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Ninety-two percent of House lawmakers and all but one senator have a college degree. Kristi Noem wasn't one of them — until Saturday.
The South Dakota Republican graduated Saturday from South Dakota State University with a degree in political science.
As the 40-year-old lawmaker told "CBS This Morning" on Monday, she dropped out of college at age 22 when her father died in a farming accident. She caught the political bug, became a state lawmaker in 2006 and came to Congress last year.
"That was one thing about coming here to Washington, D.C. -- I never felt insecure about my education," Noem told CBS. "I felt like I had been through the school of hard knocks."
Adding to the milestone, Noem's daughter will graduate from high school later this week.
House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) sent his congratulations via Twitter Monday morning, calling Noem's graduation"a wonderful accomplishment and truly inspiring story."
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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow today made the following statement after U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that Wayne County, Covenant Community Care, Inc, and the Wellness Plan Medical Centers will receive support to create three new community health centers in Southeast Michigan.
"Hundreds of thousands of Michigan families are able to see a family doctor and receive basic medical services through 32 community health centers across the state. Without these health centers, many patients would go without care or be forced to turn to the emergency room, which is a much greater cost for communities. These new centers are especially important in difficult economic times, and will help families in communities across Southeast Michigan have access to the quality care they need."
Senator Stabenow had led the effort to boost support for Community Health Centers, which has resulted in the creation of 16 new centers across Michigan since 2001.
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Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte Get Greedy and Angry in New 'Luck' Video Featurette
After a mid-December preview of the pilot episode, HBO's Luck is finally coming to television beginning this Sunday. The encore broadcast of the series premiere will kick off a season of horse racing, organized crime, shadowy pasts and a good deal of corruption in every conceivable fashion. Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte lead an impressive cast as the head of a crime syndicate and a shady Kentucky horse trainer, respectively, each contributing differently but equally to the mystifying aura of the show's race track setting.
The below "In Production" featurette gives us a glimpse of what is to come on Luck. Beyond just a story about horse racing and the seedy characters who partake in the sport, the show is a story about greed, wrath, pride…in fact, name a sin and this show probably covers it.
Check out the clip below to learn more about the new series from creator David Milch, and catch Luck's season premiere (for the first or second time), directed by Michael Mann, on Sunday, Jan. 29 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO, and check out the "5 Things You Need to Know about Luck."


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Belmar, N.J (May. 13)
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The twenty-fifth annual convention of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada will open its sessions here today at the Carleton Hotel. The sessions will last for three days.
Rabbi Israel Rosenberg of Brooklyn, chairman of the praesidium, will open the convention with a review of the work of the Union and a presentation of plans for the organization formulated by the praesidium.
Plans for securing the five-day labor week and furtherance of the Jewish Day School movement will come up before the convention. Among the problems to be considered are the question of Kashruth, improving the material position of rabbis and raising the standard of the Rabbinate; combatting tendencies away from Orthodoxy, with particular emphasis on the Conservative congregation.
Methods whereby the rabbis of America can best render support to the Palestine upbuilding work and the Palestinian institutions organized by the old Yisshub will be considered.
A report of the activities of the Ezrath Torah Fund, organized by the Union of Orthodox Rabbis during the world war to aid needy rabbis abroad will be presented to the convention which will consider means for continuing this fund.
Rabbi M. S. Margolies, Rabbi B. L. Levinthal, Rabbi L. Silver, Rabbi B. Revel, Rabbi Joseph Konvitz, Rabbi I. Siegal, Rabbi C. I. Bloch Rabbi J. L. Seltzer and Rabbi S. Karlinsky will address the sessions.


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Tina Fey, Eva Longoria are highest-paid TV actresses
Whenever Forbes releases one of its highest-paid lists, we feel the need to tell you about it, so guess what? Tina Fey and Eva Longoria are tied for first place on this year's list of highest-paid TV actresses. Never mind a bunch of their money came from sources outside television. That's just splitting hairs, anyway.
Thanks to Fey's jobs writing, producing and starring on 30 Rock, plus the million-copy-selling success of her book Bossypants, she matches rival Longoria, who augments her Desperate Housewives salary with endorsement deals from L'Oreal and LG, Forbes says. That totals $13 million apiece between May 2010 and 2011. What, we can't go down a couple numers to see who really won that contest?
Longoria's Housewives costar Marcia Cross, Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay and CSI's Marg Helgenberger tied at $10 million, while Longoria's onscreen pals Teri Hatcher and Felicity Huffman had to make do with a mere $9 million. Cougar Town's Courteney Cox tied with Grey's Anatomy lead Ellen Pompeo at $7 million, while Juliana Marguiles of The Good Wife topped $6 million. Think that sounds like a lot? Consider that the four biggest movie stars -- Angelina Jolie, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon -- made more than these 10 ladies combined.
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text: Former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. frontman Udo Dirkschneider has recorded a Christmas song for the biggest European music and merchandise mailorder company EMP. Laid down at DocMaKlang studio in Osnabrück, Germany, the track "Jingle Balls" was written by various staff members of EMP and is a new interpretation of the Christmas song "Jingle Bells" and the ACCEPT anthem "Balls To The Wall"."Jingle Balls" will be released in the middle of December under the band name EVIL DISPOSITION. U.D.O. will partner with EMP for a special promotion surrounding the release of the band's next album, "Rev-Raptor", which is tentatively due in May 2011. This special collaboration will consist of a countdown on EMP's web site an entire week before the CD's release, including a message from Udo and advance snippets of each of the songs from the new album. The release date of "Rev-Raptor" was pushed back by a few months as a result of back problems experienced by guitarist Stefan Kaufmann, the same issue that forced him to quit playing drums for ACCEPT back in the day. Stefan recently received medical treatment for this condition and had recovered enough to have played with the band on November 6 at the Rock Antenne festival at Schwabenhalle in Augsburg. As previously reported, 17 new songs were written for "Rev-Raptor", with 11 of them set to appear on the final product. U.D.O.'s last album, "Dominator", entered the official chart in Germany at position No. 27. This marked the highest German chart entry in U.D.O.'s history. Photo below (from left to right): Matthias Lohmoeller (producer), Florian Drees (EMP, vocals), Udo Dirkschneider, Oliver Kirchner (EMP, guitar), Christian Albers (EMP, bass), Philipp Mannel (EMP, drums)


