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Death penalty may be sought for murder suspect
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The Cole County prosecutor is still deciding whether to seek the death penalty against the man accused of murdering a Jefferson City couple.
Mark Richardson has charged David Russell Hosier, 54, in the shooting deaths of Angie and Rodney Gilpin early Monday.
Jefferson City detectives went to Oklahoma yesterday, but were not able to interview Hosier because he invoked his right to an attorney and refused to make a statement.
Court documents show Angie Gilpin sent her landlord a notice saying Hosier was stalking her and said she wanted to move.
In a petition for an order protection against Hosier, Gilpin indicated she and Hosier were romantically involved while she was separated from her husband.
Investigators said the Gilpins were reconciling and that may have motivated hosier to violence.


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As the father of a 12-year-old African American boy, this op-ed by Borough of Manhattan Community College student Nicholas Peart (pictured above) really hit home. In it, he talks about the unprovoked "stop-and-frisks" that he's been subject to by NYPD, and the effect that it's had on him. Quite frankly, it's depressing: In 2011, in the midst of an historic presidency by an African American, black and Latino males are still subject to a deeply discriminatory and dehumanizing policy of be targeted simply because of the color of their skin. Here's one of these times, it would be nice to claim some "white privilege." I mean, I'm sure none of my white friends will have to have a conversation like we had with my son, i.e., the "how-you-should-interact-with-a-cop" talk. But don't take it from me. Here are Peart's words:
For young people in my neighborhood, getting stopped and frisked is a rite of passage. We expect the police to jump us at any moment. We know the rules: don't run and don't try to explain, because speaking up for yourself might get you arrested or worse. And we all feel the same way — degraded, harassed, violated and criminalized because we're black or Latino. Have I been stopped more than the average young black person? I don't know, but I look like a zillion other people on the street. And we're all just trying to live our lives.
And this:
We need change. When I was young I thought cops were cool. They had a respectable and honorable job to keep people safe and fight crime. Now, I think their tactics are unfair and they abuse their authority. The police should consider the consequences of a generation of young people who want nothing to do with them — distrust, alienation and more crime.
According to the ACLU, the number of stops by NYPD has been increasing since 2007. In 2010, there were over 600,000 stops. For the first six months of 2011, there were over 362,000 stops. If this trend continued, that would put the 2011 number over 700,000.
So, it would be naive of us to think that our living in Park Slope will insulate our son from this. Especially now, as he travels more places by himself and with his friends.
In the meantime, I'm grateful to Mr. Peart, who has put a human face on these statistics and who has, through this piece in the Times, brought the issue to a wider audience.


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i am sorry but you will find that is most the world today it has become a place where other just use and abuse others

but then i nver had a reg child hood i am am so glad as a teen i had a wife to hold me amd love me and we had each other and her mother so i missed out on some of the feeling


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Henri Evenepoel
After study in his native Belgium, Henri Evenepoel (1872-1899) settled in Paris in 1892. The young painter was admitted to the studio of Gustave Moreau, where he befriended Henri Matisse. His canvases were largely portraits and interiors, and he also became an accomplished printmaker. In 1897 Evenepoel bought a Pocket Kodak, calling it a "real gem." Fascinated by the mechanism, he learned to do his own developing and printing. Evenepoel occasionally used his photographs as studies for his paintings, but he usually took pictures to experiment with novel images, record the contents of his studio, or capture images of his family. His photographs of his son Charles are a tender record of a loving father and sensitive artist. Of his vacation photographs of 1897, he wrote: "I savor them with the slightly sad joy of reflecting that all this good time is past." Evenepoel died of typhoid in 1899 at age 27, having taken nearly 875 photographs in two and a half years. While the negatives were preserved, no original prints are known to exist.
Louise at Wépion, summer 1897, Modern gelatin silver print, 2011 and The White Hat, 1897, Oil on canvas.
Evenepoel acquired his camera in 1897, two and a half years before his death. Yet in that short period, he made frequent use of it. A summer vacation in the Belgian countryside provided ample opportunity for the artist to experiment with the device. This photograph of Louise, the mother of Evenepoel's illegitimate child Charles de Mey (1894-1964), is one of many souvenirs of their 1897 holiday in Wépion. Louise wears a blue and white printed frock and plumed hat in the snapshot that inspired a painting of the same year – The White Hat. The painting, however, removes the sitter from her pleasant outdoor venue and alters her contented air.


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I have a Breville coffee grinder at home and in the CNET Appliance's Toaster Oven Extravaganza, the
We reviewed seven blenders in what I like to call the Great CNET Blender Bonanza. (Admit it. It's catchy.) Each model brought something to the table, some more than others. Even compared with the big guys like Ninja, Blendtec, and VitaMix, however, the Breville held its own and, in the end, won a positive vote.
It has the horsepower to handle heavy-duty tasks like grinding whole almonds into flour and then processing that flour into almond butter, no additives or oil required, but it also can handle delicate tasks like whipping cream. I genuinely believe that this blender could replace, at least in some instances, your hand mixer and food processor, making it an ideal choice for people who appreciate an appliance that multitasks as much as they do.
Its versatility and multitasking ability might not be what you need. Before we go any further down this path, you must to assess for yourself what, exactly, you require from a blender. Blenders like the Breville are wasted on me.
Why is a fantastic blender ever a waste? I use blenders to make beverages. End of list. In college, I used my blender exclusively for margaritas. Now I make smoothies in order to perpetuate the ruse that I am a health nut. I make them often, certainly, but they still don't justify an appliance as multi-faceted as the Breville. Not everyone will need all of its food-processing potential.
If you're looking for a frozen beverage mixer, you can get a fine product in the $39
The Breville Hemisphere Control is a 750-watt blender that measures 16.5 inches tall and leaves a footprints that is 7 inches wide and 8 inches deep at the broadest points. Depending on the height of your upper cabinets, this blender may or may not fit under them for countertop storage. That said, it is fairly average in terms of size, given other blenders on the market. What matters about this blender most, however, isn't so much its size as its power. While not the most powerful blender on the market, especially compared with the 1,560-watt
The user interface is clearly understood and the presets are useful, with options like snow (for finely crushed ice), mix, blend, liquify, and puree. There is also a smoothie button that will activate a minute-long timer and pulse-blending sequence. I didn't find the timer to be necessary, but you might think it a helpful feature.
While the timer wasn't so useful for me, the LCD window that displays it was. This indicator counts up for speed settings and down for presets, to give you complete control when using the blender.
The Breville features a 48-ounce round jug made of BPA-free plastic. This is not the largest pitcher available to lower-powered blenders. For example, the
The design element I appreciate most about the Breville's jug, though, is its hemispherical shape, the appliance's namesake. The bottom of the jug is rounded in such a way as to prevent food from getting stuck in corners or nooks, ensuring that the blender's contents mix evenly without too much intervention from you. The Breville's outward appearance most closely resembles the
You can't talk about the blender's pitcher without also talking about the blades. This is another area where Breville instituted some fantastic design choices. For example, there are multiple types of blades in the blender. You'll find sharp, serrated central blades that do the bulk of the processing. You'll also find contoured blades that hug as closely to the hemisphere shape as possible, preventing food from clinging to the bottom of the pitcher. This is a nice touch that saves you from having to pause the appliance every 5 seconds to scrape the sides and bottom.
Breville includes some nifty, though not necessary, bonuses to the design, such as loops in both the lid and the power cord that make for easy grabbing. The Breville also has an on/off switch, which lets you turn the blender off without unplugging it, a feature that might be appealing if you intend to make the unit a permanent fixture on your countertop.
Blenders aren't especially known for high-tech features. To my knowledge, no one has invested in developing a Bluetooth blender. Why would they? Blend my smoothies, make my piña coladas, and I shall leave thee be, blender, and not criticize thy lack of whimsy. That said, blenders like the Breville have some great user interface features that make the whole blending experience more intuitive.
I know that blending was never that hard to begin with, but I can appreciate a blender that makes an easy task even easier to perform. This convenience comes in the form of presets. Perhaps my favorite Breville preset is the smoothie button, which, over the course of a minute, pulses and blends the contents into a uniform and perfectly drinkable smoothie. The only thing that could make that process easier would be if the blender filled itself.
Other presets like "snow" and "puree" highlight the Breville's versatility. If you were so inclined, you could make some pretty awesome snowballs on that snow setting. Yes, I tested it. Yes, they get good loft. And, yes, they will explode upon impact (see video). I imagine it can make snow cones as well.


