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Published at Sunday, July 28th, 2019 - 09:26:00 AM. Wedding Dresses. By Alphonsine Weiß.
Purple has a regal history, and gives a sense of luxury and elegance to a wedding dress. Use dark shades sparingly, however, to avoid overwhelming with such a strong tone. Lighter tones of purple are uplifting, and are often chosen by creative people.
Choosing the right wedding dress can be the most essential part of the wedding planning for the bride. If you need to shop a marriage dress from the stores near to you or need to order one exclusively for you, you have to consider a couple tips to make your wedding as your fantasy. It is shrewd to keep a record of photos of marriage dresses that you like from wedding magazines, advertisements or promotions of boutiques, if you have plans to get married inside of a year.
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If you contact us on the same day as the order, or very soon after, we may be able to ask the courier to direct to another address. If you don't contact us in time, one of the following may happen:
- The gift may be delivered, and potentially kept by the receiver at the wrong address. If this occurs there is nothing we can do as we don't know who has the gift.
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- The courier company will contact us and the hamper will be returned. If you wish the gift to be re-delivered, a new shipping fee will need to be charged. If the hamper is not returned to us, we will assume is has been delivered and no refund is available.

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Office Of Small Business Growth Centers
The Small Enterprise Development Middle at River Falls: The Small Enterprise Improvement Center (SBDC) at River Falls is part of a statewide network supporting entrepreneurs and enterprise house owners by no-cost, confidential consulting and focused education coaching packages. A pennysaver mentality for proposals leads to reducing out the all-necessary capture actions, overworking and burning out employees, and deciding to save a couple of thousand dollars at the end to chop corners on a bid that might have received if the company hadn't scrooged on the previous couple of touches that would have taken the proposal from inexperienced to blue.
Any catastrophe, resembling a cease-work order on a bread-and-butter challenge or loss of a recompete, could wipe out the corporate. Whether you might be a complicated account supervisor or a brand new enterprise acquisition specialist, there are particular techniques and sales methodologies that will inevitably help the revenue producing numbers of a more seasoned sales professional. Nevertheless, it's quite frequent to confer with management or supervisor development when speaking about packages or approaches.
Organizational improvement manager is normally the one who manages design and implementation insurance policies and procedures of the group. So, as an alternative of spending time on hobbies, it would be higher to spend on the business advertising and marketing marketing campaign. BPM lends a useful hand with use instances, event modeling, business class models, subtype and package fashions. Tailor your story to the jobApplying your story to a selected employer or job is the next step.
Leadership is the ability to see a spot between what is and what needs to be and the willingness to take responsibility for closing it. Leadership may also be the ability to create a niche between what is and what must be, the place such a spot is critical to propel the business ahead, and, then, taking responsibility for closing it.
When you hire a consultant you need someone who has been there, constructed and managed companies, analyzed markets, and carried out and managed enterprise growth, marketing and sales campaigns in a variety of markets for various products, for small to mid sized firms.


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April 07, 2013
an ode to arthur pendragon
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The more I see of Arthur the more I like him. He has his annoying moments still, but I think part of it is he has trouble expressing himself - unlike Merlin who never hesitates to say what is on his mind. (Well, usually.)ReplyDelete
But, in spite of his partness from time to time, I really like him. He cares for his friends and people, even when it is at risk to his own life.
Oh my goodness I can't believe I didn't comment here! your post on Arthur was brilliant! I adore Arthur, he has my undivided love. There are times when he is annoying and stupid, but overall he is a good man who cares for his friends and wants to do the right thing. He and Merlin are brilliant together.ReplyDelete
Where are you on Merlin? have you finished Season 5? :'(Replies
I'm halfway through season 4. I was watching it on youtube, but then it was taken off and now I can't find it anywhere and I am in agony and AHHH. *rips hear out*Delete


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eCommerce Web Site Design: ReBuilding Your Online Brand (Interview with Parker Anger of Adrenaline)
Re-designing and building a new website as your business is evolving is no easy task. Adrenaline Lacrosse, a California-based lacrosse company, recently took a risk in updating their brand and rebuilding their website in an effort to extend to the consumer a clearer picture of who they are and what they do. It has paid off with an increase in sales for both their events and their manufactured products and has set them up for long-term success. In this blog, Ryan MacMurray, Groove's first dual-certified developer, sits down with Adrenaline Lacrosse to discuss the evolution of Adrenaline and how their website evolved with the company.
Early in my career, as I learned the ins and outs of graphic and web design, I was fortunate to work with a small (but growing) company that was started by a college friend - Adrenaline Lacrosse. I loved the culture of the group, although I was working from a distance and didn't get to experience the day-to-day atmosphere. There was the occasional stressful times, trying to figure out how to take positive steps to improve the product, but we mostly kept things light and had a lot of fun.
Time passed and we went our separate ways, I found a new home at Groove Commerce, but I still kept an eye on how Adrenaline was doing. The last few years have been significant for the founders' vision; being at the front of a lacrosse boom in the western U.S. I was interested to see what their experiences had been, in particular while updating their brand identity and building a new website.
Background: Adrenaline Lacrosse is a Southern California based company that began as a series of part-time summer lacrosse camps and clinics and has grown into an edgy and well-regarded action sports brand. Adrenaline is creating excitement and opportunities in the western U.S. for a sport that has generally been played on the east coast. Adrenaline's evolution has been aggressive, ambitious and fueled by a vision and commitment to become the brand of choice for a growing community of youth lacrosse players and eventually even mainstream audiences.
The Business: Adrenaline's core focus has involved producing lacrosse teaching and recruiting events and launching a unique apparel brand, which soon became another highly visible showcase of the companies' creative personality. Recently the company opened a flagship store in Downtown San Diego.
Online: Adrenaline recognized the importance of having a strong online presence. Multiple systems and approaches were used on past attempts to try and build a site focused around collecting information and payments for events the company was offering. This system also had an organized and streamlined set of administrative tools that could be used internally to manage the events. An added challenge was incorporating their growing apparel line into the website.
As with many small growing businesses, difficult decisions of how to spend money to grow the business, meant the online product did not always live up to the high standard that they wanted to set, and was regularly being re-designed in order to meet the growing demands of customers.
While the functionality and competency of the site had to be top notch - the design, branding and identity of the site also had to be impressive. The company had established itself (especially in the West) as a cool, young company with a good reputation, a great logo and a unique apparel line. Now, Adrenaline's image needed to carry over to the online world. Needless to say, there were a lot of demands and really anything less then the site visually meeting Adrenaline's needs and functionally being as automated and streamlined as possible, was not going to be acceptable.
Relaunch/Success: Adrenaline partnered up with Salt Lake design agency 'Super Top Secret', to update their brand identity while designing and building the latest version of their site. Launched in late 2012, to coincide with the opening of the new flagship store, it is one of the most beautiful action sports sites I have seen. The first thing a customer notices is the incredible design and photography. The full screen width slider showcases Adrenaline's top events and programs using eye-catching photography and design. The remaining elements fit in a modular layout, which draw you in through the unbalanced look. Multiple sliding elements keep the content clean as you travel further down the page, but the use of stimulating color and photographs keep the viewer interested. Second level content pages remain static with full-page banner elements while adding motion graphics to increase impact and create excitement. Also added to the new site was an apparel catalog with a separate e-commerce interface to keep the customer funnel separate from the custom registration and event payment platform.
Parker Anger is the VP of Branding and Design and has been a key player in creating and protecting the Adrenaline brand through its design and marketing, both online and offline.
