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Junior swingman Joe Harris scored 17 of his career-high 26 points in the first half as Virginia shot its way to an emphatic 73-55 win over arch rival Virginia Tech in Charlottesville on Tuesday night.
UVa (18-6, 8-3 ACC) got 17 points and a game-high eight rebounds from fellow junior Akil Mitchell as the Wahoos swept the Hokies for the third time in the eight years since Tech joined the conference.
In a series full of close games, this 18-point victory ranks as the largest Cavalier win over the Hokies since an 86-61 victory in 1991.
Virginia didn't just get production from Harris and Mitchell but also frustrated Erick Green, the nation's leading scorer, in the first half to seize control. Though he finished with a team-high 22 points, Green was 0 for 7 from the floor in the game's first 20 minutes and scored just a single point.
Tech's lone double-digit scorer, Green went off for 35 points when these two teams played last month in Blacksburg. Virginia made it very difficult this time around, even throwing 6-foot-6, 226-pound freshman Justin Anderson at him in spots.
This game felt much like the one in Cassell Coliseum on January 24. It was close for a moment and then dominated by hot-shooting UVa in the blink of an eye. By the time the under-12 media timeout came with 11:44 left, Virginia's 16-point lead looked insurmountable.
Harris started the night with three-straight 3-point baskets, leading first-year Hokies head coach James Johnson to say afterward, "We hoped to slow him down a bit but he came out of the gates blazing." He'd make two more from deep before intermission.
Added Harris of his play, "The first half, the basket felt pretty big. You just get yourself in a good rhythm and that's a testament to your teammates that are working hard to get you open."
Though Tech (11-13, 2-9) got eight points from freshman Marshall Wood in the first half and even led for all of 23 seconds midway through, it wasn't meant to be.
Virginia got a 3-pointer from Teven Jones to regain the lead at 20-18 with 10:29 remaining before halftime and never looked back, closing the half on a 16-5 spurt from that point on.
This was the third game in a row that fourth-year UVa coach Tony Bennett saw his Cavaliers score 70 or more points. And in winning its 14th straight home game of the year, Virginia took another step in the right direction offensively even though the defense was lacking at times in the eyes of the head coach.
"We played hard but defensively, we were out of position and a little late on some rotations and gave them some good looks," Bennett said of the first half, when this felt like a close game. "Joe's start at least kept us in the game.
"Obviously we're shooting the ball well," he added. "Sharing the ball. It's an unselfish group...There's a nice blend going on besides Joe just shooting 3s."
The Wahoos continued in this win to be efficient offensively, dishing out 14 assists to just six turnovers. The Hokies, meanwhile, had seven assists to nine turnovers, opportunities that led to 15 Cavalier points.
Shooting 44 percent from the field and 47.4 from 3-point land, Virginia held Tech to just 55 points, well under the 71.5 the Hokies were scoring coming in.
"It was pretty solid team defense on him," Bennett said of the way the Cavaliers defended Tech's best and at times only option. "Green got a couple open looks that he didn't hit but there weren't a lot of them."
The Hokies were limited to 34.6 percent shooting in the game, including 32 percent from beyond the arc. And Tech couldn't do anything with a 20-10 advantage in scoring off the bench.
Aside from Wood's contribution, no other players scored seven or more besides Green. Virginia, meanwhile, got eight from both Jontel Evans (six assists, one turnover in 30 minutes) and Paul Jesperson, who hit a pair of 3s to continue his hot streak.
Evans also corralled a career-high tying seven rebounds while Tech's starting post players only had 12 combined.
"Jontel was very strong and quick," Bennett said of his senior guard's defense on Green. "Jontel was locked in and really worked against him and that's what you have to do. The other guys were certainly aware of him."
Bennett was also proud of the way Evans approached this game as well as the last few.
"I'm proud of him because he's letting his game come to him," Bennett said of Evans, specifically his ability to get into the lane when UVa needs him to do so. "Those drives are so valuable for us."
In the end, while the debate throughout the conference focuses on Green's chances to win player of the year honors, it was Harris who flexed his scoring muscle as a part of a UVa offense that seems to be clicking at the right time.
"Offensively I think we are doing a really nice job of giving up good shots for greats shots," said Harris, who scored 20 or more points for the third game in a row. "We're a very unselfish team and you can that in our play."


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Finally the leaves are changing and we are starting to see beautiful reds, oranges and yellows. I was beginning to think the green was here to stay, but mother nature finally took its regular seasonal turn and now the trees are more beautiful than ever. The best part of fall is the wonderful opportunities for amazing photographs.
You have all of nature to try and capture with a click of your camera.. The changing tree's, the pink cheeks from the colder days, the many fall activities – apple picking, hay rides, raking leaves and of course jumping in them when you are finished. So many wonderful opportunities. And when the photographs are finally printed, you have even more opportunities – scrapbook them and create beautiful layouts.
Another benefit to this wonderful season is the shorter days and colder nights bring people indoors earlier and earlier, and this affords you plenty of time to sit in your creative spot and make truly wonderful layouts showing off all of Fall's amazing features.
We have a tree in our yard that is absolutely beautiful. I cannot remember what it is called, but it is one of those trees that truly changes with every single season. I love taking pictures of that tree. In the Spring it has beautiful pink blossoms, in the summer it is lush and green, in the fall the leaves turn red and orange and in the winter, the snow covered limbs glisten in the sunlight. I have taken shots of my children in front of this tree every single season for the past two years. And every year I begin a new album and that is my first page. Four photographs taken in different seasons of that year and showing my children and how they change and grow. If you have never done something like that before, think about posing them in front of a tree that changes with the seasons and then create a layout at the end of all four seasons. For those of you who don't have more defined seasons, you can take pictures four times a year and still get basically the same effect.
In addition to the wonderful tree in the fall, I love to do the fun leaf shot. You know the one where they are all jumping or laying in huge piles of leaves? I pose shots, I take candid photographs and I just generally let them be themselves until I get the perfect photograph. And yes, I wind up with plenty of extras that are just fun to scrapbook.
So as the days continue to grow shorter and shorter, and the weather continues to drop and turn into bitter cold, be sure and capture these times in your life because you don't ever want to forget them.

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Spiritual Counselors, Medical Social Workers and Registered Nurses address how the loss of their loved one will impact them and anticipate coping skills and support systems.
"Each patient, family unit and disease brings unique challenges and calls for new coping skills as the family/loved ones will be faced with dealing with this loss," continued Jackson. "Each disease comes with variations of prognosis, some with shorter life expectancies and some with longer expectancies as in Alzheimer's. We frequently call dealing with a loved one with Alzheimer's as the 'long goodbye.'"
Alzheimer's is generally a progressive disease and families and loved ones are adapting to the eventual loss; while a cancer diagnosis may be a shorter prognosis and require more adjustment in a shorter period of time. It is important for the hospice team to make a plan for the family/loved ones in helping them deal with their loss. Jackson said, these plans are designed to be multi-faceted and include one-on-one counseling, group grief counseling, monthly bereavement newsletters and calls from their hospice team.
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With statism's failures obvious, and Americans' disgust with statist government and politicians burgeoning, David Boaz's accessible book is a handy and timely introduction to an appealing alternative.
Opening with a brisk presentation of essential ideas, Boaz defines libertarianism as the view that each person has the right to live his life in any way he chooses so long as he respects the equal rights of others. Government's proper role is to protect our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, not initiate the use of force. Courageously, Boaz rightly contends that the most important political value is liberty, not democracy. All political theories are essentially one question: Who is going to make the decision about this particular aspect of your life, you or somebody else?
Concisely but comprehensively, Boaz presents the history of libertarianism, tracing it to a drive for religious freedom and including the contributions of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Scholastics, and the Levellers, as well as more familiar figures like John Locke and Thomas Paine. His explication of rights is likewise superb. Self-ownership and property rights are cogently spelled out, and the nonaggression axiom—No one has the right to initiate aggression against the person or property of anyone else—receives due prominence. His detailed treatment of the justice of distributions arrived at through just means and his argument that property rights are human rights, and indispensable since we live and act in a material world, are especially valuable. To his credit, Boaz insists on equality of rights only, not opportunity or outcomes. There is also a fascinating, thought-provoking treatment of emergencies. Acknowledging that dire situations (e.g., natural disasters) may arise where rights might not apply, Boaz nevertheless commonsensically concludes that we do live in mostly normal situations, so our ethics should be designed for our survival and flourishing in normal conditions.
His treatments of market processes, civil society, law and the Constitution, health care, and the costs and failures of America's burgeoning Leviathan are other strong points. In showing that most American poor are affluent by historical standards and that before welfare, Americans took care of their own with numerous mutual-aid societies, Boaz ably rebuts the charge that welfare is essential because charity won't suffice.
Also welcome is his explication of what libertarianism isn't. Libertarianism is neither libertinism nor chaos. Libertarians never suggested that people be 'emancipated' from the reality of the world, from the obligation to pay one's own way and to take responsibility for the consequences of one's own actions.
A weakness in the book is that Boaz's case for liberty is overwhelmingly economic and technocratic: it makes us prosperous and promotes technological progress. The biggest issue for most Americans in the 1990s is preserving economic growth. Oh? The biggest concern for many of us is, arguably, our disintegrating social fabric and rising barbarism. The Information Age will, he confidently predicts, make the clumsy state obsolete. Government's discoordination of the market process is making us less prosperous than we could be and impeding progress; high-tech entrepreneurs will increasingly just bypass it. In a nutshell: Out of the way, government, you're obstructing progress!
Because of this focus, Boaz skates over the tough social issues. Boaz's technocratic economism will not convince religious conservatives who do not see consumption as their purpose in life and who hope for Heaven rather than a high-tech Brave New World. Their concerns are valid, but left unaddressed.
Given the reality of evil, and the imperative of preserving a safe, wholesome living environment, prudential constraints on conduct in the public square, as opposed to one's home (which Boaz sees, rightly, as one's castle), make sense. Laws against indecent exposure and inciting to riot, say. Perhaps Boaz will engage conservative concerns in future works. He doesn't here.
But overall, he performs ably. As a concise, competent introduction to libertarianism, Boaz's primer can't be beat. Perhaps the libertarian moment has arrived. If libertarianism seizes its moment, it will be thanks in no small part to this book.


