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Fergie plans on being a very hot mama… one day.
The sexy Black Eyed Peas singer has been the subject of plenty of pregnancy rumors in the past couple of years, all of which turned out to be false. While fans may be eagerly awaiting Fergie and her handsome husband Josh Duhamel to add to their family, she says her career has to come first for now.
"You can be a mother and still be completely sexy," the 35-year-old tells Cosmopolitan, but adds, "Right now, I don't want anything clouding my focus. Right now, I'm living in the present."
Fergie recently admitted that she wouldn't be comfortable performing with a baby on the way:
"Even if I wanted to get pregnant, there's no way I could perform on stage and be pregnant, I would feel too guilty. Once I have children, the kids come first."


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Two West wrestlers still going at meet
Feb. 21, 2013 at 9:03 p.m.
Updated Feb. 20, 2013 at 8:21 p.m.
AUSTIN - A pair of Victoria West wrestlers are still alive after the first day, with John Garcia winning his opener and Austin Supak still going in the third round of the consolation bracket of the girl's draw after Thursday's opening rounds of the state wrestling meet.
Garcia won his opening round match in the 120-pound weight class over McKinney North's Will Harcrow on points, 8-0. He will face Frisco Lone Star's Quinn Redmond on Friday.
Supak won her first round bout before falling in the second round of the girl's 128-pound weight class bracket. She bounced back to pin Summer Creek's Destiny Wilbert. She wrestles again Friday.
East's Josh Morales is still alive but lost his opener in the 138-pound weight class. He was pinned at 1:58 of the match against Frisco Wakeland's Sean Roche and will face an elimination match with Humble Summer Creek's Dale Battle on Friday.
West's Kristen Reed won a match in her weight class but lost her opener and her third match of the day and was eliminated.
Beeville's Rogelio Salazar won his opener in the 113-pound weight class over College Station's Tell Ward by points, 16-3. Also for Beeville, Danielle Perez is into the third round after advancing on a forfeit in the first round and pin in the 102-pound weight class.
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Breaking news: Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina was just denied parole, for the second time since the band's initial arrest. This comes after she declared a hunger strike yesterday in protest of unfair treatment by the Russian court system. Maria wasn't allowed to attend her own hearing in person - she was told to watch it via video link from her prison colony, which she said violated her rights.
Have you had enough of the Russian government's bullshit? Sir Paul McCartney has.
Maria's hunger strike and the ongoing outrageous treatment of these bandmates motivated McCartney to write open letters to Russian officials, calling for the immediate release of Maria and fellow imprisoned Pussy Riot Member, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. Both women are serving two year sentences.
"My personal belief is that further incarceration for Maria will be harmful for her and the situation as a whole, which, of course, is being watched by people all over the world," he writes.
"In the great tradition of fair-mindedness which the Russian people (many of whom are my friends) are famous for, I believe that you granting this request would send a very positive message to all the people who have followed this case."
On behalf of Nadezhda, McCartney asks Russian government officials to show "compassion and kindness" by freeing her as well. Let's hope they listen.
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Time: March 21, 2014 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Location: Sue Cleveland High School
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The orchestra, under the direction of David Felberg, presents its annual art and music concert. The program includes a march and the Masonic Funeral Music by Mozart, followed by the Haydn Horn Concerto with Nathan Ukens, soloist. The Planets, by Gustav Holst, is the featured work for a collaboration between the orchestra and students from APS and RRPS schools: student artwork inspired by the piece will be projected overhead during the performance and on display in the lobby.APO%20Art%20and%20Music%20Collaboration%20March%202014%20v2.pdf


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Balance Beam Situation:
… it's time to think about the all-around. The NCAA all-around title is a bit like the ugly cousin who is forced to live in the attic and be silent when visitors come around (you know, like you have). No one is really allowed to talk about it or acknowledge caring about it because that might make it seem like they are putting personal goals above the team (THE HORROR!), but the quest for the all-around title is an exciting battle this year that I'm eager to keep an eye on more than I have been in most years …
So, who are the frontrunners?
1. Bridget Sloan – Florida
2. Rheagan Courville – LSU
3. Katherine Grable – Arkansas
4. Kytra Hunter – Florida
5. Georgia Dabritz – Utah
6. Emily Wong – Nebraska
7. Joanna Sampson – Michigan
8. Tory Wilson – Utah
9. Jessie Jordan – LSU
10. Alaina Johnson – Florida
11. Kristina Vaculik – Stanford
12. Jessie DeZiel – Nebraska
13. Lindsay Mable – Minnesota
T14. Caitlin Atkinson – Auburn
T14. Sarah DeMeo – Alabama
16. Brittany Rogers – Georgia
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Dense packing of macromolecules in cellular compartments and higher-order assemblies makes it difficult to pick out even quite large components in electron micrographs, despite nominally high resolution. Immunogold labeling and histochemical procedures offer ways to map certain components but are limited in their applicability. Here, we present a differential mapping procedure, based on the physical principle of protein's greater sensitivity to radiation damage compared with that of nucleic acid.


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Matt Cousins has just made a bold highball/solo ascent of what is regarded as 'the hardest route on Southern Sandstone', Chimaera which is given a grade of UK 7a. All ascents before Matt's utilised the use of a top-rope, in line with the ethics on Southern Sandstone that routes are either top-roped or soloed, due to the delicate nature of the rock. Matt climbed the line above a stack of pads having previously climbed it on a top-rope.
Chimaera was first climbed on top-rope by Dave Turner around 25 years ago, and has since seen repeats from a few people on a top-rope, including (there may be more); James Pearson, Tony Musselbrook (UKC News report), Jon Partridge (UKC News Report + VIDEO), Ned Feehally, Matt Cousins, Tom Gore, Barnaby Ventham, and now once again by Matt but this time he highball/soloed the route above a stack of pads. At 10 metres high, with the UK 7a/font7C+ crux in the upper section of the route, followed by a dirty top-out that could easily be fallen from, makes this a very serious route.
Aged 24, Matt has already been climbing for around 12 years, having started through a school climbing group run by teacher, Mark Alderson. Southern Sandstone is his nearest real rock, with him being based in Canterbury, Kent. Matt explained what sparked his interest in Chimaera and what made him go for the highball having already made an ethically valid ascent 2 years ago:
"My first encounter with Chimaera was when I was 17, when I belayed Tony Musselbrook on the 3rd ascent. I had a quick play on it after he crushed it but I was not good or strong enough to get close.... I came back to the route in september 2011, Myself and Tom Gore got the 5th and 6th ascents on our fourth session... I was pretty psyched and thats when the idea of the highball came into my head but I was nowhere near strong enough to do it consistently... I can't quite explain why I wanted to do it as a highball, maybe because I just knew it 'could' be done... it is such a beautiful line and sequence of moves, it almost feels cluttered having to do it on a top rope... I guess I was just psyched to do it in the purest way I could."
