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If you are looking for cabin accommodation in the South Burnett, then look no further than the beautiful Pepper Tree Cabins in Kingaroy.
Nestled in attractive landscaped surrounds, Pepper Tree Cabins offers a unique option for accommodation with 32 self-contained cabins that are modern, comfortable and affordable and are conveniently located less than two kilometres from the town centre.
For singles, couples or families, the self-contained cabins are spacious with fully equipped kitchens, full size ensuite, separate bedroom, television/DVD, reverse cycle air-conditioning, undercover car accommodation and much more.
Pepper Tree Cabins is an ideal base to explore the beautiful South Burnett region. Sample some of the region's fresh produce and award-winning wines or take a drive to the magnificent Bunya Mountains. At the end of the day, you can relax on the verandah of your cabin and enjoy one of our boutique wines or liqueurs and then enjoy a delicious meal at the Restaurant located opposite PepperTrees.
Whether your visit is for work or for play you will enjoy a quiet, tranquil and relaxed atmosphere in a security gated complex.
A personalised, friendly welcome awaits you, so stay with Pepper Tree Cabins soon!
These cabins have a queen size bed in a separate bedroom with an ensuite bathroom. The lounge/dining area has a flat screen television/DVD, cooking facilities, dining setting, and reverse cycle air conditioning.
There is an undercover carport beside the cabin.
For singles or couples, the self-contained cabins have fully equipped kitchens with fridge/freezer, microwave and cooktop, full size ensuite, separate bedroom with a double bed, television/DVD, reverse cycle air-conditioning, a small verandah and undercover car accommodation. Linen is included.
The self-contained family cabins have fully equipped kitchens with fridge/freezer, microwave and cooktop and a full size ensuite. The main bedroom has a double bed and either an additional double bed or a king single bunk bed in the open living area. The cabin also includes a television/DVD, reverse cycle air-conditioning, a small verandah and undercover car accommodation. Linen is included for all beds.
Two Ensuite Cabins have been specifically designed for guests that may require assistance. These cabins have ramp access and an open plan bathroom with a hobless shower.
These open plan cabins have a Queen bed (with linen supplied); a kitchen with basic cooking facilities, television/DVD; air-conditioning and undercover parking beside each cabin.
Wisteria Lodge is an executive style home with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The main bedroom has a queen size bed and ensuite; the second a double bed and the third bedroom has a queen bed. All bedrooms have separate air-conditioners.
The full size kitchen includes a gas cooktop, oven, dishwasher and pantry. The lounge/dining room has a flat screen television and there is a patio with patio setting in an enclosed private courtyard. Undercover car accommodation is provided. The Lodge is serviced on a weekly basis for long term stays. Please note: This accommodation is not available for overnight stays; please discuss minimum stay periods and weekly rates with the operator.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


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Social media maven Tabitha Grace Smith, aka "Tabz," her mother and father, Mrs. Melodee Smith and Dr. Matthew Smith, collectively have lost more than 90 pounds! Through her blog, tweets, videos and podcasts, Tabz is sharing their progress with thousands of followers and helping people navigate The Daniel Plan, which caught our attention.
As a family we were overweight and getting worse. We struggled with fatigue, not getting good sleep, heartburn, plus general aches and pains. I've had several bouts with kidney stones; mom has had skin and uterine cancer; and dad has been staving off high blood pressure and high cholesterol. We had parts of the healthy habits like eating whole grains, switching our oils, not eating out a lot, but our portion sizes were out of control and we each had our sinful snack foods that did us in every time. I was a certifiable Mt. Dew addict and would often finish a case of it each week by myself.
I have to also say that my family thought that all this "organic," "raw food," "shop at Trader Joe's" stuff was laughable. While in Chicago I got interested in eating healthier because of vegan friends, but I kept telling myself isn't that for hipster hippies?
Each of us individually knew we had to get healthy, but our epiphanies came at different times. Dad started 7 months before the Daniel Plan came along, but he had only lost 18 pounds by January. Mom and I started exercising more regularly in October 2010. When I started I didn't necessarily want to lose weight, but I was tired of feeling so sluggish. It seemed like work to get anything done. I knew I was at the cusp of an explosion in my personal life in 2011 – I'll be graduating with my Masters and turning 30. I needed to feel better to keep up with the whirlwind of activity.
Yet, on our own we weren't getting great results. The exercise helped some, but only saw small losses and, by January, I had gained back all the weight I had lost. My parents went to the first Daniel Plan rally (I was actually away at grad school), and before they even got two sentences out about how great it was I told them I was committed. We all wanted a change that would work and Pastor Rick's message about being healthy to accomplish God's will really convicted all of us.
For me, I've learned the most expensive food is the cheap food that harms your body. I've been unemployed since September of 2009. My parents have been unemployed since March of 2010. Despite this God's provided for us in this new lifestyle to buy healthy, organic, and completely new foods. For my family the key teaching was to avoid the "white drugs" (sugar, salt, white rice and white flour), while we knew about sugar and salt the other two were mind-boggling. Especially understanding why those four are so bad for you and what they do to your body.
Going lean with protein was a huge one for my dad, who is from the Midwest and (before the Daniel Plan) didn't think it was really a meal unless it had a good chunk of beef, ham, or bacon. Now we only have grass-fed beef about once a month and, when he had ham for the first time since the Daniel Plan a couple weeks ago he didn't even like it and threw it out!
I didn't realize how important doing this together was until the three of us spent time around some 'food pushers' recently. "It's okay to cheat once in awhile," seemed to be their motto! Without each other, teaching what we've learned, shopping and cooking together, I don't think we would have incorporated this lifestyle of eating healthy.
Dad has lost 40 pounds, I've lost 28 pounds and mom's lost 24 pounds. Dad's had to give away two sets of clothing (his "fat" and "skinny" clothes) and is now wearing a size pants that he hasn't worn the entire time I've known him. I've dropped sizes too and 5 inches off my waistline. Mom was taking a daily heartburn medication for the past 30 years and is now off it. We've all completed huge projects that have been on our list to do because we have more energy.
I've always been, what my friends call, a social media maven. I've got thousands of followers all over the world who follow my podcasts, blogs, Twitter and Facebook accounts. Many of them have seen pictures of me or met me in person so they know my weight. When I started talking about my weight loss and the Daniel Plan a lot of them wanted to know more. I started a series of blog posts on my blog, www.fanTABZulous.com, to get them started. Then I started hearing how a bunch of them didn't know how to cook so I decided to start doing some video blogs to help them out and our first one was a Cinco de Mayo theme dinner that Dad and I worked on together.
God keeps bringing people into our lives (that we could have never dreamed of talking to about church) that we can talk about the Daniel Plan. Dad and mom have even made up business cards that point to the Daniel Plan website because they kept having people stop them and say, "Wow! You look great, what are you doing?"
Dad: I have another 30 pounds to go to lose all of my weight for my goal, which I hope to have done before Christmas. Then I plan to maintain this weight and lifestyle until eternity.
Mom: I want to be able to lose another 30 pounds by the end of 2011. My ultimate weight loss goal is 100 pounds by the end of 2012. I would like to be able to jog for ½ hour. I haven't jogged since I was in high school (35 years ago).
Tabz: My long-term goal is to lose another 74 pounds by the end of 2012. Short-term goal is to not have to shop for anything bigger than a "large" by Christmas. With all my extra energy I'd like to finish writing my next novel (I write books for kids) by Christmas (the last one took me over a year to write). This is not going to be something I just do for the Decade of Destiny, it's going to be my new lifestyle for life.

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Words can not express the sincere appreciation that I have for Landon Swank and Harmony Swank for taking time out of their busy schedules to come surprise Libby. What a pleasure it was to meet you both.
On Saturday, December 29th Libby had the most amazing experience…Make-A-Wish granted her wish to meet Master Illusionist Landon Swank and his beautiful wif…e Harmony!
For just about two hours my baby girl focused on her new friends and the fun she was having learning some tricks and showing her talents too…fighting cancer was the furthest thing from her mind. It was great to see her smile and giggle and laugh. You both brought so much joy to Libby's life and for that I will be forever grateful…bless you both.
Anyone who knows Libby knows that she loves card tricks, and anything magic so when she saw Landon perform his audition on the 2011 season of America's Got Talent she instantly became a fan. Landon finished 5th place; higher than any magician has every placed in the show! She followed the entire season and was thrilled that he made it to the top five but very sad that he did not win.As noted in Landon's bio, he is referred to by the magic industries insiders as, "Magic's breath of fresh air", Swank gives a performance that appeals to the masses. He offers a thrilling journey into the unknown, the unexpected and the unexplainable as it can only be described as The Magic of Landon Swank.
Thank you again "kids" for sharing in our day.
Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust…


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Back Home
Guess things even out over the course of a baseball season.
Phillies began the just-completed road trip with a gut-wrenching loss in Atlanta. The Braves scored three in the bottom of the ninth and then won in extra innings.
Yesterday in San Francisco, the Phillies scored three in the top of the ninth and won in extra innings. It certainly made the long flight home much cheerier. Been on five-hour flights after losses. The flights seemed to take forever.
So, now the team is back home for a 10-game homestand that starts tomorrow night against the first-place Mets, winners of eight straight. Phillies and Dodgers have played the fewest home games in the NL (6), while the Mets and Astros have played the least amount of road games (also 6).
While there is no game listed for today or tonight, some of the players will join Jenn and Chase Utley's charity event this evening. Proceeds will benefit the Pennsylvania SPCA. The players certainly are huge in community outreach programs.
National TV
Saturday is a 3:10 FOX telecast. Joe Buck and Tim McCarver will be her. Matter of fact the first four Saturdays of May (1, 8, 15, 22) are on all on FOX.
Sunday, Jon Miller and Joe Morgan will be here for an ESPN Sunday Night telecast.
ESPN will pick up the Phillies-Cardinals game on next Wednesday. That will be blacked out in the Philadelphia market.