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Okay, this one isn't gonna be so pretty. But here goes -
Thirteen things that suck:
1. Divorce
2. Cancer
3. Lying
4. Betrayal
5. Infertility
6. Meanspiritedness
7. Mental illness
8. Verbal, emotional, and mental abuse
9. War
10. Violence in all its forms
11. Friends who disappear and disappoint so very often
12. Materialism
13. The fact that I could so easily come up with 100 more things that suck
and that are bothering me tonight.
I've heard about, read about, and experienced first-hand
some of life's difficulties this week.
I'm not happy about it. At all. Not even a little bit.
This "good girl" (See www.jengray.com by way of explanation)
is not feeling so good right now.
My thoughts are not all pure and kind and loving.
Then again they never are... but that's a-whole-nother blog.
For now, though, I'm off to stew in my own juices.
This is the story of the journey of my life. Travel can be hard work. So much to see. So little time. So many missed connections. So much lost luggage. But every stop, every detour, every challenge along the way provides a lesson to be learned. Traveling mercies to us all.
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Thursday Thirteen...
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The worst thing you can do is to be in an situation that you know is wrong, yet don't have enough courage, or won't do anything to change, leave, get out, of it....and each day, you probably will wonder that "what-ifs" - mind is a fascinating mechanism we all possess, not the backbones. Cheerior for a better day tomorrow, beginning tonight:-)
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One person was hospitalized after a fire broke out Friday morning at the Countyline Automotive office building on 11000 Chardon Road in Chardon Township.
The Chardon Fire Department received the call at about 10:24 a.m. When crews arrived four minutes later, they found a working structure fire with an injured occupant outside of the building, Assistant Fire Chief Tom Hummel said.
The victim, a male, was transported to University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center for smoke inhalation, where he was treated and released, Hummel said.
The fire at the two-story building was declared under control at 10:41 a.m., Hummel said.
Fire departments from Munson and Hambden townships provided automatic aid. The fire departments of Kirtland, Mentor and the townships of Concord, Leroy, Chester responded with mutual aid.
All aid units were released by 11:46 a.m.
A damage estimate is not yet available, although the building did sustain heavy damage. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.


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Fleabane now a national challenge
GroundCover™ Supplement Issue: 102 | Author: Dr Michael Widderick
Integrated weed management is the key to managing flaxleaf fleabane, which is emerging as a problem weed across southern Australia
Flaxleaf fleabane is a major weed in dryland crops in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, and is emerging as a problem weed across the entire cereal-cropping belt of southern Australia.
Previously, fleabane was found mainly on roadsides, particularly where council use of glyphosate created bare ground on which the weed could flourish without competition. However, the weed is highly mobile and soon found its way into adjacent cropping systems.
With the move to minimum tillage and the increasing use of glyphosate, the scene was set for an expansion of the troublesome weed. Wet summers in southern grain regions over the past two years have aided the weed's spread.
Fallow weed control costs have increased markedly because of fleabane, with some zero-till growers having to reintroduce cultivation as a last-resort control tactic.
Disturbingly, populations of fleabane have recently been confirmed as resistant to eight times the normal rate of glyphosate – earning fleabane the title of Australia's first glyphosate-resistant broadleaf weed.
The resistant populations were found in zero-tilled or minimum-tilled paddocks in southern Queensland and northern NSW. In addition, glyphosate-resistant populations were identified along roadsides near these cropping paddocks.
On the other side of the continent, a survey in Western Australia initially found fleabane following the typical pattern of occupying roadsides and fencelines, except for some incursion into crops in the Esperance district. But now, GRDC-funded researcher Dr Sally Peltzer, from the Department of Agriculture and Food, WA, says fleabane is becoming an increasing problem across the wheatbelt.
In other countries, fleabane has developed resistance to herbicides from Groups B, C, L and M, with some populations resistant to multiple chemicals.
Herbicide resistance has the potential to spread due to the weed's highly mobile seed. Research in WA found that fleabane seed could travel on the wind up to 800 metres from its parent plant.
Control strategy
While fleabane presents a serious and costly weed challenge, GRDC-funded research has shown that a strategic approach using integrated weed management (IWM) can significantly reduce the weed's impact on crop production.
University of Queensland researcher Dr Steve Walker says the key to getting on top of fleabane is to attack all parts of the weed's life cycle to keep the seedbank low. Adopting an IWM strategy, which includes chemical and non-chemical tactics, will result in substantially fewer fleabane problems and resistant populations in subsequent seasons (www.qaafi.uq.edu.au/content/Documents/weeds/IWM-Fleabane-guide.pdf).
With the capacity to produce two or three generations each year and 110,000 seeds per plant, controlling fleabane before it sets seed is critical.
In southern and western Australia, fleabane often germinates under crops during spring or at harvest. Following harvest, a lack of crop competition combined with summer rain can cause rapid weed growth. By the time there is a window for control, the fleabane plants are often mature, with a large root system, a reduced leaf area and a high tolerance to most herbicides.
In northern NSW and southern Queensland, fleabane is a major weed of winter and summer cropping. It germinates either just before or after the crop is sown, competing strongly if left uncontrolled.
Research across Australia indicates that hitting the weed with herbicide while it is young and actively growing is the best approach. Conversely, delaying herbicide application until the weed is mature and water-stressed can result in poor control.
The 'double-knock' approach, with glyphosate followed by paraquat, has proved a critical component of a fleabane IWM program.
This approach, coupled with the use of competitive crops and pastures and strategic cultivations to bury 'blow-outs' of seed production, can reduce the weed's seedbank to manageable levels within a few seasons. It is also important to target fencelines and roadsides.
New GRDC-funded research in NSW, led by Dr Hanwen Wu, from the NSW Department of Primary Industries, aims to identify residual herbicides for fleabane control in wheat and canola to overcome the common problem of growers tackling mature fleabane plants during the fallow.
Alternative herbicide chemistries for controlling fleabane in fallows are also being investigated to allow more options for a double-knock approach (www.qaafi.uq.edu.au/content/Documents/weeds/Controlling-flaxleaf-fleabane-2.pdf).
This would reduce the pressure on the current approach, which heavily relies on glyphosate and paraquat.
More information:
Dr Michael Widderick, Senior research scientist weeds, Agri-Science Queensland,
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text: movies Movie Review: Killing Them Softly By Larry Thomas • Dec 7, 2012 New Zealand filmmaker Andrew Dominik raised eyebrows and garnered attention when he delivered the epic tragedy The Asassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, which garnered Oscar nominations for cinematographer Roger Deakins and co-star Casey Affleck. Now he's back up to bat for another shot at Oscar gold with camera guru Deakins, and the star of the Jesse James film Brad Pitt. The film is a mob tale of crime and redemption called Killing Them Softly, which sounds like an oxymoron from the get-go. Although Brad Pitt has long been a performer whose name is more synonymous with "movie star," he has been edging along in upgrading his credentials to "actor." Beginning with his work for Quentin Tarantino in Inglorious Basterds, and continuing through the aforementioned Jesse James film, and last year's Moneyball, Pitt has seemed to be moving out of the "movie star" shadow by delivering some really risky performances where they might not be expected. Listen Listening... / Movie Review: LunaFest By Larry Thomas • Nov 30, 2012 It's always an annual treat when Cincinnati World Cinema brings in the current Lunafest collection. This long-running series of short films by and about women is an excellent way for budding filmmakers to get noticed, and also do some good in the process. As always, a portion of the proceeds from these showings will go to the national Breast Cancer Fund, and locally, to the Eva G. Farris Education Center in Covington. In any collection of short films, reactions will be different for different people. You may find some inspiring, some funny, some ho-hum. But that's the luck of the draw, and just like with the British commercial programs, there's always something new just around the corner. The shortest film is three-and-a-half minutes; the longest eighteen. Listen Listening... / 3:34 Movie Review: A Late Quartet By Larry Thomas • Nov 23, 2012 If you thought you never liked chamber music, put those thoughts aside for a couple of hours and see the new film A Late Quartet. After 25 years of worldwide fame, this quartet is coming to a crossroads. The cellist, whose wife died not too long ago, is diagnosed with Parkinson's, which spells the end of his career. The husband-wife duo of second violin and viola are having relationship difficulties, and the first violinist refuses to relinquish any portion of his first-chair duties so that the second violist might have a chance to shine a bit. Listen Listening... / 3:20 Review: Liberal Arts By Larry Thomas • Nov 16, 2012 Columbus, Ohio, native Josh Radnor is best known for his lead role in the TV sitcom "How I Met Your Mother." But in his spare time, Radnor also indulges in multi-faceted filmmaking. Liberal Arts, his second film, has his name all over the credits as writer, co-producer, director and star of this tale of coming to grips with how your life has turned out after college, and how his character, and others in the film, deal with the disappointment and loneliness of it all. Virtually every character in this exploration is angst-ridden and looking for something different. Review: Skyfall By Larry Thomas • Nov 9, 2012 Other than politics of late, the other conversation-starter is always the release of the latest James Bond film. Everyone has opinions about the best and worst of the entire series, which now encompasses 23 films over the past 50 years. It doesn't matter if you are staunch supporters of Sean Connery, or Roger Moore, or Pierce Brosnan or any of the others. All Bond fans are ready to sway you to their point of view. Listen Listening... / 4:23 Pages« first ‹ previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 next › last »