Ryan: Previously, Adrenaline's site was structured around listing lacrosse programs as well as the stories and history associated with each of the lacrosse programs offered by Adrenaline and any player success stories. The site has changed from being an events-focused site to more of a brand driven website that was meant to showcase the Adrenaline spirit while also containing a reliable system for processing and distributing information for the camps.
Adrenaline: Yeah you are kind of touching on the two components of the website, branding and operational. So from the branding perspective it got very difficult to tell a story. Our first goal was the front-end presentation-branding component. In the past, prior to our brand consolidation, all the entities were separate, running autonomously. There was a bit of brand incest going on because we were so familiar with each other and were able to leverage marketing. So a year ago the businesses consolidated and formed one business. We thought that it was important from the front-end to tell that story on one website.
Operationally, from the back-end, leveraging all of this content from the SEO standpoint was really the easiest decision to make. Consolidating all of our content and really focusing on what our users want to read - that was the easy part.
R: What were some of the challenges you faced? Was it difficult to merge all the different identities into Adrenaline? How did you approach that?
A: The biggest challenge was trying to work an outside ad agency. Alex and I spent countless days in Utah, building the matrix on a whiteboard explaining how everything was tied together, which we knew so well. The agency didn't know anything about lacrosse, our brand, or how everything was tied together. So really building the matrix visualizing how everything was tied together and how that would be built on a website was probably our biggest challenge along with getting the wireframe built. We knew what the headers should be but as we placed products into categories things just didn't fit. So coming up with the wireframe was definitely a big challenge.
The next challenge was rebranding. We went through a bunch of logo options and tried to figure out what to do with our cool logo, which is "The Guy" (Adrenaline lacrosse main logo image is often called "The Adrenaline Guy"). You know, "The Guy" is very iconic with the sport of lacrosse and I think we wanted something that had a much larger impact. While trying to figure out what to do, we developed the shield as an alternative logo, which we're using now as our corporate brand.
R: Did you have any debates over whether to go with a wordmark, "The Guy" logo or the shield logo in the header area of the new site?
A: The outside agency developed a lot of logos that we will use and we've actually taken these logos internally to our design department and have refined them more. This is actually a real-time discussion going on right now and we're building it internally.
R: When you were building this site, did you have any ideas that you thought had the potential that you ended up having to cancel for one reason or another?
A: The new site will take three stages to complete fully. We have really just launched stage one and the effort it took to get it off the ground and having it functioning properly, took a ton of resources; I mean quite literally - just to build the site. We are just now embarking on stage 2.
I think our goal is to have the site be more engaging for our users. One of the things now, which is sort of cool aesthetically, but the experience isn't quite there yet, is that a lot of things don't move and aren't clickable right now especially when you go to an event page, it's just a static page. But if you go to our recruiting page, we've been able to get a tad creative by building a GIF into the page, however the level of engagement for an awesome user experience, is just not there yet. So that is a major goal of ours - to make the site more dynamic and engaging.
The goal of phase 3 will really be to tie the first two phases together and create an experience with our site that is seamless. We want people to be able to purchase our socks, register for a camp and purchase event tickets all in one instance. That will be a challenge but it will make us incredibly happy when we are able to see it in action.
R: What was the best part of working with an agency like STS? It seems like whenever I saw pictures of all of you guys out there, it just seemed like you guys were having a great time. I was kind of jealous.
A: Yeah I think the best part of it was the perspective and the ability to leverage a company that wasn't just an expert in developing a website or an expert in writing copy or producing an ad. They really were an all-in-one/ one-stop shop brand consultant. I know a lot of these agencies do that now, where it's not your classic "Mad Men" agency like "here's your ad campaign". It's like they all have a web developer, a logo guy, and a copywriter. And it was really fascinating to go in there and sort of go from department to department and see how these concepts were married. So to have continuity with the way the logo should look and to talk to the copyrighter and have that be supported. That was really cool. Often times you would have to develop the website with one person at one company and design it with another and then come up with the copy with another. To have it be all in one was really cool. And certainly something we aspire to have here within our own departments. I tend to think we learned a lot from them, especially our marketing department.
I think the last best part about working with an agency is they put a lot of their concepts into context. So they would do something and wouldn't just send it to you and be like "here you go". It always came with an explanation. And just like everything else you are interested in it, should come with a cool story. Like you buy a t-shirt because it's got a cool story. You buy an album because it's got a cool story. They did that very well. So it's not just like "here are the tag-lines". All these things I think our entire building here that works with them just learned a lot about that continuity.
R: So do you have any examples of how your sales or your company brand has improved due to the new site design?
A: Our apparel sales are up, because it's not as complicated. We draw a lot of interest through apparel and shoppers can now finally can come to our site and see it's a brand new Adrenaline. You can actually find Adrenaline apparel. Whereas before, you'd promote Adrenaline apparel and people would say "What's your website?" and we'd say "Oh we don't actually sell on our website". It sort of becomes a joke, "You are an apparel company and you don't actually sell on your website"?
That's the kind of story from a marketing consumer, which has helped us sell apparel and even helping our wholesale customers sell more apparel as well. It's a marketing piece that's generating buzz and it's really consolidating our message and supporting the brand as a whole. People wanted to see what the brand was all about. They were interested in that. That was the biggest driver for us in motivating us to do that and it's been hugely successful.
We took a leap of faith and just said we've got to build a new site and start from scratch. We tried to figure it out and we just had to start from scratch and start with our SEO strategies really from the beginning. So we'd do some of that, we'd strategize a little bit there but I think more than that we're just creating so much content that it wasn't too hard to gain ground and consolidating the content.
R: So what you gained from improving the content outweighed the negative SEO hit?
A: Right. At the end of the day you just want traffic right? There's multiple ways to get traffic to your site. SEO is certainly one way of being able to do that but but valuable content that people want to read is much more important to us and our website.
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Event & Review: Make Up For Ever Pro Finish Powder Foundation
It's been quite a long time since I did a review on foundation...
Hmmm.. did I even reviewed ANY foundation before? Hahax~ =p~
Anyhoo~ I went for the Make Up For Ever's "Never choose the wrong foundation again!" workshop last month and I got to learn more about choosing the right foundation shade from Make Up For Ever's Makeup Artist.
At the workshop, there are total of 25 shades of Pro Finish Powder Foundation displayed at Sephora.
The Pro Finish is:
- A multi-use powder foundation
- 100% Adaptable
- 100% Adaptable
- 0% Cakiness
- Available in 25 shades for all skin tones
- Available in 25 shades for all skin tones
The workshop was held at Sephora Ion Orchard.
Attending the workshop allows us to discover our skin tone and under tone as well as learning how to pick our own shade of foundation.
Placed at Sephora entrace is a big skin shade wheel! Customers who get to spin to their shade wins a Kabuki Brush. How cool is that? ^_^ I'd tried it for fun, but I didn't get my shade~ It's so hard! The winners must be really lucky!
Make Up For Ever Pro Finish display.
The Ultimate Complexion Survival Kit.
The ultimate complexion survival kit that consists of a Pro Finish powder, HD Primer, Mist & Fix, Sens'Eyes, Aqua Smoky Lash and Aqua Eyes.This kit is only at SGD$157!
Makeup galore~ HD Primer in different colours catered for different skin tone and different purposes.
Here's Irwan, Make Up Artist for the workshop.
Before selecting my foundation shade, I gota do some 'tests' or rather, quizzes to know my skin undertone.
One of the test is to put on a silver and gold bangle and see which one compliments my skin.
I actually like both silver and gold jewelleries on me but when come to the one that compliments my skin tone, it would be gold. I also love the element gold & the colour gold very much.. kekex..^∇^
Warm foundations work on me best as it brightens up my face. My skin is also pretty yellowish too.
