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Re: Alcohol don't burn in cold weather.
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:04 pm
Make a "Fancy Feast" I think that one is going to be a winner. That thing is rock solid, light weight and easy to make. You like wood burning, try making the Globe Stove, it works great. I got a couple of used starlytes layin around, gimme your address and I'll send one out for you to test at 2 degrees. When you get back, let us know how it worked out for you.russb wrote:I'd like to test out a starlyte sometime, but I think my next project is still the fancyfeast stove. I haven't gotten the mesh yet. Too busy camping and not enough time building. I'd rather be in the bush than the workshop though. My next trip is Jan 5th and the low temps average around 2F in the adirondacks at that time, I will bring the ion and see how it works. Of course I will not be relying on it, I will be carrying it only for test purposes.

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Since 1932, White River Fish Market & Seafood Restaurant has been selling and serving fish as good as anything you will find along the seashore with a line out the door to prove it!
Unlike the coastal cities who sell the fish harvested in their regions, White River's market sells a wider variety of seafood. Being centrally located in the United States allows White River to fly in seafood direct from the suppliers from all coastal areas of North and South America.
Our 12 foot display case in the front of the restaurant allows visitors to see the quality of the seafood before it is prepared. Visitors are encouraged to select the exact pieces to be prepared for their order.
Our customers are a cross section of Tulsans. You see businessmen in dark suits, workers from nearby plants, families and carry-out customers. Our restaurant and fish market is a microcosm of the city that we have called home for more than 75 years.
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Fannie Annis
May 11, 1920-Jan. 1, 2013
Pleasanton, California
Fannie Lambert Annis passed away on January 1, 2013, after suffering a stroke on December 31, 2012. We knew she would make it to New Year?s Day! At the time of her death, Fannie had been living in Livermore for 1 ½ years after residing in the same house in Pleasanton since 1950. Fannie was born Fannie Arnold Lambert in Superior, WI, on May 11, 1920. Shortly thereafter the family moved to Duluth, MN, where Fannie attended elementary schools, East Junior High School and Central High School. Fannie then graduated from Duluth State Teacher?s College (now the University of Minnesota at Duluth ? UMD) in 1942 with a bachelor?s degree in education. Fannie spent two years teaching in upper Michigan, one year teaching in San Francisco, CA (during World War II), one year teaching in Niles, CA and then 19 years teaching at Alisal Elementary School in the Pleasanton School District. Fannie always taught third grade, ostensibly because ?the math was too difficult in fourth grade.? She loved being a teacher and was always able to look at the humorous side of events in the classroom. Fannie retired in 1977 to be able to travel the world. In March of 1939, Fannie Lambert met Warren Annis?the love of her life?as they were playing ping pong against each other at the recreation center at Duluth State Teacher?s College. That same night they went to a dance and, as they say, the rest is history. Ultimately, Warren graduated from Duluth State Teacher?s College and on March 6, 1944, left for the Naval Officer?s Training School at Columbia University in New York. Warren graduated from Officer Training School as a ?90 Day Wonder? Ensign on June 29, 1944, took a train to Duluth, MN, and Fannie and Warren were married on July 3, 1944. Warren was then sent to the South Pacific battlefront. Fannie followed him by taking the train to California and working miscellaneous retail jobs and then teaching in San Francisco. Fannie was very proud of hopping on a train and traveling to California, by herself, to ?follow her man.? After World War II, Fannie and Warren moved to Pleasanton, CA in 1948 and remained there for a total of 61 years. During that time Fannie was a teacher, loved gardening (her roses were adored by passersby on Vineyard Ave. for many years), enjoyed beating Warren at cribbage and her chocolate chip cookies were ?world? renown. Fannie is survived by her loving husband of 68+ years, Warren, her children, Larry (Carolyn) of Pleasanton, CA and Jim (Gini) of Reno, NV, her grandsons, Greg Annis of Oakland, CA, Keith Annis of Lima, Peru, Kevin (Megan) Annis of Reno, NV, Brian Annis of Burbank, CA, and her great grandchildren, Connor and Hailey Annis, and her older sister, Joan Mullin of Zion, Illinois. Fannie was predeceased by her father, Vincent Sylvester Lambert, her mother, Ida Mae Burgess Lambert and her sister, Katherine Farnam. There will be a genuine Celebration of Life for Fannie on Saturday, February 2, 2013 at the Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Boulevard, Pleasanton CA, at 2:00PM. One of Fannie?s requests at her celebration was the playing of ?The Beer Barrel Polka.? That request will be honored and will be in addition to other heartfelt and humorous moments at her celebration. We are hopeful that many of the students that she taught in Pleasanton will be able to attend this celebration. Fannie asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to: Children, Incorporated; c/o Appalachian Children?s Fund; P.O. Box 5381; Richmond, VA 23200-0381


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Ranking the free agents, NFL.com's Gregg Rosenthal and Joe Fortenbaugh of the National Foootball Post are in agreement on two counts: 1) Louis Vasquez is the Chargers' top free agent, 2) Vasquez is only slightly better than Antoine Cason.
Rosenthal lists Vasquez one spot ahead of Cason; over at NFP, meantime, the right guard is nine spots ahead of the cornerback.
I also rate Vasquez over Cason. He's nine months younger. He's been a more consistent performer and starter.
I deemed Vasquez his team's best blocker in 2012. Chargers players voted center Nick Hardwick the line's MVP. I can see why. Hardwick is responsible for calling out blocking tasks and is said to excel at it.
Cason's position is generally tougher to fill than right guard, Vasquez's spot since 2009.
As my colleague Michael Gehlken chronicled, Cason improved as the 2012 season went along. Cason will turn 27 in July. His best seasons may be ahead of him.
But for the Chargers, replacing Vasquez could be the tougher chore. Cason's backup, Shareece Wright, is further along than Vasquez's young understudy, Johnnie Troutman. Drafted last year in the fifth round, Troutman missed the season as he recovered from a pectoral injury. Left guard was his spot for the last three years at Penn State.


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After the FBI receives a threat that endangers the entire city, an interrogator (Copeland) and an I.T. specialist (Perry) are plunged into a series of ...
Actor: Julia Benson, C.J. Perry, Adam Copeland, Erica Carroll, Mitchell Kummen, Patrick Sabongui, Michael Rogers, Jana Mitsoula, Zachary Gulka, Bob Frazer, Mike Kovac, Sienna Bohn, Devielle Johnson, Fraser Corbett, Yee Jee Tso
Bending the RulesHD
IMDb: 5.1
83 min
A district attorney is determined to take down a corrupt New Orleans cop.
Actor: Jamie Kennedy, Adam Copeland, Jennifer Esposito, Alicia Witt, Kevin Weisman, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Philip Baker Hall, Jessica Walter, Kirk Bovill, Elena Lyons, Deneen Tyler, Danny Gil, Clyde Jones, Margaret Lawhon, Kate Adair
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87 min
When Connor MacLeod sees his old friend Rachel die in an explosion, he's had it with his immortal life and the endless pain it brings ...
Actor: Adrian Paul, Christopher Lambert, Bruce Payne, Lisa Barbuscia, Donnie Yen, Jim Byrnes, Peter Wingfield, Damon Dash, Beatie Edney, Sheila Gish, Oris Erhuero, Ian Paul Cassidy, Adam Copeland, Mihnea Trusca, June Watson
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Actor: Katheryn Winnick, Alexander Ludwig, Clive Standen, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Alex Høgh Andersen, Josefin Asplund, Darren Cahill, Adam Copeland, Moe Dunford, Peter Franzén, Georgia Hirst, Kris Holden-Ried, Marco Ilsø, Jennie Jacques, David Lindström


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BostonMerlin necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 26 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
"Assembly" for iPhone is an application construction kit. Users "assemble" widgets together to form an application. For example, select and configure a label widget, a clock widget and a button widget to create an alarm clock.
Ease of use is the foundation for this application and the icon/logo should reflect this. A few keywords to keep in mind as you conceptualize the artwork.
- simplicity
- interface elements (button, label, text box, map, clock, picture etc.)
- construction kit
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- widgets
- gadgets
- plug-in-play
- puzzle pieces
- legos
An idea..
- a few puzzle pieces stuck together, each one having a UI element (textbox, map, button). has the apple look with depth and shadow. start from there and run with it..
I am looking for simplicity with the smaller iPhone icon but the Logo can contain as much detail as necessary to portray the message.
Stay away from using anything related to the iTunes app store icon which sits on the home page of every device.
The audience will be all iphone/ipod touch users. Again, simplicity is key here. The design should reflect how easy it is to whip up an simple application in a few minutes by dragging and dropping widgets around.
Our goal is to build theme specific applications on top of the "Assembly" design that would focus on building a specific type of application.. "Assembly Clock" or "Assembly List" or "Assembly Map".
We are looking for both a large size logo and an iPhone icon. The iPhone icon should conform to the apple specification for icons. The logo should be scalable to be used in both the application itself as it's splash screen and online marketing materials.
Because this design will be used in future applications we would need to receive the project file used to create this artwork so that specific elements could be switched out with others down the road if needed.