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Origins, Key Tenets and Research GapsFoss, Nicolai J.; Lyngsie, Jacob (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The field of strategic entrepreneurship is a fairly recent one. Its central idea is that opportunity-seeking and advantage-seeking—the former the central subject of the entrepreneurship field, the latter the central subject of the strategic management field— are processes that need to be considered jointly. The purpose of this brief chapter is to explain the emergence of SE theory field in terms of a response to research gaps in the neighboring fields of entrepreneurship and strategic management; describe the main tenets of SE theory; discuss its relations to neighboring fields; and finally describe some research gaps in extant theory, mainly focusing on the need to provide clear microfoundations for SE theory and link it to organizational design theory. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8249
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Abstract: Research highlights the role of external knowledge sources in the recognition of strategic opportunities, but is less forthcoming with respect to the role of such sources during the process of exploiting or realizing opportunities. We build on the knowledge-based view to propose that realizing opportunities often involves significant interactions with external knowledge sources. Organizational design can facilitate a firm's interactions with these sources, while achieving coordination among organizational members engaged in opportunity exploitation. Our analysis of a double-respondent survey involving 536 Danish firms shows that the use of external knowledge sources is positively associated with opportunity exploitation, but the strength of this association is significantly influenced by organizational designs that enable the firm to access external knowledge during the process of exploiting opportunities. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8680
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A National Geographic reader just sent us this curious photo, which we have been staring at longingly today, as we sweat through the longest heat wave on record in the nation's capital. Half of the country is suffering through a drought, so it's especially refreshing to gaze at such cool slopes.
Gisela Taranovski, a former planner for Boeing and a kayak builder, tells us she shot this scene of nature's whimsy on a snow-shoeing trip with her son and daughter-in-law to Washington State's Mount Rainier in late December 2009.
"We were stopping by a creek to take in the scenery, when I noticed this strange phenomenon in the creek," Taranovski told us via email. "There is nothing photoshopped, this is just the way it was."
We find the interplay of water and ice compelling as well as cooling.
Have you seen figures in water you'd like to share?
Hint: If you have trouble finding the monster above, here's a detail:
Brian Clark Howard is an Environment Writer and Editor at National Geographic News. He previously served as an editor for TheDailyGreen.com and E/The Environmental Magazine, and has written for TheAtlantic.com, FastCompany.com, PopularMechanics.com, Yahoo!, MSN, Miller-McCune and elsewhere. He is the co-author of six books, including Geothermal HVAC, Green Lighting and Build Your Own Small Wind Power System.


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selfinflikted wrote:LOL @ on/off switches.
Yes, the interfaces on the Boutiques are tiny, but TO ME the resistance is such that having a small throw as they do isn't really that big of a problem unless you have nubs for fingers and you do NOT have finger nubs, Clav. You play guitar too well for those.
The JP sliders are half the size of the JU sliders. It's bad.


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Classes are currently being taught online. All physical facilities are closed to the public at this time, and employees are working remotely.Please visit
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Dec. 7, 2005, Revised: Spring 2016, Dec. 6, 2017, March 19, 2019
ARTICLE I — NAMEThe name of this organization shall be the Dallas County Community College District Retirees Association.
ARTICLE II — PURPOSE The purpose of this Association shall be to promote the welfare, social, and professional interests of its members; to participate and aid in the civil and educational advancement of our county; to provide support for the DCCCD; and to cooperate with units of retired individuals on all levels.
ARTICLE III — MEMBERSHIPSection 1. Membership in this Association shall be open to persons designated as eligible for membership under the DCCCD Human Resources policies.
Section 2. Association dues shall be payable to the treasurer on an annual basis coinciding with the calendar year (January-December) or a lifetime membership may be purchased.
Section 3. The amount of annual dues or a lifetime membership shall be set by the Executive Board with the approval of the membership at any Business meeting by a two-thirds vote of members present and voting, provided the proposed amount of annual dues has been presented to the members at least one month before the voting date.
Section 4. Twenty-five percent of dues collected each year will be given to the DCCCD Foundation to be deposited in the DCCCD Retiree Association Scholarship fund.
ARTICLE IV — OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIESSection 1. The officers of this Association shall be a President, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer. The past president and the RET Newsletter editor shall both serve as ex-officio and voting members of the Executive Board.
Section 2. The President:
The President shall also appoint the editor of the newsletter. The President shall have the power to appoint an official representative for meetings if unable to be the official representative. The President shall coordinate the printing and mailing of the summer RET Newsletter. All powers not otherwise delegated to other officers shall be reserved to the President.
Section 3. The vice-president:
Section 4. The secretary:
The secretary presents proposed DCCCD Retiree Association By-Laws changes for approval by members present at business meetings.
Section 5. The treasurer:
The treasurer will negotiate any dates and contracts needed between vendors and the Association and will forward information to the appropriate event coordinator. The treasurer and/or the President shall be authorized to sign Association checks.
Section 6. The RET newsletter editor:
ARTICLE V — ELECTION OF OFFICERSSection 1. The President, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer shall be elected in December.
Section 2. A nominating committee shall be appointed by the President. It shall present a slate of candidates in time for publication in the fall RET newsletter. The candidates should be in good standing and have agreed to serve if elected. The officers shall be elected and installed at the December business meeting and assume office at that time.
The first meeting after the election should be attended by both new and former officers to facilitate an orderly transition.
Section 3. All officers of the Association shall serve a two-year term from the date of the election.
Section 1. The executive board shall consist of the elected officers, the immediate past president, and the RET newsletter editor.
Section 2. The executive board shall direct the programs and formulate the general policies concerning the business of the Association, fill by appointment all vacancies occurring in the executive board between elections, review the selection of the nominating committee chair, other committee chairs and event coordinators as needed and perform such other duties as designated by the membership.
ARTICLE VII — MEETINGSSection 1. The business meetings of the Association shall be held bi-annually.
Section 2. Other meetings may be called as needed.
ARTICLE VIII — COMMITTEESThe president shall create special committees as the occasion demands. The Nominating and Scholarship committee shall be Standing Committees.
Coordinators shall be appointed from the membership by the President to oversee events, luncheons, and other activities, to recruit members to participate in these and provide details for the RET newsletter and handouts at the luncheons.
ARTICLE IX — QUORUMFor an executive board meeting, a majority of the executive board shall constitute a quorum. For business meetings, a majority of the Association members present shall constitute a quorum.
ARTICLE X — BY-LAW CHANGESThe By-Laws of this Association may be amended at any business meeting by a two-thirds vote of members present and voting, provided the proposed amendments have been presented to the members at least one month before the voting date.
STANDING RULESStanding Rule 1. Annually an ad hoc committee, appointed by the President, will review and discuss the accounting records of the Association. During the calendar year, this Ad Hoc Committee will assess the accuracy of the DCCCD Retirees Association Treasurer's records.


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(visited by Stephen Decarie and Judith Obee)
13-Oct-2007 -- Hoping to avoid snow while doing a fall hike in Kananaskis we decided to hike up to Baldy Pass then around to the Colonels Cabin by the University of Calgary Environmental Science Centre. We didn't entirely avoid snow as we encountered an approximately 300 meter long slippery section upon descending from Baldy Pass to the east.
Early in the hike I realized we would be passing within about 800 meters of this palindrome confluence. We hiked up to Baldy pass then followed what appeared to be an old logging road to within 800 meters of the confluence. (There are signs in the area indicating it was reforested in 1972). I noted from the maps the confluence appeared to be in relatively low area, at least not on a significant hillside. (Noted Elevation at confluence was 1569 m)
At 825 meters from the confluence we realized it would be necessary to bush whack the rest of the way. We traversed an area of mostly small trees with a frequently very mossy and damp forest floor. At one point Judy sank knee deep in the moss. We crossed a number of small creeks.
After about 40 minutes we arrived at confluence. We spent about 15 minutes in the area mostly attempting to acquire pictures of the GPS with the appropriate zeroes. After that we returned to the logging road to continue our hike.
GPS coverage wasn't great due to being in the middle of the forest with no clear sky view. Digital camera had some difficulties in the relatively low light. The only neat part of the view was shafts of sunlight on the green moss of the forest floor.
I wouldn't recommend trying to access this confluence if it has been raining or in spring as I would expect much of the low damp areas would be under water.
Coordinator's Note: The quality of the photos for this visit is marginal. Photos of this quality would likely not be accepted as sufficient for a first visit to a confluence (i.e. would render the visit as "incomplete").