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After freeing herself the victim said Lewis took a duffle bag and her purse, and left. Police found Lewis and authorities said he had the duffle bag with him and said he took it by mistake.
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Top 10 Peter Frampton Songs
From the time Peter Frampton was a young lad, he has been playing guitar and playing it very well. At age 16 he joined the Herd, who would score a couple of hits in their native England, and within a short time, he was all over the U.K. music papers, being called 'The Face of 1968.' Shortly thereafter, he joined forces with guitarist and vocalist Steve Marriott, who had just left the Small Faces. The duo would form one-half of one of the great hard rock bands of the era, Humble Pie. Their success, however, was nothing compared to what was in store for Frampton a few years down the road. The overwhelming success of his 1976 double album, Frampton Comes Alive!, was on a scale never dreamed of by the still-young musician. Those highest of highs would soon be followed by some pretty low lows, but through it all, Frampton remained a fierce force on the guitar. After nearly 50 years in the business, he is still one of the most respected six-stringers out there, not to mention one of the more down-to-earth rockers as well.
'All I Wanna Be (Is by Your Side)'
Frampton left Humble Pie in 1971 just as their legendary Rockin' the Fillmore album was making them a household name. With his 1972 debut, Wind of Change,' he established his musical identity on an album full of great songs, with an A-list of guests including Ringo Starr and Billy Preston. One of the high spots on the LP is without question 'All I Wanna Be (Is by Your Side'). The slow groover doesn't stray too far from the material Frampton contributed to those early Humble Pie albums, but with an added air of confidence to the mix. The slightly hazy mood of the song is enhanced by some choice guitar work.
'White Sugar'
With his 1973 album Frampton's Camel, Frampton tried to move things more into a band direction, naming the album after his band. Though the point would prove to be moot, the album is rock solid. "White Sugar" is a rowdy rock and roll number that sounds like an outtake from a Faces album with it's rollicking barroom feel and attitude. Is it about a woman? Drugs? Excess? You decide. This rocker still shows up in live sets to this day.
'Somethin's Happening'
The title cut to 1974's Somethin's Happening, No. 8 on our list of the Top 10 Peter Frampton Songs, finds the man sounding more and more sure of his every step. The harmonies are front and center here, the production — handled by Frampton — is crisp and fresh, with some very nice slide guitar fitting the song perfectly. After the full-band approach of Frampton's Camel, Frampton decided to play nearly every instrument, including some of the drum parts, on Somethin's Happening.
'Apple of Your Eye'
The fourth solo album, simply titled Frampton, was released in early-1975, and would ultimately set the stage for his massive takeover the following year. The album is without question his strongest solo effort, containing the original studio versions of many of the songs that would prove to be gold for him in the live setting. One, however, that missed that golden chariot was this gem.In its three and a half minutes of glory, "Apple of Your Eye" shows his skills as a concise songwriter as well as an ace guitarist.
'Dig What I Say'
By 1981, Frampton had been hung out to dry. He had tumbled hard from the pedestal of fame, especially after the Sgt. Pepper movies mess. But instead of retreating into despair, he opted to rock out. Breaking All the Rules saw a fire in his playing that had been missing, certainly drowned in part by the teen pin-up success of things like "I'm In You." With the lead-off song, "Dig What I Say," the guitar was back up to full volume and the rock was rolling again. Frampton was in the midst of finding himself once again, and rockers like this one were going a long way to repair any damage caused by '70s excesses.
'It's a Plain Shame'
With a mighty guitar riff, "It's a Plain Shame" kicks right into gear. The Stones-y verses give way to the more Beatles-y chorus. A wonderful, yet understated lead break is icing on the cake. Clocking in at just over three minutes, it should have been a hit, but it was relegated to the flip side of his version of "Jumpin' Jack Flash," which, while very good, could never rival the Stones original. So you could say it's a plain shame that "It's a Plain Shame" never made the A-side.
'(I'll Give You) Money'
One of his heaviest rockers, and No. 4 on our list of the Top 10 Peter Frampton Songs, is the centerpiece of his 1975 Frampton album. Brought to full glory with powerhouse guitar work, '(I'll Give You) Money' calls back to the power and glory he brought to Humble Pie. It would have been something to hear Steve Marriott tackle this one. The song would quickly become a highlight of his live shows, and was featured prominently on Frampton Comes Alive! This album marked the first real signs of success as a solo artist.
'Show Me the Way'
Frampton Comes Alive! was simply a monster of an album that seemed to spring from almost nothing. His previous album, Frampton, was a modest hit, breaking into the U.S. Top 40, but in no way prepared anyone for what was to follow. Though a studio version of "Show Me the Way" had been released in 1975, it wasn't until this live version was issued in early 1976 that it took off, ultimately hitting No. 6. It remains one of his best-loved and most recognized songs, and has more than stood the test of time, voice box gimmick and all.
'Nowhere's Too Far for My Baby'
Ounce for ounce, "Nowhere's Too Far for My Baby" is probably the finest song Frampton ever wrote. With a super-catchy verse, dynamic chorus and minor key bridge, it's Peter at his most Badfinger-esque, Beatle-ish. The song should have been a huge hit, but, for some reason, it was never even released as a single. Regardless, it rings out with a joyous vibrancy that has no equal in his catalog, which is matched up by stinging guitars.
'Do You Feel Like We Do'
The No. 1 song on our list of the Top 10 Peter Frampton Song, "Do You Feel Like We Do," is the epitome of '70s concert jams. First off, the riff is a killer that snakes around your brain over and over again, second of all, and most importantly, it rocks. A six-minute version closed out the 1973 album Frampton's Camel, but it wasn't until the song was given the full-length in concert treatment and stretched out to 15 minutes did it really fly. FM radio everywhere made it a mandatory play, especially in the late evenings. The breakdown section allowed him to show off the 'talk box' which, gimmick aside, features some of the man's most blistering lead guitar. The power and the glory of the track is still intact years on and even though radio rarely plays the entire, unedited version, the 'radio edit' is still a staple on most classic rock stations.


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Community Health Systems, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: CYH) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, FWCT-2 Escrow Corporation (the "Escrow Issuer"), intends to offer $1.705 billion aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the "Secured Notes") and $2.875 billion of Senior Notes due 2022 (the "Unsecured Notes", and together with the Secured Notes, the "New Notes"), subject to market and other conditions. This offering is part of the financing for the proposed acquisition (the "Merger") of Health Management Associates, Inc. by the Company. Upon consummation of the Merger, the Escrow Issuer will merge (the "Escrow Merger") with and into CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the "Issuer"), and the Issuer will assume the obligations of the Escrow Issuer under the New Notes, the related indentures and the other applicable documents by operation of law. Upon consummation of the Escrow Merger, (i) the Unsecured Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Issuer and will be guaranteed on a senior basis by the Company and by certain of the Issuer's and the Company's domestic subsidiaries and (ii) the Secured Notes will be senior secured obligations of the Issuer and will be guaranteed on a senior secured basis by the Company and by certain of the Company's domestic subsidiaries. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering, together with new borrowings under the Company's senior secured credit facilities, to fund the cash consideration for the Merger and the transactions related thereto, to pay fees and expenses and for general corporate purposes. The New Notes will be offered in the United States to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The New Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.
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This show invites artists from around the world to submit prints no larger than 4"x 4". A juried selection of the submitted prints for the 19th Mini Print International will be exhibited at The Ink Shop in 2016. Our recent Mini Print shows have attracted artists from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand as well as many artists from the United States.


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Brother goes big as Survivor sinks
Shock revelations in the Big Brother house are helping the show to its biggest ratings - putting it within sight of ITV's struggling Survivor.
While the Channel 4 show's viewing figures have steadily grown to 3.7 million, ITV's Survivor is losing its audience.
Survivor's studio-based interview with evictee Uzma on Wednesday night pulled in 4.2 million viewers, down 1.1 million on the previous night, according to unofficial overnight figures.
The newest confession to come from the Big Brother household is the one-time Ł500 a week drug habit of contestant Bubble.
The hat-wearing Londoner revealed to his housemates he had had a cocaine problem when he worked as a nightclub manager.
The controversial admissions follow the news that girls' school teacher Penny could face the sack over her on-screen behaviour and nudity.
Bubble, 24, made his startling confession as the group sat around the fire they have been challenged to keep alight for five days.
Wake-up call
The warehouse worker said he had supported a Ł500 habit to try and keep him awake during the long hours working in a nightclub.
He said: "I was drinking at work all the time and cocaine just kept me awake, but at the time you don't realise you have a problem."
Table dancer Amma, also from London, also revealed she had taken the drug but claimed it was not a big deal.
She said: "These days using cocaine is just like smoking a spliff."
Birthday girl
But Helen, who celebrated her 23rd birthday on Wednesday, was visibly shocked by the revelations from the pair.
Recent revelations about the inmates have slightly shifted William Hills' odds on the likely winner.
Bubbles' odds have lengthened from 8/1 to 9/1, making him an outsider alongside Elisabeth, Narinder and Stuart.
William Hills still make Dean the 3/1 favourite, with Amma and Brian joint second favourite at 5/1, Helen at 7/1 and both Paul and Penny at 8/1.
The contestants will learn on Thursday that they must nominate who they want to evict on Friday, not Monday, as they were expecting.
"We planned to spring this on them long in advance of the programme starting," said a programme spokeswoman.
Over on ITV, Survivor's saucy secrets have so far revolved around Charlotte Hobrough.
The married police constable has had an affair with fellow contestant Adrian while on the island - providing fodder for tabloid headlines.
Producers of the reality gameshow are still hoping figures will pick up as the series continues.
Estimates of up to 10 million viewers were predicted before the show launched in the UK.
Its Wednesday night low of 4.2 million was easily overshadowed by the BBC One medical drama Holby City, which was watched by 7.2 million people.
However, when Survivor aired in the US last year, it too started with low ratings, before picking up later in the series.
Penny's fears
Back in the Big Brother house, teacher Penny said she may not return to her job at a school in Stratford, east London - just over a mile from the programme's camera-filled house in Bow.
"I would be a lunatic. I wouldn't get any work done, it's best not to go back for the safety of the kids and the structure of the school," she said.
Her headmistress has already expressed reservations with her involvement in the surveillance gameshow.
But airline steward Brian's employers are backing him to the hilt.
Ryanair has pledged to give Ł1,000 to the NSPCC for every week he stays in the house.
Chief executive Michael O'Leary said: "We will be holding his job for him and hope that he will be returning - unless, of course, he becomes an international superstar."
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War Between Mega Family and Dasari Narayana Rao - NTv
Mon, Mar 23, 2015, 11:22 AM
Director Dasari Narayana Rao has been making use of every opportunity for criticizing actor-politician Chiranjeevi. The fans of the Megastar are furious with the veteran director over his remarks at S/o Satyamurthy audio launch. Dasari said that NTR and ANR had developed their own styles and that Pawan Kalyan is the next one who has a separate style. Dasari didn't comment on Megastar Chiranjeevi, which caused the ire of the mega fans. Allu Arjun countered that their root is Chiranjeevi and they wouldn't have achieved this success without him. Mega fans met mega brother Nagababu and expressed their anguish for not condemning Dasari's speech.