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Asda launches the ultimate 'Tummy Tamer' dress to help women cheat their way to the perfect hourglass figure
- 85% of women gain 3-5lbs over Christmas and have already ditched their diets
- George launches a revolutionary clothing range for ladies to cheat their way to the ultimate hourglass figure as curves make their comeback on the spring catwalk
- 72% of men are more attracted to curvier women, preferring the hourglass shape and women aspire to be more like Leona Lewis or Colleen Nolan than Cheryl Cole
- George reveals the formula for the perfect hourglass figure Bust Size + Thigh Length + Hip-Waist Ratio x Body Curve Line + Body Symmetry
Today, George at Asda introduces a fashion first, with the launch of the 'Tummy Tamer' dress and skirt designed to hide and sculpt those extra pounds and help women cheat their way to the perfect hour glass figure.
In a survey, Asda discovered that 85% of women will gain anything from three to five pounds as a result of over indulgence at Christmas and over half of them said that this week is the time that they are most likely to ditch the diet they started at New Year.
For the first time, ladies can say goodbye to padded bust enhancing bras and compressing corset pants as the flattering black dress and skirt both contain revolutionary built-in figure enhancing, 'inch-pinching' technology, designed to help the wearer improve their shape without having to buy separate supporting underwear. Clever panels across the hips, waist and bust have been designed to smooth the stomach and hip areas and accentuate the bust.
Fiona Lambert, George Brand Director said: "A prominent bust and hips create the perfect curved figure, however for those without the vital attributes who want to make the most of what they have, help is at hand in the form of the new 'Tummy Tamer' dress and skirt, which will help all shapes and sizes achieve the ultimate hourglass figure in an instant.
"There's no need for women to slave away in the gym or diet to achieve the perfect shape as we should be celebrating our curves not trying to get rid of them. Celebrities that embrace their bodies and are happy and healthy like Alesha Dixon, Leona Lewis and Colleen Nolan are far more aspirational to women than Kate Moss or Cheryl Cole."
The new collection, available on George.com, is perfectly timed as curves are set to make a comeback in 2010 with the resurgence of plus-sized models on the spring catwalk. As a result George is encouraging women to embrace their womanly curves and make the most of their great figures that have been hidden under their winter woolies.
Both male and female George shoppers highlighted a preference for a curvaceous figure – a significant 72% of male shoppers prefer a full bust, small waist and rounded bottom, whilst 61% of women aspire to achieve the perfect curves, opting for the sexy curves sported by Beyonce, with British favourites, Leona Lewis, Alesha Dixon and Kelly Brook coming out top with Cheryl Cole and Kate Moss coming last.
George linked with leading UK psychologist Dr David Holmes to carry out research into the perfect curve and devise the following calculation to find the perfect curve
Perfect Curve Score Calculation: ((BBD+THR+HWR)xBCL)+BS
Which is defined as: Bust Size + Thigh Ratio + Hip-Waist Ratio x Body Curve Line + Body Symmetry
"Curves and the hourglass figure without fail triggers the male hormonal system, sets pulses racing and play a major factor in the desire stakes of attraction. Men cannot explain why the specific line of the female form is attractive to them. It's not a juvenile 'page 3' fascination, but part of natural evolution. The human curve has come to represent the healthiest and most fertile form, highlighting the most suitable breeding partner and has evolved to be universally attractive to males for that reason. The perfect curve also impacts on other females creating mixed responses of both respect and jealousy!" said UK psychologist Dr David Holmes.
The dress and skirt is available in sizes 8-20 on George.com and all Asda Living stores.