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Like a lot of sports games these days, FIFA now comes in two flavours; the conventional FIFA titles that are released yearly and FIFA Street, the NBA Jam of soccer titles. This time around, EA has tightened up the nuts and bolts of the series, creating a hardcore, trick-based football game that is addictive yet difficult to master.
Ball control
Integral to any decent football game is a formidable control scheme. With FIFA Street the majority of it is spot on, with players reacting quickly to whatever inputs you might feed through the controller. EA has taken a leaf out of SSX's book here and gone for some dual-stick magic, with the right being used for any complex ball control. Passing, shooting and all the rest are done very conventionally, but it's this right stick that really makes FIFA Street such a fun game to play.
The number of moves your player can pull off, once you have them unlocked, is fairly extensive. Never do you feel like you are repeating play styles or using the same attack and defend techniques over and over. For a game based around such tiny pitches and with so few controllable players, this is definitely commendable.
Best of all, though, is the way that the game gives you the same amount of enjoyment at any skill level. It's just as rewarding for a beginner to pull off a simple trick-and-pass combination as it is for an expert to have the ball flying all over the place, eventually ending up in the goal.
Footballer looks
In terms of presentation, FIFA Street doesn't quite approach the levels of games such as FIFA 12. It does do away with some of the slightly cartoony looking player models of previous games in the series. This is no bad thing, because it helps reinforce the game's more serious approach.
Lighting looks okay, pitches are varied enough so as not to feel like every match is being played in a pub car park and the customisation is there, should you want to change the way players appear.
What really elevates FIFA Street's looks is the player animations. EA has really tidied up the way they move about the pitch in this reboot. Nothing is clunky and every single pass, tackle and trick move looks super-smooth. The result is a game that runs and plays quickly - which is crucial for a title like FIFA Street.
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Rags to riches
FIFA Street actually has a very enjoyable career mode to it. In a nutshell, you create a single player, start off as a footballing nothing and then work your way up through the five-a-side ranks. On the way you earn experience points, which can be spent on improving your characters in various ways, like adding new moves or bettering skills. Players will flock to your team the better you get, and more-exciting pitches and venues will become available.
It's a very simple, fluid and addictive experience that's perfect for hour-long play sessions. FIFA Street is a game you can pick at without worrying about losing too much time in your evenings.
This is helped, in part, by the different game modes. Take Futsal, for example, this is the sort of official version of street football with fouls and the rest. We found that a quick Futsal match is all you need for a fix. Panna - a more trick-orientated version - will help boost any skills you have with ball control as well as the right stick and left trigger moves. Finally, there's an online mode, World Tour.
Here, player matches become localised based on your region. So teams all based around London, say, will battle online. The game is also built for multiplayer and works perfectly when played with friends online and offline.
FIFA Street has been a rather nice surprise. A game that we weren't particularly excited about, after the last title's shortcomings, has clearly been rethought in a big way. The slightly more serious approach to street football, as bizarre as that might sound, actually complements the way the game plays.
By tidying up player animations, creating a smooth multiplayer experience and drawing on a little technical expertise from FIFA 12, FIFA Street is a worthy title for EA's now rather elite footballing line-up. It also makes the game a worthwhile purchase on top of that ubiquitous single football game per year approach. A game that even the most ardent of football-haters will end up enjoying, FIFA Street strikes just the right balance between fun and realism. And it has an ace soundtrack.


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DeKALB – The new residence hall at Northern Illinois University comes with a construction price tag of $80 million. And from the looks of Monday's ribbon-cutting ceremony, it looks as if the school spent every penny of it.
Unlike most of the dorm rooms on campus, the new hall consists of all single bedrooms. Each student shares a bathroom suite with another, and 12 of these single bedrooms would share a common space – or a "cluster" as NIU's housing officials call it – that contains a study area, a small kitchen, and a flat screen, 55-inch TV.
Complex coordinator Connie Storey said the decision to make all of the new hall's 1,008 rooms single bedrooms was a deliberate one.
"Everybody is always requesting single rooms and private bathrooms," Storey said. "I think it's more – for a lot of this generation, a lot of them didn't have to share rooms and so a lot of people are very apprehensive about sharing rooms – keeping up with the times and what the students want."
The still-unnamed hall is separated into a west and east hall. In the center hall, the residents can lay around in the new wireless lounge, complete with a fireplace.
Next to the wireless lounge is the recreation facility, stocked with new, Cybex-brand exercise machines. Residents will have exclusive access to this facility, although Storey mentioned that this restriction could be relaxed in the future. The new food court, however, will be open to all students.
It's not cheap living in the new hall. With the cheapest meal plan, a student pays $6,482 a semester. Only the students who live by themselves in Stevenson Tower suites pay a couple of hundred dollars more than a new-hall student.
The new hall is just one part of NIU's "residential renaissance" and "the embodiment" of the university's larger Vision 2020 initiative, said NIU President John Peters to a large group of NIU officials, students, and other members of the community Monday.
In his speech, Peters acknowledged the challenge of building a new residence hall – the university's first in 40 years – when the university, the state and the country as a whole are struggling financially.
"We did this because we recognized that we could hardly claim to be putting students first while expecting them to move into buildings that have scarcely changed since their parents, and in some cases, their grandparents had been enrolled here," Peters said. "We had to move on that."
The university also hinted at more upcoming construction projects in a flier they gave out to attendees, including construction at the Holmes Student Center, re-opening part of Gilbert Hall as a residence hall, as well as various parking projects
The general student population won't move into the new hall until Aug. 23, but community advisers like Sam Rossi, a junior visual communications major, have been living in the hall since Sunday.
"I like new hall. I like how it's set up, more in a cluster, and there's a big room in the middle," Rossi said. "Neptune there's more hallways dividing people. So building communities will be easier and more convenient, especially with the TV."
The CAs of the new hall will be able to brag about their new digs to their counterparts in other dorms. For one, it's much bigger.
"People keep using the quote from the movie 'Step Brothers': 'There's so much room for activities,' " Rossi said.
In addition to their own private bathroom, they also have a small living room separate from where their bed would be. Rossi said it's a nice change from having distressed students coming in to sit on their beds.
"I don't have a problem with it, but some people don't like to sit on beds," Rossi said.
But the layout will provide some challenges to CAs who want to foster a community. Each CA is in charge of two clusters, with the CA's room being the only room connecting the two common spaces. Residents will have access to their own cluster, and by extension, their own floor. For instance, a resident in Cluster A cannot enter Cluster B unless someone invites them.
"Trying to bring them together will be very different, and it hasn't been done on campus," Rossi said. "This is new."
Another CA, Anthony Brown, agreed that it could be challenging to get some students out of their single rooms. But Brown believes the rooms are small enough for students to not get too comfortable in them.
"They're going to actually have to come out into the clusters and sit down in the lounges and socialize with other people," Brown said. "It's actually like a 'design flaw' that turned out pretty good."


text: Old speakers: bass causing abnormal vibration 2013-04-07 14:16:34 I have an old system of stereo speakers of mostly a nostalgic value (my dad had them when I was a kid) that started showing the following behavior: on heavy bass, one of the speakers produces clanging noises as if the speaker is hitting something from the vibration.It only really affects one of the speakers and only on really heavy bass. I don't know anything about speaker's internal workings but could it be that some kind of mount loosened over time and is not holding the speaker in place? Or is it just "normal" wear and tear and there is nothing to be done?