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"Snitch" is a movie that knows what it wants to say, but fails to get its message across in a non conventional fashion. The film is loosely based on a "Frontline" documentary about Joey Settembrino, an 18-year-old who was sentenced to a minimum of 10 years in prison for selling LSD. The government offered Settembrino a reduced sentence in exchange for the names of drug dealers high up on the totem pole.
Since Settembrino was unwilling to cooperate, he had no other alternative but to serve his time. James Settembrino, Joey's father, did everything he could by independently digging up dirt on drug abusers and drug distributors. His attempts to free his son were futile for the most part though.
Somewhat like the real story, "Snitch" starts out with a promising young man who gets mixed up in the drug business. In this fictionalized version he's named Jason and played by Rafi Gavron.
After he receives some drugs in the mail, Jason is caught by the cops and given the standard decade-long sentence. Dwanyne "The Rock" Johnson is John Matthews, Jason's estranged father, who manages a successful construction company and lives in a big house with a new family. Wanting to do right by his son, John decides to go undercover and help take down a drug cartel.
This is where "Snitch" essentially gives up on representing the actual events and becomes a predictable Hollywood movie with the occasional shoot out and truck chase.
While the content may be straightforward, the actors still give it their all. Susan Sarandon is coldly unsympathetic as a DEA who only cares about convictions and gives little thought to the people she's putting away. Character actor Jon Bernthal gives one of his most effective performances as an ex-con trying to do good, but gets sucked into John's undercover operation.
Also a ton of fun is Michael Kenneth Williams, the master of playing African American street thugs. At this point, Williams might as well just permanently change his name to Omar Little.
The only performer that feels out of place is unfortunately Johnson, who has been trying to make the leap from professional wrestler to action star to "serious actor."
To be fair, Johnson's performance really isn't that bad. It's simply a case of miscasting. His character is supposed to be an average father who hopelessly finds himself in the midst of a dangerous, life-threatening situation.
The problem is that you never buy Johnson as a vulnerable, everyday guy, you just see the Scorpion King. But at least he's more believable in a sincere, dramatic role than Hulk Hogan.
The main dilemma with "Snitch" is that it pays too much attention to John's dynamics with the authorities and drug dealers, pretty much ignoring his family life.
The audience barely gets to know John's ex-wife, his new wife, or little daughter, all of whom are reduced to just crying and complaining.
Even Jason's time on screen is limited, although Gavron does turn out a powerful acting job. There was potential here for a touching, honest story about broken families and unjust incarceration. These themes are lost, however, in a repetitive narrative that never amounts to anything more than a routine crime thriller.
It's not surprising that director/co-writer Ric Roman Waugh decided to go down the action route since he has mainly worked as a stunt man in the past.
But his film is just too commercial and generic for us to really care about any of the underdeveloped characters or the worthwhile message.
• Ahwatukee native and Desert Vista graduate Nick Spake is a student at Arizona State University. He has been working as a film critic for five years, reviewing movies on his website, NICKPICKSFLICKS.com. Reach him at email@example.com.


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Have you finished your Christmas shopping? I know that I'm not quite done yet. Fortunately, there are some great sales on movies, toys, and more that are going on right now! This should help you finish up your Christmas shopping list and save a little money at the same time.
Disney Store is having an "Up to 50% off" Toy Mania Sale. There are hundreds of toys and costumes included in the sale. At a glance, I'd say that this is the perfect sale if you are shopping for a Christmas present for a child who absolutely adores the Disney Princess toys! There are dolls from the movie "Brave" included in this sale, too.
Coupons.com has a batch of six coupons that are all for movies from 20th Century Fox. The coupons are.
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Pick up the Harry Potter 8 film series at for $47.39. That's 40% off the regular price! This set is on DVD, is wide screen, and is a "mixed media set". Or, get Downton Abbey, Seasons 1 & 2, on Blu-Ray for $32.49. That's 50% off the regular price! Those are just a few of the items included in this sale.
Target is having a Big Toy Sale. "Buy 1, Get 1 50% off". This sale will last through December 15, 2012. The sale includes all Barbie toys and games, all Disney Princess toys, all Fisher-Price infant & toddler toys, all Hot Wheels toys, all Nerf toys, and more!
Toys R Us has a coupon for 15% off your entire regular-priced toy order at your local Toys R Us or Babies R Us store. The coupon excludes things like maternity items, baby furniture, diapers, notebooks, tablets, and video games. This coupon is valid through December 13, 2012.
JC Penney has a "50% off Holiday Decor" sale. Check out this sale if you need "just a couple" more Christmas decorations. If you are someone who gives out Christmas ornaments as gifts, this might be a good sale for you, too. Christmas trees are included in this sale.
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This wallhanging was inspired by a pattern by Susan Garman (1996). It was finished just in time for Halloween.
This is my favorite Halloween quilt of all time. Adorable. The trick or treaters, the colors, I love everything about it.
very festive i love it gini
What Fun! I love the little monsters!
this is terrific, I love all the colors and the little trick or treaters. Wonderful quilt
WOW! Fantastic Halloween wallhanging-the colors and those monsters-they ROCK! Beautiful work! Marlene
How adorable!!! Great quilt and pattern!
Really nice, I love bright colors.
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I love your quilt. It is gorgeous.
VERY cool quilt :-)
This is a great quilt. Love your applique work!


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TAMPA — Supporters of a library named for one of Tampa's best-known civil rights leaders have fended off an attempt to shift nearly $8 million in construction funds to another inner-city library.
Hillsborough County commissioners had earmarked the money to tear down and rebuild the Robert W. Saunders Sr. Public Library near Ybor City. But that project probably won't take place for at least five years.
So this spring, supporters of the College Hill Branch Library asked county officials to use the money to replace their busy, crowded branch right away.
"The Library Board should see for itself the many cracks in the walls and floors allegedly caused by the shifting of the ground beneath the building," said Howard F. Harris Jr., president of the Ada T. Payne Friends of the Urban Libraries, in a March 12 letter.
College Hill needs a new library now, Harris said in his letter to the county, while the need for a new Saunders library "is in the distant future."
To supporters of the Saunders library, those were fighting words. If the county shifted the money away from the Saunders project, they feared, it might never happen.
"There's not many of us civil rights warriors still here," said Ann Porter, 72, the past president of the Tampa-Hillsborough branch of the NAACP. "I would just hate to see the memory of one of our leaders go down the drain behind something like this."
Saunders died at age 81 after being injured in an auto accident in 2003. During a critical period in the civil rights movement, he became Florida NAACP field secretary after the murder of his predecessor, Harry T. Moore, in 1951.
Despite death threats from the Ku Klux Klan, Saunders worked statewide to desegregate public schools, beaches and housing, win raises for black teachers, bring affirmative action to government contracting and college admissions, stop police brutality and register voters. Locally, he saved the Tampa NAACP after it nearly fell apart.
While College Hill's request did not provoke widespread controversy, it did stir things up in Tampa's black community.
"We are dismayed that anyone would attempt to play one library and its supporters against the other," the Florida Sentinel Bulletin said in a May 21 editorial.
Currently, county officials plan to spend about $7.85 million to replace the existing 7,300-square-foot Saunders library with a new branch more than three times as big. The construction money has been set aside. If anything, what's delaying the project now is finding the money to staff and operate the larger library, county library system director Joe Stines said.
The College Hill library, about 3 miles to the northeast, is about the same size as the Saunders library, but it has more patrons check out books, use its computers and attend meetings in its community rooms.
The cracks in the College Hill Branch, which opened in the early 1990s, apparently resulted from prolonged dry weather affecting the sand and clay under the building. The library is safe, and the cracks can be repaired, Stines said.
Although College Hill is busier, supporters of the Saunders library expect more use as the Tampa Housing Authority builds its Encore redevelopment project on the old site of Central Park Village, just across N Nebraska Avenue from the library.
The 30-acre redevelopment project is being paid for in part with $28 million in federal stimulus money. Years from now, officials say, it could be home to up to 7,000 people, plus a hotel, grocery store, offices, shops, a middle school, African-American history museum and park.
Last week, supporters of both libraries packed meetings of the county's Library Board and its planning committee. In the end, board members voted to leave the money where it is.
They also voted to put College Hill on a list of unfunded library construction projects. Over time, the projects on that list are evaluated and ranked so they can be funded as money becomes available.
After the votes, both sides went home happy.
"We got on the unfunded list, and now we've got to get on the funded list," Harris said of the College Hill library. "We got the county at least talking. Now people know that that library over there is too small and needs to be rebuilt."
Richard Danielson can be reached at email@example.com or (813) 226-3403.