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Le Corsaire is a winner
"The ballet is the setting for some of the most sophisticated choreography, and the Mikhailovsky dancers address it with joyous precision." The Guardian newspaper covers Mikhail Messerer's revised version of the legendary ballet.
Premiere of the production: 8 September 2015
Libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges revised by Mikhail Messerer
Choreography by Marius Petipa and Konstantin Sergeyev revised by Mikhail Messerer
Choreographic fragments by Jules Perrot, Alexander Gorsky, Pyotr Gusev
Staged by Mikhail Messerer
Musical Director of the production: Pavel Klinichev
Musical Director's Assistant: Valentin Bogdanov
Sketches of the Sets: Vyacheslav Okunev
Costume Designer: Tatiana Yastrebova
Lighting Designer: Alexander Kibitkin
Ballet Master's Assistant: Anna Razenko
Répétiteurs: Yulia Makhalina, Evgeny Popov, Evgenia Kostyleva, Svetlana Efremova, Tatiana Legat, Elvira Khabibullina, Natalia Tsyplakova
Principal Pianist: Natalia Spichka
Video: Victoria Zlotnikova
Premiere at the Mikhailovsky Theatre: 13 March 2009
Adolphe Adam in 15 years after creating Giselle produced another cornerstone of the ballet classical repertory, the ballet Le Corsaire. The scenario based on the poem by Lord Byron was written by Henri Saint-Georges and ballet master Joseph Mazilier. It was Mazilier who staged the new ballet. The premiere took place in Théâtre Imperial de l'Opéra in Paris on January 23, 1856. Two years later on January 12, 1858, the ballet was staged at the Bolshoi Theatre in St Petersburg. French ballet master Jules Perrot, a co-author of Giselle, who worked in St.Petersburg in 1848-1859, choreographed the new ballet based on the version by Mazilier. In 1863, Le Corsaire was staged at the Mariinsky Theatre by Marius Petipa, a renowned French ballet master who had worked in St Petersburg since 1847.
Later the ballet was staged several times in different versions revised by different choreographers and composers though all the versions were based on the version by Mazilier, Perrot and Petipa. Our theatre first turned to the ballet in 1955. The artistic team included Yury Slonimsky, an expert in classical dance, ballet master Pyotr Gusev, conductor Evgeny Kornblit, and designer Simon Virsaladze. The idea of the new version was to find the motivation for every character of the ballet. Later, in 1968, Pyotr Gusev created a three-act ballet which was on at the Mikhailovsky Theatre till 2009.
New times suggest new approaches. Farukh Ruzimatov, a brilliant performer of the role of Ali, presented a new version of Le Corsaire: «On the basis of the ballet by Marius Petipa and Pyotr Gusev existing in the theatre we tried to create a new, more dynamic, bright and showy ballet.»
Oriental bazaar. The merchants are examining exotic goods. Beautiful slave girls are here for sale, too. A group of corsairs led by Conrad appear in the bazaar square. Medora, the ward of slave trader Lanquedem, comes to the balcony. Seeing Conrad, she quickly makes a selam — a bouquet in which each flower has a special meaning — and throws it to Conrad. Medora leaves the balcony and appears in the square accompanied by Lanquedem.Seyd-Pasha is brought in his palanquin to the bazaar: he wants to buy new slave girls for his seraglio. The girls demonstrate their art of dancing. Medora arrests Pasha's eye and he decides to buy her at any cost. Medora is horrified by the bargaining between Lanquedem and Pasha. Conrad assures Medora that he won't let anyone hurt her.On Conrad's signal, the corsairs abduct the slave girls and Medora. Conrad orders to kidnap Lanquedem, too.
Conrad brings Medora to his seaside grotto. The couple is happy. Conrad's friend, Birbanto, brings in Lanquedem, who is shivering with fear, and the slave girls, who beg Conrad to let them go. Medora implores Conrad to set the girls free, and he gives them freedom. Birbanto and his associates are displeased with Conrad's decision: they claim the slave girls. Furious Conrad affirms his decision. Birbanto threatens Conrad, but the pirate is adamant, and the slave girls hasten to escape.Infuriated Birbanto attempts to stub the leader of the corsairs. A fight ensues in which Conrad puts Birbanto to his knees and takes the frightened Medora away.Lanquedem appears. Birbanto offers him freedom in return for a reasonable amount of money. The slave trader swears that he is poor and can't pay for his freedom. The corsairs snatch off his hat, frock and belt, discovering hidden diamonds, pearls and gold. The frightened Lanquedem comes up with the idea to give a sleeping potion to Conrad, and Birbanto orders him to do it. Lanquedem sends Conrad poisoned wine. He drinks it and immediately falls asleep. Medora in vain tries to wake him up.A stranger appears, in whom Medora recognizes Birbanto. She tries to escape him but is surrounded by the conspirators. Trying to defend herself, Medora stabs Birbanto in the wrist with Conrad's dagger but is abducted by Lanquedem. Conrad wakes up. He is distraught.
Seyd-Pasha's palace on the coast of the Bosporus. Pasha's odalisques entertain themselves with dances. Eunuchs bring a tray with exotic fruits, and the women quarrel over who gets what.Pasha orders odalisques to stop their disputes. Carried away by the youth and beauty of his favourite odalisque Gulnare, Seyd-Pasha presents her with his handkerchief, but she throws it on to her friends; eventually the handkerchief, passing from hand to hand, reaches an old odalisque who smothers Seyd-Pasha with her caresses.The slave trader's arrival is announced to Pasha. It's Lanquedem, who is bringing Medora wrapped in a shawl. Pasha is thrilled to see her. Gulnare welcomes the new girl.A servant tells Pasha that a caravan of pilgrims on their way to Mecca are asking for shelter. Pasha welcomes them in. During the evening prayer the mock dervish by stealth removes his false beard, and Medora recognizes Conrad. Pasha orders his odalisques to entertain the guests with dancing.Conrad and his friends throw off all disguise, threatening Pasha with weapons. Pasha runs from the palace. The corsairs win the battle against the palace guards.Gulnare is asking for Conrad's help to get away from Birbanto, who has been chasing her. Conrad, moved by her tears, protects her. Birbanto retreats. Seeing him, Medora tells Conrad about Birbanto's betrayal. Birbanto swears that he has never betrayed Conrad but Medora points at his wounded wrist. Birbanto suddenly attacks Conrad, attempting to kill him but is shot by him.Sea bay. Conrad and Medora get aboard the ship waiting for them and sail off to new adventures.


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freeing a painted shut window from 190811/1
Long story short I have a window I would like to open in our kid's bedroom. Its been painted shut since who knows when (window opens upwards with the weights..forget what that's called) I am in the bay area. The contractor's board sent out a notification about a year ago stating that any demo involving a house buolt before date X??? would have no more than X square feet demo'd if no lead abatement trained person were doing the job. So...I'm 42 and grew up with lead paint all over the place as well as asbestos in the schools (perhaps that explains why I chose this career...whoozy)
Maybe try a heat gun to loosen the paint and work it with a thin putty knife or something to break the seal.
I have freed the old sash many times. Most hardware stores have a tool just for the job. It's a small saw with a blade of teeth on two rounded edges set into a handle flush on one side. Just work with it against the face of the sash, and cut through the paint bond at the sash stop trim on left, right and top, and at the window stool at bottom. That breaks 95% of it with a little bit to chip at the sash track. Hopefully the tracks aren't too full of paint to allow travel.
Think about it.
You might have been posting on the Rocket Science Forums if it had not have been for all that lead paint and gasoline you used to bathe in.
You might have been a "contender".
Breathing lead paint dust is bad for kids. It's not some silly conspiracy. Lead paint in and of itself is not dangerous until you mess with it. If you do it:
Hey Chris,
Any structure built before 1978 is assumed to have lead-based paint, according to the EPA's "RRP" (Renovate, Repair, Paint) program, so I think you can safely assume that in your 1908 home you have it.
Lead is a neurotoxin that particularly effects young children. It's also cumulative with no good way to remove it from our systems. Being careful with lead contamination in your child's room is the right thing to do.
Avoid any process that might atomize the paint or introduce lead-contaminated dust into the room. Misting the area where you are working with a water bottle helps keep dust from becoming airborne. If you have to sand, definitely use your Hepa-filtered vac to contain the dust, then repeatedly wipe down the entire area with wet Swiffers until they come up clean. Personal protection for you is important, too - use a mask that is rated for lead dust. The cheapie nuisance dust masks won't do the job. Lastly, if you create any dust, don't walk around the house after you finish working; you'll just spread the stuff all over. The best thing is to get a set of the inexpensive Tyvek coveralls and when you're done working, take them off in the room, bag them and dispose of them. Wipe down your shoes, too.
These are all procedures that are taught when you take the EPA certification course for lead safe work practices.
I guess I would try to free the paint-welded window with a utility knife or something that didn't create a lot of mess.
Overkill? Maybe. It sounds like a lot of effort, I know, but lead exposure is no joke - especially for your kids.
Good luck and be safe.
Great how to advice. What about the step about getting it your hair and changing the tyvek suit and shoes to your birthday suit and getting from point B, the shower?
Hi Chris,
Good question on the disposal aspect. That question was brought up in the training I took and the answer was, shall we say, inconclusive. I think in your case it is probably "nuisance level" debris (my term, not the EPAs) and is okay to bag and dispose with your normal household trash. Please don't take my word for it though, because we never got a good answer on that. As far as getting out of your biohazard moon suit and into the shower, common sense prevails: If you're making a lot of dust (but you won't because you are careful), wear a hat or use the hood that normally comes with the Tyvek suit. Peel it off in the room, bag it and dispose of it. That should do the trick, just make sure you do the wipe-down before you exit the room.
do not sand at all..... pull the trim on both sides-pull the window out. replace with a new window. it will be dune in a few hours. to strip all the paint and prep the window prime and paint again-new cord and trying to find the weight that has most likely fallen will depend on how many nails and screws have bin put in it, to keep it closed. not to mention how many coats of paint since since 1908 that you will have to remove. if you order the window correct you will only need to pull all the trim & stop from the inside and insert a new window 45 min. lead has to be ingested my mouth or in the air to be of any real harm. do not sand or use a heat gun. if you can not replace it with a new window thin use a stripper.
Thanks Paul. Hadnt thought of the replacement option. Duh. I appreciate it. I have my father and wife and kid staying with us so now we really need that window to open so we can sleep with a closed door as the guest are clamoring around the apartment at 3 a.m due to their Jet lag.


