
- Matt Garza threw the first no-hitter in Rays history last night, but it was the 5th no-no this season. Considering the fact that we were also one blown call away from 3 perfect games, this has to be one of the most dominant pitching years in MLB history.
- The Titans are suing Lane Kiffin and USC for the improper hiring of new OC Kennedy Pola. I bet Volunteer fans are crushed to hear this.
- It turns out that Pitino extortionist Karen Sypher uses blowjobs as currency. No wonder she expected Rick to pay so much for restaurant penetration.
- Everyone's favorite Paraguayan mobile boob deployment device was robbed in Rio. She lost her phone and her passport, but thankfully she held on to her most important assets.
- The 9 hottest female former child stars. I emphasize the word "former".
- Inception: The info-graphic. If the movie is as complicated as this graphic, I may be in trouble.
- Finally, 100% accurate field sobriety tests:
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) -- One of the suspects charged in a northeast Ohio fraternity house shooting that killed one person and wounded 11 has pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors.
They alleged 21-year-old Mark Jones of Youngstown gave his brother a gun that was fired into the house near Youngstown State University in February 2011. Jones pleaded guilty Tuesday to a reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter and 10 counts of felonious assault.
Prosecutors were expected to recommend a sentence of 10 years in prison for him.
His brother, Columbus Jones Jr., was convicted earlier this year in the murder of a 25-year-old YSU senior and the wounding of the surviving victims. He was sentenced to 92 years to life in prison.
A third defendant is scheduled to go on trial this month.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 20/12/2013 (1341 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The last decade hasn't been kind to Gina and Mike. For the better part of it, Gina has been struggling with a health issue that has kept her off her job at a Crown corporation.
Earning about $2,600 a month in disability benefits, Gina's income has helped pay rent and other household costs, especially with Mike being self-employed and earning a variable income that averages about $2,500 a month.
But they now worry things will go from bad to worse after she received notice from the insurance company providing her disability coverage that her benefits will cease next fall.
"(The insurance company) wants to shuffle me onto the government disability," says Gina, in her mid-40s, adding she has already applied for CPP disability and been rejected.
"I'm too disabled to work, but I'm apparently not disabled enough for CPP."
She says she would return to work if she could, providing the workplace accommodates her needs, which would involve moving her to a different position. So far, her employer has been unwilling to do so.
"They're not quite sure what to do with her," says Mike, also in his mid-40s. "Because she's not entirely unemployable, CPP says she can still work, but (her employer) says she can't come back because she can't do the job she was doing."
Already $60,000 in debt, the couple fear slipping through the cracks once disability benefits cease, because Gina is likely too disabled to find work that will replace the income she currently receives.
They do need advice, but they're not certain where to turn, Mike says.
"The picture might not be rosy, but at least we'd have some definitive answers."
Lawyer Bailey Harris, an associate with Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP in Winnipeg, practises labour and employment law in Manitoba. She reviewed Gina's situation and has the following advice.
Harris says she would need to examine the details of Gina's disability policy to provide definitive advice, but based on what she has seen, it appears Gina will not necessarily see her benefits end in about nine months.
"Rather, her entitlement will likely be conditional upon providing objective medical evidence establishing that she is unable to qualify for and/or find 'commensurate employment' within the terms of the policy," Harris says.
For the most part, disability benefits are terminated when insufficient evidence exists of total disability or the insured turns 65, at which point coverage usually ends.
" 'Total disability' is typically a defined term under a policy and requires clinical medical evidence that the employee is unable to perform each and every duty of his or her regular occupation or employment," says Harris.
Consequently, whether Gina can continue receiving benefits will likely hinge on medical evidence that would show she is too disabled to work.
"If there is a bona fide medical concern about a return to work, it is generally imperative for the employee to provide clear medical clinical evidence that will establish that a return to work in any capacity is not possible," Harris says.
