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FESTIVALGOERS have endured torrential rain and thick mud as this year's Glastonbury Festival gets underway.
Thousands of music fans descended onto Worthy Farm yesterday as the 2011 annual spectacular kicked-off.
But heavy rain storms throughout yesterday and this morning have transformed sections of the site into ankle-deep mud pools.
As of 10am this morning (Thursday), there are 93,476 people on the farm – a decrease from last year's 99,020.
Police have made 36 arrests to date and there have been 27 ambulance calls. 12 people have been taken off site for further treatment.
There is more bad news for festivalites as weather forecasters are predicting further showers throughout the weekend.
The action starts tomorrow as rock titans U2 head the Pyramid Stage following a performance from the extravagant Morrissey – former front man of The Smiths.
There are also performances from blues kingBB Kingrap troupe Wu-Tang Clan, Mumford and Sons and Cee-Lo Green.
Indie heavy-weights Coldplay head the festival on Saturday and pop diva Beyonce closes the event on Sunday.
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March 31, 2014
Wheaton students who spent their spring break at a conference in Bethlehem are interviewed on WBEZ's "World View."
March 28, 2014
Wheaton's debt-forgiveness program is mentioned in this Christianity Today article about the effect debt has on the mission field.
March 26, 2014
Chris Castaldo, director of the Ministry of Gospel Renewal for the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College writes about the importance of church unity in this Gospel Coalition article.
March 24, 2014
Tulsa World talks with new coffee shop owners Justin and Katie Carpenter '10 about how their business plan includes helping revitalize downtown Tulsa.

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Have You Tried: Artichoke Hearts?by Dana Angelo White in Have You Tried, March 31, 2012
Fresh artichokes are a classic spring treat, but you can enjoy artichoke hearts all year long.
What Are Artichoke Hearts?
Buried within the rough leaves of an artichoke, is the sweet and tender "heart." These little treasures have a buttery texture and earthy flavor that you can deepen with olive oil and garlic or liven up with a squirt of fresh lemon. You can find them bagged and frozen, canned in water or jarred, marinated in olive oil and spices. The oil-packed ones are a little higher in healthy fat but draining the oil will help save some calories.
Healthy Attributes
Artichoke hearts are low in fat and calories but overflowing with fiber. They also offer up a healthy dose of potassium, vitamin C and antioxidants that help detoxify the body.
5 Ways to Love Artichoke Hearts
• On top of a pizza with fresh oregano.
• Sizzling with lemon and chicken.
• Warmed with spinach and bubbly cheese.
• Spiced up with saffron.
• Marinated in balsamic vinaigrette and added to antipasto platter.
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My fiance and I are planning a honeymoon to Costa in November and I have a few questions for anyone that has been there (around that time or in general).
We're looking to split the trip between the jungle and the beach. She has the task of finding the jungle location and me the beach location. We're renting a truck for the entire week and for that reason, are looking for a more authentic experience (NO ALL INCLUSIVE).
As far as a place, I'm thinking something that is beachfront with a good break in front or within walking distance. Also, we'd like it be a B&B, just so we don't have to worry about getting breakfast. I wouldn't mind being fairly close to a town or a few food establishments for lunch and dinner and maybe party a bit at night. Budget is fairly high so I'm definitely not looking for a low-cost surf camp type of place.
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HOUSTON - For almost a month now, generous Houstonians have been donating money to help the families of the firefighters hurt and killed in a massive motel fire.
Much of that money was given to the 100 Club. But there's controversy about where that money is going.
Even now, nearly four weeks to the day since four brave Houston firefighters gave their lives in the line of duty, huge donations continue to pour in.
A check for $43,000 was presented Thursday to the Houston Professional Firefighters Association, but the overwhelming majority of the money that generous Houstonians gave to help the families went to the 100 Club.
In fact, the 100 Club admits it has collected roughly a half million dollars, but so far no one, not the families of the four killed or the 13 firefighters injured, have gotten one red cent.
"When there is a single hero, we offer $20,000 to help with any funeral-related expense. That was told to the families after this tragedy took place," said Rick Hartley, 100 Club Executive Director.
Hartley says it's the way this charity's rules have worked. Under their rules, donations benefit the spouses and children of the fallen, and given the fact these four firefighters were all single, without children, there isn't anyone to give the money to.
So the most those firefighters mothers and fathers sisters and brothers can get is $20,000 for funeral expenses.
And what happens to all the rest of the money collected so far?
"At least $200,000 of that, half of that, is going to educate the children of the firefighter who was critically injured. And more than likely, there'll be another significant amount of money going to help that family as well," Hartley said.
Late Thursday, the 100 Club announced it met with the Houston Fire Department about the needs of those four families. The organization says it will make an exception to its policy and provide money to meet the financial needs of those families for the next year.
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Robert Henry Galipeau Born September 23 1919 Duluth Minnesota U.S.A. Last known US address: 546 N. Oxford Street, Hollywood (Los Angeles) California U.S.A. Mother: Mrs. Ella Mary Galipeau, Box 907 Coleraine Minnesota U.S.A. Went into Canadian duty, RCAF. Died in the North Sea on a Bremen mission 14/9 1942. Loss of Wellington IC R1588 from 22 OTU RAF. His body drifted ashore Isle of Rømø (Denmark) on 16/10 1942. Burial and final rest Cemetery of Kirkeby (Denmark) 20/10 1942. Source: Finn Buch - Denmark 2013
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Teaching "Eyes of a Nation"
One of the most thrilling parts of being an educator at MOPA is having the chance to teach out of the museum galleries. In leading groups through the current exhibition, Eyes of a Nation, I've encountered dozens of teachable moments with visitors from 4th grade to retirement, and have had the chance to pore over the photographs with a new set of eyes each time.
The exhibition features work from 100 years of American photography; from the medium's early days to its recent masters. It provokes conversations of civil rights, shared memories, adventure , play and beauty in a way that relies heavily on the viewers' own perspective and experience to spark a dialogue.
Among the most exciting images on display is Aaron Siskind's New York 1, in which what appears to be a silhouette of the side of a building appears peppered symmetrically with bright dots of light. With further examination, one realizes that the image is actually taken during daylight and the points of light shining through the side of the building are in fact the heads of nails, securing tarpaper that is, in places, peeling. Siskind was a master printer and creating this image with enough delicacy to reveal that to an audience took a remarkable amount of talent and grace.
Also featured are several early Albumen prints, with emulsions made from egg whites, from photographers who most likely traversed the American West with a full darkroom in a covered wagon to record their imagery. Their photographs had to be processed while the emulsion was still wet and took more than a few hours to create one, with likely more hours of frustration than success.
In teaching, it is always fun to remind visitors that these images were not taken on iphones, that society was not always so inundated with visual imagery or that photography and photographs were not always so readily available for consumption. That fact alone makes most of the work displayed in Eyes of a Nation a celebration of unique objects, let alone iconic photographs, and of photographers over the years seeking out the many uses of their craft.


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Savour exceptional cuisine heartbeats away from the majestic Urubamba. Restaurant options at Belmond Hotel Rio Sagrado offer something for everyone.
El Huerto Restaurant
The warm glow of candlelight and a refined, sophisticated atmosphere make El Huerto one of the best restaurants in Peru.
A delicious fusion of Urubamba's best-kept culinary secrets and the freshest herbs and spices are combined in local specialities and international delicacies.
Open daily 6am–10pm
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Hidden away from the outside world, El Jardin restaurant is the perfect spot to enjoy a delicious lunch surrounded by the great outdoors.
Select a table in the warm sunlight or the cool leafy shade. Relax to the sounds of birdsong and gently flowing water.
Using the best locally-sourced ingredients, our garden lunches and homemade breads are not to be missed.
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Overlooking the Urubamba River, El Bar del Huerto serves an internationally renowned selection of wines and spirits in an unbeatable setting.
Savour a cocktail in the charming wood and stone bar. Or sit among the beautiful flora of the main garden and enjoy our attentive table service.
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Veteran's Day Gold Star Hall Ceremony
November 12, 2012 — Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Allan James Ewoldt was born on December 5, 1916, in Cleghorn, Iowa but grew up on a farm near Hartley in northwest Iowa, not far from the Iowa Great Lakes. He was third in a family of six children: Sylvan and Leonard older and Charles, Margery and Erma younger. The Ewoldt family farmed in Cherokee County and O'Brien County, Iowa. Allen attended rural schools through the sixth grade, leaving Center Township No.1 in O'Brien County for Hartley High School in 1931. An article in the Hartley Sentinel in December 1932 noted that Allan and Charles were "among a squad of twenty-six students that registered for declamatory work at the local high school" with Allan in the Humorous Category (probably a speech contest).