Matt then left the route for a while, returning this summer as he was climbing well and felt strong, having taken training more seriously recently, Matt then spent two sessions familiarising himself with the route again on top-rope, though had to change some of his sequences with a view to being more in control for a possible highball ascent.
On his third session, on Sunday 21st July, Matt highballed Chimaera first go, Matt takes up the story:
"I warmed up, set up the top rope and did it first go of the day. I knew the highball was on! So we sorted out the pads, pulled the rope and I just went for it. It was a strange feeling, almost felt like my body took control and my head was just a passenger, that was until I reached the greasy slot and the rest in the groove when my brain had time to catch up with itself and I had the sudden realisation of what I was actually doing! Im glad I managed to hold it together somehow and not take a fall on the highball! Its definately the hardest climb that I have done physically and mentally"
Matt further explained the reasons why this is potentially the first highball of the route, despite some strong climbers having repeated it on a rope:
"Chimeara is such a precarious route, you can fall off pretty much any move in the groove section, for me there wasn't any single crux move but a hard sequence until you can gain the rest in the groove, and then one hard move after the rest... The top section is easy but its always a bit grubby (no matter how much its cleaned) so provides an exciting finish! It was not necessarily the height of the route that concerned me too much but more the body postions and the potential of a very awkward fall."
4th ascentionist, Tom Gore commented on Matt's ascent:
"Matt's ascent marks a significant point in Southern Sandstone history and shows the way that bouldering and route climbing can cross over. Matt has been busy over the last few months ticking many classic boulder problems and routes. Everyone is looking forward to seeing what else he will crush this summer!"
Here is a video of Matt highball/soloing Chimaera:
You can see close up footage of Matt climbing the crux section HERE
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2vs1 Fa7CaO+SilentPikLee vs Basic_usa 2009
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Basic_usa playing 2vs1 Epic game in my opinion! Watch his Mandugai micro, worth to watch.
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Version: AOC 1.0c Duration: 01:19:28 Type: Random map Avg. rating: N/A Map: Arabia View of: mdaryanTeam 1 Basic_usa
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Feudal: 00:08:56 Castle: 00:20:22 Imperial: 00:36:42mdaryanHuns Feudal: 00:10:50 Castle: - Imperial: -Team 2SilentPikLeeMongols Feudal: 00:11:38 Castle: 00:19:11 Imperial: 00:35:53[EoK]Fa7CaOHuns Feudal: 00:10:38 Castle: 00:27:35 Imperial: 00:43:02PreGame chat Basic_usa: stonewall if you have to to live Basic_usa: lets just win one lol mdaryan: i just need wood lol mdaryan: my castle eco was weak Basic_usa: execute it correctlyInGame chat00:00:11 DjiNN_Frigid: did u get thumb ring?00:00:19 DjiNN_Frigid: it works wonders00:00:26 Basic_usa: he's right00:00:53 DjiNN_Frigid: i won so many game i should lose only cuz of thumb ring00:03:05 mdaryan: why dont i get good maps00:04:03 DjiNN_Frigid: hes not over exagerating how bad this is lol00:04:10 Basic_usa: probably00:04:54 DjiNN_Frigid: gl with only half a wood pile lol...00:05:00 mdaryan: 100:07:04 mdaryan: falco00:07:35 Basic_usa: o here00:07:44 mdaryan: 100:08:56 Basic_usa advanced to Feudal Age00:09:44 Basic_usa: wow00:10:04 Basic_usa: x urs00:10:14 Basic_usa: k00:10:20 DjiNN_Frigid: 2nd wood00:10:38 [EoK]Fa7CaO advanced to Feudal Age00:10:46 mdaryan: hes coopin me?00:10:48 mdaryan: 11100:10:50 mdaryan advanced to Feudal Age00:10:51 Basic_usa: kikl00:11:25 DjiNN_Frigid: naa i was just moving scout when u stoped moving :P00:11:38 SilentPikLee advanced to Feudal Age00:12:24 Basic_usa: tower00:12:35 mdaryan: 100:15:27 mdaryan: x urs00:15:37 Basic_usa: double walled00:15:44 mdaryan: 900:16:15 mdaryan: paranoia00:16:51 DjiNN_Frigid: u wheel yet?00:17:02 mdaryan: after this vil;00:17:59 mdaryan: lol00:18:02 mdaryan: 100 towers00:18:08 Basic_usa: 100:18:12 Basic_usa: I got about 5 vills off urs00:18:18 mdaryan: 100:18:23 DjiNN_Frigid: explains his score00:18:45 Basic_usa: brtw they might sling00:18:54 mdaryan: ah00:19:11 SilentPikLee advanced to Castle Age00:19:13 mdaryan: 100:19:15 Basic_usa: mauybe not00:19:30 mdaryan: wtf?00:19:47 DjiNN_Frigid: how did he get in00:19:47 mdaryan: how did he get in?00:19:49 DjiNN_Frigid: LOL00:20:06 DjiNN_Frigid: i have no fucking clue00:20:15 Basic_usa: mine kts00:20:22 Basic_usa advanced to Castle Age00:20:29 mdaryan: 1100:20:30 DjiNN_Frigid: omg00:20:35 DjiNN_Frigid: we r dead00:20:36 DjiNN_Frigid: 111100:20:39 DjiNN_Frigid: WTF00:20:39 Basic_usa: dont' tell me you're dead00:20:45 DjiNN_Frigid: hax00:20:47 DjiNN_Frigid: 111100:20:48 mdaryan: he pul;led an ertug00:20:51 Basic_usa: lol00:21:09 mdaryan: alex come with knts if u can00:21:15 Basic_usa: soon00:21:24 DjiNN_Frigid: sling to alex man00:21:31 DjiNN_Frigid: now!00:21:45 mdaryan:ill sling him00:22:36 Basic_usa: kol00:22:37 Basic_usa: lol00:23:27 mdaryan: great urs here00:23:33 Basic_usa: x00:23:42 Basic_usa: k00:24:20 Basic_usa: k00:24:31 Basic_usa: '700:25:47 mdaryan: ill just watch 1100:25:53 Basic_usa: why00:26:13 mdaryan: cuz i got 845 archer and urs full here00:26:27 mdaryan: 10 knts00:26:33 Basic_usa: x00:26:41 mdaryan: i did 10 times00:26:43 Basic_usa: k00:27:04 mdaryan:how the fuck did he sneak his vill00:27:07 mdaryan: when i was walled00:27:11 mdaryan: i dont get it00:27:34 Basic_usa: lol00:27:35 Basic_usa: x00:27:35 [EoK]Fa7CaO advanced to Castle Age00:27:50 Basic_usa: gotta get fast00:29:17 mdaryan: road is there a point in playing 11?00:29:29 Basic_usa: nope00:29:35 DjiNN_Frigid: for u no00:29:40 DjiNN_Frigid: its to late00:29:45 mdaryan:gg00:29:50 Basic_usa: wait00:29:53 mdaryan: k00:29:53 Basic_usa: for a bit 1100:30:02 DjiNN_Frigid: and recolating00:30:39 DjiNN_Frigid: relocate@!!