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When you develop your guide you automatically get a matching App. The App is for IOS and Android. In the App visitors can access content either by scanning QR codes, via a number keypad or by selecting an object from a list. Having an App will enlarge your target-group. The Apps also offer a tool for hearing impaired visitors, it uses text overlay so visitors van read the tour as well.DOWNLOAD the Apple AppDOWNLOAD the Android App
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The 29th Annual Regional Language Arts Conference (LAC) is an event in which Western Pacific educators are provided with opportunities for professional growth and enrichment in literacy.
The conference is organized by the Department of English and Applied Linguistics (DEAL) at the University of Guam, and co-sponsored by the Guam International Reading Association. IRA members can register for the conference during their September and October meetings. Participation is limited to the first 300 registrants, so early registration is encouraged.
Educators can earn one (1) PD894 graduate credit/CEU for attending this conference. For additional information you can e-mail the instructor, Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera, at firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
For inquiries contact Kathleen Duenas at 735-2725 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
For inquiries contact Kathleen Duenas at 735-2725 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Reading Writing Together: Collaborate to Calibrate
Friday, November 18, 2016 - 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 19, 2016 - 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Guam
Keynote Speaker:
Kevin Colleary, Ed.D.
Dr. Kevin Colleary is an Adjunct Assistant Professor for the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University in New York. He teaches graduate level courses in educational foundations, philosophy and history of education as well as content area reading methods for science (STEM) and social studies. He works with elementary pre-service science, social studies and reading teachers in public and private schools including supporting them in internship and student teaching roles through supervision, mentoring and classroom instruction. In addition, he works closely with school administrators and classroom teachers on issues related to Common Core State Standards. He has also taught at Hunter College in New York and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Dr. Colleary is an author for McGraw-Hill Education. He is a member of the senior authorship team, which conceptualizes and writes national and state specific K-6 elementary social studies programs. He creates and provides professional development support materials and seminars for state curriculum leaders, district leadership and classroom teachers on content area reading and social studies curriculum issues. He has also served as Director of National Marketing for Benchmark Education Company in New Rochelle, New York. He served in various positions for McGraw-Hill as Senior Marketing Manager of English, National Marketing Manager of Reading/Language Arts, Director of Social Studies Curriculum, National Social Studies Consultant, and Marketing Manager of Social Studies.
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Presentation Proposal Form
**You can register and submit your proposals online. **Proposal Deadline is November 2, 2016.
**Registration Fees must be paid in person at the Division of English and Applied Linguistics, located on the second floor of the Tan Lam Pek Kim English and Communications Building, University of Guam campus.
27th LAC Keynote Speaker: Dr. Margaruite Smith
Dr. Smith is the Manager of Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), Hawaii and Pacific Sales and Service for McGraw-Hill Education. In that capacity, she is responsible for all aspects of teacher training, textbook and online learning sales, as well as Professional Development services for McGraw-Hill School Education educational materials, including SRA, Macmillan, Glencoe and Wright Group products to the Department of Defense Schools and to Guam, Marshall Islands, Palau, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia, American Samoa, and Hawaii.
She has degrees from Texas Tech University, Texas Southern University, and the University of Denver in education and in educational administration. She has taught in every grade level 1-12, and has been an elementary administrator. She has teacher certification in reading, English as a Second Language, as well as general studies K-12.
26th LAC Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nerissa Bretania Underwood
Dr. Nerissa Bretania Underwood is a former Superintent for the Guam Department of Education (GDOE). She served as GDOE's research, planning, and evaluation administrator. She holds a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Oregon, a master's degree in education, and a bachelor of arts degree in education. She has also served as the chair of the committee to develop Guam Department of Education's master plan relative to the increase in military presence. Dr. Underwood has been a leader in the local Filipino community organizations and an advocate of Guam's quest for self-determination and has served the community as a member of the Guam Memorial Hospital's board of trustees, the Guam Humanities Council, and St. Paul Christian School's board of directors. She is also the vice chair of the Democratic Party of Guam.
25th LAC Keynote Speaker: Efren Penaflorida, CNN Hero of the Year
Penaflorida is a Filipino teacher who won the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year award for his outreach teaching project known as, "Kariton Klasrum" (pushcart classroom). He received his award from American actress Eva Mendes at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
According to Penaflorida, "Our planet is filled with heroes, young and old, rich and poor, man, woman of different colors, shapes, and sizes. We are one great tapestry...Each person has a hidden hero within, you just have to look inside you and search it in your heart, and be the hero to the next one in need."
If you are interested in presenting or attending, it is important that you return the forms with your check/payment immediately. We have a limit of 300 participants. Last year, many were turned away because we reached capacity before the registration deadline. Don't let this weekend go without signing up. We look forward to seeing you there!
According to Penaflorida, "Our planet is filled with heroes, young and old, rich and poor, man, woman of different colors, shapes, and sizes. We are one great tapestry...Each person has a hidden hero within, you just have to look inside you and search it in your heart, and be the hero to the next one in need."
If you are interested in presenting or attending, it is important that you return the forms with your check/payment immediately. We have a limit of 300 participants. Last year, many were turned away because we reached capacity before the registration deadline. Don't let this weekend go without signing up. We look forward to seeing you there!
Contact LAC Committee Chairpersons:
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- Dr. Clarisa Quan: email@example.com
- Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera: email@example.com
- Dr. Catherine Stoicovy: email@example.com
- Dr. Michelle Santos: email@example.com
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Turning Point in the Lobby
It happened in the lobby of a Swiss hotel.
An Israeli visitor active in charitable causes noticed a family parked on lobby sofas at a late hour of the night. Upon inquiring he learned that the father, mother and daughter had an early morning return flight to Israel. In order to save the expense of another night in their hotel room they had checked out and were spending the remaining hours till their ride to the airport parked in the lobby.
When they refused his invitation to come to his room for some refreshments he brought some cookies and chocolates to them in the lobby. Upon his return to Israel he forgot the entire incident until some months later when he received an invitation to the daughters wedding referring to him as the main mechutan (title usually reserved for the parents of the bride and groom).
Unaware of his connection he called for clarification. He was told that the bride had strayed from the religious lifestyle of her parents and had become engaged to marry a non-Jew. The trip to Switzerland was a desperate attempt to dissuade her but she refused to budge. It was only on the flight back to Israel that she kept talking about how wonderful that religious Jew was to them in the hotel lobby. She was so moved by his thoughtfulness that she decided that she wanted to return to a lifestyle which had such values.
The result was that she called off the intermarriage and soon became engaged to marry a fine, religious Jew.