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Hi All, I'm new to PHP/MySQL and am stumped with what should be a simple process of posting a date range to a PHP script that will query data for the selected range. The script receives the two dates as confirmed when I echo for the variables. For example:
<?php echo $_POST ["date3"]; ?> to <?php echo $_POST ["date4"];?>
This properly displays "2011-01-08 to 2011-01-09" when I set those dates in the calendar form and submit. But what I can't figure out is how to create variables for these dates and query the database for the submitted range. If I hard code a date into the query using "WHERE posttime LIKE '%2011-01-08%" the query succeeds and produces expected results:
$result = mysql_query('SELECT points, service, posttime, network, name, value FROM points, redirects WHERE points.qotdid = redirects.qotdid AND points.posttime LIKE "%2011-01-08%" ORDER BY redirects.network, redirects.name, points.posttime');
How should the query look if I want to replace the static date with the range passed from the form? I would assume:
$fromdate = $_POST['date3'];
$todate = $_POST['date4'];
$result = mysql_query('SELECT points, service, posttime, network, name, value FROM points, redirects WHERE points.qotdid = redirects.qotdid AND points.posttime BETWEEN $fromdate and $todate ORDER BY redirects.network, redirects.name, points.posttime');
but this doesn't work....what am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance for any help.
BETWEEN '$fromdate' AND '$todate'
Sorry I failed to include the quotes, although I tried that too...it gives me this error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/offers/admin/querystats.php on line 45
Any idea why? It's almost as if the 'BETWEEN' operator is not recognized - it doesn't change colors in my text editor like 'SELECT', 'FROM', 'WHERE' etc.
construct your SQL statement, and then, instead of executing it, echo it, then copy/paste it into mysql and see what the actual mysql error is
Do I have to do anything to convert the posted date format to how the time stamps are recorded in the database? For example, the form is using 'YYYY-MM-DD' and the database includes time as in 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS'.
Thanks for the help!
Your SQL string is constructed using single quotes, so you will need to use double quotes within it around the date values
$result = mysql_query('... BETWEEN "' . $fromdate '" and "' . $todate . '" ORDER BY ...');
When double quotes are used for string delimeter, you'll need to instead use single quotes inside it around the values.
$result = mysql_query("... BETWEEN '" . $fromdate "' and '" . $todate . "' ORDER BY ...");
Double quotes also allow you to make use of variable expansion as well.
$result = mysql_query("... BETWEEN '$fromdate' and '$todate' ORDER BY ...");
The strings documentation page has full details about all of this, and more.
Thanks Paul! When I tried the first solution I got this error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/offers/admin/querystats.php on line 45
But when I tried the last, it worked!!! Thank you VERY MUCH!
Yes, I spotted that after posting, and fixed it right up.
You're welcome.


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The Martyrs Episteme and her husband Galaction at Emesa.
When Galaction turned twenty-four, his father resolved to marry him off and they found a beautiful and illustrious girl by the name of Episteme. The son did not oppose the will of his father, but by the will of God, the wedding was postponed for a time. Visiting his betrothed, Galaction gradually revealed his faith to her. Eventually, he converted her to Christ and he secretly baptized her himself.
Besides Episteme he baptized also one of her servants, Eutolmius. The newly-illumined decided to devote themselves to the monastic life. Leaving the city, they hid themselves away on Mount Publion, where there were two monasteries, one for men and the other for women. The new monastics had to take with them all the necessities for physical toil, since the inhabitants of both monasteries were both old and infirm.
Once, Episteme had a vision in her sleep: she and Galaction stood in a wondrous palace before a radiant King, and the King bestowed golden crowns on them. This prefigured their impending martyrdom.
The pagans became aware of the existence of the monasteries, and a detachment of soldiers was sent to apprehend their inhabitants. But the monks and the nuns succeeded in hiding themselves in the hills. Galaction, however, had no desire to flee and so he remained in his cell, reading Holy Scripture. When Episteme saw that the soldiers were leading Galaction away in chains, she began to implore the Abbess to permit her to go also, since she wanted to accept torture for Christ together with her fiancé and teacher. The Abbess tearfully blessed Episteme to do so.
The saints endured terrible torments, while supplicating and glorifying Christ. Their hands and legs were cut off, their tongues were cut out, and then they were beheaded.
Episteme's former servant Eutolmius, who had become her brother in Christ and fellow ascetic in monastic struggles, secretly buried the bodies of the holy martyrs. He later wrote an account of their virtuous life and their glorious martyrdom, for his contemporaries and for posterity.