Duties on the farm during the Depression years likely kept Allen from participating in organized sports or music programs, though the family recalls the presence of a guitar that belonged to him. Allan's parents had to give up the farm southwest of Hartley in 1935, the year Allan graduated from high school. They moved to a small acreage on the edge of town. Allan continued to help his father with farming until he started at Iowa State College, and during the summers after that. His older two brothers left home before Allan graduated from high school. Leonard went to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, graduating in 1937 as an aviator. It's possible that Leonard influenced Allan's interest in flying. Charles, Allan's younger brother, also enlisted in the Navy when he graduated from high school in 1936.
Allan attended Iowa State College from Winter Quarter 1939 through Fall Quarter 1941. He entered in Pre-Veterinary Medicine, changed his major to Science and then to Zoology. Allan registered for the Selective Service in 1940 while he was a student at Iowa State. Not a member of a fraternity or a dormitory floor, he lived off-campus at 2412 Lincoln Way. He was classified as a sophomore when he left school to join the military.
On Feb. 20, 1942, he enlisted at Ft. Des Moines. He was 25 1/2 years old and the enlistment paper indicates he was a person of "excellent character". He was tall and slender- 6 feet two-and-a-half inches, 160 pounds - had blue eyes, brown hair and medium complexion.
By July 27, 1942, he had completed primary training at Oxnard, CA, and his secondary at Taft Field, CA. He graduated on Sept. 29, 1942 with Army Air Corps Class number 42-1 as an aviation cadet at Roswell Army Flying School, Roswell, NM as a second lieutenant. He was stationed in North Africa with the 348th Squadron, 99th Bomb Group. The 99th came to be referred to as the "Diamondbacks" due to a diamond insignia on the vertical stabilizer of their B-17s.
In January 1943, the end of the North African Campaign in Tunisia was in sight and US and British political and military leaders met to discuss future strategy at the Casablanca Conference. The British Chiefs of Staff were in favor of an invasion of Sicily or Sardinia, arguing that it would force Germany to disperse its forces and might knock Italy out of the war and move Turkey to join the Allies. At first the Americans opposed the plan but were persuaded to agree to a Sicilian invasion because removal of Axis air and naval forces from the island would open the Mediterranean and save Allied shipping. The Allied invasion of Sicily, code named Operation Husky, was a major World War ll campaign in which the Allies took Sicily from Italy and Nazi Germany. It was a large scale amphibious and airborne operation, followed by six weeks of land combat. The plan for Husky involved dispersed landings by brigade and diviaion-sized formations in the island's south-east, south and north-west areas, resulting in the rapid capture of key enemy airfields. It would also see the capture of the main ports on the island, denying their use to the Axis and facilitating a rapid Allied build-up of forces. Once Axis forces has been defeated in Tunisia, the strategic bomber force that Allan was part of began attacking the principal air fields of Sardinia, Sicily and southern Italy, industrial targets in southern Italy and the ports of Naples, Mesina, Palermo and Cagliari in Sardinia. The bomber attacks were distributed to maintain uncertainty about where the next move of the Allied land forces would be. Bombing was stepped up in northern Italy and Greece to distract from plans in Sicily.
In a June 17, 1943 letter from home, Allan's mother wrote that they had heard his name on the radio. She said, "Well, we needn't wonder for once what you were doing. We heard your name on the noon news in connection with the raid on Sicily.... The news said two hundred Flying Fortresses roared over Sicily and I suppose you were in one of them. You had better look out for me if you get reckless - a good day's work is all right but no tricks." During the month of June, Allan was recognized for bravery in those air raids. After July 3, 1943 bombing attacks were focused on Sicilian airfields and Axis communications centers with Italy.
It was during an attack by twenty-seven US bombers on the Sicilian airfield at Gerbini on July 5, 1943 that Second Lieutenant Allan Ewoldt played a key role as co-pilot of the B-17 Flying Fortress nick-named "Dee Zip Zip". The mission was Allan's 33rd, all of them focused on the Sicily and Italian campaign.
The story of the July 5 mission was told in the Army newspaper, The Stars and Stripes, by two of the plane's gunners, Technical Sargent David Fleming and First Sargent Allen Huckabee. The two revealed the story of the battle of a single damaged Flying Fortress against a swarm of at least 35 Messerschmitt 109s and Macchi 202s. Allen's bomber and two others were the last three planes in the second wave of the formation, flying at the lowest altitude and more vulnerable to enemy fire. Their B-17 was 10 minutes from its target, the Gerbini airfield, when the first enemy fighters appeared but they were just a nuisance until anti-aircraft fire knocked out the #4 engine. That cut down the plane's speed but the whole formation cut its speed to match and sheltered the Dee Zip Zip as it regained altitude after the bombing run. Then the #1 engine went out and the Fort was making hardly more than stalling speed. There was nothing else then for the formation to do but abandon the crippled aircraft. Immediately, Italian and German fighters swarmed in for the kill. "It sounded like rice on a tin roof," said Fleming, "when bullets began to hit us. The radio went out, then the oxygen, then the men. The first man to go was the tail gunner. Wounded, he crawled back into the waist and helped load another gun until he died. The ball turret gunner was next, crumpling from a 20mm explosive shell. The number 2 gunner was killed almost instantly by the raking crossfire of the two fighters. But the Fortress continued to fly and fly, though there were holes in the wings and fuselage big enough to crawl through. The pilot, A.E. Davis, was struggling to save the plane. The co-pilot was slumped against the pilot. Fleming went forward to help him. He found the co-pilot, Allan Ewoldt, had died. The belly turret gunner died when a shell struck his gun, curling the barrel up like a withered flower. "Things were getting black," Fleming said. "We were losing altitude fast. The pilot gave the order to abandon ship. We struggled into our chutes - there was a rip in mine from shrapnel - but I had no time to fear that it might not open. The engineer was the first man to jump. He went through the shot out window. About then, a shell exploded the ammunition box and the lead began popping all over the place. An army photographer went next. The bombardier and the navigator jumped. The pilot thought he was the last to clear the ship but the bomb bay door through which Huckabee and Fleming intended to jump slammed shut as they stood on the edge. The ship lurched and flung them to the floor. The two recovered and fell oudt the other bomb bay opening. As the two floated down, they watched the Dee Zip Zip. "It didn't want to die," said Fleming. "The grand old ship didn't stop. It seemed to pilot itself, first going into a spin, then coming out of it, then going into another spin, finally catching fire."
The seven survivors and the damaged plane came down about 12 miles from Ragusa, Sicily, near Cosimo. Allan and the other casualties in the B-17 went down with the plane. Fleming and Huckabee were separated from the other five and hospitalized in Ragusa, but were liberated in a few days when Americans captured the city.
For their bravery in this dangerous but successful mission, the Dee Zip Zip and the 99th Bombardment Group received a Citation from the Major General of the 15th Air Force. During this raid, the 99th lost three of its own B-17s but destroyed seventy enemy fighter planes on the ground and in the air and severely damaged hangars, fuel supplies and ammunition dumps - a serious blow to the defenses of Sicily. When Operation Husky started four days later on July 9, only two airfields in Sicily remained fully serviceable and over half the Axis aircraft had been forced to leave the island.
Allan's courageous last effort helped to secure the Allied victory. By the time Operation Husky ended on August 17, it had achieved the goals set out for it. The Allies drove Axis air, land and naval forces fron the island; the Mediterranean's sea lanes were opened and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was toppled from power. It opened the way to the Allied invasion of Italy - and ultimately - the end of the war.
Allan and the other casualties from his crew were buried in Scicli, near Ragusa, Sicily and then re-interred in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis in 1949. Allan James Ewoldt received four ribbons for distinguished sevice and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the highest medal awarded to servicemen after the Medal of Honor.


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I had left a post someplace, and can't find it. So I will start a fresh one. Maybe someone would consider it a sticky as this is very important.
One of the biggest factors in foodborne-illness outbreaks is time-temperature abuse. Disease-causing bacteria microorganisms grow and multiply at temperatures between 41 degrees F and 135 degrees F. Whenever food is held in the temperature danger range, it is being abused.
Common opportunities for time-temperature abuse throughout the flow of food include:
-- Not cooking food to its required minimum internal temperature
-- Not cooling food properly
-- Failing to reheat food to 165 degrees F for fifteen seconds within two hours
-- Failing to hold food at a minimum internal temperature of 135 defrees F or higher or 41 degrees F or lower
I have more on specific temps for different meats and will make more posts to this one. I want to keep them short so as to not loose interest.
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The Town of Gilbert is a high performing government organization, employing over 1,200 hundred people with roughly 250 lines of service. As a part of Team Gilbert, we are dedicated to serving the Gilbert community with the following Mission, Vision, and Values in mind:
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We are a service organization committed to enhancing quality of life and serving with integrity, trust, and respect.
Vision Statement
Gilbert will be best in class in all lines of service.