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Coulee Recollections
A look at the past…
Ten Years Ago
The possibility of bringing a swimming pool back into the Grand Coulee Dam area seems to be closer to reality after several county governments are encouraged by it. Sean Hess, chair of the Coulee Area Recreation Effort (CARE), and others in the grass-roots group met with the Okanogan County commissioners Monday about becoming the lead country for a proposed Parks and Recreation District.
Lake Roosevelt alumna Kristen Shields won the 100 meters and anchored the Whitworth College 4x100 relay win at the Ken Foreman Invitational in Seattle last weekend.
The Lake Roosevelt track team rolled to a convincing victory over Caribou Trail League opponents and outdistanced their closest competitor by more than 100 points Friday at Tonasket in the league championship meet.
Until the 1950s, polio crippled thousands of children every year in industrialized countries. Soon after the introduction of effective vaccines in the late 1950s and early 1960s, polio was brought under control, and practically eliminated as a public health problem in industrialized countries.
Twenty Years Ago
William Evans Jr. earned top honors for the 1993 graduation class of Lake Roosevelt High School and was named valedictorian by the school this week. He will graduate with a 3.977 grade point average. Ryan Spackman who carried a 3.906 for his high school career was named salutatorian.
Elmer City gained a new town marshal, last night. Mayor Dick Spence appointed David Marrs, 44, Electric City, to fill the part- time post being vacated by Mick Dennis after 16 years.
Judy Kuiper, advisor to the highly successful Lake Roosevelt SAFTYE Club and Refusal Skills Teaching, was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award for her enthusiastic involvement with the group during the Fifth Annual Drug Prevention Recognition Dinner at the Omak Performing Art Center.
Thirty Years Ago
George Karamanos of Electric City recently caught a 9-3/4 pound channel catfish last week in Banks Lake. The fish was 29 inches long.
Jack Haydock of Electric City has entered his 1934 Cadillac in "The Great American Race" which starts in Anaheim, Calif., on May 21 and ends 2,800 miles later in Indianapolis, In., on May 27. Accompanying Jack will be Dave Comrie as navigator.
Kinders Dept. Store has decided to close its doors after three years of serving the Grand Coulee Dam area.
Forty Years Ago
Lake Roosevelt High School has selected its valedictorian and salutatorian for the class of 1973. They are Tracy Ann Turner, with a GPA of 4.0 and Gail Hulet with a GPA of 3.86.
Diplomas were given to four graduating mothers at a preschool luncheon held at the Wildlife Restaurant on Monday. They were Connie Boggs, Dorothy Boyd, Lynette Breymeyer and Dixie Tillman. New officers for the preschool Parent-Teacher Association were installed at the luncheon and they include Bonnie Wendt, Gayle Schermerhorn, Susan Mielcarek and Marcia Snyder.
At the last meeting of the Electric City Council, tentative approval to hook into the city's water and sewer systems was given for a proposed 75-unit trailer court.
Fifty Years Ago
Dennis Roberson of Troop 31, Grand Coulee - Electric City Boy Scouts, received his Eagle Award,the highest rank in Boy Scouts, at Moses Lake last week.
Beginning about Thursday Grand Coulee Dam will be releasing between 150,000 to 170,000 cubic feet of water per second to supply the needed 300,000 acre feet of water to fill Wanspum reservoir.
The juniors at Coulee Dam High School are sponsoring a prom tomorrow night in the gym. The theme of the dance will be "Roman Holiday." Running for queen are Linda Chapman, Carol Listello and Sharon Comedown. Princesses will be Deborah Desautel, Susan Vallette and Darlene Moses.
Sixty Years Ago
The Grand Coulee Tiger baseball team ended its season on Thursday night in fitting fashion by edging the previously unbeaten Coulee City Rams 3-2 at Ludolph Field. Don Whitney's line drive to right field with the bases loaded in the last half to the seventh inning with two down provided the winning runs.
Otis Tillman, mayor of Elmer City and Colonel Emerson C. Itschner, of the Army Corps of Engineers met last Thursday afternoon to discuss future plans for Elmer City.
Volunteer workers are needed to help on the park on the equalizing reservoir near the North Dam. The park is an inter-community project being undertaken jointly by Electric City and Grand Coulee.
The junior class of Coulee Dam High School will present their prom on May 15. Princesses from various classes are Lila Mendenhall, Wilma Funston and Gaylene Pryor.


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Angels beat Tigers 3-2 on Callaspo's RBI single
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Pinch-hitter Alberto Callaspo drove home pinch-runner Peter Bourjos with a two-out single in the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 Friday night for their ninth win in 10 games.
Kendrys Morales had a triple, a double and a one-out single that started the ninth-inning rally for the Angels, who have won 13 of 16 overall to surge back into the AL wild-card race.
Erick Aybar beat out a slow two-out grounder against Octavio Dotel (5-3), advancing Bourjos to second. Callaspo then pinch-hit for slumping All-Star Mark Trumbo and drove a rolling grounder past Detroit shortstop Jhonny Peralta into left field, scoring the speedy Bourjos.
Max Scherzer pitched eight dominant innings of five-hit ball while taking over the major league lead with nine more strikeouts for the Tigers, but Ervin Santana matched him with 6 2-3 innings of four-hit ball with 10 strikeouts for the Angels.
Torii Hunter and Howie Kendrick drove in first-inning runs for the Angels (75-63), who moved a season-high 12 games over .500 and closed within two games of Baltimore (77-61) for the second wild-card spot, with Tampa Bay (76-62) in between.
Prince Fielder and Alex Avila homered as Detroit wasted a chance to pull even atop the AL Central with Chicago, which lost 7-5 to Kansas City. The Tigers (73-64) also opened a 10-game trip by losing ground on the Angels and the Rays in the wild-card race.
Ernesto Frieri (3-0) pitched the ninth for the Angels, striking out Avila to strand speedy pinch-runner Quintin Berry on second.
Scherzer was outstanding yet again for the Tigers, allowing just two hits over seven consecutive scoreless innings without a walk after Los Angeles scored twice in the first. He racked up his 10th consecutive start with at least eight strikeouts and retiring the final seven batters he faced, taking over the majors' strikeouts lead with 213 to 209 for teammate Justin Verlander, who faces Los Angeles on Saturday night.
Scherzer is unbeaten since July 30, although his five-start winning streak ended.
But Santana had 10 strikeouts while stepping in for ace Jered Weaver with another superb start in his late-season surge. Santana has been outstanding over his last eight starts, but still leads the majors with 34 homers allowed after giving up two more to the Tigers.
The Angels stuck to their recent theme of early runs against Scherzer. Mike Trout hit a leadoff double and scored on Hunter's single, and Albert Pujols scored moments later on Morales' double and Kendrick's RBI groundout.
Fielder answered in the second inning with his 25th homer into the right-field corner, and Avila evened it with another shot to right in the third. Santana passed the Yankees' Phil Hughes for the major league lead in homers allowed.
Scherzer struck out five straight Angels starting in the second inning, and he took the strikeouts lead in the sixth by throwing 99-mph fastball past Pujols, whose 14-game hitting streak ended with an 0-for-4 performance.
Scherzer retired 16 of 17 Angels until Kendrys Morales' two-out triple off the top of the center-field wall in the sixth, but stranded him by striking out Kendrick.
Santana stepped up on regular rest to take the turn of Weaver, who will miss at least one start to rest his biceps tendinitis. The 16-game winner didn't sound terribly optimistic about his chances for a quick, full-strength return from the injury that has dogged him in recent weeks, contributing to three losses in his past five starts after a 16-1 start to the season.
NOTES: Fielder reached base in his 27th consecutive game with his homer. ... Detroit's Ryan Raburn grounded out to the mound on the first pitch he saw as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning in his first game back from sprained right thumb. Raburn hadn't played for the Tigers since July 31. ... Trumbo was dropped to seventh in the order by manager Mike Scioscia, and the badly slumping All-Star went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts before getting pulled for Callaspo. ... Morales' triple was his first since June 2009, and just the fourth of his career. The Cuban slugger missed most of the past two seasons with a leg injury.