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Kelly to begin Triple-A rehab stint Friday
ST. LOUIS -- Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak announced after Sunday's game that Joe Kelly will begin a Minor League rehab assignment on Friday with Triple-A Memphis. That decision was made after Kelly threw two pain-free simulated innings at Busch Stadium on Sunday morning.
Kelly's readiness for that next step took on added importance when Mozeliak also announced that two starters -- Michael Wacha and Jaime Garcia -- were being moved to the disabled list with shoulder injuries. Kelly will need at least two Minor League starts, Mozeliak said, before being considered an option to rejoin the Cardinals' rotation.
The right-hander will threw between 40-60 pitches Friday.
The organization had also planned to have Kelly do some PFP (pitcher's fielding practice) work Sunday, but a heavy morning downpour led the Cardinals to nix those plans. Kelly could do that defensive work as early as Monday, manager Mike Matheny said.
Kelly has been on the 15-day disabled list since April 17 with a left hamstring strain.
"Today you could see he trusted it and let it go," Matheny said. "He came in with a lot of bounce [after throwing]. He was extremely excited about how he felt."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Cooling down for the holiday weekend
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A change of seasons is in store as we head into the busy holiday weekend. Skies will remain mostly cloudy this afternoon as blustery winds shift to the northwest and deliver scattered showers and much cooler temps. By late Thursday afternoon the mercury will fall into the lower 50's w/ apparent temps even cooler that that.
Skies will go mainly clear overnight with lows near 40 degrees. We won't be warming up much in spite of nearly pure sunshine Friday afternoon as windy highs max out iin the lower 60's!
Things get better as we get into and head through the weekend. We'll see plenty of sunshine Saturday, Sunday and Memorial Day. Highs will only get into the mid 60's Saturday, near 70 on Sunday and into the lower 70's on Memorial Day - so get ready for a bit of a shock to the system if you are planning on jumping into that newly opened pool.
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Why Candy Crowley was right to correct Mitt Romney
It always makes you cringe when an umpire's call shapes a big game in a meaningful way. But sometimes, the referee intervenes at a crucial moment and it turns out they were right to do it.
A case in point was Candy Crowley's challenge to Mitt Romney on his assertions about Libya and President Barack Obama's response to the attack on US officials in Benghazi.
It was a risky move, but on balance it increased the understanding of the American people about the facts surrounding a tragic, ugly event which has taken a central place in this campaign.
Here's the context.
Since taking office in 2009, Obama has faced an unceasing barrage of attacks from the right, suggesting that he is "soft" on terror and has failed to use direct and deliberate language when talking about attacks by Islamic radicals.
This narrative reflects a widely held view on the right that Obama might himself be a closeted Muslim, or that he harbors secret "anti-colonial" sentiments which might lead him to intentionally weaken or humble America.
Mitt Romney has embraced this narrative on the campaign trail, accusing the president of "apologizing" for America and of neglecting ties to Israel.
After the attacks in Egypt and Libya, Romney issued a statement accusing the Obama administration of "sympathiz[ing]" with the attackers.
"It's disgraceful that the Obama Administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions," Romney argued, "but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks."
Before pivoting back to the specifics of this week's debate — and Crowley's role — let me pause to point out that these accusations are astonishing.
We've become inured to often extreme rhetoric about our presidents, so it's important to remind ourselves how radical these claims have become.
A major party candidate is accusing America's commander in chief of aligning himself, at least emotionally or philosophically, with a group that has murdered US officials in cold blood.
In the wider framing of conservative politics, the argument is even more astonishing. According to the narrative widely held among Republican voters, we have a president who hasn't simply made policy mistakes or committed errors.
According to their narrative, Obama is actively — albeit subtly and often in secret — working against the interests of America.
Extraordinary claims warrant compelling evidence. And let me say bluntly that if there were facts to support these claims, they would represent impeachable offenses.
It's hard to imagine a "high crime and misdemeanor" more treasonous than those conservatives suggest Obama has committed.
But the simple truth is that the facts don't support right-wing conspiracy theories. Not even marginally. By all credible accounts, Obama has waged an extremely aggressive and lethal campaign against terror groups from the Horn of Africa to Pakistan.
Conservatives sometimes suggest that the killing of Osama bin Laden was a one-off event, a sort of accidental "get" that Obama's administration has trumpeted unfairly.
But the killing of bin Laden came as part of a controversial campaign of highly effective assassinations and drone strikes.
There have been terror attacks on American interests on Obama's watch, to be sure. But these have been no more frequent or effective than terror attacks that occurred during the tenures of past presidents, including Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
The suggestion that Obama has apologized for America is similarly fact-free.
The assertion has been debunked repeatedly by the Washington Post, by Politifact and by FactCheck.org. Again, this isn't a case of gray zones or interpretation. It is simply a case of factual inaccuracy.
Which brings us, at long last, to Barack Obama's statement about the Libya attack the day after America's diplomatic team was attacked and murdered.
In his address from the Rose Garden (full transcript here), the president repeatedly "condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack."
Note that the president didn't say "this shocking cultural misunderstanding" or "this criminal act." The first day after the assault, even as the facts are being gathered, Obama calls it an "outrageous and shocking attack."
He then said this: "And make no mistake, we will work with the Libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people…"going on to demand that the world community "unequivocally reject these brutal acts."
Brutal acts. Shocking attack. Killers. Still not clear enough?
Obama then unambiguously placed the attack in Beghazi in the context of the 9/11 terror attacks, the on-going war on terror and the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Here is that section of his comments, in full.
Of course, yesterday was already a painful day for our nation as we marked the solemn memory of the 9/11 attacks. We mourned with the families who were lost on that day. I visited the graves of troops who made the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan at the hallowed grounds of Arlington Cemetery, and had the opportunity to say thank you and visit some of our wounded warriors at Walter Reed. And then last night, we learned the news of this attack in Benghazi.
As Americans, let us never, ever forget that our freedom is only sustained because there are people who are willing to fight for it, to stand up for it, and in some cases, lay down their lives for it. Our country is only as strong as the character of our people and the service of those both civilian and military who represent us around the globe. No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for.
Conservatives — embracing the skewed narrative context outlined above — have continued to insist that there is still some ambiguity here, some missing declaration of strength or purpose or loyalty.
But that tenuous framework of suspicion only holds up if you ignore the fact that Obama has, in fact, waged an astonishingly ruthless and lethal military campaign against Islamic militants — and the fact that right-wing anxiety about the president's personal faith and cultural loyalties are not supported by any available evidence.
Of course, Crowley could have allowed this moment to slide. Americans would have been left with a false sense that there is a gray zone here, a legitimate uncertainty about Obama's actions and words.
Many Republicans will see bias in her actions — and, no doubt, in this analysis. Obviously, I disagree.
It goes without saying that there are many aspects of Barack Obama's foreign policy that bear scrutiny and criticism. There are important questions still to be answered about why security at American facilities in Libya wasn't beefed up long ago.
Mitt Romney also has a clear right to say clearly and factually how his foreign policy would differ materially from Obama's. It's our job as reporters to make sure Americans hear about those distinctions, in a fair and factual way, so that voters can make informed choices.
But when politicians say things that are simply inaccurate, particularly when the claims are extraordinary, we have to throw the flag. Crowley made the right call.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired and wireless Internet access.
A 24-hour business center is on site at this 3-star property. 2 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers complimentary newspapers in the lobby, laundry facilities, and dry cleaning/laundry services. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is offered to guests. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 60
- Number of floors - 3
- Bar/lounge
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Conference space
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- 24-hour front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Elevator/lift
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 1950
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 144
- Free self parking
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Indoor tennis courts - 2
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Indoor tennis courts
- Laundry facilities
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Free self parking, Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- In-room massage available
- Shower only
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Room service (limited hours)
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Sleep Number by Select Comfort mattress
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 7:00 AM and 10:30 AM.
Hotel Chopin has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include indoor tennis courts.
Spa Services
- Aromatherapy treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 4 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for PLN 80 per night.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of PLN 35 per pet, per night
- Dogs and cats only
- 1 per room
- Specific rooms only
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Airport shuttle fee: PLN 80 per vehicle (one way)
- Pet fee: PLN 35 per pet, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: PLN 80 per night
Hotel Name
- Chopin Pruszcz Gdanski
- Hotel Chopin Pruszcz Gdanski
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. One child 4 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. This property allows pets in specific rooms only (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can request one of these rooms by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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" Genre: Languages / Author: Margaretha Danbolt Simons / Contains: 2 Audio CDs & book / Published 2005-04-16 by McGraw-Hill "
I bought this teach yourself norwegian book and cd set at the beginning of my university summer holidays for something to do and was pleasantly suprised. The book is divided into 16 chapters and a preliminary chapter which covers the alphabet, letter sounds and pronunciation.
The story begins in chapter 1 where Sue from London meets Norwegian student Arne and follows Sue's life as she moves to Norway, gets a job, makes friends, goes on holiday, ends up in hospital and experiences the Norwegian national day. Often I find this sort of set up patronising, but in this case it really is not, the characters are rather endearing.
Each of the chapters follows the similar format, with text and dialogue, most of which is contained on the CD, accompanying vocabulary box, true or false questions to test understanding, information sections, grammar explanations and several exercises. At the back of the book there are answers to all the exercises, verb tables and english-norwegian norwegian-english vocabulary which covers almost everything used in the book.
The CD proves really useful for getting the hang of pronunciation as Norwegian doesn't always sound as one would expect. The dialogue begins very slowly in the early chapters and works up to a faster speed.
I started learning from this book by learning a chapter a day, reviewing carefully each dialogue and completing all the exercises, and also looking over previous chapters. I thorougly completed the book in about a month.
This book introduces the reader to a lot of vocabulary and phrases and explains language patterns and grammar very well with the exercises ensuring that learning is consolidated. Overall, I think that this book provides the reader with an exellent grounding in Norwegian language and culture.
Beyond this course, I bought a pocket dictionary and a grammar book so I could progress further by reading norwegian news and speaking to norwegian friends and feel that this book gave great preparation for this.
(Review also posted on my ciao account under the same name)
From the popular "Teach Yourself..." comes Teach Yourself Norwegian by Margaretha Danbolt Simons who is herself, a Norwegian now living and teaching in England. So there is no better book to get than this one!
From first glance, it seems quite a daunting prospect learning a language without going to a class and it could take you a while to get going. It's based for the first time learners out there, but some prior exposure to Norwegian could be useful. (I have seen a few good films.) But after the initial phase you will find yourself engrossed and starting to sound out words aloud without realising.
The main gist of the book is thus:
It's about 2 people named Sue (an English woman) and Arne (a Norwegian man in England) who meet in a cafe while Sue is practising from this book. Their relationship builds up from there as does your knowledge of written and spoken Norwegian. As you go on through the book, you follow the adventures both in England and when Sue visits Norway for the first time.
The book is split up into 16 different topics and includes an Introduction section which is the most important and useful part. It guides you on alphabet pronounciation, differences in voice tones, relationship between Norwegian sounding words and English words in order to get the right sound.
16 Topics sounds like a hefty read doesn't it? Well, everyone learns at different speeds. The topics are broken up into dialogue sets with activities and vocabulary as you go through. It covers Greetings, How to ask for things in cafes/pubs/restaurant, Counting, Days of the Week, Norways national festivals, Work, If you are sick, etc... I found it helpful to get two exercise books for the activities and the vocabulary. There is no point in just doing it from the book otherwise you would have learnt nothing.
What not to expect from this book:
- Become fluent in Norwegian and have open-ended discussions about current affairs.
- To be able to learn it all over night.
- To be just like all the other language learning books.
It took me around 9 months to cover the topics and I now feel comfortable with what I have learnt and ready to go out to Norway and put it into practice!