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Bankers Stealing Our Wealth And Our Sovereignty
One of the difficulties in attempting to cover developments in the global economy is that often there are flurries of news items which emerge at any one time, making it impossible to deal with all these events as they occur. So it is with respect to an announcement by the European Central Bank on July 20th that Greek government bonds would no longer be "eligible as collateral."
There are many interesting points for analysis here. To begin with, we see yet another example of these con-men using a slippery euphemism to hide the fact that that their paper Empire of Fraud is collapsing all around us. But there are also many nuances to this announcement, and as we know, when it comes to the mainstream media "nuance" is a non sequitur.
To place this announcement into some context, it's first worth noting that this is the second time this year that the bankers have "suspended eligibility" of Greece's bonds, with the last time being literally days before it defaulted on 75% of that debt. With that additional background, we now can fully understand what the ECB actually meant with its euphemism: Greek bonds are worthless.
In turn, this directly implies an even more dire reality: Greece has been declared bankrupt (for the second time in six months). Understand that there is only one small-but-significant step which separates an "insolvent debtor" from a "bankrupt debtor". While bankruptcy is often inevitable for insolvent debtors, what makes such debtors merely insolvent is that creditors will still continue to extend them additional credit.
Conversely, once the debtor is cut off credit (and unable to pay its bills) then bankruptcy is instantaneous/automatic. Thus we have a cabal of private bankers simply decreeing that all Greek bonds are worthless and (as an inevitable consequence) Greece as a nation is bankrupt. Am I the only person who sees a problem with this?
Once upon a time, Western nations (and their peoples) enjoyed a concept called "sovereignty." By no coincidence, we enjoyed our sovereignty during a period of history when we practiced a concept known as "the gold standard." With any nation practicing a gold standard, no cabal of foreign bankers can simply decree that a nation's bonds were worthless – because they would be backed by gold – and thus no cabal of foreign bankers could decree that your nation was bankrupt.
In other words, yet another of the many benefits provided by a gold standard is economic sovereignty. With it, economic sovereignty is assured. Without it, we are at the mercy of a crooked Banking Oligarchy which has committed more fraud (by dollar value) just in the last decade than all the fraud by all the rest of humanity throughout all of human history, combined. But this is merely a tangent to an even more interesting aspect to this story.
At the same time that Western bankers are in the process of re-elevating gold to its rightful status as the ultimate monetary asset, they have been forced to steadily demote and devalue various forms of their own (fraudulent) paper. Obviously with any con-men running a scam, maintaining confidence in the scam is of supreme importance – hence the original term: "confidence men."
Thus the absolute last thing which the banking crime syndicate wants to do is to erode confidence in the very paper instruments which they use to commit their serial acts of mega-fraud, such as the $350 trillion LIBOR-fraud. So why are they doing this? The phrase "rats deserting a sinking ship" captures this dynamic quite nicely.
The banksters are decreeing that some of their paper is already worthless/near-worthless as an act of final desperation: acknowledging the worthlessness of some of this paper in order to avoid having the Sheep collectively realize that all of their paper is totally worthless.
As I have established in my previous commentaries (using elementary logic and arithmetic), every day with their own words and deeds it is the bankers themselves who imply that all the paper they are flogging is worthless. When they literally give it away by the $trillion to other bankers (with their 0% interest rates); this directly implies their paper is worthless. When they place bets in their own casino which exceed twenty times the size of the entire global economy, this directly implies that the bankers are playing with play-money.
But they don't want us to realize that all their paper is worthless, that the Emperor is wearing no clothes – because then all that paper and their entire Empire of Fraud simply disappears. This ultimately leads us back to the beginning: what caused these bankers to decree that Greek bonds were worthless, and that Greece was (effectively) bankrupt back on July 20th?
Obviously we did not see another Greek bond-default within days of this announcement. In the case of the declaration the ECB made that Greek bonds were worthless back on February 28th of this year, it was doing no more than confirming the obvious, as was demonstrated by the subsequent, near-total default on Greek debt.
Here there has been no actual default event to validate the decree of the ECB cabal. In other words, here we have bankers playing politics – hardball-politics to be precise. Why is the ECB engaged in what is clearly an act of economic blackmail? Why is the ECB (and the banking cabal as a whole) willing to risk drawing attention to the worthlessness of all their paper by decreeing yet again that some of it is worthless?
As has been previously established, we have ceded our economic sovereignty to this crooked Banking Oligarchy when our ancestors foolishly handed our own (sovereign) printing presses to this crime syndicate. Their bonds of debt equate precisely to chains of slavery. Thus when Greece simply lit a match to 75% of those bonds it amounted to a mini-Slave Revolt. If all the Slaves burn all the bonds then they are no longer Slaves.
So we see the ECB, the particular Slave Master entrusted with the control of Greece telling Greece's sovereign government that if it does not do everything that the Banking Oligarchy tells it to do that they will destroy its economy – again. And apparently I'm one of the few (non-serfs) remaining in our Western democracies(?) who is troubled by a known crime syndicate dictating economic policy to our governments in ever more explicit terms, and engaging in acts of extreme economic blackmail and sabotage in order to assert their control over their Slaves.
For those who like being Slaves, and who want to elevate a banking crime syndicate to the Throne as your Lords and Masters; you have two obvious choices before you: the global banking-crime capitals known by the acronyms "US" and "UK". For those of us who don't want to live out our lives as the bankers' slaves, there are several necessary steps in any progression back to economic freedom:
1) First we must elect an honest government in whatever nation we dwell. None of the banker-serving Thralls in charge of any Western economy today has shown the slightest inclination toward reasserting their own economic sovereignty (outside of Iceland). Thus political change must be at the top of the list. This is a major problem for Americans, since it's only "Opposition Party" serves the bankers even more loyally than the current government.
2) We must take back our own, sovereign printing-presses, and thus revoke the banksters' License to Steal.
3) We must re-establish a gold standard as quickly as possible. Often referred to as the Golden Handcuffs; a gold standard makes much/most of the financial crime being committed today impossible – just one of the reasons for the bankers' pathological hatred of gold.
Obviously these steps would be nothing more than a beginning when it comes to actually fixing our economies. However, the three steps above can be thought of as a "financial tourniquet", to prevent these Vampires from bleeding-off any more wealth through their serial fraud/theft. Once we have administered this financial First Aid, then it will be possible to tackle some of the other formidable challenges still ahead.