Irwan picked the 3 lightest shade under the warm tone category. He did a swatch using a wedge sponge and dab all 3 on my neck (I requested it to be applied on my neck as I want the foundation shade to be close to my neck shade). He reminded me that I do not have to blend out the foundation when swatching it on my neck/jawline because by doing so, I will not be able to know which shade is closest to my skin tone. Any foundation blended out will look almost like my skin colour and it'll be even harder for me to decide which one to pick.
After a quick swatch, I immediately know which one to pick. It's shade #117! ^_^ The other 2 are too dark for me while #117 is a tad lighter than my skin but it's fine with me as I prefer to use foundation that's a little bit fairer because sometimes I will oxidize the makeup (mostly happens when I didn't sleep enough the previous day).
I also heard that shade #117 is out of stock worldwide because it is the most popular shade. So does it mean I don't get to repurchase this again if I want to in the future? (⊙⌂⊙) How sad~ I hope Make Up For Ever will make more of #117! I'm actually loving this Pro Finish foundie (review later in this post *scroll scroll*)!
Right, here's a before after pic taken at the workshop~
I already wore foundation when I went for the workshop (left pic). I had on liquid foundation with loose powder and it is already starting to cake and oil up when I reach Sephora. *sigh~*
After Irwan applied the Pro Finish powder on my face & neck area, my face brightens up and has this soft focus look with no cakiness or whatsoever! (right pic)
Close-up of the before (left) and after applying Pro Finish (right).
As Pro Finish contains silica (a loose powder I love using for my undereyes to minimise the appearance of my lines and wrinkles and to give a very smooth finish), hence my skin appears really smooth and velvety in the pictures in compare to the 'before' pic.
Packaging & Ingredients
Here shows it's packaging which indicates that this foundation is a Multi-use Powder Foundation, meaning it can be used as base powder foundation, as a powder to set your foundation or as a compact powder for touch-up.
As mentioned, the powder contains pretty high percentage of silica thus it helps to hide wrinkles or fine lines very well and it also prevents caking too.
Starring the NEW Make Up For Ever Pro Finish Powder Foundation~ So glossy lookin' here!
The foundation is about palm size big.
It is a 2-tier casing which contains a mirror and a sponge underneath the foundation.
Shade #117 label is found at the back of the casing.
The sponge isn't hard or too soft. It feels just nice and has a little bounce to it.
Close-up of the powder foundation.
First 2 row shows foundation not blended, last pic is blended. It is close to my skin tone but slightly fairer.
Here's pictures of my right half face applied with the Pro Finish Powder Foundation and the left half with no makeup (applied with only skincare & sunblock).
Below taken with indoor white lighting.
Close-up of my cheek & jawline with and without the Pro Finish. Such big difference! Note that I had all my flaws concealed before applying the foundation.
And finally full face with Pro Finish! Darn.. i look kinda scary with no other makeup.... hahhaax~ *walks like a zombie*
- shade #117 appears to be in between the yellow and orange tones
- shade #117 suits my skin tone however it's a tad fairer and not as yellow as my neck so I can still see a little bit of difference between my face and my neck when I look into the mirror
- Pro Finish can be used wet or dry (by applying with a damp sponge or a dry sponge)
- can be used as powder foundation, loose powder and as touch-up powder (very adaptable!)
- gives me a medium to almost full coverage
- hides redness, pimples, dark circles very well
- dark spots and scars still shows up a little bit if I don't use any concealer
- decent oil control
- makes my face feel less sticky (the stickiness mainly comes from the skincare and sunblock I used)
- doesn't cake at all (yes, totally no caking! Love it! *thumbs up*)
- make my lines and wrinkles under my eyes, forehead and laugh lines less visible
- gives my face a soft focus look (kinda like a Photoshop gaussian blur effect. Lolx~)
- gives my skin surface a velvety soft and smooth finish
- matify my face in an instant
- the accompanying sponge is soft to touch and doesn't have that squeaky feeling during application
- doesn't come with refills (gota buy the whole thing with casing again if anyone want to repurchase it)
All in all, I think i just own the best powder foundation! I might have used and raved other powder foundations before but time pass, skin changes so some of my past awesome foundations don't really work wonders for me anymore. I'm glad that I have met Pro Finish, it is one of my most used powder foundation for now as I can't find anymore other foundation that doesn't cake on me, especially on areas around my eyes.
My face is very oily lately and it often melts off my foundation and will start to cake around T-zone area and under my eyes. But Pro Finish solved all these problems! It also magically conceal my dark circles (with help of a little under eye corrector) very well that I'm so impressed with its coverage plus the ability of not caking, plus not making my fine lines appear visible, plus giving my face a velvety soft look, plus... well you get it. ^_~
Make Up For Ever Pro Finish Powder Foundation SGD$69
Where to buy?
Sephora Stores:
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So last week was, for me at least, three days of TRU events; all arranged by Bill Boorman and Geoff Webb. First of all there was TRU Source, and then there was two days of TRU London. And what a fab three days it was!
But let's start with TRU Source, and I'll do a separate post for TRU London…
Wednesday saw me hauling my suitcase up some narrow stairs in an office in Covent Garden (actually, that's somewhat of a lie – Brendan Murphy carried both mine and his bags most of the way up… What a gent! :)) to be met with a room overflowing with people. The group was split into two and (on the grounds that there was no way I was lugging my bag back down the stairs, plus it seemed unkind to ask Brendan to do it for me again having only just got it to the third floor) I stayed put!
We started the morning with Marie Journey and Jim Stroud. What a pair! Now I hate to get all gushy, but I have to say, TRU Source was an excellent event IMHO and I loved everyone there. Both Marie and Jim just had this unsurpressable energy and passion for sourcing, combined with an infinite knowledge of resources. I'd cleverly left my notebook and my netbook in the bottom of my suitcase so resorted to taking notes on the back of my old shopping lists until my kindly neighbour lent me half his notepad (and believe me I needed it!)
We broke for lunch early (Marie was hungry!) and had a chance for networking and chit chat. I got my first hug from Jim Stroud (the first of many, I might add – he's such a hugslut!) and then Geoff Web did a bit of ad libbing and a Q&A session with us while we waited for the second session to start.
The afternoon brought with it a change of faces and we had another fantastic session with Katharine Robinson and Irina Shamaeva. Irina is, like, the goddess of all things boolean and was a fountain of search knowledge! Katharine was the UK sourcing representative and had oodles of useful rousources for us to look at. She also started the session with an excellent example of why you should be searching for people and not for CV's – only two people in the room had current CV's online! And there must have been over 20 of us!
I'm not even going to begin to tell you everything I learned because a) it will take too long b) you should have gone yourself, and c)… well there isn't a c), sorry. I have to say though that I thoroughly enjoyed the day and came away feeling at least 5 IQ points more intelligent than I went in!
TRU Source was, IMHO, rather overshadowed by TRU London and I think that was a real shame. While TRU London was a fantastic event, TRU Source was an unsurpassed learning experience and I think it deserved it's own moment of glory. Despite spending some six hours with five of the best sourcers out there, I also felt we'd hardly scratched the surface, and this was emphasised on Friday when I attended the TRU London Sourcing track and found I was still learning a raft of new skills!
I hope that Bill and Geoff run more UK sourcing events because I think there's a lot we recruiters can learn. Next time, though, maybe we need a two day event for TRU Source by itself!