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Bank statements. Electric bills. Receipts. Tax returns. Your own personal financial paper trail. If you've ever moved from one home to another – or had a very intense spring cleaning session – you've probably had to sort through stacks of old documents. You may have even struggled over deciding what to keep, what to throw away, and what to scan-and-shred.
Modern technology gives us the opportunity to pay most, if not all, of our bills online. We can even file our taxes online. We can send money and swipe credit cards with a smartphone. And, aside from the routine ATM visit, you do all of your banking in cyberspace. So why not keep all of your financial documentation on your computer or in the cloud?
For most documents, you can. But there are a few important pieces of paper that should remain in paper form. Here's a breakdown of paper versus PDF.
Online Banking
If you can transfer money or pay a bill online, it's perfectly fine to keep statements from these institutions in electronic form. This includes checking and savings accounts, investment accounts, credit card accounts, and online bill payment portals. Keep in mind, though, that if you opt for electronic statements you should check them regularly to make sure the transactions being made are legitimate. If you're a regular balance-checker, you're safe to keep all of your records online. If you feel better having a hard copy or two, you can print a paper version of your end-of-year summary. The statements you do keep can be held for up to a year. After that, you can shred them and throw them away.
Proof of Insurance
If it's an insurance policy for your car, your home, or your life, you'll want to keep an original paper copy. But, if the policy has expired, or if you've purchased a new car or home, it's safe to shred and discard those documents.
The paperwork that accompanies a car lease or auto loan should be kept in paper form until the lease or loan is paid off. Always keep the hard copy of the title until you sell the car.
Any paperwork associated with your home, including documentation for repairs and mortgage papers, should be kept in paper form. You'll want to hold onto these even after you sell you home. That's because home improvement projects increase the cost basis of your home, and therefore can be used as tax documentation for up to seven years.
Paycheck Stubs
Some employers use online services to email paystubs to their employees. If your company doesn't do this, and you get a paystub in the mail, you may want to save these for a full fiscal year. Then, when you receive your W2, you can compare them. If the W2 is accurate, you're safe to shred your paystubs.
Tax Returns
Whether or not you file electronically, you'll want to keep tax documentation, from receipts to charitable donations to business and medical expenses. If you make payments and donations online, you should print out a hard copy of these receipts as wells as an electronic version, just in case. Or consider using a tool like Slice that automatically stores all online receipts. Make sure you keep all of these documents for three years. Why so long? Because the IRS says you have up to three years to file an amended tax return. And, the IRS has up to three years to audit you. (It used to be seven years, so three is an improvement!)
Investments and Retirement Accounts
If you make contributions to a traditional IRA, you'll want to keep records of these transactions. Keep a paper record for three years after the transaction to prove that you've already paid taxes on it. Older transactions can be archived in electronic form.
You should also keep documentation of trades made on a security until you sell it altogether. That way you can document gains and losses. You can keep these in electronic form, and you may want to compare them against your 1099 at the end of each year.
And if your grandparents gave you a few savings bonds, you're more than welcome to convert paper bonds into electronic ones. This is easy to do and saves you some clutter. Go to TreasuryDirect.gov to make the conversion and keep the e-documentation for the life of the bond.
Call for Backup
The best way to keep electronic records of your finances is by storing them on a secure computer and also having a back-up of all documentation on a thumb drive or cloud storage source. Only keep your electronic documents on a computer that requires a password for login and has up-to-date security software. Make sure you keep the thumb drive in a secure place. If you want to use data encryption, TrueCrypt.org has a free tool that you can use. If you opt for cloud storage, make sure you have a strong password and that the storage provider goes to great lengths to keep your documents secure. Check out FilesAnywhere.com or Box.com.
Ann Hynek is a freelance writer and personal finance columnist. She has a BA in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia and is currently pursuing an MBA with an emphasis in Finance. After spending five years as a broadcast news producer in New York, she is now the Marketing Communications Manager at Personal Capital in Redwood City, CA.


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In my opinion, CPAs let themselves be bullied by their clients. Not all CPAs, but many CPAs.
- Clients make unreasonable demands.
- Clients do not respond to our requests.
- Clients don't pay you on time or at all.
- Clients believe you should go above and beyond for no additional fees.
- Clients are rude to your administrative team members.
- Clients are not ready when you have clearly communicated the engagement start date.
I'm sure you can add more.
These situations often result from lack of communication up front. CPAs shy away from talking openly and honestly about fees. Many CPAs give the client a range of what fees to expect. The CPA expects the highest fee in the range and the client expects the lowest fee in the range. I have even heard of CPAs who dodge client calls if they perceive it will be a complaint about fees.
What you do for your clients is very, very valuable. You have spent years perfecting your skills and investing in your education, both in time and money. Just because you know the answer immediately, off the top of your head, doesn't mean you should just give it away.
Upfront communication is so important in these situations. Just because you have an audience with a potential client that you want very badly doesn't mean you allow them to bully you for years to come.
Consider using a joint CPA/Client Commitment Statement as part of your upfront communication with potential clients. It should state what the client can expect from you and your firm and what you, and the firm, expect from the client. Use the document as a discussion tool and verbally talk through it with your new or potential clients.
State the rules upfront – you will be happier and so will your client. They will know what to expect and that is comforting to most people. Set boundaries and stick with them. This post was inspired by a post by Seth Godin.
I share a joint commitment statement with my clients. If you want to see a sample, let me know.
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Cambridge, MA, United States, 2012/03/08 - The Central Florida Chapter of the Air Force Association (AFA) recognized Charles River Analytics for its pioneering work in Human Performance Science and Technology (S&T), at the AFAs 28th Annual Air Warfare Symposium and Technology Exposition.
The Central Florida Chapter of the Air Force Association (AFA) recognized Charles River Analytics for its pioneering work in Human Performance Science and Technology (S&T), at the AFAs 28th Annual Air Warfare Symposium and Technology Exposition in Orlando, Florida. The program notes pointed out that manned flight, one of the most daunting Research and Development (R&D) programs ever undertaken, is only overshadowed by the never-ending R&D efforts to improve upon this discovery. Tonight we acknowledge the men and women whose dedication and creativity have ensured the USAF is, and will remain, the worlds premier air power.
The award was presented by Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Norton A. Schwartz, who serves as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for forces both in the US and overseas, as well as a military adviser to the Secretary of Defense, National Security Council, and the President. Dr. Greg Zacharias, President of Charles River, received the award on behalf of Charles River during a gala banquet on February 24, 2012.
Charles River was designated a Jimmy Doolittle Educational Fellow, an award that honors those who support the Air Force and the Air Force Association. The award was named for the late General Jimmy Doolittle for his efforts promoting public understanding and support of aerospace power. General Doolittle served in the US Army Air Forces during World War II and is the only person to have earned both the Medal of Honor and Medal of Freedom.
Dr. Zacharias said,We are particularly honored by this award and its recognition of Charles Rivers contributions to assessing human performance, and improving human effectiveness through a range of S&T advancements, including sensor-augmented perception, decision-aiding for cognitive enhancement, and human-centric design for effective human-machine interaction. It is especially gratifying to have been presented the award by General Schwartz, and to have him recognize the importance of the contributions made by the S&T community to support our warfighters in air, space, and cyberspace. We thank the AFA and the Central Florida Chapter for bringing this all together in one spectacular event.
The AFA is a non-profit military and aerospace association for educating the public on aerospace power and its role in national security. Its annual symposium highlights aerospace technology and education. The focus of this years symposium was Redefining Air and Space Power after Iraq and included discussions from top Air Force leaders, including Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley, General Norton A. Schwartz, and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James A. Roy.
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Since 1983, Charles River Analytics (cra.com) has been applying computational intelligence technologies to develop mission-relevant tools and solutions to transform our customers' data into knowledge that drives accurate assessment and robust decision-making. Charles River continues to grow its technology, customer base, and strategic alliances through research and development programs for the DoD and the Intelligence Community, addressing a broad spectrum of mission areas and functional domains, including: sensor and image processing, situation assessment and decision aiding, human systems integration, and cyber analytics. These efforts have resulted in a series of successful products that support continued growth in our core R&D contracting business, as well as the commercial sector.
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A SELF-STYLED Saudi princess accused of defrauding two property tycoons of £14m (AUS $25m) can keep the money, London's High Court has ruled.
Dubbed the "vamp in the veil", Sara Al Amoudi was sued by property developers Ian Paton and Amanda Clutterbuck, who alleged she fleeced them of six exclusive properties after posing as the runaway daughter of a billionaire Saudi sheik.
Long-term lovers and business partners Mr Paton, 45 and Ms Clutterbuck, 56, claimed Ms Al Amoudi used her royal guise to win their trust, believing she was ready to invest millions in a joint property venture expected to reap profits in excess of £100m (AUS $185m).
The court heard that the pair agreed to "temporarily" transfer ownership of six flats in Knightsbridge and Chelsea worth £14m (AUS $25m) into Ms Al Amoudi's name in an attempt to "speed up the deal".
Ms Al Amoudi then refused to give them back, maintaining the properties were rightfully hers.
The court agreed, with Justice Asplin finding that the flats were legally transferred into Ms Al Amoudi's name by Mr Paton to pay off "loans" she made to him while the pair were enjoying a "clandestine relationship''.
Lawyers for Mr Paton and Ms Clutterbuck had alleged she was conwoman who had posed as a princess to hide her past as a penniless Ethiopian prostitute.
But Ms Al Amoudi maintained throughout the month-long hearing that she was a Saudi Arabian princess of "limitless wealth" who had received "millions of pounds in suitcases" from her mother.
She was driven to court in a Rolls Royce with HRH plates and always entered the courthouse dressed in a veil and surrounded by bodyguards.
Despite her massive court win and having her personal life exposed to public scrutiny, Ms Al Amoudi remains an enigma. Even her age — she is thought to be somewhere between 31 and 45 — is a mystery.
She was supported in court throughout the colourful trial by 82-year-old peer, Lord Dominick Browne, who gave evidence on her behalf, declaring her "perfectly honest."