*Post courtesy of Jeff Nielson at Bullion Bulls Canada.+9
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Since when are Methodist Bishops qualified to pontificate on environmental policy?
In 1986, the United Methodist Church's bishops tried to outdo the Catholic bishops' 1983 pastoral letter on nuclear weapons by themselves endorsing the nuclear freeze movement, renouncing nuclear deterrence, opposing missile defense, and espousing Carl Sagan's spurious "nuclear winter" theory. The Catholic bishops had granted a "conditional" acceptance of nuclear deterrence and cited Just War teaching. They also rejected moral equivalence between the West and the Soviet Empire, noting, "Free people must always pay a proportionate price and run some risks - responsibly - to preserve their freedom."
Unfortunately, the United Methodist bishops, in their rush to disarm and condemn the United States, were incapable of such serious reflection. Instead, their "In Defense of Creation" manifesto sanctimoniously intoned that "nuclear deterrence is a position which cannot receive the church's blessing." And they derided any adherence to deterrence as "idolatry" while slamming Christians who believed in resisting Soviet nuclear superiority as guilty of "idolatrous loyalties to special interests and ideologies."
Fortunately, the United Methodist bishops' surreal nuclear counsel was largely ignored. Arms control agreements with the Soviet Union were secured by following completely opposite advice: deploying additional U.S. missiles in Europe and refusing to abandon missile defense. Unable to match the U.S. militarily or economically, and having to failed to persuade Western public opinion to adopt policies that United Methodist bishops and other peaceniks advocated, the Soviet Union collapsed several years later.
Are the United Methodist bishops embarrassed by their 1986 call for strategic surrender to the old Soviet Empire and anxious to make amends with spiritually more discerning guidance for their flock? No! In 1986, these bishops represented 9 million Methodists in the U.S. Today, partly thanks to their frequent preoccupation with politics as the expense of spiritual vitality, they represent fewer than 7.9 million American church members. And they are determined to recycle their same mistakes by releasing a successor to "In Defense of Creation" that repeats a plethora of apocalyptic canards about global warming, diminishing resources and untrammeled capitalism. It has all the freshness of a Paul Ehrlich fear-mongering jeremiad from the 1960's.
Called "God's Renewed Creation: Call to Hope and Action," this pastoral letter is long on fear and short on hope. "God's creation is in crisis," it portentously opens. "We…cannot remain silent while God's people and God"s planet suffer." It's unclear how inanimate objects "suffer," but ascribing personality to the "planet" is a concern theme when prioritizing the earth over people. The bishops are predictably distressed over "pandemic poverty and disease," "environmental degradation," and the "proliferation of weapons and violence." These ailments are not "isolated problems" but "related to one another" and demand a "comprehensive response."
The bishops urge "environmental holiness" and challenging "those whose policies and practices neglect the poor, exploit the weak, hasten global warming, and produce more weapons." They proclaim a political agenda that purportedly will renew all of creation. And naturally they fret that the U.S. "consumes more than its fair share of the world's resources, generates the most waste, and produces the most weapons." These busy bishops will "advocate for justice and peace in the halls of power in our respective nations and international organizations" and will, on their way, reduce their own ecclesiastical "carbon footprint" and "our collective exploitation of the planet."
Identifying leftist movements with Providence, the bishops announce that "God is already visibly at work in people and groups around the world," fomenting land reform, inspiring "green teams" and "demanding the major nuclear powers to reduce their arsenals, step by verifiable step, making a way to a more secure world totally disarmed of nuclear weapons."
In their accompanying "foundation document," the bishops warn that the "earth is heating up at an accelerating rate" after "several thousand years of a stable climate." Ostensibly reassuringly, "Learned scientists and experts monitor the changes that impact our very survival" and "are clarifying the measures we must take immediately to save our forests, oceans, air, human and animal ecosystems."
Despite these scientific exertions, the "storm builds as powerful forces swirl together." This storm includes economic "systems built upon self-interest and fraud, " the resource crisis as food, water and energy become scarce; the justice/poverty crisis as the gap between rich and poor continues to widen; the global health crisis as millions die of the preventable diseases of poverty like malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis; and the refugee crisis as millions of people are displaced by violence, natural disaster, and loss of jobs." There is also "the energy crisis as oil reserves run out within two or three decades; the climate crisis as increasing greenhouse gases threaten to scorch the earth and desertification erodes productive land, polar ice melts, fire seasons lengthen, and coastal floods and severe storms increase in number; the bio-diversity crisis as at least one-fifth of all plant and animal species face extinction by 2050."
Christian prelates more attuned to reality, and more prone to thanksgiving, might note that recent decades have in fact rescued hundreds of millions from millennia of poverty in China, India and elsewhere, that average lifespans are increasing almost everywhere, and that world food production is at record highs. Oil reserves have been perpetually and inaccurately forecast for depletion for the last century, until new discoveries always overthrow this expectation. And neither climate change, nor species extinction, are modern phenomenons.
The bishops naturally also bewail global military spending, which is actually at historic lows unseen since before World War II. Of course they complain that the U.S. spends 45 percent of global military expenditure. But would they prefer that other powers, like China or Russia, were spending proportionately greater amounts, creating another arms race and further global instability? They point at "weapons and violence,' as though these impersonal forces were the cause of war. But they do not identify political movements or regimes (other than the U.S. of course) that are the real cause of conflict. Some regimes are tyrannical and have genocidal aspirations. Some movements aspire to extinguish human rights and religious liberty. Do they not merit mention in a decree supposed aimed at renewing all creation? And what about statist economic, or failed international aid policies, that breed and perpetuate poverty? What about extreme environmentalism that aspires to keep the poor in chronic poverty ostensibly to protect the planet from further exploitation?
Although laced with Scripture quotes and citations from Methodism founder John Wesley, this "God's Renewed Creation" pastoral letter turgidly rehashes the cliches common to a thousand pleas from the United Nations or hundreds of secular NGO's competing for dollars. The 18th century Church of England evangelist who launched Methodism preached spiritual renewal, self-denial, thrift, honesty, human dignity and practical social reforms. What his supposed spiritual heirs politically espouse would be more recognizable to a UN bureaucrat than to Wesley. Thankfully, "God's Renewed Creation" will be even more widely ignored than "In Defense of Creation" was 24 years ago.