\00:30:40 Basic_usa: shoot xbow00:30:41 Basic_usa: and shit00:30:43 Basic_usa: coming00:30:44 mdaryan: i still dont get how the fuck he snuck in00:31:20 DjiNN_Frigid: watch rec lol00:31:29 Basic_usa: 100:31:50 DjiNN_Frigid: cuz i didnt see it either00:31:50 mdaryan: and like he made them right next to my tc 1100:31:51 DjiNN_Frigid: 11100:32:47 DjiNN_Frigid: i thought he walk the archer in fro back lol00:33:12 DjiNN_Frigid: gb00:33:14 DjiNN_Frigid: lol00:33:19 Basic_usa: yo00:33:20 Basic_usa: .00:33:23 DjiNN_Frigid: u cant win 2x100:33:24 Basic_usa: up00:33:32 mdaryan: he always does00:33:51 DjiNN_Frigid: this is piklee and falco00:33:51 mdaryan: poo 900:33:53 mdaryan: 1100:33:57 Basic_usa: lol00:33:58 DjiNN_Frigid: both 18+00:34:07 DjiNN_Frigid: not even chris can00:34:09 mdaryan: he won vns 2ks 2v100:34:21 DjiNN_Frigid: lies00:34:28 mdaryan: ask him00:34:30 mdaryan: i saw it00:34:38 Basic_usa: lol00:34:50 DjiNN_Frigid: goth powa?00:34:55 Basic_usa: mongols00:34:56 mdaryan: watch him get his hands on those elite mangs00:35:46 mdaryan: 1100:35:46 DjiNN_Frigid: im sure piklee will have also00:35:53 SilentPikLee advanced to Imperial Age00:36:12 DjiNN_Frigid: i got carto for us00:36:18 mdaryan: 100:36:42 Basic_usa advanced to Imperial Age00:36:44 DjiNN_Frigid: 0/19900:36:49 mdaryan: fuckin cock sucker i still cant velieve this00:38:07 DjiNN_Frigid: woulda been better if i played lol00:38:18 DjiNN_Frigid: i was thinking of fwding 1100:38:33 mdaryan: u woulda died anyways lol00:38:38 DjiNN_Frigid: he would never of had gold for it00:38:47 DjiNN_Frigid: i killed falco many times00:38:50 mdaryan: he had towers all over00:38:53 DjiNN_Frigid: :)00:39:06 DjiNN_Frigid: i would tower him also00:39:10 DjiNN_Frigid: :P00:42:16 mdaryan: 1100:43:02 [EoK]Fa7CaO advanced to Imperial Age00:45:31 DjiNN_Frigid: hussAR!00:47:58 mdaryan: poor guy lost 5 castles00:49:42 mdaryan:now watch alex win00:49:58 mdaryan:this is where it gets good00:50:05 DjiNN_Frigid: LOL00:50:26 mdaryan: they always kill me and let him live 11 huge mistake00:51:50 DjiNN_Frigid: i dont understand them00:52:01 DjiNN_Frigid: if it was me and i was yellow00:52:15 DjiNN_Frigid: there would be 200 pop hussar00:52:24 DjiNN_Frigid: constanly raiding00:52:44 DjiNN_Frigid: fuck skrims lol00:52:52 DjiNN_Frigid: hussar00:53:07 DjiNN_Frigid: hussar is so OP00:53:15 mdaryan: 100:53:23 mdaryan: hes makin00:53:39 DjiNN_Frigid: alex is00:53:45 DjiNN_Frigid: but them idiots not00:54:56 mdaryan: 1111100:54:57 Basic_usa: 100:57:35 DjiNN_Frigid: i guess cav raid ifnt bad if u have gold lol00:58:45 DjiNN_Frigid: gg gb now ok?00:58:48 Basic_usa: 201:06:39 DjiNN_Frigid: hussar should be able to fly01:06:50 mdaryan: 11101:07:38 DjiNN_Frigid: they looks like pegasus01:08:35 DjiNN_Frigid: alex kill ratio will look good01:09:08 DjiNN_Frigid: they should just trow away tons of trsh units01:13:16 DjiNN_Frigid: u have a market to trade with01:13:18 DjiNN_Frigid: :P01:14:27 mdaryan: those guys dont even have full bs ups01:14:39 DjiNN_Frigid: yeah01:14:45 DjiNN_Frigid: this is sad01:14:46 mdaryan: look at their hussar and cav01:14:48 DjiNN_Frigid: wtf01:14:57 DjiNN_Frigid: how did they own u so fast01:14:58 DjiNN_Frigid: 11101:15:03 DjiNN_Frigid: makes me cry01:15:06 mdaryan: lol01:15:46 mdaryan: i died to give alex a challenge01:15:54 Basic_usa: 1101:16:03 DjiNN_Frigid: alex should make trade carts01:16:06 DjiNN_Frigid: lol...01:16:21 mdaryan: look at score 11101:16:21 DjiNN_Frigid: blue market01:16:30 DjiNN_Frigid: to trade with01:16:53 DjiNN_Frigid: yea i see01:17:02 DjiNN_Frigid: piklee is dead01:17:06 DjiNN_Frigid: entirely01:17:08 DjiNN_Frigid: LOL01:17:13 mdaryan: 11101:17:39 Basic_usa: 101:18:41 DjiNN_Frigid: iv dont this to 1800's01:18:48 DjiNN_Frigid: but with a good civ01:18:51 DjiNN_Frigid: -_-01:18:59 DjiNN_Frigid: like goths or celtsd01:19:08 DjiNN_Frigid: waod powa01:19:19 [EoK]Fa7CaO resigned01:19:22 mdaryan: 1101:19:28 SilentPikLee resignedBasic_usaBasic_usamdaryanmdaryanSilentPikLeeSilentPikLee[EoK]Fa7CaO[EoK]Fa7CaO Minutes 2 3 8 9 10 11 12 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 30 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 50 51 52 53 56 57 59 62 63 70 74 75 76 77Downloaded 1457 times
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Re: 2vs1 Fa7CaO+SilentPikLee vs Basic_usa 2009
by fallingstar » Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:42 pm
Gj, Bublifuk
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Re: 2vs1 Fa7CaO+SilentPikLee vs Basic_usa 2009
by L1k3_A_Boss » Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:03 am
not bad.
You see, I'm not like a boss. I'm The Boss.
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Re: 2vs1 Fa7CaO+SilentPikLee vs Basic_usa 2009
by hdimac » Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:37 am
most impressive 2v1 i ve seen, althought u dont play as good when u are 2v1 advantage.