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I like this. At first it tasted like berries and wood but it's mellowed out a bit and I can really taste the apple now. It basically tastes like liquid apple pie to me.
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ROME — They line up at soup kitchens by the thousands. Individual debt is rising, savings are eroding and many young people have simply given up, staying home without studying or even looking for a job.
They are Italy's invisible poor, unseen by tourists, ignored by the country's fat-cat politicians and living in a reality that's a far cry from former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's description of an affluent country where "the restaurants are full."
Or in the words of Francesa Zuccari, who runs a soup kitchen in Rome: "There is another city out there where people can't get to the end of the month."
This is the Italy facing Mario Monti, the economics professor tapped to form an interim technocratic government after Berlusconi was forced to resign last weekend. International markets and the European Community decided the 75-year-old media mogul lacked the political clout to enact needed reforms to head off a debt crisis and get the economy moving.
On Tuesday, Monti won support from Italy's two largest parties, but the question remains whether politicians will back his expected painful reform measures at the risk of social peace.
On the one hand, Italy's elite manufacturers are girding for an increase in luxury exports and some wealthy Italians are looking to move their money into the real-estate markets in New York, Miami and Paris.
On the other, the state statistics institute ISTAT says 8 million Italians, almost 14 percent of the population, are living in "relative poverty."
While tourists may not see the poor as they visit Tuscany's rolling hills, Venice's waterways or the Amalfi coast's picturesque villages, they are increasingly visible on Italian city streets.
Many Italians have begun taking their money out of banks, fearing reports that measures to help fight the sovereign debt crisis might include deductions from bank accounts, as was done in the 1990s.
"They are putting it under the mattress, or even inside empty wine jugs in the cellars. We are a country of farmers," said Elio Lannutti, president of consumer protection group Adusbef.
An American service organization in Rome asked its members to spend their Thanksgiving holiday next week making food packages for the poor. Zuccari said demand for food parcels had risen 20 percent in the last few years, with well-dressed Italians now joining immigrants in line.
Caritas, the Roman Catholic church's charity arm, says growing numbers of families can't meet a surprise expense of (euro) 700 ($947) without turning to borrowing.
"What is really dramatic is the geographic division," said Caritas' Walter Nanni, pointing to figures that Italy's south remains severely impoverished.
While only 18 percent of families in the Alpine province of Trento could not meet such an unexpected payment for medical expenses or car repairs, the figure rises to 48 percent in Sicily.
"The (south) shows in a particular manner growing signs of economic and social vulnerability," Monsignor Mariano Crociata, secretary-general of the Italian Bishops Conference, said in an October report on poverty.


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In February 2008, the Union government altered its definition of charitable purpose to exclude all activities that can be deemed as business, trade or commerce, unless these were incidental to the charitable activities. This has significantly affected the voluntary sector.
In the past, many voluntary organizations promoted income-generating activities—primarily crafts, non-timber forest produce and agricultural produce—among families they worked with. The primary objective was poverty alleviation and included activities pertaining to healthcare, education, forestry, drinking water, promoting alternative energy sources and mobilization of disempowered families. The income-generating activities were indeed incidental to their primary objectives. However, the 2008 amendment made it contingent for organizations to eschew such activities in the form they existed and shift them to independent institutions.
This is not a bad thing in itself as voluntary organizations have historically had a rather poor track record of setting up viable income-generating activities. Activities that could survive entirely through the production and sale of produce without grants to subsidize costs are hard to sustain. There have been successful instances, but these were exceptions.
Faced with the need to consider a new institutional framework, the first choice that most organizations made was to opt for institutional forms that gave producers ownership or limited the possibility of control being ceded to other investors. This was driven by the belief that interests of producers must be protected and that the entry of private capital would lead to theirs being compromised. Cooperatives and producer companies or Section 25 companies (shareholders can't get dividends) have been the institutions of choice.
All these institutional forms suffer from one significant weakness—their inability to attract large investments in the form of equity. In other words, the scale of operations and growth of businesses set up are likely to be limited unless producers contribute substantial equity. This is unlikely if you are working with low-income producers. The creation of institutions where ownership and control by producers or enlightened promoters is not diluted by entry of private equity is self-limiting.
There are other constraints as well. Since they do not have income-tax exemption, these organizations cannot attract donations. They cannot invest in strengthening governance structures or, for that matter, producers or people who work in these enterprises. Product development and infrastructure creation for value addition is stifled.
Many of these enterprises work primarily with small and poor producers. The transaction costs of working with these groups are high and large corporations do not have the incentives to seek out, organize and work with these producers. To support such enterprises, the government needs to create favourable policies. Financial institutions and investors in producer enterprises must be deemed as producers since finance is also a crucial part of the value chain. Institutions such as Nabard and Sidbi must be encouraged to provide debt that is converted into equity of the producers at a later stage.
Alternatively, the government should recognize the need for a third category of institutions other than charitable organizations and for-profit entities. Hybrid institutions that can both accept donations —with income-tax exemption—and generate incomes for poor producers through entrepreneurial activities on the condition that a bulk of such surpluses necessarily be reinvested in the business or shared with producers. In other words, the tax on such institutions should be based on the application of the surplus and not on how it was generated.
Organizations and individuals promoting enterprises with poor producers also need to recognize that these producers primarily want sustained incomes. If playing safe, seeking to provide them with ownership and control and limiting access to external capital jeopardizes the primary desire of poor producers, sustained incomes, it isn't worth it.
V.K. Madhavan has worked in the not-for-profit sector for two decades and spent 15 years living and working in deserts and hills. He's still on the fringe asking questions and looking for answers. He will write every fortnight.


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San Diego Superior Court is facing $14 million in reduced funding for the fiscal year starting July 1 and the elimination of 250 jobs or more, due to state budget cuts, court officials said today.
Court's budget calls for cutting about 250 jobs, or closing or restructuring more than 40 courtrooms over the next two fiscal years. The Ramona branch court in the county complex in the 1400 block of Montecito Road is on the cut list. No closure date was given.
"The cuts envisioned by our budget reduction plan will affect every judge, court employee and ultimately the litigants, court users and citizens of San Diego County,'' Presiding Judge Robert Trentacosta stated.
Six downtown criminal courtrooms would close, along with probate court in North County, a juvenile dependency courtroom in North County, a downtown civil department and the Ramona branch court.
Included among those whose jobs would be eliminated are student workers, retired rehires, law clerks, retired commissioners and paid juvenile court pro tem hearing officers.
The court anticipates $26 million or more in funding reductions for FY 2013-14.
By then, the county's court system will operate on a budget of less than $150 million, compared to $190.5 million in the current fiscal year, Dalton said.
The tentative FY 2013-14 budget calls for 30 courtrooms to be closed, eliminating 60 jobs. It also calls for additional cuts in family and small claims courts, cuts in civil business operations, and the implementation of two unpaid furlough days per month for all court employees.
"The impact of these recommended reductions on the San Diego Superior Court will fundamentally alter the way in which the court does business,'' Trentacosta said. "No court can reduce its current operating budget by 21 percent, on top of reductions incurred during the preceding four fiscal years, without radically altering the structure, composition and capability of the court."
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Clips and Still from "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" Premiere Episode for Dec 3, 2010
Lucasfilm and Cartoon Network have provided the following video clip from "Pursuit of Peace," the next new episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, premiering tonight, December 3, 2010, at 9:00 PM (Eastern/Pacific) on Cartoon Network. Click to play:
The following bonus clip has also been provided with a preview of things to come in January 2011:
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Padmé Amidala seeks to evade the diminutive-but-deadly Robonino
in "Pursuit of Peace," an all-new episode of
Star Wars: The Clone Wars premiering at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT
Friday, December 3 on Cartoon Network.
TM & © 2010 Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved.
Official Plot Synopsis:
Senators Padmé Amidala, Bail Organa and Onaconda Farr attempt to rally the senate against a bill that would appropriate funds for millions of new clone troops – with disastrous financial consequences for the Republic. Their opposition to the measure, however, makes them targets for intimidation and attack. "Pursuit of Peace" is an all-new episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars – airing at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT Friday, December 3 on Cartoon Network.
January 2011 will begin with a bang as Count Dooku seeks to eliminate his own apprentice – and Ventress does not take kindly to the attempt on her life. See an exclusive, advance bonus clip on the FTP.