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Conrad Brunner
Q. Do you see Jermaine O'Neal's lack of double-figure rebounding as a problem for the rebounding-poor Pacers? It seems that Jermaine has never been quite as good at rebounding as it seems he should. What do you think? (From Paul in Indianapolis)
A. While making a judgment on one preseason game (in which O'Neal had five rebounds in 27 minutes against Minnesota last Thursday) would be wildly premature, it's a reasonable question based on last season. O'Neal's rebounding average of 8.8 was his lowest, by far, of his five seasons with the Pacers and 15th among NBA power forwards. He had averaged 10.1 in the first four, with a previous low of 9.8 in 2000-01. The shoulder injury suffered in March certainly didn't help but neither was it the cause; he played just three regular-season games after that happened, so his average was already well-established. While the Pacers did struggle on the boards last season, ranking near the bottom of the league, that was most likely an aberration; when at relative full strength the year before, they were among the top rebounding teams in he league (ranking sixth in the league in overall rebound percentage). To be sure, the team needs O'Neal to fully exploits his primary strengths low-post scoring, rebounding and shot-blocking to the fullest extent of his abilities. Maybe being forced to play center for awhile will turn out to be a good thing for the team and O'Neal, because he is at his absolute best when he's working the lane and not drifting on the perimeter.


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What are some nicknames for Thalassa?"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree, it will spend it's whole life believing that it is stupid." - Albert Einstein.
14, writer (http://www.wattpad.com/user/arboretum), and obsessed with names since forever.
Plucky Heroines - Lyla, Waverly, Caroline, Lucy, Linnea, Early, Arielle, Ariadne, Felicity 'Fliss', Livienne, Ketura 'Kit', Laura
Dashing Heroes - Waylon, Luca, Wilder,Stephen, Daniel, Lysander, Levi, Nathaniel, Adam


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Sat Feb 18, 2012, 10:11 PM
James48 (1,349 posts)
How Rick Santorum Ripped Off American Veterans
A controversial land deal by the presidential candidate robbed a vets' home of tens of millions of dollars.
By Andy Kroll Motherjones News
Like any good presidential candidate, Rick Santorum heaps praise on America's soldiers and veterans. He's pledged to "make veterans a high priority" if elected president, adding, "This is not a Republican issue, this is not a Democratic issue, it is an American issue." But as a US senator, Santorum engineered a controversial land deal that robbed the military's top veterans' home of tens of millions of dollars and worsened the deteriorating conditions at the facility.
The Armed Forces Retirement Home, which is run by the Department of Defense, bills itself as the "premier home for military retirees and veterans." The facility sprawls across 272 acres high on a hill in northern Washington, DC, near the Petworth neighborhood. The nearly 600 veterans who now live there enjoy panoramic views of the citythe Washington monument and US Capitol to the south, the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to the east. At its peak, more than 2,000 veterans of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War lived at the Home.
But with the rise of the smaller all-volunteer military, the Home began to run into serious financial problems. It was clear that one of its primary sources of revenuea 50-cent deduction from the paychecks of active-duty servicememberswasn't enough to keep the Home operating fully. In the 1990s, the Home scrambled to find ways to avoid insolvency, trimming its staff by 24 percent and reducing its vet population by 800. Still, the money problems began to show, with its older historic facilities slipping into disrepair and decay. To grapple with its worsening shortfall, officials running the Home eyed a valuable, 49-acre piece of land worth $49 million as a potential financial lifeline.
(READ THE STORY OF HOW RICK SANTORUM STOLE VETERANS LAND HERE: http://motherjones.com/politics/2012/01/how-rick-santorum-ripped-off-american-military-veterans )
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Sat Feb 18, 2012, 10:23 PM
Ilsa (45,499 posts)
1. He arranged for the Catholic University to rip them off
with an amendment to the NDAA. Santorum's amendment restricted how the Home could divest itself or use the property for income. It led to a bad sale. Santorum set up the whole rip-off. He should be ashamed of himself. Pig.
Good find in MJ!
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atreides1 (13,001 posts)
2. This thing
Because I refuse to call it a man...is slime...he is the fecal matter on the bottom of the ocean that is lower then whale shit!!!


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Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced Thursday that the Laval Rouge-et-Or will host the 49th annual Vanier Cup.
The CIS football championship game will be held in Quebec City for the third time since 1965. Quebec City hosted the big game in 2009 and 2010. The final is set for Saturday, Nov. 23.
"We are very excited to return to Quebec City for the 2013 Vanier Cup," said CIS president Leo MacPherson. "We are coming off a very successful Vanier Cup and we strongly feel staging the game at Laval next fall is the best way to build on that success and keep the momentum going as we get set to celebrate our 50th anniversary edition in 2014."
In last year's Vanier Cup, the Rouge-et-Or beat the McMaster Marauders 37-14 for their seventh title. The Quebec university squad has been to Vanier Cup five times out of the last seven years.
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VGP - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said it will implement the project on growing vegetables according to VietGAP standards in Hà Nội, Vĩnh Phúc, Hải Dương, Hải Phòng, Bắc Ninh, Nghệ An, Ninh Thuận, Lâm Đồng, Đắk Lắk in the 2011-2013 period.
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Under the project, 7 kinds of vegetables will be grown under VietGAP standards in an area of 675 hectares. Besides, 27 training courses will be held to train 810 agricultural promotion officers, and 405 courses to train farmers.
Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) are principles, processes and procedures that guide organizations and individuals in producing, harvesting and semi-processing to ensure safety, improve product quality, ensure social welfares, health of producers and consumers, protect environment and trace origins of products.
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As bloggers, we live for traffic and comments. We hope our content goes viral. We slave over our words and hope that the following we've amassed on social media will be enough to spread it across the web.
Most of us think of our blog as the cog in the center of the wheel. Our social media profiles all lead to it. "All roads lead to Rome right?"
Using social media outlets to scream about our content will only annoy our followers and turn us in flat versions of our 3D selves. We have to stop seeing ourselves as a blogger with one blog, and start looking at social media like they are mini-blogs that stand on their own.
Imagine instead of a cog in a wheel with spokes, imagine all parts as equal. Blog, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google Plus. Where do they all feed into?
Why you of course!
It's time we start curating unique content on each of those profiles, rather than just pasting links back to our blog.
I've written a post about how we can learn to shift our paradigm about social media by taking our direction from how a teacher plans his/her lessons. It's on my blog at Fabulous Blogging.
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JERUSALEM (Dec. 28)
A manifeste to the Jews of the world to continue their aid to the Jewish National Fund was issued here today in connection with the celebration of the J.N.F. jubiles, which is being observed throughout the country.
"We remember in veneration and respect the men who a half-century ago had the wisdom and foresight to give form to this ideal," the manifesto says. "We remember those who, in the years that followed, developed the Jewish National Fund into a strong instrument of Zionism. In its ceaseless, mundane day-to-day work, the Fund brought, step by step, the ancient soil again into Jewish hands and thus, to new life. On J.N.F. land, a generation grew up that would not abandon their estate, when the great test came, and with it the freedom of Israel.
"Today we recall the anxieties of the past and the struggle which lies behind us; we are grateful for what has been achieved and proud of those who achieved it–yet only the work which lies ahead will complete our historic mission. There is no task more noble than to free the earth from the deadly grip of neglect, to transform the curse of the waste into the blessing of plenty. The Jewish National Fund in its second fifty years' span will be the redeeming hand to win back the soil for the tillers. The Jewish people the world over will share in this undertaking, for the Fund is, and remains, their instrument."


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August 23, 2008 at 11:52 am
As I was standing in the hallway at the Blog Indiana conference last week waiting for a session to end, two men were chatting next to me about burning down the place where I work.
"Yeah, I hate PastaQueen's workplace," one said. "They're evil."
The other man got out his business card and said, "I agree. I'd love to take them down." He handed his card over.
"I'll help you go down there and torch the place some night," the first man replied.
Wow, I thought as I stared through the glass door willing the session to end. I'd better not mention where I work. And next time I'm at the office I'd better take careful note of the fire exits.
Despite this flaming start, I enjoyed hanging with Hoosier bloggers last weekend. I wasn't sure what to expect from a first-time blogging conference where the main focus was our location. Indiana is known more for its corn than its blogs and physical location seems irrelevant when it comes to the web. Many people blog because they can't find people […]