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SUNDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Harvard researchers report what they say is a major advance toward the long-sought goal of a genetic test that can distinguish between aggressive prostate cancers that require urgent treatment and slow-growing tumors that can safely be left alone.
Today, many men diagnosed with prostate cancer are treated with radiation or chemotherapy even though most of those cancers will grow so slowly that they are not dangerous. It is the cancers that metastasize -- spread outside the prostate gland -- that typically are life-threatening.
"For the first time, we showed in a mouse model that when you take a gene out, you get metastasis and when you put it back in you don't get metastasis," said study author Karen Cichowski, an assistant professor of medicine in the division of genetics at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital. "It looks like the entire pathway is driven by this one gene, the cascade that drives metastasis."
Studies of human prostate cancers have shown the same effect, she said: "We have looked at the genetic pathway in a large number of human tumors, and have found it to be deregulated in more advanced prostate cancers."
The finding could lead to better treatment of prostate cancer, because the molecule whose production is governed by the gene can be a target of drug therapy, Cichowski said.
The molecule, designated EZH2, is an enzyme, and "enzymes are always good potential therapeutic targets," she said. "Many companies are working to develop EZH2 inhibitors."
The Brigham and Women's program is one of a number being carried out in competitive fashion at several U.S. medical research centers. They are looking at a cluster of genes whose connection with prostate cancer was first described in 2002 by Jer-Tsong Hsieh, a professor of pathology and urology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
"We complement each other; our findings are very similar," Hsieh said of the Harvard work. "I am a cell biologist and look for the protein. She uses a genetic approach."
Hsieh's group has published several papers on the research, one as recent as last month. One current effort is to develop a chemical reagent that can detect the enzyme, he said.
Another researcher in prostate cancer genetics is Dr. Arul Chinnaiyan, a professor of pathology and urology at the University of Michigan.
The newly reported study "provides a nice mechanistic link as to why EZH2 leads to metastatic cancer," Chinnaiyan said. "It is exciting because there is a lot of interest in the biotechnology world in developing inhibitors of EZH2."
His laboratory is working on such inhibitors, Chinnaiyan added.
"Chinnaiyan showed that this gene for EZH2 is highly expressed in advanced prostate cancer," Cichowski said. "Hsieh showed that a second gene in this genetic pathway was a target of EZH2 and could be silenced by EZH2. It was one of 250 genes targeted by EZH2. We showed that in a mouse model the gene is the primary target of EZH2 in prostate cancer."
That gene, DAB2IP, is suppressed in human prostate cancer, and the degree of suppression correlates with the aggressiveness of a cancer, the journal report said.
"This is the first study to definitively show not only the gene but also the pathway that drives metastasis in prostate cancer," Cichowski said. "Now that we know this pathway, there are many ways to target it."
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Morrisville-Eaton Central School Class of 2013 shares 'proud moment'
MORRISVILLE >> Family, determination and individuality highlighted the Morrisville-Eaton Class of 2013 graduation ceremony. Some of the students said that they were sad and nervous, but most said they are ready to face life's challenges.
"This is a proud moment for all of us, we've finally reached it," said senior Will Thomas. "We finally reached the first milestone in our lives. We're all really close as a class, we already do everything together."
"What a truly great class and a very accepting group of people we are," said Valedictorian Morgan LeBlanc in his commencement speech. "We all have unique ways of looking at things."
LeBlanc said that his classmates, despite their moral and social differences easily stuck together and avoided bullying and cliques throughout high school.
LeBlanc, along with Salutatorian Jessica Chandler and other speakers Superintendent Michael Drahos and Teacher Eric Kent, focused on the impact that not only faculty and student body, but parents had on each student's education.
"Without all of their support, I don't think we would all be standing up here receiving our diplomas today," Chandler said during her speech.
"I'm so proud of my younger brother," said Keenan LeBlanc, who came to see his brother graduate. Keenan graduated in 2010, and said that his class was similarly unified and chased their dreams. He said that Morgan being valedictorian made him a little bit better than his older brother, who "only" made salutatorian his senior year.
"I remember my friends being excited and sad," Keenan LaBlanc said. "It didn't hit me that I was leaving all of this until I was already somewhere else."
Mike and Barbara Sweeney were at the ceremony to see their granddaughter walk and receive her diploma. Both said that education is important, and that students should all be considering college.
"I cried during my ceremony," Barbara said. She graduated from Madison High School.
"I was just glad that I got good enough grades to get my diploma," Mike said. "But seriously, everyone should go to college. It doesn't matter what you major in, the experience is important. Looking for jobs without a degree puts you at a big disadvantage."
Barbara Sweeney said she agreed, but also that being true to yourself was just as important.
"You need to learn to be personally happy as well," Barbara Sweeney said. "education is only one part of life."
The Senior Select Choir shared some songs including the school's alma mater before opening the ceremony to the speakers: Morgan LeBlanc, Jessica Chandler and Eric Kent. Kent and LeBlanc focused heavily on perseverance and creativity.
"Do something you normally wouldn't do on a daily basis," LeBlanc said. "Break away from the pattern of routine. When you break routine, you experience new things along the way. Change is good, you have to embrace it, how ever cheesy that may sound."
"There is passion evident in everything students do here," Kent said.
Kent told an embarrassing story about needing to make an emergency stop on the road after drinking too much apple juice. "Remember three things: number one, plans can change in an instant," Kent said " Number two, you may have to try different things and be unhappy with the outcomes. But remember, grit and determination will get you where you need to be."
The students had their fair share of fun at the ceremony as well, each giving the principal an odd item including a mini toothbrush and Lego piece while shaking his hand and receiving their diplomas.
"Just remember, when you're unsure, charge straight into the fray with your eyes on the prize," Kent said. "If you get knocked down along the way, just dust yourself off, get back up, and keep going."


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Tape 8 Side 2. Lezak discusses his family background and personal history; his education and career in law and personnel and proceedings of the U. S. District Court of Oregon. Lezak worked as an attorney with Newcomb, Sabin, Schawrtz & Landsverk in Portland, Oregon.
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Sunday, 17 October 2010
Rouge Bunny Rouge Loves Lights Highlighting Powder
It comes in two shades and I bought Sweet to touch (£41) which is a baby pink with a soft golden glow. I use this with a powder brush all over my face to give a veil of radiance, or use it with a denser brush as a natural/subtle golden pink highlight on cheeks and around the outside eye area.
This is subtle so don't expect heavy colour payoff, but I do notice the difference when I don't wear it.
Its also come in handy when I have been feeling/looking not so well and this instantly perks up my face in a natural glow sort of way. I would love to pick up the other shade, Goddess, at some point as that it described as a "rosy amber with a golden glow" sounds very enticing.
Here are the ingredients:
After my post about the gorgeous Abyssinian Catbird I did say I would post an eye look with it, so here is is:
I've used it all over the lid with Bejewelled Skylark in the outer area and crease and Sleeping under a mandarin tree as the inner highlight.
RBR is stocked exclusive to Zuneta.com
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Looks gorgeous but so pricey :SReplyDelete
Ok, so you follow up your "SPEND" command with this beautiful RBR powder, must mean something!! The outside packaging looks HUGE compared to the actual compact inside! Have you ever tried Becca face powders? Wondering how they would compare...I think the goddess one would probably be better for my shade, I'm just happily waiting for the pound to drop even more and then I'll be a bit happier about spending spending spending! xxxReplyDelete
PS: don't know about the temp, will have to wait and see...but he did have 2 whole weeks without it and managed to attend pre-school, hurray!!!!
Oh my goooooodness! This is so lovely and something I need when I am looking/feeling blah! I love this line- so whimsical but always performs beautifully. Love the EOTD too- that is one of my all time favorite shadows! So, so, so stunning on you! Thanks for the post x jeanieReplyDelete
Both the highlighter and the eye look are gorgeousgorgeousgorgeous...!ReplyDelete
And I love the RBR packaging, it's like something out of a fairy tale.
Nina x
totally agree with Nina - nothing to add... except: thanks for posting the ingredients!!ReplyDelete
Sam xxx
I *love* that eye look on you. Just STUNNING.ReplyDelete
Do you have the RBR liquid highlighter? I have the pink one of those and love it, so do I need the powder version too?
Gorgeous! Those eyeshadows just look amazing, I have about half of the whole RBR eyeshadow range on my wishlist. And I agree with Sam: it's great that you post the ingredients of products.ReplyDelete
x Klara
Hi Get Gawjus,ReplyDelete
I try and blank out the price ;) it is lovely though.
Hi Anna,
I think I only tried the becca ones once, I'm sure they either made me ichy or broke me out so can't compare I'm afraid. The packaging is rather large but I do really like it though, unfortunately so did my little boy and he promptly demolished the box!
Thats great that he managed to attend some pre-school, do you think he feels more comfortable with it now ? x
Hi Jv,
whimsical is a really good word for RBR, glad you like the eye look, its not a colour I would normally go for, so glad I tried it.
Hi Nina,
Thanks so much, ideally I think I would like the entire colour range from RBR, perhaps if I put it on my christmas list ;)x
Hi Sam,
Thanks, I'm glad it didn't make me break out as I do seem to have issues with a lot of cheek products, I really want to get Goddess now.
Hello Grace,
Thanks for the lovely comment, do you have Abyssinian Catbird ? I have two of the RBR liquid highlighters, including the pink one, they are quite different, the liquid gives more of a sheen/lumionous finish I find, the powder has a subtle warmth to it, I wonder if you would go for Goddess though, as I know you wear those types of colours really well ? At any rate, yes, you do need both ;)
Hi Klara,
Thanks :) RBR are one of my favourite shadow brands without a doubt. It can be a right pain sometimes trying to find out the ingredients of certain things so I do try and post them when I can, especially for people like me who have really sensitive skin.
I have sensitive skin too, so I appreciate that you posted the ingredients. The highlighting powder looks absolutely lovely ... I just added it to my list. Also I have seen such great looks with Abyssinian Catbird that I will be adding that as well. I originally thought that it was too similar to shades I already have, but on reflection, I really don't think RBR shadows can be redundant. Thanks for this post :)ReplyDelete
Hi Pretty addicted.ReplyDelete
Thanks, you sound like me, I keep adding to my makeup list weekly ;) I do really love their shadows, quite tempted by a few others, I really hope they come out with a palette at some point.
Hi! Thanks to your blog (among others), I placed a huge RBR order with Zuneta during one of their promotions! One of the things I purchased was the Goddess highlight powder, I like the texture and finish of it but I must say it is just straight-up gold rather than the multi-dimensional description for it!! :( I was expecting something a la Dior's Amber Diamond but it has NO rosy/pinky tones at all. Still pretty though! :) I also love the Abyssinian Catbird shadow, I tried a look with it yesterday I used Edward Bess Dusk on the lid and the Catbird on the upper and lower lashline and blended into the crease! Very pretty shadow! :) Thanks for all the RBR reviews!ReplyDelete
Hello Lakshmi,ReplyDelete
Glad the reviews helped. The "rosey amber" description about Goddess was what was enticing me, will have a think about that one. I have EB dusk so will try the look you did with RBR AC as that sounds like a very good combination :)
What other RBR goodies did you pick up ?
Hi! I'm glad you liked the combo I posted! :) Besides the Goddess highlight powder and shadow, I tried to get a little bit of evrything:DReplyDelete
1. powder blush in Orpheline which is beautiful, love the silky finish
2. cream blush stick in Rubens described as a sangria color
3. Tigers eye essence eyeliner: this is gorgeous, I never tire of greenish black gold liners, like MAC pearlglide in Black line
4. I also picked up their cute mirror compact in black, I wish the white one was available...
That's my RBR haul for you! Hope you are having a great week! :)
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! My face regularly needs a pick me up so this sounds perfect. I love the eye look too, I'm going to have to add bejewelled skylark to the list of things I want. After the spending ban of course ;)ReplyDelete
Jane xx
Hi Lakshmi,ReplyDelete
I like your thinking about getting a bit of everything :)
I really like the eye essence eyeliners as well, want to get the purply one next. I've been meaning to get one of their blush sticks, did you think its better than other brands versions ?
I have the white mirror compact, love the designs on them, I really want that present box they have on their site but its not on Zuneta.
Hi Jane,
I fear that after your spending ban all your good work will go amiss when you are let loose and go on a crazy makeup haul ;) I think you would like skylark and should find it quite unique, it was a shade that surprised me. x
Hey! I like the cream blush stick but was quite disappointed at the small amount of product that it contains. The texture is good but nothing earth shattering and definitely not for that price!! Its even more expensive than the powder blush which is a bit weird to me... This is just my opinion but hope it helps!ReplyDelete
For reference I find Edward Bess compact rouge to be my holy grail cream blush, so my opinion might be based on those expectations.
Hi Lakshmi,ReplyDelete
That is really helpful ,thanks! I really like the EB rouge blush I have as well, I get the feeling we may have similar tastes :)