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Re: 2vs1 Fa7CaO+SilentPikLee vs Basic_usa 2009
by Caspian__ » Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:59 am
Alex so good I'll watch
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Re: 2vs1 Fa7CaO+SilentPikLee vs Basic_usa 2009
by _InDuS_TauruS_ » Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:02 am
Alex top !
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Re: 2vs1 Fa7CaO+SilentPikLee vs Basic_usa 2009
by Hiraishin » Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:15 am
i would like to see Silent or Falcao's Pov 11
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Re: 2vs1 Fa7CaO+SilentPikLee vs Basic_usa 2009
by Bublifuk » Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:24 pm
I would move it to Classic section, what is your opinion?
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by _EliteMonk_ » Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:42 pm
gg! haha
yea move it to classics
yea move it to classics
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Al Amir Bakery in Anaheim's Little Arabia enclave attracts all sorts of eaters, but it works best as an old-style pizzeria, a place where young people step in for a quick bite and flirt. Its primary draw is the extraordinary sphihas, a kind of Lebanese New York-style pizza: thin, toasty, wonderfully crunchy crust with layers of such powerful Middle Eastern flavors as soujouk, zaatar and milky Palestinian cheese. 518 S. Brookhurst St., Ste. 3, Anaheim, (714) 535-0973; www.alamirbakery.com. ¢CHAMPS
Champs is stuck in the 1980s: faded pictures of Los Angeles Rams fans hang inside, and hot dogs bear the names of Dodgers icon Fernando Valenzuela and members of the Showtime Lakers. Its snappy Chicago dogs, however, are timeless—slightly crispy Vienna beef sausage, speckled poppy-seed bun and relish so bright it makes you blink. 12161 Seal Beach Blvd., Seal Beach, (562) 596-2555. $COUNTRY INN GARDEN CAFÉ
The Edenic sense of isolation you get here is due not only to the soothing waterfall and atrium-like patio but also to owner Kim Simpson's pleasing menu. She uses only the freshest ingredients and a home-style flair in her delicious (and reasonably priced) food. You gotta try her scones. And cobb salad. And don't think of leaving without some peach cobbler. 130 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa, (949) 722-1177. $$ESTHER'S PLACE
Owner Esther Kim's sartorial elegance is topped only by her sandwiches, made from organic veggies and better than anything Mom ever packed for lunch. Make sure to top off your hoagie with one of her frosty health shakes. Don't know which one? Let her decide for you—she decides well. 6789 Warner Ave., Huntington Beach, (714) 841-4266. $
Lucci's offers more than 30 hot or cold sandwiches under $5, not counting the house-specialty torpedoes that go for $2.99 and $5.25. There is pizza. There are the standard Italian dinners like spaghetti, ravioli, lasagna and eggplant, along with classics like linguine with clam sauce and fettuccine alfredo—all between $6 and $10. Lucci's does catering too. They even bake wedding cakes. 8911 Adams Ave., Huntington Beach, (714) 968-4466; www.luccisdeli.com. $$
If you've ever been to the South, you know what a po'boy is. Take a bite of this catfish po'boy sandwich, lean back in your patio chair, and close your eyes. You'll swear it isn't traffic along busy Bristol or Main Street you're hearing, but rather a lazy river. 2920 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, (714) 432-7685; 201 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, (714) 564-1064; www.memphiscafe.com. $$
Papa's specializes in Santa Maria-style barbecue, a tradition native to the coastal central California town that dates to the time when Mexico's rule over California wasn't just a MEChA dream. So, like the Californios of yore, the Papa's crew smokes folds of tri-tips and other meat cuts over red oak chips that impart a fragrant, salty flavor. This is also one of the last places in Southern California where you can order the spicy Portuguese sausage known as linguiça. 10900 Los Alamitos Blvd., Los Alamitos, (562) 594-9251; www.papaswesternbbq.com. $$
When fate or a bad date takes you to Little Saigon in the early morning, stop by this 24-hour dive to feast on steaming, massive bowls of pho. Pho Hoa's signature dish is great, not the best you'll ever taste but with the largest, softest steak slices, massive cuts almost as big as poker cards and chopped just as thin. 9211 Bolsa Ave., Ste. 101, Westminster, (714) 899-4886; www.phohoa.com. $
This ain't an intimate trattoria. Romeo's is a celebration space all about comfort food, and you'll be comforted by their specialty: pork chops, which come decked out in a reduction of shallots and peppercorns. It's a taste sensation. 249 Broadway, Laguna Beach, (949) 497-6627; 28241 Crown Valley Pkwy., Laguna Niguel, (949) 831-4131. $
Sisig Grill is perhaps the only county Filipino restaurant specializing in dishes from the province of Pampango, a cuisine so renowned that no less an authority than the Philippines Department of Tourism declares it "the culinary center of the Philippines." On Tuesday, order a couple of glistening longsilog (greasy-good sausages that taste like a more elegant chorizo) along with the chicken curry and ginataang kalabasa na sitaw, and you have a three-item combo for about five bucks. 2622 W. La Palma Ave., Anaheim, (714) 761-2258. ¢
Super Pollo is a Costa Mesa institution, a bit of quirky comfort wedged between a Kragen Auto Parts and a Tower Records. OC Weekly's premiere issue sang its praises as "five bucks of heaven on a plate," the same combo you can gnaw through for just 50 cents more nine years later. In addition to the wonderful chicken combos, they still fold one of the tastier non-Anaheim carne asada burritos in the county: beef mixed with creamy guacamole, lard-free refried beans and tangy pico de gallo. 1731 Superior Ave., Costa Mesa, (949) 642-7574. $
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Jasper Reports vs Jasper iReport
I am very new to Jaspersoft and trying to evaluate Jasper Soft BI Suite for a client.
I need to know what is the the difference between Jasper Report and Jasper iReport tool.
Are these two different tool that come packaged in Jasper BI Suite or they are the same?
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JasperReports is a reporting library. You need to have an application around it to run. JasperReports uses a template file (JRXML) that defines the report layout.
JasperServer is a web application that has JasperReports in it to run reports, display their output, schedule them etc.
iReport is a visual designer for JasperReports. It creates and edits JRXML files, and allows you to run reports on your desktop. There is am extension that allows you to connect to JasperServer, deploy your reports and test your reports running on the server.
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I had my yard tilled today, it had never been dug up before, so there are lots of little clumps of grass. Can I leave those little clumps in there for a couple days, hope they dry up so I can use my Mantis to smooth out the ground? I was going to take all the clumps out but I woud have 100 wheelbarrows full, back breaking work. Thanks for any help.
newly tilled garden question
I had my yard tilled today, it had never been dug up before, so there are lots of little clumps of grass. Can I leave those little clumps in there for a couple days, hope they dry up so I can use my Mantis to smooth out the ground? I was going to take all the clumps out but I woud have 100 wheelbarrows full, back breaking work. Thanks for any help.