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William Gass, in a 1987 interview
For a long time I abandoned an elaborate style because it simply wasn't working—I wasn't able to manage it at all. I went into a phase in philosophy and writing in general that was extremely disciplined and formal. I have a hunch that I am moving now from a baroque stage into a more clear, lyrical stage. That was always there, though. It just depends what kind of story I'm working on, I guess. I feel that I'm more likely to move in the direction of Henry James and get more mannered. I don't mind that at all. I like late James better than anything. I like late things: Finnegans Wake, late quartets by Beethoven, late Bartok, late Verdi, late Yeats. They're breaking through their manner to something absolutely different. And if you're very, very lucky, that's what happens. What Borges has decided to do is to simply be Borges, which I would be happy to be, of course. But to do something like Fuentes is doing is to constantly push, to try new things. That is more exciting to me, that breaking through. Late Beethoven breaks through and finds for himself a new scheme. Of course, that's just a dream. He had to be a great artist to do that.


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Michael's Minutes: Final's Week on the SCU Campus
Game Notes in PDF Format
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - On Monday, December 13, Santa Clara finishes an early-season stretch of playing 6 of 8 on the road. Southern Utah will be the opponent in Cedar City. The game will tip at 12 noon (MT), 11 a.m. (PT). The Broncos then return home to begin a three-game homestand. SCU will play Pacific Thursday night, December 16 at 7 p.m.
Game Notes - Week #6 Dec. 12-18, 2010
Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 • 11 a.m. (PT)
Game #8 • Road Game #6 • Cedar City, Utah
Live Video | Live Stats
Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 • 7 p.m.
Game #9 • Home Game #3 • Santa Clara, Calif.
Live Video | Live Stats
On Monday, live stats and video stream at SUUTBIRDS.com and online radio via 91.1 FM and www.suu.edu/hss/comm/ksuu/webcast.html. On Thursday, live stats and a FREE video broadcast on SantaClaraBroncos.com. A three-camera production will be streamed with Michael Spero (play-by-play) providing the audio.
- Santa Clara is led by third year head coach Jennifer Mountain
- The Broncos are playing 6 of 8 on the road to begin the year
- Lena Gipson leads the WCC in rebounding (10.9) and ranks 18th in the NCAA
- Gipson became the fourth player in SCU history to reach 700 rebounds after grabbing 15 against Sac State last time out
- Gipson's 9 offensive rebounds against Sac State was a career-high
- Gipson needs just 9 more rebounds to be No. 2 all-time at SCU
- Alyssa Shoji is now 7th all-time at SCU in 3PT FG made (136), needing six more to move into the top 5
- Santa Clara is having trouble scoring, averaging 55.4 points per game
- SCU defeated Southern Utah 97-62 at the Leavey Center on Jan. 4, 1997 – the only other meeting
- Former SCU assistant coach J.R. Payne is in her second season coaching at SUU
- The Thunderbirds went 7-23 last season (6-8 at home)
- SUU is picked to finish seventh in the 2010-11 Summit League preseason poll
- Thursday's game will be the 40th all-time meeting between Pacific and SCU (SCU leads 24-15)
- Santa Clara beat Pacific 74-69 last season in Stockton
- UP NEXT: Thursday's game against Pacific is the first of three-straight at home, with Seattle (Sunday, Dec. 19) and Oregon (Tuesday, Dec. 21) coming up.
The well-traveled Broncos (0-7) have already played in Greeley, Boulder, Bakersfield, Vermillion and Wichita this season. Cedar City is the next stop. Still searching for its first win, look for Santa Clara to break out of an early-season shooting slump that has seen the team shoot just .343 percent from the floor and average a league-low 55.4 points per game. Power forward Lena Gipson has heated up as of late, averaging 14.3 points and 12.6 rebounds in the last three. All-WCC guards Alyssa Shoji and Meagan Fulps combined for six 3s Sunday in a fast-paced game against Sacramento State. The Broncos are rebounding well, pulling in 37 rebounds per night and are hoping their shots start dropping as conference play approaches – beginning January 8 at USF.
The Thunderbirds (3-5) will host Utah Valley Saturday, December 11, prior to taking on Santa Clara on Monday. The games initiates a six-game homestand for SUU. The Thunderbirds are led by former Santa Clara assistant coach J.R. Payne, who is in her second year at SSU (10-27 overall). Freshman guard Desiree Jackson scored a game-high 19 points - one of four players to score in double-figures en route to a 69-66 Summit League victory over IPFW on Saturday (they shot 57% from the floor in the second half). SUU is picked to finish seventh in the 2010-11 Summit League preseason poll. They were 6-8 on their home floor a year ago.
The Tigers (2-6) share a number of common opponents with Santa Clara. In fact, seven of the Tigers' first nine opponents this season are teams SCU will also face in their non-conference schedule or will play inside the WCC. Pacific beat Sacramento State 94-86 at home in their season-opener, lost a one-point game (79-78) to Southern Utah in Cedar City (Nov. 23) and dropped a two-point game (66-64) at home to Fresno State (Dec. 1). Pacific has dropped five straight after opening the season 2-1. They will play at USF on Saturday.
'JMO' became the eighth Santa Clara head women's basketball coach in April 2008. She came to the Mission Campus after serving seven seasons as the top assistant coach at Gonzaga, where she helped the Bulldogs to four-straight WCC regular season championships and one tournament crown. Her Santa Clara team ended the 2009-10 season in grand fashion at the 2010 WCC tournament in Las Vegas, winning twice to become the first No. 8 seed in tournament history to advance into the semifinals. It was the second-straight year Mountain's teams peaked when it mattered most. In her first year at Santa Clara, Mountain guided the Broncos into the WCC tournament quarterfinals. "Jen understands what Santa Clara is all about," said SCU Athletic Director Dan Coonan. "It's about competitive basketball but it's about so much more than that. Educating men and women for competence, conscience, and compassion -- that's what Santa Clara really stands for. We believe that and live that here. I think Jen is the perfect person who embodies those kinds of values."
The Jen Mountain File:
• Head Coach - Santa Clara University (2008-pres.)
• Assistant Coach- Gonzaga University (2001-08)
• Boys Head Coach - St. George's School (1994-2001)
• Amateur Player - Gonzaga University (1987-91)
Sacramento State and its fast-paced offense pulled away from Santa Clara Sunday afternoon, turning a tie game early in the second half into an 18-point advantage with four minutes left, beating the Broncos 78-65. The teams combined to shoot 58 three-pointers. Santa Clara's 36 attempts from beyond the arc equaled an all-time program record in the Leavey Center.
Sacramento State (3-6) – who came in averaging 80 points per game - received 24 points and eight rebounds from sophomore forward Kylie Kuhns. Santa Clara (0-7) tied the game at 43 with 16:44 left after a triple by freshman guard Ricki Radanovich. Lena Gipson led the way for SCU, posting her third straight double-double, 16 points and 15 rebounds.
WCC STANDINGS (Dec. 7)
Gonzaga (6-3)
Portland (6-3)
San Diego (5-3)
Loyola Marymount (5-4)
St. Mary's (5-4)
Pepperdine (5-5)
San Francisco (2-5)
Santa Clara (0-7)
Student-athletes at Santa Clara University have a reputation for excellence on and off the playing field, but one group in particular has truly raised the bar in academics: the Bronco women's basketball team. With a collective GPA over 3.3, it's clear that the women of SCU basketball are focused and determined in their academic pursuits and with finals in full swing this week, we wanted to know just how they do it. Click here for the full article.