Her doctor would have to prepare a medical report for her insurer indicating she can no longer work at her place of employment in any capacity.
"Medical reports which rely exclusively or heavily on medical opinions rather than assessments of clinical data tend not to be favourably received by benefit providers," Harris says. "The strongest medical report will include objective clinical findings which establish that the insured is unable to perform each and every job duty identified by the employer or benefit provider."
If a medical report can prove she's unable to work in her workplace, her benefits will continue.
Harris says cultivating a good working relationship with her benefits case manager would also benefit Gina's cause.
"If an employee is difficult to communicate with or is frequently late in attending scheduled meetings or conferences, it may become increasingly difficult to garnish the appropriate support of the case manager, which can go a long way in ensuring ongoing entitlement to LTD benefits."
Regardless, Gina's benefits will cease if she cannot perform the duties of her current job, but could reasonably work at another position with her employer.
In that case, her employer is legally obligated to find her a position suited to her abilities.
"With respect to Gina's employer's duties, all employers have a duty to accommodate an employee's illness or disability up to the point of undue hardship."
What constitutes "undue hardship" has been the subject of many court battles. Generally, an employer would not have to accommodate an employee if it would excessively hamper the operations of a business, place the business under undue financial hardship, or if even with the changes, the employee could not return to work in the foreseeable future.
"Given the size of Gina's employer, I find it surprising that it has concluded that there are no positions available for her," Harris says.
If it could reasonably accommodate her but has failed to do so, Gina should contact her union representative to file a grievance.
"If the union refuses to represent Gina, she may initiate an unfair labour practice and allege that the union has breached its duty of fair representation," Harris says. "This process will require Gina to file an application with the Manitoba Labour Board and may result in a hearing before the board."
If successful, the union could be ordered to file a grievance on her behalf.
Harris says workplace disability disputes can be difficult and long processes for the individuals involved, and Mike and Gina likely face a challenging road ahead.
But at the very least, based on the evidence presented, Harris says they have options.
"The process can be very cumbersome and can often evolve into difficult procedural obstacles," Harris says. "The onus is ultimately on Gina to seek out appropriate medical and legal assistance to help her manoeuvre around those obstacles."


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This article was published 20/12/2013 (1337 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
EXPERIENCED ocean cruisers know that the ship they are travelling aboard is often the destination itself.
With river cruising, which has become hugely popular in recent years, the ship is your vehicle. Your destination is, er, your destination.
And what destinations they can be.
With this in mind, my wife and I have signed up to host our first river cruise, something we've been wanting to do for several years.
In May 2015, we will join forces with Carlson Wagonlit Travel, our partners for our last six winters of ocean cruising, to escort a group of Manitobans on a spectacular Viking River Cruise of Europe.
It would be wonderful if you could cruise along with us.
Our 15-night trip begins on May 2, 2015, in Amsterdam. After a sightseeing tour of the city and a night (including breakfast) in a city-centre hotel, we will board a new Viking longship, the 190-passenger Magni, for 14 nights of luxury travelling down two of Europe's historic rivers, the Rhine and the Danube.
In the process we will stop in 13 cities in five countries: Holland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary.
The cruise ends on May 17 in Budapest.
We are told that this trip is Viking's most popular river cruise. Because of its popularity, and because the ships that ply European rivers are necessarily small, the cruise fills up quickly. One must book early.
In Holland, we will see the iconic Dutch windmills and the tulips in bloom. Along the Rhine we will cruise by the famed Lorelei Rock and tour the spectacular cathedral in Cologne.
In Wurzburg, we will tour the vast 18th-century Residenz Palace, and in Miltenberg we will go on a leisurely walking tour that will take in, among other things, a traditional glass-blowing factory.
In Germany we will tour the historic Bavarian city of Nuremberg on a day that will include an optional visit to several Second World War sites.
Also in Bavaria, will we stop in the city of Regensburg, where the sights include the famed Dom Cathedral, an example of German Gothic architecture, started in 1234 and finished in 1634.