I would take them out, I'm afraid later you may have wished you did, you won't believe how much of that stuff is going to grow back. I think it's better to get it over with, When i dig a new bed I try to remove as much of the sod I can before working the soil. I know its a pain, but better in the long run.
Yeah, a lot of the grass will have enough soil and moisture on the roots to live thru that. Blocking the light with mulch and/or raking the grass away from the planting area are your best bets.
those clumps of grass will really grow well now that the soil is aerated. but the clumps should be relatively loose because of the tilling, or so has been my experience.
I learned the hard way many years ago that removing the clumps after tilling is much, much easier than trying to dig up all the grass and weeds later.
The only other thing I can think of is lasagna gardening. If you've never heard of it do a Google search on it and you'll get tons of hits. It's somewhat based on the idea of what jkehl said about mulching. You start with a heavy layer of wet newspaper or cardboard to keep weeds at bay, then you layer (lasagna style) organic matter to the depth needed to plant. Most times tilling the (under) soil is not done. I don't see how it would hurt anything that your soil has been tilled though....anyone else with more lasagna beds than me can chime in here though.
Lasagna beds are great. The only problem I've ever had with them is coming up w/ enough materials to build them up. I've never seen such big worms show up so fast in any other beds, or plants do so well as in my lasagna beds!
Good luck!
I will give you the other side. I turn all sod down as a green manure. Nothing except edibles come off my fields, everything else is put back into the soil. Grasses can be a problem unless buried. Exceptions are Bermuda types which are not killed by cultivation and and are almost impossible to remove. Blue grass types are easy. Annuals like crabgrass can be be your worst grass pests.
Thanks so much for all your advise. I'm still contemplating what I should do. They guy who tilled my ground went over it about 10 times with a tiller that you pull behind a big garden tractor. The grass pieces are really tore up good. I've had a 50/50 response so far on what to do. I'll keep ya posted.
it probably more depends on what you will be planting in the yard. at least they keep a weed seed from growing there.
Well, today I used a pitch fork and that really helped a lot. I am getting a lot out. I am going to do a little at a time, I have so much tilled up. I have a big spot for a vegetable garden, another big spot for flowers, and had the fence line all tilled about 4'-5' deep.
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A private survey shows U.S. businesses sharply increased hiring in December, helped by a surge of new construction jobs created to help rebuild from Superstorm Sandy.
Payroll processor ADP says employers added 215,000 jobs in December. That's more than November's total of 148,000, which was revised higher.
The survey showed companies added 39,000 construction jobs last month. That was partly in response to the storm but also an indication of the housing recovery under way.
Even with the strong month of job growth, the survey offered a reminder of a key area of the economy remains weak: Manufacturers cut 11,000 jobs.
The report covers hiring only in the private sector. ADP's figures have diverged sharply at times from the government's more comprehensive jobs report, which will be released Friday.
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Pirates notebook: McDonald's role might be in relief
When James McDonald returns from the disabled list, he might have a new home: the bullpen.
The right-hander has struggled in all three of his Triple-A rehab starts while he recovers from a sore shoulder. He allowed four runs (three earned) and eight hits Sunday. Pirates GM Neal Huntington acknowledged that when McDonald returns to the Pirates, he might not rejoin the rotation.
"As the clock ticks, we'll have to make the determination of where James best fits on this club," Huntington said.
McDonald's velocity has declined this season; he averaged 89-93 mph in his previous rehab start. His fastball averaged 92 last season. Gerrit Cole's call-up and the return of Charlie Morton have given the Pirates more rotation options.
Marte returns to field
Starling Marte was not in the Pirates' starting lineup Sunday, but he entered as a defensive replacement in left field in the sixth inning. That ended speculation that he might go on the DL with an oblique injury.
Marte said prior to Sunday's game that his condition had improved each day. He was able to take some swings Sunday, and that led to his return to active duty.
Alex Presley started in left field.
Pirates catcher Russell Martin was held out of Sunday's lineup with "lower body" soreness.
Cumpton gets second start
Brandon Cumpton will make his second major league start Thursday at Cincinnati. Cumpton made his debut Saturday against the Dodgers. He filled in for A.J. Burnett, who landed on the DL with a calf strain. Cumpton allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings.
Hurdle said Jeanmar Gomez will make a second rehab start Tuesday before the Pirates make a decision on him.
"Jeanmar needs to go out and get another outing under his belt," Hurdle said. "I don't think it makes a lot of sense to run him out in Cincinnati against that club with only (three rehab innings) underneath him."
Who's next?
Blue-chip prospect Gregory Polanco was promoted to Double-A Altoona, and Huntington said Sunday that power-hitting prospect Stetson Allie is also close to a promotion. Allie is batting .326 and has 17 home runs with Low-A West Virginia.
"He's driving the ball to right-center field with authority," Huntington said. "He has a short, clean swing for a big man."
Fellow prospect Alen Hanson watched his teammate, Polanco, get promoted from Bradenton. But Hanson might not be too far away from his own promotion. After a slow start, Hanson hit .255 in April, Hanson's average is up to .287, and the shortstop won the Florida State League All-Star MVP honors Saturday night, an effort capped with a three-run homer.
"His strong side is his left side," Huntington said, "and he faced a lot of left-handed pitching early and he had some struggles. It took him a little bit to overcome those struggles."
Arms race
The Pirates' depth of talented right-handed pitching prospects does not end with Gerrit Cole and Jameson Taillon. Nick Kingham was promoted to Double-A over the weekend and threw five scoreless innings in his debut. Huntington also said 18-year-old, 6-foot-6 right-hander Luis Heredia, a consensus top-100 prospect entering the season, is nearly ready for his debut.
"Kingham is doing pretty much everything you want him to do," Huntington said. "He's moving his fastball around the zone. He's throwing his breaking ball for strikes. He has a good changeup. There's really no flaw in his game."
Huntington said Heredia's minor league assignment has not been determined.
"He's so young. He's so big and physical. We are trying to build his pitches appropriately, and we're being a little conservative there," Huntington said. "He should get out here as these short-season clubs get going."
He said it
Huntington on the club's pitching depth: "I think if you asked anybody on the street if we would be going to our 10th or 11th major league starting pitchers, and Jeff Locke was going to be our anchor, and we're going to have won 40 games, you would have won a lot of money."
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In roller-skating, as in dangling from the edge of a cliff, sometimes allowing yourself to start falling is a great excuse to hold someone's hand. Take the plunge with this Groupon.
Choose Between Two Options
- $12.50 for admission and skate rental for two with two slices of pizza and two small drinks (up to a $25 value)
- $24 for admission and skate rental for four with four slices of pizza and four small drinks (up to a $50 value)
Rates fluctuate throughout the week.