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В США представлены результаты II фазы КИ экспериментального препарата от гепатита C компании Merck
A two-drug combination being tested by Merck & Co to treat hepatitis C cured 98 percent of previously untreated patients without cirrhosis in a midstage clinical trial, providing the latest evidence that the U.S. drugmaker will be highly competitive in the fast evolving field.
Results of the study called C-Worthy were presented on Thursday at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) in London. Researchers are due on Friday to present results of how the Merck pills fared in more difficult to treat patients, such as those who failed to be helped by prior treatments and those with more advanced liver disease.
In the arm of the Phase II study presented on Thursday, 43 of 44 patients treated with 100 milligrams of MK-5172 and 50 mg of MK-8742 once a day for 12 weeks achieved sustained virologic response (SVR), which is considered cured. One patient relapsed, researchers said.
Those who have no detectable levels of the hepatitis C virus in their blood 12 weeks after completing the 12 weeks of treatment are deemed to have achieved SVR.
Current standard treatments take 24 or 48 weeks, cure about 75 percent of patients and involve miserable side effects that have led thousands of patients to put off treatment and wait for highly touted new drugs to become available.
The study also included results of patients treated with the two Merck drugs plus the older drug ribavirin for both 12 weeks and eight weeks. But all eyes will be on the ribavirin-free results as several companies race to produce all-oral treatment regimens that include neither ribavirin nor interferon, which are both used in current treatments and cause flu-like symptoms, anemia and other side effects.
Gilead Sciences Inc, AbbVie and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co are also developing a new generation of all-oral hepatitis C treatments that in previous trials have demonstrated cure rates in excess of 90 percent, while cutting treatment duration to 12 weeks with few side effects.
Gilead, which later this year could have a one pill, once a day two-drug regimen approved in the United States, is widely perceived by Wall Street to be the best of the bunch with some analysts forecasting annual sales of $9 billion or more.
Merck is a bit behind the other three companies in its development timeline, but could prove to be the one that gives Gilead a run for its money as it aims to also produce a one pill, once a day regimen. The AbbVie and Bristol-Myers programs involve more pills and more drugs, but equally impressive cure rates so far in clinical testing.
"Merck has begun a Phase III trial in (previously untreated patients) using one pill, once per day. This should increase everyone's confidence that Merck really has a regimen competitive with Gilead's," ISI Group analyst Mark Schoenebaum said in a research note.
The Merck anti-viral medicines, which hamper the virus' ability to replicate in different ways, were tested in patients who had the genotype 1 form of the virus - the most prevalent and considered the most difficult to treat.
The most common side effects seen with the Merck drugs were fatigue, headache and nausea.
An estimated 170 million people are believed to be infected with hepatitis C worldwide. If left untreated, the progressive disease can lead to cirrhosis, liver cancer or the need for a liver transplant.


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PEARL CITY, Oahu - Leeward Community College's Supportive Teacher Education Program will be sponsoring a free information session regarding the new Associate in Arts in Teaching degree on Tuesday, May 1, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Leeward Community College campus in Room GT-105. The session is free and open to the public.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
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- Unknown said...
Yes but Ms Lively is ridiculously beautiful and her hair is probably magic hair because real hair just doesn't ever look so good ;)
- June 23, 2011 at 12:40 PM
- The Wandering Bride - NYC said...
LOVE her hair & yes @Josie --she's out of this world. Saw her TV mom tonight at the ballet :)
tips & tales of an NYC bride
- June 24, 2011 at 1:09 AM
- The Wandering Bride - NYC said...
Yes! @Josie you're right--she's otherworldly! I saw her TV mom 'Lily' at the ballet tonight. I wanttt this hair.
tips & tales of an NYC bride
- June 24, 2011 at 1:11 AM
- korean fashion said...
Just tresses mighe be too simple. However, a small fashion accessories just like what she wearing will make the whole hairstyle looked so good...
- June 27, 2011 at 4:21 AM
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fayaz necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 64 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
We need a logo design for our new company that is making applications on social networks by redefining the user experience.
We also need an application bar like a banner ad 728 * 60 that can have several of our game logos on it.
We are a recent winner of the FbFund so we are looking for a good design that captures what we do.
http://developers.facebook.com/fbFu…recipients (Infrablue Technology)
We need a logo design that will capture people's attention for our company. We produce social networking applications by redefining the user experience. We are trying to make games that will provide rich social experience and that will create a community. We are not necessarily focused on sports. We are a social gaming company.
You can take a look at two of our applications http://apps.facebook.com/streetfootball/ and
We need an banner 728*60 that will display the logos of our different games. Each logo will be linked to an application to drive traffic.
We recently annouced as one of the winners of the Fbfund so the logo is an important aspect of the brand. You can read more about us at http://www.ibtgames.com You can also look at other companies that are making social applications to get a general idea of what we are trying to accomplish as well.
Feel free to ask questions!
- A logo that will capture attention
- Unique logo with web2.0 feel
- Logo that portrays what we are trying to do- creating fun and exciting games
- We want everyone to know Ibtgames
- An application bar 728*60 that will have different application logos on it.
- For the application bar please pick color that is friendly with a wide range of color schemes.
- Something that is not appealing
- Not too many colors
- Do not just focus the logo on sports
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He's making a list. And checking it twice… to prep for his visit to Seaport Village.
Yes, San Diego, Santa Claus is making a trip to the lovely seaside setup just in time for the holiday season. And since he heard the weather is going to be nice, Mr. Chris Kringle is wearing the only apparel suitable for SoCal: Boardshorts. Because let's be real, it's too warm for the full red suit.
Santa, sans reindeer, will touch down in San Diego on Nov. 24 to take pictures atop his festive surfboard and faux 6-foot wave.
To celebrate Santa's arrival, Seaport Village will also have live holiday music playing alongside its unique shops. Plus there's a whole shop devoted to Christmas décor – you can't get jollier than that.
Nov. 24 also happens to be Small Business Saturday, which gives locals the opportunity to peruse storefronts owned and operated by San Diegans. Seaport Village has plenty of locally-owned retailers, so it's a chance to support them post-Black Friday.
The event takes place from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24. So ho-ho-hop over to the bay and enjoy an afternoon with a surfing Santa.