Values Statement
Integrity by being ethical, professional, and trustworthy.
Respect by being fair, courteous, and valuing others.
Accountability by being responsible for our actions and following through on our commitments.
Innovation by continuously improving services through progressive and creative outcomes.
Learning by developing our knowledge and skills.
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On the other side of the construction site, we happen to find a very beautiful river. Very beautiful, really. We took a rest over there...
I was doing the shoot alone at a private swimming pool....and I wearing only......
Ok ok....I know I do not have beautiful shape....but I really think I look good in that!
And by looking at the pictures....do you know what the ballons are made of? I don't say....you guess!
Okay, I hope you guys enjoyed my sharing. Of course there are lots more good photos but I can't post them all. I'm getting complain of putting up too many photos (I thought you like that!). By the way, hope you've watched the clip on Channel 8 just now. Oh, and the video clip...... I havn't get hold of it yet. Will upload it immediately once I have it.
That's all for today!
Can't even say 'Ta-ta' now, cos some say too kiddish.


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Lots more great finds, articles, thoughts and commentary over at Nathan's Rubbish Corp. Always a good read.
Lots more great finds, articles, thoughts and commentary over at Nathan's Rubbish Corp. Always a good read.
Detailed line work and sweeping curves create the rich texture in Micah's work. With a strong eye for form, type, and pattern, there's some great hand drawn lettering in his portfolio. There's a few jungle pieces that have a touch of Where The Wild Things Are ( the book ), which i love. Definitely worth spending a few minutes going through as you never know what to expect on the next page. Look out for monsters, dinosaurs, forest, more forest, ghosts, and lots more hidden behind the trees. Also – here's a quick vid of some sketches he drew for his friends of their favourite things.
Nice! Lovely illustration and sweet ideas on this range of hand screen printed limited edition stockings. Loving them! I've never seen designs like these on legs before. I didn't even know you could screen print on tights. There's bunches on there – the rain drops are a favourite, as are the bloody veins at the top here. Reminds me very much of the Blood and Guts chairs and cushions by Akel Creations. Anyway, the range is Les Queues De Sardines, by M + O, and are available from Fortnum and Mason ( and lots of places in France and Europe ). Check out the rest here!
Wowee he's a monster! I opened the curtains to the balcony today and found this guy lurking…. ! What is he? How did he get so big so fast? Can i eat him ? …. I've been looking into it and i *think* he's an Oyster Mushroom. Or he may just be some kind of horrible fungus. But i'm not certain yet so i'll be holding off on the mushroom omelet until i'm sure he won't kill me ;) Very 'woodland' for Dalston. Maybe i should get a gnome to go with it…
Handy place to carry your cat…. There's definitely a gag here that i'm not gonna make! There's kids watching ;) The source link seems to be down, but here it is on ffffound.
Lisa Congdon is going to show us a collection a day for the whole of 2010. Nice stuff emerging already as she picks from her vaults of items she's been collecting across her lifetime. She's an artist and illustrator from San Francisco and will be drawing and painting some of the objects form time to time too. Love these vintage erasers. Some retro packaging on the site too. Keep your eyes on this one. It'll make a lovely book at some point.
Cheers @nikroope! Love these wooden sunnies from Schwood. Made from East Indian Rosewood colours vary from "very dark brown to black with fine, closely spaced dark veins and white lines". I really need to get some new glasses, maybe i can fit proper lenses into these ? Very nice.
Well. That went quick didn't it! Meat Monster and Bob ( above ) say hi. And promise to keep up the posting, bringing you interesting things, nice ideas, visual goodness, and handmade stuff they spot as they rummage through the internets.
A massive thank you to you ( Yes you! ) for coming and reading the blog. It's always a pleasure to have you! It's been fascinating to chat to you all in the comments bit, and hear your thoughts and ideas. And many thanks to everyone who thinks of me when they see something cool, or has something wicked to they've made, and shoots a mail over. You're all awesome ;)
I'm thinking of giving Monster-Munch a make over. If you have anything you want to see more of, less of, or have any cunning plans you think i should get involved in then please get in touch :D @nickygibson on Twitter is the best way.
So – cheers you wonderful bunch, and nighty night … for now :)
We got a new juicer through today as an advance birthday present for Cookie from Cookie Snr. And it's amazing! We've been down to the market and stuffed a rucksack full to the brim of fruit and veg, and been madly whazzing it through the machine all day. Turns out grapefruit goes with just about everything.
If you have kids i would imagine a juicer being a great way of getting them to eat carrots and beetroot. So much fun ramming carrots in the tube of doom to be loudly grated to death… Monsters above spotted on Ffffound :)
And in a similar vein these Nest Egg money boxes by Mud Puppy. Lovely! Although a shame to smash em' ;) So tempting to draw eyes on them no ?
No need to smash this little fella when the time comes. Just pop the cap out' his ass – well 'face' actually, but ass sounded better ; ) – and you're in the money. Is it ok to buy something when you're saving up if it helps you save up ? It is isn't it, yeh…. ;)
Piggy will soon be available at Gorrinucha. Mini review spotted over on Grass Roots Modern.
An extraordinary image here of the UK completely covered in snow today. Pretty surprising! Even the very lower tip of the south west has snow, which is pretty rare. The most southerly tip of Cornwall gets snow maybe only once or twice a decade. I can only really remember seeing 'proper snow' there twice or so in my life. So there'll be some chilly surfers and frosty palm trees at the beach i think :)
A little while before Christmas i came across the beautiful jewelry made by Cecile – aka La Bôite a Monstres. We struck a deal to swap a moustachioed monster for a bracelet and we set to work on our creations. My pirate bracelet arrived the other day. Very exciting! It features as it's hero a full working compass, along side a functioning locket pendant, and pirate portrait also. I absolutely love it, and salute you Cecile on you marvelous handiwork. Thank you so much :)


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 8/2/2013 (1655 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
They are the two most valuable clubs in soccer, and on Wednesday they'll go head to head in the first leg of this season's most glamorous Champions League Round of 16 tie.
Manchester United, who last month became the first sports club to be valued at more than $3 billion by Forbes, has been atop the ranking in each of the six years the data has been published, and on all six occasions Real Madrid -- worth approximately $1.9 billion according to 2012 estimates -- has come in second.
Champions League revenue represents a significant portion of the income base for both clubs (UEFA splits more than $1.2 billion between the participating sides), so needless to say neither will want to go out of the competition this early.
But unless you're a bean-counter at Old Trafford or the Bernabeu money will be of only peripheral significance when United and Madrid lock horns on Wednesday, and again on March 5. The route to such riches, after all, begins with success on the pitch, and few sides have been more successful than these two in recent times.
And yet, theirs is a rivalry more fanciful than actual. United and Madrid have faced one another only eight times previously, and never in a major final. United has never won in four attempts at the Bernabeu, and the all-time record bends slightly toward Madrid, who have three wins, two losses and one draw.
If there is some common history to be found between the biggest names in the sport it goes back to their first four meetings. In 1957, a Madrid side led by the great Alfredo di Stéfano beat Duncan Edwards and the Busby Babes 5-3 over two matches in the semifinals.
A year later much of that United team, including Edwards, had perished in and following the Munich Air Disaster, and it wasn't until 1968 that they'd see one another again.
That year Matt Busby's rebuilt side handed Madrid a 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford thanks to a George Best goal, and they progressed to the final following a 3-3 draw at the Bernabeu in the return leg, where David Sadler and Bill Foulkes scored five minutes apart midway through the second half to pull United level.
Three of the four times United and Madrid have been drawn together in the knockout stages of this competition one of them has gone on to lift the European Cup. That's one of the storylines that will be talked about in the run-up to Wednesday's kickoff (1:30pm, Sportsnet), but there are a few other ones as well:
-- The two managers -- United's Sir Alex Ferguson and Madrid's José Mourinho -- have a fascinating relationship.
Mourinho has always been very public about his admiration for Ferguson, and it has long been thought the United boss would like his Madrid counterpart to succeed him at Old Trafford when he retires.
While at Chelsea, Mourinho's teams lost only one of 10 matches against Ferguson's, but in the Champions League each has one win, one loss and two draws in four meetings.
-- Cristiano Ronaldo played for Manchester United from 2003 to 2009, in which time he helped the Red Devils to three Premier League titles and the 2008 Champions League crown.
That same year he became the club's fourth player -- and first since George Best -- to win the Ballon D'Or. He'll return to Old Trafford on March 5 in Madrid colours, having moved to Spain for a world-record fee in 2009.
-- Recent form. United is perched comfortably atop the Premier League table and has a nine-point lead on second-place Manchester City after 25 matches.