Roller Kingdom
High above the rink at Roller Kingdom sits a DJ booth where record spinners select new hits and 80s-night tracks to send through the thunderous sound system. The melodies fill the rink and sync up with lighting effects that glisten on the sleek surface of the skating floor. During roller-derby bouts, the announcer's voice booms through the speakers to call out point tallies or impressive hits. Roller Kingdom keeps its vinyl rotating and music libraries whirring throughout the week, with special events such as haunted attractions during Halloween and extra-spooky Armistice Days.


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You want to the flowers at your wedding to be "local." But, what does that really mean? And, what does that mean for your wedding in the DC Washington DC area? Is it even possible to have local flowers for a wedding in DC, Maryland and Virginia? So many questions! Locally grown flowers for weddings is something that more and more couples are interested in and are asking their wedding florists about. (I believe the correct term for a locally sourced bridal bouquet is a "locavore bouquet!) We have Bethany from ButterKup Flowers, based in Takoma Park, Maryland, here today to talk to us all about locally grown flowers for weddings in the Washington DC area. Take it away, Bethany…
Photos courtesy of ButterKup Flowers
Brides and grooms, you have been asking some very good questions lately. As a floral designer, I've noticed an increase in the number of couples asking if our flowers were "eco, organic, or "green. For a while, I did not have a good answer.
At the time, some florists answered this demand by pushing green flowers quite literally. bells of Ireland, hydrangea, spider mums; they're green!" But, as a committed organic gardener, I knew this was more than a fad. Here were customers who wanted them¦I wanted to sell them¦.but where on earth were the sustainable cut flowers?
Most floral coolers are packed with flowers from around the globe, making roses available all year long. Very convenient, but like the tomato you buy in January, often not nearly as nice as what nature had in mind. As detailed in "Flowers Confidential" by Amy Stewart, conventionally grown flowers are bred to withstand long distances as cargo. They are hosed with pesticides in the field, cut, boxed, sprayed with retardants to keep from opening (and also from smelling nice), then flown and trucked to different hemispheres, arriving already several weeks old when they hit the florist cooler.
With this system in place, the market is flooded with commercial flowers. Small farms and delicate flowers left to languish on the margins. And yet, everyone is crazy about the flowers at summer farmers markets and roadside DelMarVa produce stands; their robust petals outshine anything available at a grocery store. How then could I get them to my brides and grooms all year long?
Luckily, florists in the Washington, DC-area were already on the job. The Capital Flower Growers, a co-op of Maryland and Virginia cut flower growers, began as a way to connect famers to clients. One of their largest clients and biggest promoters, Ellen Frost, opened the Baltimore-based Local Color Flowers in 2008, with the sole purpose of providing nothing but locally grown flowers. She has scoured flower farms, taking with her swatches of "hot" wedding color palettes, encouraging farmers to grow flowers that brides currently crave. [Editor's note – see all of Local Color Flowers' real DC area wedding features on United With Love here.]
So now that it is easier than ever to get local flowers, it's time to start asking those questions again:
Q: Can you get any kind of local flower in the Washington DC area all year round?
A: Probably not. If you absolutely need roses in March, you will be happily served at a conventional florist. But, thanks to local greenhouses, many summer flowers are available year round.
Q: Will these flowers be organic?
A: Again, probably not. But, U.S. growers use far less pesticide than flowers grown overseas, and many use organic pesticides, beneficial bugs and Integrated Pest Management systems to control pests. The smaller carbon footprint and diversity they add to local agriculture makes local bees and local farms very happy.
Q: What local flowers in the DC area can I get and when can I get them?
A: Here are just a few examples, by season:
- Spring: Fragile flowers like nigella, poppies, bleeding hearts and anemones are more than happy to enhance your spring wedding with their intricate beauty.
- Summer: Local hydrangea, zinnias, astilbe, delphinium, and sunflowers last longer on hot summer days because they were picked days, some times mere hours, before your wedding.
- Late Summer: The dazzling array of dahlias, celosia, salvia and veronica; all pack a punch of saturated colors from late summer until the first frost.
- Winter: Winter weddings thrill with the fresh adornment of ornamental cabbages, millet grasses, poinsettias, evergreens and berries, and thanks to Maryland and Virginia greenhouse growers; lilies, tulips, and snap dragons.
- All Season: The wedding work-horses: local roses, callas, peonies and ranunculus available in season and all the more fresh because they are grown here.
Regardless of when you get married, local and in-season flowers are the messengers that mark your day as no others can. As you walk down the aisle, they leap from your arms to tell your guests the glorious good news: This is what is fresh and lovely and full of hope right now, in this season, on this special day; from this special spot on a precious planet we all share.
Now, aren't you glad you asked?!
Here are a few of the places that you can find local wedding flowers in the Washington DC area: ButterKup Flowers, Local Color Flowers, and Little Acre Flowers.
Thank you so much Bethany! This is all so helpful! If you are thinking about locally grown flowers for your wedding in the DC area, be sure to check her out at ButterKup Flowers.
For more wedding floral inspiration and bridal bouquet ideas, be sure to view our galleries. We also have wedding flowers listed by season and, of course, the best wedding florist in the Washington, DC area.


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Megaphone, Vancouver's street paper launches a 'find your vendor' app
You may have met them on your way to work downtown or run into them selling a Megaphone magazine at your local market.
They are among some 40 homeless and low-income vendors of the street paper Megaphone and if you don't know your local vendor, check your smartphone for a newly released web app that helps customers find vendors.
The app, created courtesy of the Vancouver interactive firm Denim & Steel that donated its time and expertise, marks a first among street papers around the world.
Megaphone helps its vendors earn money by allowing them to keep $1.25 from each $2 issue they sell. The vendors buy the street paper for 75 cents and anything over that – and sometimes regular customers will pay more than the $2 cover price to help support their efforts – the vendors keep.
Vendor Finder is a web app and it works on any iPhone or Android phone.
"We're inspired by the way Megaphone creates economic opportunity for low-income and homeless Vancouverites, and the quality of content in the magazine," Todd Sieling, co-founder of Denim & Steel said in a release. "Creating the app was a way to support a cause we believe in."
It's an open source app so other street papers, which now number more than 100 worldwide, can use it for their own vendors.


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Today's news
SHARE THE PAIN: Tampa-area school board members say they'd gladly give back part of their salary as they look at every option to save money. State lawmakers are poised to insert that option into law. (Image from Don't Mess With Taxes blog)
PINELLAS WILL CLOSE SCHOOLS: The Pinellas board unanimously votes to shut seven schools and cancel busing for thousands to help balance the budget, with more cuts on the way. Parents in other counties are luckier, as St. Lucie squashes rumors that it will merge schools (Port St. Lucie Tribune) and Duval rejects a proposal to close two schools (Florida Times-Union).
BREACH OF CONTRACT? A former Hernando board member says superintendent Wayne Alexander never informed the board that he would be looking for a new job, even though his contract requires such notification.
INSPIRED: Parents at Pride Elementary in New Tampa decide to fight against a cell tower on their campus after seeing Coleman Middle back down on a tower in the face of community pressure.