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CCaulfield necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 93 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
Locate Properties, Locate GC, Locate Gold Coast, Locate Prestige
Locate Properties (we want 'Locate' to be the dominant name) is a new Real Estate Agency located on the Gold Coast, Australia. The Gold Coast property market is popular for Beachfront, Canal (Water) Front and Golf Course Fronted property. Naturally our agency is to specialize in these three property types.
Additionally, rather than offer a static office Website, our website 'locategc.com.au' has been designed as a Web 2.0 web portal with feeds/gadgets ranging from restaurant reviews, local news sources, finance, airline, and of course our real estate listings etc. Registered users of our site can post local community content, add reviews etc. Essentially we are aiming our site to become the go-to resource and an 'online home', and provide our office with maximum exposure in the area. And naturally we want to be seen as the most 'high-tech'd' office on the Coast. We are launching with a consistent look and feel across our Myspace, Facebook, Twitter accounts etc.
Property purchasers/sellers. The Gold Coast is affluent because of the nature of types of high-demand properties in the area. Properties in this region on average are one of the highest in the state. More people are driving BMW's than Toyotas.
The logo needs to take two forms. One for the Agency and one for the Web portal. 'Locate' should be the dominant logo feature as it needs to be presented in two ways: 1: Locate 'Properties' and 2: Locate 'GC.com.au'
(the latter should probably be presented as just the Locate brand with 'LocateGC.com.au' as a tag line so people don't confuse and think our site is just gc.com.au).
Ideally the logo will eventually be able to take a third look to represent our +$1m listings, to be known as 'Locate Prestige'. (e.g. a gold, embossed version of the logo with 'prestige' instead of 'properties'?)
We don't want the logo to be cliche, so beach/golf/waterfront images, colors shouldn't be dominant. We can't begin to tell you how many cliche offices are here and we don't want to look like one of them.
The colors however should be virbrant and modern, so no pastels etc preferably.
We want our web portal to be an online 'home' for our local consituents so real estate/ web portal home does tie the two together.
We want to be known for: 1. being High Tech, 2, Obviously Real Estate focused, 3, Local social/web portal.
There are no hard and fast rules, so please do your best to tie-in our the three elements above with a fresh, consumer friendly approach.
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This church in Tampa, Florida was recently completed by the US based Alfonso Architects. In order to achieve a consistent complex and establish an intimate church campus two existing buildings needed to be renovated and adapted and a redesign of the site's infrastructure was required.
"The project's Interior and exterior was developed using the Fibonacci sequence to establish scale and proportion in tandem with the churches' theological requirements. The many architectural features of the project were derived from theological precedence while reflecting quantities of numerical biblical importance (i.e. 3 olive trees, 7 candle boxes, 12 office windows, 14 pendant lights, etc)."


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DIXON � Lejeune senior left-hander Michael Deets dreamed of this � and the dream came true Tuesday night.
DIXON � Lejeune senior left-hander Michael Deets dreamed of this � and the dream came true Tuesday night.
In leading Lejeune to a 7-2 victory over Dixon, the 5-foot-10, 145-pounder hurled a complete-game six-hitter for his first victory ever against Dixon while leading Lejeune to its first win over the Bulldogs in years.
While coach Doug Erny wasn�t sure the last time Lejeune had beaten Dixon, he said it was before he joined the baseball program five years ago. The win was also the Devilpups� first in the Coastal Plains 1-A Conference in four games. Lejeune is 7-5 overall.
Dixon, which had four errors to none for Lejeune, fell to 12-6 and 3-2.
�Wow,� Deets said. �It�s been one of my dreams in high school, beating Dixon. With them so good and being a competitive state finalist every year�, to get this win, especially with my defense behind me and the hitting, it was a perfect night.�
Deets (6-2) wasn�t perfect, but he showed you don�t have to be a power pitcher to win. Deets used a slow curve and an even slower changeup � along with a fastball that his coach said tops out at about 70 mph � to baffle the Bulldogs.
�I tell you what, you tip your hat to him,� said Dixon assistant Nick Raynor, speaking for head coach Jack Brown, who declined comment. �He pitched a very good ballgame. Sometimes you got to give credit to the pitcher.�
Deets struck out four and walked two while giving up just one extra base hit � a double by J.P. Padgett in the fifth inning. More than a third (nine) of Dixon�s 21 outs were fly balls, six to the outfield and three to the infield, including two foul pop-ups.
�He did a real good job,� Erny said. �In the first inning if we�re getting some pop fly outs, then Michael�s on his game. He does a good job of mixing up speeds and pitches and tries to keep guys off balance.
�When they hit it, a lot of times they hit it hard, but a lot of times they don�t hit it. � We�ve got three games this week. We were talking about our pitching rotation and Michael said, �Let me have the ball. I want to pitch against Dixon.��
Deets said his most worrisome inning was the fifth when Dixon loaded the bases with one out and one run already in to cut the lead to 7-2. But Deets got Cameron Greeley to fly out to right field and Cory Singleton to pop out to second to end the threat.
�That was a nerve-wracking moment,� he said. �But I knew all I had to do was pitch strikes and my defense would back me up.�
After hitting Zack Sicknick to load the bases in the fifth, Deets retired eight of the last nine batters he faced. He said he was surprised the Bulldogs didn�t seem to adjust to the speed of his pitches as the game went on.
�I was kind of shocked they weren�t able to jump on me through the second and third time (in the order),� he said. �Going through the first time I figured I got these guys, but then once it gets going deep in the game I�m wondering. I�ve got to start changing up speeds, locations, hoping (that will do the job).�
The Devilpups got all the runs they needed in the first inning, which started nearly an hour late because of confusion about game time. Originally scheduled for 6 p.m., the game was later moved to 4:30 p.m.
No matter. Lejeune may have arrived late, but the Devilpups wasted no time lighting up the scoreboard. The Devilpups banged out four hits in the first, including a two-run single by Drake Bodine, who was 3-for-3, and a run-scoring single by Martin Ortega.
The Devilpups also took advantage of four walks as well as an error, a wild pitch and a pass ball by the Bulldogs to grab an early 6-0 lead.
�The first inning we were patient with the sticks, got some timely hits, which we have not been getting in our one-run loses,� Erny said.
Lejeune also had some luck. The Devilpups missed up on a safety squeeze, but the mistake not only didn�t cost them, they managed to score a run on the play.
�The baseball gods do that sometimes,� Erny said. �We�ve been on the other end of those plays a lot of times, too.�
Dixon got a run in the bottom of the inning on when Zack Sicknick singled home Daniel Vinson, but the Devilpups got the run back in the third when Tyson Bryson singled up the middle to score Ortega, who had reached on a fielder�s choice and stole second.
While Dixon scored one more run, it was not a good day at the ballpark for a team that routinely ranks among the best in 1-A in the state as well as the area.
�We just didn�t play a good ballgame. That�s a vastly improved team that we just played,� Raynor said, downplaying the fact the Bulldogs had four freshmen and two sophomores in their starting lineup.
�We put the best nine out there we felt could win. We got some young kids that are still learning the ropes, but when we put them out there we expect them to be ready to go.�
And while it was a �frustrating� performance for the Bulldogs, Raynor said, it was a win the Devilpups will long remember.
�We�ve never beat them since I�ve been here,� Erny said. �But I think it (losing streak) dates back a long time. Hey, any time we can get a win it�s a big win, but to beat Dixon, Jack�s got one of the best programs in Onslow County year in and year out�, it�s a big win.�
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WP�Deets (6-2) 7 IP 6 H 2 R 2 ER 4 K 2 BB. LP�Bussell (0-3) 5+ IP 10 H 7 R 7 ER 3 K 6 BB. LEADING HITTERS�L: D. Bodine 3-4 2B 2 RBIs 1 run 1 SB; Fellows 2-2 1 run 2 BBs; Deets 2-4; B. Bodine 2-5 1 run; D: Ryan 2-3 BB; J. Padgett 1-3 2B. RECORDS�L: 7-5, 1-3, hosts Southwest today. D: 12-6, 3-2, at Southwest on Friday.