The team is unbeaten in its last 13 matches in all competitions heading into the weekend but has kept only four clean sheets in that stretch. Madrid, meanwhile, has struggled in La Liga and is a disappointing third in the standings -- a whopping 16 points adrift of Barcelona. It goes into the weekend on the back of a loss to Granada and is without No.1 goalkeeper Iker Casillas.
Projected Manchester United XI: De Gea; Rafael; Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra; Carrick, Giggs; Kagawa, Rooney, Welbeck; Van Persie
Projected Real Madrid XI: Lopez; Arbeloa, Ramos, Pepe, Coentrao; Khedira, Alonso; Di Maria, Ozil, Ronaldo; Benzema
Projection: Manchester United progress on aggregate.


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Most of us have seen the pop-art cartoon before, either on a refrigerator magnet or a T-shirt. It's a Roy Lichtenstein spoof of a woman smacking her forehead and saying: "Oh my God! I forgot to have children!" A tear drips from one corner of her eye.
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My sister-in-law made the unfortunate mistake of calling me last minute to come over. And since I couldn't care less that my house has about 327 unfolded laundry items strewn haphazardly about my living room as I attempt to organize as I fold, I said COME ON OVER!! I can always use a friend to hold a hanger or two for me.
She came over with coffee in hand, iced no less because she not only knows me so well, but also because she knows that when I actually do work, my sweat glands also do work. What can I say iced is always best and I rarely order coffee hot. (Disclaimer: Shopping is also "work" in my book, which is why that crazed looking Starbucks employee who gave me an iced caramel macchiato when it was snowing outside can eat it.)
Now, after having sucked that puppy down, I have the strange ability to fold, smile, and share ALL OF MY insane closet secrets. Sadly, I'm not kidding. You can ask her. She laughed a lot with a couple of eye rolls mixed in, so I'm not sure if I truly demonstrated how devoted I was to having organized closets.
What can you do then, but take her to the source? What a lucky woman to see the source of the madness, from color-coded hangers, right down to segregated types of clothes (tank tops, tank top style dresses, t-shirts, t-shirt style dresses, long sleeve shirts, long sleeve fancy, vests, hoodies, and coats). And yes those are *some* of my sections for Grapenut's closet, I'm sure you don't want even more detail about how I organize what doesn't get hung up.
Long story short, I also organize those sections into color. And don't even bother to ask about different shades, and fading into the next color, because I have it all taken care of and accounted for. And if all else fails, we abide by the color scheme of a rainbow.
Yeah, it drives me nuts when my husband doesn't abide by the closet hanging rules. Yeah, I have a problem. Yeah, I love color-coded closets.
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• degustation •
Pronunciation: di-gê-stay-shên • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: 1. To savor small portions of several items on a menu. 2. To savor in small bites.
Notes: Today's Good Word is seldom encountered in the US, though it is popular in several European languages: German Degustation, Italian degustazione, Portuguese degustação, Spanish degustación—even Russian degustaciya. It brings with it an adjective, degustatory, and a personal noun is degustator. We have our choice of two verbs, degust or degustate.
In Play: We usually find this word in the menus of restaurants that offer a degustation of dishes: "The degustation at the new restaurant convinced Hardy Belcher that the poor preparation ran the gamut of the menu and he needn't return." However, we can use it in any situation where the phrase "a taste of" applies: "The boss made his son do a degustation of all the jobs in the company before making him vice president."
Word History: Today's Good Word was traced from French dégustation. French (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish) inherited this word from Latin degustatio(n) "tasting", the noun from the verb degustare "to taste", comprising de- "down, reduce" + gustare "to taste". Gustare is based on the noun gustus "taste", which Italian turned into gusto "taste, relish", figuratively used to mean "enthusiasm". English borrowed the figurative sense of this word as its own gusto. Gustus comes from the same root that went into the making of Old English ceosan "choose" which is still available to English-speakers as choose. (Let's now thank a Good Word editor, Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira, whose name suggests he enjoys degustating olives, for suggesting today's tasty Good Word.)


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Today is Friday, April 22, 2011 and here is what's available in terms of Daily Blogging Prompts, blog carnivals and other related events in the genealogy blogosphere:
Items of Note
- Happy blogiversary to African-American Genealogy Examiner and to The French Genealogy Blog (both started April 22, 2009)!
- And don't forget that another episode of GeneaBloggers Radio will be broadcast this evening as yours truly, Thomas MacEntee, returns to the air waves. Tune in beginning at 10pm EST, 9pm CST, 8pm MST, 7pm PST, 4am GMT, 3pm Sydney (AUS) .
- Today is Good Friday, Earth Day, National Jelly Bean Day (US).
- Look for the Genealogy Blogging Events for the Week of April 22-29, 2011 later this morning.
Daily Blogging Prompts
Family Recipe Friday – is an opportunity to share your family recipes with fellow bloggers and foodies alike. Whether it's an old-fashioned recipe passed down through generations, a recipe uncovered through your family history research, or a discovered recipe that embraces your ancestral heritage share them on Family Recipe Friday. This series was suggested by Lynn Palermo of The Armchair Genealogist.
Follow Friday – create a post in which you recommend another genealogy blogger, a specific blog post, a genealogy website or a genealogy resource. Tell us why they are important to the genealogy community and why we should follow. Follow Friday is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers and was suggested by Earline Bradt of Ancestral Notes.
Friend of Friends Friday – if you have encountered records of enslaved ancestors, whether they are your own ancestors or not, make it a point to transcribe those records and get them posted on the Internet via your blog. Friend of Friends Friday is an important service to the genealogy community – both Leslie Ann of Ancestors Live Here and Greta of Greta's Genealogy Bog have been posting to this series for some time now and their inspiration is much appreciated.
Funeral Card Friday – do you have a collection of memorial cards for your ancestors or family members, the kind that funeral homes produce and give out to mourners? Post images of these cards and stories about the person memorialized during Funeral Card Friday. Funeral Card Friday has been an ongoing series by Dee at Funeral Cards & Genealogy.
To ensure that your blog post is included in the "roll-up" widgets above, include the name of the blogging theme in your post title. Examples: Black Sheep Sunday – Paige Turner; Tombstone Tuesday – Pearl E. Gates.
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If you would like your event or Daily Blogging Prompt included, please contact Geneabloggers at geneabloggers [at] gmail [dot] com.
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The Last Big Chance To Take On Romney's "12 Million Jobs"
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According to press accounts, Mitt Romney will deliver in Iowa tomorrow "a closing speech framing the economic choice facing voters." The New York Times reports that the campaign "declined to provide details about what Mr. Romney would say in the speech," but it's safe to assume that at some point Romney will repeat what has become the central promise of his economic pitch: that as president he will create 12 million new jobs.
Seeing as this is being billed as Romney's final economic pitch to voters, it represents the last big chance for reporters to challenge the Republican on that 12 million jobs assertion and point out that a) that level of job growth is expected regardless of who's president, and b) one of Romney's top economic advisors acknowledged the campaign's math on this issue doesn't add up.
Once again, this is the central economic claim being put forward by team Romney in a campaign that everyone agrees is all about the economy. And the claims undermining it aren't coming from partisan or otherwise interested sources. Both Macroeconomic Advisers and Moody's Analytics project 11.8 million jobs will be created by 2016, and as Moody's Mark Zandi put it: "The forecast is agnostic with regard to who is elected in November."
On top of that, the math used by the Romney campaign to explain how they'll arrive at 12 million jobs is, in the words of Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler, "mostly made of gossamer." When Kessler asked the campaign for their numbers on job creation, they sent him three different studies with three different time frames (one uses a 10-year window, another projects an 8-year forecast). Asked to comment, Romney economic advisor Glenn Hubbard told Kessler: "The big point is the 3+7+2 does not make up the 12 million jobs in the first four years (different source of growth and different time period)."
Up to this point some major media outlets have been noticeably unwilling to push back on the "12 million jobs" claim around which the Romney candidacy is built. With Election Day less than a fortnight away and Romney's economic speech slated for tomorrow, it's looking like they have just one more real shot at getting it right.
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BRISBANE -- The first ripples of what is shaping up as a mental health tsunami were felt in Australia Wednesday when a young soldier used talk radio to confront Prime Minister Julia Gillard about her support for Afghanistan War veterans.
The decade-long conflict is coming to an end Down Under. Most troops are set to return home at the end of the year as the multinational base, Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province, is handed over to local soldiers in 2014.
Whether or not the war was a "success" will be a matter largely for historical debate. What will be its more tangible legacy is the hundreds, and possibly thousands, of young men and women left with deep mental scars.
Post-traumatic-stress disorder is not new to this nation. Thousands of "diggers" (Aussie for soldiers) exited both world wars with nervous disorders vaguely bundled into a condition labelled "shell shock.''