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Department of Human Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (341) 3550 - 350
fax: +49 (0341) 3550 - 399
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Dawit Desta
Doctoral Student
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Department of Human Evolution
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: 0049 (0) 341 3550 379
fax: 0049 (0) 341 3550 399
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Research Interests
I am a PhD student of Prehistoric Archeology in the Department of Human Evolution at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. My research focuses on the reanalysis of the Early stone Age(ESA) and Acheulean artifacts from Ethiopian sites housed in the National Museum of Ethiopia.
Many of the famous Ethiopian ESA sites were discovered and excavated between the 1960s and 1990s (e.g., Melka Kunture, Gedeb, Konso Gardulla). This research was conducted with disparate criteria of analysis, resulting in several disparate publications. In addition to what has been pointed out above, comparative research on typological and technological aspects of these lithic collections from different Ethiopian sites is lacking.Yet, still larger portions of many of these assemblages have been stored in the National Museum of Ethiopia for many years, without receiving reanalysis in light of current research trends.
The analysis of such ESA collections with current research approaches will, no doubt, generally contribute to our understanding of the wider period under discussion.This period needs further investigation especially in order to understand the development of hominin cognitive abilities and technological transition.
I beleive the results of my research will help further the current understanding of ESA technologies in a context where they made their earliest appearance. In addition to this, my research interests are combined with curatorial demands, as my systematic study of the museum's collections will help to make a proper inventory and better curation of large stone tool collections neglected so far.


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InteliTap, the providers of the TRUST draft beer profit boosting solution, and Barvision, the RFID real-time liquor control leader, today announced they have entered into an exclusive partnership to provide their brewer, restaurant, bar, hotel, stadium & concessionaire customers with a complete, end-to-end solution to manage draft beer and liquor operations. The resulting combined solution will immediately drive revenue and profit.
InteliTaps President, David Adams said I am delighted to announce this partnership. Both companies have created powerful solutions for their specific parts of the restaurant and bar industry. BarVision is a very natural partner for InteliTap. The two solutions, working together, will provide benefits to our customers that are greater than the sum of the parts. Both companies are committed to using technology, training and process to help operators manage the many moving parts of a bar. In the end our customers will make more profit from this partnership and they will have happier consumers.
TRUST has an independent loyalty program(TRU$T) that is based heavily on service and sales training where staff are rewarded with prizes and financial incentives for selling more. It is easily implemented by any outlet. Points (quirkily called pints) are awarded for various behaviors including sales, education, idea generation and various other interactions. There is an online portal, loyaltips.com where servers, managers, hosts, bartenders etc have individual membership so that communications and programs can be tailor made to them. The partnership will make expanded use of TRU$T to train and manage liquor sales.
Robert Tuthill, VP of Sales and Marketing from BarVision said I am delighted with this partnership and the resulting solution that provides clients with complete control & optimization of their draft beer & liquor sectors. Customer satisfaction and profitability are the key driving factors, as the solution directly increases profits while reducing costs dramatically, as each and every pour, whether it is beer or liquor, is accurately accounted for. The TRU$T portal is also a great tool and we are excited to collaborate with InteliTap to offer joint material through this portal, as our philosophies are quite similar. Our joint solution ensures a clean, crisp, quality drink is poured at the right temperature, every single time, by an educated staff that is properly incented, resulting in excellent customer experience. From a management perspective, we offer complete visibility of their sales and operations, simply and quickly, that eliminates the headache and costs of manual procedures while minimizing human error.
To learn more about TRUST, or to receive a copy of our new paper 10 Critical facts you ought to know about selling & monitoring DRAFT beer go to the website.
About InteliTap
InteliTap (intelitap.com) was founded in 2005 in Richmond, Virginia with one purpose in mind: To help restaurants, bars, hotels and sports arenas serve consistently excellent draught beer at better profits.
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Since 2002, BarVision (barvision.com) has provided the Hospitality Industry with the wireless liquor spout technology that revolutionized the management of pour control and liquor inventory. SGS-Technologies acquired BarVision in 2009 and moved the company into a 5000 sq ft state of the art manufacturing and development facility that is committed to providing the most accurate and reliable liquor management system available.
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Maine chief hopes new station, raises will help retain officers
Department lost many in recent years to better-paying positions
By David Robinson
Kennebec Journal
FARMINGTON, Maine — With the addition this year of a new police station and more competitive wages for officers, Farmington Police Chief Jack Peck hopes the town's police department will end its constant struggle to hire and retain officers.
A $490,000 renovation project at the town's new police station is expected to be finished next month, when the police department will move out of its cramped space in the town's municipal building.
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2012/2013 FILM fridays
Unless otherwise noted, these events are held on the dates listed at 7:30 p.m. in the University of Toledo Center for Performing Arts (PA1039). Each of the fall events are $3 each and your ticket includes popcorn and a small soft drink.
SEPT 14 | Kafka (Steven Soderbergh, 1991)
Existential writer Franz Kafka works during the day at an insurance company where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals.
SEPT 28 | Cinema Baby Steps (varies)
A night films made by our students when they were kids.
OCT 26 | Orpheus (1950)
Orphee is a poet who becomes obsessed with Death (the Princess). They fall in love. Orphee's wife, Eurydice, is killed by the Princess' henchmen and Orphee goes after her into the Underworld. Although they have become dangerously entangled, the Princess sends Orphee back out of the Underworld, to carry on his life with Eurydice.
NOV 2-3 | Censorship Symposium
Screenings, lectures and discussions of issues relevant to freedom of expression in contemporary society.
NOV 9 | Honor in the Valley of Tears (Dow, 2010)
Join us in honoring Veteran's Day with this special documentary screening. Director Eric Dow will be present to introducethe film and answer questions following the screening.
JAN 18 | Do the Right Thing (Lee, 1989)
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Faculty Film Screenings
7:30 p.m. in the Center for Performing Arts - PA 1039
No charge. Refreshments will be served. Screenings will be followed by a discussion of the work.
- JAN 25 – Charlene Gilbert, Professor and Chair of Women's Studies
- FEB 8 – Tammy Kinsey, Professor of Film and Assoc. Chair of Theatre & Film Dept.
- FEB 15 – Holly Hey, Associate Professor of Film
Aspiring Filmmakers Showcase
Screening of student works selected in juried competition. (Same works screened at
both locations and dates.)
$5 General Admission, $3 Students, Faculty/ Staff & Seniors (Theatre & Film majors--FREE)
March 21 | 7:30 p.m.
Maumee Indoor Theater
601 Conant Street, Maumee, OH
March 23 | 7:30 p.m. (After-Party to follow in PA1039)
UT Center for Performing Arts Center Theatre
Senior Student Showcases - Month of April - Check UT Calendar of Events for dates & times


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Chris Pontius, D.C. United's leading scorer and longest-serving player, has signed a long-term contract extension with the MLS club, United announced Friday morning. Terms were not disclosed. His previous base salary was $155,000.
"D.C. has been very good to me – the organization, the fans, and the community – and I'm committed to bringing this team back to where it needs to be," he said in a prepared statement released before practice at RFK Stadium.
Pontius, 25, is in his fourth season and enjoying his best campaign after recovering from a broken leg last fall. He has scored 10 goals, besting his previous high of seven in 2011.
More to come after practice.....