We will attend an organ concert in Passau and do an abbey tour in Melk and a city tour of Vienna, Austria, where Wolfgang Mozart composed his immortal music.
We will conclude with a city tour and an overnight stay on board ship in Budapest before returning to Canada
In total we will enjoy 13 guided sightseeing tours that will take in nine UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The cost for all 15 nights starts at US $4,995 per person based on double occupancy (airfare additional).
You will save $200 per cabin if you book before March 14, 2014. All staterooms on the Magni, by the way, boast river views.
River cruises appear more expensive than ocean cruises, but keep in mind that the booking price includes all shore excursions and sightseeing trips.
It also covers three meals a day on board ship as well as complimentary wine, beer and soft drinks with onboard lunches and dinners.
We will host a welcome-aboard cocktail party that will give everyone a chance chance to meet and mingle with their fellow cruisers.
Perhaps the biggest attraction of river cruising is that these old European cities grew up along the river banks.
Instead of docking at a port miles from the city centre, we will be travel right through the heart of some of the world's most beautiful and historic cityscapes.
For information on the 2015 Grand European River Cruise, contact Carlson Wagonlit Travel in Winnipeg at 204 336-7227.


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Ear coils enhance bass, according to reports in news@nature, 13 Mar 2006 and New Scientist 18 Mar 2006, p20. The cochlea, or inner ear, is the part of the ear that converts sound to electrical signals to be sent to the brain. It consists of a fluid filled tube that is coiled like a snail shell. Biologists have assumed that it had this shape simply to save space, but a new study of how sound is transmitted through the cochlea shows that the curved shape makes sound energy build up towards to the outer wall of the spiral the further into the curve it goes. This effectively amplifies the sound by 20 decibels at the end of the spiral, where the lowest frequencies are detected. The effect is like that of "whispering galleries" where sounds are concentrated around the walls of cylindrical spaces, such as in St Paul's Cathedral.
Philip Ball of news@nature writes; "If the researchers are right, then the ear is more sophisticated than we thought." Karl Grosh, an ear researcher at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor commented: "It would show we need to take a step back from the cell biology and see how the cochlea works as an integrated system." Scientists hope this study will help in the design of better cochlear implants ("bionic ears") for deaf people.
Editorial Comment: Finding out that ear is more sophisticated than we thought is a challenge to those who believe that it came about by chance random processes. Integrated systems only work because someone outside the system has a purpose for the system and can put together the component parts in the best way to achieve that purpose. If scientists do copy the sound enhancing property of the cochlea and put it to use in ear implants they will have only added to the evidence that the ear is the product of plan and purpose, not chance random processes. (Ref. biotechnology, bioengineering, audition)
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Darvish, Rangers shake off White Sox
Six-run sixth gives right-hander fifth win; Cruz, Baker, Beltre go deep
ARLINGTON -- Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish has not lacked for run support this season. The Rangers may be struggling when others are pitching but, going into Tuesday night, they had averaged 8.27 runs per nine innings with Darvish on the mound, the fourth-best run support in the league.
There have been games when Darvish didn't need all that support, but he did on Tuesday night, and his offensive teammates delivered. The Rangers, after struggling at the plate on Saturday and Sunday in Minnesota, erupted with a six-run sixth and pulled away to a 10-6 victory over the White Sox.
"Coming off the last two games in Minnesota, we might have been dragging a little bit," first baseman Mitch Moreland said. "But we had the off-day on Monday and were able to get it going tonight. It was a lot of fun."
The victory left the Rangers 17-9 for April, which is tied for the second-most victories in the opening month in club history. They were 18-7 in April, 1998.
"We're a good team. … We're a very good team," second baseman Ian Kinsler said. "We have a lot of guys on this team that love to win and love to play baseball. We work hard and when you have that and you win, it snowballs. We're a good team and we're going to continue to play good baseball and see what happens."