Next year's incoming class for the Santa Clara University women's basketball program has been ranked No. 56 nationally by ESPN HoopGurlz. The Broncos and third-year head coach Jennifer Mountain announced the signing of four outstanding high school players during November's early signing period last week:
Nici Gilday of San Jose, Calif. (Presentation HS)
Vanessa Leo of San Jose, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty HS)
Colleen Rooney of Centennial, Colo. (Regis Jesuit HS)
Tyler Woods of Corona, Calif. (Centennial Corona HS)
"All four of our future Broncos fit the mold of what Santa Clara is all about. They are extremely bright young women who value education and grasp what it means to be a Bronco both on and off the court. They are great role models and will represent Santa Clara with respect and class at all times. I am very excited about them joining us next year and having the chance to coach them," said Mountain.
Lena Gipson was named to the 2010-11 West Coast Conference Preseason All-Conference Team. Gipson, a senior power forward from Hanford, Calif., is one of the most prolific rebounders in Santa Clara University history. She was one of ten players recognized on the team, which was released along with the preseason coaches' poll. Santa Clara was picked to finish seventh in the eight-team league. Gipson was named an All-WCC First Team player last season after averaging a double-double (12.6 ppg/10.0 rpg) and collecting 16 double-doubles on the year, which ranked No. 23 among all NCAA players.
In conjunction with the West Coast Conference, fans can watch a three-camera broadcast for every basketball home game and all conference road games this season FREE of charge on SCU's official athletics website (SantaClaraBroncos.com). Additionally, Santa Clara's Michael Spero (play-by-play) will call selected non-conference road games, also FREE.
Check out the latest videos and features on the Broncos on the team's official YouTube page (youtube.com/scuwbb).
Buy tickets online via (SantaClaraBroncos.com), or visit the Leavey Center ticket office (500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, Calif.) or by calling directly at 408-554-4660.
The West Coast Conference will return to Las Vegas in 2011 for the Zappos.com WCC Basketball Championships on March 4-7. In July 2009, the WCC and Orleans Arena announced a three-year contract extension that would keep the Basketball Championships at the Orleans Arena through 2012. The 2010 Zappos.com WCC Basketball Championships was another successful tournament, selling out for the second consecutive year. This year's tournament will feature the same format as the previous two years, with a combined total of 14 men's and women's games over four days. Tickets for the event are now on-sale.


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Acclaimed by the New York Times for their "expertly played" performances displaying "meaty lower brass textures," the Guidonian Hand is America's leading modern trombone collective.
Tireless advocates for contemporary music, this adventurous ensemble collaborates frequently with living composers, bringing to life compelling new works. They have commissioned over a dozen new works and received grants from organizations such as Chamber Music America, the Barlow Foundation, and New Music USA (formerly Meet the Composer). The Hand has premiered works by Eve Beglarian, Rob Deemer, Conrad Winslow, J. Mark Stambaugh, Galen Brown, and Jeremy Howard Beck. Current commissions include pieces by Mary Ellen Childs, Max Seigel, Christian Gentry, Tim Hanson, Ryan Carter and Alan Ferber.
An exhilarating addition to New York's vibrant music scene, the Hand has performed extensively in the New York metropolitan area at such venues as the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, River to River Festival, Le Poisson Rouge, The Stone, The Juilliard School, Galapagos Art Space, Roulette, Manhattan School of Music, The Tank, Mannes College of Music, New York University, the Bang on a Can Marathon, and the Tribeca New Music Festival. They appeared as featured guest artists at the International Trombone Festival and at the Eastern Trombone Workshop. Upcoming engagements include concerts in California, Arizona, West Virginia, and New York.
The Hand is passionate about creating original performance experiences that blend music with other art forms such as film, dance, theatre and spoken word. The quartet collaborated with composer Jonathan Bepler, contributing material to the soundtrack for Matthew Barney's new film River of Fundament. Continuing its collaboration with Bepler for the River to River Festival, the Guidonian Hand provided music for "The Set Up" by choreographer Wally Cordona. Other multimedia projects include Eve Beglarian's River Project and MADArt's Morphing Me. Past concerts paired new music with machines constructed by kinetic sculptor and MIT Artist-in-Residence Arthur Ganson
In addition to modern literature, the Guidonian Hand gives a fresh voice to classical repertoire, juxtaposing art music of the past with modern works. Programs frequently reflect eclectic and wide-ranging musical interests, from Bach to Mozart to Thelonius Monk to Jacob TV.
Members of the Hand have performed with diverse ensembles in New York City and across the country, including Ensemble ACJW, the Either/Or Ensemble, TILT Brass Ensemble, the Darcy James Argue's Secret Society Big Band, the Shrine Big Band, Talea Ensemble, Signal Ensemble, Argento, Wet Ink, ACME, the Wordless Music Orchestra and numerous symphony orchestras including the Pittsburgh Opera, Utah Symphony, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Akron Symphony, New Hampshire Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Symphony in C, Canton Symphony, Albany Symphony and Vermont Symphony.
Dedicated to educating and inspiring young musicians, members of the Hand actively participate in community outreach and music education through such organizations as the New York Philharmonic, the American Composer's Orchestra, Barge Music, the Bronx Charter School for the Arts, Kaufman Music Center, and Third Street Music School Settlement. They have also presented masterclasses at various colleges and universities including the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and West Chester University.
Originally hailing from California, New York, and Utah, the trombonists of the Hand now call New York City home. They hold graduate degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, the New England Conservatory, and the Royal Academy of Music (London).
The Guidonian Hand is Mark Broschinsky, Will Lang, Matt Melore and James Rogers.


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AIM-X-NW25 / nAIM-X-NW25
The Edwards Active Inverted Magnetron Gauges (AIM) combine the gauge-head and controller in one compact Active unit. These gauges have proved to be rugged and reliable in a wide range of applications ranging from scientific instruments to industrial processes.
This gauge features a linear output for easy integration with a computer or PLC.
nAIM-X-NW25 - to głowica z wyjściem cyfrowym RS485. Karta katalogowa do pobrania poniżej.
Features and Benefits
- Drive electronics combined in the gauge head which reduces the system cost and saves valuable rack space
- Low output impedance and integral Faraday shield provides high level of noise immunity and permits long cable runs (up to 100 m)
- Low magnetic field version - XL - for sensitive applications e.g. mass spectrometry and electron microscopy.
- Interchangeable body tube allows for rapid tube replacement without pre-calibration
- CSA, C/US approved
- Wide-ranging, regulated, internal power supply which runs from standard d.c. power supplies of +13.5 to +36 V with a good tolerance to voltage fluctuations
- Standard analog output of 0 to +10 V d.c. and gauge identifier allowing easy interface with a computer or plc and fault output indication
- Electrode service kit allows user cleaning and maintenance
- The Unique striker design ensures rapid striking even at high vacuum or in contaminating conditions
- Extended pressure range
- All vacuum applications requiring rugged and reliable pressure indication in the range 1 x 10-2 to 1 x 10-9 mbar. Typical processes range from general vacuum through industrial coaters and furnaces to scientific instruments and semicon.
Dane techniczne
|Pressure Range
|10-2 to 10-9 mbar
|Typically ±30%
|Maximum overpressure
|10 bar absolute (145 psi)
|Power supply
|+13.5 to +36 V DC (max 1 V ripple)
|Power consumption
|2 W Maximum
|Output signal
|2 to 10 V DC
|Set point
|Open collector transistor
|Maximum voltage
|100 mA max
|Temperature range
|+5 to +60°C
|0 to +70°C
|Materials exposed to vacuum
|NW25 versions
|Stainless steel 304 & 306 & 347, fluoroelastomer, glass
|Internal volume
|26 cm3
|0.81 kg
|External interface connector
|8-way FCC68/RJ45 socket
|Vacuum fitting
|Electromagnetic compatibility
|(Class B Emissions)
|Enclosure rating
*Accuracy is reduced at the limits of the measuring range
Pliki do pobraniaActive Inverted Magnetron Gauge Datasheet nAIM


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Paris Markets
Parisians often go to the market. Refrigerators are smaller in Paris, therefore the city's inhabitants need to shop for fresh produce more regularly. And going to the market is a pleasure of a Parisian life, as this is where one may socialize with friends, meet neighbors, and take in some fresh air. Most Paris markets are outdoors, which is why they are sometimes referred to as "open air" markets. It is common to stop for a cup of coffee or a glass of wine while shopping, and to see the terraces cluttered with shopping bags.