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With gratitude to God, the Society of Jesus and the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer announce the Ordination to the Diaconate of:Christopher P. Johnson, S.J.Robert E. Murphy, S.J.Mario M. Powell, S.J.Michael D. Rozier, S.J.Samuel J. Sawyer, S.J.Paul J. Shelton, S.J.Thomas M. Simisky, S.J.David K. Verghese, C.Ss.RNathan C. Wendt, S.J.
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Ian Poulter showed he can be a star even when playing only for himself.
One month after leading an improbable European rally in the Ryder Cup, Poulter won for the first time this year. He closed with a 7-under 65 Sunday to come from four shots behind and win the HSBC Champions for his second career World Golf Championships title.
It won't overshadow what he did at Medinah in the Ryder Cup — five straight birdies to pick up a crucial point in fourballs and winning his singles match to complete a 4-0 week. Even so, it was important to the Englishman that the year not pass without a victory of his own.
"I've only been one season without a victory and I certainly didn't want to go another one," Poulter said after his two-shot win at Mission Hills. "As well as I've played this year, it would have been a disappointment personally to have gone that year without winning."
Phil Mickelson (68), Jason Dufner (64), Scott Piercy (65) and Ernie Els (67) tied for second. Lee Westwood and Louis Oosthuizen shared the 54-hole lead, but each shot a 72 in the final round to tie for sixth.
Poulter won for the first time since the World Match Play Championship in Spain in 2011. His other WGC title came in 2010 in Arizona at the Match Play Championship. Turns out he can also get it done in stroke play.
On a day when five players had at least a share of the lead at some point — and several others were close — it was the charismatic Poulter who was the steadiest. Starting the day four shots behind, he surged into the lead with four birdies on the front nine and two more after making the turn.
Official PGA event in 2013
Organizers said Sunday that the HSBC Champions will become an official PGA Tour event next year.
They added that the total purse at the World Golf Championship event will increase to $8.5 million from the current $7 million.
The event is currently the only one of the four WGC events not fully recognized by the PGA Tour. A win is only considered a PGA Tour victory if the winner is a PGA Tour member, but the prize money is not counted toward the player's PGA Tour money list.
PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said starting next year, the HSBC Champions will be elevated to the same status as the other three WGC events — the Accenture Match Play Championship, the Cadillac Championship and the Bridgestone Invitational. All three of those events are played in the United States.
FedEx Cup points will be awarded with the same 10 per cent premium offered by the other WGC events and prize money will be counted as official money on the PGA Tour. The winner will receive a three-year exemption on the PGA Tour.
Organizers also announced that the tournament will return to Shanghai permanently in 2013 after being held this year at Missing Hill Golf Club in Shenzhen. All seven previous HSBC Champions tournaments had been held at Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai.
— The Associated Press
Mickelson and Els tried to stay close, but both wasted opportunities to pull even. Mickelson missed a 5-foot par putt on No. 12, while Els dropped a shot on the 14th when his 3-foot par putt caught the lip. He narrowly missed a birdie putt on the final hole.
"I know where I came up short," Els said. "But other than that, I played it really nice and struck it nice. Almost made him think there on 18, that putt almost went in."
Defending champion Martin Kaymer looked set to make a final-day comeback for the second straight year. Last year, the German birdied nine of his last 12 holes to rally from five shots down in the final round for an unlikely three-stroke victory. He started six shots behind Sunday and picked up five birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine until a triple bogey on the 17th.
Poulter, meanwhile, sank a 5-foot putt on the 14th hole for birdie and a two-stroke lead. Then, after setting himself up with a 20-foot putt on the tricky 15th hole, he lined up the shot perfectly and dropped it for birdie.
He was so composed that he didn't even mind the cameras and cellphones in the gallery. He's even tried some Chinese to quiet the crowd this week.
"I'm not sure what I'm saying. I'm trying to say 'no telephones,"' he said with a laugh. "I backed away a number of times, but I was able to refocus knowing that there's probably going to be a few photos taken during the swing."
With Mickelson still in position to catch him, Poulter hit a difficult bunker shot on the 18th to 10 feet and holed the putt to seal the win.
"I saw what he was doing. I was aware," Mickelson said. "So I tried to carve a few shots in to some of the pins and wasn't able to get close enough to them to make birdies to catch him."
It was another Englishman who started the day in front, playing the best golf of anyone in the field. Westwood putted brilliantly Saturday, making 11 birdies to shoot a 61, one of the lowest rounds of his career. Westwood jumped to a three-stroke advantage Sunday after making two birdies on the front nine. But that's when his putting began to break down.
On the par-3 No. 5, he three-putted for a double bogey. He then missed putts within 10 feet on three consecutive holes before completely unraveling on the back nine with three bogeys, including one on the 15th when he hit a chip shot into a group of photographers.
Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open champion, was unable to regain the form that saw him reach 16 under after two rounds — the lowest 36-hole score to par in a World Championship Golf event since the series began in 1999. He struggled with his putting for a second consecutive day and had four bogeys.
With the $1.2 million winner's paycheque, Poulter moves up to fourth spot in the European Tour's Race to Dubai. The money will also come in handy considering he just treated himself to a new car.
"I've already spent the check last week," he said. "Yes, it was a vehicle and yes, it was very expensive."
Poulter moved up to a No. 15 ranking, one spot better than where he started the season.
Brandt Snedeker followed his career-best 60 in the third round with a 71 and was never a factor. The bigger turnaround belonged to Dustin Johnson, who was 18 shots better than his third-round score. Johnson followed his 84 Saturday by closing with a 66.


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Twitter chat focuses on tax programs
The United Way of Rhode Island and General Treasurer Gina Raimondo are turning to social media to publicize the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program and the earned income tax credit.
They're organizing a twitter chat on both from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday.{} Follow @LiveUnitedRI or @GinaRaimondo.
The earned income tax credit is for people who earn less than $52,000.
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program offers free tax preparation for people earning $52,000 or less.