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" Address: 9 Conduit Street / London / W1S 2XG / England / Tel: 020 7659 4500 "
9 Conduit Street
London W1S 2XG
020 7659 4500
I have wanted to go and have a posh afternoon tea at Sketch in London since I saw contestants on the TV programme 'Masterchef' last year. They were making the tiny exclusive cakes and sandwiches served there, as part of their training during the programme.
Sketch is a rather quirky bar and restaurant in Conduit Street, just off Regent street in Mayfair so straight away you know you are going to be paying up market prices for whatever you have but you are paying for the experience as much as the food. We took the 87 bus and got off at the Conduit street stop so it was only a couple of minutes walk before we saw a strange dog statue jutting out from the wall above and realised we were there.
They do take bookings for some parts of the restaurant but for the afternoon tea you can just turn up at about 2.20pm and then wait for a table, usually vacated by a lunch customer. We arrived at about 2.30, afternoon tea is served from 3pm so we had a bit of a wait but were seated by not long after 3pm. There are not many tables and we were asked if we minded sharing, obviously we would have preferred not to but we were a little concerned that we might miss out so we agreed. Actually they arrange it so that while one party is eating it is left alone, as it gets close to finishing the other party comes and joins it. By the time you have ordered the others are finishing and paying and as their stuff is cleared your food arrives so you are not both trying to eat at the same time so it was not too bad.
While waiting in the entry you can play hopscotch, well there is a hopscotch drawn on the floor! There are very interesting white chairs sort of morphing out of the wall, one has a handbag tied to the arm which I thought someone had accidently left until I inspected it more closely. The tea room is on the right behind closed doors but ahead you can see stairs which look like they are gold from the entry but as you get closer they are a strange red which 'drips' onto the floor. To the right of these stairs is a large window with an artwork that moves like a piston and a huge red light which shines onto the stairs.
Up these amazing stairs to the left you find the toilets. There were no signs on
either but one is blue and the other red. I went for the red and kept my fingers crossed. It was quite dark with illuminated flowers and the basins were small round with mirrors behind all very dark. The actual toilets were in very small spaces, the toilet seat had a diamante design on it and once again it was only lit by illuminated flower designs on the mirrored walls. It was quite dramatic and pretty with piped music to relax you but I would have preferred to have a little more room to get in and out of the door myself.
Back to the afternoon tea; the room was quite dark with round ball lamp shades hanging from the ceiling and a few normal sized tables and chairs, the majority of the tables were small coffee tables with various different chairs surrounding them. Bearing in mind that you are paying a small fortune for a very decadent afternoon tea it was odd to see that the art work was political type posters saying things like, 'Eat the Capitalists' and lampshades with skulls on them was rather more punk/emo than prissy afternoon tea in Mayfair I thought. It was all very interesting and certainly gave us something to look at and talk about while waiting for our smart afternoon tea to arrive.
This is an extract from the menu taken from their website so that you can see the presentation:
Sketch Afternoon Tea
Traditional Afternoon Tea served sketch style, four assorted finger sandwiches
(smoked salmon, cucumber, cooked ham and Dijon mustard, egg and mayonnaise),
two fruit scones served with seasonal jam and clotted cream,
selection of four sketch pastries and choice of teas
£24 per person
A lighter option for two for £40
Champagne Afternoon Tea
Sketch Afternoon Tea served with a glass of Pommery Brut Royal
£35 per person
As you can see it is NOT cheap but it is the sort of thing you do once in a lifetime and it was a birthday treat for my daughter as we will once again be away for her birthday and we were spending the week end with her in London.
The choice of teas was good, my husband had an English Breakfast tea, I felt in the mood for an Oolong tea and my daughter enjoyed a Lapsang Souchong, they each arrived in different tea pots. Mine was silver but the other two were Royal Albert flowery designs but with strange cube like tower designs on their lids. All the crockery was old fashioned English Royal Albert flowered designs, the cups were gold and each saucer was a different pattern. The food arrived in double layered cake towers, the sandwiches on the bottom and the cakes on the top.
The sandwiches were all different, the cucumber and cream cheese was a long neat finger of white bread, the ham and mustard was a mini baguette wrapped in paper and tied with a yellow ribbon, the egg was similar to the cucumber one and then there was a smoked salmon which was in a sort of brioche.
The cakes were amazing, the tiny chocolate had real gold leaf decorating it, a tiny tart had a soft coconut custard in it, a bright purple meringue was so black currant and fruity and really tasty. The green macaroon was almond and so light, a tiny coffee and chocolate cake was also tasty but I didn't manage to force that one in as I was quite full. We also had two very light fruity scones with jam and very decadent thick calorie- and fat-filled clotted cream served in spoons so you can see this is not somewhere to go if you are counting calories as it is all very naughty food-wise.
Sketch is not somewhere you would go for a quick snack or a filling meal it is just perfect for a glitzy, rather girly afternoon tea. Everything about the place is a bit different, rather glamorous and you really feel like you are living the high life for a couple of hours while you enjoy your fancy tea, tiny sandwiches and very exotic cakes. It is a bit like stepping into an Alice in Wonderland set with odd looking furniture and waitresses dressed in little girl outfits. Service is not speedy but I found that rather nice as you felt you could take your time, enjoy the surroundings and not rush to finish.
In summary I would recommend Sketch for a girly afternoon like a hen party or birthday treat. I can't really see a group of lads enjoying the experience though my husband did enjoy it I don't think he would have come here with a group of men as it is just not that sort of place. I do know they do meals and cocktails in other parts of the establishment but I have only experienced the afternoon tea. I did notice the menu for the cocktails and most were about £15 so you wouldn't stay there long! Sketch is the epitome of cool as it's stylish, mad and quite weird at times. The works of art around the place are fantastic and very unusual. They do have art exhibitions there from time to time too so the owner is obviously an arty person and has had a lot of fun doing the interior design of the place. He /she also has a lively sense of humour which is obvious from the contrasting anti capitalist art work in the room where they serve the most expensive and luxurious afternoon teas.
On the downside when our bill arrived it was incorrect, they had added three teas to the cost of the already pricey afternoon tea and the tea was supposed to be included. We questioned this; they apologized and returned with the corrected version. The discretionary 12.5% service charge, yes 12.5% is a huge tip I feel and there is nothing discretionary when it is pre-added to your bill but this was not the only addition. Another 89p was added as a 'voluntary' donation to the charity Sketch support called 'Kids Company' which works with inner city children. I think it is great that they support this charity but to add it on to my bill was annoying. I have chosen the charities I support and do so with a direct debit. I should be able to choose if I want to give a donation and it should not be added to the bill so that you have to make a fuss to remove it. I did ask what it was and got them to bring me a booklet but I didn't want to look even more churlish by asking for the 89p to be removed but as a matter of principle they should not take money from you without asking. I thought this was wrong. They were also at pains to explain that the tip does go to the staff and that the staff were well paid that is why they stay and are happy in their job. Well, if they are so well paid why do we have to tip them extra for doing the job that they already get good money for? No-one tips bus drivers and certainly no-one ever tipped me for doing my job as a teacher so why they should get an extra £12.00 for the hour of work that they have already been paid good money for doing. We paid a good whack of money for the food and service already so why should we have to pay on top? Tipping annoys me as you can see, if should be voluntary and only for service over and above not just for doing the job.
If you are interested in experiencing the ultimate in afternoon teas in London and you have an afternoon to spare then I thoroughly recommend a visit to Sketch. Once you are in Conduit Street you can't miss it from outside as there is a large white dog appearing to be morphing out of the building above the door and then you enter the building and enjoy even more strange art work, many of the pieces are actually used like seats while others are purely there for enjoyment! The food is beautifully prepared and tasty. It is filling but it is not a full balanced meal as it is supposed to be a light afternoon tea. Sketch also offers other eating options and for these possibilities I urge you to look at their website which is as quirky as the place itself.www.sketch.uk.com.
Thank you for sharing this experience.
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Korean girl group BLACKPINK is making waves as the first girl group in seven years launched by YG Entertainment!
Months before their massive debut, the girls released a dance practice video which has now amassed almost 10 million views! Watch the video below:
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Fans have posted their own dance covers of BLACKPINK's viral video as well – one of which is this particular one from Filipino YouTuber Jam Raquion!
Watch her slayin' it in the video below!
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- Evil Spirit (Are You Afraid of the Dark?) - An evil ghost and the main antagonist of the 2-part episode "The Tale of the Silver Sight" of the children's horror TV series Are You Afraid of the Dark?.
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More amaretto than alpine punch?
the dry leaves smell amazing, it's enough to make you dizzy,mmmm i love amaretto
Steeping the smell is even stronger and the liqueur is a very light caramel color.
Time to taste: I taste toasted almonds sweet amaretto but not nearly as potent as the Alpine punch, if you like almonds but not a super strong flavor than this is for you.
Personally i'm glad i bought a tin of the Alpine punch because comparing the two it's my favorite