LET HER RUN: State Rep. Rick Kriseman urges Kenneth City officials to give voters the final say over whether a teacher can be mayor despite a charter rule barring public employees from holding the job.
THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT: Pasco leads an effort to convince lawmakers to delay a requirement to have online courses available for kindergarten through eighth grade by August.
TOP OF THE CLASS: Pasco High's Navy Junior ROTC air rifle team prepares for next round; Pasco student leads can drive to benefit cancer center (Times photo, Michele Miller)
TOO MUCH HOMEWORK? Broward takes a look at a how much time it wants kids to spend on schoolwork after school, the Miami Herald reports.
'KITE RUNNER' STAYS ON SHELVES: Okaloosa rejects a parent request to remove "The Kite Runner" from its high school curriculum, the Northwest Florida Daily News reports.
BUDGET ROUNDUP: Miami-Dade parents and students plan a rally to protest the state's cuts to education funding, the Miami Herald reports. Florida lawmakers must find new revenue to avoid eroding the quality of our schools, the Bradenton Herald editorializes. Lawmakers shouldn't make hasty decisions about FCAT just to save money during the special session, the Herald-Tribune editorializes. Sarasota looks for ways to cut millions without hurting education, the Herald-Tribune reports. Escambia freezes hiring, the Pensacola News Journal reports.
ANOTHER P.E. SOLUTION: Willis Elementary in Manatee introduces flag rugby to its students, the Bradenton Herald reports.
SEEKING ANSWERS: Leon leaders gather to discuss ways to improve performance at their struggling south side schools, the Tallahassee Democrat reports.
AROUND THE NATION: A Washington State court rules that it's OK for teachers to have sex with 18-year-old students, the AP reports. Los Angeles plans to lay off 2,300 teachers if no alternatives emerge, the LA Times reports. The IRS plans to take a closer look at whether colleges and universities are using their nonprofit status to avoid paying taxes, the NY Times reports.


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First Church of the Nazarene, 1001 S.W. Buchanan, will celebrate its 100th anniversary with special services this weekend.
A time of food, fellowship and reminiscing will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, followed by a remembrance service with a mass choir at 6:30 p.m.
After a continental breakfast from 9 to 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, a worship service featuring a mass choir will take place at 10:45 a.m. The speaker will be the Rev. Edmond Nash, Kansas district superintendent for the Church of the Nazarene.
In other religion news:
■ Highland Heights Christian Church, 2930 S.E. Tecumseh Road, will have a chicken-and-noodle dinner from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13. Crafts and baked goods also will be available.
■ Second Baptist Church, 424 N.W. Laurent, will have its 134th homecoming services at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14. The theme of the services is "Showing Our Gratitude — Filled with Thanksgiving in Our Hearts."
■ Phillip Jones, of Kansas City, Kan., who is Kansas District Lay President of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, will speak in commemoration of CME National Laymen Day at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, at Lane Chapel CME Church, 1200 S.W. Lane.
■ Berryton United Methodist Church will have its annual fall chili and vegetable soup supper and country store from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13. Freewill donations will be accepted for the dinner.
■ Lane Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, 1200 S.W. Lane, will be the host site for the Union Methodist service at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14. The Rev. V. Gordon Glenn III, pastor of St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church, will bring the message. The Union choir will furnish the music.
■ Members of New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 2801 S.E. Indiana Ave., will dedicate their new fellowship hall at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14. The cornerstone unveiling and ribbon-cutting ceremony will precede the dedication.
Special guests will include Moderator E.B. Hurd, of the Kaw Valley District of the Missionary Baptist Church; the Rev. Ben Scott, president of the Topeka chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Minister James Kirtdoll; and Randy Ward, of Morton Buildings.
Music will be provided by the New Mount Zion youth choir, men's chorus and Voices of Zion.
A tour of the building and a reception will follow the dedication service.
■ True Vine Missionary Baptist Church, 307 S.E. Tefft, will have a special service at 8 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14. The church also will continue its celebration of the eighth anniversary of the Rev. Larry Jones at the church with a service at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, when the Rev. Stevie Wakes, of Olivet Institutional Missionary Baptist Church in Kansas City, Kan., will deliver the message.
■ The Kaw Valley District Laymen will have a service at 6 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, 433 S.W. Harrison. The speaker will be the Rev. Joe Stokes, pastor of East Eighth Street Missionary Baptist Church.
■ John Bell, Scottish Presbyterian pastor, composer, musician and author, will be the featured guest at the fall meeting of the Presbytery of Northern Kansas from Tuesday, Oct. 16, to Thursday, Oct. 18, at Rock Springs Ranch near Junction City.
■ Beth Briddy, educational coordinator with Midland Care, will speak on care and hospice services offered by her organization at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, at Wanamaker Road Baptist Church, 2700 S.W. Wanamaker. The event is sponsored by the church's senior community ministries. Refreshments will follow. Call (785) 272-9323 for more information.
■ The Rev. Ed Thompson, district presbyter of the Northern Kansas Presbytery, will speak on "The Marks of the Church" at the 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday, Oct. 14, at Central Presbyterian Church, 920S.W. Huntoon.
■ Tenth Avenue North will bring "The Struggle" tour at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, to Lenexa Christian Center, 17500 W. 87th Parkway in Lenexa. Also featured will be Audrey Assad and Rend Collective Experiment. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day of show, $40 for deluxe and $15 tickets for groups of 10 or more. Call (913) 888-1559 or (877) 435-9849 or visit www.echoconcerts.com for tickets or more information.


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Oh yeah, I love the avatar, getreal . Looking forward to any other Survivor drawings you do!
Oh yeah, I love the avatar, getreal . Looking forward to any other Survivor drawings you do!
"The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of an expanding bureaucracy."
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Shawn has an armani for sure... but Andrew is in an 'expensive' suit wonder if it's another armani
i hate the fact that any reality show allows people that were outed fair and square to return
but you know how it works, once one show does it...every other show copies
it's purpose was to cause conflict amongsts show contestants supposedly this increases ratings
i think it sucks though... and on a show like survivor it's really not fair because the people that were voted out were probably for a while sitting in a hotel room watching cable and eating shrimps and they get to take a hot shower
But we don't know these things for a fact. They may have been off somewhere else on the island surviving on meager rations right up until they came back!!! We wont know until after the game is over, when everyone will ask the questions that need answering.
I am not afraid of dying....I just don't want to be there when it happens!
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Hmm...so you think the twist is stupid and so you want to make it even more stupid?
Fluff didn't say that. All she said was that she didn't want to see the twist in the first place. The "make it even more stupid" part is an argument against having done it to begin with. It's called reductio ad absurdum.
When you're ten years old and a car drives by and splashes a puddle of water all over you, it's hard to decide if you should go to school like that or try to go home and change and probably be late. So while he was trying to decide, I drove by and splashed him again. - Jack Handey
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Originally Posted by ICantLookAway
That's clearly not what I said.