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|Skirmish in the Forbidden Forest
|Part of the Second Wizarding War
Forbidden Forest, Hogwarts Castle grounds
Dolores Umbridge angering a herd of centaurs because of her insensitive, prejudiced comments about their race
Dolores Umbridge carried away by the Centaurs but is later rescued by Albus Dumbledore. She is subsequently suspended from her posts at Hogwarts.
- "Filthy half-breeds! Beasts! Uncontrolled animals!"
- —Dolores Umbridge to a herd of centaurs[src]
The Skirmish in the Forbidden Forest was a conflict that took place in the Forbidden Forest on the grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It began as a result of Ministry of Magic bureaucrat Dolores Umbridge (Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic, Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Hogwarts High Inquisitor, and Headmistress of Hogwarts School) angering a herd of centaurs in the forest after being led there by two students from the school, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger on the pretence of showing her a "secret weapon" to be used against the Ministry being developed by Albus Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix.
As a teacherEdit
- "As I've told you once before, Mr. Potter, naughty children deserve to be punished"
- —Dolores Umbridge's teaching style[src]
Dolores Umbridge was appointed to Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School by the Ministry of Magic. As the teacher, she taught the students purely theory of defensive spells and not the real thing to destroy any chance that Dumbledore would have the students "trained to in combat" to take on the Ministry. When Harry spoke up about seeing Lord Voldemort return, she severely punished him in detentions where he would be made to write with a Blood Quill; that is, he would write in his own blood while the words were carved into the back of his hand. Despite this, Harry and his friends found strength within, and formed the secret Defence Against the Dark Arts group known as Dumbledore's Army to prepare themselves for the outside world right under Umbridge's nose.
Reign at HogwartsEdit
- "Having already revolutionised the teaching of Defence Against the Dark Arts, Dolores Umbridge will, as High Inquisitor, have powers to address the seriously falling standards at Hogwarts School"
- —Cornelius Fudge, the Minister for Magic, in the Daily Prophet announcing Umbridge's appointed to the position[src]
Umbridge began to expand her power by means of becoming Hogwarts High Inquisitor, where she had the ability to inspect and fire other teachers, and, after Dumbledore was forced to flee by taking credit for Dumbledore's Army when it was discovered, Headmistress of the school. With enormous power over the teachers, students, and the whole school, Umbridge fired Sybill Trelawney and tried to fire Rubeus Hagrid at night so as not to make a scene, a skirmish that resulted in Minerva McGonagall being hit with four Stunning spells in the chest when she went to help him. Umbridge was held in contempt by most of the students, except for a select few who became her Inquisitorial Squad, and by most of the teachers as well.
Contacting Sirius through the Floo NetworkEdit
Harry was given a vision (planted there by Voldemort as a trick) of his godfather, Sirius Black, being tortured by Lord Voldemort. Desperate to save him at the Department of Mysteries where he believed him to be captured, Harry first decided to check to see if Sirius was indeed held captured by using the Floo Network to visit 12 Grimmauld Place. The only Floo Network fireplace not under surveillance, however, was in Umbridge's office, and so he broke in using Sirius Black's knife while his friends were stationed as lookouts. He visited Grimmauld Place and was lied to be Kreacher, who said that Sirius was indeed at the Department of Mysteries (when he was really upstairs), but before Harry could react he was caught by Umbridge.
Attempt to torture HarryEdit
- "What Cornelius doesn't know won't hurt him"
- —Dolores Umbridge before she tries to use the Cruciatus Curse on Harry[src]
While Umbridge pulled him out of the fireplace and grabbed him by the hair, his friends and fellow D.A. members Hermione Granger, Ron and Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom, and Luna Lovegood were held in her office by Inquisitorial Squad members. When Harry refused to tell her what he had been doing, Umbridge first attempted to dose him with Veritaserum, but Professor Snape told her he had no more. She then claimed that the Cruciatus Curse might "loosen his tongue", responding that "What Cornelius doesn't know won't hurt him" when Hermione said the curse was illegal. Hermione then spoke up, pretending to be revealing who Harry was contacting, and tricked Umbridge into following her and Harry into the Forbidden Forest in search of an alleged "secret weapon" of the Order of the Phoenix.
The skirmishEdit
- "Over the plunging, many-coloured backs and heads of the centaurs Harry saw Umbridge being borne away through the trees by Bane, still screaming nonstop; her voice grew fainter and fainter until they could no longer hear it over the trampling of hooves surrounding them."
- —Description of Dolores Umbridge being dragged away by the centaurs[src]
In the forest, Harry wasn't sure if Hermione had a plan or if she was making it up as she went along. Hermione made sure to make a lot of noise, as she wanted to be overheard. Soon the party was confronted by a herd of centaurs. Umbridge, though frightened, shamelessly insulted the centaurs with racial slurs and her wizarding arrogance, calling them "filthy half-breeds" and "creatures of near-human intelligence".
When the centaurs made threatening moves, Umbridge cast "Incarcerous" on the centaur Magorian, strangling him with ropes. The centaur Bane then picked her up and carried her away deeper into the forest screaming (what happened to her beyond that, during her time with the Centaur herd until she was rescued, is unknown). When Harry dived to pick up her wand, it was snapped in half when one of the centaurs stepped on it.
As the centaurs turned on the children, Hermione protested, saying that centaurs did not hurt foals (young humans) and that they meant no harm, unlike Umbridge, and were not from the Ministry of Magic like her. Hermione accidentally insulted the centaurs by saying that they had wanted the centaurs to drive Umbridge off for them, as the centaurs took this as wizards thinking that centaurs existed to do their bidding.
The centaurs, deciding that they were arrogant wizards as well and that Harry was not a foal but nearing manhood, prepared to attack them but then Grawp, Rubeus Hagrid's Giant half-brother, arrived. The centaurs attacked him instead, shooting him with arrows in the face. Grawp chased away the centaurs, howling with pain, as blood from his face poured down on Harry and Hermione.
Harry and Hermione were joined in the forest by Ron, Ginny, Neville, and Luna, who escaped the Inquisitorial Squad's capture with a combination of hexes, jinxes, and a particularly good Bat-Bogey Hex from Ginny. The group decided to use Thestrals to fly to the Ministry of Magic in London (attracting them because Harry and Hermione were covered in Grawp's blood). In the Ministry of Magic, they navigated themselves down to the Department of Mysteries, only to discover that it had been a trick and that Sirius wasn't there. Instead, the Death Eaters were waiting for them for Harry to give them a prophecy Voldemort desired, and the Battle of the Department of Mysteries began.
- Slughorn: "I might have been in hiding, but some funny rumours have reached me since Dolores Umbridge left! If that's how you treat teachers these days —"
- Dumbledore: "Professor Umbridge ran afoul of our centaur herd. I think you, Horace, would have known better than to stride into the forest and call a horde of angry centaurs filthy half-breeds."
- Slughorn: "That's what she did, did she? Idiotic woman. Never liked her."
- Harry: " *chuckles, both Dumbledore and Slughorn look at him* Sorry, It's just — I didn't like her either."
- — Albus Dumbledore, Horace Slughorn, and Harry Potter talking about the results of Umbridge's actions[src]
Umbridge was ultimately rescued by Dumbledore, although she was apparently left with a significant fear of centaurs afterwards, reacting violently at even the sound of hoof-beats. How Dumbledore managed to rescue her from the human-hating centaurs without suffering any injury himself remained a mystery, though it is likely that centaurs had respect for Albus, based on their salute at his funeral.
Differences between the book and filmEdit
- In the book, Bane solely carried Umbridge off into the forest, but in the film she was carried off by two Centaurs, neither of which seemed to be Bane.
- In the film, none of the Centaurs speak to Umbridge or the children.
- The Centaurs do not threaten or attack Harry and Hermione in the film, but just leave them.


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text: Egypt/ TSW/ Walkthroughs City of the Sun God Quests Walkthrough Dulfy 9 Comments Jul 9, 2012 Hey everyone, City of Sun Gods is the second zone in Egypt that can be accessed via an door in the NE corner of Scorched Deserts. Mobs here drops QL8-9 green stuff. Read more