There are several butchers, fish mongers, and cheese shops at every market, but Parisians soon develop a relationship with one of each and often always buy at the same place. These particular shop vendors will become their fish monger, their butcher. They will talk and brag about them : "Mon boucher a les meilleurs gigots" (my butcher has the best legs of lamb). This special relationship with the shop vendor will insure that they get the best products every time, and it is really common for French people to follow the vendor's advice and tips
When visiting the open air markets in Paris, remember, the early bird get the worm! It is better to go early to the market, so you may choose from the best looking salads, strawberries, and grapes. Use small politeness formulas while entering and exiting the shops. Even if you don't speak French, it's valuable to learn simple phrases such as "Bonjour Madame" (Good day ma'am), "Bonjour Monsieur" (Good day sir), "Merci" (Thank you), and "Au revoir" (Goodbye). These little sentences will show your desire to take part in Parisian culture, and endear you to both the vendors and other shoppers. There are no rules other than don't touch the produce. Browsing markets in Paris is a great way to get to know the city and its occupants.
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The Organic Gardener founder Jeanne Nolan had been in business for several years when she contacted ERC to help her brand the business and build out a new website. Job number one was to capture the essence of her company in the logo. Her company designs, installs and maintains organic gardens for homes, schools and restaurants in and around Chicago. The name itself needed to look as fresh and organic as the business itself. ERC contrasted a classic serif font with a watercolor illustration of ripe tomatoes and rosemary to strike the right note for the growing brand.
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Jon Regen – piano, vocals
Conrad Korsch – bass
Abe Fogle – drums
Remarkable. Infectious. Soulful. Just some of the words critics have used to describe Stop Time, the new album by singer, songwriter and pianist Jon Regen out now on Motéma Music. Produced by Mitchell Froom (Crowded House, Paul McCartney), and featuring Davey Faragher and Pete Thomas from Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Stop Time finds Regen at the peak of his songwriting and pianistic powers, with ten original tunes that brim with humor and heart. Songs like "I Will Wait," "Morning Papers" and "Stop Time" prove Regen a master of the sticky lyric and the penetrating piano hook, recalling the work of forebears like Billy Joel and Randy Newman while simultaneously showcasing Regen's singular take on modern love. In the words of fellow singer and pianist Jamie Cullum, "Jon Regen is a great musician…he's got all those fantastic jazz chops down but he's also a great songwriter and a singer in the style of people like Randy Newman, Bob Dorough and the jazzier side of Elvis Costello." A protégé of the legendary pianist Kenny Barron, Jon Regen began his career as a sympathetic sideman to jazz artists like Kyle Eastwood and Little Jimmy Scott. After releasing a series of instrumental jazz recordings, Regen made an abrupt left turn in 2004 and released the singer/songwriter EP Almost Home. Recorded in a single day, the album won immediate acclaim and formally announced Regen's arrival onto the worldwide concert stage. Regen followed the EP with his full-length 2008 release Let It Go, which featured Andy Summers of the Police and Martha Wainwright. Regen returned in 2011 with his album Revolution, featuring contributions from Andy Summers, Benmont Tench from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty. The album received rave reviews the world over. USA Today called the title track "bluesy and plucky," the Philadelphia Inquirer pronounced Regen "a supremely accomplished pop artist," and JazzTimes described Regen's music "as potent as anything crafted by Sting." Regen also hit Number One on the Billboard Charts with his 2013 instrumental album Change Your Mind.
Regen is currently touring across the U.S. and Europe in support of his new release Stop Time. For more information visit www.jonregen.com


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How do I get my phone to connect to my icloud
I have a iMac and I have a icloud account but i cant get my phone to sync with it when I enter my password it just circles and does nothing . I had no problems with my ipad with merging and no trouble . Is there something I'm missing in the settings or something that's not right with my account that could be stopping this phone from connecting .
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Zeus had many, many wives. But for his Queen of gods he chose
his sister, Hera. Hera, the youngest daughter of Cronus and Rhea, did
not want anything to do with the cunning and womanizing Zeus. Zeus
had a plan though. One stormy and rainy day Zeus saw Hera, he decided to take his chances. He turned himself into a little cuckoo bird and flew around in the storm to appear wet and helpless. Hera, seeing this poor little bird took him into her arms and hugged him. To Hera's great surprise the little bird changed shape into the King of gods, Zeus. Hera was so surprised she let down her gaurd and Zeus raped her. Hera couldn't let any else know about Zeus and her, but when a baby came how could she explain it? She married Zeus soon after their affair and all of nature burst out in bloom for their wedding. Mother Earth gave Hera a little apple tree that bore golden apples of immortality. She treasured this tree and planted it in Hesperides, her secret garden in the west. She put a hundred headed dragon under the tree to gaurd the apples and ordered three nymphs to water and care for it. The marriage wasn't happy or honest, maybe because it didn't start out that way. Hera was a jealous wife and tormented her husband's other wives. One time Hera was mad at Zeus and discussed with the other Olympians that they should throw their King into Tartarus. The plan was under way and they tied Zeus up with unbreakable chains. Zeus picked up a lightning bolt and the Olympians nor anyone else ever tried that again. For Hera's punishment for leading the plan he hung her from the stars. All night Hera sobbed and wailed, Zeus couldn't get any sleep so he let her down on the condition that she never think about killing him again,and she agreed.
Hera and Zeus.
Orpheus was the mortal son of the Muse, Calliope. He was a cheery boy and always had a song to sing. He was in love with a sweet young girl named Eurydice, who was mutual about the feeling. They planned to be married, so of course in the land of the gods, they had the best wedding ever. Someone must of been pissed at her because just after the wedding she was bitten by a poisonous snake. Immediately Hermes came for her and brought her down to Hades. Orpheus was desperate so, moved by hope of getting his beloved back he went down to the realm of Hades. How was he to get in? He played like a summer breeze on his lyre and sang as best he could. His song burst open the gates of Hades and Cerebrus too was moved by this song, so he lay down and rest. He reached the cold King and Queen of the Underworld, Hades and Persephone, and this was his challenge. He played a million times better than ever before, tears rolled down Hades' frozen cheeks and Persephone begged her husband to let Eurydice go back to the world of the living. Hades consented on one condition; Eurydice was to follow Orpheus. If Orpheus looked back at her she would have to return to the cold unloving world below. On their way up to Earth he saw the horrid Furies weeping blood, still from the effect of his song. Orpheus was almost to the sunny world above when doubt crept into his mind; had Hades decieved him? Had he been tricked, by stingy Hades trying to keep more souls? He pushed those thoughts away. They pushed their way back into his head and he couldn't bare his mind any longer, he turned and saw Eurydice. The minute he looked at her sweet face, Hermes appeared next to her and led her back down the path to Hades. Orpheus had lost the love of his life on a lack of trust. Orpheus had lost all faith and love in the world, he never found joy ever again. He continued to sing, but this time he sang mournful songs, so sad that wild beasts and rocks wept. To add salt to his wound, a band of wild nymphs, the Maenads, who were talking so loudly and weren't touched by his music, demanded he dance with them. Orpheus refused and the drunken Maenads tore him to pieces and tossed his body into a river. The Muses grieved so much they searched the world for his body when one day he washed up on the shores of Lesbos. His mother and aunts gave him a proper funeral, and finally he joined Eurydice as a flittering soul in Hades.