Darvish was not as sharp as he has been and had his streak of 18 consecutive scoreless innings snapped when he allowed two runs in the first. He ended up allowing a season-high four runs on seven hits in six innings but still earned the win after the Rangers finally broke through in the middle of the game against White Sox starter Jose Quintana and his bullpen.
"Darvish found a way to get it done," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "He battled tonight. It wasn't easy, but he got it done. If you take the ball 32 times in a season, there are going to be nights where it isn't easy. But he battled and gave us a chance. He had a rough first inning, but then he gave us four scoreless."
Darvish is now 5-1 with a 2.33 ERA on the season. He struck out nine to give him a league-leading 58 but also threw 108 pitches.
"It wasn't a smooth outing," Darvish said.
The Rangers, after scoring two runs over 18 innings in two losses this weekend, finished with 12 hits, including home runs by Nelson Cruz, Jeff Baker and Adrian Beltre. Moreland had three hits and the Rangers were 4-for-9 with runners in scoring position. They were hitting .185 in those situations over the previous six games.
"Obviously, Saturday and Sunday weren't too productive, so it was nice to bust out like that," Baker said.
Quintana retired 11 of the first 13 batters he faced before Cruz and Baker went back-to-back with two outs in the fourth. Cruz has five home runs and 15 RBIs in his last 12 games. The Rangers added two more runs in the fifth after the White Sox failed to turn what should have been a routine double play on Leonys Martin's grounder. Martin ended up on second with one out and scored on Kinsler's double. A single by Elvis Andrus made it 4-2.
"They swung the bat," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "It's one of those where they're a good lineup and swing the bat and we gave them a few extras and the opportunities. Those are the ones that always end up biting you. You make a misplay or a walk or something in there, and you do that to this lineup enough times and they're going to make you pay.''
The Rangers also failed to turn an inning-ending double play in the sixth when Darvish, covering first on a grounder to Moreland, couldn't get his foot on the bag while taking the relay from Andrus. That cost him when Dewayne Wise, the White Sox No. 9 hitter, blasted a two-out, two-run home run off a 60-mph hanging curve to tie the game.
"If I had touched the bag, that would have ended the inning and I wouldn't have given up the home run," Darvish said. "But I think the home run fired up our team and we scored a lot of runs after it."
Ventura, after getting five innings from Quintana, went to his bullpen in the sixth and the Rangers broke loose against three relievers. Matt Lindstrom walked Geovany Soto with one out and Moreland, facing Donnie Veal in a lefty-vs.-lefty matchup, doubled into the left-center-field gap to bring home the go-ahead run.
Kinsler brought home Moreland with a single to center off of reliever Nate Jones. A single by Andrus and a walk to Lance Berkman then loaded the bases. Jones got ahead 0-2 to Beltre but then threw two straight wild pitches to bring home two runs. Beltre then hit one into the left-field seats to give the Rangers a 10-4 lead.
"I think we had gone 11 innnings before we scored a run," Washington said. "The back-to-back home runs were sweet. From that point on, we just kept swinging the bat."
The Rangers are averaging 9.31 runs per nine innings when Darvish is on the mound. He needed it Tuesday.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Miami • Sixto Cancel says his ultra-religious foster family frequently talked about their disdain for his homosexuality at the dinner table, trashed his room and called him homophobic slurs. While he was still a teenager, he says, they kicked him out of their Connecticut home after he had lived there for nearly a decade.
"I've had foster homes who completely said you can't live here if you're gay," said Cancel, a 21-year-old student at Virginia Commonwealth University who bounced between half a dozen foster homes while in care. "For a long time I had that self-hatred and uncomfortableness with who I am."