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Almost a Flower Garden
When decorating for a specific family member, make their comfort your top priority. Nana would love some padded hangers, a pajama or lingerie bag, decoupaged breakfast tray, or dresser scarf, all of which can be made with fabrics left over from quilt construction.
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Finished Size 64½˝ x 75¼˝ including prairie points
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Darlene used assorted fabrics from her stash to make this quilt.
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A little insight into Trade Interiors…
We are a family run business with a wealth of experience in designing and fitting kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms, helping you bring your ideas to reality. We can be anything from just being your suppliers of your bathroom, kitchen or tiles or being your full planning and installation team. We offer a free design and CAD service in which we can visit your house and take your measurements to design your room for you which will meet your requirements and dreams.
We have been in the bathroom and kitchen industry for over 20 years and have been going from strength to strength over the last 5 years at Trade Interiors. We have recently launched our handmade solid wood kitchen collection which is now on display in our showroom. We work closely with our own manufacture so we cut out the middle man which enables us to offer these kitchens at a very competitive prices for such a high quality kitchen.
As of November 2012 we are re-launching our upstairs bathroom department as we are bringing in new brands of sanitary ware, taps, baths and new ranges of tiles, which is now on display. We have lots of different tiles on offer from ceramic tiles to natural stone tiles and mosaics to add a design feature to your room. Buy a bathroom suite from us and we can give you extra discount on the tiles you purchase.
As an independent company we are able to source most products on the market, we offer a wide range of brands as well as our own. Our main appliance brand comes with a 5 year guarantee on all the products and even comes with a reasonable price tag.
Our experienced installation team will guarantee a quality finish and we will ensure your project runs smoothly from start to completion. If you would like us to pay you a brief visit, we will be happy to spend time discussing your options, answering questions and showing you samples and finished with no obligation to take things further – our design service is entirely complimentary. We are confident we can cater for all budgets and can also take care of the associated building work, enabling you to relax in the knowledge that with Trade Interiors you are in safe hands.
Come on into our showroom today and see what we have to offer, we have hundreds of quality products on sale including bathroom suites, shower enclosures, bathroom furniture and much more. Our service is very unique and we take pride in our customer service.
We guarantee a quality finish on any job we undertake for anyone, and rely mostly on our previous customers' recommendations for business.
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Huifeng wrote:How much "Mahayana abhidharmic literature" can there be?
I don't know exactly ....
By name, only the Abhidharma-samuccaya comes to mind. Or do you refer to the northern Sarvastivada / Vaibhasika etc. Abhidharma literature, eg. the Kosa?
I do mean Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosa + Asanga and other Mahayana writers detailing Buddhist "psychology", working of phenomena, etc.


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A Cautionary Tale of Two Cities
The Hammer is a local Wendigo and arguably the oldest resident of the Twin Cities. He and his gang, the Marauders, are currently walking a tightrope trying to accumulate power without angering either vampire court. His long term goal is to eventually become a freeholding lord under the accords. His gang is a mix of normal mortals and lycanthropes.
Defining Aspect: It's time to go a-viking
Attitude Aspect: More enemies means more targets
Background Aspect: We were here first
Core PurposeAspect: Carve out a territory of our own
Danger Aspect: Outnumbered and outgunned
- Alertness: Good (+3)
- Resources: Good (+3)
- Endurance: Good (+3)
- Scholarship: Mediocre (+0)
- Lore: Average (+1)
- Discipline: Average (+1)
- Conviction: Good (+3)
- Contacts: Fair (+2)
- Deceit: Fair (+2)
- Empathy: Mediocre (+0)
- Rapport: Mediocre (+0)
- Presence: Great (+4)


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ZOO bosses are accused of barbecuing their own animals and serving them up at
a staff party.
Two wildebeest were put on the menu for the event at Parken Zoo in Eskiltuna,
west of Swedish capital Stockholm, it is claimed.
The African animals were put down before the event as the zoo reportedly could
no longer afford to keep them.
One zoo worker described how he saw colleagues slaughter the wildebeest and
was stunned when they were fed to staff.
Another is reported to have said: "There was nothing wrong with the meat and
we thought it was all right.
"But it feels a bit strange in retrospect."
Zoo chief executive Torbjorn Bergvall denied the meat was used for the
barbecue and said somebody was trying to create bad publicity for Parken.
He added: "These wildebeest were put down because they were aggressive towards
other animals at the park. We did not have room for them all."
Last year, the zoo was accused of taking donations from visitors to save
endangered species and using them to pay wages instead.


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My name is Caitlin *age removed by staff* I have an odd obsession with spelling, and cannot read anything that has more than a few spelling errors, sadly. Yes, I know it is strange. I love Snape, Malfoy, Fred, George, and Oliver Wood the most of the
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: When no one was looking by ophelia violet
*CHAPTER SEVEN IS UP*Hermione is beginning her seventh and final year at Hogwarts. New teachers sit at the head table, and new faces grace the house benches. Hermione is torn and broken on the inside, but there are only two people who can see it. Two people that are not Harry Potter or Ron Weasley. One of them may be able to save her, but only if he can first save himself.
Genres: Romance, General, Angst Characters: Cho, Draco, Dumbledore, Fred/George, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Lucius, Luna, M. McGonagall, Narcissa, Neville, OC, Oliver Wood, Pansy, Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, Ron, Seamus, Sirius Black, Snape, Tonks, Voldemort
Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Strong Violence, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme
Published: 2005.05.24 Latest Chapter: 2005.06.24 Updated: 2005.06.24 Status: COMPLETED (20032 words)
: All The Things They Should Have Said by ophelia violet
He is lost without her, he is alone. His light and laughter disappeared that day, disappeared with hers. Together they were beautiful, unknown love reciprocated. If only they'd said all of the things that they were feeling, maybe things would have been different.
Genres: Romance, Action, Angst, AU, Drama Characters: Dumbledore, Harry, Hermione, M. McGonagall, Neville, Remus Lupin, Tonks, Voldemort Pairings: Remus/Tonks
Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme
Published: 2005.06.24 Latest Chapter: 2005.06.24 Updated: 2005.07.03 Status: COMPLETED (1686 words)
: Traitor by ophelia violet
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Banner by me (and it's me in the banner!) It is her sixth year. She has spent her life in books, studying spells, charms, curses. Her father is distant, not actually a father to her. Now, with her vast knowledge, knowledge especially of the Dark Arts, someone wants her for their own, someone wants her power.
Genres: Romance, Action, Angst, Drama Characters: Draco, Dumbledore, Fred/George, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Lucius, M. McGonagall, Narcissa, Neville, OC, Pansy, Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, Ron, Sirius Black, Snape, Tonks, Voldemort
Advisory: No Warnings
Published: 2005.06.09 Latest Chapter: 2005.06.24 Updated: 2005.06.24 Status: WIP (4399 words)


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Fondant And First Wedding Cake Please Help!
Decorating By angiesapp Updated 20 Sep 2009 , 8:27pm by NatalieMarie
I am making my neice's wedding cake and this is the first one I have ever done and am having trouble with the fondant drying out. I made a practice cake and by the time I got to the top tier the fondant was drying out and cracking. not to mention that the bottom tier is rectangle, the middle is circle and the top is a heart. I would also like to know if anyone can help with spreading the fondant easily over the heart shaped tier.
thanks for any and all help. I am making the final cake on Friday Sept. 18th for the wedding on the 19th and would love some storage ideas as well. I only have a regular household fridge and a chest freezer. can I freeze the cake?
Well, the fondant should dry (that is form abit of a crust) but cracking could be because the fondant was too dry when you rolled it, it wasn't kneaded enough or it was rolled abit too thick.
Are you making your own fondant? It might help to add a bit of fat/crisco to the fondant to make it more pliable. Make sure you knead it well to make it pliable, but just be aware that over kneading will cause air pockets in your fondant. I've often found that if I roll my fondant too thickly the weight of it will cause it too crack at the corners.
With a heart shaped cake, just make sure you start at the top where the heart bows in and the bottom corner point afterwards, then it's just a case of smoothing the rest of the edges.
You don't need to put your cake in the fridge, just box it up ready for assembly and you can't freeze a cake once you've iced it with fondant.
Hope this helps, good luck with your cake
Did you keep the fondant covered until it was time to roll it out for the top tier?
YOu could try kneading in some shortening, then rolling out again.
For the heart, do the point and dip first, then the sides.
no I didn't keep it covered, that was the problem thanks.
I bought the Wilton's fondant.
How thick should it be? the bottom layer is 19" x 13" x 2" rectangle, the middle is 10" x 2" circle and the top is 6" x 2" heart, all double layer.
I roll mine out to about an eighth of an inch.
thanks so much.
If you could find a different fondant brand at your local cake supplies shop, many of your problems will be solved. The Wilton fondant does not taste good.
this isn't a very good picture but you get the idea
It's beautiful.
wow well done, it's great!!