Echo was a nymph, and of course cheery as all nymphs were. Anyway she had a habit of talking, way too much. One day Hera came down to Earth to check up on her unfaithful husband, when she ran into Echo. Echo idley chattered so long that Zeus, who was there snuck away before Hera could catch him. Hera was pretty cheesed and had a fit. She stole Echo's ability to make her own words, she could only repeat what other's said. A little while later Echo's eyes fell upon Narcissus, who, Echo thought, was the most handsome man in the world. But, you see, Narcissus only loved himself, a very egotistical guy. She wanted to talk to him, but couldn't. So she hung around him day and night waiting for him to say somethin worthwhile to repeat to him. Narcissus was thirsty and went to the lake for a drink when he saw his reflection, he sat awestruck at the beauty in the reflection and said "I love you" which Echo instantly repeated, but he didn't hear her because he was too busy looking in the lake. There Narcissus sat, staring at himself until he withered away and died, where he died the beautiful Narcissus flower grew. Echo was very upset and killed herself in despair. Her voice still remains to this day, mindlessly repeating our words.
Zeus had married the goddess Leto, daughter of the Titan Coeus. When Hera had found out that Leto was to be giving birth to twins, she went into a jealous rage and ordered all the lands to refuse the pregnant goddess. Leto continued to search for a place to give birth, she looked high and low but was chased from every place she went. Poor tired Leto could not find a place to give birth to the tiny little gods until she came to the newly formed island of Delos. Since Poseidon had just raised Delos, it was still floating in the Ocean so not quite land. And since it wasn�t land it was free from Hera�s bidding. Finally Leto sank down underneath the only tree on the island, a palm and rested. Still she couldn�t give birth to her two children because Hera, wouldn�t let her daughter Ilithyia, goddess of childbirth go to Leto. Without Ilithyia�s help, no child could be born. All the goddesses on Olympus felt sorry for the distressed goddess and tried to persuade Hera to let her daughter go and help with the birth. They offered her a beautiful necklace, nine metres long, made of gold and amber; Hera could not resist it. Quickly Iris whisked Ilithyia down the rainbow to Leto. Leto�s first child was the sacred huntress Artemis, a girl as beautiful as the moon, with hair as dark as night. Her second child, Apollo was fair as the sun and he was to be the god of music, light and reason. Zeus loved his new children dearly and gave each of them a silver bow and a quiver full of arrows. Apollo�s arrows harsh and piercing as the rays of the sun, while Artemis� were as soft as moon beams and brought a painless death to those who she shot with them. Zeus blessed the sacred birthplace and Poseidon fastened it to the bottom of the ocean. Soon people flocked to the tiny island and packed it full of temples and treasures to honour the immortal twins and their mother. Delos was and still is one of the most sacred islands in the Greece.
Persephone was a cherry and joyful goddess. Persephone loved to gather flowers while her mother checked on the crops. Her father, Zeus, had secretly promised her to Hades, but Hades knew that Demeter would never let Persephone go. One day Demeter and Persephone were down on earth when Demeter left her daughter with the nereids. Persephone had lots of fun but she wanted to show her friends the beautiful flowers she picked. The nereids couldn�t go with her or they would dry out and die. Persephone went by herself and saw a new flower that she had never seen before. She wanted to pick it, and she did with much difficulty. She stood back to catch her breath, but the hole where the flower was kept growing and getting bigger. Soon Persephone heard horses but was too terrified to run. The ground split open and a black cart drawn by black horses burst up from the Underworld. The goth looking charioteer grabbed the now petrified girl and pulled her into the cart, he disappeared down into the ground as fast as he came. Demeter returned to the Nysa valley from her work to find her daughter missing. She panicked and asked everyone she could find. She eventually asked Hecate who took her to Helios. Helios, the all seeing, told Demeter that her brother, Hades taken her daughter. Demeter caused such a famine that Zeus sent Hermes to bring Persephone back. Hades let her go, but made her eat 4-6 pomegranate seeds. She returned to earth, but for eating the seeds she was eternally damned to return to the Underworld for 4-6 months every year, this time became winter.
More coming soon.
It so happened that a city had caught the eye of two of the most powerful gods, Athena and Poseidon. The two were very fond of this city and each wanted to claim it as their own, of course only one god can own a city. They were very mad and wouldn't talk or look at each other, until Zeus decided that they should have a competition; each one was to give the best present they could to the city. Mighty Poseidon rose out of the water with his powerful trident and struck a nearby cliff, a water fall flowed down the hill and created a river. Of course like Poseidon's sea this water was salty and therefore useless to the people. Wise Athena gave the city an olive tree which she planted in the ground. At first the people thought it was just another tree. She told them that it could be used for food, shelter, firewood, and decoration. The people loved this present much better than their salty water, so they chose Athena for the protectress of their city. From then on Athena would love to sit in her temple on the plateau above her city, Athens.


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Let's be real, we've failed a lot with our gardens over the last 8 years. But all those failures and trials have led to at least a little bit of knowledge. Last year I wrote a little series Get Started Growing and shared some tips, gear, and what we were learning.
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It's easy to sit there and dream up a beautiful, bountiful garden. Pinterest and Instagram searches will show you all gorgeous rainbows of vegetables and flowers and then you'll think, "I WANT TO DO THAT TOO!" It's sadly, not that simple.
- What do we want to grow?
- Do we have a suitable climate to grow these things?
- How much space do we have?
- How much time will this take?
- What supplies do we need?
This all pretty much comes down to HAVING A PLAN.
What do we want to grow? Make a list of the options that your family would like to grow. Make sure to think about the uses for each plant.
Do we have a suitable climate to grow these things? Not all plants grow well everywhere. Learn your grow zone, last frost date, and first frost date.
How much space do we have? Plants need room to grow. Some grow well in containers, some need to climb,
and some need more light then others. Once you figure out what you would like to grow, then you can figure out how many will fit into your space. You won't only want to consider growing space, but also storage space for your gardening tools, lawnmowers and other gardening supplies such as seeds, plant pots etc. All these items can end up using a lot of storage space, before you start wanting to garden ask yourself if you have space to store such items, or whether you have enough space to install something like a steel garden shed.
How much time will this take? Yes, time. Do you work from sun up to sun down? It's not very likely that you will have time to tend to plants. It's possible if you have a smaller crop, but a large garden is really time consuming.
What supplies do we need? Are you starting from seeds? Are you direct sowing? Think about all the things you'll need because there's nothing as frustrating as needing to stop in the middle of planting to go get supplies.


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Subject: Transgender bathrooms
Date: Mon May 16 15:36:19 MDT 2016
School Board and State Legislature Members,
I am very concerned for the safety of the people of our nation, particularly children, because of the Obama administration's directive to open all school bathrooms and locker rooms to all, regardless of gender. I see this as the beginning of a marked increase in the likelihood of molestation, lawsuits all around. This federal overreach is unconstitutional and though not a "law" per se, it certainly sounds like an attempt to represent itself as one with punishments meted out by the government for not following its mandates. Utah is a state dedicated to the safe keeping of its people and the protection of our children. We are a state leading the march against pornography. Let us continue to help lead the way in the preservation of our children's innocence and safety.
I am the mother of six children. Though we respect others, we also respect ourselves and our right to privacy and freedom from fear. Just as I would not send my children intentionally into harms way, neither would I have them put themselves in a bathroom or locker room situation where there is increased likelihood of being harmed or watched when they are changing, using the bathroom or showering. It is my duty and my right to protect my children.