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Sunsilk Conditioner Reviews
Its OK for the priceIt sort of does help with the frizz. But I still have to do something else to my hair for it not to get frizzy. — 9 years, 9 months agoVilyn01 | 3 reviews
Okay, not the best for me.It is okay. I was a little disappointed, I expected so much more. I have thick waist lengh hair that I color treat. Pantene or Tressame tend to work better for me. I am sure it depends on your hair. — 9 years, 9 months agoSparky240v | 6 reviews
A GREAT CONDITIONER!I HAVE VERY DRY HAIR AND I TRIED SUNSILK CONDITIONER AND IT REALLY GAVE IT BODY AND MY HAIR FELT LIKE SILK.I REALLY LIKE SUNSILK PRODUCTS. — 9 years, 9 months agojoyceparido | 3 reviews
Like SilkI have thick, coarse and curly hair. I use this with the shampoo and 24/7 cream. My hair is like silk. It's so soft, the curls are well formed and not out of control. What a value too! The price is awesome! — 9 years, 9 months agoSunnione | 18 reviews
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GoodI am generally a Pantene customer. But, in a pinch this works very good. I have natural curly hair and I need a lot of conditioning. — 9 years, 9 months agohayfitz | 3 reviews
It's perfect!This moisturized my hair better than any other brand...and the price is right, too. — 9 years, 9 months agoJenna136 | 3 reviews
Love it !!I absolutely adore this conditioner. Usually, I have a difficult time styling my hair, however after using Sunsilk my hair gets silky and smooth... — 9 years, 9 months agoAndreia | 3 reviews
would recommend this product!Great conditioner. Leaves hair really smooth and silky. — 9 years, 9 months agoheatherlynnm | 3 reviews
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Figma SP-017 Black Gold Saw
From the anime OVA Black★Rock Shooter, Black Gold Saw was shown engaged in an epic sword fight with Black★Rock Shooter at the beginning of the movie. Her origins are unknown, her human counterpart undisclosed but we can assume that it was her that gave Black★Rock Shooter her scars.
Name: Black Gold Saw
Manufacturer: Max Factory
Line: Figma SP-017
Sculptor: Masaki Asai
Designer: Huke
Scale: Non-scale
Material: PVC, ABS
Release: Mar 2011
Original Price: ¥2,667 (approx. $31AUD / $33USD)
Height: 158mm / 6.22inches
Packed in the same way as the other toys in the Figma Black★Rock Shooter line, the toy is enclosed in a good quality cardboard box with a big window at the front. All the accessories are laid out clearly, supported in a plastic tray. At the back there are photos depicting the toy in action as well as general information. Again, the inside cardboard liner has a perforated part to be used as a cover on a di:stage.
Black Gold Saw comes with 3 interchangeable face parts, her giant sword a.k.a. "King Sword", and three extra pairs of bone claws. I absolutely love the extra face parts, however her hands slip out of place quite easily, especially when she is hold her massive sword. Of course, a standard Figma stand is also included.
She is quite beautiful isn't she, in a cold, deadly and scary kind of way. Obviously you can't make toys the way they animate the character but I think the depiction is pretty close. Proportions are nice, and if it weren't for the unstable design of her feet, the figure would be able to balance quite nicely on its own. The top part of her hair is moulded in soft PVC, however the articulated lower portions are made from a harder material (ABS I think), I would have preferred for all the hair to be soft and flexible.
Apart from a few minor gripes, I think the articulation of this toy is rather good. Let's get the negatives out of the way first. The biggest problem here is again her feet design, not only is it thin and unstable, it also only tilts forwards and up which is pretty useless. Secondly, due to the weight of her sword, the hands fall out constantly and her shoulders have a hard time staying in raised poses. With that out of the way, the rest of the toy is quite good. Knees, elbows, shoulders, hips and waist all have a good range of motion.
Paint job is a bit questionable on this toy. I'm not sure if it is just my one, or across the board. There are some really nice bits such as the face detail, the belt and buckle, sword and hilt detail. But then on closer inspection, there are also some terrible bits such as her coat collar (absolute mess!) and boot trim (again, messy!). On her belly, paint from her bra top rubs off and stains the skin which is a bit disappointing.
Black Gold Saw is the tallest of all the Figma Black★Rock Shooter girls released so far, although I'm sure she will be taller than Strength as well when she arrives later this year. I love the fact each of these look totally different but you can tell straight away they are from the same line and series even if you don't know the story.
If you're a fan of the OVA, this is an absolute must get. When all the girls line up and are displayed together, it is absolutely stunning to look at. I can't wait until Strength is released, and hopefully more characters to come from this amazing series (despite the minor let downs with this particular toy)!
Thanks for reading:)
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Reading this description of author Alix Strauss' visit to a book club to discuss her new novel, Based Upon Availability, really makes me wish (besides that I'd like her to visit my book club of course) that I lived closer to the shore--much closer. Read on to hear how this author felt talking about her book and characters with the "Reading Club with a Drinking Problem."
There's something wonderful about being surrounded by bright women. Being surrounded by bright, lovely, insightful women who have read your work and want to talk to you about it is as close to utopia as one can get. Knowing there was a catered novel-themed luncheon and that we'd be spending the day at the beach after the discussion (which was across the street from the host's house) was the icing on the book club cake. Such was my experience last month when I was an invited guest in Long Beach. Started in 2005, the 20-plus women discuss a book every month and call themselves A Drinking Club with A Reading Problem. Aside from creating the menu, whoever is hosting is also in charge of leading the discussion.
Chef Peter created a 4-star-hotel-worthy meal consisting of: a spinoff of the famous Waldorf salad – complete with warm chicken, beets, walnuts, and a savory mustard vinaigrette; a second salad offering salmon and white fish on a bed of arugala; grilled asparagus and sautéed mushrooms as sides; and for dessert, homemade chocolate chip cookies, biscotti, canolli, and strawberries.
After lunch the women sat in a circle – some took to the floor, others sat in foldable chairs, some were cushioned on the couches – and dove into dissecting the material. I've always wanted to be part of a book group. It's a terrific way to bond with others over something very specific and tangible. Watching total strangers share their thoughts and feelings about something I'd created was mesmerizing. I loved watching the ladies gesticulate while inching forward in their seats as they got into a lively talk about my characters. I adored hearing who they felt sorry for, who they felt changed the most, and if they could be friends with any of the characters.
The biggest discussion revolved around two characters – Robin and Vicki – who are camping out in suite 1512, and if Robin was justifiable in her actions. More than sibling rivalry, Robin has been mentally and emotionally tortured by her older sister for as far back as she can remember. In the 48 hours that Vicki is visiting, leaving her lawyer DC roots behind, the two-some display anything but sisterly love. Pushed to a breaking point, Robin finally reacts – in a most surprising manner. Without giving too much away, many of the women reacted most to this part of the novel. They questioned whether Robin's outrageous behavior was warranted, and if Vicki deserved what was done to her. I'd never considered this. I just thought 'how realistic are her actions and what kind of change will it bring about for the character.' Many also wondered if Vicki would learn a lesson and change her behavior.
The group was also interested in the main character, Morgan, the hotel manager who can't move past the death of her older sibling. They were fascinated in her intense need to connect to others, and her odd behavior – she snoops though guests' rooms, helps herself to their pills, sprays their perfume, tries on their clothing, and leaves the scene cleaner than a cat burglar.
The hardest part was remaining silent as the women animatedly dissected my work and asked each other questions, to which I knew the answers. It was also great to be the judge, and settle the disputes, or at least share what my intentions were when I created a specific character, or why I wrote a scene a certain way.
At 2:00 pm, guests gathered themselves, retrieved their beach gear from their cars: portable nylon chairs, small umbrellas, tubes of sun block, terry towels, and proceeded across the street to capture some afternoon rays. With or without the allure of the beach, this Manhattanite wouldn't have missed this opportunity – a gift really, for anything.
Browse inside Based Upon Availability, check out the reading group guide and to invite Alix Strauss to speak to your book club, visit her website.