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Review: Clive James, Writing Toward the Twilight
By DWIGHT GARNER
Since 2010, when the brilliant Australian critic, poet and memoirist Clive James learned he had terminal leukemia, he's had his afterburners flipped on. He has been on a vivifying late-career tear. During this time he's released six books: poems, essay collections, even a warm and approachable full-dress translation of Dante's "Divine Comedy." At 76, the polymathic Mr. James is burning out, not fading away.
There isn't yet a perfect anthology of Mr. James's best work, although compilations like "As of This Writing: The Essential Essays, 1968-2002" are very good. A true "Portable Clive" would be an essential book, panoramic in scope. It would include excerpts from his memoirs and a dense lot of his poems. It would contain a great deal of his intellectual journalism for publications in England, where he has lived most of his adult life: television criticism, travel writing and prose about obsessions like Formula One racing and the tango as well as pronouncements on literary subjects. I'm not alone in scanning the horizon for it.
His new volume of poems, "Sentenced to Life," feels like the most important of his late books. It's a harrowing collection, gravid with meaning, unflinching in its appraisal of the author's mistakes, including infidelity, and plain-spoken in its reckoning with his life's terminus.
Many of this book's 37 poems feel built to last, including "Lecons de tenebres" — lessons of darkness — in which Mr. James seems to speak not merely for himself but for so many who have allowed career and ego to fizz too freely at the front in their minds. This poem includes these lines:
The mirror holds the ruins of my face
Roughly together, thus reminding me
I should have played it straight in every case,
Not just when forced to. Far too casually
I broke faith when it suited me, and here
I am alone, and now the end is near.
All my life I put my labour first.
I made my mark, but left no time between
The things achieved, so, at my heedless worst,
With no life, there was nothing I could mean.
This poem ends with the poet sensing what "the years have brought/A fitting end, if not the one I sought."
This would not be a Clive James book if it were not also replete with offbeat humor and flyaway cultural observations. In one poem, while in a hospital, he catches a Sylvester Stallone movie on television and comments, "No-one grits/Like Sly: it looks like a piano sneering." Most of the keepers in "Sentenced to Life," however, are the poems that wring meaning from addressing the time the poet has left. In "Event Horizon," he writes:
What is it worth, then, this insane last phase
When everything about you goes downhill?
This much: you get to see the cosmos blaze
And feel its grandeur, even against your will,
As it reminds you, just by being there,
That it is here we live or else nowhere.
His other recent book is "Latest Readings," a collection of essays in which the author revisits favorite books and takes the temperature of some new ones. "If you don't know the exact moment when the lights will go out," he tells us, "you might as well read until they do."
Mr. James made a vow to himself, he remarks early on, that his book-buying days were over. He breaks this vow instantly, of course. Nearly every essay in this collection describes a haul from his favorite used bookstore in Cambridge, where he lives, or from the online seller AbeBooks.com. Purchasing books via his laptop makes him wonder "what life will be like when you will merely have to think of something you want and it will arrive instantly, still crackling with the ozone of the time-space continuum." You'll never be alone, with a Bezos drone.
Not all of these essays rank near Mr. James's best work. Like Sinatra near the end, he's become more of a belter, less willing to tease out a phrase or an idea. Some pieces are little more than reviews of his old reviews. I worry when he starts to reread not only favorite books but also favorite series. When he writes, "Yes, I must read the Hornblower books again soon," you think: Surely there are better uses of your time, man!
Yet "Latest Readings" is a plain demonstration that Mr. James remains as learned and as funny as any critic on earth. His essay on the literature of Washington is a perfect example. Bob Woodward, he says, "checks his facts until they weep with boredom."
He suggests that "Personal History," the 1997 memoir by Mr. Woodward's former boss, the Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, is undervalued for class reasons. "I wonder why the book is not more often cited by feminists," he says. "Perhaps too many of them are too far on the left, and don't believe that a poor little rich girl can have real problems."
The personal digressions in "Latest Readings" tend to be first rate. While denouncing hard drugs, Mr. James remarks: "At one period I was the kind of pothead who looked like a small cloud being propelled by a pair of legs." He compares his imitation of the German soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf to another man's, and writes that onstage Schwarzkopf "looked as if she were trying to kiss the behind of a hummingbird in midflight."
At its end, "Latest Readings" tells how Mr. James wishes to be remembered. "If the young feel compelled to come and see your tomb, there should be something good written on it," he writes. "Here in Cambridge, in Trinity College Chapel, there is a plaque dedicated to Ludwig Wittgenstein. It says, in Latin, that he released thought from its bonds in language. If I ever had a plaque, I would like it to say: He loved the written word, and told the young."
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text: Munich - Slovakian qualifier Martin Klizan defeated defending champion Tommy Haas 6-3, 6-2 Saturday to set up a BMW Open final against top-seeded Fabio Fognini.Klizan needed just 64 minutes to beat the second-seeded German veteran, who was clearly struggling with the right shoulder injury that had kept him out of action since March 13, when he lost to Roger Federer in the fourth round at Indian Wells."It wasn't a great match for the fans because Haas couldn't play like that. Now I'm looking forward to the final," the 111th-ranked Klizan said.Fognini needed just over an hour to ease past German qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-1 in the other semifinal."It was a difficult match," Fognini told the ATP website. "I am happy because I am in the final on my debut here."Fognini beat Klizan in their last three meetings but the Slovakian defeated the 15th-ranked Italian in his only previous ATP World Tour final, at St. Petersburg in October 2012.


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I want to stop my day for a moment and send out kudos to Redbook today. I was reading the newest issue (March 2011) while on my 6 mile run this morning. I was on the treadmill, so passing that time with something to keep my mind off of how far I have gone or have left to go is key. I came across an article on page 84 called "Bloated Much?" and thought to myself that I wonder if they will mention gluten in this article.
I began reading the article. Twenty percent of Americans experience gas, bloating, and other stomach woes on a regular basis. The following statement got me thinking:
"Women are more likely to suffer from tummy trouble, and rates of many digestive issues that more commonly target women – such as Celiac Disease and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) – are on the rise".
I am not sure that I have ever heard that women have more cases of Celiac Disease than men before. While it may be true, it may also be that women are more likely to visit the doctor than men are.
The article covers 4 possible causes of bloat and how to assess those causes. The #1 culprit listed is "What you eat and drink". Whenever I hear of someone suffering from a stomach issue of any sort, of course the first thing that pops into my head is food. If the person is not suffering from an illness, I always suggest keeping a food diary for at least 2 weeks. There are so many foods that can cause bloating. This sections lists many, including gluten. It goes on to say one of my all time favorite things I have read in a magazine:
"That said, if you suspect a gluten sensitivity, don't try to nix wheat, rye and barley on your own. See a gastroenterologist for a blood test for Celiac Disease – it's a genetic disorder that can result in severe nutritional deficiencies if it's not handled with a proper diet."
I about fell off the treadmill! Seriously. It was quite a sight. Even with all the increased awareness out there, there are times when I see Celiac Disease or gluten sensitivities mentioned in articles with incorrect information right along with it. Kudos to Redbook for getting the facts straight.
The remaining reasons for bloating are #2 "Hormones" #3 "Pills you pop" and #4 "Your crazy life". Even if you have Celiac Disease and follow a gluten-free diet, you may still experience bloating that has nothing to do with gluten, so examining these other reasons may be worth your time. As always, when in doubt, see your doctor. Better to waste your time & co-pay to find out it is nothing than to ignore something that could be serious.
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Be-ness is not only an evolutionary stage in the lives of some rapidly rotating hot B-type stars but also a transient phenomenon that may come and go over the years for the same star. Several reasons have been proposed to explain the behavior of these stars and are still in debate.
Mira variables are the longest-observed class of stars for which we have long-term quantitative data that allow us to study their behavior over centuries-long periods of time. Fortunately for us, they're also easy to observe and monitor, having some of the largest amplitudes of all variables, and hundreds of them are bright enough that they're within reach of astronomers with modest telescopes.
RS Puppis as imaged with the ESO NTT (from Kervella et al. 2008)
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Multi-epoch animations for six UV Ceti (flare) stars. Because they are red dwarf stars, the known UV Ceti stars are confined to the immediate solar neighborhood. Many such stars have relatively large proper motions. Among the UV Ceti stars, WX UMa has the largest proper motion -- over five arcseconds per year. This means that charts for these stars must be updated occasionally to reflect their changing positions.
All of the following material was taken directly from William Tyler Olcott's book entitled Star Lore of All Ages, published in 1911 by The Knickerbocker Press. William Tyler Olcott was the founder of the AAVSO in 1911.
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LG has launched its Optimus L-series II phones on the first day of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and has confirmed to Pocket-lint that they will all be coming to the UK.
All aimed at the budget-conscious consumer, the new Android Jelly Bean phones offer significant improvements on last year's models, including new, rounded and friendly design aesthetics. They aren't going to break the bank, with the most-expensive in the line-up - the Optimus L7 II - being around the £150 mark SIM-free, but much of the Optimus G DNA had bled down into them.
The LG Optimus L3 II is the dinkiest of the bunch, expected to cost a mere £50 in the shops. It has a 3.2-inch 320 x 240 display and 1,540mAh battery, and is pretty per functionary to be fair.
The Optimus L5 II is a bit bigger, with a 4-inch 800 x 480 display and 1,700mAh battery. It has the same 1GHz dual-core processor as the L7 II, but is still compact and bijou.
However, it is the LG Optimus L7 II that is the best specified of the bunch. It has a 1GHz dual-core processor too, 4.3-inch touchscreen, 8-megapixel camera on the rear - up from the 5-megapixel version from last year - and 2,460mAh battery. That's one of it's major strengths, as it is expected to last at least two days without needing a recharge.
In the hand it is light, very light. Not too chunky either. We got to play with the white version on the LG stand at MWC and the back is mottled, much like the Nexus 4. That's where the similarity really ends though, as the screen resolution is just 800 x 480, so it's not HD. Still, it's a decent size to keep up with the Joneses without having to take out a mortgage.
All three Optimus L Series phones will be coming to the UK in mid-Q2 - around May time. The L7 II will be the last to arrive.