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Top nine symphonies – Rebecca Franks
In the November issue of BBC Music Magazine, on sale now, we invite nine leading conductors to name the nine symphonies that inspire them most. Now it's our turn: Rebecca Franks picks her top nine
This is one of the trickiest tasks I've had to do for a while. Perhaps it would have been even tougher to draw up a list of the nine 'greatest' symphonies, at least here there's the get-out clause of subjectivity – this is a personal list of the symphonies that most appeal to me. But in many cases it was a close-run thing, and a lot of symphonies I love have been consigned to the cutting-room floor. There's no Bruckner, for example, nor any Vaughan Williams. Quirkier choices like Rautavaara, Webern and Berlioz haven't made it through, but perhaps they'd be in second place. And how about Schubert and Schumann? Or contemporary symphonists like David Matthews and Peter Maxwell Davies? With so much fantastic music to choose from, nine just isn't enough…
First Symphony
No. 1. Here's where it all begins. The first time a composer makes their mark on the symphonic landscape. Often, though, earlier works become overshadowed by what follows. As great symphonies go, would you choose Beethoven's First over any of his others? Mozart penned his first at the tender age of eight, egged on by his father, so perhaps that's allowed to languish in obscurity. One obvious exception is Mahler's mighty first, still one of the most popular of his nine symphonies, and one of my favourites. There's that wonderful opening with the stirrings of nature, the eerie double-bass Frère Jacques melody, and the cry of pain that rips everything apart in the finale.
Second Symphony
Rachmaninov's double-cream symphony, chosen by Elizabeth Davis, brings back memories of a youth orchestra tour to Italy, concerts in the heat of the Venetian evening, swimming in Lake Garda. In at number two, though, is an English symphony written just three years after Rachmaninov's. After his First Symphony, with its Adagio of sombre beauty, was acclaimed as 'the greatest symphony of modern times', Elgar had much to live up to in his Second. Dedicated to the memory of Edward VII, it boasts an Allegro first movement with that most Elgarian of instructions – nobilmente – and a grave C minor slow movement.
Third Symphony
I toyed with putting Anthony Payne's compelling elaboration of Elgar's Third Symphony in this spot: as inspiration goes, this meeting of minds surely scores highly. But then I'd have had to leave out Schumann's Rhenish, Beethoven's Eroica or – here's what tipped the balance – Brahms's Third. Ever since hearing it performed at the Proms by the Berlin Philharmonic, whose players were utterly caught up in its passionate ebb and flow, it's been my favourite of Brahms's four. Bursting and bubbling with freedom and happiness – the notes FAF, standing for 'Frei aber froh', sound throughout – and with that poco allegretto which catches at your heart, this symphony has a spirit quite unlike his other orchestral works.
Fourth Symphony
Martinu and Mendelssohn go head-to-head here, with two fresh, buoyant symphonies. Mendelssohn's Italian was written in Berlin in 1832, just after the German composer had just been taking in the sights of Naples, Florence and Rome, among other places. From the perky first movement, to the whirlwind saltarello/tarantella finale it's a symphony that whisks the listener off their feet. Over a hundred years later, Martinu penned the fourth of his six symphonies. It too is an optimistic work, showcasing his colourful, seductive orchestration. It's a tough call but, as the Czech composer's symphonies have been a recent discovery for me, after first getting to know his Oboe Concerto, Martinu's Fourth Symphony is my final choice.
Fifth Symphony
Swans in flight, so the story goes, were the inspiration for the wonderful affirmative brass theme in the finale of Sibelius's Fifth Symphony. It's an evocative image, and this Symphony is immediately appealing - quite different in character from the more austere, jagged (but no less great) Fourth Symphony. Written by the Finnish composer for his 50th birthday, Sibelius twice revised it, unhappy with his first efforts. But the final result is magnificent, and both its organicism and use of triumphant, majestic brass point the way to his symphonic swansong, the Seventh Symphony. (And, perhaps, Rautavaara's Cantus articus for birds and orchestra.)
Sixth Symphony
Not often, but just sometimes, a piece of music leaves you lost for words. For me, Tchaikovsky's Pathétique is one of them. As Jeremy Pound described in his 'Top Nine', Tchaikovsky takes the listener on a journey of despair. Coloured with tinges of false hope, in the end it takes you into the darkness. A live performance of this symphony by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev, for whom the Pathétique is something of a calling card, is seared on my memory.
Seventh Symphony
If I could only listen to one more Seventh Symphony, it would have to be Beethoven's. Described by Wagner as the 'apotheosis of the dance', it has an irresistible energy, and the minor-mode Allegretto, with its obsessive dactylic rhythms, is a noble outpouring of melancholy. Yet there's another symphony that I have to nominate for this entry, and that's Dvořák's darkly-hued Seventh. This was the first symphony I ever played – and I can still picture those opening bars and the pencil scribblings in the hired part. Highlights are plentiful: turn to the restless, stirring first movement, the gorgeous Poco Adagio, or that wonderfully lyrical, almost Brahmsian, third movement.
Eighth Symphony
This slot was one of the more difficult ones to fill. William Boyce's short, attractive three-movement so-called Symphony No. 8 in D minor, suggested by a friend, could have been a wild-card entry. Or how about turning to the Father of the Symphony, suggested another: Haydn's Le Soir would, indeed, be a fine choice. Schubert's Unfinished has always appealed, but it seems a shame not to include a complete symphony. So, in the end, I've gone for Shostakovich's Eighth, one of his war symphonies. The C minor is fierce and powerful but, like Beethoven's Symphony in the same key, ends in the major key – in this case in serenity rather than triumph.
Ninth Symphony
Who else could it be, but Beethoven? After he threw down the gauntlet in 1824 with his choral symphony, he was for years the composer that everyone struggled to follow. Written around the same time as Beethoven was grappling with the idea of God in his Missa Solemnis, this Symphony sees Beethoven exploring the question of humanity. Cast in dark D minor, the symphony's epic opening movement is followed by a furious Scherzo and radiant B flat major Adagio. But it's the finale which is strikingly original. Featuring vocal soloists and chorus, it opens with fragments recalling previous moments, the music gradually building until the jubilant Ode to Joy bursts forth.
Rebecca Franks is reviews editor of BBC Music Magazine
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Talk about making someone feel replaceable.
CBS has released another promo poster for "Two and a Half Men" in its new Ashton Kutcher era. It looks a lot like Charlie Sheen's "Men."
The poster is a play on the show's opening title sequence where a tuxedo-clad Charlie Sheen, Angus T. Jones and Jon Cryer lip-sync the sitcom's theme song in front of an old-timey microphone.
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In the new shot, which reproduces the title scene down to the red curtain in the background, Kutcher is placed in the middle of the frame and wears the red bow tie, while Jones takes Sheen's old spot on the left side.
Deadline.com notes that the image is for promotional purposes and that the show's title hasn't been shot yet. Production on the new season reportedly begins next week and it remains to be seen what direction it's headed. As CBS reminded us with "Men's" first "naked" promo poster, all will be revealed on Sept. 19.