Discrimination against gay and lesbian youths in foster care is prevalent enough around the country that federal health officials sent a letter in 2011 encouraging states to develop training for caseworkers and foster parents on the issue. Advocates in a handful of states including Florida, California, Connecticut, Illinois and Massachusetts have increased efforts to train caseworkers, recruit foster parents and assign mentors. Officials don't want to force youths to disclose their sexuality, but must try to create environments where they feel safe to come out when ready. Without such support, the federal government memo says, gay and lesbian youths who leave the foster care system can wind up homeless


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While car thefts are lower on most holidays, car thieves typically don't take days off.
Two holidays, Halloween and New Year's Day, saw more car thefts than average in 2011 -- 2,328 thefts on Halloween and 2,286 thefts on New Year's Day -- compared to 2,055 on average per day in 2011, according to data by the National Insurance Crime Bureau, or NICB. Christmas Day saw the smallest number of thefts of any day in 2011 -- 1,347 car thefts.
According to the NICB, car thefts were lowest earlier in the year, remaining below the monthly average for January, February, March and April. For May through December, thefts were above average, hitting a peak in July 2011. The three highest car-theft days of 2011 were August 1 with 2,687 cars, July 1 with 2,623 cars and July 11 with 2,497 cars.
The NICB says that while car thefts have declined steadily for the last eight years, cars still remain a popular target for theft, while items left in cars typically are easily to sell on the black market. Because of that, remember to park in well-lit areas, keep packages and other items out of sight, and keep your car locked when it is parked.
Are you worried about car thefts? Have you been the victim of car theft?
Tara Baukus Mello writes the cars blog as well as the weekly Driving for Dollars column, providing both practical financial advice for consumers as well as insight into the latest developments in the automotive world. Follow her on Facebook here or on Twitter @SheDrives.


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10. "Lincoln" -- Director Steven Spielberg once again takes us back and makes us feel as if we're experiencing history in-person: this time enveloping us in the crucial month of January 1865, when President Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) tries desperately to secure the support of Congress to pass the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery. Day-Lewis is mesmerizing as Lincoln, bringing the historical figure to life on the big screen like never before. He's surrounded, too, by expert actors in Sally Field (who plays Mary Todd Lincoln), Tommy Lee Jones (Rep. Thaddeus Stevens) and an array of others in a fascinating behind-the-scenes tale of one of the most pivotal moments in U.S. history. Even if you're not a history buff, it's an important film that can't be missed.
9. "Flight" -- As if the jarring plane crash sequence to begin the film isn't enough, director Robert Zemeckis' addiction drama soars with unpredictable intensity throughout as Denzel Washington gives a riveting performance as a seasoned pilot who miraculously lands a broken plane despite being drunk and high on cocaine. While he's backed up by the always-reliable John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood and Don Cheadle -- and bolstered by breathtaking supporting turns by Kelly Reilly and James Badge Dale -- Washington's complex performance is most remarkable because he for the most part plays a jerk, yet somehow manages to make you root for him. It might be his best performance yet.
8. "Looper" -- Writer-director Rian Johnson has it all going in this trippy sci-fi time travel thriller about an assassin (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who, thanks to time travel, is tasked with killing off a future version of himself (Bruce Willis) so he can live his last 30 years as he pleases -- but of course, when Willis is involved, he doesn't die easy. There's a rare combination of filmmaking genius in Johnson -- think parts of Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, James Cameron and the Wachowski siblings -- but ultimately, he makes the vision of "Looper" entirely his own. It will be exciting to see what the future holds for Johnson.
7. "Silver Linings Playbook"/"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" -- A seasoned filmmaker and relative newcomer produced the best, deeply personal dramedies in 2012: David O. Russell's "Playbook" finds Bradley Cooper in his best performance o date moving back home, after being institutionalized with depression, only to find his family -- particularly his dad (Robert De Niro) is as out of control as his personal life. Plus, he finds stability in unstable widow expertly played by Jennifer Lawrence.