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Rose football players returned to basketball and gave the Hawks trouble Monday.
GREENVILLE�As North Lenoir cruised to a 16-point home victory over Greenville Rose less than a week ago, the Rampants� guard Cornell Powell was getting ready for his team�s fourth-round playoff football game.
Rose lost Friday on the gridiron, so Powell was available when the Rampants and Hawks got back together for the hard-court rematch Monday at The Rose Garden.
Bad news for North Lenoir.
The sophomore came off the bench midway through the second quarter and proceeded to score a game-high 16 points as Rose pulled away in the second half for a 59-47 victory � its first of the season.
�(Powell) is a great athlete and we had a hard time with him,� NL coach Anthony Loftin said. �They�re obviously a much different, more talented team with all their players back.�
Five football players who missed the first game were available for action against the Hawks. Four saw the court, and none had a greater impact than Powell.
After scoring two points in the first half, Powell quickly rounded into basketball shape after intermission.
He tallied 14 second-half points, including eight in a row in the third quarter as the Rampants (1-2) turned a 20-18 halftime lead into a 34-24 advantage with 3:14 left in the period.
�He hurt us in transition,� Loftin said of Powell. �We were very poor offensively tonight with too much dribbling and too many unforced mistakes.�
The Hawks (3-4) never recovered from Rose�s Powell-led spurt.
The Rampants led as many as 14, and NL never got closer than nine in the fourth quarter.
The taller, stronger Rampants also dominated the boards by a 45-28 margin, a key factor in the triumph.
�They just moved us out of the way inside and there was nothing we could do about it,� Loftin said. �We�re a small team so we need all five guys to rebound. When you don�t protect the ball and allow a team like Rose to get up and down the floor in transition, you�re never going to have five guys back to play defense and hit the boards.�
Jauqaz Jones led the Hawks with 12 points and was the only NL player in double figures.
NL committed 17 turnovers on the night and shot just 36 percent (16 of 44) from the floor. The Hawks also didn�t do themselves any favors by connecting on 11 of 20 attempts from the charity stripe.
The Hawks hosted Farmville Central Tuesday.
Girls� game:
The Hawks (1-6) were hanging around with undefeated Rose until point guard and primary ball handler Quoya Porter picked up her third foul at the start of the second quarter.
With Porter out of the game, the Rampants (3-0) erupted for a 12-2 tear that turned a tie game into a 21-11 advantage.
Rose was never threatened again.
Porter came back in the second half and drilled three 3-pointers to finish with 11 points, a total matched by NL�s Mikayla Kremer.
The Hawks� Laura Haerer scored just three points but hauled down a game-high 13 rebounds.
Rose�s Jillian Ebron, who missed 10 shots in a row at one point, hit five of her last six field goal chances, including three from beyond the arc, to lead all scorers with 16 points.
North Lenoir 6 7 10 11�34
Greenville Rose 9 17 11 12�49
N. Lenoir scoring � Quoya Porter 11, Mikayla Kremer 11, Borja 5, Ballen 4, Haerer 3, King, Goodall, Murray, Cratch, Best.
Rose scoring � Jillian Ebron 16, Kamaih Gilbert 10, McGlone 7, Daniels 5, Thigpen 4, Williams 4, Street 2, Smith 1, Shamble, Allen, Speight.
North Lenoir 9 9 11 18�47
Greenville Rose 10 10 18 21�59
N. Lenoir scoring � Jauqaz Jones 12, Mason 9, King 7, Jackson 7, Robinson 6, Bryant 3, Allen 2, Cannon 1, Letchworth, Hopkins, Smith, Ginn.
Rose scoring � Cornell Powell 16, Nelson 9, Jones 7, Stafford 6, Purvis 6, Williams 4, Braxton 4, Romagna 3, Stewart 2, Chamberlain 2, Streeter.


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200g unsalted butter, melted
250g self-raising flour, sifted
100g golden caster sugar
4 medium eggs, beaten
125g raspberries
2 large almost-ripe peaches or nectarines, halved, stoned and sliced
4 tbsp apricot jam
Juice of ½ lemon
Preheat the oven to 190oC (170oC fan oven) mark 5. Grease a 8in springform cake tin and baseline with baking parchment.
Put the flour and sugar into a large bowl. Make a well in the centre, and add the melted butter and the eggs. Mix well.
Spread half the mixture over the base of the cake tin and add half the raspberries and sliced peaches. Spoon on the remaining cake mixture, smooth over, then add the remaining raspberries and peaches, pressing them down into the mixture slightly.
Bake for 1-1 ¼ hours until risen and golden, and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave in the tin to cool for 10 minutes.
Warm the jam and lemon juice together in a small pan and brush over the cake to glaze.