It wasn't until Vietnam, where some 500 Australian diggers lost their lives, that the mental agony of modern warfare became the subject of more formal diagnosis, and the massive cost to society of damaged young men was recognized.
On Wednesday, the national broadcaster, the ABC, carried the story of "Adam," an Afghanistan War vet with PTSD who rang the PM during one of the her frequent talk-back radio segments.
"My experiences with DVA (department of veterans' affairs) is a very jagged field and nobody can give you direct answer of where you're going to be and where you'll end up, which adds to the stresses of the discharge process," he said.
Adam wanted to know what Gillard's plan was for returning men and women with problems, adding with some understatement.
"Because they are going to come back and things are going to be different for them."
Gillard said the government was working on the issue and suggested there were many good programs underway.
The extent of the problem is already being documented and it's developing across ranks.
A senior officer who served in the war, Maj.-Gen. John Cantwell who was national commander of Australian Defence Forces in Afghanistan, has spoken and written openly about his own battle with PTSD.
With three wars under his belt, including Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan, Cantwell is widely recognized as the model of the modern professional soldier.
In his book Exit Wounds he tracks his path to a hospital's psychiatric ward with the sort of grotesque eloquence that brings alive the horrors of the "industrialized killing" that is modern warfare.
One image helping to propel his downward emotional spiral was a pair of tanks equipped with bulldozer blades plowing down either side of Iraqi trenches with the explicit purpose of burying the enemy, dead or alive.
"It was pretty brutal and it managed to kill by burial, alive and dead, hundreds, perhaps thousands of Iraqi soldiers,'' he told the ABC's current affairs program Lateline last September.
"A hand reaching out of the sand of a buried Iraqi was one of the images, the many images that I carried from that war.''
Cantwell is generous of his praise of Australian diggers whom he believes are motivated by a desire to bring a better life to the people of Afghanistan.
But, in what perhaps is the core of so much of the mental agony of the returning soldier, he admitted that when looking at a young soldier on a morgue slab he had dared asked himself the most difficult of all questions.
"Is that life worth it?"
A few prescriptions for Prozac won't fix what lies ahead.
Australia has lost 40 people in the conflict. But the bills for the war in Afghanistan will continue to roll in for decades.
Michael Madigan is the Winnipeg Free Press correspondent in Australia. He writes mostly about politics for the Brisbane-based Courier Mail.


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The Arizona Real Estate Achievement (AREA) Awards — selected by a panel of industry experts — honor the state's best and brightest real estate companies, real estate agents, real estate brokers, mortgage companies, bankers, home builders, individuals who give back to the community, and those in the real estate business whose careers have left an indelible mark on the community and on the industry.
Winner: Russell Shaw, Realty One Group
He's most recognizable for his television commercials in which he proclaims: "I'm not bragging. I'm applying for a job. I want to be your Realtor. And if you're not happy, fire me!" Russell Shaw, a native of Phoenix, backs up those words as he has been selling real estate since 1978. As Associate Broker of the 16-member Russell Shaw Group in Phoenix, Shaw is a GRI, a CRS, past President of the Arizona Certified Residential Specialists and a Lifetime Member of the President's Roundtable. In 2011, Realty One Group had 331 sales totaling $48.886 million and collected $629,418 in fees. "Many agents think their most important job is satisfying the customer," he says. "I don't think that's true. I believe that satisfying the customer is simply the minimum requirement for staying in business … Our objectives are to get you the most money in the least time, and with the fewest hassles."
Honorable Mention: Curtis Johnson, Curtis Johnson Realty
Constantly analyzing current market conditions and trends, Curtis Johnson likes to stay one step ahead of his competitors. Combined with his extensive knowledge of the local real estate market and his proprietary "89 Step System" he and his team use to market their clients' homes, Johnson and his team were ranked No. 57 of 1.2 million realtors by the Wall Street Journal for their production in 2008, selling 300 homes. One of the most in-demand real estate brokers in the state, Johnson provides "proven, practical, and usable marketing strategies" for his clients. A designated broker, Johnson holds advanced professional designations including GRI, ABR and CRS.


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HOUSTON - Several months after the brutal death of a security guard, family members and police are speaking out in hopes of catching his killers.
In July 2012, Pedro DePena was standing guard outside a game room on Evergreen near Hemlock in southeast Houston when two crooks walked up to him, police said. Surveillance video showed DePena got into an altercation with the suspects right before one of them pulled a gun and shot him in the head, killing him instantly.
The crooks were also caught on surveillance video running away, minutes after the killing.
Family member Michelle DePena spoke for the family at a news conference Friday. She said they lost someone who was very loved.
"We're just hoping that this gets solved, so that maybe they can get some rest," said Michelle.
She said DePena died protecting others.
"He was a hard working man. He was doing his job. He wasn't out there doing something wrong. He was making a living for himself to help his parent, his nieces and his brother make it in life," said Michelle.
Katherine Cabaniss with Crime Stoppers said she's hoping someone, somewhere will speak up and help put the killers behind bars.
"There is always someone who knows who did it," said Cabaniss. "There is someone who knows the identities of the killers in this case. We are asking that person today to pick up the phone and give us some names."
If you know anything, give Crime Stoppers a call at 713-222-TIPS (8477). All tipsters can remain anonymous, and you could receive a cash reward.
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Right off the bat, you can tell that Brian Schroepfer has a knack for all things technical.
As he leads a tour through his 4,960-square-foot beer-making facility, Schroepfer rattles off arcane facts about fermentation, wort, hops and malt, and explains complex science like a professor.
"This is a 1.5 million BTU steam boiler," he said, patting a menacing-looking contraption. "That gives us plenty of energy to heat the water and run the boil kettle." The rest of the tour contained a similar level of detail.
"I love this stuff," said Schroepfer, who with his wife, Kelly, owns and operates O.C.'s newest craft brewery, Valiant Brewing Co., in Orange, which opened this month. "It's fascinating to learn about the process and all the variables that go into making good beer."
Nestled in the back corner of an anonymous business park near the Santa Ana River, Valiant isn't fancy. The small tasting area is marked off by beer barrels and the equipment is in full view. Right now, the public is invited to taste only on Saturdays from noon to 9 p.m., although Kelly hints the brewery may expand to other days soon.
I assumed Brian Schroepfer was a lifelong beer nut, but it's a relatively new obsession. Until a few years ago, he puttered away as a home brewer, devoting most of his time to a completely different pursuit: drag racing. If you Google "Brian Schroepfer," you'll see he was active and successful on the Southern California Super Eliminator circuit.
Then the 2007 Santiago fire changed Brian's plans.
The Schroepfers' property in Silverado Canyon suffered major damage. Their house survived but a garage was destroyed. It housed Brian's tools, three hot rods and his custom brewing system.
"It was pretty devastating, but I looked at it as an opportunity to change direction," Brian said.
Valiant is the ideal business for the Schroepfers, who have known each other since they were kids growing up in south O.C. They both graduated with degrees in engineering from Cal State Long Beach and worked in the aerospace industry. Kelly manages the administrative end; Brian is the brewmaster.
Brian started by getting an education. He graduated from a master brewers program in June 2010. Buying from local manufacturers, he has assembled a 20-barrel brewing system with a few customized features not found in most beer startups. A series of fermenters that vary in size are employed for experimental brews and small batches.
The Schroepfers proudly poured several beers for me at the tasting bar. They included Mighty Maximus, an English bitter with 3.6 percent alcohol by volume; 31 Kings, an India pale ale with 6.7 ABV; and Jericho, an imperial IPA with 10.5 percent ABV.
"This is a nice malty beer, a premium bitter with a lot of toasted qualities and a good nose to it," Brian said of the Mighty Maximus. "We really wanted to see if we could make a big beer in a small package. It's very challenging to do small batches. Imperfections really show up."
The Schroepfers' beers exhibit a gamut of flavors. But they're all nicely balanced and not too heavy; no cloying craft-brew monsters here. "We want people to enjoy more than one glass if they feel like it," Brian said.
Valiant's hops come from different suppliers. "We really try to match the hops to the flavor profile of the beer. The hops can vary widely in taste," Brian said. "You don't want to put all your eggs in one basket with hops."
The number of craft breweries is exploding in the United States, which is a source of both encouragement and concern for Valiant's owners.
"The only thing I worry about … is there are the people who want to make money first. They get into this with maybe a year's experience in home brewing," Brian said. "People should do this because they love beer and want to share their love. That's more important than anything else."
Valiant Brewing Co. is at
2294 N. Batavia St., Unit C, in Orange 714-408-2825.
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Wilbekin leads The Rock to first SIAA championship
Published: Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 11:59 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 11:59 p.m.
JACKSONVILLE - The Rock boys basketball team won its first state title in school history with a 64-56 victory over Arlington Country Day on Saturday in the Sunshine Independent Athletic Association Tournament finals.