For more than fifteen years I have been a foster parent, some of whom were the victims of molestation. Protecting our children is more important than federal funds. The safety of our people far outweighs the cost of any strings attached by the government. Obama and his administration are not our king or dictators. They do not have the right to tell states how to run their schools. President Obama has a few specific powers. This certainly isn't one of them.
In the past I have home schooled my children. I f the schools enact this directive t here will be many parents who will begin or return to home schooling their children. I would be one of them.
In your upcoming meetings and sessions please hold strong against this and any other encroachment which may come concerning the protection of children and the rights of freedom of religion and the exercise of conscience.
Thank you for your time and your dedication to our people, our schools, our state and our nation.
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Attorney Brian López
Lawyer Brian López
Attorney Brian López was born and grew up in Stockton, CA. He has a passion for assisting families with their immigration issues because of his family's history of immigrating to the United States from Mexico.
Legal Experience
During law school, Attorney Brian López worked as a student-attorney for the Pacific-McGeorge Immigration Law Clinic. Both during and after law school, he also worked as a legal clerk for the Victims of Crime Resource Center, a non-profit organization assisting victims of crime throughout the state of California. Attorney Lopez has also worked as a legal clerk with the Mexican Consulate of Sacramento where he offered Know Your Rights presentations and also assisted with legal issues of Mexican nationals in northern and central California. Attorney López has worked as a contract immigration attorney concentrating in victims of crime issues and also as a labor advocate for a local Sacramento County union. Attorney López was previously a managing attorney at his own immigration law practice before joining the Carson & Kyung team.
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Lawyer Brian López's professional activities and affiliations include:
- Secretary & Member of the Board of Directors, Cruz Reynoso Bar Association (formerly La Raza Lawyers Association of Sacramento)
- Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Northern California (AILA NorCal)
Volunteer / Community Service
- Organizer-Immigration Attorney-Volunteer, Cruz Reynoso Bar Association Naturalization Workshop
- Immigration Attorney-Volunteer, Citizenship/Naturalization Fair at Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
- Immigration Attorney-Volunteer, Deferred Action Fair at Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
- Immigration Attorney-Volunteer, Mexican Consulate of Sacramento
- "Know Your Rights" Presenter, Mexican Consulate of Sacramento
- Immigration Attorney-Volunteer, Guatemalan Consulate of San Francisco Consulado Movil
- "Know Your Rights" Presenter, Guatemalan Consulate of San Francisco Consulado Movil
- Immigration Attorney-Volunteer, Univision Naturalization Phone Bank
- Immigration Attorney-Volunteer, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation Naturalization Event
- Immigration Attorney-Volunteer, University of California, Davis Immigration Law Clinic Naturalization Event
- Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity
Admitted to Practice
- All State Courts of California
- Federal Immigration Court, Executive Office for Immigration Review
Academic Background
J.D. McGeorge School of Law
- Dual Concentrations in International Legal Studies and Advocacy
- Member, Latino Law Student Association
- Dean's Honor List
B.A. University of California, Davis
- Major: Psychology
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My friend Blythe is a total California hippie and she wanted it all bohemian and casual. Jim is a modern dude who leans towards strong clean lines and unique conversation pieces. Mixing the two wasn't hard for me in this LA bungalow makeover, but it was hard for them. Like most couples, they thought their styles couldn't work together and every time they tried to come up with a plan someone felt like they were losing. I started with a color palette that they love: blues and grays, which is the easiest, most gender neutral color palette you can get. The rug is great because it's a flat woven kilim that fell into the "boho" category but in colors that are more masculine and dark, grounding the whole space. We had to bring color into this space because we couldn't change the walls, but they didn't want to get a big colorful sofa because that was too much of a commitment. Choosing the sofa was very tricky. There was only one place for the TV so sometimes that just dictates the orientation of the room. Normally you would go for the sofa facing the fireplace/mantle, but the TV couldn't fit above the high mantel, so we put the TV on the most obvious wall, opposite the fireplace, and oriented to sofa toward that.
Jim found this local artist, Francesca Quintano, online and commissioned this underwater painting from her that started the collection and worked with our color palette perfectly. I used all of their own pieces except the Mexican wrestler drawing, which I bought and framed for them. But you'll notice that we chose pieces that are different shapes (vertical, horizontal, and square), different sizes (big and small) and different frames and colors, but we just kept the colors dispersed equally, in a balanced way.
Overall, it's just a super happy bright space that was once totally neutral and is now completely full of color. It was boring and style-less and now it has a strong point of view that represents both of their styles.


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Ben Reilly sired a son with Elizabeth Tyne, named Reilly Tyne, who became the hero known as Darkdevil after Kaine tried to save his "nephew" from cellular degeneration.[3]
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The at 2:00 I will play a recorded interview I conducted with Capt. Sean Parnell, a senior adviser for Concerned Veterans for America. Capt. Parnell discussed the current issues facing Iraq, specifically the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) taking over major cities in that country. I also asked him about the scandal with the V.A. and what Congress is doing to alleviate long wait times for military vets seeking medical treatment.
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This one's a reader request — I'd never heard of this show, health this soundtrack or this composer before, pills but now I'm glad I have! This disc is full of ridiculous swirling synths and other eerily wonderful "library music" touches. Discogs.com sez:
Original soundtrack from 'Timm Thaler', story a german 70s cult TV-series about a boy that sold his laughter to a baron called Lefuet (The german word for 'devil' backwards). In return this devil guarantees that Timm will win all bets.
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"We have at least 14 indications that show us that in the past recent weeks again chemical weapons in a smaller scale have been used, in particular chlorine," French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told a news conference speaking through an interpreter. "Right now we are examining the samples that were taken," he added.
Fabius said the Assad government had handed over 92 percent of its chemical weapons stockpile under an international agreement being overseen by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
But he said the recent chemical weapons reports involving chlorine showed the Assad government still had the ability to produce chemical weapons.
"What it shows is that (the) Bashar al-Assad regime in spite of its commitment continues to be able to produce chemical weapons and to use them," he said.
The watchdog Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is currently considering launching a fact-finding mission on its own to investigate the reports of chlorine gas attacks, sources told Reuters last month.
Syria has vowed to hand over or destroy its entire arsenal although it still has roughly 7.5 percent of the chemicals it declared to the OPCW and has not yet destroyed all of a dozen production and storage facilities.
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In addition to the 4th Annual Military Psychology Conference we will be running the Military Psychology Workshops 2015.
Following her very successful workshop at the 3rd Military Psychology Conference, Dr Fiona Kennedy has kindly agreed to repeat the event so as to allow a wider audience to participate. Though this workshop is run under the auspices of the Annual Military Conference, this workshop will be of benefit to those working with trauma in a variety of environments, including the emergency services.
Spacing out is when we dissociate from current experiences and go into emergency shut down, resulting in the mind being protected from overwhelming traumatic input.
Cracking up is when we dissociate one aspect of our self from another, so that we have one 'personality' when trauma is present and another when things go back to normal.
Both these responses are expected and protective during trauma, often allowing us to function more effectively than otherwise: problems only develop if the dissociative responses continue inappropriately in the absence of present trauma and start interfering with our lives and even our conscious awareness.
Dr Fiona Kennedy, a former NHS Head of Psychology, has a long-standing interest in dissociation both as researcher and clinician. She has worked in the NHS and privately with many dissociative presentations including those with a military context. She has developed the Wessex Dissociation Scale along with other clinicians from the BPS Wessex Region, and co-edited a recent book on dissociation.
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Former President Bill Clinton is hitting the campaign trail in New England on behalf of his wife, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
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