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Transpara necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 16 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
We are a small software company focused on operational business intelligence on mobile phones (think data that changes often - what is happening right now, what led up to now, real-time, etc). Our current app is used by big companies (think BP, Microsoft, Genentech). We can display any metrics our customers care about, from their existing sytems, in real time, on their phone or desktop browser. Impressive technology, but ugly...
The people who use it, love it. Sexy? Not yet. Many of our current users come from manufacturing, utilities, oil & gas, etc. but we are now getting interest from banks, media companies, marketing, IT and others. Sexy is becoming important.
Note: depending on the results, we would like to do more work with the designer we choose.
It is targeted at scenarios where someone wants to track one or more metrics/KPIs more than once a day (enough to want it on your phone wherever you might be). Formerly, this focused on operations people, plant managers, and support folks at large companies. Now it is starting to include executives, marketers and others.
Key focus for this design project is:
- Improve the color scheme/font. Think sexier, but still with clarity.
- Better icons, and a bit larger (need to be finger-ready without taking up too much real estate from the data)
- Tabs across the top (with icons and/or text in them) - also large enough for fingers (see the version 4 screen shot for tabs)
- Deliverables: two mobile-sized screens like the attached files ("Home" and "Scorecard"; .png files + individual elements)
Things that shouldn't change (from the attached screen shots):
- This app runs on phone and desktop browsers, so it scales depending on what device is using it. Because of that...
- Navigation elements need to stay at the top, or generally where they are in relation to each other so that it still works on a larger screen.
- Here's a live demo of the current app: http://demo.transpara.com (look at it with the browser in normal size, and also shrink it to about the size of an iPhone or other mobile screen to see the mobile version (or use your phone).
- Attached are images of the two screens we want submitted to us (home, scorecard) in their current form.
- Attached is a rough screen shot of the new version with tabs (version 4). Note: tab names could be icons instead.
- Our web site is http://www.transpara.com if you want to learn more.
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Weather Forecast
Places Around
Orava (dam)
The water reservoir Orava is the result of artificial blocking of the river Orava in northern Slovakia as the remedy to frequent floods. It spreads as far as the Polish frontier. There is an island in the middle of the reservoir called Slanický ostrov – the favourite destinations of trippers.
Roháče Mts. (West Tatras)
Roháče are often and justly praised as the most beautiful part of the West Tatras. A crown of wonderful peaks dominated by the majestic Baníkov Mt. surrounds the extensive Roháčska dolina valley. In turn, the Ostrý Roháč and Volovec Mts. are the princes of the Roháče Mts. They form an indivisible couple of slender rock mountains in the principal ridge and look like two devils horns, expressed by their names (Ostrý Roháč means a sharp horn and Volovec means an ox).
Raft sail Orava
Rafting – once it was severe and dangerous way, by which construction wood, hay, wheat, pottery, leathers, wooden shingles, cuboids, planks, or even dismounted cottages were delivered. Goods from Poland as copper, lead and salt were delivered by rafts too.
Prosiecka and Kvačianska valleys (Chočské vrchy Mts.)
The villages Prosiek a Kvačany in region Liptov are generally known as starting points for the trips to the most beautiful and most visited of the Slovak valleys - Prosiecka dolina and Kvačianska dolina.
Veľký Choč Mt. (Chočské vrchy Mts.)
The mountain Veľký Choč towering above the dividing line between regions Liptov and Orava is one of the most beautiful in Slovakia. Prevailingly spruce woods cover the mountain and in the highest parts a continuous growth of dwarf pines (unique in this whole mountain range) can be seen. For well-conserved forest bioncenoses with rare flora which in places acquire the nature of virgin forest, it was designated the National Nature Reserve.
Lúčky Waterfall
Even though Slovakia does not stand out as a large country with huge waterfalls, it can be proud of having more than two hundred registered waterfalls. With regard to the area of Slovakia, we can say that this number is unique.
Butterfly garden
Objavte život viac ako 3.000 tropických motýľov v Liptov Aréne Tatralandia. Motýlia záhrada nie je obyčajná výstava, ale pestrofarebná oáza kvetov a motýľov, kde sledujete ich pokojný, čarovný život, s novinkami: najkrajšími vtákmi sveta, tunelom odvahy s obrovskými netopiermi a krásnymi teráriami.
Zoo Kontakt
Najväčšia kontaktná zoologická záhrada na Liptove. Zoo Kontakt poskytuje osobný kontakt s viac ako 300 zvieratkami len 50 m od motýlej záhrady. V sprievode ošetrovateľa zažite kŕmenie, vypočujte si zaujímavé informácie o zvieratkách a naučte sa, ako sa o ne starať + bonus: sokoliari Vám predvedú ukážky letu dravých vtákov.
Liptovská Mara (dam)
Passing through the region of Liptov, from Liptovský Mikuláš to Ružomberok, one must notice a huge water area of the dam Liptovská Mara. It is the largest water reservoir in Slovakia in terms of the confined water volume.
Bešeňová Travertine Formation
The village of Bešeňová is one of the few precious places with occurrence of "freshwater" limestone, so-called travertine. These precious calcite forms arised thanks to mineral contents of water, its temperature and, of course, the surface and structure of the landscape. If you have some free time, come and visit this "forsaken" pit situated to the north of the village.
Pivovar Kastelán
Túžba po vlastnom čapovanom pive v príjemnej reštaurácií pod majestátnym bralom Oravského hradu nás viedla k založeniu minipivovaru Kastelán.
Koliba u Kuba Penzión **
Offering a seasonal outdoor pool and ski-to-door access, Koliba u Kuba a rekreačné domy is set in Hruštín in the Žilinský kraj Region. Wisła is 48 km away. Free WiFi is provided throughout the property.
Penzión Villa Helia
Penzion Villa Helia is situated in the quiet suburban area of Medzihradné, only 1,200 m from the historic city centre of Dolny Kubin. It offers modern-style accommodation with free Wi-Fi and an on-site hot tub.
Penzión Koliba
Located only 200 m from the historic square of P.O. Hviezdoslava in Dolný Kubín, Penzión Koliba is set in a traditional-style wooden house, typical for the Orava Region. It offers an on-site restaurant and rooms with a TV and free Wi-Fi.
Penzión Oravský Zrub
Penzion Oravsky Zrub is set in Nižná nad Oravou, in a traditional wooden building of Orava region. Featuring free Wi-Fi and a traditional Slovak restaurant, it offers a hot tub, playground and a terrace with barbecue facilities.
Hotel Arman ***
Situated in the village of Nižná in Orava region, Hotel Arman features a spa centre with different saunas, free WiFi and a restaurant.
Penzión Centrum
Penzión Centrum is situated in Oravský Biely Potok, 29 km from Zakopane and 42 km from Białka Tatrzanska. Guests can enjoy the on-site bar. Free private parking is available on site.
Hotel Altis
Connected to an ice hockey stadium and shooting range, Hotel Altis is 1 km from the Orava Reservoir and offers a restaurant and a spa with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a gym, sauna, hot tub, sun bed and massages. Free Wi-Fi is provided in the entire building and there is free private parking. Breakfast can be served every morning to the guests. The restaurant has a terrace and offers Slovak and international cuisine. There is a garden with barbecue facilities on site.
Koliba u Kuba Penzión **
Offering a seasonal outdoor pool and ski-to-door access, Koliba u Kuba a rekreačné domy is set in Hruštín in the Žilinský kraj Region. Wisła is 48 km away. Free WiFi is provided throughout the property.
Penzión Villa Helia
Penzion Villa Helia is situated in the quiet suburban area of Medzihradné, only 1,200 m from the historic city centre of Dolny Kubin. It offers modern-style accommodation with free Wi-Fi and an on-site hot tub.
Penzión Koliba
Located only 200 m from the historic square of P.O. Hviezdoslava in Dolný Kubín, Penzión Koliba is set in a traditional-style wooden house, typical for the Orava Region. It offers an on-site restaurant and rooms with a TV and free Wi-Fi.
Aquapark Thermal Oravice
The modern thermal park is built in the wonderful surrounding of Orava, close to the border with Poland. The highly mineralized thermal water, which springs in the depth of more than 1 kilometre, works curing/healing on psychic and stress and is used/utilised in balneotherapy.
AquaRelax Dolný Kubín
AquaRelax is a modern aqua park in Dolný Kubín, outstanding for its unique pyramid architecture. It uses only crystal-clear water in stainless steel pools.
Aqua-Vital Park Lúčky
Spa Lúčky lying on the limits of regions Liptov and Orava is the one of oldest in Slovakia. It is popular for it provides complete therapy of gynaecological diseases, and it is the only spa in the county specialised in womens diseases.
Spa Lúčky
Spa Lúčky lying on the limits of regions Liptov and Orava is the one of oldest in Slovakia. It is popular for it provides complete therapy of gynaecological diseases, and it is the only spa in the county specialised in womens diseases. Locals know the mineral springs since 1761.
LOĎ MARA - katamarany - vyhliadkové plavby loďou po Liptovskej Mare
Príjemným osviežením a spestrením pobytu na Liptove je vyhliadková plavba loďou MARA po Liptovskej Mare, ktorá si vďaka svojej veľkosti právom zaslúži prívlastok - Slovenské alebo Liptovské more.
Aquapark Tatralandia
The Tatralandia Holiday Resort is the largest year-round water park with accommodation in all of Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland. It's located in the Liptov Region with its many cultural monuments and unique folk culture, and is surrounded by the Low and High Tatras, the Greater and Lesser Fatra and the Choč Mountains.
Rafting Adventure
ADRENALÍN CENTRUM - rafting, splavy riek, paintball, adventure golf, lukostrelba, vzduchovky, nafukovaci hrad, trampolina....
Gino Paradise Bešeňová
This fine park, which is located in the beautiful setting of the Choč Mountains overlooking both the Low and Western Tatras, boasts a wide variety of three indoor and thirteen outdoor pools, nine outdoor water slides, a number of children's slides and hot tubs. The resort also features a new pebble beach that includes a nudist area. Relaxation and entertainment for the whole family are provided all year long.
Monaco Grand Prix - motokárová hala
Jediná dvojposchodová dráha na Slovensku!!
Tvrdošín – All Saints church
The pride of Tvrdošín and its oldest preserved building is the Gothic wooden Roman-Catholic All Saints church (Kostol Všetkých svätých) situated in the local cemetery. In 2008, along with seven wooden churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area, it was included on the UNESCO Word Heritage List.
The smelting plant Františkova huta
In the vicinity of the distinctive village of Podbiel, with its unique complex of folk-architecture buildings, located in the region surrounding the Orava dam, we can find the precious technical monument Františkova huta (Francis's Smelting Plant).
PODBIEL is a typical village lying in the region of Orava (north of Slovakia) with interesting compound of original log houses called Bobrova rala built in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The memorial of Anton Bernolák (Slanický ostrov)
The birthplace of the first man to codify the literary Slovak - Anton Bernolák -disappeared under the level of the Oravská priehrada dam. A church was the only building to remain of the village. It stands on the Slanický ostrov island. A memorial was built there to commemorate its famous native.
Slanica Island of Art
Permanent expositions of the traditional folk art from the collections of the Orava Gallery (Oravská galéria) have been located in the beautiful natural scenery of Slanica Island of Art, in the centre of the Oravská priehrada dam.
Zuberec - gothic wooden church of St Elizabeth
The Late Gothic wooden church of St Elizabeth is the dominant structure in the Museum of the Orava village - open air museum situated only 3 kilometres away of Zuberec near Brestová. It stands in cemetery in the middle of wonderful mountain scenery. The church was originally built in the 19th century and moved here in the 20th century from village Zábrež.
Museum of the Orava Village
Three kilometres away from Zuberec, at Brestová, a unique open-air Museum of the Orava Village (Múzeum oravskej dediny) can be visited. Over an area of about 20 hectares, and on both sides of the crystal clean Studený potok brook, is a village containing the typical folk buildings moved here from various regions of Orava.
Water mills in the valley Kvačianska dolina
Experts classify water mills in the valley Kvačianska dolina among the mountain type of mills. They stand in what is often referred to as a most beautiful Slovak valleys, in the mountain range Chočské vrchy. This is one of the last surviving monuments of its kind and in its natural environment.
Orava Castle
The most attractive tourist locality of the northern Slovakia is the Orava Castle lying on the river Orava near the village Oravský Podzámok, below impressive cliffs. In 1370, it became a county castle and the seat of the Orava Castle estate, which included almost the whole region of Orava.
Leštiny – articled church
The wooden articled Evangelical church of 1688 with wooden belfry was included in 2008, along with seven wooden churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area, on the UNESCO Word Heritage List.
Events Around
interaktívna výstava, na ktorej si deti môžu napísať text v klinovom písme, poskladať obrázkové vety z hieroglyfov alebo si precvičiť ozdobné písanie štetcom či zrezaným perom. Utorok - Sobota: 10:00 - 17:00
Výstava hmyzu a entomologických pomôcok na jeho zber a preparáciu.Autor: V. Hemala Pondelok – Piatok: 8:00 – 16:00, vstup v hodinových intervaloch (posledný o 15:00), Vstupné: 0,50 €
Záhady múzejnej záhrady
denný environmentálny program pre rodiny, jednotlivcov aj školy, realizovaný v exteriéri Slovenského múzea ochrany prírody a jaskyniarstva.Začiatok od 26. mája 2020 (mimo soboty a nedele) v čase: o 10.00 h a o 13.30 h (program trvá cca 1,5 h). Čakajú na Vás: 3 stanovištia 1. geológia, mineralógia, jaskyniarstvo, 2. zoológia 3. botanika, história budovy múzea Účasť na programe potrebné objednať deň vopred: 044 547 72 10, 547 72 11
18.00 (pôvodný termín 25.6.2020 - vstupenky ostávajú v platnosti). Pestro popretkávané osudy s trpkými, ale aj – keďže sme v RND – hlavne humornými situáciami a príbehmi, ktoré však nakoniec viac podávajú správu o ubolených dušiach ako telách. Vstupné: 18 € - predpredaj v Informačnom centre Liptovský Mikuláš
19.00, jedna z najväčších hviezd česko-slovenskej hudobnej scény, poteší svojich priaznivcov galakoncertom, v ktorom odznejú jej najväčšie hity !!! Hosť Petr Rezek BOOM!BAND Jiřího Dvořáka. Vstupné : 25 € - predpredaj vstupeniek v Informačnom centre.
NAJOČAKAVANEJŠÍ MUZIKÁL TOHTO ROKA je KONEČNE TU! Po najúspešnejšom slovenskom muzikáli všetkých čias Ôsmom svetadiele prichádza na Slovensko druhý muzikál so slávnymi piesňami legendárnej skupiny Elán - VODA a krv NAD VODOU. Muzikál od tvorcov Svetadielu .... Nový príbeh postavený na parafráze slávneho románu Monte Christa od Alexandra Dumasa. Noví hrdinovia, emócie a dynamická výprava... "Vždy musí existovať nejaká "voda" čo nás drží v ťažkých chvílach nad vodou. Niekedy to môže byť túžba , niekedy kariéra ,niekedy pomsta , ale nejkrásnejšie je keď nás nad vodou drží láska…" ------------------------------- Predpredaj.sk vám umožňuje online nákup vstupeniek na rôzne hudobné, kultúrne, športové a iné podujatia.