"Wallflower" greatly benefits from a rare triple threat in Stephen Chbosky -- who wrote and directed the film, which was based on his own acclaimed novel. Featuring a trio of terrific performances by Logan Lermann, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller, this perfectly balanced dramedy about an emotionally fragile freshman taken under the wings of a couple of oddball seniors is a tale of happiness, heartbreak and hope, all wrapped in one.
6. "Hitchcock" -- Continuing a trend that started last year with "My Week with Marilyn," this slice of Hollywood's classic past plunges into a fascinating look at the making of "Psycho," starring none other than Anthony Hopkins as The Master of Suspense. True, the story is partially fictionalized, and the suspense is heightened as "Psycho" subject Ed Gein takes residence in Hitchcock's psyche, but when all is said and done -- complete with a masterful performance by Helen Mirren as Hitch's wife and unsung production partner, Alma -- "Hitchcock" makes for one fiendishly entertaining and "good evening" at the movies.
5. "Ruby Sparks" -- First-time scribe Zoe Kazan pens and stars in one of the most under-appreciated films of the year, an ingenious story of an enigmatic writer (Kazan's real-life beau Paul Dano) who literally pens the girl of his dreams into existence; only to discover how his words control her every move -- but not her love for him. Directed by "Little Miss Sunshine" helmers Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, the film is a perfect example of how the power of imagination -- and yes, the power of love -- conquers all. The film deserves much more recognition than it got in its brief run in theaters.
4. "Argo" -- Based on incredible true events from more than 30 years ago, director-actor Ben Affleck's "Argo" tells a story that not even Hollywood could dream up: The CIA sets up a fake production company to scout locations in Iran for a fake "Star Wars" knockoff amid the hostage crisis during the Iranian Revolution in Tehran in 1980 as a means to rescue six Americans holed up in the residence of Canadian ambassador. There's never been another film like it. In fact, it even manages to balance the movie out with some humor, most prominently Alan Arkin's instant classic line, "Argo (expletive) yourself."
3. "Frankenweenie" -- Director Tim Burton's stop-motion update of his 1984 live-action tale about a young boy scientist who brings his dearly departed dog back to life not only perfectly captures the atmosphere and spirit of the black-and-white monster movies he grew up on, it also hits us on an emotional level -- and that's an amazing feat considering each character in this wildly entertaining film comes one slight move and film frame at a time. A monster mash a la "Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein," this mix of humor and heart in its purest form is a brilliant ode to classic films of yesteryear not only for fans of the genre, but for today's impressionable young moviegoers.
2. "The Dark Knight Rises" -- Director-writer Christopher Nolan's third and final installment in his "Dark Knight" movie trilogy is easily the best superhero movie of the year -- and movies of the year. Nolan's real-world take on Batman works brilliantly once again, this time weaving together storylines from the first and second films to tightly wrap things up to a very satisfying conclusion to the series. The ingenious part is the film's final scene, which leaves us wondering how the story will unfold from here, is a nice reminder from Nolan how he respects the intelligence of his audiences and inspires us to wonder of the possibilities of a new adventure.
1."Skyfall" -- James Bond is back and better than ever after the brilliant "Casino Royale" and lackluster "Quantum of Solace" with this intriguing tale of Bond's past and the notion of MI6 and its best agent being antiquated in an era of cyber terrorism in the digital age. Daniel Craig once again seethes with intensity and anchors the film with his third portrayal as 007, but it's Javier Bardem as his nemesis, Silva, who steals the show. Everything about this Sam Mendes-directed film feels like classic Bond -- in a franchise that is no question reborn as it celebrates its 50th anniversary.