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County to restripe 70th Street in Cottage Grove amid safety concerns
Washington County officials are launching a construction pilot program aimed at alleviating what county Commissioner Autumn Lehrke called "safety and mobility concerns" at the intersection of 70th Street and Hardwood Avenue in Cottage Grove.
Over the past several months, county officials have discussed a plan to remedy the traffic concerns, which include speeding and unlawful passing in turn lanes, as part of a three-phase reconstruction detail.
The first phase, Washington County Engineer Wayne Sandberg told the City Council last week, will be the restriping and adjusting of lane configurations at intersections from Granada Avenue to Hardwood Avenue. Sandberg said the $35,000, short-term fix would take place yet this fall.
Hardwood Avenue intersects 70th Street at the bottom of hills to the east and west. The existing configuration poses a danger to drivers coming down 70th Street from either direction and who are planning to turn. Drivers are supposed to slow down and yield to left-turning drivers, but according to reported complaints it is not uncommon to see drivers using the right shoulder to pass as they continue on 70th Street.
"The restriping is not a long-term fix-all," Sandberg admitted, "but it does address what we were hearing are the most urgent problems, (which are) fear of being rear-ended and illegal and unpredictable passing on the right."
In an effort to make the intersection safer, engineers have devised a lane configuration that adds center left turn lanes. The reconfiguration, which eliminates the right turn lanes, is what Sandberg called "a new philosophy on how to manage traffic growth without widening (a road)."
"The first car that (passes on the shoulder) maybe is not a big deal, but it's the second and third car who never saw you waiting that we are concerned about," Sandberg said.
The decision to eliminate the right turn lane, Sandberg said, was made because drivers can continue moving through the right turn as opposed to turning left where drivers have to come to a complete stop and wait for gaps in traffic.
The engineering department paid special attention to crash rates in the area while devising the plan, he said, and found that while the rate is not higher than similar intersections in the county, it is important to be proactive.
"The function (of a county highway) is to provide more mobility (rather) than access," Sandberg said. "You will see more intersections than driveways on county roads. And crashes typically occur at intersections. So if we can manage those then we can keep our crash rates low and safety high."
With the realignment of Keats Avenue and an expected influx of new housing, Sandberg said that traffic along 70th Street will only increase. Current data shows between 8,000 and 9,400 vehicles travel the area of 70th Street each day, but projections show vehicle traffic will double by 2030.
Restriping of 70th Street from Granada Avenue to Hardwood Avenue is expected to begin this month and the road will remain open during the entire project.
"Traffic will be shifted with barrels and cones," Sandberg said. "This is considered a pilot project. If this works well and people adapt to it well and we receive positive feedback, you could see us expand this further east next year."
Within the next few years, Sandberg said the county will look at widening the road, which might require acquiring additional right of way, to add right turn lanes. Slated in the county's 2017 capital improvement plan, the medium-term plan would use roughly $2 million in county state aid funds that Sandberg said are currently set aside.
In the long term, the county is looking at spending $22 million to $25 million to build a four-lane divided highway with center medians and retaining walls.


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Ever receive a cease and desist letter that you find ridiculous? Well, sometimes a hilarious response to a cease and desist letter is in order:
In case you don't know by now, many lawyers — maybe even you — enjoy writing cease and desist letters in a foreign language called legalese. This exotic tongue often contains Latin phrases, SAT vocabulary words, and various here-and-there words (e.g., herein, heretofore, hereinafter, hereunder, thereof, thereto, therewith, thereunder, therefor, thereon, and therefrom).
A person unfamiliar with legalese may become frightened and run to another attorney for help in deciphering this mystical language of lawyerly legend. The lawyer who has been tasked with translating legalese to English may then become annoyed, and issue a scathingly funny letter in return.
For an example of how to write a great response to a cease and desist letter, keep reading…
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Muncie woman charged with neglect in son's suicide
An Indiana woman whose 16-year-old son committed suicide in July is facing a neglect charge in his death after prosecutors determined there wasn't enough evidence to support a preliminary charge alleging that her drug use drove him to take his life.
Delaware County prosecutors filed a single neglect of a dependent charge Thursday against 40-year-old Sabrina A. Howard in the death of her son, who police said died last month from an overdose of Howard's prescription medication.
Court papers say Howard confronted her son around 8:30 a.m. July 10, accusing him of using her prescription narcotics. She reportedly warned him what he had taken "could kill him." The documents say the mother reported her son's speech as "slowed" and he was "groggy acting."
More than eight hours later, the teen's aunt called 911, after Howard found him on the couch, not breathing.
"It's my nephew. He's blue," the aunt told the dispatcher. "He's not breathing. Please hurry!"
"The allegations here are, the defendant has placed the dependant, the child, in a situation that endangers his health and his life," said Delaware County Deputy Prosecutor Eric Hoffman.
Prosecutors cite an alleged pattern of neglect, from delays getting the teen help that morning after suspecting he was taking drugs, to failing to get him help after a suspected suicide attempt six months before.
When she was arrested earlier this week, Howard was also preliminarily charged with causing suicide. Family told police Sabrina's drug use had her son "under great duress." He feared he'd come home and find his mother had died of an overdose.
The charge of causing suicide was not filed.
"In this case, there wasn't really any evidence that the child's mother intentionally, specifically, intended for him to commit suicide," Hoffman said.
Neighbor Carol Bolin is saddened by it all.
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"He used to jump on the trampoline and play in the pool," Bolin said.
She and other neighbors remember the teenager as a nice kid who, for some reason, went downhill.
"It's tragic what happened, but I hope people clear their medicine cabinets out. Don't keep things around for people, kids, to get hold of. It's really sad," Bolin said.