Junior guard Mitchell Wilbekin was named SIAA Tournament MVP and led all scorers with 15 points, fueled by 10-of-13 shooting from the free-throw line.
Wilbekin was one of four scorers to reach double figures for the Lions, including Christian Benzon (11), Glenn Feidanga (10), Pape Diatta (10) and Joel Embiid (10).
Embiid, a Kansas signee, also hauled in a team-high 14 rebounds.
The Rock, which finished third in last year's tournament, closes its season with a 33-4 record.
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Someone told me it would be fun. I should have known better.
What follows is but a snapshot in time of an insane, buy-it-even-though-you-don't-need-it feeding frenzy that occurs every year on Dec. 26, which of course is better known as the day after Christmas.
I arrived at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa a little after 9 a.m., figuring that I would arrive a little early to observe the day-after sales madness.
It was something, I was told, I had to witness personally, that it would be a good exercise in seeing Orange County in action, that maybe I could even pick up a sweater or two while I was at it.
The place was packed.
And packed, I have come to discover, is quite a relative term. Everyone I encountered on this day all exclaimed the same thing: "This is nothing!" Maybe, I think now, I have been away from Southern California too long.
I'm virtually swimming through people along the walkways, dodging and being tripped by innumerable toddlers and their strollers, coming face to face with a multiple bag-carrying elderly woman in the shoe department of Bloomingdale's because there was no way to avoid it in a swarm of shoppers. If this is "nothing," I never want to see or know what "something" looks like.
Still, you make the best of things.
Stephanie Barnum, 36, of Newport Beach called her sister, Beverly, 46, of Van Nuys, who had spent the night at their parents' Irvine home, at 6:20 a.m.
Get up, she told Beverly, we are going shopping.
It is why you do not see their photographs in these pages today. They had not showered. Their hair was pulled back into buns. There was no makeup.
"Please, I'm begging you," Stephanie implored when I mentioned photographs.
I caught up with them as they stood at the tail end of what had to be a 75-person line on the second floor of Banana Republic.
The shopping mall, I would be remiss by not telling you, was at least 85 percent populated by women. The few men present were seated in the walkways, waiting. Or they were being led by the hand by their spouses or girlfriends to their next waiting spot.
It is why the Barnum sisters came up to the men's section on the second floor. Men will not wait in such a long line, they told me. If they enter it, they will not last long in it.
Indeed, the line downstairs in the women's department was nearly twice as long. It was populated totally by women.
Thao Le, 37, of Costa Mesa was at its tail end. In her arms were two pairs of pants, two sweaters and one blouse. She had been already in line for a half-hour and still could not see the cashier station. She did not care.
"If I had time restraints, I would not be in this line," she told me. "But everything is 50 percent off. If it takes me two hours to get through, I will be here." It does indeed take nearly that long.
Amid the shopping mayhem, you at times seek a more peaceful, quieter space. At this hour, that was the returns line at Macy's.
At the end of it was Tracy Grotz, 43, of Ridgewood, N.J. She was returning two Michael Kors handbags she had purchased for her daughter, Kylie, 19, as a Christmas present. Kylie hated them, she said.
Each bag cost $260.
"OK, she doesn't hate them," she said, "but she doesn't like them enough to keep them, given their cost."
Watching this, I cannot ever envision my parents buying me $260 worth of anything, much less me dragging them back to the store to return it. God love you, Kylie.
On a bench outside of Macy's sits Jennifer Cody, 47, of Orange. She is laden with bags and appears exhausted. In fact, she arrived at the mall just before 8 a.m. She tore through it.
She, too, has just purchased a pair of handbags – Michael Kors, of course – that two days before had retailed for $700 apiece. She got both for just under $300.
For handbags? I ask her, feigning shock.
"That's what most men say," she explained. "Women like shoes and purses, period," she said. "Regardless of the cost."
Nearly an hour has passed when I catch up with the Barnum sisters in Banana Republic. They are two shoppers away from reaching the cashier. They also have many more items draped over their arms. They have spent the time, they explain, "tag-teaming" the store.
One of them stands in the line while the other shops, they explain. Stephanie has picked up a pair of size 10 buckskin shoes for her boyfriend, something she says she would have never thought to do had the line been shorter.
After more than an hour of waiting, Beverly pays $57.66 for an armful of clothes and Stephanie another $177.99 for the pile of shoes, dresses, pants and blouses she has selected, which only days earlier would have cost nearly $400.
I spend maybe a half-hour with them as the sisters move on to Bloomingdale's, which is – is "packed" the word now? – packed with shoppers.
They strafe the clothing racks. They try on everything only, at the end, to end up with one single blouse. I bid them adieu. I have had enough of this day-after madness.
By the time I reach my car, scores of others are streaming into the parking lot.
Perhaps what is arriving is the "something" I promised myself never to see.
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The Nanakusa Island (七草島, Nanakusa-jima, Literally meaning: Seven Herbs Island) is an island located somewhere east of the Land of Fire and south of the Land of Lightning. It is known for the large variety and abundant reserves of herbs and other ingredients used in Military Rations Pill's and various medicines. According to Tsunade, as an uninhabited island, it is considered a neutral territory.
Locations and Items
Several smaller locations such as caves and a variety of herbs can be found on this island, these include:
- The Energy Carrot (活力人参, Katsuryoku Ninjin) is a medicinal herb that is used for making food pills. They usually grow in nice, orderly manner.
- The Hell Valley (地獄谷, Jigokudani) is located on this island. The mud that gushes out underground here is an Elixir Mud (万能泥, Bannō Doro, Literally meaning: Almighty Mud) that can be used to heal bruises, cuts, and sprains. Gas is released from underground that can toxic be if exposed to it for a long period of time. A large lizard also inhabits this valley.
- The Mandra Grass (マンドラ草, Mandorasō) (it is probably based on the mandrake or mandragora (マンドラゴラ, mandoragora)).
- The Crimson Newt (紅イモリ, Beniimori).
- The Giant Mato (大マト, Daimato).
- A paralysing herb was wrapped around a bridge on the island, it causes the body of anyone who touches it to shut down. The person later experiences symptoms similar to the chills.
- The island's name probably comes from Nanakusa-no-sekku.


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Mind, Body, Soul Exhibition: Part 1
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
The San Jose State Univeristy Art Building is located at 9th Street and San Antonio. Free street parking is available along 10th street, garage parking is available at 10th & San Fernando.
The first of a three part exhibition demonstrating woodworking, performance and installation art to explore the intricacies of understanding one's self. Part one explores the search for faith and the loss of organized religion in society as well as in the individual. With the influences of Fra Angelico and Fra Lippi external elements have been incorporated into a unique installation.
When & Where
San Jose State University
One Washington Square
Art Building 2nd floor Black Gallery
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (PST)
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SAINT LEO, Fla. - Saint Leo University head coach Lesley Graham has announced the addition of five players to the 2013 roster. Margaret Adams, Jennifer Doyle, Paige Leggio, Devin Rohmer, and Mallorie Shawe have all signed National Letters of Intent to join the Lions beginning in the 2012-13 season.
"We're excited to add these girls to our program, and are looking forward to seeing how their skills can help take us to the next level," said Graham. "We're thrilled they will continue their academic and athletic success here at Saint Leo, and are anticipating some great things out of this group."
The incoming class of early signees is a diverse collection with plenty of experience. With three local products from the Sunshine State, one from the lacrosse hotbed of Long Island, and the final signee hailing from Pa., the Lions are sure to have a wide array of talent in all areas of the field.
"Jen, Mallorie, and Devin all have great experience playing for the LaxManiax club right here in Florida, and we're excited that we get to showcase some local talent so close to home," Graham added. "It's a great opportunity to focus on the young talent that is developing in Florida, and keep them right here in their home state to shine."
Margaret Adams
5-0 | Defender
Malvern, Pa.
Great Valley High School
Adams is currently a senior at Great Valley High School in her hometown of Malvern, Pa. The 5-0 defender plays for head coach Joe Tornetta for the Mongoose Lacrosse Club.
Coach Graham's Thoughts: "I'm excited to have Margaret join the Lions in the fall. Her tenacious attitude and competitive spirit will be an asset on the defensive side of the ball."
Jennifer Doyle
5-4 | Attackman
Key Largo, Fla.
Coral Shores High School | LaXManiax
An attackman for Coral Shores High School, Doyle plays for head coach Mark Hall. The Key Largo native has been named a two-time Attack Player of the Year ('10, '11), First Team All-District ('10, '11), was a First Team All-League Selection in 2011, and team captain her junior year. Doyle also plays for the LaxManiax for head coach Sarah Burlingame, scoring an average of three goals per game for her club team.
Coach Graham's Thoughts: "Jen has a great finish on her shot, and will not only be a threat on cage but as a feeder as well."