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For Greg and Stephanie Moore, it was a case of love at first sight.
Lots of brick, lots of space, lots of possibilities.
"When my husband and I first looked at the house, we fell in love with it," Stephanie said. "We loved the brick, and it's all brick—not just a façade. It had lots of potential and lots of room."
And then the work began, and maybe someday it will end. So it goes for the owners of an older home, but it's all worth the effort for the Moores.
Changes began right on the front porch which was enclosed when they bought the house.
"That was our first, scary project," Stephanie said.
The wood supporting the screens was rotting in places so they decided to tear out rather than repair. They're content with the open-air porch and intend to leave it that way.
Inside the porch is a foyer with a slate floor—slate that Stephanie believes could be original. A glance into the living room shows there's plenty of original woodwork.
The living room features a fireplace with a cast iron covering, surrounded by brickwork that continues onto the floor. A built-in bookcase is on the opposite wall, just to the right of a large glass pocket door leading into the dining room.


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By Jim Harris
Bassist, pianist, vocalist and educator Ed Wise is that rarest of birds — a great musician with a knack for being organized. This well-travelled Germantown resident has managed to create for himself a rewarding life in music with a combination of talent, hard work and a little bit of luck along the way.
Houston-born and raised, Ed remembers sitting at his grandmother's piano at the age of 10. "For her generation, the piano was the TV and the radio rolled into one," he said. "She accompanied silent movies in her younger days, and she could make that piano sound like an entire orchestra. That was my first introduction to music.
"Later on, when I scored high on a musical aptitude test in school, they wanted me to join the orchestra and play viola or cello. Neither really struck a chord with me, but then I heard a guy playing a double bass, and it was one of those light bulb moments. I said, 'I want to play THAT.'
"At age 15, I was in my first band, 'Last Rites' (hey, it was the '70s) playing bass guitar, but when I saw the Modern Jazz Quartet on TV, I had another light bulb moment. I started playing jazz."
In a real stroke of good luck, Wise made a friend in high school (Shelly Berg, now Dean of Music at the University of Miami), whose dad knew a lot of professional jazz musicians. So by the time Ed graduated from high school, he had already played with stars like Sonny Stit and Lockjaw Davis, and had even met Count Basie.
Ed went on to get a Masters degree in music from the University of North Texas, where he also taught and directed the jazz band. Next was a four-year stint in Toronto, Canada, where he directed the jazz band of the National Music Camp of Canada.
In 1993 he moved to New Orleans, where there was plenty of work for musicians. His jobs there included teaching at Loyola University, playing on lots of recordings — including his own CD, "Ed Wise and his New Orleans Jazz Band," — and eight years of working for the Delta Queen Steamboat Company. While there, he rose through the ranks to become bandleader on the company's flagship steamboat. That's where he met Liz, from Philadelphia, who would later become his wife. She and her mom were on a cruise.
According to Ed, "After Hurricane Katrina hit, all of the work in New Orleans dried up. I came up here and stayed with some nice folks in West Philly who put me up until I could find my own place. Lots of Philadelphians were opening their homes to refugees from Katrina back then. Then Liz and I visited New Orleans again in 2006 to get married in the French Quarter. It was shocking to me how few people were left there.
"Starting over again in Philly, I knew no musicians. There used to be jazz scenes in all the big cities, but not so much anymore. It's kind of gone underground. I began attending jam sessions around the city and introducing myself. One of my favorite places was the LaRose Jazz Club (5531 Germantown Ave.), which has sort of become my second home. While attending one of these jam sessions, someone from the Penn Jazz Orchestra overheard me saying that I needed work, and he told me that they were looking for a musical director. Another lucky break. I auditioned for the job and got it."
Penn Jazz is the jazz band of the University of Pennsylvania. Ed rehearses the students for a concert each semester. They pick the music, and "I just show up and wave my arms till the music stops. Seriously though, I tell them, 'I'm a professional, and I'm going to treat you all like professionals.' I work them hard. They're great kids. So far, they've played about 10 of my original compositions."
Ed has reorganized "Ed Wise and his New Orleans Jazz Band up here in Philadelphia. "We do weddings, society gigs, festivals, you name it." He also works with the Midiri Brothers jazz ensemble, which plays '40s and '50s swing jazz.
The list of famous entertainers with whom Ed has performed over the years is quite lengthy, and includes Al Hirt, The Smothers Brothers, Bob Hope, Cab Calloway and many more.
Ed's musical adventures have taken him across the country and around the world. When I met him for this interview, he was preparing to drive to Texas to play in a Puccini opera in which his daughter Mandy was singing the lead. On average he spends three to four months a year on the road. He's done 11 festivals in the past year plus two months in New Orleans.
Locally, Ed will be playing June 12, from 11-2 p.m., at the Musikfest Cafe in Bethlehem and on July 1, with Dave Posmentier on piano, at Crossroads Coffeehouse in Roxborough (6156 Ridge Ave.) from 7-8:15 p.m.
Ed, who just turned 56, has four daughters ("they all sing beautifully") and five grandchildren. His wife Liz is Executive Director of the Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust, and they live on a historic property. When I asked him what it's like living next to a centuries-old graveyard, he replied, "Nice and quiet. Germantown is a fascinating place."
You can contact Wise at 215-279-0617, email@example.com or www.edwisemusician.com.


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Come make a difference and help to improve someone's quality of life, while gaining experience and skill, by providing compassionate presence and care to Kindred Hospice patients and their families in the Seattle/King County area.
Come join our team! Volunteers are an essential part of our dynamic interdisciplinary team (of nurses, doctors, spiritual care providers, social workers and home health aides). Our Patient Care Hospice volunteers help to provide support and comfort to our hospice patients and families, by visiting them during a time of need.
Kindred Hospice of King County Volunteers may serve in a multitude of ways, including offering patient companionship (such as reading a book, engaging in conversation, actively listening by the bedside, playing card games, singing or holding someone's hand). Volunteers may also provide caregiver/family respite, or light household work, running errands or engaging in arts/crafts activity. Volunteers may also assist with special events such as memorial services and veteran pinning ceremonies for our hospice patients and families. Kindred Hospice of King Countyvolunteers drive to visit and offer support to hospice patients and families.
We provide free extensive training and ongoing education and support for our volunteers. We value and nurture our volunteers as essential members of our interdisciplinary team. We seek a diverse volunteer team that reflects our multicultural community. Volunteer trainings occur in our office in the Northgate area. Our patients and families are located throughout King County. There is particular need for volunteer support in the South Seattle area.
Qualified candidates must be at least 18 years of age, pass a background check, interview, fingerprinting, TB test, urine drug test, orientation training and orientation competency test.
Open application period and interviews occurring now (through November 11th, 2019) for upcoming Winter 2019 training sessions, and until February 11, 2020 for Spring training. Trainings are held once a season in our northgate office. Duration of trainings are approximately 18-22 hours over the course of 2-3 weeks.
To receive application materials or further information, feel free to contact the Manager of Volunteer Services, Jemilla Goldstein at email@example.com or call (206)525-1090. After your 6 application materials are received via email/mail, we will schedule an in person interview at our Northgate office.


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Rhode Island hoping for 1st win as Rams play host to Maine
ORONO, Maine (AP) � The University of Rhode Island will be looking for its first win of the season as it plays host to Maine in the season finale for the Black Bears.
Kickoff for Saturday's game is 2 p.m.
The University of Maine (4-6, 3-4) enters the game on the heels of a 51-7 win over Georgia State last weekend. Rhode Island (0-10, 0-7), meanwhile, is coming off a 41-10 loss to No. 17 Towson.
Maine linebacker Donte Dennis, who has 86 tackles this season, could become the first Black Bear ever to notch 100 tackles in three seasons and be the best since Stephen Cooper in 2000-02 to lead the team in tackles in three seasons.


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Pete Froedden, in his fourth year as an assistant coach for the Bisons, is no stranger to the Lipscomb basketball program.
Froedden played point guard for the Bisons under former head coach Don Meyer from 1987 to 1991. A three-year starter, he finished his career with 1,053 points.
Froedden is heavily involved in developing team strategy. He supervises the video exchange program and works in development of Lipscomb's guards.
Froedden has instituted new team shooting programs and constantly works on perfecting each player's shooting form. In his first year with Lipscomb, the team field goal percentage rose from .437 to a league-leading .472. Lipscomb's three-point percentage also rose from .345 to a conference-high .363.
Froedden also shares the NAIA record for 46 games played in a season. He shares the record with seven other members of the 1989-90 basketball team. In his four years at Lipscomb the Bisons won 147 games. He is the winningest player in the history of collegiate basketball with Lipscomb going 146-14 in games he played.
Upon graduating from Lipscomb, Froedden served as a graduate assistant coach at Austin Peay State University where he earned his Master's of Science in Public and Community Health.
Froedden had an opportunity to return to Lipscomb in the middle-1990s, but instead accepted his first head coaching job at Hillsboro High School in Nashville, Tenn.
After four years at Hillsboro, Froedden was named head coach and Athletic Director at Harding Academy in Memphis, Tenn. in 1998. He spent six years at Harding compiling a record of 114-68 while winning three district championships and being named District Coach of the Year twice.
Froedden served as head coach at Dyer County High School in Newbern, Tenn. from 2004 to 2006. After moving to Sycamore High School in 2006, he won two regular season championships and a district tournament championship finishing 50-17 over his two year tenure.
Froedden, originally from New York, N.Y., prepped at Houston County High in Erin, Tenn. He and his wife Audrey have three children - Keenan, Kiana, and Christian.


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Nagoya City, Japan
April 9, 1976
At 2:00pm on April 9, 1976, Hirohito Tanaka saw the small dark circular flying object with the raised dome in the center. It was making a low pass over the roof of his next door neighbor's house. Grabbing his Instamatic 126, he ran to the balcony and shot seven pictures in rapid succession. The domed disc was moving in zig-zag and falling-leaf fashion as it flew about in the near sky. It was dark colored and he could not see much detail, only noting its strange movements, well aware that no airplane known to him could perform such maneuvers.
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