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daKune Lodge
A boutique backpackers located in a quiet location where you can relax after a day on the mountain. We offer a complimentary continental breakfast and can provide an evening meal if required.
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After a hectic day exploring the wonders of the Tongariro National Park or the Whanganui river, enjoy a BBQ on the deck or relax in front of the open log fire. Soothe your aches and pains in the spa or sauna and forget the rest of the world as you reminisce over your adventures through our spectacular scenery.
At daKune Lodge you are welcome to join us with our eclectic mix of kids, cats and dogs – there's never a dull moment! There's nothing we can't try to do to make your stay an experience you won't forget.
If you "Arrive as strangers – you'll leave as friends!"
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daKune Lodge, 42 Park Ave, Ohakune, Ruapehu, 4625, New Zealand.
Opening times
- Business hours:
- 7am - 9pm, 7 days
- Months of operation:
- All months of the year
Facilities and Features
- BBQ Facility
- Breakfast
- Children Welcome
- Conference Facilities
- Dinner
- Internet (Public Use)
- Laundry
- Sky - communal
- Spa Pool
- Proximity to town:
- Ohakune town centre 2km
- Number of rooms:
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Just steps away from the sea foam of the beautiful Fort Lauderdale beach, B Ocean Fort Lauderdale offers you a sensational experience: ocean view hotel accommodations, unique restaurants and lounging areas, B Indulged™ spa suite and a variety of excursions to explore the destination. Our B on Top™ ballroom and meeting rooms on the penthouse floor overlook the Atlantic Ocean, the beautiful beach and the famed Intracoastal waterways, presenting a special setting for social and business gatherings in sophistication and style. High speed Internet access is complimentary throughout the hotel including your guestroom.Experience a day of adventure, B Active™, make business more productive or...just touch the golden sands, listen to the waves, take a breath of the ocean breeze, be relaxed or indulge yourself at the Fort Lauderdale hotel.
As they care greatly about our environment and community, they have integrated green initiatives and sustainable practices throughout the hotel. They want to thank you for joining them in helping preserve and protect our natural resources. The sea turtle waiting for you on the Blissful Bed is an animal that is native to Fort Lauderdale, and B Ocean supports sea turtle conservation organizations in their efforts to ensure the survival of these sea creatures.
B Ocean features delicious dining options including SAIA - signature restaurant, B'stro on the Beach - which offers fresh pastries, chopped salads, organic fares and our exclusive wine bar, and Breeze - hospitality suite with an open-air terrace overlooking beautiful Fort Lauderdale Beach. And, of course, guests may choose to dine in the privacy of their rooms.
Guests will be tantalized by the multiple food and beverage offerings that are available at B Ocean Fort Lauderdale - just the way it should B
Welcome to SAIA - a harmonious experience of the senses in a modish Southeast Asian style. Savor SAIA's authentic Asian cuisine prepared by Master Chef Chenkosorn, formerly of the Delano. B Ready to B Inspired™ at the restaurant in Fort Lauderdale with selections that feature impressive nouveau presentation of Japanese sushi. Chef Chenkosorn's culinary inspirations come naturally from his exposure to Thai street market food in his earlier years and his extensive travels throughout Southeast Asia and the Caribbean.
Smell the aroma of the spice trade permeating from the Teppan grill as your friendly service team tends to your needs. Hear the delight from your friends as each new dish is placed in the center of the table, served in a communal shared style. Feel the energy and passion created with an open, performance kitchen. Imagine all of this against a backdrop of transcending musical rhythms while bartenders prepare high definition drinks using premium spirits, fresh ingredients, sakes and our signature, infused Shochus. In just one visit to the Fort Lauderdale restaurant you will know why SAIA is more than just a fine dining destination - it is an experience that inspires the senses.
It begins daily, before the first guests joins, with the baking of their artisanal and organic breads, pastries, and croissants. Explore an inspiration of France in their presented breakfast buffet with wholesome ingredients and a fresh approach to classic offerings that will evoke your senses. Or you can B Casual while on the run and pick up a quick delicious tortine, gourmet coffee, fresh local fruits, or other rise and shine offerings.
As the day turns, so do the dining options of B'stro on the Beach™. Order from a Chef inspired fresh selection of soups, salads, and sandwiches. Be sure to consider B'stro signatures like the French onion soup, sautéed frisee and prosciutto salad, and of course the croque monsieur. You may also enjoy a fully composed entrée that includes several of Celebrity Chef Holli's signature creations.
Socialize with family, friends, or colleagues each evening as the atmosphere of B'stro on the Beach ushers in the all the charms that help define the allure of French cafes. We invite you to sample from our selection of 24 wines from around the globe served from their self-serve Cruvinet that is all the rage. Indulge and delight in Fromage and charcuterie. Enhance your dining experience by savoring a variety of artesian cheeses and freshly baked breads.
The B'stro on the Beach in Fort Lauderdale is open daily.
The place for a true "hang out". B Sun-Kissed by the warm South Florida sunshine or enjoy a refreshing dip in our infinity-edge pool. While you bask in the sun on your chaise lounge, we'll B Happy to serve you a fresh tropical fruit cocktail or your favorite beverage to complement your choice from the array of our tempting tapas and sandwiches. Or just kick-back and dream the day away while lounging in your poolside daybed all at the hotel in Fort Lauderdale.
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Many of Fort Lauderdale's most sought-after attractions are within walking distance or just minutes away by car from the beach hotel. At B Ocean Fort Lauderdale, they can help you discover all of Fort Lauderdale...or you can simply sit back, relax and Just B!Nearby Attractions:


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Corn futures dipped Wednesday. Little fresh news concerning corn has emerged since Tuesday, which apparently spurred long liquidation ahead of forthcoming reports. The weekly Export Sales report comes out tomorrow, as does the latest CONAB report on Brazilian crop production. The monthly USDA WASDE report follows on Friday. July corn settled 3.5 cents lower at $5.14/bushel Wednesday, but December stalled at $5.095.
Talk of increased South American production and reduced demand depressed soy prices. Brazil's USDA counterpart CONAB is set to release its latest estimate of that country's 2013/14 soybean crop tomorrow, with many expecting a fresh record. Traders also suspect Chinese buying will slow during the coming weeks and months, with S.A. beans likely to flow into the U.S. this spring. July soybeans fell 13.25 cents to $14.4625/bushel at Tuesday's settlement, while July soyoil sank 0.28 cents to 40.83 cents/pound, and July soymeal sagged $2.6 to $474.9/ton.
The wheat markets diverged somewhat in Wednesday trading. The wheat situation still seems bullish, with drought dominating the southern Plains winter wheat outlook and excess moisture slowing spring wheat plantings in the north. The Black Sea situation hasn't improved either. Winter wheat futures declined despite the news, but Minneapolis prices rose modestly. July CBOT wheat futures skidded 1.25 cents to $7.3775/bushel Wednesday afternoon, and July KCBT wheat futures slid 4.25 cents to $8.415, while July MWE futures gained 1.75 to $8.065.
Persistent beef weakness seemingly weighed on cattle futures. Although many in the livestock/meat industry may be anticipating a seasonal bounce in beef prices as grocers buy for Memorial Day features, the latest wholesale news hasn't been supportive. Indeed, midsession beef losses probably depressed CME prices this afternoon. June cattle dropped 0.72 cents to 137.57 cents/pound as Wednesday's pit session ended, while December stumbled 0.42 cents at 144.20. Meanwhile, August feeder cattle dropped 0.57 cents to 190.67 cents/pound, and October fell 0.67 cents to 191.52.
Hog futures ignored supportive midsession news. Although the cash hog markets have stabilized this week, Tuesday's late wholesale reports stated pork values almost 4.0 cents lower on the day. Such huge losses certainly won't encourage pork packers to pay up for swine during the days ahead. However, pork prices rose somewhat at midday, and monthly export data looked bullish. June futures weakness in the face of that news wasn't encouraging. June hog futures plunged 2.05 cents to 121.17 cents/pound at Wednesday's settlement, while December lost 0.15 cents to 94.80.


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Posted by ESC on June 19, 2003
In Reply to: Meaning and source of a phrase posted by KateB on June 19, 2003
: Can someone please tell me the source of, and exact meaning
of the phrase "A prophet is not recognised in his own land".
: Thank you
It's from the Bible (See Bible Gateway at http://bible.gospelcom.net/ ) It appears several times including:
King James Version:
Matthew 13:57
And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
New International Version
Matthew 13:57
And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "Only in his hometown and in his own house is a prophet without honor."
(Whole Chapter: Matthew 13 In context: Matthew 13:56-58)
I think it means people will respect and believe an "out-of-town expert" quicker than a hometown boy (or girl). If they've seen you grow up, it's hard to take you serious.