Mallorie Shawe
5-8 | Attackman/Midfielder
Boca Raton, Fla.
Spanish River High School
Shawe is a four year varsity letterwinner at Spanish River High School, playing for Jarlyn Mathews. The Boca Raton, Fla. native led the team in caused turnovers her junior year, and captained her squad throughout her senior campaign. Shaw also plays for the LaxManiax, coached by Trey Burlingham.
Coach Graham's Thoughts: "Mallorie has a natural ability to see plays develop, and knows where to be and when to be there. She has a great game sense, and reads the ball well. We will look to her to lead us in transition."
Devin Rohmer
5-6 | Defender
Jacksonville, Fla.
Bartram Trail High School
Rohmer, a Jacksonville native, will join the Lions in the fall after playing for Bartram Trail High School under coaches Sarah Gallion and Megan Fanning. Along with her time on the lacrosse field, Rohmer also participates on the Weightlifting team, helping the squad to a third place All-County finish. The 5-6 defender is a member of the LaxManiax club team, playing for head coach Paul McCord.
Coach Graham's Thoughts: "Devin is a remarkable athlete and a beast on defense. Her vocal leadership will help guide our young defensive unit. We're really excited to have her on board."
Paige Leggio
5-1 | Midfielder
Bay Shore, N.Y.
Bay Shore High School
Playing for Coach Allison Pfeffer for the Bay Shore High School Marauders, Leggio has been named to the All-Division teams her sophomore and junior seasons. The 5-1 midfielder has also earned Most Hard Working for her efforts on the soccer field as a sophomore, and was a two-time All-League Winter Track selection, and All-Northeastern selection for cross country as a senior. Leggio plays on the Long Island Yellow Jackets club team for Coach Scott Kravitz, as well.
Coach Graham's Thoughts: "Paige comes from a great club program where her stick skills, coachability, and attitude will be immediately felt in the midfield. She also has great footwork and speed."
Scheduled to graduate in 2016, the incoming group of early signees will provide the Lions with a core of fresh talent to help the new program evolve as they strive to reach new levels of success. The Lions, who became the second Division II program in the state of Florida, begin their inaugural season on February 11 when they take on Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla. For the latest news, updates, and information on the Saint Leo women's lacrosse team's first season, visit SaintLeoLions.com.


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POLICE are appealing for information after what is believed to be paint stripper was poured over vehicles in Tardebigge.
It happened at Dolan Park Hospital, Stoney Lane, on Wednesday, December 19.
A substance believed to be paint stripper was thrown over 13 vehicles on the staff car park, including a Land Rover Freelander causing £1,000 damage, a Daewoo Lanos which sustained £1,000 worth of damage, a Kia which had £400 worth of damage, a Toyota Yaris which had £800 worth of damage, a Ford Mondeo which also had £800 worth of damage, and a Peugeot which had £500 damage.
Four youths wearing dark clothing with hoods up were seen running into a field.
A man was arrested last night on suspicion of criminal damage and is currently in police custody assisting with inquiries.
Witnesses or anyone with information are being asked to contact PC Simeon Darrall Jones on 0300 333 3000 quoting incident 80-N-191212 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.


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2 Feb, 2013 - 13 Oct, 2013
In 2013, MOPA celebrates 30 years as a museum in Balboa Park dedicated to exhibiting photography, film, and video. Prior to MOPA's founding in 1983, it existed as the "Center for Photographic Arts," a nonprofit organization created in the early 1970s which exhibited and promoted photography as an art form. Since its founding, MOPA has presented dynamic world-class photography exhibitions in San Diego and built a world class photography collection. 30x: Three Decades highlights one acquisition from each of MOPA's 30 years, showcasing a selection of influential figures in the history of photography, including works by Alexander Rodchenko, Loretta Lux, Thomas Struth, Lee Friedlander, Robert Adams, Marian Drew and other influential artists.


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The treadmill test is used in veterinary medicine for many reasons. It is used in horses to diagnose lameness, detect cardiovascular and respiratory abnormalities, and determine reasons for decreased performance. Heart and respiratory rates can be monitored as well as other physiological functions. The horse can have an endoscopy examination of the upper airways during exercise and can have electrodes placed for an ECG during the test. A catheter can also be placed to monitor arterial blood gas during exercise. The treadmill can be increased up to 30 mph and can also be set at different inclines (6% or 10%) to increase intensity at lower speeds.
Collection of Arterial Blood
An arterial catherer can also be placed in the facial artery prior to the treadmill test to allow for blood collection during the test.
An arterial catherer placed in the facial artery allows blood to be drawn during the treadmill test to monitor arterial blood. Arterial blood gas and lactate concentrations are examples of what is commonly measured using an arterial catherer.
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That will not be doing our Kurdish brothers any good. A young person who learns Kurdish will come to Ankara and have problems because won't speak Turkish. Or, I will go to Mardin and say, "May I have half a kilo of baklava?" He will answer me in Kurdish. I will not understand him, and he will not understand me. What is the point? There needs to be a system where we all understand one another's language. Otherwise, it will compromise our quality of life. I have many brothers and acquaintances in the Southeast. I have guests from the Southeast coming tomorrow. They speak Turkish. How could we communicate if they only spoke Kurdish? These things are very problematic.
But if they say, "Let us revive the Southeast," that is right. "The Southeast is poor, you must help it." That is right. They can say that. Or, "Send food and clothing and open factories." That is right, too. "Let us put an end to poverty there," that is also right. But the Kurdish language will clearly wrong our Kurdish brothers and wrong us, and is a system that will drive us apart. I will not understand them and they will not understand me. They will write a book and I won't understand it, and they will be unable to read I book I have written. What is the use in that? They will produce newspapers and we will produce our own. They will be unable to read ours, and we theirs. Is that any good? We are one, the children of the same family. Many of my brothers are Kurds, and many of my sisters. Where did this come from? They will come and say something in Turkish and I will not understand them. What's the point of that? If they want a cause, there is Islamic Unity. If they are bursting with energy, they can use it for the Islamic Unity.
It is producing unease on a whim. There is Kurdish-language TV. I watch it. Our brothers speak very well, but I do not understand what they are saying. They play music and sing very fine pieces, but I do not understand what they are saying. Is that any good? Our common language is Turkish. We must all know Turkish. You can learn English and German and Kurdish and Circassian. The state can also teach Kurdish. The laws can be amended accordingly.
But I want to speak with my brothers and form attachments. They are very fine and blessed people. Very polite. They can say what is true and what is true is that there is poverty there. That is correct. We must help. There is a lack of knowledge. That is also true. We must mobilize in all the resources we have to provide education. But this matter of language is intended to divide us. Let us imagine the members of a family. If they tell my mother, "We are going to teach you a foreign language," and they tell my older brother, "And we are going to teach you another foreign language," then how will I be able to talk to them? What is the point? There is no need for something like that. That system will just damage our quality of life and accomplish nothing else.
For example, Barzani comes and they know Turkish. Good, it is excellent for them to know Turkish. Talabani came, and he knew Turkish. Not knowing Turkish is very harmful. It puts a block on trade and social bonds. It puts a block on tourism. It is harmful in all regards. No, I am not saying that there should be no Kurdish. Everyone must learn Kurdish to their hearts' content. As I have said before, my father knew very good Circassian, but he spoke Turkish. My uncles also knew Circassian, but they spoke Turkish. All my relatives were like that. We have acquaintances from Mardin, and they speak excellent Turkish, but also excellent Arabic. It is a blessing that they speak Turkish. (Adnan Oktar, January 17th, 2013, A9 TV)
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The presidential chair made Obama a religious person. The first African American president of United States explained that he is continuously praying. In a TV program that was broadcasted the other night, Obama was asked how his life was affected in terms of spiritual circumstances and he replied as; "Previously, I used to pray every night. Now, I am praying continuously." The president begins every new day by reading the prayers that come to his Blackberry by e-mail messages. "I have so much work to do hence I always need a guide." explained Obama.
Obama also added; "my only intent is to pursue the pleasure of Allah and achieve a task that is in line with people's wishes." So, it has already come out that; just like his predecessor George Bush, the reigning president does not hesitate to reveal his religious stance.


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James "Jamie" Bonini is vice president of TSSC at Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA), located near
TSSC is a not-for-profit corporation affiliated with TEMA which shares Toyota Production System (TPS) know-how with North American organizations that have a true desire to learn and adopt TPS; as a way to strengthen their production system.
Bonini began his career with Toyota in 2002, as assistant general manager for TSSC, responsible for planning and leading shop floor improvement activities. He later joined Toyota Motor Manufacturing,
From 2004-10, he served as general manager for TEMA's supplier commodity engineering (SCE) division which leads new model projects and mass production supplier development projects in North America. His duties included managing supplier parts for new model preparations as well as mass production models.