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Sometimes you have to improviseMay 26, 2013 By Randy Tucker
An aging Inter-national tractor brings out my creative side.
It is perhaps the essence of humanity -- the interaction of man with the environment surrounding him.
In the modern world, sadly, many people have lost touch with the land, but here in the arid Mountain West, with our unpredictable weather, most of us still have an intricate love/hate relationship with Mother Nature.
In "Doctor Zhivago," Russian novelist Boris Pasternak touched on this reality succinctly in describing the relationship between his characters and the even harsher environment of Russia.
"Nature hit you in the eye so plainly and grabbed you so fiercely and so tangibly by the scruff of the neck that perhaps it really was still full of gods," he wrote.
Technology insulates us to a degree from the ravages that nature can bring, but there are still myriad examples of nature swatting aside anything man can devise.
It wasn't exactly the sweeping scale of Czarist Russia, but the last two weeks have been an interesting interaction with the forces of nature and my feeble attempts at guiding it in a beneficial way.
Reporting on regional and state track meets takes a lot of time, and they always coincide with irrigation water arriving in the LeClair ditch, so time is of the essence.
The firing up of my aging International tractor each May is a rite unto itself, but this year the old girl came to life with surprising ease. Charge the batteries, check the oil, anti-freeze and hydraulic fluid, get a couple of cans of starting fluid, and see if the four cylinder diesel has another season left.
It fired right up but as it warmed up a frost plug went flying off the engine block. A quick replacement, and white smoke billowed from the exhaust for a few minutes as it threw off the winter hibernation.
Then it was off to hook up the ditcher. The ground was nearly perfect a little over a week ago, and two passes opened the familiar route for the upcoming summer irrigation. On the final pass I looked down and saw that the left front tire had kicked out to the side. The tie rod came loose at the pivot joint. Two miles from home on a Wednesday afternoon when everyone else was at work created a perplexing problem, and the only tool on the tractor was an eight inch adjustable wrench. I found a rock and pounded the joint back together but it didn't hold.
A dilemma -- walk home to get the truck and tools, or improvise?
Breaking off a couple of strands of barbed wire from a nearby stretch post gave me just enough wire to, I hoped, hold the steering together for the trip back home. I held the tie rod up with my knee, pounded the joint back together, and wrapped it with two strands of wire.
It held long enough to pull the remainder of the ditch and to make the drive back home.
A cutting torch, a grade-8 bolt and some creative bushings made out of oversized nuts, and the tractor was nearly as good as new.
Improvisation is something most people only consider in comedy routines today. Come to think of it, anyone watching me would have found the entire process humorous.
A week later the phone woke me sometime after 11 p.m. It was the Fremont County Sheriff's Office. Before I answered, I suspected yet another drunk had crashed through our fence along North 8th West north of Riverton and that our cows were on the road, but this was different.
"Do you have a white-faced cow with a yellow ear tag?" the dispatcher asked.
"No, ours have orange tags," I replied.
"Are you sure? It's been running up and down North 8th and Webbwood for the last hour," he said.
My answer was still no.
After a few seconds he went on to say, "OK, we know it's not your cow, it belongs to..."
"What do you want me for?" I asked.
"Can the deputy put in your pasture for the night while we locate the owner out on the reservation?" he asked.
"Sure," I said.
"Good, the deputy already has it in your pasture," he replied.
Already in my pasture... Not my cow... and they're calling me late at night. Hmmm...
It was time to investigate. There she was, milling in that unique bovine social manner that occurs when a new cow enters a herd. The deputy drove up and spotlighted the cows so we could count them.
No problem, except she wouldn't quit bawling -- the kind of bawling that only comes from a cow with a missing calf. After a few minutes of listening to this, it was off in the truck again to locate the calf. I drove the periphery of our place, but truck lights aren't the best way to find cows at night. The moon was bright, so I switched the lights off and on as I searched the pasture.
A run up Webbwood and farther up North 8th produced nothing.
By the time the forlorn search was over and the truck was parked, she quit bawling.
A scant five hours later the sun was up, and so was I, but the cow was long gone. I had to leave for the state track meet in Casper.
On Monday after our "million dollar rain" had stopped, I found her escape route: a broken top wire, two stretched middle wires, and a broken bottom strand where she caught her foot during her flight. A few minutes with the fence stretcher and some wire and the damage was repaired.
The farming gods were smiling on this one. A little lost sleep, nearly an inch and a half of rain, the tractor repaired, and the herd back to its usual grazing complacency.
Not a bad start to the summer.


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[Crossover] [Grimdark]
Author: Gnir
Description: A bitter, mentally unstable buffalo shaman tears the barrier between a dark dimension known as the Hunting Grounds and Equestria, setting into motion an atmosphere of fear and suspicion across the land. Can a ragtag band of heroes and neigh-er-do-wells stop the ominous "Reckoning" from happening, or will the evil spirits from the Hunting Grounds lay waste to Equestria?
Spurred Into Action Part 1
Spurred Into Action Part 2
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Additional Tags: Long, Wild West, Steampunk, Supernatural, Deadlands


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Vermont Moves to Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide
February 20, 2013
Montpelier, Vt. – Last Thursday, the Vermont state Senate passed a bill by a margin of 22-8 to allow Vermont physicians to help terminally-ill patients take lethal dosages of prescription drugs.
Passage of the bill came only after many hours of debate in a deeply divided senatorial chamber. Although the bill passed by a considerable margin on Thursday, the bill narrowly avoided termination the previous Tuesday after the Senate voted 17-13 against the judiciary committee's recommendation to kill the bill.
The bill now moves on to the Vermont House — which will either pass the bill with the changes made by the Senate, or make changes of its own.
If the House passes the bill, Vermont will become only the third state to legalize physician-assisted suicide, behind Oregon and Washington.
"The Vermont legislature is poised to pass an Oregon-like Death with Dignity bill," reported George Eighmey of the Death With Dignity National Center (DDNC) on Feb. 6.
The debate about physician-assisted suicide first exploded onto the American legal scene in 1906 when a piece of legislation calling for the legalization of physician-assisted euthanasia was introduced to the General Assembly of Ohio.
In 1999 the highly publicized conviction of Jacob Kevorkian — a highly controversial Michigan medical practitioner who spearheaded a movement for medical euthanasia and was dubbed "Dr. Death" by critics — brought the issue of assisted suicide to the national fore.
Today, contention surrounding the issue continues — beginning with the very name given to the process. Critics of the process call it "assisted suicide," while proponents call it "death with dignity."
Proponents of the principle emphasize that people have "the right to die," and that the process can save patients from tremendous amounts of pain and suffering. These people also claim that reasonable laws can be constructed to safeguard human life and ensure that death with dignity would only occur in appropriate cases.
The DDNC rigidly defines the demographic of patients who are eligible for death with dignity.
"We advocate for … physician-assisted death," said the DDNC in an official release. "Terminally-ill patients who are mentally competent to make their own medical care decisions may request a prescription of medication to hasten their deaths."
Critics of the process of "assisted suicide" claim that the process would put undue pressure on terminally ill patients and their families to pull the plug, and that the process would allow for unnecessary deaths and other abuses. Critics also stress the fact that doctors will have too much power.
The state of Oregon became the first to explicitly sanction physician-assisted suicide with the passage of the Death with Dignity Act in 1994. Since that time, referendums have occurred in numerous states, but only the state of Washington — which passed a Death with Dignity Act in 2008 — has achieved legal success.
As Vermont draws one step closer to joining the ranks of Oregon and Washington with the passage of the legislation last week, it is important to critically examine the language of the legislation as a way to understand the two sides of the debate.
When introduced last Tuesday, the bill considered by the Vermont Senate was a comprehensive program for end-of-life care in Vermont — one that allowed for the prescription of life-ending drugs to terminally-ill patients with less than six months to live.
The bill passed on Tuesday in its comprehensive form when four previously undecided Senate members chose to vote in favor of the bill to continue the discussion.
On Wednesday, however, Sen. Peter Galbraith (D) and Sen. Bob Hartwell (D) halted the easy passage of the bill by proposing an amendment that radically altered the extensive bill. The amendment replaced the lengthy bill that would have allowed the prescription of life-ending drugs with a brief substitute bill that simply gives legal protection to doctors whose patients self-administer lethal doses of drugs.
When consideration of the bill resumed on Thursday, the rhetoric in support of both sides of the argument was impassioned. Senate members recommended a number of amendments, all of which were debated at great length.
Two final amendments emerged — one that was put forth by Sen. John Rodgers (D) and one that was advanced by Sen. Ann Cummings (D). Rodgers's bill restored much of the original text of the bill, while Cummings's greatly abbreviated it. Rodgers's bill contains many safeguards designed to protect Vermonters from misuse of the death with dignity option, while Cummings' shortened bill focused instead on limiting the scope of the bill.
After an intermission designed to safely lower heart rates, members of the Senate chose Cummings's pared-down version of the bill and approved it to be sent through to the House.
While proponents of the initial bill were disappointed by the outcome because of the watered-down language of the final product, proponents of physician-assisted euthanasia see the passage of the bill through the Senate as a step in the right direction.
In an interview with Seven Days reporter Paul Heintz, Sen. Dick Sears (D) expressed his satisfaction with the proceedings of the Senate, if not with the outcome.
"I'd have rather seen the bill die," said Spears. "But I think the system worked as it was designed. All sides were heard and, in the end, the bill passed."
It is likely that the House will make sweeping changes to the legislation due to the haste with which the changes to the bill were made and the highly abbreviated nature of the product.
Many commentators expect that much of the original language and content of the bill will be restored, while others expect the House to maintain the sparse language and limited scope of the amended legislation. Either way, the House faces an important decision with numerous ramifications for end-of-life care for Vermonters.