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Athens Regional Medical Center Blood Drive - 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 1199 Prince Ave.
"Housing Opportunities for All Georgians" symposium - 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.,Georgia Center for Continuing Education; a one day symposium developed to educate states, local governments, homebuyers, developers, and affordable housing advocacy groups that are committed to producing affordable housing for middle-income families; $25; contact Karen Tinsley at email@example.com or (706) 542-4949.
Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter St.; (706) 613-3650:
- Children's storytimes - 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.
- Brown Bag Lunch: "The Oconee War Revisited: Mapping Georgia's Borderland War, 1785-1796" - 12:15 p.m.; land fever and insurrection in the Oconee Valley and how Georgia lost and the United States won the war; avisual tour of the history of the war including maps, quotes and portraits; presentation by local historian Steve Scurry.
- Family Night at the (Described) Movies - 4 p.m.; join the Special Needs Library for the family favorite "The Land Before Time;" features a non-intrusive narration track that makes the film available to non-sighted viewers as well as sighted.
Parents Supporting Parents meeting - 10-11:30 a.m., Jittery Joe's, Highway 15, Watkinsville; open to parents, grandparents and caregivers who want to meet with other parents; (706) 769-8841 or (706) 546-1957.
Toastmasters International - noon, Chamber of Commerce, 246 W. Hancock St.; Toastmasters International, a public speaking club, meets Tuesdays; (706) 546-6287.
Old Time Country and Bluegrass Jam Session - 7-9 p.m., Carmine's Pizza, 1990 Main St., Comer; musicians and spectators are invited; offered Tuesdays; free; (706) 783-5145.
Postnatal Psychiatric Disorders Acceptance through Compassion and Education (P.A.C.E.) - 7 p.m., Nuci's Space, 396 Oconee St.; supports moms caught unexpectedly by postpartum depression; meetings are held on second and fourth Tuesdays; open to women currently affected or survivors; (678) 661-0016;
www.ppdacceptance.org; email@example.com.
Book signing and discussion: "The Angry Drum Echoed" by Pamela Bauer Mueller - 7 p.m., Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 3650 Atlanta Highway; Georgia Author of the Year winner Mueller recounts an unforgettable period in colonial history through one of its key players, Mary Musgrove.
La Compaia presents "The Line in the Sand: Stories from the US/Mexico Border" - 7 p.m., UnitarianUniversalist Fellowship, Timothy Road; sponsored by the Economic Justice Coalition, an Athens-Clarke County non-profit organization that works for a living wage and fair treatment for all workers; free; email@example.com or (706) 425-3990.
Terrapin Tuesday Bluegrass Series presents The Mudflapjacks - 7-10 p.m., The Melting Point.
Casino Salsa classes - 8-10 p.m., Transmetropolitan, upstairs; $10; $8 for students; offered Tuesdays and Thursday; (706) 372-7056.
University Theatre presents "Sordid Lives" - 8 p.m. today-Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday; Cellar Theatre, Fine Arts Building, University of Georgia; $15; $12 for students.
Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers (ex-Refreshments), The Alternate Routes - 10 p.m., Tasty World.
VHS or Beta - 40 Watt.
Commissioners of the Athens Housing Authority regular session meeting - 4:30 p.m., AHA Central Office, 300 S. Rocksprings St.
Board of Trustees of Athens Regional Medical Center meeting - 11 a.m., Administrative Offices of ARMC board room, 1199 Prince Ave.
Board of Trustees of Athens Regional Health Services and Medical Center combined meeting - noon, Administrative Offices of ARMC board room, 1199 Prince Ave.
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|D circa 2002 Track
|D circa 1999 Cross Country
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Yes I had some chunk back in those days
|D circa 2002 Track
|D circa 1999 Cross Country
|D's #1 fan circa 2002
Yes I had some chunk back in those days
ohh snap I love a challenge!! maybe that is what I need to get me to kick my training to the next level, a friend who wants to throw down a challengeReplyDelete
bahaha, love it!! you will totally school him, i can feel it :)ReplyDelete
This is soo cool to get a window into your past. Ha! You go girl. I've given up trying to keep up with my husband at this point. He is go go going. Maybe I should go with him and we should both shoot for that Boston Qualifying like a man. :) Good luck!ReplyDelete
Ha! This will be fun. New to your blog, but I love this competition :)ReplyDelete
This is great! No need to feel ashamed or anything! I'm rooting for you!ReplyDelete
Good luck! I have a feeling you will totally chick him!ReplyDelete
I love the challenge!! You can do it!!! :)ReplyDelete
Maybe, one day, I'll be able to challenge my OH to a race - it'd take a lot of speed training though! Good luck!ReplyDelete
Ha, this is awesome! It's no secret in this house that I love beating my hubby in, um...anything!
I love it! I think it's an awesome challenge and I hope you kick his butt! I take it he's running the Hot Chocolate? Me too! I cannot wait!ReplyDelete
This is too cool. Good luck!!!ReplyDelete
that is SO awesome. my boyfriend (nearly same story-- ran in high school, was super fast, doesn't run anymore) wants to race me in a 5-miler on thanksgiving. half of me is really excited that he wants to run, and half of me is prepping to DESTROY him, haha!ReplyDelete
That's awesome!! I think these types of challenges are great motivators to get us to push ourselves more.
I have told my dad that my goal is to beat him in a 5k. He is fast. Gives me more motivation. ;).
DO IT! I am rooting for you!ReplyDelete
Hahaha this is too funny! I love that you and your husband are both speedy and can have these challenges! Dean is WAY faster than me so it's not an option. ever. Have fun training - can't wait to hear all about it!ReplyDelete
Wow, D was ridiculously fast in high school and college, no surprise that you never saw him lose a race. I bet the only races he lost in track were at the regionals or the State Meet. Glad that he is now healthy and able to run regularly.
I would try to take advantage that he is not back to being in full shape yet, because I bet once he gets his body back to running at full capacity I bet you will have a tough time catching him, haha But I guess it all depends on what his race distance goals are, or what he wants to focus on.
haha, too fun!! love hearing about your hubs running background!ReplyDelete
I can totally appreciate this! My husband is NOT a runner. I would deinitely beat him in a race. But he also never really tries. I would be ALL over it if he ever challenged me. And I would DIE if he beat me. (Only difference between the two of you and my husband and I is a teensy 5-10 minutes...ha)ReplyDelete
Good luck Britt! You can do it! Beat that boy (no offense) lol it's all in good fun!ReplyDelete
I am putting my money on you! Have fun with this! I am sure you will!!ReplyDelete
Kick his butt!ReplyDelete
I may be one of your biggest fans…but I'm afraid for this upcoming 'Santa Hustle' I'ma be cheerin' for hubs (I'm dusting off my pom-poms as we speak).ReplyDelete


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Aston Martin Newport Beach and Dawson Cole Fine Art Present L'Arte Du Soleil – Benefitting HomeAid.
"We have always wanted to align with the art world. Aston Martin cars are truly works of art – I think any art enthusiast can appreciate the design and craftsmanship of our vehicles" says James Peacock, General Manager of Aston Martin Newport Beach. He adds "We are thrilled to partner with Dawson Cole, bringing this aspiration closer to reality." Aston Martin Newport Beach will have vehicles on display at the courtyard of the Laguna Beach gallery.
A portion of the funds raised during the evening reception benefit HomeAid -- a nonprofit organization providing dignified housing for homeless men, women and children. "Unlike any time in America's history, today's homeless are primarily children, women, and families. Each day thousands in our community find themselves without a home often as a result of devastating circumstances beyond their control. Through HomeAid, safety, dignity and a new life can begin as a result of a home where they can get back on their feet, catch their breath and regain a life of self-sufficiency,"
Having the unique distinction of being the #1 Dealer in the U.S. for retail sales as well as being awarded the After Sales Shop of the Year Award (2010), Aston Martin Newport Beach has earned a favorable position in the community as the premiere luxury car dealer. As the only franchised Aston Martin dealer and dedicated service center in Orange County, the dealership is able to deliver exceptional product and service that the brand is nykl known for. The dealership is located at 1540 Jamboree Road, Newport Beach, CA 92660. For more information, please visit http://www.AstonMartinNewportBeach.com
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One of the good things that came out of the tragic events of 9/11 is that heroism has reacquired some of its original luster. I'm not certain when it lost it, not at all certain when bravery above and beyond the call of duty gave way to meaning nothing more or less than being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Looking back, I have an idea it happened during the Jimmy Carter administration when hostages were taken in Tehran. People who had been abducted by the minions of Ayatolah Khomeni, and held captive by Iranian thugs, were being widely hailed as heroes by the American media.
I'm not suggesting that a hostage can't also be a hero. Apparently Sen. John McCain behaved like one when he was a POW, volunteering to be beaten by the Vietnamese in order to spare the men in his charge. But I'm afraid that your run-of-the-mill hostage is no more a hero than were any of the unfortunate passengers in the planes that were crashed into the World Trade Center.
It is appropriate to grieve for innocent victims, but we should stop short of lionizing them. Otherwise, how do we distinguish between those who simply die and those who perish trying to save others? For instance, the U.S. Air Force pilot who was shot down behind enemy lines, surviving on bugs and swamp water in Kosovo, was not a hero; the pilots who risked their own necks flying in to save his, were.
In our society, we even call football players and Olympic skaters heroes, further confusing the issue. The most you can say for some guy who's looking to win the Super Bowl or a gold medal is that he's a darn good athlete, and leave it at that.
In the main, the 3,000 people who were massacred in Manhattan on September 11, 2001, were no more heroic than you or I. On the other hand, the cops and the firemen, those who ran into the blazing infernos in order to rescue perfect strangers, were the ones who exhibited the requisite bravery and self-sacrifice to deserve the honor.
The point to all this is that you do not turn anyone into a hero simply by calling him one. All you really accomplish is to so totally cheapen the word as to make it meaningless when the real thing comes along.