Prior to joining Toyota, Bonini worked at DaimlerChrysler where he held a variety of roles including the company's cost management group and new model projects at three assembly plants in North America. He also held key positions with Tritec Motors and the Pilette Road Truck Assembly Plant in
He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University (1985), a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley (1987) and two Master of Science degrees in management and material science engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1992).
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Cabazitaxel (Jevtana ®)
Pronounced: ka-BAZ-i-TAX-el
Classification: Taxane
About Cabazitaxel (Jevtana ®)
Cabazitaxel kills cancer cells by inhibiting cell division and growth. Cabazitaxel exerts its effects by inhibiting microtubule growth and assembly, processes that are essential for cells to divide.
How to Take Cabazitaxel
Cabazitaxel is given by intravenous (IV) infusion, over about an hour. Doses are given 3 weeks apart. The actual dose is based on your height and weight. Prior to each dose, you will be given medications, including an antihistamine (such as diphenhydramine), a corticosteroid (such as dexamethasone), and an H2 blocker (such as ranitidine) to decrease the risk of an infusion reaction.
The blood levels of this medication can be affected by certain medications, so they should be avoided. These include: ketoconazole, itraconazole, clarithromycin, atazanavir, indinavir, nefazodone, nelfinavir, ritonavir, saquinavir, telithromycin and voriconazole. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider about all medications and supplements you take.
Possible Side Effects
There are a number of things you can do to manage the side effects of cabazitaxel Talk to your doctor or nurse about these recommendations. They can help you decide what will work best for you. These are some of the most common side effects:
Low White Blood Cell Count (Leukopenia or Neutropenia)
White blood cells (WBC) are important for fighting infection. While receiving treatment, your WBC count can drop, putting you at a higher risk of getting an infection. You should let your doctor or nurse know right away if you have a fever (temperature greater than 100.4), sore throat or cold, shortness of breath, cough, burning with urination, or a sore that doesn't heal.
Tips to preventing infection:
- Washing hands, both yours and your visitors, is the best way to prevent the spread of infection.
- Avoid large crowds and people who are sick (i.e.: those who have a cold, fever or cough or live with someone with these symptoms).
- When working in your yard, wear protective clothing including long pants and gloves.
- Do not handle pet waste.
- Keep all cuts or scratches clean.
- Shower or bath daily and perform frequent mouth care.
- Do not cut cuticles or ingrown nails. You may wear nail polish, but not fake nails.
- Ask your doctor or nurse before scheduling dental appointments or procedures.
- Ask your doctor or nurse before you, or someone you live with, has any vaccinations.
Low Red Blood Cell Count (Anemia)
Your red blood cells are responsible for carrying oxygen to the tissues in your body. When the red cell count is low, you may feel tired or weak. You should let your doctor or nurse know if you experience any shortness of breath, difficulty breathing or pain in your chest. If the count gets too low, you may receive a blood transfusion.
Low Platelet Count (Thrombocytopenia)
Platelets help your blood clot, so when the count is low you are at a higher risk of bleeding. Let your doctor or nurse know if you have any excess bruising or bleeding, including nose bleeds, bleeding gums or blood in your urine or stool. If the platelet count becomes too low, you may receive a transfusion of platelets.
- Do not use a razor (an electric razor is fine).
- Avoid contact sports and activities that can result in injury or bleeding.
- Do not take aspirin (salicylic acid), non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs) such as Motrin®, Aleve®, Advil®, etc. as these can all increase the risk of bleeding. Unless your healthcare team tells you otherwise, you may take acetaminophen (Tylenol).
- Do not floss or use toothpicks and use a soft-bristle toothbrush to brush your teeth.
Allergic Reactions
In some cases, patients can have an allergic reaction to this medication. Signs of a reaction can include: shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chest pain, rash, flushing or itching, chest or throat tightness, swelling of the face, or feeling dizzy or faint. If you notice any changes in how you feel during the infusion, let your nurse know immediately. The infusion will be stopped if this occurs.
Nausea and/or Vomiting
Talk to your doctor or nurse so they can prescribe medications to help you manage nausea and vomiting. In addition, dietary changes may help. Avoid things that may worsen the symptoms, such as heavy or greasy/fatty, spicy or acidic foods (lemons, tomatoes, oranges). Try antacids, (e.g. milk of magnesia, calcium tablets such as Tums), saltines, or ginger ale to lessen symptoms.
Call your doctor or nurse if you are unable to keep fluids down for more than 12 hours or if you feel lightheaded or dizzy at any time.
There are several things you can do to prevent or relieve constipation. Include fiber in your diet (fruits and vegetables), drink 8-10 glasses of non-alcoholic fluids a day, and keep active. A stool softener once or twice a day may prevent constipation. If you do not have a bowel movement for 2-3 days, you should contact your healthcare team for suggestions to relieve the constipation. This medication can cause a blockage in the bowel, so constipation should be taken seriously.
This medication can cause diarrhea that can lead to serious dehydration, and even death. Be sure to inform your oncology team if you develop diarrhea. Your oncology team can recommend medications to relieve diarrhea. Also, try eating low-fiber, bland foods, such as white rice and boiled or baked chicken. Avoid raw fruits, vegetables, whole grain breads, cereals and seeds. Soluble fiber is found in some foods and absorbs fluid, which can help relieve diarrhea. Foods high in soluble fiber include: applesauce, bananas (ripe), canned fruit, orange sections, boiled potatoes, white rice, products made with white flour, oatmeal, cream of rice, cream of wheat, and farina. Drink 8-10 glasses on non-alcoholic, un-caffeinated fluid a day to prevent dehydration.
Loss or Thinning of Scalp and Body Hair (Alopecia)
Your hair may become thin, brittle, or may fall out. This typically begins two to three weeks after treatment starts. This hair loss can be all body hair, including pubic, underarm, legs/arms, eyelashes, and nose hairs. The use of scarves, wigs, hats and hairpieces may help. Hair generally starts to regrow soon after treatment is completed. Remember your hair helps keep you warm in cold weather, so a hat is particularly important in cold weather or to protect you from the sun.
Peripheral Neuropathy (Numbness or Tingling in the Hands and/or Feet)
Peripheral neuropathy is a toxicity that affects the nerves. It causes a numbness or tingling feeling in the hands and feet, often in the pattern of a stocking or glove. This can get progressively worse with additional doses of the medication. In some people, the symptoms slowly resolve after the medication is stopped, but for some it never goes away completely. You should let your healthcare provider know if you experience numbness or tingling in the hands and feet, as they may need to adjust the doses of your medication.
Decrease in Appetite
Nutrition is an important part of your care. Cancer treatment can affect your appetite and, in some cases, the side effects of treatment can make eating difficult. Ask your nurse about nutritional counseling services at your treatment center to help with food choices.
- Try to eat five or six small meals or snacks throughout the day, instead of 3 larger meals.
- If you are not eating enough, nutritional supplements may help.
- You may experience a metallic taste or find that food has no taste at all. You may dislike foods or beverages that you liked before receiving cancer treatment. These symptoms can last for several months or longer after treatment ends.
- Avoid any food that you think smells or tastes bad. If red meat is a problem, eat chicken, turkey, eggs, dairy products and fish without a strong smell. Sometimes cold food has less of an odor.
- Add extra flavor to meat or fish by marinating it in sweet juices, sweet and sour sauce or dressings. Use seasonings like basil, oregano or rosemary to add flavor. Bacon, ham and onion can add flavor to vegetables.
Fatigue is very common during cancer treatment and is an overwhelming feeling of exhaustion that is not usually relieved by rest. While on cancer treatment, and for a period after, you may need to adjust your schedule to manage fatigue. Plan times to rest during the day and conserve energy for more important activities. Exercise can help combat fatigue; a simple daily walk with a friend can help. Talk to your healthcare team for helpful tips on dealing with this side effect.
Gastrointestinal (GI) Bleed & Tear
This medication can cause bleeding or a tear in the intestinal (bowel) wall. Signs of these problems include: unexpected bleeding, blood in the stool or black stools, coughing up blood, vomiting blood, vomit that looks like coffee grounds, fever, severe pain in the abdomen or new abdominal swelling. If you experience any of these, contact your healthcare provider immediately or go to the emergency room.
Kidney Problems
This medication can cause kidney failure. Your kidney function will be monitored throughout treatment. If you experience swelling of your face or body or a decrease in the amount of urine you are producing, notify your healthcare team immediately.
Reproductive Concerns
Exposure of an unborn child to this medication could cause birth defects, so you should not become pregnant or father a child while on this medication. Effective birth control is necessary during treatment. Even if your menstrual cycle stops or you believe you are not producing sperm, you could still be fertile and conceive. You should consult with your healthcare team before breastfeeding while receiving this medication.