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Hampton Wick, formerly a village, is a Thames-side area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in London, England which is contiguous with two other districts, Teddington and Kingston upon Thames. It is buffered by a public green space, one of the Royal Parks of London from Hampton and Hampton Hill.
Economically much involved in market gardens until well into the twentieth century, with its motor and rail connections to London and such business areas as the M4 corridor its population is a mixture of commuters well within the London commuter belt. Its developed area is confined by Bushy Park and Hampton Court Park to its west and the River Thames to its east.
Although north of the River Thames and formerly in the county of Middlesex, the area forms part of the Kingston upon Thames and East Molesey post towns based on the south side of the river.
Middlesex Research Tips
Parts of Middlesex were absorbed into London in 1889 (Inner London), and some in 1965 (Outer London). Depending on the specific location and the year being investigated it may be necessary to check London records as well as those of Middlesex.
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11 April 2012
Football's back.
Yes, it's back on the field. Spring practice is underway on college campuses across the country. Diehards have spent the past few weeks pouring over vague practice reports and booking their tickets to their teams' spring games.
And, yes, it's back off the field too. In fact, the game's two biggest headlines this week had little to do with Xs and Os.
First, Bobby Petrino was ousted as coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks. He deserved it. Even so, the Arkansas athletic director, Jeff Long, should be commended for his handling of the situation. Having lived in Arkansas from 2009-2011, I can attest to the massive significance the state places on Razorback football. For perspective, imagine a version of Ohio where there wasn't decent college basketball or any pro football, baseball, basketball, or hockey presence at all. In such a focused market, it takes stones to dethrone the University and state's most public leader, even in the wake of public embarrassment. It also takes a brand of ethics and conviction that Gene Smith has never shown in Columbus.
Second, a barrage of vitriol was directed at Urban Meyer for the alleged collapse of the Florida football program in his last years as head coach, courtesy of Matt Hayes from the Sporting News. The article detailed a culture of preferential treatment that, for lack of a better phrase, allowed the inmates to take control of the asylum. It also contained numerous factual inaccuracies, according to its subjects.
So what does this have to do with current Ohio State football? Well, nothing. But you wouldn't know it by the tenor of the week's conversation.
The average Ohio State fan's reaction to the week's events was twofold: Mockery of Bobby Petrino and the Razorbacks coupled with outrage at Matt Hayes' profile of Meyer.
Laughs at Arkansas' expense are cheap. That's especially true when they come from a fan base that knows the pain of national embarrassment. Fans whose program has recently been dragged through the mud are particularly prone to schadenfreude, which is exactly what happened this week. But Arkansas fans and players didn't bear any more responsibility for Petrino's recklessness than did Ohio State fans and players for Jim Tressel's deceptions. We should show them more respect.
Indignation at Matt Hayes' indiscretions is more understandable. This week, he's a symbol of the national media's carelessness and inattention to detail. By directing his fire at Ohio State's new coach, he ripped the stitches out of a wound that's still healing for most Buckeye fans. His colleagues ruthlessly shred the Ohio State program during Jim Tressel's fall and that hasn't been forgotten. Now we have a shiny new coach, so it's natural to be protective. But knee-jerk defenses of Meyer's time at Florida won't change what was written, and won't change the legacy that Urban will build in Columbus.
The fan base's fixation on the story is revealing of an even deeper problem: we won't look forward. None of this is progressive. The Buckeyes are a new team under Urban Meyer and Urban Meyer is a new coach at Ohio State. Allowing Arkansas and Matt Hayes to dominate the Ohio State spotlight for a week is akin to living in the past, which would be foolish considering the promise of the Buckeyes' present and future.
But some refuse to let go, a fact that is proven by fans' disproportionate reaction to the week's events. The logic: we lost our coach under humiliating circumstances, so let's make sure to pile on the Razorbacks when the same thing happens to them. And a member of the media wrote a story tangentially related to and critical of the Buckeyes, so let's make sure he doesn't forget he and his colleagues' misbehavior a year ago.
Almost twelve months after his departure, the ghost of Tressel is haunting the Buckeye fan base during a time that should be reserved for hope and celebration. Jim Tressel was a great coach, whose achievements at Ohio State are unique in Buckeyes history. But he's gone as a result of his own mistakes, not the media's.
Meanwhile, the Buckeyes, under Meyer's direction, are making substantial improvements. On Wednesday, according to Meyer, the Buckeyes completed one of the best spring practice's he's ever seen.
His praise: "If you want to see a ball practice, that was a ball practice."
Someone's got his priorities straight after all. Follow his lead.
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RICHMOND — Two daytime shootings in as many days — the latest occurring near an after-school program — have heightened police concern over possible retaliations, Richmond police Capt. Mark Gagan said Wednesday.
The most recent shooting happened at 5:07 p.m. Wednesday in front of a home with gang ties on Bell Court, Gagan said. Gunfire erupted after a group in a car shot at another group standing in front of the home, who returned fire, police said. One man later showed up at a hospital with a non-life threatening gunshot wound to his foot. No arrests were made.
An after-school program at nearby Kennedy High School went into lockdown while police responded to the shooting.
On Tuesday, two men were shot in a hail of gunfire at 1:15 p.m. in the 600 block of Fifth Street, police said. The city's gunshot detection system captured 24 rounds fired, according to authorities. One man was reported in serious condition; the other was critical.
The shooting in front of the Bell Court home is the second in the past six months, Gagan said. Fed-up neighbors are considering starting a neighborhood watch group, he said.
David DeBolt covers breaking news. Contact him in Richmond at 510-262-2728. Follow him at Twitter.com/daviddebolt.


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Pryor Promotes Website Linking Directly to Cotton's Site at Press Conference
(KATV) At a press conference Friday about medicare, Sen. Mark Pryor, defending his seat this year, stood before a podium displaying a website titled "TheRealTomCottonRecord.com." Unfortunately, that side links directly to his challenger in the race, Tom Cotton's official website.
Pryor's campaign site is actually "TheRealCottonRecord.com" with no Tom.
TheRealCottonRecord.com has been promoted on the recent ads airing across the state titled "Linda" and "Courtney."
The Cotton campaign says they purchased the website URL upon seeing the mistake today.
The Pryor campaign responded with this statement:
"We messed up a podium sign. Congressman Cotton voted to turn Medicare into a voucher system, cut benefits and raise the eligibility age to 70. Guess which matters more to Arkansas voters?"