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12 Months of Blooms
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Exclusive | Give the Gift of Living Bouquets for a Full Year
- Remember someone special, month after month, for a whole year with a gift of flowers
- Planted, sprouted bulbs begin blooming within weeks and bloom in succession
- First delivery includes care instructions and a decorative basket with liner
- December shipping begins 11/28; please allow 4 to 9 days for delivery
- After the December shipment, each plant collection will arrive during the first or second week of the month depending on seasonal temperatures
Delight dear ones with a special delivery of flowering bulbs each month for a whole year. The bulbs arrive planted and sprouted, ready to begin blooming within a few weeks. The first delivery arrives in December, just in time for the holiday season, and includes amaryllis, tulips, hyacinth and mini Star of Bethlehem plus a special gift card. A decorative basket arrives with the December shipment to use with the subsequent deliveries.
January's bulb garden features fragrant lavender hyacinths, cheerful miniature narcissus and stunning double orange tulips. February honors Valentine's Day with Apple Blossom amaryllis, fragrant hyacinths, pink-and-white tulips and mini star of Bethlehem. March's bulb garden bursts with orange tulips, double narcissus and scilla.
April's bulb garden includes deep pink and white tulips, dramatic double narcissus and blue glory-of-the-snow. In May, the bulb garden contains a stunning display of Tinkerbell amaryllis plus tulips and narcissus. June's bulb garden features a soft palette of whites and yellows with a dash of blue and includes tulips, hyacinths, narcissus and grape hyacinths.
July's bulb garden pops with bold red tulips contrasting with double narcissus and grape hyacinths. August features lush, double red begonias. September's bulb garden contains dwarf maroon lilies. October brings a trio of very special mini amaryllis. November boasts a bold red-and-white striped amaryllis and red tulips.
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- December: Red Lion amaryllis, Canasta tulips, Aiolos hyacinth, mini Star of Bethlehem, plastic pot, potting mix, woven basket with liner
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Place the oats, rye, sea salt, Edensoy and water in a medium saucepan. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame to low and simmer for 10 minutes until creamy. Place in serving bowls and garnish with fresh fruit and any Eden Gomasio, Dulse Flakes or Eden Shake.
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By Elizabeth Ginns Britten — February 2005
Here's a handy item to keep aboard your tender for shore excursions, snorkeling, or fishing trips. In fact, it'd be useful at some point onboard just about any vessel, large or small: a waterproof bag, perfect for stowing your camera, cellphone, wallet, or anything else you don't want to get wet or sand-infested.
The Immersion Bag is made of durable, 650-grade PVC fabric and features two plastic Ziploc-style sliders that keep sand and water out. The company says the bag's seal is so tight that you can fully submerse it and all your valuables will remain dry. The bag comes in two sizes—large (6.8"x4.8"x9.2") or small (8.4"x4")—and is see-through, for added convenience.
Additionally, the company
has an entire line of dry bags in many sizes and styles—including
large duffle bags, weekend bags, fanny packs, wallets, and document bags
to protect clothes, passports, charts, and other items. Each is available
in a range of sizes and colors and can be imprinted with your boat's
name or logo.
Castellina Bag ( (39) 546 46540. www.castellinabag.com.
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DO you recognise this canoe which was believed to have been swept away by floodwaters?
The 20 foot long white Laser canoe was discovered on the bank of the river Severn near to Cafe Loco on The Quay, Grandstand Road on Saturday night (February 8).
Mike Fernandes, the owner of Northwick Marina, managed to rescue the boat and is now hoping to reunite it with its owner.
He has been in touch with the police and contacted various canoe clubs in a bid to trace who it belongs to but has so far not had any luck.
Mr Fernandes said: "It had washed up near to the cafe and Sabrina Bridge and I could see some kids were trying to push it back into the river .
"If they had managed to get it onto the river it would have gotten wedged under the main bridge so I loaded it up on my four by four and took it to the marina.
Mr Fernandes took over the running of Northwick Marina, off Neweys Hill, in January having stored his boat there for many years.
Having spent a lot of time on the river Severn, the canoe is by no means the most unusual thing he has seen floating by during various floods.
"I've seen wheelie bins and garden furniture go down the Severn, even a hot tub and a dead horse and cart."