Allowing the people voted out early the option to return is ridiculous to me.
I think Shawn has a right to feel put out.
Why should Skinny Ryan have a second chance but Shawn not?
If you're going to employ a stupid twist like this then clearly you need a cut off point for allowing players to rejoin, which is why I say scrap the whole idea.
"That's Numberwang!"
Depends on what you call backlash. True, many of us do not like the twist and find it very unfair, however it does get people talking. Survivor was the number two show last week. That is an incredible feat for a reality show in it's fourth year. Is anyone on here no longer going to watch because of this? I would say that they will lose very few viewers over this and will likely gain more than they lost due to the controversy. It sucks, but that's the way it works. However, I also feel that MB should take heed of the fact that the majority of the regular fans of the show are not too happy with this twist and he should not try something this unfair again. I think if he does then that is when he will start to lose viewers.Originally Posted by Suxie
Originally Posted by calkreks
Very well put. It expresses my views exactly. No, I will not stop watching either, but I'm all for fairness.
I just have issues with people quitting. Osten quitting was more aggravating to me than the twist. Back to the thread... The Ostoon av is OUTSTANDING!!!
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My first memory of tefillin came from a large oil painting hanging in my grandparents' house. A rabbi with a long gray beard peered down at us from the foyer wall, the little black box perched atop his head.
That box, and another one worn on the arm, contain hand-written biblical passages. It is a spiritual duty for Jewish men to wear them each morning, except for the Sabbath and most holidays, but the practice has faded among many American Jews.
When I heard that a 17-year-old boy wearing tefillin on a US Airways flight from New York caused a bomb scare and an emergency landing last week, I wasn't entirely surprised about the misunderstanding.
But the incident has put this lesser-known Jewish tradition out into the spotlight: The words "tefillin" and "phylacteries" landed top spots on search engines like Google and Yahoo.
"The tefillin, which are placed on the head and the left arm near the heart, symbolize the dedication to God with our intellect and our emotions," said Rabbi Shalom Adler with Young Israel-Chabad of Pinellas County.
"Doing this every morning is a tangible reminder of our commitment," he continued. "Although we don't advocate bringing down planes with them, it did get publicity, and people learning more about them can only be positive."
I heard this week about a teenage Jewish boy in Clearwater who felt a sense of pride wearing them in the morning at his school. His peers seemed to look on in admiration and curiosity, many now knowing what they are.
Tefillin, or phylacteries, are actually part of a biblical commandment from Deuteronomy: "You should bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they should be for a reminder between your eyes." Jewish men have been observing this custom for thousands of years.
The small black boxes contain the Hebrew prayers written delicately on parchment, and the black leather straps are wrapped around the arm and the head.
As far as I know, my father never used them, nor did my grandfather or brother. Now, as an adult, I've been learning more about my faith and heritage the past few years. My husband, who is learning along with me, started putting tefillin on last year after a rabbi brought them back from New York. He started slowly, awkwardly at first, wearing them and saying the prayers only when he remembered. Now, it has become part of his daily routine. My 4-year-old son watches curiously.
Rabbi Shmuel Reich with the Jewish Enrichment Center in Clearwater has made it part of his daily mission to get as many Jewish men to put on tefillin as possible. He visits stores and flea markets throughout the Tampa Bay area, stopping strangers to ask, "Are you Jewish?" If they say yes, he offers to help them put on the tefillin he carries with him. Occasionally they refuse, but most agree. Often, it's the first time they've ever done it. Reich calls it their "spiritual bar mitzvah."
He has put tefillin on hundreds of men since he moved to the area two years ago from Brooklyn. "Whoever I meet, everyday," Reich said. Men with tattoos, men with no prior connection to Judaism.
"That was the first mitzvah the Jewish people got when they came out of Egypt," he said. "It's the oldest Biblical commandment."
In 1967, a campaign encouraging Jewish men over 13 to do the "mitzvah" of tefillin was launched by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, leader of the New York-based Chabad, which now has thousands of branches around the world.
The Rebbe asked his followers to go out into the world and ask people to put on tefillin.
"Then it was totally unique," said Rabbi Yossi Eber of the Chabad Jewish Center of West Pasco. Now, it's becoming much more common.
Tefillin can range in price from $300 to more than $1,000. If even a single letter is missing, the tefillin is not kosher. According to Jewish law, it should be checked twice in seven years.
"But we do it a lot more than that," Eber said. "Everything physical has a spiritual element."
The tefillin, he said, is a meeting of both.
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Rich, Regenerating Emerald Green
Green is known as a healing color. It balances as it energizes and regenerates. It also happens to be the color associated with prosperity. Visions of rich, lush emerald green forests and fields spring to mind when we think about pure, healthy environments. The mineral emerald has long been coveted for its distinctive color and fire, and has been linked to concepts of beauty. With such positive connotations, it's not surprising that emerald green has been tapped as the Pantone Institute's 2013 Color of the Year.
All you have to do is look at the spring 2013 fashion collections, fabric releases, and home decorating products (designed months ago) to see emerald green's prevalence for the coming year. All shades of green have been seeing increased use by designers over the past several seasons, according to Pantone, perhaps an indication of a more positive mindset among consumers. Emerald's dominance on the runway and in fabric collections could indicate at the very least a desire to overcome the "blahs" brought on by the economy and to inject new energy and a sense of well-being into life through our wardrobes.
I love emerald green as a color for clothing, despite the fact that it's not the most flattering shade for me. Nevertheless, I'm cheered and soothed every time I see someone else wearing a stunning emerald-colored garment. And even though I won't be sewing any clothes from emerald green fashion fabric, I think it's a gorgeous and surprising color for garment linings.
Do you like emerald green? How does the color influence your mood? What color do you expect to be using most in your sewing projects this year?
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I also had the same procedures done at the same place. I also noticed the same rolls and since my surgery had to divided into 2 days, I addressed that issue with the Doctor. I felt more was taken out but now 3 weeks later, I also... READ COMMENT
Hi - I cannot access your pictures and I wanted to see if I could notice your lumps around the belly button. I have the same thing and I am worried and dont understand how it would go away. Its only on the top of the belly button and... READ COMMENT
For me, I had little black & blue bruising. I felt the bruising on the inside but looking at me you hardly saw them. I am still feeling the discomfort. Makes me feel like I was ran over by a truck but if it wasn't for the swelling you... READ COMMENT
You used the same doctor I did. I totally agree with your opinion on the her. She was very thorough with her examination and was extremely kind during the procedure. She assured me she would do an awesome job because she would... READ COMMENT
I had arms, back/bra fat, upper, Lower abs and flanks done in 2 separate visits. The last was done on 4/16/09, 1st done on 4/9/09. I only have a couple of lumps so far but am very sore. I am also very swollen in the abs (done on 4/16).... READ COMMENT